Following Saturday's excellent display against Cliftonville, Glentoran were looking to follow it up with a good performance against Linfield in the first Big Two clash of the new season. Glentoran only made one change from Saturday's draw with Barry Holland making his competitive debut at left back meaning Stephen McCullough missed out.
Despite Cliftonville dominating the domestic scene in the last couple of seasons, Belfast's original 'Big Two' game remains Northern Irish football's stand out fixture. Whenever Glentoran meet Linfield there is guaranteed the top crowd of the season and almost always a game of entertaining quality.
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the vacant position as one of the two Glentoran Community Trust representatives on the board, created when Stephen Henderson became a Coates Trust director, has been filled with the appointment of Richard McGuinness. With a background in IT within both the telecom and banking sectors, Richard brings a wealth of business infrastructure and management experience to the position. A former Chair of the GCT, Richard will initially join the finance committee at the club to help support this critical aspect of the business.
Glentoran Football Club has a rich history of success and our academy has been no different in the last few years. In May we are used to the messages coming in of league title successes and Northern Ireland Boys Cup Finals but this year has had something particularly special. Since the close of the youth season in May, Glentoran have had possibly the best summer in the history of the academy.
Season Tickets can be purchased at the Oval tomorrow from 4pm - 6pm. If you cannot make it to the ground at that time you can still pick one up later on in the evening. Simply pay in at the turnstiles and then go to the Superstore for your Season Ticket. The price you paid at the turnstiles will then be discounted from your Season Ticket.
Linfield make the short journey across Belfast for our first meeting against the Blues this season.
The Premier Lounge will open at 6pm and everyone is welcome. The McLeans Suite will also be open from 6.30pm and again, all are welcome.
Membership forms will not commence until Saturday's game v Warrenpoint and membership for the Premier Lounge is again kept at the same price of only £5. More details to follow.
Hope to see you all there.
The Glentoran womens team have played Glasgow on the second day of the Uefa Women's Champions League, although the girls played well a goal by Glasgows Courtney Whyte from a corner saw them lose 1-0.
Next up for the ladies is Nové Zámky on Thursday at 5pm
The photo below shows Ashleigh McKinnon being presented player of match (Glasgow City v Glentoran BU) by Raymond Alexander.
The Superstore will be open this week on Wednesday 13th from 4pm to 9pm.
Season tickets will be on sale prior to the match v Linfield in the Superstore between 4pm and 6pm on Wednesday.
Saturday afternoon finally came and Irish League football made its long awaited return with hundreds of Glenmen turning the away end red, green and black at Solitude today. They weren't treated to quite the spectacle they might've hoped for but a point against the champions away from home on the first day is hardly a result many connected with Glentoran were going to argue with come 5pm today.
Glentoran/BU (GBU) lost their 1st match in the UEFA Women's Champions League Qualifier Tournament to the Ukrainian champions FC Zhilstroy 5-0. The result does not truly reflect the game which was ultimately decided by the more incisive finishing of the Ukrainians as GBU spurned open goal chances. The first chance occurred in the 1st minute as Nina Montgomery went agonisingly close to slotting the ball home from a Lauren Wade cross. Equally Gail Macklin failed to convert a Demi Vance thunderbolt which had beaten the Ukrainian keeper but rebounded off the crossbar.
