16/04/08 DETROIT COUGARS TRAINING 'T' SHIRT
The Glentoran Community Trust has just released our latest addition to the GCTretro range - a replica Detroit Cougars Training 'T'. The quality "Fruit of the Loom" product is exactly as worn by the famous Detroit Cougars on their hugely successful 1966 North American tour, and is available in a range of sizes for just a tenner! Details of how to get your hands on this and other quality GCT merchandice can be found at the GCT Shop link above.
BLANCHFLOWER CUP 2008. On Saturday April 19th 2008 Glentoran Under 14 take on Barnsley FC Under 14 in the innaugural Glentoran Community Trust sponsored Blanchflower Cup. The cup has been commissioned to commemorate the link between Glentoran FC and Barnsley FC forged when the legendary Danny Blanchflower moved from the Glens to the Tykes in 1949. The game has been organised with the assistance of Glentoran supporter and author Roy France. Kick-off is at 11.30am at the Oval and admission is free, please come along and support the next generation of Glentoran and Barnsley stars. The Glentoran superstore will also be open for anyone wishing to pick up a bargain in the Spring Sale.
10/04/08 A COMPLETE LOAD OF BALLS! Let’s face it, there aren’t enough of us out there that we could become blasé about the numbers that follow the Glens week in week out, and to that end the Glentoran Community Trust have for a while now been eager to promote health awareness amongst our supporters - and primarily amongst men. It is commonly acknowledged that women are well switched on about their general health and well being, but as for the men folk ... well that’s a different matter!
We can’t afford to lose any more supporters, never mind to to ill health, and with this in mind the Glentoran Community Trust have thrown their support behind a new project being run by the Wise Men of the East. Please read on ... HERE
01/04/08 Update While it may have been quiet here lately on GCTni.com, rest assured the hard work continues behind the scenes. The Ghana "World Shop" appeal below has now closed and the Academy in Ghana have already received their new Glentoran playing gear, we would like to thank everyone who purchased or contributed in any way towards the postage of the kit, and of course thanks to the Glens themselves for supplying it in the first place! Unfortunately, despite our  best endeavours the dire shortage of proper and even basic equipment in Africa continues, and we are now making a plea to ANYONE out there with new or slightly used football boots to please consider sending them to us for the Ghana Glens Academy. We would be delighted to recieve any boots at our forthcoming Setanta Cup games against Linfield and Derry City and at our two final league games at the Oval.
Sizes & No. of pairs needed: 9's x 2 pair, 8's x 11, 7's x 6, 6's x 5, & 5's x 2.
They can be deposited in the ticket office area (where the lads who sell the Gazette operate from beside the turnstiles) before kick-off. Alternatively if you live outside the Greater Belfast area please email us at if you think you can help in any way. A full report and update on the latest at the Ghana Academy can now be found HERE.
The GCT Board have also recently met with Glentoran Manager Alan McDonald for his thoughts on the future at Glentoran FC, and an update on the proposed transition of the Community Initiative to a new 'Glentoran Academy' next season and how the GCT may become involved. We also look forward later this week to discussions with representatives of the Glentoran Board of Directors.
Any members on the GCT mailing list will shortly be receiving a more in-depth update on GCT business.
25/02/08 GCT General Meeting Members are reminded that a General Meeting of the Glentoran Community Trust will take place this evening at 7.30pm in the upstairs lounge of the Longfellow Bar, My Ladys Road, Belfast.
19/02/08 Ghana Glens - World Shop! Glentoran Replica Shirts - £7.50, Track Suits - £12.50, Shorts - £5 ... and much much more! Help the GCT and Glentoran Football Club send valuable playing gear to the Glentoran Football Academy Ghana - and pick up a real bargain at the same time!
Glentoran Community Trust have acquired THREE FULL GLENTORAN FOOTBALL STRIPS to send to the ground-breaking Ghana Glens Academy. The playing gear the kids can have for free ... but postage will cost in the region of £200 - £300, and you can help.
("World Shop" sale now closed - Many thanks for all your help)
14/02/08 The Cougars The GCT online shop are now taking orders for our classic 1967 Detroit Cougars Home & Away shirts online. Complete with name & number of the 'Cougars' player of your choice, or indeed your own name, these 100% cotton replica's are the latest uniqueand quality item from the GCTretro range.
Visit the GCT Shop link above for more...
