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 [...]
RESERVES’ AND UNDER-18s’ ROUND-UP On Monday 11th September 2023 Gary McAlister’s Glenavon Reserves team drew 3-3 with Ballymena United at the Warden Street Showgrounds. The young Blues raced into a 2-0 lead courtesy of goals by Jesse Turner (2 mins) and Aaron Prendergast (14 mins). Although Leon Graham (15 mins) reduced the deficit, Prendergast (34 [...]
Dungannon Swifts 3-1 Glenavon Sports Direct Premiership Stangmore Park Saturday 9th September 2023 Match report by Calum Jones Glenavon were defeated 3-1 by Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park on Saturday afternoon. There was a frantic start to the match, with two goals being scored inside the opening four minutes, while the Lurgan Blues also finished [...]
GLENAVON DEFEATS BANBRIDGE TOWN Glenavon 3 Banbridge Town 0 Mid-Ulster Cup, First Round Mourneview Park, Lurgan Monday 4th September 2023 Glenavon advanced to the second round of the Mid-Ulster Cup with a comfortable 3-0 victory against Banbridge Town. Robbie Garrett (3 mins), Aaron Prendergast (11 mins) and Colin Oppong (26 mins) scored the goals for [...]
Glenavon 1-0 Ballymena United Sports Direct Premiership Mourneview Park Saturday 2nd September 2023 Match report by Calum Jones Calum Birney’s fourth-minute header was enough to earn Glenavon their first win of the season on Saturday at home to Ballymena United in a match which saw both sides finish with 10 men. New loan signing [...]
