Tuesday 7th November 2023
Kick Off 7.45pm
Tomorrow night we face our old rivals Linfield in the second round of the Bet McLean Cup.
Holders Linfield go into this tie in superb form, recording 9 victories in a row in all competitions since losing away to Larne in mid-September while scoring 26 goals and conceding just 4 in the process.
In Tuesday night’s Glentoran Gazette Warren Feeney tells how he brought the squad in on Sunday to discuss how they could bounce back from a result which left him frustrated. He blamed a loss of concentration for Carrick’s goals but reiterated his message that we need to finish off teams after taking the lead in games. He also looks ahead to tonight’s game while our writers detail Linfield’s flying start to the season.
One positive in Saturday’s game against Carrick is that Aaron McCarey made his 100th appearance for Glentoran in the fixture.
Aaron was signed by Mick McDermott from Cliftonville in the 2021 summer transfer window and has been a fixture in the first team ever since. So far this season Aaron has kept six clean sheets in the Sports Direct Premiership, joint best of any keeper in the division.
Congratulations Aaron!
The high spot of an otherwise disappointing day at the Bet McLean Oval yesterday was the presence of 20 of Glentoran’s greatest ever footballers at the match. They were there as members of the Glentoran 250 Club – players who made over 250 appearances for Glentoran – who were there to receive new 250 Club membership cards, specially designed by Clifford Logan. These men have over 100 League and Irish Cup winner’s medals between them.
All at Glentoran Football Club are sad to hear of the passing of a long standing and highly respected and long standing member of the Ballymacarrett Glentoran Supporters Club, Mr. Thomas Craig
Tommy was 79 and been faithfully following the Glens since he was a teenager in the glory days of the 1960s. A lifelong supporter, Tommy was a regular follower of the club to European away matches with the Ballymac. His first was Paris St Germain in 1983 and he was a constant on away trips until he was prevented from travelling by his recent illness.
Carrick Rangers twice came from behind to defeat 10-man Glentoran at the Bet McLean Oval this afternoon. It was a strange game with Glentoran looking comfortable for much of it but lacking the urgency to grab a second goal when on top.
Glentoran Football Club announces the following activity to celebrate Remembrance Day.
Congratulations to five Glentoran Academy players who have been called up by Northern Ireland Under 16s for the 2023 Victory Shield Squad
Milo Beimers, Darragh McCann, Jayden Charnley, Jack Faloona and George Feeney will all head to Wales next week for the tournament, also featuring Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland, which will run from Monday (6 November) until the following Saturday (11 November).
Well done boys and have a great Tournament.
Events at Seaview unsurprisingly feature in tomorrow’s 40-page match programme when we argue that the application of common sense on the day would have resolved three major issues. And while Warren Feeney admits being pleased with the squad’s first half performance against Crusaders despite having to once again re-jig the team, he says if we had taken our chances the game would have been won before the horror injury to Bobby Burns. Feeno also warns that we will be taking Saturday’s opponents, Carrick Rangers, very seriously after losing to Stuart King’s side in September.
James Singleton’s versatility, adaptability and great form in various positions has seen him win the supporters' vote as October Glentoran Player of the Month.
He played in 4 of our 5 games in October, initially in the unfamiliar role of right back then in his more accustomed left back before moving into defensive central midfield and played a major part in our renaissance after the poor September. He also captained the team when both Moko and Luke McCullough were injured, but whether he had the armband or not he led by example throughout.
