Saturday 11th August 2018, Kick Off 3pm
On Saturday we stay in County Down with a visit to Bangor for our first away match of the season.
Last season we had a very uneven run of results against Ards, winning both away games but losing twice at the Oval. On our last visit to Bangor we had a comfortable 4-1 win, including two penalties from Dylan Davidson. We'll be looking for a win this Saturday to kickstart the season after last week's injury time home defeat.
Both teams had excellent wins last night with a surfeit of goals in both games.
Glentoran Women really bounced back into form with an 11-0 win over Portadoenm Ladies. Caragh Milligan led the way with four goals but the load was shared well with Nadene Caldwell (2), Makyla Mulholland, Kelly Bailie, Ali McMaster, Samantha Kelly and Jessica Foy all on the scoresheet. This win moves us into fourth place in the league table, 2 points behind Crusaders and 4 behind Cliftonville.
Before Saturday’s opening match the club was very pleased to welcome onto the pitch and into the Boardroom our Super Cup NI players.
This year's tournament saw a record number of Glentoran players representing their Counties and Club NI at the prestigious annual tournament.
We had three players in the Antrim Premier Team with Sean Gallagher winning player of the tournament for Antrim.
Also in the premier competition we had five players selected for County Down who helped Down all the way to the Final.
The Ron Manley “Yorkie” Suite was formally opened on Saturday by Glentoran Chairman, Stephen Henderson and his Cliftonville counterpart, Gerard Lawlor.
Ron's sister Carol with the Glentoran and Cliftonville Chairmen
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Officials of Hillfoot Glentoran Supporters Club presented a cheque for £1500 to Glentoran Chairman, Stephen Henderson in the boardroom prior to yesterday's match with Cliftonville.
The Board wish to warmly thank all the officers and members of the Hillfoot club for this very generous donation. It is a testament to the continued hard work and dedication of this long established supporters club.
An injury time strike from Jay Donnelly snatched the first 3 points of the new season at The Oval this afternoon. Donnelly’s goal followed a second half equaliser from Joe Gormley after John McGuigan had put Glentoran in front. For the opening game of this new NIFL Premiership season Glens manager Ronnie McFall chose to start new signing Conor Pepper after the 24 year old Dubliner signed on Tuesday and fellow new face Nigel Prentice was named among the substitutes.
Glentoran v Cliftonville
Saturday 4th August 2018, Kick Off 3pm
Tomorrow we open the new season with a visit from Cliftonville, presenting us with an early chance to get revenge for the late defeat in the Europa League Play Off Final in our last competitive match, back in May.
All three of this week’s signings – Conor Pepper, Lee Chapman and Nigel Prentice – have had their registrations approved with Pepper likely to make his debut in centre midfield.
First game of the season and a very special edition of your multi-award winning Glentoran Gazette dedicated to the memory of the late Ron Manley. A one off cover has been designed by Clifford Logan, Gazette veteran Philip Stevenson pays tribute to his great friend in our centre pages and Cliftonville’s Liam Murray shares his memories of Yorkie’s time at Solitude.
