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BBC News
08-08-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Experienced arrivals can drive Glens on'
Glentoran manager Declan Devine is confident the new arrivals at the Oval can help push the club on to new heights this Glens made a raft of summer signings, including striker Pat Hoban from Derry City and Scottish midfielder Liam Burt, who won League of Ireland titles with Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers in recent Crusaders duo, Jordan Stewart and Daniel Larmour, made the move to east Belfast, while Ryan Cooney arrived from Crewe Alexandra and goalkeeper Peter Urminsky joined from St Mirren on such experience can not only increase the competition for places, but aid the development of the younger players according to Devine whose team opens their Premiership campaign with a trip to Portadown on Saturday (15:00 BST)."Pat needs no introduction," Devine told BBC Sport NI."He spoke to five or six clubs and felt this was his best opportunity to win trophies. He can lead men too and brings an incredible professionalism about him, so he'll have a big role for us this year."Liam's had a lot of success wherever he's been, played in the group stage of Europe and knows what it takes to get there."Jordan Stewart has four or five league titles under his belt, Daniel Larmour has two Irish Cups and played 10 games in Europe, so we've brought a lot of experience to the group. Add in Ryan Cooney who has 246 games in League One and League Two in England."Christie Pattisson and Dylan Connolly will miss Saturday's trip to Shamrock Park as their suspension following the brawl against Larne on the final day of last season carries over. 'Thomson ban is madness' Joe Thomson is also out as the one-game ban for picking up a fifth yellow card also carries over - a situation that frustrates Devine."That makes no sense to me," he opined."Bans getting carried over for five yellow cards is madness."Regardless, Devine is confident he has the squad to cope and is targeting a flying start to the season, the Glens claimed the County Antrim Shield, but lost in the League Cup final to Cliftonville. They also missed out on European football, while they were stunned in an Irish Cup quarter-final against term, collecting silverware is the primary objective and making a push for a first league title since the 2008-09 season."We were a mile off last year, but improved from what I walked into," said Devine."We've got to leave everything out there in every game, got to be more ruthless in our approach and not leave as many points behind us."It doesn't come much bigger than going away to Shamrock Park on Saturday, a really difficult venue. "We did quite well there last year but a lot of teams found it extremely difficult. For ourselves, it's about getting the new players integrated and letting them know what it's about."
Belfast Telegraph
04-08-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Glentoran star James Singleton names the two new faces who can boost attacking line and help his side end title drought
James Singleton believes a new Glentoran side strengthened by the attacking prowess of Pat Hoban and Jordan Stewart can help the club challenge for silverware, including the League title. The Glens haven't won the title since 2009, but impressive transfer business has again raised hope and expectation.
Yahoo
24-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
New Glentoran striker Pat Hoban slams Tiernan Lynch saying he will 'never forgive him'
Glentoran new boy Pat Hoban has taken a swipe at Tiernan Lynch over how the last few months of his Derry City career panned out. In an explosive interview with the Derry Journal, Hoban, who made the switch to The Oval earlier this month, said he will "never forgive" the former Larne boss for "wasting six months" of his career. Hoban was initially signed at the Brandywell by former boss Ruaidhri Higgins, but following his departure at the end of last season the prolific League of Ireland striker found his opportunities limited and he felt he was being "frozen out". READ MORE: Taking Open Championship outside UK 'stupidest idea ever' claims American golf star READ MORE: Christine Lampard says 'oh my gosh' as she breaks down in tears live on Lorraine The 33-year-old claimed he was blocked from making a move to another "top League of Ireland club", but after only two starts this season Hoban was given the green light to leave the club and join the Glens as he looks to get his career back on track. "Of course I was frustrated," Hoban explained. "Even when I was on the bench I knew I wasn't coming on. "It doesn't affect me and my personality or my character. In terms of my career at Derry it does. It ended because of that. "I didn't get a run of games and couldn't show anything to the Derry fans this year at all. He