With everyone in lockdown and missing our Glentoran fix, the Glentoran first team squad and management has offered up this version of “Days Like This”, written by East Belfast’s most famous son and Glenman, Van Morrison, as their tribute to the tireless and selfless workers of the NHS. Listen and enjoy it but you might want to give Van’s original a listen once you’ve done so.
Everyone at Glentoran is saddened by the passing of our former goalkeeper, Ken Barclay.
This weekend the Glentoran Academy 2011 team were due to travel to Brussells to compete in the European Cup. Ahead of their trip they had undertaken a number of fundraising activities to help them finance their journey. With the tournament cancelled, they kindly donated £300 to the doctors and nurses of the NHS based at the Ulster and City Hospitals. This was to thank our NHS workers for their time and sacrifices in fighting Covid-19 and saving so many lives here in Northern Ireland. The boys' message said "We love you all and thank you so much.
At our recent (well, it doesn’t seem that recent) home match with Cliftonville, Glens goalkeeper Elliott Morris passed a remarkable milestone with the club when he became the longest serving first team player in the club’s history. On that date, Elliott had been a first team player for 17 years, 7 months and 23 years to date. That bypassed his long-term teammate Colin Nixon’s tenure of 17 years, 6 months and 20 days.
It's always been speculated that East Belfast's most famous son, Sir Van Morrison, was a childhood Glenman when growing up on Hyndford Street and attending Orangefield Secondary School (in the same school year as our own Roy Coyle). Well in a wide-ranging interview with journalist Martin Chilton in The Independent earlier this week, Sir Van told the world of his family links with the club, his attendance at our matches with his Dad, and the part Glentoran inadvertently played in his education.
Some words of tribute and remembrance from the Castlereagh Glentoran Supporters Club for their long standing friend and member Albert Kirk, who sadly passed away at the weekend.
As chairman of Castlereagh Glentoran Supporters Club (CGSC), it is my sad duty to announce that our former chairman, committee member and esteemed member Mr Albert Kirk, passed away on Sunday the 29th of March in The Ulster Hospital. Firstly as a club, our thoughts and prayers are with his family circle at this painful time.
The Glentoran Club Chaplain, Rev, David Thompson has offered the following prayer for those among the Glentoran and East Belfast families who are anxious, alone or troubled during this very difficult time for our society.
A prayer for this interrupted season of life.
Lord God,
A few words of thanks and reflection from the close family of our friend and former Director, Kevin Milhench, who recently passed away:
In order to protect the health and wellbeing of Glentoran players, employees, volunteers and supporters, the Oval will be closed until we have a greater understanding of how broader society plans to deal with the impact of the Conoravirus in Northern Ireland. The club will provide regular updates through this website and our social media platforms:
If you need to contact the club during this period, please use the following email addresses:
The funeral service for our friend and former Director, Kevin Milhench, will take place as follows:
Wednesday 18 March, 2020 at 3pm, in St Dorothea's Church, Gilnahirk and afterwards at La Mon.
Kevin's family have requested that there be no dark colours at the funeral. The theme is to be "all things bright and beautiful" so mourners are requested to wear bright colours to celebrate Kevin's life.
