Confirmed exits at Linfield and Glentoran

It will be a summer of change for clubs across the Irish League – with exits already confirmed in connection with Linfield and Glentoran.

Linfield have offered “thanks and appreciation to the efforts and success both players have helped bring to the club” following news Matthew Clarke and Jordan Stewart will each be leaving Windsor Park.

placeholder image — Linfield's Matthew Clarke. (Photo by Desmond Loughery/Pacemaker Press)

Clarke has spent 11 years with Linfield across 411 appearances and walks away winner of major medals including five Irish League titles, two Irish Cups and three League Cups. Stewart clocked up close to 200 appearances for the Blues and secured silverware on eight occasions.

Glentoran’s Seanan Clucas recently posted over social media how it was “a privilege to put on the jersey”.

Another Oval exit confirmed over social media is the departure of John Gregg, with the first-team coach posting “with a heavy heart I have decided to leave my position at Glentoran”.