tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71880412024-01-31T10:29:51.842+00:00The infrequent musings of a pissed-off Glenavon season ticket holder.. just where did the good times go?Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08357955828710392683noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188041.post-1091127654106832212004-07-29T19:32:00.000+01:002004-07-29T20:00:54.106+01:00

Oops.. let this slip for a while, didn't I? Told you I'd get bored. News, briefly:- Peter Withnell, Andy McDonald, Gareth Walsh, Barry Reid and Gareth Murray made their debuts for Glenavon on Saturday against a strong Portadown side (or, judging by the Mental Mickey inspired reverse in Lithuania, perhaps not) in a 4-0 defeat. Onwards and upwards, eh? Paul McKnight was a surprise inclusion

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Gerard pictured in his first season at Mourneview Park. APOLOGIES in the length of time between posts recently - work, other activities and a lack of football activity have meant I have found it hard to update. Good news this week in the Lurgan Mail where Gerard McMahon has announced his intentions to make a comeback for the start of the new league campaign. 'Gerdie' is 31 years old and has

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CONTRARY to the advice I offered previously, Andy Smith seems to have signed for Preston NE in what is speculated to be a record fee for an Irish League player. Subject to a medical, Smith will join up with international strike partner David Healy at the Lilywhites. The supposed £80,000+ fee seems a little much for a player who has failed to prove himself at any other level than Irish League and

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LARNE have written to the IFA to seek guidance over allegations that Glenavon have 'tapped' six of John Devine's squad according to the Sunday Life. Six of the playing staff at Inver Park - Andy McDonald, Gary Clifford, James McDonagh, Gareth Walsh, Jim McCloskey and Kieran O'Connor - are expected to sign for Glenavon when their contracts expire. Ex-Glenavon centre half Devine said "we've been

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THE LURGAN Mail fancies Ryan Zico Black (not pictured above) to be a Glenavon player again in the First Division. TK is hoping to clinch a deal with Zico soon, which is believed to include an offer of a full-time job as well as a semi-pro contract with Glenavon. Needless to say, this is a promising development especially considering the distinct lack of striking options at the club. Although

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Shite. IN keeping with the previous post on Linfield's likeness to Germany, Glenavon must surely be a candidate for England after tonight's defeat against hosts Portugal. The last time the English were truly a world force (1966 in case you haven't been told a million times) Glenavon were City Cup holders and although Jimmy McAlinden's great 50s side of Denver, Cush and Jones were falling apart,

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NO petty xenophobia here, but surely I was not alone at expressing delight at Milan Baros' 75th minute winner that ensured Germany crashed out of Euro 2004 at the group stage? Rarely has anyone seen such a poor German team (they don't even have a striker!), but there's always that sneaking suspicion at the pit of your stomach that they will somehow find a way to sneak the tournament. In Euro 96

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TODAY'S Newsletter reckons ex-Glenavon keeper Stuart Addis is going to join Larne. The article also confirms that Andy McDonald will be a Glenavon player sooner rather than later. Unfortunately it stops rumours that Larne will sign Paul Rice next season, with the anti-Glenavon sentiments on the internet being deserving of having Ricer in their team. I like Paul Rice. He seems a nice enough bloke

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GLENAVON official website reports the following on pre-season friendlies. Glenavon FC have announced the details of three pre-season friendly matches: Tuesday 3rd August Coleraine (H) 7.45pm Saturday 7th August Crusaders (H) 3.00pm Monday 9th August Comber Rec. (A) 7.30pm Please note that the Charity Match against Portadown has been moved to Saturday, 24th July with a 3.00pm kick off.

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CONSIDERING the Sunday Life, dominated for years by the 'Lurgan Mafia' of Gordon Hanna, Jim Gracey and Bill Ireland (RIP), has forever been known as the Glenavon Gazette, it's strange to think that it has been near on three weeks without a news feature on their favourite side. Perhaps the lads are too busy sunning themselves up in Portugal or in the Caribbean but it's strange that little news has

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GOOD luck to Ballymena United tomorrow in their away leg against Danish opponents Odense in the Inter-Twobob cup. Irish League circles are funny like this - I wish nothing but the absolute worst on most Irish League clubs (and Ballymena with their arrogant fans and Shea Campbell playing for them are no exception) yet when a side takes to Europe everyone will rally around the representatives.

