Stephen Baxter: Crusaders boss wants to see Belfast rivals Glentoran back on song
Crusaders boss Stephen Baxter saw his side dispatch struggling Glentoran from the Irish Cup - then stressed a desire to see the troubled club return to former glory days.
Preparations for the fifth-round tie featured a management change as Gary Smyth gained the Glens hot seat in the aftermath of Ronnie McFall’s resignation.
Although Smyth and coach Paul Leeman had a sole training session in which to rebuild a Glentoran squad stuck in the worst run of league results across the Oval outfit’s history, both can call of course on decades of experience connected to the club as highly-successful players plus, since May 2018, the management team.
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