BIG MAC ON THE BRINK; GLENAVON v GLENS (R3, 2ND LEG).Byline: DARREN FULLERTON UNDER-PRESSURE Glentoran boss Alan McDonald Alan McDonald is the name of:
McDonald has been rocked both professionally and personally by Saturday's calamitous ca·lam·i·tous adj. Causing or involving calamity; disastrous. ca·lam  i·tous·ly adv. 6-0 league defeat to Coleraine and the raw
anger vented by a section of the Glens support.
The former Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. skipper cut a dark, disconsolate figure in the wake of Glentoran's biggest home defeat in 15 years - a 6-1 loss to Portadown in 1994. And it is understood the 46-year-old has been openly contemplating the prospect of walking away from the Mersey Street post. Glens chairman Aubry Ralph refused to comment publicly on developments last night, although he did confirm McDonald will be in charge for this evening's Co-Operative Insurance Cup tie at Glenavon. However, the manager's longterm plans thereafter remain cloaked in doubt. McDonald, who signed a new two-year contract at the end of last season, held high level talks with Ralph last night. Glens directors remain reluctant to place any further pressure on a manager who delivered the Gibson Cup to the east Belfast giants The Belfast Giants are an ice hockey team from Belfast, Northern Ireland that compete in the Elite Ice Hockey League. Home games are played at the 7,100 capacity Odyssey Arena in Belfast. just six short months ago. The Glens are also only six points off leaders Linfield and lying third in the table with 21 games of the league campaign remaining. But if the former QPR QPR Queens Park Rangers (football club) QPR Quarterly Progress Report QPR Quadrature Partial Response QPR Quarterly Performance Review QPR Question, Persuade, Refer (suicide prevention program) and Swindon Town defender decides he has had enough - 200 fans staged an angry demonstration on Saturday - a parting of the ways would appear inevitable. On Saturday McDonald admitted: "Maybe it's a case that I'm doing something wrong, so certainly over the weekend I'm going to consider my position. "At this moment in time, I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what my plans are. I'm just not in a very nice place at the moment. What I will say is that no Glentoran team should suffer a defeat like that." Meanwhile, Glentoran have been further rocked by a goalkeeping crisis ahead of tonight's Co-Operative Insurance Cup tie against Glenavon at Mourneview. Regular No1 Elliott Morris is suspended, while back-up keeper James Taylor is still receiving treatment for an injury sustained in the recent 3-2 league win at Ballymena United. Teenager Darren Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
Tonight's second leg tie is finely balanced following last weekend's 2-2 draw at The Oval. It goes without saying that bowing out of the Co-Operative competition at the first hurdle would merely heap more pressure on an already tense situation at The Oval. CAPTION(S): STUNNED Glentoran boss McDonald has been rocked by Saturday's 6-0 mauling by Coleraine and the reaction of fans; (left) how we reported events in yesterday's Irish League pullout pull·out n. 1. A withdrawal, especially of troops. 2. Change from a dive to level flight. Used of an aircraft. 3. An object designed to be pulled out. Noun 1. |
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