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George Wilson Cup Final - TONIGHT
Glentoran Seconds will play Ballinamallard Reserves in the final of the George Wilson Cup on Wednesday 14th May at Seaview.
Seconds manager, Spike Hill spoke to glentoran.com about the game....
Can you inform us how you reached the final?
"We came out of the group stages with a 0-0 draw against Crusaders and good wins against Ards and Warrenpoint Town which matched us with Linfield in the semi final. We ran out 1-0 winners courtest of a John McGuigan penalty. So far in the competition we haven't conceded a goal, let's hope that continues in the final."
Player Update
Glentoran manager, Eddie Patterson, met with some of the squad early this evening. This is the first of a series of meetings that Eddie has planned.
Tonight he informed both Kevin Bradley and Jordan Hughes that their futures lie away from Glentoran FC and that they are available to transfer to other clubs.
Thank You
Mark Glendinning and his sons Ross & Reece would like to thank everyone connected with Glentoran Football Club for the support they have shown at this difficult time.
Special thanks to Philip Stevenson and the Glentoran Legends for their support throughout also. It has been a great comfort to us all.
Thank you. Sas.
David Howland
Midfielder, David Howland has signed a new 3-year contract with Glentoran.
Despite significant interest from other Irish League clubs, David put pen to paper to remain at the Oval.
Boxing Update
An update on the Boxing event to be held on Thursday 15th May.
As it happens organisation of the event has proved quite a challenging exercise. From an initial interest before Christmas of 14 first team players, the list has shortened considerably as one by one, for a variety of reasons, a number of players have withdrawn from the event. We have also just this week had the withdrawal of Terence Brannigan.
Glentoran U15s Trip to Swansea!
In the early hours of Saturday 3rd May the Glentoran Academy 1999s and four guests from Ridgeway Rovers set sail towards the south west of Wales to participate in a friendly game with their Welsh counterparts at Swansea City Academy. The game was set up through a link between Glentoran, Ridgeway Rovers, Playball at the Stormont Pavilion and Swansea City AFC.
Glentoran Legends
Glentoran Legends will be in action at the Oval this week.
The game, in aid of 'Marie Curie', will take place on Thursday (8th May) evening with a 7:30pm kick-off.
Willowfield Parish are the opposition. Come along and support both the Legends and a very worthy cause.
Glentoran U16's Win Cup
The U16 development team ended the season on a high winning 3-0 against St Patricks in the South Belfast cup final on Tuesday night.
The team stuck to their game plan and kept it tight instead of their usual attacking flowing football.
They denied St Pats many chances and caught them on the break with a ball played from the back through midfield to Jack Mallin who scored after 12 minutes.
Glens Under 14s Win Irish Cup!
Glentoran Under 14s travelled to Ballymoney on May Day to play in the Northern Ireland Boys FA Cup Final.
The Glens extra time victory over Linfield in the Semi Final at Seaview a month ago set up the Final clash with Limavady Youth, who had knocked out Ballymena United in their Semi Final.
Limavady, fresh from clinching promotion to the National League A Section where they will face the Glens in league action next season, started the game brightly with a gale force win at their backs.