Old News - September 2007
30th Sept 07. Ballymena Utd 0 Glentoran 4 - Gary Hamilton hat-trick (although Rory Hamill will claim he got a touch on one of them) and Michael Halliday 10 minutes from time to secure the points and take the Glens top of the League after 2.
29th Sept 07. GCT 125 ORMEAU PARK FESTIVAL - SCHEDULE OF EVENTS NOW ONLINE ... HERE
DOGHOUSE TICKETS ... last chance ... on sale at the Ballymena game today. See one of the GCT members.
28th Sept 07. Ballymena Utd game - Second Premier League fixture and an early trip to Ballymena-heh. Anybody who huddled with me in thon stand in early January at last seasons fixture will probably agree - we owe them one ... or more to the point - WE OWE OURSELVES ONE! We were absolute kak last time, barely went through the motions, awful. We arrived at the showgrounds in desperate need of the points back then after losing at home to Portadown, and on leaving with a 3-2 defeat our boiler then well and truly burst, as we succumbed to Dungannon, Distillery and Donegal friggin Celtic in the next 4 weeks! I would like to think we weren't going to get another one of those displays tomorrow. Strange too, coz up until last season we seemed to do pretty well at the Showgrounds, a hard enough game granted, but we hadn't conceded a goal there for over 3 years. The Sky Blues record this season reads Pld 8, Won 4, D 3, L 3 - three of those wins coming against Glenavon and Orangefield. A welcome examination for the Glens (nice to be playing someone other than Armagh or the Whites) but quite frankly nothing less than all 3 points are required if we are to make any real challenge for this years title.
Ballymac's bus leaves Wilgar Street at 1.30pm, and all visitors are once again welcome to travel. Others at the link above.
Match Betting: Ballymena 4/1, Glentoran 4/6, and a draw 23/10. All odds supplied by TOALS bookmakers
27th Sept 07. County Antrim Shield semi-final Tickets ... Tickets for next Tuesday 2nd October Whinger Park clash with Cliftonville are now on sale. Priced £7 and £5 they can be had from all the usual outlets except the Oval. My information by the way is that Glentoran fans will be accomodated in the South Stand.
25th Sept 07. Northern Ireland manager answers GCT call ... HERE
23rd Sept 07. Glentoran 1 Armagh City 0 - From a game that promised so much early on after unbelievable pressure on the Armagh goal we were very grateful indeed for Daryl Fordyce's tap-in 20 minutes from time. The 3 points will do me!
21st Sept 07. Armagh game - The very best of luck to Alan McDonald and the lads as tomorrow sees us begin our quest to bring the Gibson Cup back to the Oval for the first time since April 2005. Click HERE for more
Match Betting: Glentoran 1/6, Armagh 12/1, and a draw 5/1. All odds supplied by TOALS bookmakers
20th Sept 07. DOGHOUSE TICKETS ... will be on sale at the Glens v's Armagh League game on Sat - see GCTni.com
UEFA CUP - A whole host of former Glens European opposition in action tonight in the UEFA Cup ...
Panathinaikos (1964), Anderlect (1968), Brann Bergen (1973 & 2006), Ajax (1975), Basel (1976), CSKA Sofia (1981), Spartak Moscow (1988), Sparta Prague (1996), Midtjylland (2001), Elfsborg (2004), and of course AIK Stockholm! I'm headin out, see if you can spot any more. The whole list is at the 'LIVE' link above ...
19th Sept 07. The big Irish Premier League kick-off on Saturday ... Latest betting: Linfield 4/7, Glentoran 11/4, Portadown & Cliftonville 9/1, Dungannon 50/1, Crusaders & Distillery 66/1, Coleraine & Ballymena 80/1, Newry 300/1, Larne 400/1, Limavady, Institute & Glenavon 500/1, Armagh & Donegal Celtic 750/1.
