18/1/2012
1st game of the post Scott Young era was played last night away against Ballymena. In what many people are saying what was our best performance so far this season we swept past them thanks to goals from Nicky,Andy Waterworth and Sean Ward all in all a very satisfying win and hopefully we can carry this form over into the rest of this season
15/1/2012
Following yesterday's defeat to Newington in the Irish Cup the board have released this statement.
Scott tendered his resignation to Chairman Terence Brannigan this afternoon and, at a meeting of the Board of Directors of Glentoran this evening, the Board formally voted to accept Scott’s resignation.
The Board wish to place on record it’s sincere thanks to Scott for his service to the club as an outstanding player, a dedicated coach and a totally committed manager.
Chairman Terence Brannigan said “Since my arrival at this great club a year ago Scott Young has given me unstinting support and this is a very sad day for me and for Scott.
Scott has displayed a passion and love for this club since he first joined it nearly 15 years ago and, in leaving us, I would wish him to be remembered for his professional integrity and for the part he played in the successes enjoyed by the club during his period with us, including leading us to last season’s County Antrim Shield triumph and to our most successful foray into Europe in years.”
The process of recruiting a new manager to replace Scott Young will begin immediately but, in the interim period, the team will be managed by Director of Football, Roy Coyle.
Chairman, Terence Brannigan, stated “During this difficult time we are fortunate to have someone of Roy Coyle’s experience and stature to step into the breach and I am certain that Roy will enjoy the confidence and support of everyone associated with our club - supporters, players, coaches, officials and Directors.”
10/11/2012
Very tough game against the ports last Saturday ended with us getting a well deserved point. 1st Half we played some of our best football this season and really should have been 3-1 up at halftime however Waterworth missed his penalty and Darren Boyce was incorrectly ruled offside from a goalkick which resulted in a bounce ball somehow. All roads lead to the Oval this Saturday for the Irish Cup Round 5 which starts with a very tricky fixture against Newington YC.
We have also booked La Mon hotel for our 20th Anniversary for 27th February 2013. Single rooms are priced at 65 pound and double rooms are 75 while tickets are 35 pound
4/1/2012
just to update the service for paul will be at Roselawn tomorrow at 2pm and not 12 as first thought
2/1/2012
Paul Blakeley will be cremated this thursday at 12.00 at Roselawn Crematorium.
1/1/2012
Following another post-linfield defeat yesterday I think it's clear for all to see that alot of serious work needs to be done in order for us to be in Europe next season. The only realistic way we can qualify for Europe next season is by winning the Irish Cup but if that were to happen there is a good chance that we could be stuck with an inexperienced manager who should never have been given the job in the 1st place and has paid for it ever since he accepted the offer. Scott Young was one of our finest midfielders in the last 20 years yet any chance of him being fondly remembered is sinking very quickly. It is time for the board to step up and tell SY what they expect of him and the team in the next 3 months and if he doesn't match the expectations than he should leave before things get any worse for our club with attendances and team performance rapidly declining we need to bring in a manager that has no history with our club and wouldn't be afraid of getting rid of all the deadwood we have that are currently besmirching the name of glentoran.
30/12/2011
The Chairman and fellow members of NDGSC offers it's deepest sympathy to the family of ex NDGSC member Paul Blakely(known as Brown Umbro) who has sadly passed away suddenly. May he Rest In Peace
27/12/2011
So we beat the scum for the 3RD TIME this season after a deserved 1-0 win courtesy of Darren Boyce and his 77th minute winner. We also unfurled our new club flag at the ground yesterday and everyone seems to be very impressed with it. Next saturday sees us travel to Dungannon so let's hope we can do something we haven't done so far this season and win the next game after beating the bloos.
24/12/2011
Merry Christmas to all our club members and their families and friends. Here's hoping we have a Boxing Day win to it all off. We would also like to thank Janice Craig for helping us out with the new club flag that you will see on Boxing Day for the 1st time
FT 1-1 Would've took a draw tonight after a poor run of form recently hopefully we can kick on from this and win next monday
3 mins added time
80 mins-Beggs on for Carson
79 mins-Coleraine now attacking
75 mins-Hill on for O'Kane
72 mins-Glens putting more pressure on Coleraine
69 mins- 1-1 Howland equalises
60 mins- Watt booked for a poor tackle on Wardy
56 mins-Boyce replaces Burrows
54 mins-Callacher booked
48 mins-Coleraine 1-0
45 mins- 2nd half underway
HT-0-0 But Glens have had the better of the play
41 mins-Knight now booked
39 mins- O'Kane booked
32 mins- Martyn booked
22 mins- Coleraine corner
21 mins- Nothing much to report so i'll update other scores Bloos are 1-0 down and Glenavon are drawing 1-1
14 min- Allen shot turned away for a corner
12 min- Glentoran appeals for a penalty turned down should have been given
8 min-Coleraine hit the post with a cross-come shot
2 min- Burrows plays in Martyn but keeper saves easily
0 min- Coleraine win the toss and kick off
Welcome to live coverage of tonight's game here on Northdowngsc.com.This is the toughest game we could have imagined before the boxing day game at home to the scum. I will post up the team asap.
