This season, for the first time, there will be a Glentoran Player Of The Month, voted on by Glentoran supporters. The poll will appear following the last game of each calendar month and the winner announced on this website early the following month. Just place your vote beside your choice. Voting closes at 11.59pm on Friday 5th January with the winner announced the following day.
Glentoran's Danske Bank fixture against Warrenpoint Town was called off at halftime due to severe weather conditions. The match officials and the Glentoran Event Safety manager agreed shortly after the halftime whistle that the game should be abandoned in the interests of safety of both players and spectators.
It is to the immense credit of Glentoran's groundsman, William Kirkwood, that the game even got started. William's superb work on the Oval playing surface over the past few seasons meant that despite the heavy rain, the pitch was passed fit for play.
Glentoran v Warrenpoint Town
Tuesday 2nd January 2018, 7.45pm kick off.
Warrenpoint Town visit the Oval for the second time this season, in tenth place and on a run of eight league games without a win.
We’ve won both matches we’ve played this season – a 2-0 home win in September through goals from Curtis Allen and Robbie McDaid and a 2-3 victory at Milltown in late November when goals from Daniel Kelly (2) and Tiarnan McNicholl saw us through in a tense match after we lost an early two goal lead.
Glentoran FC is delighted to announce that Calum Birney this week signed an extension to his current contract. That means Calum is now committed to Glentoran until the end of the 2020/2021 season.
The Stangmore Park ground passed an 11am pitch inspection but the 90+ minutes of this afternoon's Danske Bank Premiership game won't live long in the memory.
Dungannon Swifts v Glentoran
Saturday 30th December, 3.00pm.
This Saturday we look to build on our Boxing Day “Big Two” victory with another win on our second visit of the season to Stangmore Park.
Glentoran FC is delighted to announce that our longest serving player, Elliott Morris, this week signed an extension to his current contract. That means Elliott is now committed to Glentoran until the end of the 2019/20 season. This is a great boost to the club, particularly since Elliott has won the vote for Supporters’ Player of the Month for the past three consecutive months, setting a great example to his younger, less experienced team mates.
Glentoran ended a run of four games without a win in the best possible style with a Robbie McDaid injury time Boxing Day winner over Linfield.
At 2.45pm. before our Boxing Day match with Linfield, Glentoran will be proud to honour three men who played an active and often highly successful part in Big Two battles over the course of forty years – Our surviving Championship winning managers – Roy Coyle, Tommy Jackson and Ronnie McFall. The three managers – who between them managed the club to no fewer than 39 trophies – will be formally inducted into the Glentoran 250 Club and receive honorary life membership of the club.
