GLENAVON DEFEATED BY GLENTORAN Glentoran 3 Glenavon 1 Sports Direct Premiership The Oval, Belfast Saturday 21st October 2023 Glenavon slumped to a fifth successive league defeat against Glentoran. Two goals by Junior in the opening 15 minutes effectively ended the contest. That said, despite trailing 3-0 at the break, the visitors battled gamely during the [...]
GLENAVON DEFEATS NEWRY CITY Glenavon 2 Newry City 0 Mid-Ulster Cup, Second Round Mourneview Park, Lurgan Tuesday 10th October 2023 Glenavon defeated Newry City 2-0 to qualify for the semi-finals of this season’s Mid-Ulster Cup. Jack Malone (34 mins) and Cohen Henderson (66 mins) scored the goals. Stephen McDonnell fielded a strong starting eleven. Newry made [...]
Coleraine 4-1 Glenavon Sports Direct Premiership Coleraine Showgrounds Saturday 7th October 2023 Match report by Calum Jones Despite a fast start and a positive first-half performance away to Coleraine on Saturday, Glenavon were eventually beaten 4-1 by the Bannsiders. Jack Malone opened the scoring for the Lurgan Blues in the sixth minute when he scored [...]
GLENAVON U18S SUFFER NARROW DEFEAT Glenavon Under-18s 0 Larne Under-18s 1 Lurgan Junior High School 3G Wednesday 4th October 2023 Despite playing with ten men for almost 40 minutes, Glenavon Under-18s pushed Larne Under-18s all the way and were unfortunate to lose 1-0 to a late Ethan Douglas-Grierson goal. The young Blues, without Josh Gracey, [...]
GLENAVON DEFEATS DERGVIEW AFTER DRAMATIC FINISH Glenavon 2 Dergview 1 BetMcLean League Cup, 1st Round Mourneview Park, Lurgan Tuesday 3rd October 2023 Glenavon advanced to the second round of the BetMcLean League Cup after a remarkable extra-time comeback against Dergview. Centre-half Sean Ward scored in the 120th and 123rd minutes to cancel out Marc Kirk’s [...]
Glenavon 0-4 Larne Sports Direct Premiership Mourneview Park Saturday 30th September 2023 Match report by Calum Jones Stephen McDonnell’s first game in charge of Glenavon ended in a 4-0 defeat at the hands of reigning Premiership champions Larne at Mourneview Park on Saturday evening. The Lurgan Blues, who gave a good account of themselves in [...]
GLENAVON U18S RETURN TO WINNING WAYS Glenavon Under-18s 3 Loughgall Under-18s 0 Lurgan Junior High School 3G Friday 22nd September 2023 Glenavon Under-18s defeated Loughgall U-18s to maintain their push at the top of the Under-18 Academy League. The young Blues have now won three of their opening four fixtures. The solitary defeat was a [...]
Crusaders 2-0 Glenavon Sports Direct Premiership Seaview Saturday 23rd September 2023 Match report by Calum Jones Glenavon lost 2-0 to Crusaders at Seaview on Saturday afternoon in a game which saw midfielder Isaac Baird end up in goals for the Lurgan Blues after Rory Brown was sent off for handling outside the penalty area. Paul [...]
GLENAVON RESERVES BEATEN IN GOALFEST Glenavon Reserves 2 Dungannon Swifts’ Seconds 5 Mourneview Park, Lurgan Monday 18th September 2023 Glenavon Reserves lost 5-2 against Dungannon Swifts’ Seconds in a pulsating Development League fixture. Both teams played constructive football, pushed forward and scored goals. Tomas Galvin (45+1, 90, 90+3 mins) and Aidan Hegarty (29, 42 mins) [...]
Glenavon 2-1 Carrick Rangers Sports Direct Premiership Mourneview Park Saturday 16th September 2023 Match report by Calum Jones Glenavon began life without Gary Hamilton with a hard-fought 2-1 victory over ten-man Carrick Rangers at Mourneview Park on Saturday afternoon. Kyle Cherry was shown a straight red card for a lunge on Jack Malone just 16 [...]