Team is as follows:
Morris
O'Kane,Nicky,Callacher,Wardy
Carson,Howland,Martyn,Clarke
Gibson, Burrows
20/12/11
I will be providing live updates of tonight's game between Coleraine and Glentoran. 1st Update should be with the teams at 7.30 or just after.
Very strong rumours that we have signed Derry City Centre Back Stuart Greacen on a free transfer. He is 29 years old and has been one of the best defenders down south for the last 2-3 years
13/12/11
Yet another lacklustre performance on Saturday against Portadown resulted in a 2-0 defeat. We will be running a bus to the game at ballymena on Saturday and are looking forward to our Christmas lunch with members of the Carryduff SC and therefore the bus will be leaving the Railway Bar at 10.40am
4/12/11
3 games and 3 very disappointing results and performances all starting off with the league game at cliftonville. In the the 1st 45 mins we were the much better team but for some reason we just didn't turn up in the 2nd half and deserved to lose even though it was an unfortunate own goal. Onto Tuesday night and the CAS final the less said about that game the better three words that describe the performance would be Inept,soulless and abysmal. Onto yesterday's home game against Lisburn and yet again even though we went a goal up we couldn't push on and were very lucky to get anything from the game another awful performance at home. Improvements will need to be made if we want to get anything out of next weekend's home game against the ports
24/11/11
Very tough game coming up on Saturday away to Chickenville in a clash that sees the 2 form teams in the league go head to head.
All Glentoran Supporters Clubs travelling by bus to Solitude, Cliftonville Road on Saturday 26th November 2011 should be at Fortwilliam Roundabout /M2 by 1410hrs at the latest. Police will meet them and advise of arrangements for both moving to Solitude and moving away from Solitude at the end of the match.
Glentoran fans travelling to the ground by private car should park on the upper part of the Cliftonville Road well above Solitude. Consideration must be given to local residents and emergency vehicle access when deciding where and how to park private cars. Police will be on duty in the area to monitor.
It should also be mentioned that the recently introduced Justice Act NI 2011 creates specific offences in connection with soccer matches including Possession of Fireworks/ Flares etc, Possession of Intoxicating Liquor on Buses, Throwing Articles capable of Causing Injury and Going on to the Playing Area. Police on duty will deal with any offences which come to light using powers contained in the Justice Act NI 2011 legislation and will maximise use of CCTV footage from the ground and Evidence Gathering crews deployed as part of the Policing operation. It is important for supporter and community safety that these instructions are complied with.
22/11/11
Back to winning ways on saturday at home with a 2-0 victory over glenavon good peformance by the younger players.
We have a pool tournament on friday night with a £5 entry fee all welcome.
Club members are expected to be at the Railway Bar for 7.30 for a club meeting
18/11/11
Incredibly awful performance on Wednesday night saw us eliminated from the league cup. Tomorrow sees us play Glenavon at home here's hoping this is the game where we can actually start performing against the lesser teams at home.
15/11/11
Very tough game tomorrow night against a good coleraine team. We will need to be at our absolute best if we are to win this game and make it to the semi-finals.
13/11/11
Very disappointing result yesterday only 3 days after beating the bloos 2-0 we immediately conceded ground on the top 2 after drawing 3-3 against Carrick Rangers. A much better performance will be needed against Coleraine on Wednesday if we are to make the semi-finals of the league cup
10/11/11
What a fantastic performance by the Glens last nyt. Every single Glentoran player should feel proud of themselves after a great win over linfailed. 2-0 and we weren't even at our best which just shows that if we had of been at our best we could have scored at least 4-5 goals easily.
7/11/11
Slightly disappointing result against the crues on saturday that wasn't helped by an incompetent referee and a injury that probably rules Gary Hamilton out of the Big 2 game on Wednesday night in what could be a vitally important game in terms of the rest of the season and where we go in terms of the league and if we have enough confidence to give the scum a run for their money in for the league.
30/10/11
Very comfortable win yesterday against DC by 4 goals however we weren't at ou our best which makes you realise how far we have came in the last month or so that even though we won 4-0 we still could have moved up 2-3 gears and scored another 5-6 in what was a physhical encounter at times. The next 2 games could tell us alot more about our season as we play the crues and bloos at home in a 3 day period both games will be very tough and hopefully entertaining matches
27/10/11
We will be playing Cliftonville in the CAS final after we beat Lisburn 5-1 and Cliftonville beat the scum 6-2 last nyt. So much for the clean sweep this season ain't that right DJ
25/1011
2 brilliant results away from home in a row after beating the ports in the league cup game at home. I'll start off by saying a bit about the deplorable actions of a few "portadown" fans thar decided to tarnish every other fan of their club after they threw fireworks onto the pitch 3 weeks ago this is an incident that will never be forgotten by anyone that was at the game. The 5-0 win over Lisburn was impressive however it was nothing compared to the way we played against Dungannon at the weekend. We got the ball down moved it quickly and passed it well all in all this was a performance that has got a few of the younger glentoran fans excited as very few have seen football like this in the last 5-6 years. We play Lisburn away again tonight in the CAS SF in a 7.45 ko.
