Glentoran 0-1 Coleraine
A 1-nil defeat to Cliftonville back on 4th October 2019 was the last time Glentoran suffered a home defeat but in today's Danske Bank Premiership fixture we went down to the same scoreline.
News
McDaid is January Player of the Month
Robbie McDaid, our top scorer so far this season, has won the supporter vote as Glentoran Player of The Month for January.
The ever popular Robbie, who scored twice in four appearances in a month where we won five of our six matches and went top of the league at this stage for the first time in a decade, won 47% of the vote, Second was Hrvoje Plum, with Cricky Gallagher, Paul O’Neill and Jonny Frazer polling well.
Tomorrow's Gazette
A big game at the Oval tomorrow and a jam-packed Glentoran Gazette to match. We have the latest musings of Henry Muldrew, Roy Downes looks at the history of the cradle of the club Glentoran House and John Grayden ponders on fixture congestion in the Irish League. Our interviews are with one of our latest signings Caolan Marron and Eddy Patrick goes behind the scenes with equipment manager Sean McManus. Plus a look at Curtis Allen’s Glentoran career in numbers, the view from our opponents Coleraine, photo action from our victories over Glenavon and Queen’s and all the latest news, views a
Match Preview: Glentoran v Coleraine
Saturday 8th February 2020, Kick Off 3.00pm
On Saturday we aim to further strengthen our position in the upper reaches of the Dansk Bank Premiership, with our third league meeting with Coleraine this season.
New International signing for Glens
Glentoran FC is delighted to announce the signing of Lithuanian international centre forward, Deivydas Matulevičius.
30-year old Deivydas (Dave) has won 36 international caps to date, and most recently played for FK Kauno Zalgiris in his home country. He had a spell in 2017-18 in the SPFL with Hibs under Neil Lennon, and has also had spells playing in Poland, Romania and Belgium.
The 200 Club
Thank you to all those loyal supporters who have remained loyal contributing members of the 200 Club over the last decade. Your continued support has been a great help to the club.
All money raised from the 200 club is split 50% to a monthly winners pot and the other 50% to pay utility bills for Glentoran.
The winners pot is allocated as follows at the end of each month:
All Island Football: Special Glentoran information meeting
While a full All-Island League has been ruled out by the Irish FA, the conversation continues about whether some form of cross-border competition could be introduced to bring greater finances and public interest into the game. Glentoran representatives have attended all relevant neetings and - while the club has not taken a view on the concept - we feel our loyal supporters should have the opportunity to hear for themselves and to fully debate the idea with it's strongest advocates.
Message from the Board of GFC 1882
The Board of Directors of the Glentoran Recreation Company confirmed this week that is delighted to announce that effective from Friday 31st January 2020, the club has discharged all obligations to the final historic creditor.
This could not have been achieved without the support and generosity of the Glentoran Family.
Statement from the Board of Directors of Glentoran Recreation Company
The Board of Directors of the Glentoran Recreation Company is delighted to announce that effective from Friday 31st January 2020, the club has discharged all obligations to the final historic creditor, thus rendering Glentoran effectively debt free.
Curtis Allen: An Appreciation
If you were going to pick a time in the history of Glentoran to sign for the club, safe to say it wouldn’t have been December 2013. We were the Irish Cup holders, but in the seven months following the final, that team had lost quality players of the level of Colin Nixon, Stephen Carson, Andy Waterworth and Sean Ward, with Jimmy Callacher and Richard Clarke about to leave in the upcoming window. The club was mired in historic debt and top players were hard to tempt to East Belfast.