johnnyk 158 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Pre-Season Friendly Glentoran 2-1 Rangers XI Sunday 2nd August Supporters at The Oval today were treated to a fantastic exhibition match as the IFA Premiership champions Glentoran defeated SPL Champions Rangers. A far from full strength Glentoran team looked good from the outset as young stars such as Jimmy Callacher and Craig Harris rounded off pre-season impressively. The Glens started brightly as Grant Gardiner's free kick caused trouble in the Rangers penalty box. On 11 minutes it was Michael Halliday who broke the deadlock. Meeting a cross from a corner kick Halliday finished with his head to make it 1-0 to the Glens. Just four minutes later Jimmy Callacher doubled the Glentoran lead. A defensive mix up from Rangers gave Callacher the chance to pounce on a loose ball. Callacher stepped up to fire home from a tight angle through a crowd of players extending the IFA Premiership Champions' lead. After 29 minutes Gil Blumanstein exploited a defensive error from Johnny Taylor to pull one back. Rangers having got a goal back should have pressed on to go for the win but failed to trouble the stubborn Glentoran defence. Just a minute after Rangers scored Johnny Taylor was at the centre of play again as his rash challenge warranted his removal from the game. Referee Brian Turkington opting not to use his cards requested the substitution of Taylor who was replaced by Glens record appearance holder Colin Nixon. The second half beckoned as Mr and Mrs John Spence were amount the luckiest of supporters today claiming �£190 in the half time halfers draw with winning ticket number 2430. Daryl Fordyce moved off the bench into a new position in attack replacing Halliday as striker. Loy and Wilson had opportunities to score for Rangers but neither managed to trouble James Taylor between the Glentoran sticks while Jimmy Callacher struck the Rangers cross bar with a spectacular shot from 25 yards. In the later part of the half Callacher again troubled Weir in the Rangers goals this time from a direct free kick. Controversial Rangers star John Fleck was removed from play as Referee Turkington again forced his substitution rather than brandishing a red or yellow card. The Glens dug in and prevented much of anything from Rangers who could not have disagreed with today's scoreline. Supporters at The Oval were treated to a great spectacle as these two teams put on an entertaining round up to Glentoran's pre-season with less than a week until the kick off of the Carling Premiership. http://www.glentoran.com/news.html I think fleck needs to buck up soon. We won't be seeing him in a Gers top anytime soon then.......... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JMS 0 Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/glentoran/3781869864/in/photostream/ Cheers for that mate. We are not just about the First Team. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza_8 233 Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Controversial Rangers star John Fleck was removed from play as Referee Turkington again forced his substitution rather than brandishing a red or yellow card. Controversial? How exactly? He had a fall-out with McCoist big fuckin' deal! The media are cunts. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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