Glentoran fought back from a goal down and were unlucky not to take all 3 points against Coleraine this afternoon. On Easter Tuesday, when the two sides met at the Oval, it was the home side who scored early and then held on to claim the win. For much of the game today it looked like we were going to witness the reverse.
THE BELFAST BLITZ REMEMBERED
On the evening of the 4th May 1941 and in the early hours of the following morning, the lives of the people who make up the community which exists around the home of Glentoran Football Club, The Oval, the Harland and Wolff shipyard, and Short and Harland aircraft factory in the east of the city, were about to change forever.
Glentoran travel to the Coleraine Showgrounds in search of a fourth consecutive league win.
In the league split opener, the Glens clash with Oran Kearney’s men for the second time in as many games.
Last time out, the East Belfast side claimed all the spoils at the Oval, bringing the calendar schedule to a close.
David Scullion bundled home from a Curtis Allen cross to give the hosts the lead inside two minutes, and proved to be the match winner to give Alan Kernaghan’s side a third league win a row.
Glentoran FC confirms that after a conversation with manager Alan Kernaghan, midfielder Stephen Rice has left the club with immediate effect. Stephen – who joined the club in March following a successful career in the SSE Airtricity League – is a full time coach with the Football Association of Ireland in Dublin and his employer has indicated that he will now be regularly expected to work on Saturdays in his player development role.
Over the Easter break Glentoran Academy were proudly represented on the international scene and once again, in a week of International tournaments for Northern Ireland, Glentoran Academy provided more players to the NI set up than any other club.
Something we are immensely proud of and hope to see continuing for a long time to come!
We had Charlie Lindsay captain Northern Ireland under 12s in a tournament in Spain alongside his Glentoran team mates Sean Brown, Harry Wilson and Matthew Carson.
An early goal from David Scullion gave Glentoran third consecutive victory to close the gap on Coleraine. Despite Saturday’s win at Carrick there were a couple of changes to the starting XI, Stephen Rice and Jonathan Smith returning in place of Chris Morrow and Fra McCaffrey.
Glentoran welcome Coleraine at the Oval tonight (kick-off 7:45pm) before the league splits in April.
Both teams have secured a top-half finish and are scheduled to clash again next Saturday.
The Bannsiders sit one place above the Glens in the Danske Bank Premiership table, boasting a nine point advantage. The double-header of fixtures, starting tonight, represents a perfect chance for the East Belfast side to reduce that deficit.
Two early Curtis Allen strikes were enough for Glentoran to claim all three points at the Belfast Loughshore Hotel Arena this afternoon. Alan Kernaghan made two changes to the side that beat Portadown 2-1 last Saturday with Stephen Rice and Chris Lavery making way for Chris Morrow and Steven McCullough. The Glentoran manager will have rightly expected a testing afternoon as the home side came into the game fresh from an impressive 4-3 win over league leaders Crusaders.
Glentoran travel to Carrick Rangers in search of a fourth win in their last 10 games.
Alan Kernaghan’s men ended a three-match losing run last week after a 2-1 win over Portadown at the Oval.
Marcio Soares put the visitors ahead with less than a minute on the clock, but the Glens were able to come from behind to claim all the points thanks to Curtis Allen’s superb brace.
The striker’s 15th and 16th league goals this season helped the East Belfast side to secure a place among the top six and with it a shot at European qualification.
A stunning free-kick from Curtis Allen snatched a late victory for Glentoran who had to come from a goal down to beat Portadown at The Oval.
Portadown took the lead through a first minute Marcio Soares goal but Allen put the game on level terms before dispatching his winning set-piece beyond the reach of the impressive David Miskelly.
