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Belfast Telegraph
3 days ago
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- 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
4 days ago
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- 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
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- 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)
Yahoo
21-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Burns joins Carrick Rangers after Crues departure
Defender Billy Joe Burns will join Carrick Rangers upon the expiration of his contract with Crusaders. The former Crues captain spent 11 years with the Seaview club, making 423 appearances and scoring 33 goals after signing for the north Belfast outfit in 2014. Burns played a key role in helping the club secure three Irish Premiership titles, three Irish Cup victories and two County Antrim Shield triumphs. The 36-year-old also picked up personal accolades, collecting the Ulster Footballer of the Year and NIFWA Footballer of the Year in the 2015-16 season. Before that, Burns spent eight years at Linfield where he also won three Premiership titles and three Irish Cups. His playing time has been restricted by injury in recent seasons, but he will be reunited with former Crues boss Stephen Baxter at Taylors Avenue, something he said attracted him to the club. "I've worked with Stephen for so long, he knows a lot about me, I know a lot about him, so that was quite simple," he told the club's website. "I've spoken with players who have been here before and everyone has had nice things to say, so it was quite an easy decision. "I'm excited for a fresh challenge, something new after a long period at Crusaders, I can't wait to get started." Burns becomes Carrick's second summer signing after another former Crusaders midfielder Aidan Steele arrived from Ards. Elsewhere, Ballymena United have announced the signing of striker Ryan McNickle on a two-year-deal. The 25-year-old arrives from Newry City after scoring 20 goals in the Championship as his side suffered relegation.
BBC News
10-03-2025
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- BBC News
Devine disappointed after Glens lose out in decider
Glentoran boss Declan Devine says his side switched off for Cliftonville's goal as they went down to a 1-0 extra-time defeat in the BetMcLean Cup Gormey fired home from Ryan Corrigan's cross to put the Reds in front on 99 minutes before Jonathan Russell shot over the bar with a late chance to equalise."I'm really disappointed with the manner that we lost it, we switched off," said Devine."We just had a make a substitution because of an injury and within a minute or two we're caught napping at the back post. But that's what Joe Gormley does and has done for all of his career - that really was the difference. "The game was calling out for someone to put the ball in the back of the net. We had a great opportunity at the end but weren't able to take secured their first silverware in five years by winning the County Antrim Shield in praised his team's effort despite falling short in Sunday's decider at Windsor Park."I'm extremely proud of my players - each and every one absolutely emptied the tank but it's not something we want to be experiencing too often [losing a cup final]."The first goal was always going to be really important. We were just missing that one bit of quality in the opposition box."
