Happy Birthday
Glentoran's oldest living player celebrated his birthday today.
Bertie Wright is 98 years old today!
Congratulations Bertie from everyone at the Oval and we hope to see you at a game in the very near future.
News
Dungannon Swifts 0-2 Glentoran
Early goals from Curtis Allen and Calum Birney gave the Glens all 3 points in their Saturday evening Danske Bank Premiership game at Dungannon. Ross Redman and Dylan Davidson were back in the squad following inkuries; Redman at left back and Davidson named amongst the substitutes. Missing from last weekend's defeat to Cliftonville was John McGuigan who is awaiting a scan on his knee injury.
Match Preview
Dungannon Swifts v Glentoran
Saturday 21st October, 5.30pm.
This Saturday we look to bounce back from two consecutive home defeats with a visit to Stangmore Park.
Kane Signs On for Two More Years
Glentoran FC is delighted to announce that our captain, Marcus Kane today signed an extension to his current contract. That means Marcus is now committed to Glentoran until the end of the 2019/20 season.
Glentoran Christmas Appeal.
It’s that time of year again when the volunteer organisers of the Glentoran Christmas Appeal need your help!
This year the appeal organisers plan to deliver the Glentoran Christmas Appeal slightly differently. This year the appeal aims to help not only the city’s homeless, but also those less fortunate than ourselves in the East Belfast area.
Please donate if you can and do not wrap your gifts.
Collection for all items will be held as follows:
Glentoran 0-2 Cliftonville
The match sponsors for today's Danske Bank Premiership game were 'Cutting Edge' but it was a lack of a cutting edge in the final third which saw Glentoran lose their third home game in a row. In all three games the Glens failed to find the opposition net.
Match Preview
Glentoran v Cliftonville
Saturday 14th October, 3pm.
This Saturday we finish the first round of league games when Cliftonville visit the Oval.
This one is a real six pointer as the Reds are two points behind us in sixth place. After a mixed start they’ve had three successive League wins against Carrick, Linfield and Warrenpoint.
Special Anniversary Edition of the Gazette
To mark the 40th anniversary of our European Cup tie against Juventus a special edition of the Glentoran Gazette goes on sale at our game against Cliftonville on Saturday. Our design wizard Clifford Logan has replicated the cover of the Gazette from that night back in 1977 and in the same vein the Bard of Ballymacarrett, Sam Robinson, tells the first part of his tale of reuniting one of those 1970s heroes, Rab McCreery, with his shirt from that memorable night.
Glentoran 0-1 Carrick Rangers
Glentoran exited the Bet McLean League Cup at the Oval tonight with a whimper. It was a poor performance all round and it's difficult to take anything positive from the game.
As early as the 4th minute the warning signs were there; Ben Roy was allowed too much time on the left and his cross to the back post was almost turned in by Stuart McMullan.
Under 20s Beat Crues
Crusaders u20 0-4 Glentoran u20
Glentoran got back to winning ways in the u20 NIFL Premiership Development League last night after their recent defeat to St James Swifts in the Steel and Sons Cup with a 4-0 win over Crusaders at Seaview.
The young Glens were bolstered by the presence of 6 first team squad players for the game against a similarly strong Crusaders side for what was a highly competitive and entertaining fixture.