Programme publishers, the 1923 Committee, emphasise the need to qualify for European competition in another 40-page Glentoran Gazette for tomorrow night’s crucial play-off game. Mick McDermott stresses the importance of the backing of a big crowd while our writers profile Glenavon and the Lurgan team’s dangermen. Joe Burns and Beth Stafford have Ben Cushnie as the cover star of an issue in which Matthew Brown looks back on a season of podcast interviews and our writers hail another upswing in attendance figures across the league and agree with UEFA banning Russian teams from tournaments under their jurisdiction. We report on Glentoran WFC’s Big Two trouncing of Linfield while Henry Muldrew socks it to 1982 World Cup hero Billy Hamilton, Brian McCllelland recalls the famous Johnny Scraggs and Philip Stevenson pays tribute to Jimmy Cleary. And, of course, Norman Ternahan and Thomas Sewell review the latest action in words and pictures. The Gazette, by the fans for the fans, is just £3.
