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Belfast Telegraph
7 hours ago
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- Belfast Telegraph
Glentoran's forward thinking in the summer can help fuel title charge, insists Oval ace Cameron Palmer
Cameron Palmer has admitted Declan Devine's summer transfer business has fuelled belief his side could sustain a title challenge this season. The former Linfield midfielder helped the Glens lift the County Antrim Shield last season but their Gibson Cup challenge faded, their Irish Cup bid collapsed in shocking fashion at Bangor and European football also slipped from their grasp.


Belfast Telegraph
4 days ago
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- Belfast Telegraph
Former Irish League champion: It would be silly to write off Coleraine's chances of tasting title delight
Glenavon defender Niall Quinn believes big-spending Coleraine must be in the title-winning conversation in the 2025/26 season. Popular left-back Quinn made 364 competitive first-team appearances for Linfield and his 11 years of service featured five top-flight titles, two Irish Cups, one League Cup and two County Antrim Shield winners' medals.


Belfast Telegraph
02-06-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Crusaders snap up former Glentoran midfielder: ‘It's a club with a winning mentality'
The 23 year-old English midfielder was on the books of West Bromwich Albion, Aston Villa and Birmingham City as a young player, before joining the Glens in 2024. Last term he played 29 times for the east Belfast club, helping the club win the County Antrim Shield.


Belfast Telegraph
01-06-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Belfast Telegraph's Top 50 Irish League players of the 2024-25 campaign
Keith Bailie and Graham Luney With pre-season preparations well under way, we are still catching our breath and reflecting on a campaign which gave us historic highs amid the thrills and spills. Linfield comfortably won the League, Dungannon Swifts made Irish Cup history, Cliftonville lifted the BetMcLean League Cup and Glentoran netted he County Antrim Shield.


BBC News
21-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Glentoran's 2024-25 season in review
2024-25 League position: 3rdPlayer of the season: Daniel GyollaiJanuary's County Antrim Shield success yielded the Glens' first piece of silverware in five years but, in a season that promised so much more, ultimately that proved the undisputed the time of their penalty shootout Shield win over Larne, Declan Devine's men were already into the decider of the BetMcLean Cup and semi-finals of the Irish would lose both, to Cliftonville and Bangor respectively, and slip from second to third in the season's final weeks, ultimately missing out on European football for a second season in succession thanks to a play-off semi-final wins over champions Linfield showed what they are capable of on their day, but they will need to find greater consistency and attacking threat next however, they know that they will lose some key players over the summer. 2025-26 signings so far: Liam Burt (unattached), Jordan Stewart (Crusaders)2025-26 departures so far: Fuad Sule (unattached), Kodi Lyons-Foster (Coleraine), Finley Thorndike (unattached), Wassim Aouachria (unattached), Jay Donnelly (unattached), Niall McGinn (unattached)