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Glentoran F.C.
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{{Football club infobox |
clubname = Glentoran |
image =
Image:Glentoranbadge130.jpg 100px|
fullname = Glentoran Football Club |
nickname = ''Glens'' or ''Cock and Hens'' |
founded =
1882 |
ground =
The Oval (Belfast) The Oval,
Belfast|
capacity = 15,000 (5,000 seats) |
chairman =
Stafford Reynolds |
manager =
Paul Millar |
league =
Irish Premier League |
season =
2004/
2005 05 |
position = 1st |
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'''Glentoran F.C.''' is a
Northern Ireland Northern Irish football (soccer) football club, playing in
Belfast. The club, founded in
1882, play in the
Irish Football League and play their home matches at
The Oval (Belfast) The Oval. Club colours are green, red, and black.
Glentoran's main rivals are
Linfield F.C. Linfield. Linfield and Glentoran are nicknamed Belfast's ''Big Two'', as they have traditionally dominated local football in Northern Ireland since the demise of
Belfast Celtic.
Many former Glentoran players have gone on to play for teams in
England and
Scotland, such as
Danny Blanchflower,
Peter Doherty (footballer) Peter Doherty, Bertie Peacock,
Billy Bingham,
Jimmy McIlroy, Terry Conroy, Tommy Jackson and Tommy Cassidy. More recent examples are
Glen Little,
Stuart Elliott, Andy Kirk and Andy Smith, with Elliot a current member of the
Northern Ireland national football team Northern Ireland squad.
History
In
1914 Glentoran won the
Vienna Cup, becoming the first
British or
Ireland Irish team to win a European trophy.
George Best George Best watched Glentoran with his grandfather as a youth, but was rejected by the club for being "too small and light". However Best did make one appearance for Glentoran, in the club's centenary match against
Manchester United FC Manchester United.
Glentoran's, and probably Irish League Football's, finest hour came in a
Uefa Champions League European Cup encounter with
SL Benfica Benfica in
1967. The tie was played over two legs, the first being at the Oval. Glentoran scored a
Penalty kick penalty early on and held out for nearly 60 minutes until
European Footballer of the Year football great Eusébio da Silva Ferreira Eusébio equalised. The match ended 1-1. The return tie was at Benfica's famous
Estádio da Luz. Part-time Glentoran were expected to crumble under the pressure of the occasion, but again held out for a famous draw. Benfica advanced to the next round on the
away goals rule.
On the
23 April,
2005 Glentoran defeated their rivals
Linfield F.C. Linfield in one of Irish League Football's most memorable encounters. In the 93rd minute of the match, Glentoran, who needed victory in order to have a chance of clinching the league title, scored a goal via their centre forward (and former Linfield player)
Chris Morgan [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/4474389.stm]. The goal sealed the victory for Glentoran, sending the Glentoran crowd into a frenzy. This incited the Linfield crowd at the match, who were then involved in altercations with Glentoran supporters, eventually requiring the use of riot police to restore order [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/4477177.stm].
Football hooliganism Hooliganism was commonplace at matches between the clubs in the past. However this has reduced significantly in recent years.
After eight years in charge of Glentoran,
Roy Coyle resigned as manager after a string of indifferent results. At the time the club announced that assistant manager
Tommy Kincaid would take over on a caretaker basis. On
14 February,
2006 the club announced that former
Newry City F.C. Newry City manager Paul Millar will take over the manager's position [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/irish/4712836.stm].
Redevelopment
In March
2003, the club's board of directors advised the shareholders of Glentoran Recreation Company Ltd to sell the Oval to a property development holding company called Girona. To date no new ground has materialised. A campaign waged by a group of volunteer supporters called Rest In East, was then set up to keep the club in east Belfast. The club's Board of directors have suggested moving close to a village called
Comber, which the majority of supporters firmly oppose.
Plans have been made to form a Glentoran Community Trust, potentially the first
supporters' trust to be formed in
Northern Ireland, to engage with the east Belfast community. This would sit completely independent of the parent club and give the ordinary non-shareholding supporter a voice. On
November 3,
2005 a fans forum voted 417-0 in favour of forming a trust.
Honours
*'''League titles: 22'''
**1893/94, 1896/97, 1904/05, 1911/12, 1912/13, 1920/21, 1924/25, 1930/31, 1950/51, 1952/53, 1963/64, 1966/67, 1967/68, 1969/70, 1971/72, 1976/77, 1980/81, 1987/88, 1991/92, 1998/99, 2002/03, 2004/05
*'''
Northern Irish Cup Irish Cups: 20'''
**1913/14, 1916/17, 1920/21, 1931/32, 1932/33, 1934/35, 1950/51, 1965/66, 1972/73, 1982/83, 1984/85, 1985/86, 1986/87, 1987/88, 1989/90, 1995/96, 1997/98, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2003/04
*'''
Irish Football League Cup League Cups: 5'''
**1988/89, 1990/91, 2000/01, 2002/03, 2004/05
*'''
Vienna Cup Vienna Cup: 1'''
**1913/14
*'''Gold Cups: 15'''
**1916/17, 1941/42, 1950/51, 1959/60, 1961/62, 1965/66, 1976/77, 1977/78, 1982/83, 1986/87, 1991/92, 1994/95, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01
*'''
County Antrim Shield: 24'''
**1900/01, 1901/02, 1910/11, 1915/16, 1917/18, 1924/25, 1930/31, 1939/40, 1940/41, 1943/44, 1949/50, 1950/51, 1951/52, 1956/57, 1967/68, 1970/71, 1977/78, 1984/85, 1986/87, 1998/99, 1999/00, 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03
*'''
Ulster Cup: 9'''
**1950/51, 1952/53, 1966/67, 1976/77, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1983/84, 1988/89, 1989/90
*'''City Cup: 18'''
**1896/97, 1898/99, 1910/11, 1911/12, 1913/14, 1914/15, 1915/16, 1916/17, 1918/19, 1931/32, 1950/51, 1952/53, 1956/57, 1964/65, 1966/67, 1969/70, 1972/73, 1974/75
*'''Floodlit Cup: 2'''
**1987/88, 1989/9
*'''Budweiser Cups: 1'''
**
*'''Bateman Cups: 1'''
**
*'''Blaxnit All-Ireland Trophies: 1'''
**
External links
-
Glentoran FC Website
-
Rest in East - Fans' Campaign to keep the club in East Belfast
-
Forza Glentoran Supporter's Club
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