29/09/2011
Saturdays game against Glenavon is now NOT an All ticket game.
6/9/11
Tomorrow night sees the return of the most useless trophy for senior teams but if we win it it's a bit of silverware in the oval so we won't be complaining. We kick off the CAS campaign againstCarrick Rangers tomorrow night at THE OVAL. This game could be used as a chance for some of our young promising players to show what they can do against IL opposition.
3/9/11
Just to let you all know that this is our facebook page which is run brilliantly by our very own Suzi Rea
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100002901141597
31/8/11
So last night's game ended in a 1-1 draw which is the least we could have hoped for but if we are honest about it if we don't start winning league games at home we will be lucky top finish in the top 3 this season. Up until 4-5 years ago teams hated coming to the Oval and we really need to put that fear back into them again otherwise teams will keep on thinking that playing us at home is easier than playing us at their ground. Also looks like Sean Ward picked up a bad injury and might miss saturday's home game against Cliftonville.
29/8/11
Ok following Saturday's historic victory at windsewer park we have a very tough home game against Coleraine. If we can play the way we did for much of saturday there is no reason why we shouldn't win tomorrow night. This week could also be the turning point in our season if we can record 2 wins out of 2 at home it will give us fans something to really cheer about at the oval as we have faced some of the best teams in the opening 4 weeks of this season so hopefully we can continue to pick up points every week.
28/8/11
Ok what a brilliant performance yesterday from everyone in a Glentoran Shirt as we recorded our first league win at windsewer in 11 years thanks to a Ciaran Martyn goal. Just to top it off Persil got subbed off and DJ called us vile for singing a song at Persil ffs wise up FDJ look at your own fans before judging others you twit. Anyway a great day was had by all even those of us in fancy dress.
25/8/11
2 days until the first Big 2 game of the season and all we hope for is a better performance than the one shown last Saturday against DC. It is time we went to Windsor and actually won a league game for the 1st time since 2000 so lets get into these dirty scumbags COYG
24/8/11
We will be running a bus to the bloos game on Saturday leaving Ards at 1.15 and picking up at the Longfellow
21/8/11
First defeat of the season came yesterday againt DC. Not the start to the week we all had considering we will be away to the bloos next week however we were missing arguably our most important defender in the shape of Nicky however to have a player sent off didn't really help but on the plus side Martyn and Hamilton both came on and done ok on their first game of the season. I will post up the times of the bus to the bloos game next saturday as soon as I have them.
16/8/11
I am pleased to announce that this weekend I will be providing live updates of the glens game against Donegal Celtic if possible I will do live updates of at least 2 or 3 more home games this season. With SY saying that Gary Hamilton and Ciaran Martyn could be back for the bloos game on the 27th alot of fans are hoping they can keep fit and come into the team when they are needed and show the fans what they can do on the pitch.The first update on Saturday will be online from about 14.30 with a brief preview and then team lineups.
14/8/11
First home game of the leaue season has come and gone. Yesterday's game wasn't as good as we hoped it would be but we took the win although we did make it hard for ourselves in the 2nd half. If we are to push for a top 2 spot we will need to improve our finishing and also show a bit more fight in midfield but our defence has been good enough so far. 2 Belfast derbies coming up in the next 2 weeks both of which will be very tough but we will hopefully be able to keep all the players fighting fit for both games.
10/8/11
With 3 days left until the first league home game of the season against Dungannon Swifts there is a positive mood among the fans following Saturday's great win against Crusaders however we will need to keep on attacking after we score a goal instead of sitting back at times and inviting times to shoot from anywhere near our box. The next 2 games against the swifts and DC at home will however be nothing compared to the test we face against the bloos at windsewer at the end of the month but if we can get used to passing the ball on the deck then we could easily win alot of our matches this season.
7/8/11
First league game of the season and what a match it was very tense and entertaining made all the better thanks to Boycie's last minute winner made all the sweeter due to a absolutely inept performance by Mark Courtney constantly giving free-kicks to the crues for no reason when glens players were being fouled.All in all I think this could be a very hard season for us due to the size of our squad however what it lacks in size it make up for in quality.
2/8/11
We will be running a bus to the game on Saturday we will be leaving the Railway Bar at 1.30pm we will then be picking up at The Elk at 1.40 and then The Longfellow. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WE CANNO DRINK ON AWAY BUSES THIS SEASON THANKS TO DAVID FORD AND HIS NEW LAW.Glentoran supporters are asked to enter the ground via turnstiles T1 & T2 which are at the Creations side of the ground directly beside the traffic lights on the Shore Road outside the ground. They are also asked to enter turnstiles T3 &T4 which are at the other end of the new stand on the Shore Road also.
Ok so Saturday is the 1st game of the new league season and it promses to be a very tough opening match against Crusaders. However if we can play the way we did in Europe there is no reason why we can't win this game. Another piece of news from the club is that Gary Hamilton has agreed to take a wage-cut and is now back in the 1st team squad. In all honesty this could be one of the toughest league seasons for a while with the scum getting Patterson on loan whilst Crusaders got Leeper along with Timmy Adamson and have managed to keep Dallas and Owens. Whilst we have a very young bunch of players they have shown how good they are in pre-season while Stephen Carson and Darren Boyce have also impressed as has Aidan O'Kane although he will miss the first 6 weeks of the season through injury.