just wasted six months of my career and, to be honest, it's something I'll never forgive either. "It happened to me before at Mansfield when Steve Evans got the job. The January window came and he brought in who he wanted and I was left in the stand until May. I always said to myself I'll never let that happen to me again but it just happened with Derry." Hoban was linked with a move away from Derry ahead of the start of the new season with Glentoran's 'Big Two' rivals Linfield one of the clubs reportedly interested in signing him. He said: "I was hearing stuff about clubs being in for me like Linfield and you're wondering, 'why are they in for me?' So I think they were trying to offload me at that stage. I firmly believe that but of course the club could say something different. "He (Lynch) then changed his tune and said 'you're not going anywhere. You will score 20 league goals for me' and that kind of stuff. He said I was part of it and we're trying to make Derry great again. To be honest I didn't believe it and I was right in the end." Hoban is now relishing his new opportunity with Declan Devine at the Glens insisting he cannot wait to get started. "I need to play football. I've probably got a couple of years left in my career and it was just getting wasted to be honest," he said. "There was other interest from the League of Ireland but I didn't want to go down and fight a relegation battle with Cork. I'd never sign for Drogheda because that would be the one loyalty I would definitely always have for Dundalk. "Waterford were interested but I didn't want to go there. Obviously the big one for me was Galway but that fell through for a certain reason. It's disappointing but things happen for a reason and Glentoran came in and said they wanted me and did everything they possibly could to get me. And that's what players want. They just want to feel wanted. "I know Decky and when I met him and Paddy, they couldn't stress how much they wanted me. I was like, 'come on, let's do it.' "It's a good squad. They'll be competitive when it comes to Linfield, Coleraine, Larne. I'm just excited to experience a different league and play through the winter. I'm just looking forward to playing again."
Irish Daily Mirror
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Blow for Derry City as last season's top scorer departs
Pat Hoban's spell at Derry City has come to an end with the striker signing for Glentoran on a two-year deal. 33-year-old Hoban was top scorer in the League of Ireland Premier Division last season with 14 goals as Derry City pushed Shelbourne all the way before finishing fourth after a late-season collapse. The veteran striker has fallen out of favour with manager Tiernan Lynch and has made just eight appearances for the Candystripes this term. "We were well aware of the strong interest from clubs across the League of Ireland, so to secure his signature is a major coup and a clear statement of where we want to go as a club," Glentoran manager Declan Devine said. "His goal-scoring record speaks for itself, but it is also the standards he sets, the experience he brings, and the hunger he still has to compete and win that make him such an important addition." Galway native Hoban has played for the likes of Bristol City and Oxford during his career. His most successful spell came with Dundalk United where he was a part of three Premier Division winning sides. He scored 150 goals for the Louth club, making him Dundalk's all-time top-scorer.
BBC News
10-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Glentoran sign striker Hoban from Derry City
Glentoran have signed striker Pat Hoban on a two-year deal from League of Ireland side Derry City for an undisclosed fee. Hoban arrives at the Oval with more than 200 senior goals in spells with Mervue United, Dundalk, Oxford United, Mansfield Town and Derry City. The 33-year-old was the League of Ireland's top scorer last season with 14 goals as Derry narrowly missed out on the title to had fallen out of favour at Brandywell this season as new manager Tiernan Lynch opted for either Liam Boyce or Danny Mullen to lead the line, which restricted him to just eight appearances. Glentoran boss Declan Devine says Hoban became the club's "top priority" when he became available."We were well aware of the strong interest from clubs across the League of Ireland, so to secure his signature is a major coup and a clear statement of where we want to go as a club," Devine said."His goal-scoring record speaks for itself, but it is also the standards he sets, the experience he brings, and the hunger he still has to compete and win that make him such an important who this week sold centre-back Harry Murphy to Glenavon, have had a busy summer with key players Fuad Sule, Kodi Lyons-Foster and Daniel Gyollai all also joins Liam Burt and Jordan Stewart in arriving at the Oval.
