Glenavon FC News

Mourneview Park welcomes the visit of a Coleraine side which is in sparkling form at the moment, none less than the Club’s ace marksman Rory Patterson who scored his 27th goal of the season in Tuesday night’s Co-operative Insurance Cup Semifinal win over Dungannon Swifts. Marty Quinn quipped that he might don the boots himself to try to keep Patterson quiet but he realizes that the Bannsiders are far from a one-man team “They’re a very good side with quality all over the park so it’s not all about Patterson and we’ll need to cut off the supply to him.

“We beat them earlier in the season at Mourneview and I feel there’s no reason we can’t do it again tomorrow. We want to build on our result from Tuesday and get another run going but we know we’ll have to work very hard and be on top of our game.

Marty completed the signing of Rory Hamill last night but the experienced striker will be playing for the Reserves tomorrow, “Rory is fit but he’s not match fit as he hasn’t played a game in several months so I’ll be giving him a couple of games to build up his match fitness before he makes his début with the First team.

“I know Rory well from his time with me at Coleraine when he picked up an Irish Cup winner’s medal and a loser’s medal from the two Finals he appeared in. He’s signed until the end of the season but I think we can re-vitalise his career here.”

There are still a few matches available between now and the end of the season and in particular next Saturday’s Irish Cup match is still up for grabs. Anyone wishing to be ‘Man of the Match’ sponsor for any of the remaining games should contact Ian Irwin (07725 128 146), or any of the other Club Directors.

For £100 the MOM sponsor gets two tickets for the Director’s box, half-time and full-time hospitality in the Boardroom, gets to select Glenavon’s man of the match and present him with a bottle of champagne. Photos of the presentation will be taken and appear on the site (unless you prefer otherwise).

Fans Michael Scott and Sam Rountree presented Shea Campbell with his ‘Man of the Match’ champagne in the opening game of the season.

The two clubs have agreed that the Premiership fixture postponed on Saturday last will now be played on Tuesday 16 February at 7.45pm – assuming that both clubs are free from Irish Cup replays.