Glentoran Community Trust

GLENTORAN COMMUNITY TRUST RECLAIM THE CLUB'S EUROPEAN FOOTBALL ARCHIVE

Proposed Launch Date - Spring 2007

Thanks to the dogged determination of Glentoran Community Trust member Lawrence Harland, the GCT are proud to announce that we have managed to secure a substantial archive of unseen film footage covering Glentoran at home and abroad throughout the Sixties and Seventies.

The initial contact has led in turn to members of the GCT painstakingly trawling thousands of Glentoran related clips at UTV's Havelock House over the last few months, with the assistance of UTV and their archive department.

Spring 2007 will see the proposed DVD release of “European Dream” (a GCT production in association with Forza TV) which will also include interviews with the players of the era. A wealth of colour footage has been uncovered, amongst which is the European Cup Winners Cup Quarter-Final versus Borrusia Monchengladbach at the Oval, European ties with FC Basel Switzerland, Valur of Iceland, Glasgow Rangers at Ibrox, Anderlecht in Brussels and of course a look at Juventus in Belfast 1977.

“European Dream” will also include incredibly rare Greek film footage of Glentoran as the side battle the mighty Panathanaikos in the Bear Pit of Athens in the European Cup of 1964, and of the Glentoran team as they travel by coach to Ibrox for the 1966 Cup Winner’s Cup clash with Glasgow Rangers.

Incorporating design detail by Clifford Logan,  “European Dream” will be produced by the GCT under special licence, and will go on sale at various outlets on a launch date to be decided.

This priceless footage has been acquired through our unique existence as a Community Trust, and we are delighted to report that GCT member, and author of “Glentoran, A Complete Record”  Roy France has ploughed some of the proceeds from his book into helping us acquire this unbelievable piece of our great history.

Above - Roy France (left) with GCT Chairman Sam Robinson.

This will be the ultimate “must have” piece of visual history for all Glentoran supporters, and is yet another example of the Glentoran Community Trust’s unique ability to recapture our shared history.