Our close season strengthening has continued today with the signing of Elvio Van Overbeek.
Elvio (25), is a former Dutch Under 21 international winger/midfielder (also U18.19 and20) who spent last season with Telstar in the second tier of Dutch football. He started his career with PSV and has played over 170 senior matches in his home country.
On a beautiful warm sunny Sunday morning at Wilgar Park, Dundela opened its facilities to welcome the six sides that would compete for the Jimmy Black Memorial Challenge Cup, a 7 a side tournament in aid of Pancreatic Cancer Support.
Teams taking part were two from the Spirit of 82 NI Supporters’ Club, NI Fans XI, PSNI XI, Northern Ireland Masters and our own Glentoran Legends.
The club is delighted to announce that our young forward Ben Cushnie has signed professional forms and will be promoted to the first-team squad for the 2019/20 season.
Glentoran 2006 team capped a fantastic comeback in the Northern Ireland Supercup today, to qualify for the final with a 1-0 over Finn Harps.
The Story So Far:
The boys got off to a shaky start on day one of the tournament, losing 2-1 to Bertie Peacock against the run of play. This really put the Glens up against it as it usually takes three wins to top a Supercup group. Only first place in the group make the super cup proper.
Brendan Hamilton scored the goal in that match.
Glentoran Women missed their chance to return to the top of the Danske Bank Women's Premiership tonight as a late equaliser by Cliftonville cancelled out Rachel Rogan's opener. The Glens are now 2 points behind Linfield as we enter the latter stages of the campaign.
A full report will appear here
GlensTV caught up rhis week with Head Coach Mick McDermott for an update on preseason, transfers and investment!
Glens TV also met and interviewed a very excited Tom Byrne, following the completion of his move to the club.
Glentoran Football Club is keen to recruit Match Day Stewards at the Oval for the 2019-20 Danske Bank Premiership season and beyond.
As a Safety Steward you will help to ensure the safety of our supporters and visitors from the time they enter the Oval until they depart. You will also help Glentoran FC in making significant financial savings and also in satisfying the conditions of our Stadium Safety Certificate.
Our away Danske Bank Premiership match at Larne, scheduled for Saturday 19 October, has been moved to Friday 18 October at 7.45 to accommodate television coverage.
The club has completed the signing of former Drogheda United and St Patrick’s Athletic left winger and Republic of Ireland U19 player, Thomas Byrne.
Thomas (20) was a youth player with Brighton but has spent the past 2 years in the League of Ireland, where he was considered to be a very hot prospect with the potential to return to cross channel football. He played pre-season for Glenavon but picked the Glens after appearing in our recent friendly wins over Ballyclare Comrades, Knockbreda and PSNI.
Glentoran FC is delighted to announce the signing of defender Patrick McClean, pending a medical to be undertaken early next week.
Patrick (22) spent last season with his hometown club, Derry City. Prior to his time at the Brandywell, he captained Waterford to promotion from the League of Ireland First Division in 2017 and had a year in the Premier League with Sligo Rovers before returning to Derry City, where he had been a youth team player. He had been approached to sign for Cliftonville but elected to join the Glens after meeting Mick McDermott and Paul Millar.