13/02/08 GCT NOW ACCEPTING ONLINE PAYMENTS. You can now make quick & easy, safe & secure payments to Glentoran Community Trust here at the GCT website. Join the GCT, renew your existing membership, make a donation, purchase GCTretro merchandice, ALL can now be done through our new PayPal online payment facility using VISA, MASTERCARD, MAESTRO, SOLO ... even AMERICAN EXPRESS! Our new online shop is now taking payments, and will build in the coming weeks with more quality products coming in time for the Summer, while already you can join, renew, or donate to the GCT through PayPal at the "Join / Donate to GCT" link above! Take a look at our "GCT Projects" link too, remember, we are a 'not for profit' organisation, over £40,000 has been raised for GCT projects and charities in just a year and a half! If you haven't already joined please consider doing so, buying some of our unique merchandice, or making a small donation ... every penny really does make a difference.
Irish League Football will never be the same again - Glentoran Community Trust ... EVOLUTION!
Thanks. "I would like to thank the Glentoran Community Trust Members / Raven GSC / friends who attended my fathers funeral yesterday. It was a great comfort to myself and the family to see such a large turnout. I would also like to thank the Glentoran Chairman, Mr Stafford Reynolds for attending as well." Many thanks to all, Stephen Beattie.
12/02/08 1974 European Cup Winners Cup Quarter-Final Training Top - latest from GCTretro range. The GCTretro range are delighted to unveil the latest specially commisioned addition to the collection. The 1974 commemorative Glentoran "run out top" pays tribute to the 73/74 Glentoran side who incredibly made it all the way to the Quarter Final of the European Cup Winners Cup that season. Based on one of the most popular Glentoran shirts of all time, this unique zipped training jacket carries specially comissioned embroidery celebrating a truly wonderful European odyssey. A smart and striking retro design from the GCT range it is available in adult S,M,L,XL,XXL sizes and is priced at £40. Click on the image for more.
11/02/08 Norman Beattie. Our thoughts are with GCT Board member Stephen Beattie and his family today on the passing away of his father Norman on Friday. Deepest condolences from all his friends here at the Glentoran Community Trust.
07/02/08. Ghana Glens on 'France24' International news ... Just received an email today from Chris Antoh Forsythe of the Glentoran Academy Ghana - it reads: Dear all, please follow this link to a story on the Academy that was done by France24 International news channel. All this happened with the support of GCT. (When you reach the website click 'A Week In Africa' video link 24/01/08). http://www.france24.com/en/20080127-2008-african-nations-cup-football
30/01/08. GCT ELECTED TO GLENTORAN BOARD! Glentoran Community Trust last night took another massive leap forward for football on this island by having the first representative of a Supporters Trust this side of the Irish Sea democratically elected to the Board of Directors of their Football Club. Indeed, Trust member Stephen Henderson not only gained election to the Glentoran FC Board last night, he also topped the poll with well over 2,500 votes! The GCT's Stephen Beattie and Jim Welsh also stood for election to one of the 6 seats available last night, but even though all 3 gained the backing of the vast majority of those in attendance, a second seat was always going to prove difficult given the current powerbase and voting structure of the Company. All the hard work during the pre-election campaign however proved not to be in vain, and the largest supporters group the club has ever known now have a direct link and voice in the boardroom at the Oval - and in just 18 months! Congratulations to Stephen on his well-deserved success, and a special thank-you to all those shareholders / Glenmen and Women who turned out in such vast numbers last night to vote for us. A General Meeting of the GCT will now be called as per agreed in the next two - three weeks, all members are advised to please look to their chosen method of correspondence for more information in the coming days.
29/01/08. Glentoran Football Club AGM. Tonight sees the Annual General Meeting of Glentoran Football Club, and an opportunity for a Supporters Trust this side of the Irish Sea to gain representation on the Board of Directors of their football club. It would be yet another ground-breaking FIRST for Glentoran Community Trust, and a massive step forward for Glentoran FC. Who would have thought just 18 months ago, what was just a pipe dream for a handful of fans that were "Rest in East", the GCT would have grown to an organisation now almost 300-strong, and representing the most diverse cross-section of the Glentoran family ever in existence. Add to that the undoubted spin-off of a raised profile for the parent body, and an investment of some £40,000 in Community and Glentoran related projects in East Belfast, few would now surely argue the merits of Supports Trusts this side of the Irish Sea. But the icing on the cake would undoubtedly be representation on the Board of Directors at Glentoran Football Club. If you have a shareholding in GFC we ask you to please please support the 3 GCT nominees standing for election tonight, the vision that is GCT is making a difference, change for football right across this island is coming, and the supporters of Glentoran are leading the way. Evolution ...