30/7/11
This years prediction league is now open for entries. If you'd like to take part in this seasons competition, all you have to do is email the following details to predictions@northdowngsc.com and we'll enter your team and email to let you know when this has been done.
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http://www.northdowngsc.com/Predictions/login.php
Lastly, we're still working on the awards night for last season and hope to hold it early this season. The delay is not because a Portadown fan won it, honest! We'll let you know as soon as we have more details. Thankyou for your patience and we look forward to this years competition!
COYG
20/7/11
Been a while since the site was updated but I'm sure everyone was pleased with our performance against Vorskla last Thursday night even though we lost we had our moments and were unlucky not to score. If I find any links on the internet for the away leg tomorrow night I will post them up on here. Slowly counting down the days to the league starts and what a game it should be against crusaders. COYG
13/7/11
Hope everyone had a safe 12th day. Tomorrow sees the biggest game in Belfast for years as the Glens take on Vorskla in the 2nd qualfying round for the Europa League. Scott Young has admitted that we face a much bigger test tomorrow than we did in the last round add in the fact that we are down to the bare bones and you can understand that we are massive underdogs. Also come along to the game tomorrow night as it will be Matty Burrows last game for the Glens as he is moving over to Spain. You will always be remebred for that goal and the numerous others you scored Matty. I'm sure every glenman will join me in wishing you the best for the future.
7/7/11
WE DONE IT. Congrats to the lads on a fantastic win against FK Renova that gets us through to the 2nd qualifying round which begins next week. The game went down to pens but tbh the 2 goals we scored could have won any game the first was from Clarkie and was a great goal but the 2nd goal by Marty Murray was out of this world comparisions are already being made with Walker's goal in 95. COYG COYG the entire team done us proud and more importantly made East Belfast and the rest of the country proud
5/7/11
Sorry for the lack of updates since last week. So we got our Europa League campain underway and were very unlucky to walk from it with a 2-1 defeat mainly thanks to one of the worst referee performances by the polish ref, anyway that was last week and in all honesty we could win this game and tie on Thursday night so let's get behind the players from the 1st whistle to the last even if we aren't winning. Remember it only takes a second to score a goal. COYG
30/6/11
COYG
The fixtures for next season are now in the fixtures page
26/6/11
The Glens had their last game yesterday winning 3-1 at The Oval against Bangor before facing Renova on Thursday there was a injury to Jimmy Callacher that rules him ot of both legs with a broken toe and leaves s a bit light in midfield but we can still get something from the 1st leg
25/6/11
Here is the full set of fixtures for Glentoran for 2011/12 league campaign.
20/6/2011
We have been drawn against Renova of Macedonia in the 1st qualifying round while we could face a trip to Ukraine if we got past the 1st round overall a bad draw for us in terms of travel but in all honesty we could beat both of these teams if we play the way we can.
19/6/2011
http://en.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/news/newsid=1644020.html
If yiu click on this link tomorrow you should be able to watch the draw for Europe live
18/6/2011
The Glens opened their pre-season today with a deserved 1-1 draw away to Finn Harps. Matty Burrows scored a penalty following a good run from Jimmy Callacher. The younger players got a run out for 2nd half and looked lively while Tim McCann came on for 10-15 mins and almost scored. Our next match is next weekend against TNS at the Oval. The draw for Europe is on Monday so here's hoping we get a big name or a team slightly closer to home as soon as the draw is made I will be posting the details on this site however we probably won't know where the 1st leg will be until Wednesday or Thursday.
15/6/2011
Congratulations to NDGSC member Ian Parkinson and his wife on the news that she is expecting a baby in January. I'm sure everyone at the club wishes the two of them the best.
14/6/2011
For those fans that are unable to get to the friendly I will be posting a report of the game on Saturday Night. We hae also confirmed friendlies against TNS, Larne and Dundela hopefully with more TBA. I would also like to take this moment to wish Leeper all the best at Crusaders.
4/6/2011
News from the Oval yesterday that 8 Youth Players have been given 2 year professional deals the players are Kyle Cherry,Calum Birney,Martin Murray, Jim O' Hanlon,John McGuigan,Owain Beggs,Mattie Johnson and Ross Davison of these 8 players 6 of them will be able to play for the Colts a BIG well done to the Academy system for bringing players through.
The first of our pre-season fixtures will take place on Saturday 18th June when Glentoran will travel to Finn Park in Ballybofey to face Finn Harps (ko 3pm). The following Saturday (25th June) Glentoran will entertain fellow Europa League qualifiers, TNS of Wales. This game will kick-off at 12 noon at the Oval. The club are also in discussions with several other teams and further announcements will be made on glentoran.com when these have been finalised.
24/5/2011
Couple of pieces of great news coming out of the oval yesterday
Glentoran striker Andy Waterworth today signed a new two year contract with a years option.
