Beth Stafford’s graphic of interim boss Declan Devine fronts Saturday’s 40 page Glentoran Gazette in which 1923 Committee chairman, Jimmy Carter, tells how he started the ball rolling to bring supporters’ groups together while we also document the events since our last home game. Declan, meanwhile, says it is an honour to manage the Glens, promises to work tirelessly in his time here and recalls his time as a player at the Oval. He is not the only old boy returning to the ground today as we welcome members of the 1973/74 European Cup Winners' Cup quarter finalists with Philip Stevenson recounting their famous campaign. Andy Mathieson tells Matthew Brown of plans for our underage groups and argues that British clubs still bag our young talent on the cheap. Brian McClelland inducts another former player into the Brylcreem Boys’ club while Henry Muldrew makes a return to Munich’s Olympic stadium that loomed large in his youth. There is, of course, a match to preview and we look at a Ballymena United squad fighting for their Premiership lives while Declan Devine says we need to be on the front foot from the start of the game like at Dungannon last week. And Norman Ternahan and Tommy Sewell review the first team’s latest games in words and pictures. The Gazette, by the fans for the fans, is £4.
