Prior to kick off in Friday night’s home game against Newry City, the club made a presentation to Elliott Morris in recognition of him reaching the incredible milestone of 700 first team appearances for Glentoran in our recent match at Mourneview Park. Elliott is now in his seventeenth season at Glentoran, a remarkable statistic in these days when such a high level of loyalty to one club is an increasingly rare commodity.
Glentoran Women this afternoon consolidated their third position in the Danske Bank Women's Premiership with a 1-0 home win over Sion Swifts. The only goal of the game came from Nadene Caldwell.
A full report is on the Women's Team News section.
The Board of Directors of the Glentoran Recreation Company is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Non-Executive Directors.
Ian Kerr. Ian resigned from his role as Vice Chairman of the club at the AGM in June and left the board after eleven years service. Ian has assumed a non executive position with responsibility for the redevelopment of the stadium.
A sublime strike from Dylan Davidson was the highlight of the night as Glentoran put 4 goals past Newry City in the Danske Bank Premiership at the Oval and climb to third in the table.
A Friday night game against Newry City but your usual jam packed Glentoran Gazette. Thomas McCartney makes the short hop to Seaview in his On The Road series, Roy Downes looks back at a controversy in the 1950s and Brian McClelland at another east Belfast club who played at a venue more renowned for the pointy ball.
Glentoran v Newry City
Friday 7th September 2018, Kick Off 7.45pm
On Friday evening we are delighted to welcome Newry City to the Oval for the first time since August 2010. The rise of Newry City from the fifth tier of Northern Ireland football to the Danske Bank Premiership through four promotions in just five seasons is one of the genuine feelgood stories in NI football in recent years. We have had some great battles with Newry City and Newry Town over the decades so the club and its supporters are warmly welcomed to East Belfast.
Well done to Glentoran Under 20s tonight on a good league 3-1 win over Glenavon. The Glens goals came from Paul O’Neill, Mal Smith and Darryl McKenna .
A full match report will follow in the U20s News section.
The draw for the 18/19 Shirt Sponsorship will take place on Friday 7th September at 7pm in the McLean suite before our match against Newry City. All sponsors are welcome to attend. We would like to thank everyone who sponsored a shirt for the 2018/19 season.
Conor Pepper has marked his first month as a Glentoran player by being voted the clear winner of the August Glentoran Supporters Player of the Month.
Conor played every minute of our five games in August and has been unambiguously identified as a driving force in our encouraging start to the season. He received a convincing 85% of votes in the online poll.
Former Glentoran player and Northern Ireland legend, Jimmy McIlroy was buried in his adopted home of Burnley on Friday 31st August. The ceremony was fittingly held at Turf Moor, home of Burnley FC. Glentoran was officially represented by David Hogg, a lifelong supporter now living in Cheshire.
David has sent us this account of the service. We thank David for his thoughts and hard work in preparing for the ceremony and ensuring that the club where it all started for Jimmy was well represented.
Service of Celebration for Jimmy McIlroy, MBE.