23/01/08. GCT SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. ALL members should note that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the GCT has been called for Thursday 24th January at 7.30pm, and due to the unavailability of our usual Park Avenue Hotel venue, will be held at Ballymacarrett Glentoran Supporters Club, Wilgar Street Belfast. ALL GCT members are asked to please make a special effort to attend.
08/01/08. GCT AGM. The first Annual General Meeting of the Glentoran Community Trust took place in the Park Avenue
Hotel last night.
The well attended event was immediately followed by a General Meeting of the GCT and minutes of both will be emailed to members once we have had them approved and transferred into digital format. They will also be made available via post on request. Members should also please note that it was agreed a further General Meeting of the Trust will take place week beginning Monday 4th Feb 2008. Details of an actual date and time will be forwarded to members in the next few weeks.
18/12/07. SOLD OUT! The new GCTretro Centenary Glens shirt has completely sold out in just a week folks, and any of you already ordered will receive them before Christmas as arranged. Many thanks for the interest.
12/12/07. GCT AGM. Notification of Glentoran Community Trusts' first ever AGM, taking place on Monday 7th January 2008, is being dispatched to GCT members over the next few days. Any member who fails to receive an invitation and copy of the company accounts by Tuesday of next week is asked to contact us here at the website . We would also ask at this time that members please update any new email and contact details to ensure receiving regular Trust updates.
10/12/07. New retro Glens Shirt released for Christmas ... Glentoran Community Trust have just received delivery  of our latest 'retro' Glentoran Shirt - the Glens 1982/83 centenary version, as worn by the one and only George Best when he famously guested for the Glens against Manchester United! The quality of the new shirt (left), as with ALL GCT retro merchandice, is superb! Once again the shirts will be priced at just £40 each, and we initially have a limited edition of 50 for sale (sized M, L, XL & XXL only). With our first order already safely arrived and a second on the way, we hope to be able to deliver all 50 before Christmas. For more details and to order yours today, please email
09/12/07. Glentoran Community Trust - Pensioners Christmas Lunch The GCT, in line with our declared aims to engage and promote Glentoran Football Club within the community of East Belfast, and also delivering on our promise to return the proceeds from the recent GCT 125th Anniversary Ormeau Park Festival to Charitable and Worthy Causes, are delighted to announce that on Monday 10th December 2007, and in association with "Engage with Age", we were able to bring some 200 of East Belfast's Senior Citizens together at the Park Avenue Hotel Belfast for a free Christmas Lunch! Read more HERE
07/12/07. New GCT/Ghana Glens Video now online ... HERE
27/11/07. Acquah Afriyie trains with Glentoran FC ... VIDEO HERE
18/11/07. Glens & GCT net Ghana Academy Captain an Oval trial ... HERE
29/10/07. GCT move to sponsor Civil Service Youth side ... HERE
 19/10/07. GCT "Good Causes" Divvy-Up begins ... Glentoran Community Trust last night began to deliver on our promise to allocate any profits from the GCT 125 Festival to local Charities, Good Causes, and GCT Community-Related projects. Thanks to the goodwill and generousity of sponsors and supporters at the celebrations on Sunday 7th October, we are delighted to announce that we will now be distributing over £5,000 of the money raised to charitable or worthy causes in East Belfast!!
Our first port of call was to the house of 10 year-old Lauren (pictured right). Lauren has profound learning and physical disabilities, she suffers from Pallister-Killian syndrome, a rare chromosomal condition. You may not know Lauren, but you will know her Dad! Click HERE for more ...
10/10/07 Nigel Worthington Q&A session ... Last Friday morning (5th Oct) saw new Northern Ireland Manager Nigel Worthington face some searching questions from the children of St Joseph's and Nettlefield Primary Schools at St Colmcilles Parochial Hall in Ballyhackamore. Organised by the GCT, in conjunction with the Irish Football Association and Nationwide, the exercise proved a resounding success with over 100 children keeping the former Norwich City manager on his toes!
