Officials of Hillfoot Glentoran Supporters Club presented a cheque for £1500 to Glentoran Chairman, Stephen Henderson in the boardroom prior to yesterday's match with Cliftonville.
The Board wish to warmly thank all the officers and members of the Hillfoot club for this very generous donation. It is a testament to the continued hard work and dedication of this long established supporters club.
An injury time strike from Jay Donnelly snatched the first 3 points of the new season at The Oval this afternoon. Donnelly’s goal followed a second half equaliser from Joe Gormley after John McGuigan had put Glentoran in front. For the opening game of this new NIFL Premiership season Glens manager Ronnie McFall chose to start new signing Conor Pepper after the 24 year old Dubliner signed on Tuesday and fellow new face Nigel Prentice was named among the substitutes.
Glentoran v Cliftonville
Saturday 4th August 2018, Kick Off 3pm
Tomorrow we open the new season with a visit from Cliftonville, presenting us with an early chance to get revenge for the late defeat in the Europa League Play Off Final in our last competitive match, back in May.
All three of this week’s signings – Conor Pepper, Lee Chapman and Nigel Prentice – have had their registrations approved with Pepper likely to make his debut in centre midfield.
First game of the season and a very special edition of your multi-award winning Glentoran Gazette dedicated to the memory of the late Ron Manley. A one off cover has been designed by Clifford Logan, Gazette veteran Philip Stevenson pays tribute to his great friend in our centre pages and Cliftonville’s Liam Murray shares his memories of Yorkie’s time at Solitude.
The club is pleased to announce the signing of Conor Pepper (pictured above) as our first new signing for the first team this summer.
Conor (24), a central or right sided midfielder, is a former Republic of Ireland U19 international who has spent the past six seasons in Scotland, first at Inverness Caledonian Thistle and latterly with Greenock Morton. Last season he was coaching at Morton while recovering from a knee operation.
Curtis Allen and Elliott Morris speak to Glens TV ahead of Saturdays opening match.
Prior to Saturday’s opening match with Cliftonville, the club will pay a sincere and appropriate tribute to our former striker and 250 Club member Ron Manley, who sadly died in June.
Glentoran Academy is delighted to announce Robert Watson and Adam Bridgnell to the positions of Player Pathway Officer. Pictured here with Academy Development Manager Stephen Lowry, both guys have accepted very important roles in helping us to ensure all players and teams are regularly reviewed and assisted in areas that will help our coaches with their workload. Their roles will involve attending Academy training sessions and matches & providing feedback to management on players and team performance at both our elite and development streams, as well as Talent ID.
Following our story on Thursday evening about 10-year old Kodi Brown (sister of our young Academy player, Blake), we are pleased to announce that as part of the club’s efforts to help Kodi and her family, there will be a bucket collection at our home match v Cliftonville.
As outlined in the previous article, Kodi has a brain tumour. She is presently in Germany receiving ground breaking treatment not available in the UK. This essential treatment comes at an enormous cost and is expected to last for 6 months.
Following discussions with the management team on Thursday evening, Conall Delaney has had his contract terminated by mutual consent and has left the club to seek regular first team opportunities elsewhere.
Conall joined us in 2016 after spells with Glenavon and Crusaders. He made his debut in March 2017 in a 4-2 win at Ballymena Showgrounds. He made 19 first team appearances, 13 of them last season.
We thank Conall for his hard work and commitment to the club over the past two seasons and wish him all the best in his future career.
