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Post by groo on Oct 5, 2006 17:11:39 GMT 5
GARY HAMILTON  Full Name: Gary Hamilton Date of Birth: 6th October 1980 Place of Birth: Banbridge Height: 5ft 9" ( 1.75m) Weight: 11.11 st Position Played: Striker Current Club: Glentoran Previous Clubs: Lisburn Boys, Blackburn Rovers, Rochdale (loan), Raufoss (loan), Portadown Honours:Northern Ireland: 5 full caps, Youth Int'l (various levels), Blackburn: FA Youth Cup (1998) Portadown: Irish League (2002), Irish Cup (2005), Mid Ulster Cup (2002, 2003) Glentoran: Irish League (2009), Irish Cup (2007), Co. Antrim Shield (2008) Profile:Hamilton was at Ewood Park for 4 seasons and made his only appearance for Blackburn came when he replaced Egil Ostenstadt as a sub in a 1-1 draw against Portsmouth in September 2000. He made his debut for Northern Ireland in June 2003 in a 2-0 defeat against Italy and is a prolific goalscorer in the Irish Carnegie Premier League and also set an Irish Premier League record when he scored six goals against Omagh in Oct 2004. He is a Northern Ireland full International and has represented his country at the following International levels: U15, U16, U18, U19, U21 and 'B' level. The former Blackburn Rovers Striker signed for Glentoran FC in July 2006 after his contract with Portadown expired.
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Post by groo on Oct 5, 2006 17:36:13 GMT 5
HAMILTON PICKS UP AWARDOn Tuesday 3rd October, Gary Hamilton picked up player of the Group stages of the CIS Insurance League Cup. Gary scored five times in the qualifying series, and it should be a great tonic for him a couple of days before his 26th birthday.  Gary Hamilton with his CIS awardSo far this season Hamilton has netted 5 goals in 11 appearances for the Glens. His last goals for the club came when he scored a brace in the 5-0 thumping over Donegal Celtic in September 2006. He is in contention to keep his place in the starting line-up against Dungannon Swifts this Saturday (7th October).
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Post by Chicken Wing on Jan 5, 2007 18:23:10 GMT 5
This guy is my favourite player of all time!!!
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Post by groo on Jan 8, 2007 16:52:14 GMT 5
HAMILTON STRIKES HAT-TRICKGlentoran sensation Gary Hamilton scored another hat-trick on Saturday in an 8-0 demolition of Armagh City. Hamilton opened the scoring with just two minutes gone on the clock and scored his second, 11 minutes later when he fired a ‘Beckham like’ free-kick into the top hand corner of the net to make it 3-0.  The former Blackburn striker scored his 27th goal of the season when he completed his hat-trick after latching onto a through ball, rounded the keeper, and steadied himself, to stroke the ball into the net, to make it 6-0 with 70 minutes on the clock. HARP PLAYER OF THE MONTH AWARD (December).Glentoran striker Gary Hamilton was today named Harp Player of the Month for December. Gary won the award for scoring a goal in all of the games Glentoran played in the Month of December, that amounted to seven goals in total for the Month, plus scoring the only goal in the CIS Cup final win over Cliftonville on the 2nd December 2006.
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Post by Chicken Wing on Jan 8, 2007 19:10:23 GMT 5
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Post by groo on Jan 15, 2007 1:02:11 GMT 5
HAMILTON SEALS WIN WITH BRACEGary Hamilton continued his impressive scoring streak as he bagged a brace in a 2-1 victory over Ballymoney United in the 5th Round of the Irish Cup. The Glen’s went behind to a Gareth McLaughlin goal, but goals either side of the half ensured a safe passage through to the next round.  Hamilton scored his first just before the break when he headed home from close range, after good work from both Darren Lockhart and Michael Halliday. Six minutes after the break Hamilton grabbed his second of the game when he was on hand to fire the rebound home after Dean Fitzgerald’s header came back of the post.
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Post by Chicken Wing on Feb 21, 2007 13:58:08 GMT 5
Gary Hamilton rolls around all night crying and misses a penelty as Glentoran are beaten 4-3 in penelties in the Irish Cup!
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Post by Chicken Wing on Mar 6, 2007 15:46:52 GMT 5
Poor old Glentoran, never winning!!!
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Post by groo on Mar 12, 2007 17:14:28 GMT 5
HAMILTON HELP'S GET THE GLENS BACK TO WINNING WAYS!
Gary Hamilton was back on target to score his 32nd goal of the campaign as Glentoran fought their way back after trailing 1-0 away to Coleraine. Hamilton netted the equaliser just right at half-time, when he showed great composure in front of goal, from a Jason Hill cross, to fire home from 6 yards.
Dean Fitzgerald netted the winner with 86 minutes on the clock and now leaves the Glens sitting 3rd in the league and are only four points behind leaders Linfield.
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Post by Chicken Wing on Mar 12, 2007 17:40:34 GMT 5
Boo boo boo!
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Post by groo on Mar 20, 2007 5:45:37 GMT 5
HAMILTON STRIKES AGAIN AS GLENS ROMP HOME!
Gary Hamilton netted his 33rd goal of the campaign when he helped Glentoran thrash Loughgall 4-0 at The Oval.
Glentoran struggled to make an opening in the first quarter, but eventually broke the deadlock in the 25th minute when Hamliton sent Michael Halliday through on a one-on-one. Halliday then turned provider in the 38th minute, as he made a strong run into the box, before rolling the ball to Hamilton to finished with ease from close range. Further goals from Michael Ward and Halliday completed the rout.
The result keeps the Glens in 3rd place and are only trailing 2nd placed Cliftonville by a point, whilst Linfield are a further 3 points ahead.
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Post by groo on Feb 18, 2010 6:47:10 GMT 5
GARY HAMILTON( updated February 2010) The 2009/10 season has seen Hamilton enter into his fourth campainn with the Glentoran. He has been a regular throughout the last few seasons and is currently the clubs 2nd highest goal-scorer this season with 7 goals.  Although Hamilton has disappeared away from the International scene, the 2008 European qualifying campaign saw him drafted back into the squad for cover for Gillespie and Feeney. His final inclusion was when he was an unused subsitute in which Northern Ireland drew 1-1 away to Sweden and brough an end to their hopes of making the big stage.
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