Following discussions last week with Manager Scott Young Andy agreed to a very substantial pay cut to remain at the club. Andy completed the formalities at the club this morning, rebuffing interest from several Irish Premier league clubs. Speaking to Glentoran.com, as he penned his new deal, Andy explained, "I never wanted to play anywhere else, I love it here."
Great to have Andy back on board
17/5/2011
Let me be one of the first people to welcome Aidan O'Kane and Aaron Hogg to the Oval. It seems that Aidan has had the sense to the scum and play for a proper team here's hoping he has a good career at the glens. Aaron Hogg has also signed and is one of the best young keepers in the league so here's hopinh both players are with us for a while.
14/5/2011
Just to let you all know that Paul Irwin who helps out with the Prediction League is recovering after his surgery.We all look forward to seeing you next season down in Ballymena.
13/5/2011
Former striker Darren Boyce is set to return to the Oval.
Darren has signed a pre-contract agreement and will join the club on a three year deal. Darren originally joined the Glens in January 2008 but re-joined Coleraine a year later due to a lack of first team appearances.
Welcome back to Glentoran Darren. Here's hoping he has a better time with us now then he did when he first joined us. Welcome Back Darren
Daryl Fordyce
Following the midweek player meetings and subsequent releases the club were in negotiations with Daryl Fordyce re extending his contract. The club are disappointed to learn that the player has informed the Manager that he has agreed terms with Linfield FC.
Accordordingly the club have retracted any contract offers and the player will be released immediately
Good riddance at least this means that we could sign a couple more players
12/5/2011
The following players have been released:
James Taylor, Grant Gardiner, Neal Gawley, Johnny Black and Peter Steele.
Manager, Scott Young, and his backroom staff would like to place on record their thanks to all the released players for their contribution during their time at the club.
The following players have agreed new one year contracts:
Colin Nixon, Jason Hill and Jamie McGovern I'm sure that we hope the players we releasee go on to a good career with their next club. Here's hoping there are a few new players on the way.
11/5/2011
I think it's afe to say that everyone has now heard the news that Paul Leeman has been released by Glentoran. I think every supporter of Irish League Clubs will pay testament to Leeper as he is, was and always will be a Legend of Irish League Football but to us Glentoran fans there will never be anyone like him in the future unless another Leeman makes the grade at The Oval. So thanks for all the memories you have given to us the fans. PAUL LEEMAN GLENTORAN LEGEND
6/5/2011
Apologies for getting the news to people late but following the AGM this week we found out that the Chairman of the club has ambitions to build a new £10 million pound all seater stadium in East Belfast within the next 4 years. Scott Young has also admitted that we will know more about who we are keeping for next season the week following the IC final which is tomorrow. Here's hoping Michael Halliday scores the winner against the Scum. Just to let people know that Paul aka ASD on the forums is in hospital undergoing surgery I am sure that everyone in the supporters club hope he recovers and will have hik their prayers in the next couple of days.Here's hoping we see him at our POTY later this year get well soon Paul
29/4/2011
Every glenman in the world woke up yesterday to find out that the Legend that is Sammy Hughes died at 7.00am although the majority of the fans that support the glens never saw Sammy Hughes most of us have thought that hearing the name and the stories and songs involving Sammy are numerous. Another very sad stat is that we have now lost the front line of the side that Sammy played in let's hope they are never forgotten as every one of them are legends and are immortalised in song.
26/4/2011
The following is a statement from the Chairman of Glentoran FC that was printed in the Gazette
This is the first time that many of you will have heard from me, or even heard of me, and there may be those who feel that some form of communication from the new Glentoran Chairman is long overdue. However, my father wisely told me that you shouldn't talk until and unless you have something useful to say!
After around 3 months now, working with my colleagues on your Board, watching and supporting our team, talking to our Manager, Scott Young, and our Director of Football, Roy Coyle, and talking and listening to you and your fellow supporters, I believe that I now might have something to say - but, whether that proves useful or not I'll leave to you to judge!
Since coming to the club many people have spoken passionately to me of the great history and heritage of this club, it's importance as an East Belfast icon and it's part at the very heart of our community. All of this is true but, we would be fooling ourselves if we were to think that today Glentoran continues to play as large a part in our community as it once did. If we are to regain that position of prominence, both on and off the field, there is much that we must do and today I wish to share with you the vision that your Board and I have of the future of our club, Glentoran.
Our Vision:
To create a club that has a long-term stable and sustainable future and which is attractive and welcoming to a large and growing support drawn from all sections of our community . To have a club that is recognised as a relevant and valuable community asset . To build a new stadium, in the heart of East Belfast, that is fit-for-purpose, that is worthy of the name of Glentoran and that is an amenity which adds value to our community and is accessible to all . To create a football team that is recognised as the leading sports team across the island of Ireland and which becomes famous for it's sustained sporting excellence
Is it possible for us to deliver on this vision? YES. Will it be challenging? - MOST CERTAINLY.
I need hardly tell you that the club has come through an extremely difficult time and we are not yet where we wish to be. However, we have had magnificent help and support from many influential quarters and will continue to do so.
