Michael Blacks

Individual:
2001 - North Irish Premier Division Manager of the Month March
2001 - North Irish Premier Division Manager of the Month October
2001 - North Irish Premier Division Manager of the Month November
2002 - North Irish Premier Division Manager of the Month January

Players:
2001 - North Irish League Cup TOP SCORER - Justin McBride 3 goals
2001 - North Irish Premier Division TOP SCORER - Sean Armstrong 23 goals

Memorable Games
1998 - Cliftonville 2:2 Ballymena United - North Irish Cup Semi Final
1998 - Cliftonville 2:1 Ballymena United - North Irish Cup Semi Final Replay
1998 - Cliftonville 5:4 Linfield - North Irish Premier League
18.10.2000 - Glentoran 5:0 Crusaiders - North Irish Premier Division
31.03.2001 - Linfield 0:2 Glentoran - North Irish Premier Division
23.08.2001 - Glentoran 4:1 Karabagh - UEFA Cup Qual Round
24.10.2001 - Linfield 1:2 Glentoran - North Irish Premier League
31.10.2001 - Glentoran 3:0 Portdown - North Irish Premier League
01.12.2001 - Glentoran 4:1 Coleraine - North Irish Premier League
15.12.2001 - Ballymena Utd 2:3 Glentoran - North Irish Premier League
26.12.2001 - Bangor 2:3 Glentoran - North Irish Premier League


BIO
1996/1997 - Cliftonville (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
1997/1998 - Cliftonville (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
1998/1999 - Cliftonville (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
1999/2000 - Cliftonville (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - SWOS 96/97
2000/2001 - Glentoran (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - CM 00/01
2001/2002 - Glentoran (N.Ireland - Premier Division) - CM 00/01


SEASON 96/97 - CLIFTONVILLE SWOS 96/97

N.Irish Premier Division - 8th
Avarage season from Cliftonville. After good start we get a lot losts and draws.

N.Irish Cup - Quater Final
We win in the 6th Round after replay but in Quater Final the team loses 4:0.

STATS

Team: Cliftonville
Country: Norten Ireland
Division: Premier
Games: 33
Wins: 12
Losts: 11
Draws: 10
League: 8th
Cup: Quater Final


SEASON 97/98 - CLIFTONVILLE SWOS 96/97

N.Irish Premier Division - 5th
Good start, slow finish but still a progres since last year.

N.Irish Cup - RUNNER UP
Long road to the final. In 6th round we beat Omagh Town after replay 1:0. In Quater Final good game and a 2:0 win agains Ballyclare. Semi final was very rough. First game ended 2:2 and the decicive goal was scored by us in 90 minute by Lomi. In the replay things went to extra time in wich we won 2:1 after goal scored in 116th minute. Final was also close. 2:2 in the first game tough we were twice on the lead. In the replay we could not find our tempo and lost 4:1.

Stats

Team: Cliftonville
Country: Norten Ireland
Division: Premier
Games: 37
Wins: 17
Losts: 9
Draws: 11
League: 5th
Cup: Runner Up


SEASON 98/99 - CLIFTONVILLE SWOS 96/97

N.Irish Premier Division - 10th
Squad looked strong but many indjuryes became a sersious problem. Key players were out after few games and when they got back they did not managed to came back from the low half of the table.

N.Irish Cup - Quater Final
We beat Glenavon in the first rounb but Ballyclare sends us home in the Quaters.

Stats

Team: Cliftonville
Country: Norten Ireland
Division: Premier
Games: 33
Wins: 12
Losts: 6
Draws: 15
League: 10th
Cup: Quaters Final


SEASON 99/00 CLIFTONVILLE SWOS 96/97

N.Irish Premier Division - 13th

Whorst season in my carrer! Nothing seems to work well. Maybe I should resign after three seasons. Again good begining and a very bad ending.

N.Irish CUP - Round 6

Easy lost agains Bangor.

Stats

Team: Cliftonville
Country: Norten Ireland
Division: Premier
Games: 31
Wins: 5
Losts: 13
Draws: 13
League: 13th
Cup: 6 Round


SEASON 00/01 - CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 00/01 - GLENTORAN

Norten Irish Premier Division - 2nd place
We had really rough start since the team train a bit to hard in the pre season. After few games everyone was indjured and we lost a lot of points. We lost first 3 games. After that we start to get some points and things start to look good in the next 7 matches.
Cliftonville 1:1 Glentoran (S.Armstrong)
Glentoran 2:1 Ballymena Utd. (Graham, Hillis)
Crusaiders 4:4 Glentoran (S.Armstrong 2, Young, Hillis)
Glentoran 2:1 Omagh (Young, Hillis)
Portdawn 2:3 Glentoran (Noonan, Hillis, Rainey)
Glentoran 1:0 Coleraine (Hillis)
Glentoran 5:0 Crusaiders (S.Armstrong, Halliday 3, Rainey)

Then we lost 1:3 with Linfiled - team that was marching for the title. In next 11 games we got 5 wins and 6 draws and things start to look promising in the table. Linfiled was unreacheble but Glentoran had chance to grab decent place on the end of the season. Unfortunetly we got a series of 3 lost starting with losing agains Linfield again.
Glentoran 1:0 Ballymena Utd. (S.Armstrong)
Glentoran 2:0 Omagh (McCann, McBride)
Crusaiders 0:3 Glentoran (S.Armstrong, McBride, Leeman)
Glentoran 4:1 Newry (Walker, T.McCann, McBride, S.Armstrong)
Glenavon 1:1 Glentoran (Hillis)
Glentoran 2:0 Coleraine (Fitzgerald 2)
Linfield 0:2 Glentoran (Hillis, Noonan)
Glentoran 1:0 Cliftonville (T.McCann)

Very good series of games in wich we were able to won even with the great team of Linfield ended on Cliftonville. We did not lost a single game till the end of the season tough, getting 3 draws in last 3 games. Linfield was unreachble finishing 13 points ahead of us. If we won last 3 games and grab all the points in games against Linfield maybe we whould be the champions but after a bad start 2nd place seems fair.

