The Chairman, Directors and everyone at Glentoran FC offer sincere condolences to club director John Moore on the passing of his father, William. Thoughts of all at the club are with John and his family at this very sad time. Le Jeu Avant Tout.
A Service of Thanksgiving will be held in McQuiston Memorial Presbyterian Church (Castlereagh Road) on Thursday 7th January 2016 at 11:30am.
Glentoran FC is pleased to announce the signing of Chris Morrow from Crusaders. Chris - the NI Football Writers' Player of the Year in 2012 - joins the club on loan for the rest of the season. Chris and our other new signing Chris Lavery will both be available for selection when registration is completed with the IFA. The club also confirms that Danny McKee has returned to The Oval following a successful loan spell at Ards.
Glentoran fell to their second defeat of the festive period as Dungannon deservedly took the points at Stangmore Park this afternoon. Alan Kernaghan named an unchanged starting XI from the narrow Boxing Day defeat to Linfield and it was the visitors who created the first clear cut chance of the game after four minutes. A great pass from Jonny Addis found Curtis Allen on the right who cut inside his marker and got a shot on target which was well saved with his feet by Dungannon 'keeper Andy Coleman. However it was the Swifts who made the breakthrough soon afterwards as Paul McElroy made a
Glentoran will be looking to put behind a disappointing ‘Big Two’ Boxing Day defeat with a huge performance on Friday.
Niall Quinn and Paul Smyth were on the scoresheet for the Blues last Saturday to give David Healy his first derby win as manager.
Glens youngster Jonathan Smith pulled one back at a waterlogged Oval with his fifth of the season, but it wasn’t enough as Linfield emerged victorious to seal their fourth successive Boxing Day triumph.
On Sunday 20th December, officials, players and volunteers from Glentoran FC visited several Homeless Shelters in Belfast to distribute the gifts donated by supporters.
Once again we were overwhelmed by the generosity of our fans and would like to thank you all for your donations.
Thank you to Jodie Killops for coordinating this on behalf of the club.
Although the result on Boxing Day was not what we would have wanted, it was still very important to the legions of supporters of both Glentoran and Linfield that the match - always the top attended league match in the NIFL season - went ahead. At various stages on Boxing Day this looked like a major challenge so the Chairman and Directors of Glentoran FC would like to thank the following for their exceptional work on the day in getting the game played:
As the morning wore on in East Belfast the chances of today's game going ahead looked less and less likely. However a monumental effort from volunteers, fans, board members and the fire brigade meant that NIFL agreed to postpone kick off by one hour before eventually confirming the 4pm kick off would go ahead. A sell out crowd graced the damp Oval grounds with the difficulty of the conditions clear to see. Patches of the famous grass were left muddy and bare and were sure to prove testing for the players throughout.
Today's game goes ahead thanks to the hard work of the groundsman and volunteers; kick off is now at 4pm.
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Due to the bad weather overnight today's kick off has been put back to 4pm, there is a pitch inspection provisionally planned for 1pm.
Alan Kernaghan’s first taste of the ‘Big Two’ derby will be played in front of a sell-out Boxing Day crowd tomorrow.
Glentoran host this year’s eagerly anticipated annual fixture, and will hoping for Boxing Day delight at a packed house at the Oval.
Tomorrow’s showdown will be both managers first experience of the derby, and it doesn’t get much bigger than the festive clash.
In a titanic matchup, both sets of fans will be expecting a big performance to claim seasonal bragging rights.