That help and support has given us time to take stock and to plan for the future. However, in doing so, we must give recognition to the many individuals and organisations who have given so much to our club in recent times - without their input our club would not have survived. In no particular order:
The many unpaid volunteers who have given of their time and energy, including Ruth and her team in our shop and Margaret and John Stewart in the Half 'n' Half . The Glentoran Community Trust for their valuable interaction with our local community and politicians and for the lead that they have taken regarding our ground redevelopment . The Spirit of '41 for their huge fundraising efforts . The 1923 Committee for our multi award winning Glentoran Gazette . The Foundation for the money that they have raised and continue to raise . The Internet GSC for their continued financial assistance . Glentoran TV for a media service that many full-time clubs envy and fail to come near . To the many Glentoran Supporters Clubs, large and small for their donations over the last couple of years . The staff and management of the club who, despite the severe difficulties, continued to serve the club professionally and well
I wish also to pay tribute to my colleagues on the Board and to their predecessors - these are people who have given much, with little in return.
Most especially, on behalf of everyone who holds this club dear, I wish to thank our anonymous donor and those who encouraged him in his generosity - without that generosity this great club would no longer exist.
For those who have not received a mention, please accept my apologies and my thanks for all of your support and help.
To all of you, our loyal and at times long-suffering fans, stick with us - we will prevail.
After signing Stephen Carson from coleraine we have been linked quite a bit with Darren Boyce
18/4/2011
Could all senior members of the club let Ricky Rea Snr who their POTY is for this season. Last Big Two game of the season is tomorrow night and we could do the crues a massive favour by beating the scum tomorrow night at their place and rub it in the faces of every linfailed fan in windsor but we probably wouldn't get away with it unlike linfailed
17/4/2011
The club have announced today that they have signed Stephen Carson from Coleraine on a pre-contract agreement. I think I speak for everyone when I say welcome to The Oval Stephen. Let's hope there are more players bought in over the summer
16/4/2011
Ok today's game has finished and with it any chance we had of winning the league after a very unlucky 2-1 defeat to the scum. If I am being honest weare lucky that we didn't have another crowd riot with the players of linfailed celebrated at the final whistle in front of the home fans. As much as I don't want to ramble on about the game Robert Garrett and Winkie Murphy should have been sent off for basically attacking our goalkeeper.
13/4/2011
Just to let you know folks that the Glentoran AGM is on 3rd May 2011 at 7.30pm and is being held in the Park Avenue Hotel. Another game against the scum on Saturday at the Oval and I think we all know that if we win we are in with an outside chance of winning the league so let's get at them from the off and ruin their league challenge like they ended our Irish cup hopes.
10/4/2011
After Saturday's unlucky defeat to the scum in a game in which we had numerous chances and took even 3 of them we would have won the game with ease. However we need to start thinking about the 2 league games we have against them from which we would probably need 4 points from to keep anybody from linfailed winning the league. The allocation for this weekend's game at the Oval is only 3000 so get ur tickets fast before they sell outl
8/4/2011
Ok less than 24 hours until the cup game against the scum and alot of players saying there arew fired up for this game which they should be escpecially our lads as this is 1 of 3 chances we have of putting a dent in linfailed's season. Even though we are playing linfialed tomorrow I would nlike take this oppourtunity to thank an Irish League legend Noel Bailie who is retiring at the end of the season and has acheived many trophies during his career. But lets make sure that he doesn't win the double in his final season with the darkside
7/4/2011
Ok it's that time of the week when thoughts are turning to the match on saturday against the scum, with nerves already settling in and all of us hoping for a good win to get into the final. With this in mind let's get behind the lads even more than we have done so far this season and turn windsewer into a sea of red, green and black and shout and scream for our wee team.
6/4/2011
We are running a bus which will cost £5 to the IC semi final pick-ups are at the Railway Bar in Ards at 1.00pm, The Elk at 1.15pm and finally at the Longfellow at 1.40pm I will be trying to update the site everyday until saturday morning with all the latest news and ticket sales
5/4/2011
Well the countdwn to the Irish Cup semi final has well and truly begun unfortunately it will be a match where we will be without Nicky and Leeper because of suspension. Tickets are now on sale at all the usual outlets including the Maxol Garage in Newtownards. This Saturday is probably the biggest game of ouir season so far so please your support and get behind the glens.
31/3/2011
As i'm sure you all know by now Chris Walker and his partner have lost their only son to meningitis I would like to take this oppourtunity to wish them all the best in this extremely tough time. On a brighter note we have been allocated 2,500 tickets for the semi final if we proceed to sell out the 2,500 for the upper deck we should be given an extra 500 for the lower deck
13/01/2011
Update
Glentorans 3 New Board Members
Terence Brannigan- Chairman of the CBI
Brian Ambrose- Chief Executive of the Airport
David Russell- Belfast Harbour Commissioner
The future of Glentoran Football Club has been secured after a petition from HM Revenue and Customs was satisfied and withdrawn in court on Thursday.
The two parties reached agreement over unpaid taxes in the region of 300k
12/01/2011
UPDATE:
At tonights meeting, 100% of the shareholders voted in favoour of the new proposals. Welcome to a brand new era in Glentorans history.
Glentoran shall take on Portadown in the Semi-Final of the CIS Cup at The Oval on 2nd February.
