Glentoran Women: Two major signings announced
Glentoran Women are delighted to announce that current Northern Ireland internationals Demi Vance and Emily Wilson have rejoined the club on professional contracts ahead of the 2023 season.
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Linfield 1-1 Glentoran
Bobby Burns continued his quest to be recognised as his generation’s Johnny Jameson as his last gasp equaliser tonight at the National Stadium was his fourth goal against Linfield this season. It was no more than the Glens deserved in what was a scrappy game, but one in which the visitors had the lion’s share of possession..
Match Preview: Linfield v Glentoran
Wednesday 12 April
Kick Off 7.45pm
Tomorrow evening we cross the city to the National Stadium to face Linfield in the sixth “Big Two” match of the season.
With Friday’s 0-0 draw at home to Crusaders and Larne’s win at Solitude on Tuesday having left Linfield ten points behind leaders Larne (with only twelve points left to play for albeit with a game in hand) the Blues are under huge pressure to stay in striking distance before the sides face off at Inver Park in the penultimate game of the season.
Board Changes for GFC1882
The following changes have taken place on the Board of GFC1882
Gail Redmond has advised that she will be stepping down from the Board with immediate effect due to her work commitments in growing and developing the women’s game in NI and the upcoming demands of her time.
Larne 2-0 Glentoran
Larne took a big step towards a first ever League Title and Glentoran’s hopes of automatic qualification for the UEFA Europa League a blow following this one-sided match at Inver Park this evening. The 2-0 scoreline if anything flattered the Glens’ insipid performance.
Rodney McAree made one change from Saturday’s 5-1 defeat of Portadown, with a recovered Conor McMenamin returned to the starting line-up and Niall McGinn on the bench for this one.
Match Preview: Larne v Glentoran
Friday 7th April
Kick off 7.45pm
Tomorrow we start our post-split campaign and continue our quest for European football with a trip to Inver Park to face league leaders Larne on their own patch, our first visit since the opening night of the season.
200 Club: March 2023 Results
The March 200 Club draw was made this evening by Colin Jess of GFC1882 and Monday Club member Stewarty Malcolm
Global Glens: Youth International Roundup
Our 8 young players have returned to the club following international duty at various age groups.
Under 19 European Championship Elite Qualifying Round.
Glentoran Makaton Awareness
The team were involved in recording a Makaton sign with Claire from Makaton Mondays. It’s so important to raise awareness of Makaton.
Makaton is the UK's leading programme for adults and children with learning or communication difficulties. It is a language programme that combine signs, symbols and speech to give different options for people to communicate. Using signs can help people who do not user speech.
Claire is on a mission to make the world more accessible!
Obituary - Tommy Craig
Everyone at Glentoran Football Club was saddened to learn of the sudden passing on Saturday of our former player, Tommy Craig.
Tommy enjoyed two spells at the Oval initially in the mid 60s, during which he scored the winning goal in the Steel and Sons final of 1965.
Tommy Craig - back row extreme left