18th Sept 07. Glens v Cliftonville in Shield semi - Cliftonville defeated Linfield 2-0 tonight to secure a spot against the Glens in the County Antrim Shield Semi-Final. The match will be played at the swamp on Tuesday 2nd October ...
pardon me while I have a quiet chuckle ... yuk, yuk, yuk ;-)
17th Sept 07. Armagh City 0 Glentoran 2 ... better late than never eh ;-)
Glens / Blues Shield Semi-Final on the cards ... providing Linfield can overcome Cliftonville in the remaining quarter-final tie next Tuesday night. Should Cliftonville win the tie the semi will be at the swamp, otherwise it'll be a first big-two game of the season at the Oval. Crusaders will meet Ballymena in the other semi-final. Both games will take place on October 2nd.
13th Sept 07. Armagh game - Betting: Armagh 6/1, Glentoran 2/5, and a draw 3/1. All odds supplied by TOALS bookmakers
Ballymac's bus leaves our Wilgar Street clubrooms at 1.30pm, all visitors are once again very welcome to travel.
Fordyce on target for Norn Iron ... Glens midfielder Daryl Fordyce got on the scoresheet for the National U21 side last night as a 2-1 win over Luxembourg got the juniors European Championship hopes back on track. Must have been a brave bit brighter on that flight home than the one I was on, coming back from the land that time forgot ... Iceland! Ya wanna see the hack of that place, as somebody said on the way back, a cross between the moon and Mallusk! Ya wouldn't believe who I saw in a blue hat too ;-) Awe well ... anybody interested in a cheap package to Stockholm and Las Palmas? :-(
11th Sept 07. CAS Q/F Result: Glentoran 3 Distillery 0 - Scullion 29mins, Halliday 30mins, & Hamilton 72mins.
Line-up: Morris, Nixon, Neill, Simpson, S Ward, Leeman, Scullion, M Ward, Berry, Hamilton & Halliday.
Halfers Draw ... won by Robert Grierson, £240 with ticket no. 5768. Robert tells me it is the 3rd time he has won. Would all the "Born Lucky's" give the rest a chance! Well done Robert - when you buy your ticket it's there to be picked!! - Tommy
Co Antrim Shield Q'Final - Home just long enough to see the Glens take on the Whites in tonight's County Antrim Shield Quarter-Final, oh and by the way, if you ever get offered a free trip to Riga give it a friggin miss - "Stroked in Latvia" T Shirts already ordered, and don't even mention the match! Anyways, looks like we all witnessed a cracker game on Saturday, whether it be Riga or Larne, still, at least the Glens DID get that last minute winner :-( So tonight then, Quarter-Final or not I don't see a packed Oval for this one, no disrespect to Distillery, but 3 times in 3 weeks really is layin it on thick ... and we play them again in the League in 4 weeks! No doubt we'll get Larne in the semi's if we get through! Can't comment on Saturday at Inver Park of course, but by all accounts still some very indifferent stuff from the Glens, slightly concerning given the League kick-off is now less than 2 weeks away. No matter, a semi-final spot at stake tonight, and the Whites will feel they owe us one after two very unfortunate reverses against us in the last couple of weeks. Let's hope the lads this time get it right from the off - Proceedings get underway at 7.30pm.
Match Betting: Glentoran 4/9, Distillery 11/2, and a draw 11/4. All odds supplied by TOALS bookmakers
6th Sept 07. Larne game - Match Betting: Larne 4/1, Glentoran 8/13, and a draw 5/2. All odds supplied by TOALS bookmakers
SIte updates - Gonna be a bit quiet over the next few days folks, certain little matter in Latvia to attend to ;-)
4th Sept 07. ROY COYLE AND JIMMY BROWN BACK IN CHARGE! The most successful partnership ever in the history of Glentoran Football Club are to once again manage a Glentoran football side ... only this time they'll be managing A SIDE EACH!! Click HERE for more ...
2nd Sept 07. Glentoran 3 Distillery 1 - A goal down until 9 minutes from time ... is that paint dry yet? Wrap up well folks ... could be a long long winter :-( CIS Table updated at the link above
Halfers winner was ... Davy Jamison a member of the Dundonald GSC and Davy won £440 with the ticket No; 6021
