Saturday 26 October
Kick Off 3.00pm
Game 14 in the Sports Direct Premiership takes us North West as we make the trip to Coleraine Showgrounds.
Perhaps unsurprisingly after a summer of huge player turnover, Coleraine have had an inconsistent start to the league campaign.
Best wishes to Glentoran Women defender Sarah Tweedie who has joined Derby County for the forthcoming English season. 19 year old Sarah has been a first team member at Glentoran for three seasons.
Glentoran Women Head Coach Kim Turner said this evening: "I’m delighted for Sarah to get the chance to play for a club like Derby County, This will be a great experience for Sarah who is going into her second year as a student at University in Nottingham. We look forward to welcoming her back to Glentoran when she returns to Northern Ireland.
On Saturday 12 October before the Sports Direct Premiership match with Dungannon Swifts, the officers and members of the Stormont Glentoran Supporters Club convened in the hospitality suite at the Bet McLean Oval to celebrate the 40th Birthday of their club.
Stormont GSC was founded in 1984 with its early meetings held in the Stormont Hotel. Club members club decided there was no better place to celebrate our 40th than at the Oval on matchday. A fantastic day was had by all and most importantly three points were won on the pitch.
The Officers and members of the Cookstown Glentoran Supporters Club gathered in the Captain's Lounge in the Bet McLean Oval after the final whistle on Saturday to present their player awards for the 2023-2024 season.
James Singleton won Player of the Year for a season of outstanding performances.
Jonathan Russell won the Young Player of the Year Award as he has done with so many supporters clubs after playing 35 games in his breakthrough season in the first team.
A pulsating contest at the Bet McLean Oval finished all square despite the home side dominating the majority of proceedings. Many may relish an opportunity to replay their chances, perhaps most tellingly a last minute penalty miss as the full time whistle loomed. A
resilient Carrick Rangers side deserve credit in battling for a point, but the Glens will feel this represents two dropped points.
We reckon when Danny Amos signed for the Glens he didn’t think he would star in a poster for The Exorcist. However, he didn’t count on the vision of graphic artist Beth Stafford whose latest fabulous work, which features the former Northern Ireland u21 international, fronts Saturday’s Glentoran Gazette. It’s an edition which acknowledges a new era for Carrick Rangers while Glens manager Declan Devine warns that Stephen Baxter’s side has overcome poor early season form.
Saturday 19 October
Kick Off 3.00pm
On Saturday we look to continue our current run of good performances when we play Carrick Rangers for the third time so far this season and their second visit to the Bet McLean Oval in twelve days.
We have been informed that our Bet McLean League Cup 2nd round tie away to Linfield will now be rescheduled to Tuesday 3rd December.
NIFL have explained that this is due to a UEFA Competitions Regulation that states a venue cannot be used 48 hours before a European or International game. Larne have a European tie at Windsor Park on the Thursday. Therefore, it has been necessary to postpone and reschedule our match v Linfield. Ticket news to follow.
It was a one man show on Saturday evening when the Castlereagh Glentoran Supporters' Club welcomed its officers, members, Glentoran players and officials to the club’s annual Player of the Year Awards Night for the 2023/24 season.
Another game of two halves at the Bet McLean Oval today as a pretty nondescript and largely incident free first 45 minutes was followed by a performance of outstanding confidence and control by the home side.
Declan Devine continued with the team from last week’s Big Two win at the National Stadium, restoring Cameron Palmer to central midfield and Daniel Gyollai to goal with Tuesday’s County Antrim Shield man of the match Finlay Thorndike to the bench. However Thorndike was to play and contribute for over an hour.
