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Glentoran

Glentoran FC

Glentoran

Kit impression

Founded

1882

Years standing

144

Home ground

The Oval

Capacity

15,2936,500 seats

Reasons To Adopt

Glentoran work as a second team because they come with their own geography: Northern Ireland, The Oval, and a set of rivalries you will absorb faster than you expect.

  • Cathedral football

    The Oval holds around 152,936,500. Even a routine league game arrives with a noise floor most clubs only reach in a semi-final.

  • You get a nickname

    Known as The Glens The Cock and Hens. That is your new shorthand, your search term and your excuse for buying a scarf.

  • Easy weekend

    George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) is about 2km from the ground, and Ballymacarrett railway station is 0km closer still. A home fixture is a genuinely doable two-night trip.

  • The calendar you inherit

    Europe UEFA Europa Conference League is cold-weather football: mud in February, breath visible under the lights, and a fixture list that rewards anyone who sticks it out. Northern Ireland does not do easy neutrals.

Matchday Trip

Ground: The Oval. Go in a day early, find the pre-match pub, buy the programme.

Nearest airport

George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)

2 km / 1 miles from the ground

Nearest station

Ballymacarrett railway station

Walkable from the platform

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Around the ground

Things To Do Near The Oval

Everything within a short walk of the turnstiles: landmarks, museums and the places worth arriving early for.

Landmarks within a 4 km radius

Matchday Shortlist

Opens a map centred on the ground. Two hours before kick-off is the sweet spot.

Route Planner

Getting to The Oval

Tell us where you set off from and we will lay out the walk, drive, train and flight options into the ground, with live route links.

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