23/12/2010
Glentoran's game with Linfield on the 27th December has been called off today due to the weather, four days early and with rain and warmer weather on the way. It has nothing to do with no chin being suspended and McAllister.
19/12/2010
North Down GSC wish to pass on their deepest sympathy to the family of Billy Griffith and the Castlereagh GSC on the sad news of the death of member and lifelong Glenman Billy Griffiths who died on Friday Night.
17/12/2010
Glentoran's match against Ballymena has been called off due to the heavy snow.
15/12/2010
Glentoran will take on Ballymena in the 5th Round of the Irish Cup on January 15th.
Tickets for Boxing Day Big Two derby are still available at the SUPERSTORE in Connswater only. Make sure you get your ticket before they run out as of last night there was only 450 tickets left. There are NO CONCESSION TICKETS left.
15/12/2010
FROM OFFICIAL SITE
Linfield vs Glentoran Ticket News
Tickets for our Carling Premiership game against Linfield on 27th December have arrived.
Due to the limited number of tickets allocated, tickets will be sold under our limited ticket policy as follows:
Saturday 11th December
9:00am - 12:30 Connswater Superstore
Share holders, life members and vice presidents
2:00pm The Oval
Season tickets holders
Please Note, tickets will not be sold if season ticket is not produced
Big two voucher holders
Please note, the big two voucher will entitle one adult to purchase one adult ticket.
Sunday 12th December
1:00pm - 5:00pm Connswater Superstore
General Sale
Please note, one ticket per share holder, life member, vice president, season ticket holder.
Any supporters clubs requiring tickets should email the club secretary on secretary@glentoran.com before 4:00pm today.
09/12/2010
UPDATE
North Down GSC are holding a CRISIS MEETING on Monday 13th December at 7:30pm at the Railway Bar in Newtownards. All members are requested to attend and any new members are welcome.
Today, Glentoran released a statement regarding our court case with HMRC.
Statement
Since HMRC served a �Winding-up Petition� on the Club last month, the Board of the Club have been working with expert corporate and financial advisors to resolve the outstanding issues and ensure the future survival of Glentoran Football Club.
Our legal representatives have today successfully obtained an adjournment to that legal procedure. This is the first step in a process that will, we trust, lead to a satisfactory outcome for all stakeholders and supporters early in the New Year.
Once again we, the Board, would like to thank all of the Clubs supporters for their continued support and forbearance through these exceptionally difficult times.
No further comment will be issued at this stage
06/12/2010
It has come to the time that all Irish League supporters stand up in unity together against the morons in H&S that are ruining our game. The latest decison to restrict the capacity for Boxing Days big Two game with the 4,500 and the Glens only 2,500 tickets is a complete disgrace. The thoughts of only 2,500 glenmen in a stand that holds close to 7,000 fans is just bizzare. It is time for everyone to contact H&S asking them to explain the reasoning behind this complete farce. They should not be allowed to stand behind the Stadia Act any longer. Get emailing now and get emailing often. Like on the Irish League Forums lets get an orchestrated campaign going. To email them send an email to safety@belfastcity.gov.uk
"LETTER SENT TO EAST BELFAST POLITICIANS
Dear all
I am writing to you all in the hope that as you all represent the East of Belfast that you may be able to help our beleaguered fans.
As you all our aware Glentoran are facing the biggest crisis in our history since Hitler bombed us in 1941.
This season has seen Health and Safety restriction imposed on all Irish League clubs hit all the clubs financially. We have seen brand new stands at the likes of Solitude, Shamrock Park and the Ballymena Showgrounds. We have also seen these wonderful stands automatically cut in capacity. We have also seen the draconian restrictions at the likes of The Oval, Windsor and Seaview to name a few.
This week has hit a new low in the life of an Irish League Fan and especially Glentoran and Linfield fans.
Boxing day see's the traditional Big Two Festival derby with Glentoran being given a mere 2,500 tickets for a stand that holds 7,000 people.
The Festive match for me was always family day out, even the younger sisters and mother went to these games and many Glenmen also do the same. Fans decked out in the new Christmas clothes, families by the score are in attendance, even the elderly fans who no longer go to the matches turn up for this match.
In one clean sweep this season this will no longer be available no longer. I am now living in England but had planned to come to over with the inlaws, my wife and son with all of us taking in the match. I also know of 4 other exiles so to speak planning to go to the game or should that be where planning to go to the game.
H&S safety are blaming the clubs on the tickets allocation and the clubs are blaming H&S, but yet it us, the fans who are missing out on this biggest match of the season.
Surely it is time for the politicians to come to the rescue and help the fans. It is afteral the fans who vote you into power and it is our hard earned taxes that pay your jobs. All us fans, and that is every Irish League Fans and not just Glenmen who are fed up with this fiasco of Health and Safety.
It's ok to have close to 15,000 at an International match but only half that at an Irish League game.
It's ok to have a beer tent in the city hall with hundreds packed in it unable to move, but at an Irish League match you have to have a metre squared of space between fans.
It's ok for politicans to stand side by side on stormonts steps, but an irish league fan can not stand on terracing at Irish league games without draconian measures.
