Glentoran star reveals he skipped a summer holiday to ensure he was ready for new season
The 29-year-old missed the final five months of last term after sustaining a serious knee injury in the County Antrim Shield Final against Larne at Seaview, which required surgery.
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3 hours ago
- BBC News
A 'lot going on' at Larne during summer
Larne manager Nathan Rooney has said his side are "clicking" despite a "lot going on" during replaced Tiernan Lynch as manager of the Inver Reds in December, but was replaced by Gary Haveron just three weeks after taking the role due to not having the required licence for European then took the position of head of football but, after being accepted on to the Uefa Pro Licence course in March, he returned to his original position during the close season and has taken the club into the third qualifying round of the Conference League. "There is a lot going on," Rooney told BBC Sport NI."In terms of the team, we're in a really good fashion. We're clicking and we're working hard together. "There was a lot of built up energy [last season] and I was working hard behind the scenes and the boots were on. I think in some of the games now, you've seen a little bit more of me on the touchline and through the boys on the pitch."During this busy period for the two-time league champions, there has been a change in ownership too with Kenny Bruce announcing that he has sold his stake at Inver 50% share of the club has been bought by Redball Global FC."The new players have come in and the fresh ownership have had the same belief, but things are going to be done slightly differently," Rooney said."Obviously we want to be sustainable, we want to do things moving forward and be looking at the youth coming through. "But if we work hard, train like we're doing and we keep the best players fit, then we'll compete."There have been big decisions to make on the pitch as well in terms of Cosgrove had previously been club captain and lifted the Gibson Cup in 2023 before being replaced by Cian Bolger the following with Bolger set to miss a long spell through injury, Rooney has handed the captaincy back to Cosgrove. "Sometimes you've got to listen, haven't you? Sometimes it's not just coming in and thinking that you know everything," Rooney said when asked about the captaincy."We've had a great captain in Cian Bolger, and I've worked with Cian in the past at Fleetwood Town, but I also knew how well Tomas led a group of men as well."With him living now in Larne, and what he does off the pitch community-wise for us and foundation-wise, he was the perfect fit."
Belfast Telegraph
14 hours ago
- Belfast Telegraph
Disappointing night in Conference League as Larne and Linfield both suffer first leg defeats
Linfield were beaten 2-1 by Faroese side Víkingur, while Larne were hit by three goals in nine first-half minutes to fall to a 3-0 loss to Portuguese outfit Santa Clara at the Ballymena Showgrounds.
Belfast Telegraph
19 hours ago
- Belfast Telegraph
Larne and Linfield look to take first leg leads in third qualifying round ties
The European football bandwagon rolls on for the last remaining Irish League sides in the competition, with Larne and Linfield in UEFA Conference League third qualifying round action on Thursday evening.