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SPECULATION suggests we will begin the new term with home games against Crusaders (August 7th) and Coleraine in pre-season friendles. Taking into account the Charity Game with Portadown at Mourneview on August 3rd, the warm-up campaign against three Premier Division sides of varying quality should serve as an important guide to how well we will cope in the First Division. Darren Armour is

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DESPITE the transfer talk surrounding Tommy Kincaid's first pre-season at Glenavon, it's surprising to hear that we've yet to be linked with any strikers especially considering how hard goals were to come by last season (oh yes, and we kept losing games). Is Aiden McVeigh going to make a transformation from a lumbering, slow, incompetent centre-forward into a top First Division marksman? Will

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GLENAVON target Ian McCoosh has signed for Crusaders. The Linfield FC retirement home is seemingly still in place while there have been no further updates on the Larne FC retirement home for next season. The France vs England game reminded me why I love football so much - the entire game can change in the space of a second. Last minute winners into the Crescent End as evening looms is what

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IT has been a slow week for news around these parts - Irish League Forums and the Larne Times sees us linked with yet another Larne player in winger Jim McCloskey. Perhaps the word 'inconsistent' was invented for Jim who can be fantastic on his day but all too often is totally missing. This brings the Larne raid tally up to six if O'Connor, McDonagh, McDonald, Walsh and Clifford also sign as

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TODAY'S Lurgan Mail suggests Kincaid was none too happy at posts on Irish League Forums suggesting he had tapped players at former club Larne. Tommy Kincaid has called on Glenavon supporters to remain united behind him as he ontinues his bid to strengthen the first team squad at Mourneview Park. The Glenavon boss has come in for critisism on a local football website after revealing that he had

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AFTER the 3-0 drubbing against Portadown on the last day of the season and relegation sets in, you're just thankful the football season is over. You've spent hard-earned cash travelling up and down in the country praying for a goal (never mind a win) and you're glad just to have a break for a few weeks. Come next Saturday, you're itching to watch Glenavon thirds play just to feed the habit. I'd

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ALFIE Wylie is the new coach at League Champions at Linfield according to the Newsletter. Despite his team sending Glenavon down to the First Division for the first time in their history, it's hard to hold a grudge with Alfie. He's one of the genuinely nice blokes in football, although as Jim Gracey remarked in the Sunday Life, "so is my mate Shane and I wouldn't want him managing Glenavon

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#2 - BRANTWOOD BRANTWOOD apparently play in Belfast, more or less across the road from Seaview. Once again, we're faced with the 5 blokes behind a wall scenario. However, this is a move in the right direction after Moyola Park. No flimsy fence and no flat caps. This will be like the San Siro compared to Moyola. Their squad contains a number of former proper Irish League players of course -

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TODAY'S Coleraine Times suggests that recently released midfielder Ian McCoosh is Mourneview bound. The 33 year old is the latest to be part of Coleraine's overhaul of playing staff with the Bannsiders facing massive financial problems. McCoosh is certainly no spring chicken and with only 12 appearances to his name this season is far from fit, yet there is a feeling that McCoosh could certainly

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ACCORDING to the Irish League website, Glenavon will open the season with a Daily Mirror Trophy group containing Ballinamallard United, Donegal Celtic, Oxford United Stars, Tobermore and Wakehurst. The text in full: The Daily Mirror Trophy will begin on August 14th comprising four groups of six teams from which the section winners only will progress to the open draw semi-final stage. The

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IRISH League Forums talk suggests that recently released Glentoran centre-half Gary Smyth will join Ballymena United in the next few days. The Braidmen, who have already signed Coleraine star Rory Hamill and Ballyclare midfielder Eddie Hill as well as secured the futures of 'Big Two' targets Oran Kearney and Gordon Simms seem to be splashing the cash this pre-season. Could they be vying for the

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AMIDST the talk surrounding David Healy's position as the new all-time top scorer for Northern Ireland following the 3-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago, it is worth contrasting the form of Healy with his fellow international striker, ex-Glenavon targetman Andy Smith. In the manner he left Glenavon, Smith is hardly fondly looked upon at Mourneview yet few could begrudge his position in the

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IT GOES without saying that some of the trips to grounds that Glenavon fans will be undertaking to support their team have never been visited by civilisation before, never mind hordes of football fans. Needless to say, the visits to quaint little villages will be in sharp contrast to a busy metropolis such as Lurgan. So, where better to find information on these charming settlements than on the

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I'VE JUST stumbled across Fanzone, a website dedicated to profiling sports grounds up and down the UK for the benefit of travelling supporters. However, for the Daily Mirror Irish League, only three clubs get the 'treatment' - Glenavon, Coleraine and... Ards. They know something we don't?

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