On Wednesday 5th August, Belfast's Lord Mayor, Councillor Arder Carson, held a reception in the City Hall in recognition of Glentoran's Irish Cup win.
The reception was attended by Glentoran President, David Chick, Chairman Stephen Henderson, members of the board, club officials, staff and players. A number of representatives from various political parties were also in attendance.
Glentoran's Danske Bank Premiership campaign got off to a poor start with a 1-nil defeat at Coleraine. It might have been different had referee Hetherington awarded the Glens a penalty in the opening minute when Curtis Allen went down in the area under a challenge from David Ogilby but the official waved away the appeals. On 7 minutes Elliott Morris made a fine save, tipping Garth Falconer's 25 yard effort over the bar. Glentoran were restricted to half chances by both a resolute Coleraine back line and by some very poor passing.
The 2015-16 Danske Bank Premiership gets underway on Saturday and Glentoran's campaign starts with a trip to the Coleraine Showgrounds.
In the past 3 seasons the two clubs have met 10 times in the Premiership with both winning 2 games each. The other 6 games have been drawn.
Due to health and safety restrictions our Danske Bank Premiership game away to Carrick Rangers on 15th August will be all ticket. Tickets will be on sale from the Superstore during the usual opening hours (HERE) this Thursday 6th August and Saturday 8th August, and at our home game against Crusaders on 12th August. Adults £10, Concessions £7.
The draw for the 2015/16 European Shirt Sponsors took place on 1st August in the Premier Lounge.
Draw results as below:
HOME SHIRTS - Match Worn @ £75
HOLLAND (4) - Brian Dawson
BIRNEY (5) - John Wilkins
MAGEE (6) - Charlotte & Madison Murray
MCCULLOUGH (26) - Gary Smyth
GORDON (22) - Hillfoot GSC
KANE (3) - Davy Stewart
McCAFFREY (10) - Simon Kitchen
McMENAMIN (24) - Daniel Baine
STEWART (11) - David Crothers
ADDIS (19) - still available
GIBSON (17) - still available
Glentoran FC are delighted to announce that we have appointed Spike Hill as the club's chief scout.
Spike had a long and successful spell as manager of Glentoran Seconds and during his tenure a significant number of players progressed to the first team.
We all wish Spike the very best in his new role.
Glentoran lifted the NI Hospice Charity Shield on Saturday at Solitude after a timid affair was won by a fantastic moment of brilliance from Jordan Stewart. Eddie Patterson, on holiday in Portugal, was not in the dugout so Tiernan Lynch stepped up as manager for the day. The Glens, who most recently defeated Donegal Celtic 2-1 on Tuesday night, named a strong line-up despite players such as Barry Holland, Conor McMenamin and David Howland unavailable for a variety of reasons.
Glentoran Fans travelling by private car to Cliftonville Football Club for the Charity Shield Match against Crusaders (3pm kick-off) on Saturday 1st August 2015 are requested to park in the residential areas above Solitude off the Cliftonville Road - ie Cardigan Drive and Knutsford Drive etc. Motorists should consider local resident and emergency vehicle access when deciding where and how to park.
The Pride of the County Down!
Our final installment of Milk Cup introductions is of our most heavily represented team - County Down Juniors.
We had 6 players selected for this squad out of last seasons NIBFA cup winning 2000s with Goalkeeper Oliver Webber, Team joint Skippers Josh Tipping and Adam McAleenan, last seasons Player of the Year Callum Carson, Flying full back Ross Tharma and the man who opened the scoring in that NIBFA Final Jack Henderson all making the squad.
The latest in our line of Milk Cup players this year is our only representative from Co. Londonderry - Caolan McBrearty signed for the Glens 2000 a year ago after being named our Player of the Tournament as a guest player in the Foyle Cup of 2014 - the year the wee Glens won the Competition beatinf Donegal Schools in the final at the Brandywell.
Caolan has played a pivotal role for Londonderry this week having starred in midfield in their opening 3-2 win over OC Blues and in their narrow 2-1 defeat to Southampton before helping his County to a 0-0 derby draw with Antrim.
