After a 3-week break from league action, defending champions Glentoran remain top of the table following a dramatic conclusion to their clash with Linfield Women at Midgley Park.
It was a different looking line up to that of 3 weeks ago v Cliftonville as player departures and an injury to Emma McMaster gave starting opportunities to Sofie Keenan, Aimee Kerr and Kascie Weir. New signings Kelly Crompton and Ellie Butler started on the bench.
Following NIFL's announcement of the first cohort of televised Sports Direct Premiership games a number of our fixtures have been brought forward. The new dates are as follows:
Crusaders (H) Friday 9th August
Carrick Rangers (A) Friday 23rd August
Larne (A) Friday 20th September
Linfield (A) Friday 4th October
All games kick off at 7.45pm.
Glentoran FC is delighted to announce the signing of Andrew Mills. Andrew (30) is an experienced, English born goalkeeper who has spend the last ten years of his career playing in Sweden, most recently with Ostersund.
Declan Devine: "it's been clear to everyone that we needed to recruit two experienced keepers ahead of the new season. I believe with Daniel and now with Andrew we have done so and strengthened the squad significantly. Andrew has been with us a couple of weeks now and has both impressed and settled in with the rest of the squad."
Our aim is to keep our supporters updated on various projects in and around the Oval. We are sure that many fans have witnessed the machinery, equipment and work crews on site over the previous weeks.
As with every close season, various projects have been completed or are ongoing in order to meet the requirements of our annual Safety Certificate.
With each passing year it becomes increasingly demanding and expensive to maintain the Oval due to the age and condition of the structures.
Another new face arrives at The Oval as Dylan Connolly makes the switch from the SSE Airtricity Premier Division. Dylan (29) is a winger who played 33 games for Declan Devine at Bohemians last season. He is a former Republic of Ireland U21 international who has had spells at clubs including Dundalk, St Mirren, Wimbledon and Northampton Town. Dylan has played over 150 games in either the Football League or the Scottish Premier League.
After a number of weeks of very hard work, Declan Devine is delighted to have added to the first team squad ahead of the 2024-25 season with the signing of Frankie Hvid. Frankie is a 20 year old centre back who spent the past two seasons as a member of the Millwall U21 squad.
Glentoran Women boss Kim Turner has wasted no time in strengthening the squad following recent cross channel departures. We are delighted to announce the signing of Ellie Butler. Ellie is a midfielder who moves to the club from England where she played in the English Championship and has represented Wolves, Coventry and Bournemouth. Welcome to Glentoran, Ellie!
Everyone at Glentoran FC is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of our former First Team Physiotherapist John Weatherup.
The club is delighted to announce that Charlie Lindsay has left Derby County to rejoin Glentoran on a permanent basis. Charlie (20) is very much one of our own who captained the all-conquering Glentoran 2004 team (that included Aaron Wightman and Jonny Russell) for many years before moving to Rangers as a 16-year-old in 2020.
