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Glentoran return to mid-Ulster this evening in confident mood following the excellent victory over Portadown in the Irish Cup last Saturday. Glentoran and Glenavon have met twice previously in this season's Danske Bank Premiership with the East Belfast side taking all 3 points at Mourneview Park in August; David Howland and David Scullion netting in a 2-1 win. In mid-November the two sides played out a goalless draw at the Oval.

Glentoran travelled to Shamrock Park this afternoon to face a Portadown side that they hadn't beaten in 3 previous meetings this season; but this was the Irish Cup. 

The Glens travel to Shamrock Park looking for their first win against the mid-Ulster side this season. The teams have met three times in the Danske Bank Premiership with the Ports winning 2-1 in late September and 2-0 at the Oval in early December. Last week's game, again at the Oval, finished 2-2.

Glentoran's last win against Ronnie McFall's side was last year's Irish Cup semi-final game at the Oval; Marcus Kane getting a late winner. 

He was, without doubt, the greatest ever player to grace the Oval pitch in a competitive game.

Eusebio da Silva Ferreira was the focal point of the superb Benfica team from the 1960's and the main reason that 40,000 people packed the Oval on Wednesday 13th September 1967. John Colrain's Glentoran side had just returned from their highly successful North American tour and the squad were at their peak.