Video of the event at THIS LINK - courtesy of Forza TV
09/10/07 Time to put the feet up - aye you wish!! What an absolutely fantastic weekend for Glentoran CommunityTrust and Glentoran Football Club. From the 100+ kids at St Joseph's Primary School with the Northern Ireland Manager on Friday morning, to 300+ at the DOGHOUSE GIG at the Park Avenue Hotel on Friday night, to the highlight of the weekend on Sunday, 2,000+ men, women and children packed into Belfast's Ormeau Park for the GCT 125 Community Festival! What a brilliant advert for Glentoran Football Club all round! From all 11 Glentoran sides in the Parade, the Bands, "Legends", the Carnival, Jugglers, Acrobats, Sammy Hughes & Sammy Lowry, Coyler, Jimmy Brown, Ronnie McFall & Arthur Stewart, Nettlefield & Oakfield, and THAT miss by big Stevie Beattie for Nettlefield when the game hung in the balance at 2-1 ... not to mention the crack back at the Ballymac GSC clubrooms afterwards!
03/10/07 SPAR GCT FESTIVAL - FULL DAY'S EVENT SCHEDULE HERE
24/09/07 GCT secure Northern Ireland Manager for East Belfast schools! The Glentoran Community Trust, in association with Nationwide and the Irish Football Association, have secured the services of Northern Ireland Manager Nigel Worthington, and are hosting a '"Press Conference" style Question & Answer session at St Joseph's Primary School in Ballyhackamore. Taking place on the morning of Friday 5th October, a delegation of children from both St Joseph's and Nettlefield Primary Schools will get their chance to put the new Northern Ireland manager under the microscope in the St Colmcille's Parish Hall. Marking the start of the GCT's 125th birthday weekend celebrations, it's yet another example of how the GCT are engaging the local East Belfast community through the medium of football.
20/09/07 GLENS FANS NET £3,000 FOR GHANA KIDS! The board of the Glentoran Community Trust are delighted to this afternoon reveal that the Glentoran Football Academy Ghana is now in receipt of a donation of £3,000 which has been raised by Glentoran supporters over the last month ... more HERE
04/09/07 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 at the GCT Ormeau Park Festival! more HERE
30/08/07 GCT break new ground with youth shirt sponsorship deal! The membership of the Glentoran Community Trust today announced an innovative sponsorship package for the Glentoran Under 16 and Under 18 sides. The GCT is now one of only a handful of Supporters Trusts in the UK who have moved to sponsor the shirts of the youth squads of their Club. Both Glentoran sides will carry specially commissioned GCT sleeve patches on their team shirts for the 2007/08 season in an effort to promote the work of the only Supporters Trust in N Ireland at Glentoran youth level. more HERE
17/08/07 Ninety staff and children now sponsored ... by Glentoran fans and players at the Glentoran Football Academy in Ghana! An absolutely unbelievable effort from all concerned, and the full sponsors list can be viewed by clicking the Ghana badge above left. A few pin-badges still remain, and they along with the all new Glentoran 2007-08 Fixture List (pictured below) will be available at a stall being set up by the GCT in the Oval car park over the next 2 weekend home matches (25th Aug v Larne & 1st Sept v Distillery). The stall will also be an opportunity for those GCT members who haven't yet renewed their 2007-08 membership to do so, and give those of you who wish to join the GCT an opportunity to sign up. You can of course also use the stall to pay any sponsorship money of the Ghana Academy children and staff or simply make a donation. Article from the Irelands Saturday Night (The Ulster) 18th August 2007 - HERE
15/08/07 Ghana Glens - Your name in the Glentoran Gazette for a year! The Glentoran Community Trust in association with the Glentoran Gazette are able to offer 50 Glentoran fans the opportunity to sponsor a child in The Glentoran Football Academy in Ghana for the forthcoming season. You may have noticed in last Saturdays Glentoran Gazette, a new regular feature, "Africa Calling" on the Ghana Glens Academy, where for £20 (or more if you wish) you can support one of 50 kids from the Academy's Under 12's or Under 14's, while at the same time having your name feature in the Glentoran Gazette for the entire 2007-08 season, and also here on GCTni.com (top left). With the Ghana Glens metal pin-badges almost sold out, and a new and improved 2007-08 fixture list produced (kindly sponsored by the Longfellow Bar and Valley Cabs), the GCT with the generous help of the Glentoran community are hoping to raise somewhere in the region of £2,000 to send to the Sunyani region of Ghana to support this ground-breaking Academy!
09/08/07 Dig out that AIK ticket stub ... 5 CASES OF KOPPARBERG CIDER UP FOR GRABS!!
