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Progress on New Stand Continues Despite the controversy of Portadown position in the revised Premier League structure next season, work continues at pace on the construction of the impressive new 1800 seater stand at the Brownstown Road end of the Shamrock Park. The main structural work on the roof has now been completed and the playing surface has been levelled, re-aligned and re-sown in preparation for moving the pitch nearer to the Chalet Away Stand. |
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Message to All Portadown Supporters Portadown Football Club would like to apologise to their many supporters, for the lack of information from the Club following the IFA Executive Committee's decision to reject Portadown's application for membership of the new IFA Premiership. The club has lodged an appeal with the IFA Appeals Committee yesterday (Thursday 1st May 2008) which is expected to be heard on Monday 12th May 2008. We hope that our supporters acknowledge that we cannot release any further information until this process has been exhausted. We appreciate your patience and understanding at this difficult time. |
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30th April 2008 IFA Decision Announced Portadown FC received a letter from the IFA late this afternoon in relation to their Invitational League application. The full content is as follows: "The IFA Executive Committee met on Wednesday 30 April 2008 to consider the application of Portadown Football Club for the IFA Premiership which will commence from August 2008. The application was not submitted by the stipulated deadline of 4.00 pm on Monday, 31 March 2008 which was endorsed by the Executive Committee at its meeting on 10 January 2008. The application has, therefore, not been included in the process". End |
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Crusaders win Race for McKeown Crusaders and Portadown have agreed terms for the transfer of defender Gareth McKeown. A number of clubs had expressed interest in signing McKeown, but the Belfast man opted to move to the Crues. Formalities are expected to be concluded over the next couple of days.
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Ports Finish Season on their Travels to Newry and Glentoran Portadown travel to Newry City this Saturday, hoping to put behind them recent disappointing form and a poor run of results which has left both fans and management bewildered. Following two embarrassing defeats at home to Coleraine and near rivals Glenavon, everyone will be hoping that the players can lift themselves for the last two fixtures of this years League campaign which ends on the 26th April with another tough away encounter at Glentoran. Fans are reminded that the Glentoran fixture is all ticket and fans can purchase tickets from club secretary at the Newry game or throughout next week from Shamrock Park. Fans should ensure they have photo ID or official documentation that bears their name and address as they may be asked for evidence of their identity. |
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PFC Youth Raise £550 for CLIC Sargent Campaign Portadown FC Youth held a collection and a Penalty Kick Competition at Saturday's match between Portadown & Glenavon at Shamrock Park in aid of the CLIC Sargent "Kick for Children with Cancer" campaign. The total raised was £511.65 and Portadown FC Youth rounded that figure up to £550.00 and on Tuesday 15th April a cheque was presented to CLIC Sargent for £550.00. The picture includes from left to right Nigel Davison (Portadown FC Youth Secretary), Richard Cowan (Portadown FC Youth Treasurer), Ann Gordon (CLIC Sargent Family Support Worker) along with some children from the Portadown FC Youth Academy. Portadown FC Youth would like to thank Portadown & Glenavon supporters for their donations and to everyone who took part in the penalty kick competition. |
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12th April 2008 Miskelly Receives Shamrock Reds Player of Year Award Portadown goalkeeper David Miskelly has followed in the footsteps of Kevin Pressman and picked up the first accolade of the season. He was awarded the Harry Jones Memorial Trophy by Shamrock Reds Supporters Club in recognition of some outstanding performances this season. David is pictured receiving his award before yesterdays fixture with Glenavon. |
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The Ports welcome near-neighbours Glenavon tomorrow to Shamrock Park in the second mid-Ulster derby of the season. Despite the 23-point gap between the two teams in the League, tomorrows fixture could prove to be a lot closer than recent derby results as Glenavon are showing signs that they may be turning the corner under new manager Terry Cochrane. The Ports in contrast will be licking their wounds after last weeks embarrassing defeat at the hands of Coleraine. So tomorrows fixture takes on greater significance as both sets of supporters will want to have the bragging rights come 4:45pm despite everything else that happens in the course of a season. |
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McKeown Placed on Transfer List Ports defender Gareth McKeown has been placed on the transfer list by mutual agreement with the club. Gareth, who joined the Ports from Lisburn Distillery at the beginning of February 2007 has one year of his contract still to run with the Ports. Gareth has proven very versatile in what has been a difficult season for the Ports with injuries and suspensions requiring the big defender to play in various defensive positions as well as midfield. The club will listen to offers from interested clubs. A number of whom have already been in touch today. |
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Young Ports Suffer Heartbreak in Final Portadown III pushed Lisburn Distillery III all the way in the final of the Harry Cavan Youth Cup which was played last night at Mourneview Park. The young Ports lead for most of the match after a fine goal by Mark Teggart, but failed to capitalise on a number of other chances in front of goal and were punished when Distillery equalised late into the second half with a penalty, forcing the game into extra time. Despite their best efforts neither team could break the deadlock and the match went to penalties with Distillery coming out on top 4-3. Overall a great effort from the young Ports team who had the consolation of having defender Chris Coleman named man of the match. |
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Ports Push Fourth Portadown entertain Coleraine tomorrow in the Carnegie Premier League knowing that a victory could help them leapfrog Lisburn Distillery into 4th place in the League. Its a crucial game for the Ports and one which they must win in order to give them a fighting chance of a place in Europe and Setanta cup fro next season. |
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Harry Cavan Youth Cup Final - Re-scheduled
The Harry Cavan Youth Challenge Cup
Final between Portadown III v Lisburn
Distillery III will be played on
Wednesday April 9 at Mourneview Park,
kick-off 7.30pm.
