Glentoran FC

Founded: 1882 (following merger of Oakfield and Nettlefield)

Gounds: Ormeau Park 1882-1886; King's Field, Westbourne, Ballymacarrett 1886-1890; Musgrave Park 1890-1892; The Oval, Dee Street 1892-date (re-built 1903 and 1949); (Grosvenor Park 1941-1949 after the Oval was destroyed during an air-raid).

Colours: Red, green, black and (sometimes) white.

Manager History:

Billy McStay	1932-1934		Alex Young	1968
David Reid	1934-1935		Peter McParland	1968-1971
Sam Jennings	1936-1938		Kieran Dowd	1971-1972
Louis Page	1939-1940		Alex McCrae	1972
Frank Thompson	1945-1947		George Eastham	1972-1974
Frank Grice	1948-1955		Bobby McGregor	1974-1977
Jimmy McIntosh	1955-1957		Arthur Stewart	1977-1979
Ken Chisholm	1958		Ronnie McFall	1979-1984
Johnny Nielson	1958-1959		Billy Johnston	1985-19877
Tommy Briggs	1959-1960		Tommy Jackson	1987-1993
Len Kane	1960-1961		Robert Strain	1993-1994
Harry Walker	1961-1962		Tommy Cassidy	1994-1997
Isaac McDowell	1962-1964		Roy Coyle	1997-2006
Gibby McKenzie	1964-1965		Paul Millar	2006-2007
Billy Neill	1965-1966		Alan McDonald	2007-2010
John Colrain	1966-1968		Scott Young	2010-date

Club Honours:

To follow.

European Record:

To follow.

Award Winners:

To follow.

Players to have won major representative honours while Glentoran players...

(Northern) Ireland Internationals:

41 players for 86 caps (correct up to 29 March 2011)

PLAYER	CAPS	FIRST	LAST
ANDREWS W.	1	1908
BLACK T.	1	1901
BRUCE W.	2	1960	1967
BURNETT J.	2	1895
BURNS W.	1	1924
CLEARY J.	5	1982	1984
CONNOR J.	4	1901	1905
DEVINE J.	1	1990
EMERSON W.	6	1919	1922
FEENEY W.	1	1976
GEARY J.	2	1931
GOWDY J.	1	1919
HAMILL R.	1	1999
JAMISON J.	1	1975
KELLY J.	1	1896
LEMON J.	1	1886
LEWIS J.	2	1899
LYNER D.	4	1919	1922
LYTTLE J.	1	1898
MARTIN C.	1	1946
MAXWELL J.	2	1905
McCANN P.	3	1911	1913
McCARTNEY A.	3	1909
McCONNELL E.	1	1905
McGREGOR S.	1	1921
McKEAG W.	2	1967	1968
McKEAGUE T.	1	1924
McKELVIE H.	2	1901	1902
McKNIGHT J.	1	1913
McMASTER G.	3	1897
McVICKERS J.	1	1889
MEEK H.L.	1	1925
MITCHELL E.J.	1	1933
MOORE C.	1	1949
MORRISON T.	3	1895
MULLAN G.	4	1983
REA R.B.	1	1901
ROBERTS F.C.	1	1931
SCRAGGS M.J.	2	1921
SMITH A.	10	2003	2004
STEWART A.	3	1967

Northern Ireland B Internationals:

3 players for 3 caps (correct up to 6 May 2009)

PLAYER	CAPS	FIRST	LAST
HAMILL R.	1	1999
MORRIS E.	1	2003
SMITH A.	1	2003

Northern Ireland Under-23 Internationals:

4 players for 6 caps (correct up to 27 April 2004)

Excludes International Challenge Trophy Matches.

PLAYER	CAPS	FIRST	LAST
DEVINE J.	1	1990
McKEAG W.	2	1967	1968
MORROW T.	2	1968	1969
ROSS E.	1	1967

Northern Ireland Under-21 Internationals:

11 players for 37 caps (correct up to 9 February 2009)

PLAYER	CAPS	FIRST	LAST
DEVINE J.	1	1990
ELLIOTT S.	3	1998	1999
FERGUSON M.	2	1999	2000
FORDYCE D.	7	2007	2008
McBRIDE J.	1	1994
MELAUGH G.	3	2003
MORELAND V.	1	1978
MORRIS E.	7	2002	2003
NIXON C.	1	1999
TAYLOR J.	1	2009
WARD S.	10	2005	2006

Ireland Victory Internationals:

Billy Emerson, Davy Lyner, William Moore, Johnny Scraggs (all 1919), Paddy Waters (1946).

(Northern) Ireland Amateur Internationals:

Joe Bambrick, Tommy Brannigan, Samuel Chapman, Roy Coyle, Hugh Cunningham, John Dunlop, Jack Evans, Albert Finlay, John Geary, James Herron, Robert Irvine, Tommy Jackson, John Johnston, John Kennedy, Paddy McCann, William McCartney, Trevor McCullough, William McCullough, Norman McKay, Tommy Morrow, Alan Paterson, Sammy Pavis, John Peden, Roy Stewart, Richie Warburton.

See also:

The Glentoran Connection

Sources:

Glentoran: A Complete Record (Roy France, 2001)

The Story of Glentoran (Malcolm Brodie, 1981)