Glenavon FC News

The Club Licensing Committee (First Instance Body) of the IFA has awarded Glenavon FC a Domestic Club Licence for the 2009-2010 Season. The Committee was satisfied that Glenavon FC had met all of the required standards for the award of a Domestic Club Licence.

Glenavon Chairman Adrian Teer expressed his thanks for all the hard work that has gone into the application procedures “The Directors, and hopefully the supporters, are well aware of the hours of hard, voluntary work put into our application by Company Secretary Harry Cherry and his small team of John Collen and Eric Taylor, supported by a number of board members. They all deserve enormous credit for their efforts and hearty congratulations and thanks in respect of our successful application.”

Glenavon FC also initially applied for a UEFA Licence but, once it was clear that qualification for a UEFA Competition was impossible, the Club did not pursue the UEFA Licence application any further in order to avoid the considerable expense that would have been involved in doing so.

There was no jackpot winner this week but 4 people matched 3 of the numbers.

The Jackpot now stands at £1,400 and the next draw will be on Tuesday 5th May as next Monday 4th May is a bank holiday!

Jay Magee was presented with the Alan Steele Memorial Glenavon Player of the Year award by William and Jim Steele.

Glenavon chaplain, Rev William Orr made his annual presentation to the Glenavon player who displays character and attitude behind the scenes. This year Tony Grant received the award in recognition of his professionalism, his ambassadorial role for Glenavon and his encouragement for young players.

Glenavon Victoria Supporters Club made their end of season presentations following the final home game against Ballymena United. Mark Haughey received the 'Young Player of the Year' award whilst Jay Magee added 'Victoria Supporters Club Player of the Year' and the 'Glenavon Irish League Forums Player of the Year' to his haul of trophies. Making the presentations were Michael Scott, Leigh Stewart and Andrew Collins.

Glenavon fans weren’t just celebrating a fourth home win on the trot on Saturday but quite a few ‘Buds’ were being sunk in honour of the fact that it was exactly 20 years to the day in 1989 when Glenavon famously beat Linfield 6-1 in the replayed final of the Budweiser Cup. Former manager Stevie McBride was on the scoresheet that night and Geoff Ferris scored a ‘brilliant’ hat trick to help end a trophy famine for the Lurgan Blues.