I could go on an on with examples but that doesn't help our cause.
Irish League Football is a part time sport played in a small part of the United Kingdom. The Oval is not Old trafford, Windsor is not Wembley, Seaview is not Anfield. We do not have tens of thousands at our matches and the sooner politicians and moreso Health and Safety realise this the better.
On behalf of every irish league fan and especially Glenmen atm please could one of you take up the fight to help save Irish League Football, because if you dont crowds will get less, clubs will lose more money and clubs will end up on the brink of existence.
I look forward to your response
Kind Regards
Cliftonville 0- 2 GLENTORAN
Glentoran are through to the semi-final of the CIS Cup after a well deserved win at Solitude. Goals from the goal machine that is Matty Burrows and Jonny Taylor where enough to put the semi.
For match report and video of the goals click here
01/12/2010
Linfield 1 - 3 GLENTORAN
The first trophy of the season ends up at The Oval after a superb win at Windsor Park. In a match that Glentoran deserved to win the team showed passion and committment of Glentoran teams of the past. Goals by Andy Waterworth (penalty) Matty (Goals Galore) Burrowa and Grant Gardiner clinched the win for the Glens.
Poor David Jeffrey in his after match interview in which the Blues dominated, Glens only had 3 shots the whole match, blah blah blah What a prick of the highest order.
To view highlights of BBC click here
To view highlights of UTV click here
29/11/2010
North Down GSC are holding a CRISIS MEETING on Monday 13th December at 7:30pm at the Railway Bar in Newtownards. All members are requested to attend and any new members are welcome.
27/11/2010
Glentoran beat Newry City 2-0 today at a very cold Oval today to remain in 2nd spot. Goals by Andy Waterworth & Peter Steele were enough to grab all 3 points. match report here
Full League Table Click Here
26/11/2010
Fri 26th Nov
Glentoran FC - Statement from Board of Directors
Statement Issued by the Board of Glentoran Football Club in response to the Notice which appeared today in Stubbs Gazette
The Board of Glentoran Football Club were surprised and disappointed to learn today of the intention of HM Revenue and Customs to seek a "winding - up" petition for the Club.
The Club has been only too aware of its deepening difficulties and has been addressing these vigorously for some time taking expert advice from several quarters including supporters of the Club prominent in business. As a result a plan to save the Club has been prepared for consideration by the Board within the next few days.
Should the plan referred to be accepted by the Board, it is expected that a solution will be agreed with HMRC very soon afterwards.
HMRC has been kept informed of these developments and that being so, the Board is dismayed at HMRC's precipitate action.
Glentoran Football Club is fully aware of its responsibilities to its loyal following and of its significant position and role within the community of East Belfast and indeed Northern Ireland at large. The Club is determined to survive and prosper both on and off the field and would thank unreservedly its wide family of supporters for their continuing interest and encouragement.
22/11/2010
Well another Saturday gone and another 3 points, albeit we left it to injury time yet again. The man with the goal scoring midas touch, Matty Burrows got the winner taking his total to 14 for the season. For full match report at offical site click here
For detailed league table click here
For those taking part in the Childlink Prediction League, there is a match tomorrow so make sure you get your preds in on time. To log in or see the table click here
Remember to get your tickets for the County Antrim Shield Final.
16/11/2010
Well it is finally time to vote. The FIFA Puskas Award 2010 Goal of the Year Award. To vote for Matty Burrows got to
http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/puskasaward/index.html
Remember to tell your mates and get them to get their mates to Vote.
15/11/2010
What a woeful performance on Saturday as we went down 2-0 to Dungannon Swifts at home. the Swifts scored two goals in the space of four minutes. The biggest surprise of the day was the inform Matty Burrows being dropped to the bench.
In the next few days with the help of Paul who runs the Prediction League and the Forums along with Ricky we hope to have a new fixture list and league table added to the site. In the meantime click on the fixtures link to the right for an indepth table and fixtures list.
Again, we apologise while we are updating the site.
12/11/2010
The official site is under new management. A massive thank you to Mark from Glentoran TV who has decided that he shall host and update the site all at his own cost. North Down GSC would like to praise Mark for doing this and wish him all the very best with it. If the site is half as good as Glentoran TV it will be a fantastic success.
11/11/2010On this the 11th day, of the 11th Month please take a few minutes to remember the ultimate sacrifice by those who gave their
life to allow us to have our freedom.
The Spirit of 41 have now opened their new website here
10/11/2010
Last Night Glentoran defeated Coleraine at The Showgrounds by two goals to one. Glentoran went down to an early goal by Kyle McVeigh on the nine minute mark after Leon Knight had out jumped defender Colin Nixon. Glentorans equaliser came after unselfish work by Andy Waterworth set up Richard clarke to fire home from close range. The Glens winning goal was scored by Jonny Black 18 minutes from time with a volley after being set up by Peter Steele though Davy Hare really should have done better. Paul Leeman made a injury time clearance off the line to ensure that the team secured all 3 points. Next up is Dungannon Swifts at the Oval on Saturday.
09/10/2010
North Down GSC are updating the website over the coming days/week. Please bear with us whilst we finishing updating the site.
Quick Links
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