Player News Since the end of the season, Michael O’Connor and the management team at Glenavon FC have been working tirelessly to develop a Championship-winning squad. We are pleased to announce that a strong core of our team has decided to stay and help guide us back to the Premiership, including Peter Campbell, Harry Murphy, [...]
MANAGER MICHAEL O'CONNOR SIGNS NEW DEAL Glenavon Football Club are delighted to announce manager Michael O’Connor has signed a new two-year contract extension with the club. O'Connor and his staff led a monumental effort to survive relegation from the NIFL Premiership after taking over club responsibilities in late 2025 at a time when Glenavon was [...]
SADNESS Glenavon is saddened to learn of the passing of lifelong supporter Mervyn Percy. He was born in Sloan Street a couple of months before the Luftwaffe’s planes flew over Lurgan in April and May 1941 on the way to Belfast to carry out four devastating raids. He spent most of his formative years with [...]
POSITIVES FROM FIRST MATCH Glenavon Women 0-3 Loughgall Lakers Glenavon Women on Friday night began their new adventure in NIWFA playing the early season favourites Loughgall Lakers. In a keenly contested first half, Glenavon looked to get the ball down and play positive progressive football. The first 30 minutes saw very little in the [...]
GLENAVON LOSES TO CARRICK RANGERS Glenavon 2 Carrick Rangers 3 Sports Direct Irish Premiership Mourneview Park, Lurgan Saturday 25th April 2026 A poor second half performance by Glenavon contributed to a narrow final Saturday defeat by Carrick Rangers. Paddy Burns (41 mins) and debutant Alfie Pollock (84 mins) found the net for the home [...]
SADNESS On behalf of the Glenavon Board of Directors I want express our sadness at the recent passing of Raymond Whittaker, the brother of Glenavon’s Chaplin Paul. May he rest in peace. Be Just A Fear Not
GLENAVON V CARRICK RANGERS, A LOOK AHEAD On Saturday 25th April 2026 Glenavon faces Carrick Rangers at Mourneview Park in its final Sports Direct Premiership fixture. Carrick Rangers is currently in seventh place in the league table with 50 points from thirty-seven fixtures. Last Saturday Stephen Baxter’s side defeated Bangor 3-0 at Clandeboye Park. The [...]
On 22nd April 2026, life long Glenavon FC supporter Ernie Harrison, past away peacefully at hospital in his 92nd year. Ernie was late of Meadowvale, Waringstown. Our condolences go out to his wife Jean, children Karen, Geoffrey and Melvin, grandchildren Christopher, Daniel, Dylan, Louis, and Emily and the wider Harrison family. Be Just And Fear [...]
GLENAVON SUFFERS AGONISING DEFEAT Glenavon 0 Crusaders 1 Sports Direct Irish Premiership Mourneview Park, Lurgan Saturday 18th April 2026 Glenavon’s brave bid for Premiership survival ended with this narrow 1-0 defeat against Crusaders. Fraser Bryden (52 mins) scored the crucial goal. Michael O’Connor’s side started well and put the North Belfast club under sustained [...]
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT As a Glenavon supporter for over 50 years I have experienced emotional highs but also emotional lows, and Saturday was a low, as we are now relegated to the Championship. After the game against Crusaders I thanked the management and the players for the amazing turnaround after being 12 points adrift. Months ago [...]
