Glentoran Football Club is delighted to welcome Desi Curry to the club in the role of General Manager.
Desi will lead and manage all football operations after spending five highly successful years with the Gibraltar Football Association (2017-2022)
During his time with Gibraltar Desi played a key role in the running of football on the 'Rock' as the nation rose up the FIFA world rankings.
Draws for the Bet McLean League Cup and Toals County Antrim Shield have been announced. Glentoran will play on the following dates:
Both games will kick off at 7.45pm
Match Report courtesy of the Belfast Telegraph
Glentoran Women finished bottom of their Champions League group as they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Maltese side Birkirkara in Romania.
The Danske Bank Premiership champions had taken the lead through defender Kelly Bailie, but second half goals from Raini Giusti and Charlene Zammit earned their opponents the win.
The result in what was essentially a third/fourth-placed play-off means the Glens finish bottom of the group and have exited the competition at the first hurdle.
Prior to kick-off there was a minute's applause as Glentoran remembered two legends who sadly passed away in the close season; former Chairman, John Crossen and former player, Bertie Wright. Both of these Glentoran stalwarts would have thoroughly enjoyed what was to follow, particularly the second half.
Friday 19th August 2022
Kick Off 7.45pm
Tomorrow night we have our first home game of the new season when we welcome Crusaders to the Bet McLean Oval.
Crusaders got their league campaign off to an impressive start last weekend, overpowering Dungannon Swifts 5-1 at Seaview. In addition to a Brendan Barr own goal, there were two familiar names on the scoresheet: winger Paul Heatley and attacking midfielder Ben Kennedy grabbing a brace apiece.
Match Report courtesy of BBC Sport
Glentoran suffered a 4-2 defeat on penalties after their Women's Champions League first-round semi-final against Romanian champions Cluj was goalless.
Ayah Faisal Ayed Al-Majali and Mara Batea had good first-half chances for the hosts while Caragh Hamilton and Kerry Beattie went close for Glentoran.
Hamilton hit the post after the break and Beattie's right-foot shot was just wide for the Irish Premiership champions.
Cluj play in Sunday's Group 7 final.
The Glentoran Gazette team welcomes back its readers for the 2022/23 season. Because of technical difficulties we can't yet introduce our revamped layout for the campaign but the eagle-eyed among you will note Beth Stafford and Joe Burns’ new cover as well as some new features. Reluctantly due to a rise in printing costs, particularly the price of paper, we have had to increase our cover price for the first time in a decade but are confident that the Gazette remains unrivalled as the best read in the local game.
We are delighted to be able to offer supporters, supporters clubs and businesses the opportunity to sponsor a match worn player’s shirt for the 2022/23 season.
The cost of this sponsorship is £180.
Sponsorship includes:
Glentoran Women set off for Romania this morning to play their opening tie in the UEFA Champions League.
The match is against Romanian Champions Olimpia Cluj in the Cluj Arena. Kick-off is at 4pm UK time on Thursday 18th August. We defeated these opponents 2-0 in the tournament last season with goal from two of our international stars, Chloe McCarron and Joely Andrews, both of whom travelled with their teammates this morning.
Our first competitive home match of the 2022-2023 season is at home v Crusaders this Friday, 19th August.
For those who have not already purchased please note, the LAST DAY to purchase Season Tickets that would permit entry to the Oval for our first home match of the season is this Thursday, 18th August.