Glentoran Community Trust members who travelled to Sweden for the recent AIK v's Glentoran UEFA Cup tie could be going home from Saturday's Armagh CIS Cup clash with a free case of Kopparberg Cider! The GCT, in association with "Kopparberg" and "Upper Edge", have FIVE cases (15 x 500ml bottles) of the ever popular Kopparberg Cider to give away to it's members :-)
Here's how - There will be a table just through the Oval gates on Saturday selling the new "Ghana Glens" Football Academy pin-badges - £3 each, ALL profits going straight to the Academy. All you have to do is before kick-off, produce your AIK/Glentoran match stub from the game in Stockholm, and your name will be entered into an open draw for one of the 5 cases during the match! The FIVE lucky winners will then be announced during the half-time interval. Simple!
You must be a GCT member to enter, and the draw is of course FREE, but please do stop and purchase one of the Ghana Glens badges. Don't miss out, dig out that AIK/Glentoran stub!
26/07/07 Sponsor your very own "LEGENDS" shirt ... and keep it! The GCT are offering 30 Glens fans a unique 'second chance' to get their hands on their very own Glentoran "Legends" shirt. The GCT 125th Anniversary Ormeau Park Festival is just 9 weeks away now and the retro shirts have just arrived for the Glentoran "Legends Match", the famous Glentoran sides of 77 (v Juventus) and 82 (Undefeated League Champions) facing each other in a prelude game to the main event. Glentoran greats Rab McCreery, Andy Dougan, Alex Robson, John Caskey, Billy Caskey, Johnny Jamison, Warren Feeney, Jimmy Cleary, Johnny Jameson, Gary Blackledge, Raymond Morrison, Billy McKeag, Gary MacCartney, Liam Coyle and many many more will turn out in replica 77 (White) and 81 (Green) playing gear manufactured to our exacting standards by "Hero Nostalgia" of Nottingham - and one of those shirts, signed by the player himself, could be yours to keep!
30 shirts ONLY have been manufactured for this event, and are available for sponsorship at a cost of just £75 each.
Each shirt can be autographed by the player wearing it, but you will also be given the opportunity to have it signed by as many other legends taking part in the match as you choose after the game! You will also receive a copy of a specially commisioned DVD of the entire Festival event, and your own copy of a full colour programme produced especially for the GCT 125th Anniversary Festival, your name appearing beside your sponsored player!
Further details of the "Legends" game and a more detailed list of the players involved can be found HERE
Please remember ALL profits from the GCT 125 Ormeau Park Festival will go to GCT related projects and worthy causes.
24/07/07 “AFRICA CALLING” THE GLENTORAN COMMUNITY TRUST The Glentoran Community Trust is this week moving to assist the groundbreaking “Glentoran Football Academy” in Ghana by making every one of the 75 children and 15 staff at the Sunyani Academy members of the GCT. It’s a process which will generate much need funds for Christopher Antoh Forsythe and his dedicated team of volunteers who run the project.
It’s simple process. In the last few weeks the GCT has been contacted by Christopher in a plea for help, and have since been in touch both by phone and by e-mail. We have agreed with the Academy in Sunyani to produce for them a dedicated badge, created by GCT member Clifford Logan. It incorporates the flag of Ghana and the traditional colours and cockerel of Glentoran. For more on this story please visit the GCT Projects link above ...
01/07/07 GCT MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS Members please note that their 2007-08 GCT renewal subscription fell due today, Sunday 1st July. Many members have renewed their membership already at the recent General Meetings, but for those that haven't don't panic. We are currently in discussions hoping to set up a new facilitiy to enable members to pay directly into a GCT account, and once in place a reminder will be going out to members with the new payment options. Alternately of course you can still simply print off a form at the 'Join/Donate' link above and forward it with your renewal payment to the address given.
22/06/07 General Meeting update The Glentoran Community Trust Board and members would place on record our sincere thanks to Glentoran Chairman Stafford Reynolds and Vice-Chairman Aubry Ralph for their attendance at last night's GCT General Meeting. A brief report on the recent GCT General Meeting can now be found at This Link
21/06/07 Supporters Direct Indications are positive that the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly will encourage the expansion of Supporters Direct into the province. In a response to a written question tabled on behalf of GCT by Peter Weir MLA, the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure has indicated that they have contacted Supporters Direct with a view to exploring how the concept could work locally. As the first supporters trust to have been formed in Northern Ireland, the Glentoran Community Trust looks forward to working with all those geniunely interested in encouraging local football supporters to play a greater role in both their club and the wider community.
