Glentoran welcome newly crowned Danske Bank Premiership champions Crusaders to the Oval on Saturday.
The match will bring a close to the domestic campaign, but the season is far from over for the Glens who are still in contention for a spot in Europe via the play-offs.
Although the league has already been wrapped up for Crusaders, tomorrow’s encounter could help Alan Kernaghan’s men rediscover the form that they'd shown before the Linfield defeat.
The UEFA Europa League qualification play-offs will take place on the following dates
Semi-Final(s)
Friday 6th May (7.45pm)
Match 1 - 4th place vs 7th place (if Ballymena United finish in 7th position)
Match 2 - 5th place vs 6th place
Note - If Dungannon Swifts finish in 7th position, Match 1 will not take place and Cliftonville will advance to the Europa League Play-off Final.
Final
Tuesday 10th May (7.45pm) Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2
Supporters may be aware that the IFA announcement this week on the granting of Domestic and UEFA licenses for 2016/17 that Glentoran has been effectively fined £250 for "failure to have club representatives attend the session in respect of UEFA stipulated criterion S.08, Refereeing Matters and Laws of the Game".
This seminar was a football matter and the person requested to attend on behalf of the club has apologised sincerely for the oversight in failing to attend and has indicated they are prepared to recompense the club for the financial penalty resulting from it.
Glentoran Football Club have been awarded our Domestic and UEFA licences for the 2016-17 season.
Thank you on behalf of the whole club to the small band of volunteers who put in so much time and effort to achieve this for our club.
Glentoran supporters have voted Curtis Allen as their 'Player of the Year' for 2015-16.
The voting, organised by Castlereagh GSC, took place prior to last Saturday's Danske Bank league fixture against Glenavon.
Curtis topped the poll with Barry Holland coming second and Marcus Kane third.
Saturday saw Allen play his 100th game for Glentoran. He has 47 goals so far, including 21 this season.
Glentoran fell to their second defeat of the week as Kevin Braniff’s second half goal gave Glenavon the three points. There were several changes to the Glentoran line up with Calum Birney coming into centre back, winger Chris Lavery starting and long term absentee Kym Nelson returning to the midfield.
Glentoran will be looking to put Tuesday’s bitter defeat behind them with a big performance against Glenavon tomorrow.
The Glens were crestfallen after their unbeaten run stretching back to five matches came to a grinding halt following a 4-0 horror show against rivals Linfield at the Oval.
After the game, boss Alan Kernaghan admitted his team were “embarrassed”, and he will be determined to dilute the setback with a convincing showing against the Lurgan Blues.
To accompany our Belfast Blitz Remembered evening on the 4th May 2016, the Glentoran Community Trust has written, produced and designed a full colour retro style, 40-page souvenir programme. The design, research and content has been painstakingly put together in a stylish publication which is a must for anyone with affinity to Glentoran and an appreciation of our history.
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It's every football fans' worst nightmare as Glentoran were humiliated and made to look sub-standard by fierce rivals Linfield on their own patch last night, as the Blues battered a sorry Glens side 4-0 to ironic cries of 'can we play you every week?' from the away support. A sunny evening saw a decent turn-out for two sides with little to play for except the much coveted bragging rights, but within 3 minutes many in green and red probably wished they hadn't bothered.