Irish Cup - Quater Final
I was hopping that we reach the final but unfortunetly we were not able to past trough the Institute even though we were better team

5th Round
Chimney Corner 0:2 Glentoran (Hillis 2)

6th Round
Glentoran 4:1 Carrick (S.Armstrong, Lockhart 2, Noonan)

Quater Final
Institute 2:2 Glentoran (Fitzgerald 2)
Glentoran 0:0 Institute (3-4 PK)

Irish League Cup - Semi Final
We were even closer to the final in this one, but again, tough luck for us in the semis.

1st Round
Glentoran 2:0 Ballyclare (McBride 2)

Quater Final
Portdown 1:3 Glentoran (S.Armstrong, Smith OG, Smyth)

Semi Final
Bangor 3:2 Gentoran (after Extra Time)

Gold Cup - Preliminary Round
Well... that one started early in the season and back then the team was strugling with over training badly.
Coleraine 3:2 Glentoran

Charity Shield
OMG worst game ever. All team was indjured, we finished it with 3 players on the pitch. SERIOUSLY DO NOT OVERTRAIN!
Glentoran 0:11 Linfield

UEFA CUP - Qualify Round
Same story as in the Charity Shield, better luck next year :(
Rostselmash 11:1 Glentoran (S.Armstrong)
Glentoran 0:1 Rostselmash

TOP SCORER
Sean Armstrong - 27

MVP
Neil Armstrong - 7.67

ASSISTS
Chris Haggerty - 14

SQUADS:
05.08.2000 Glentoran 0:11 Linfield - Charity Shield
1.Alan Robinson
2.Thomas Graham
3.Gary Smyth
4.Pete Batey
5.Chris Haggerty
6.Scott Young
7.David Rainey
8.Michael Halliday
9.Sean Armstrong
10.Gordon Hillis
11.David Noonan

04.11.2000 Glenavon 1:3 Glentoran - N.Ireland Premier
1. Neil Armstrong
2.Gary Smyth
3.Alistair McCombe
4.Darren Lockhart
5.Chris Haggerty
6.Scott Young
7.David Rainey
8.Michael Halliday
9.Sean Armstrong
10.Gordon Hillis
11.David Noonan

31.03.2001 - Linfield 0:2 Glentoran - N.Ireland Premier
1.Neil Armstrong
2.Gary Smyth
3.Chris Walker
4.Paul Leeman
5.Chris Haggerty
6.Tim McCann
7.David Noonan
8.Darren Lockhart
9.Darren Fitzgerald
10.Rory Hammil
11.Gordon Hills

STATS:
Team: Glentoran
Country: Norten Ireland
Division: Premier
Games: 48
Wins: 21
Losts: 13
Draws: 14
League: 2nd
Cup: Quater Final
League Cup: Semi Final
Charity Shield: Final
Gold Cup: Preliminary
UEFA Cup: Qualfy Round

SEASON 01/02 - CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER 00/01 - GLENTORAN

North Irish Premier Division - 2nd Place
Again we did not managed to beat Linfield, it's their third title in the row and our second Run-up. It was a solid season, but we had more draws and losts that Linfield and that decided at the end.

Gold Cup - Quaterfinal
We beat Cliftonville in the 1st Round but in the Final 8 we lost 1:2 with Carrick.

League Cup - Semi Final
Won the first two rounds but in the Semi Finals Bangor beat us 3:2.

Irish Cup - 6th Round
We lost to Ballymena Utd the game was tight and it was a draw in the first one, in the second one we lose 0:1.

UEFA Cup - 1st Round
We did our best, but when you get top French team in the first round it's just counting on miracles.

Qual. Round 1
Karabagh (AZE) 2:1 Glentoran
Glentoran 4:1 Karabagh (AZE)

1st Round
Marseille 3:0 Glentoran
Glentoran 1:3 Marsille

TOP SCORER
Darren Fitzgerald - 32

MVP
Darren Fitzgerald - 7,49

ASSISTS
Darren Fitzgerald - 7

SQUADS
09.08.2001 - Karabakh 2:1 Glentoran - Champions League Qual.
1.Neil Armstrong
2.Michael Ferguson
3.Alisair McCombe
4.Pete Batey
5.Darren Stirling
6.Michael Devlin
7.Gordon Hillis
8.Darren Lockhart
9.Darren Fitzgerald
10.Tim McCann
11.David Noonan

01.12.2001 - Glentoran 4:1 Coleraine - N.Ireland Premier Division
1.Neil Armstrong
2.Barry Miller
3.Gary Smyth
4.Michael Devlin
5.Michael Halliday
6.Pete Batey
7.Gordon Hillis
8.Chris Coffey
9.Darren Fitzgerald
10.Tim McCann
11.David Noonan

10.04.2002 - Cliftonville 0:1 Glentoran - N.Ireland Premier Division
1.Neil Armstrong
2.Barry Miller
3.Chris Walker
4.Pete Batey
5.Darren Lockhart
6.Darren Stirling
7.David Rainey
8.Chris Coffey
9.Darren Fitzgerald
10.Gordon Hillis
11.David Noonan

STATS:
Team: Glentoran
Country: Norten Ireland
Division: Premier
Games: 49
Wins: 24
Drawn: 15
Lost: 14

All time stats
Games: 182
Wins: 67
Losts: 61
Draws: 54
League Championships: 0
Domestic Cups: 0
International Trophies: 0
International Club Trophies: 0