18/06/07 Andrew "keyn" to help the GCT! Glentoran Community Trust member Andrew Glennie is certainly doing his bit for the GCT, he has came up with the idea of producing and selling Glentoran keyrings and is donating £1 from every sale to the GCT! The eye-catching double-sided keyrings feature the new 2007 Glentoran home shirt on one side, and the GCT Ormeau Park Fesival 1902 version on the other. Priced just £2.50, you can purchase them on Ebay (by clicking the image right), or save yourself a few bob in postage by either emailing an order to Andrew directly , or by simply calling into ViSport on the Mongomery Road!
15/06/07 GCT £3,461.98 Support local Mini Bus Appeal Glentoran Community Trust are delighted to reveal the  final amount of money raised for the Tor Bank School Mini Bus Appeal Fund. GCT Commercial Manager Ronnie Hoy organised a Sports Memorabilia Auction at the Elk Inn Dundonald in April to assist with the school funding for a new mini bus.
Tor Bank is a Controlled, Special School opened in 1968, situated beside the Ulster Hospital on the Upper Newtownards Road opposite the Moat Park, and caters for pupils with severe learning difficulties. The school exudes a strong community spirit which is maintained by pupils, staff, parents and friends of Tor Bank. All 260-plus members of the Glentoran Community Trust are delighted to be associated with the school. Visit the GCT Projects link for more ...
14/06/07 Calls for Supporters Trust recognition in Northern Ireland This months 'Supporters Direct' magazine leads with Chairman Brian Lomax praising the GCT as their 'flagship', and 'pioneering' of the Trust movement in N Ireland ...
"Dear fellow supporters, I am writing this on the day after the historic events in Belfast, when devolved Government was restored to Northern Ireland. We all hope this presages a fresh chapter in Irish history, with a new cross-community partnership and the end of sectarian conflict."
"This is not a political column, and I mention yesterday’s events only because they are highly significant for the progress of Supporters Direct. Shortly before my enforced retirement in 2003, I wrote a proposal for the establishment of our work in Northern Ireland. This had cross-community support both within and outside the Assembly, and we had meetings with the Northern Ireland FA, the Northern Ireland Co-op, and senior civil servants in the Executive. Shortly afterwards, the Assembly was suspended and direct rule resumed. This brought our proposal, and many other new initiatives there, to a halt. Now, for the first time, we can relaunch this idea and the application for funding to implement it. We will not let the grass grow under our feet."
"We are encouraged in this by developments at Glentoran FC, who have formed the first supporters’ trust in Northern Ireland, with the support of their local MP, Peter Robinson, long-time Deputy Leader of the DUP. They are our first flagship in Northern Ireland, and are offering an example we hope to see repeated many times in the future with the support of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive."
12/06/07 GENERAL MEETING UPDATE Members are advised that the GCT General Meeting of Thursday 21st June will commence at 7.30pm sharp. Mr Reynolds and Mr Ralph will be invited to take questions from the floor shortly thereafter. ** Please note – This is NOT an open public meeting, you MUST be a member of the Glentoran Community Trust to attend. Production of your GCT membership card or photographic ID will be required in order to gain admission. Donations and renewals of existing GCT memberships will be accepted prior to the meeting. New memberships of the GCT however will NOT be accepted on the night. Applications from new members to join the Trust can still be made in advance of the meeting ONLY by completion of an application form and posting to the GCT registered address above.
10/06/07 STATEMENT Members are advised, that as of Saturday 9th June the GCT Society Board have officially submitted FOUR applicants with Glentoran FC, to be considered for election to the Glentoran Board of Directors at the 2007 Annual General Meeting of Glentoran Recreation Company Limited.
08/06/07 GCT GENERAL MEETING UPDATE The Society Board and Members of the GCT would like to place on record our sincere thanks and appreciation to new Glentoran Manager Alan McDonald for his attendance at last night's General Meeting. The body of the hall were impressed by Alan's candid appraisal of the clubs current situation, and his plans and determination to lead Glentoran FC back to the forefront of Irish League football. After the gloom and uncertainty surrounding the club this last few weeks we are delighted to confirm the full support of Glentoran Community Trust for the new manager.
We would also place on record, that following a lengthy debate on the current uncertainty at Glentoran Football Club, and several vacancies arising at Board level, the GCT Society Board have now been instructed to actively seek representation from the Glentoran Community Trust on the Glentoran FC Board of Directors. |