The game had been scheduled for March
28; however it had to be postponed due
to a waterlogged pitch.
Admission for the Cup Final: Adults £4.00; children and senior citizens £2.00. |
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Shamrock Park Ground Improvements - Progress Report Developers have made significant progress in the construction of the new stand during March. The main structure is now in place and the fitting of the roof and terracing has now commenced. In addition, ground works have also started in order to re-align the pitch with both the new and existing stands and the construction of a new training pitch at the Clounagh end of the ground. |
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Ports v Donegal Celtic Preview Tomorrows home game against a resurgent Donegal Celtic takes place against a rapidly changing arena at Shamrock Park. Work has already commenced on preparing the pitch for re-positioning during the close season and the construction of a new training pitch at the Clounagh end. Fans will also get to see the progress on the new stand which has been partially covered this week. With both teams pushing for much needed points, albeit at different ends of the table, its sure to make for an interesting afternoon. So with the weather set to be dry and sunny, why not spend the afternoon at Shamrock Park, enjoy the entertainment and view the progress of the ground improvements. |
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Pass on the Passion - just for the Ladies Following on from the success of earlier promotions Portadown FC, along with a number of other Premier League clubs, will be offering ladies the opportunity to attend a League game during April. The offer entitles all ladies to half price entry with a discount voucher (printed in the Morton Newspaper Group and the News Letter). The Portadown ‘Ladies Day’ will be on 5th April 2008 for our game against Coleraine. The voucher will be printed in the papers the relevant week of the offer. |
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Ports Duo Suspended from Mon 17th March Ports striker Aime Koudou has been suspended for 2 games and defender Keith O'Hara receives a one match suspension from Monday 17th March. It means Aime and Keith must sit out the home game against Donegal Celtic and Aime also misses the Easter Tuesday game away to Institute. Its a cruel blow for the Ivory Coast striker who was sent off against Cliftonville for alleged use of the arm against Davy McAlinden. |
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Portadown are on the road again this weekend as they take on Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park on Saturday. Ports fans will be glad to see the return of Aime Koudou who was sorely missed last week against Lisburn Distillery. The Ports need to get back to winning ways after the disappointment of recent weeks and fans will be hoping that they can return to form for the last few matches of the league campaign. |
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Ports Purchase New Defibrillator Portadown's Michael McCloskey (physio) and new club doctor Dr Sean McDermott recently took delivery of a heart defibrillator to add to their kit in the event of a medical emergency. With recent high profile deaths in young sports stars, as a result of cardiac failure, the Ports squad have recently undergone intensive tests at the University of Ulster in Jordanstown. Hopefully the new kit will never be required, but at least its re-assurance that its readily available in an emergency situation. |
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Ports Injury Concerns Mount Ports boss Ronnie McFall selection nightmare worsened for this weekends important clash with Lisburn Distillery with the news that club captain John Convery is rated extremely doubtful with a hamstring injury. He joins midfielder Peter Kennedy and young striker Jordan Baker who were struck down with influenza during the week. With 4 strikers already ruled out for this fixture, the Ports boss will be keeping his fingers crossed that he has no more withdrawals in the next 24 hours from an already decimated squad. |
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6th March 2008 This Weekend - Pass on the Passion This weekend sees Campaign 3 of the IFA backed, Pass On The Passion campaign. Local schools have been offered tickets to enable kids to gain free admission to Shamrock Park for this Saturday’s Carnegie Premier League match with Lisburn Distillery, when accompanied with a paying adult. We hope all the kids have an enjoyable day and become regular followers of the Ports. Forthcoming campaigns will be revealed in the near future. Finally Portadown FC would like to thank all at the IFA’s Marketing Dept. for their hard work in the organisation of these campaigns. |
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Huge Match this Weekend The Ports go into this weekends crunch match with Lisburn Distillery without 4 key players, in fact the main strikeforce of the team. Kevin Braniff, Andy Smith and Aime Koudou are all suspended and Gary McCutcheon is ruled out for the rest of the season with a serious knee injury. Not the best preparation preparing to meet your closest rivals currently sitting 5 points above us. Ports boss Ronnie McFall knows this is a crucial game, if the Ports are to have any realistic hope of taking at least 4th place in the Carnegie Premier League so he may be forced to bring in some of the young guns from the reserves and give them a chance to show what they're capable off. |
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Portadown Thirds 2-0 Linfield Rangers Portadown Thirds have tonight notched up a massive victory in the Harry Cavan Semi-Final against Linfield Rangers. Goals from Mark Teggart (pictured) and Jordan Baker put the young Ports through to the final where they will face Lisburn Distillery III's. With pre-tournament favourites Cliftonville Strollers and Linfield Rangers both losing at the semi final stage the Mark Porter coached side will be confident going into the final. |
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McCutcheon Out for Rest of Season Ports Scottish striker Gary McCutcheon has been ruled out for the rest of this season with a ruptured medial and lateral ligament in his left knee. Its a massive blow to the popular Scot who was stretchered off towards the end of the Irish Cup match against Cliftonville on Saturday. The injury happened following a crude challenge from behind by Cliftonville's George McMullan and it was clear from his immediate reaction that McCutcheon had been badly hurt. Gary has to undergo further tests to assess if there has been any damage to his cruciate ligament. If the tests show that the cruciate has been damaged, he could be out of action for considerably longer. All associated with the club wish Gary a full and speedy recovery. |
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