1987–88 Gold Cup

Gold Cup 1987–88 Northern Ireland 14 Linfield (30th win) Newry Town 52 156 1986–87 1988–89 The 1987–88 Gold Cup was the 69th edition of the Gold Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.https://www.irishleaguearchive.org/northern-ireland Irish League Archive, Gold Cup Irish League Archive 23 April 2023 The tournament was won by Linfield for the 30th time, defeating Newry Town 3–0 in the final at The Oval.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004162/19871114/153/0001?browse=true Gold Top Blues Ireland's Saturday Night 14 November 1987 1 The format was again changed for this season, with each team playing the other teams in their section once plus one match against a team from the other section. The top two from each section progressed to the semi-finals.Good As Gold For £1,000 Belfast Telegraph 21 August 1987 22 Group standings https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0004162/19871010/153/0012?browse=true TNT Gold Cup Ireland's Saturday Night 10 October 1987 12 Section A main WDL 5 Result 3 n F F green1 Advance to semi-final LIN Linfield LAR Larne BAL Ballymena United CRU Crusaders POR Portadown COL Coleraine CAR Carrick Rangers 6 1 0 28 4 4 1 2 14 7 3 0 4 7 11 3 0 4 7 11 3 0 4 6 14 2 1 4 9 12 2 1 4 6 15 complete Irish League Archive Section B main WDL 5 Result 3 n F F green1 Advance to semi-final NEW Newry Town GLT Glentoran DIS Distillery CLI Cliftonville GLA Glenavon BAN Bangor ARD Ards 6 0 1 13 2 5 0 2 19 9 3 1 3 9 16 3 0 4 10 10 2 1 4 9 11 2 0 5 6 16 1 2 4 5 10 complete Irish League Archive Semi-finals Glentoran 2–0 Larne Linfield 2–1 Ards |} Final 14 November 1987 Linfield 3–0 Report Newry Town McGaughey 17 42Baxter 39Knell 0 44 Buchanan 0 44 The Oval, Belfast 5,000 Sidney Spence (Lambeg) References External links Northern Ireland - List of Gold Cup Winners Category:1987–88 in Northern Ireland association football cups