The Glentoran Family will soon have the opportunity to pay a warm tribute to Elliott Morris, legendary keeper and the longest serving first teamer in the club’s 140-year history.
An organising committee of supporters has organised a tribute match for Elliott in June, between a team representing Elliott’s first decade at the club (2002-2012) and one representing his second decade (2012-2022), each managed by a Glentoran Manager from the respective era.
The match will kick off at 12.30pm on Sunday 12th June at the Blanchflower Stadium (all details below)
Players confirmed so far are:
Elliott Morris, Colin Nixon, Paul Leeman, Mark Glendenning, Gary Smyth, Tim McCann, Marty Hunter, Sean Ward, Andy Smith, Chris Morgan, Michael Halliday, Damian McLaughlin, Darren Fitzgerald, David Rainey, Shaun Holmes, Darren Lockhart, Aaron Hogg, Ryan Berry, Stevie Gordon, Philip Simpson, Jason Hill. Ciaran Caldwell. Stephen McAlorum, Richard Clarke, Tommy McCallion, Rory Hamill, Darren Murray, Stephen O’Flynn and Aaron Harmon.
Elliott said to www.glentoran.com : “Its fantastic to get all these lads together on a pitch, some of whom I haven’t played with for 15 years, but I’ve got great memories with all of them at Glentoran, so it’ll be great to get them all together on the pitch one last time. But even more importantly it gives me the chance to say goodbye as a player to the Glentoran Family and all the fans who have been so good to me since the day I walked into the Oval twenty years ago. I hope we have a great turnout and I look forward to seeing many familiar faces on the terrace at the Blanchflower”
Let’s see as many of the Glentoran faithful as possible there, to pay a fitting tribute to one of the true legends of our club.
