Tuesday 15 October 2019, Kick Off 7.45 pm
On Tuesday we entertain Larne for the first of two meetings this week, this time in the County Antrim Shield. Having been unfortunate to go out of the Bet McLean League Cup at Coleraine last week, our players and management will be determined to stay in the Shield as we seek our first silverware since 2015 and the first of the new era at the club.
On Saturday evening, the Ballymac GSC clubrooms were packed for the club’s annual Player pf the Year Dinner and Awards night for the 2018/2019 season.
The awards were presented as follows:
Player of the Year (Ron Manley Memorial Trophy): Robbie McDaid
Robbie is presented with his award by young Ballymac members Dylan Agnew and Tom Cowan
Glentoran ended their recent losing streak with a 3-1 victory over Carrick Rangers at the Oval this afternoon. It was a much changed team from the one which lost narrowly to Coleraine on Tuesday evening and it was great to welcome Gavin Peers back into the heart of the defence alongside Patrick McClean who missed the midweek cup game due to injury. Navid Nasseri, scorer on his debut against the Bannsiders, made the starting XI today.
The now annual Charity game between the Glentoran Legends and Dundela Old Crocks XI’s took place on Sunday at Wilgar Park and what a highly entertaining game it proved to be. Part of a fundraiser for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Friends of the Cancer Centre (BCH) the game was played in excellent conditions, on a great pitch considering the heavy rain on Saturday.
Don’t miss out on your copy of tomorrow’s jam packed edition of our award winning match day programme, the Glentoran Gazette. Henry Muldrew looks at the ongoing rise of Irish League football while John Grayden speculates on the next step being summer football, Philip Stevenson reports on the Legends’ latest outing and Sam Robinson reveals 10 things you didn’t know about the Oval. We have interviews with Player of the Month Hrvoje Plum and 250 Club winger Tim McCann, Brian McClelland continues his For King And Country series with the story of Ted Sagar and Roy Downes delves into The Vault
Representatives from Danske Bank and Action Mental Health will be present at the Glentoran Vs Carrick Rangers game at the Oval on Saturday 12 October, to raise funds for the bank’s charity partner.
It’s part of the Bank’s ‘Go Purple’ activities for World Mental Health Day on Thursday 10 October.
Danske is in its third year of partnership with Action Mental Health and all money raised helps power Healthy Me, the charity’s wellbeing and resilience programme for 8-11 year olds.
Saturday 12th October 2019, Kick Off 3.00pm
On Saturday we are delighted to welcome our friends from Carrick Rangers back to both the Danske Bank Premiership and to the Oval, following a season in the Championship.
Carrick are currently ninth in the table, with six points from two wins and seven defeats. They come here in the back of three consecutive defeats. But we’ve been there before with Carrick so we will need to be ready and determined for this one.
Tickets for our match on Friday 18th October 2019 v Larne at Inver Park will go on sale from Glentoran SUPERSTORE as follows
Shareholders / Season Ticket Holders / Life ST’s ONLY - 1 ticket per person
Note: ST must be produced.
Saturday 12th October between 12:45 and 3pm
Remaining tickets will then go on General sale from TICKET Office (located beside Players' Entrance) at 3:45pm ( half time) - 2 per person
Hrvoje Plum has emulated Conor Pepper's achievement of last season by winning the supporter vote for the second month in a row in his first two months with the club, winning the Glentoran Player of The Month for September
In what was very much a two-horse race, Hrvoje won 36% of the vote, just two points ahead of Paddy McClean (also for the second consecutive month) who had an excellent month in which he scored his first Glentoran goal, the winner v Warrenpoint. Conor Pepper was third with 26%.
There were only 4 survivors from the eleven who started against Cliftonville last Friday night for this evening's Bet McLean League Cup tie at the Coleraine Showground - Pepper, Kane, Stewart and Gallagher. However, the youthful, much changed side put up a battling performance and were perhaps unlucky not to take the tie to extra time, especially considering they had to play over an hour with 10 men following the dismissal on 28 minutes of James McCarthy.
