1987–88 Irish League

Irish League 1987–88 Glentoran18th Irish title 182 458 Martin McGaughey (18 goals) 1986–87 1988–89 UK Northern Ireland right 350 Location of teams in the Irish League from 1983–1990 UK Northern Ireland 12 54.602945 -5.891278 Belfast top UK Northern Ireland 54.58743 -5.686841 bottom Ards UK Northern Ireland 54.87016 -6.265211 bottom Ballymena United UK Northern Ireland 54.65179 -5.684674 right Bangor UK Northern Ireland 54.71974 -5.800309 right Carrick UK Northern Ireland 55.13287 -6.659904 bottom Coleraine UK Northern Ireland 54.53607 -6.003814 left Distillery UK Northern Ireland 54.453889 -6.336389 right Glenavon UK Northern Ireland 54.85013 -5.827303 top Larne UK Northern Ireland 54.16089 -6.332138 bottom Newry Town UK Northern Ireland 54.41306 -6.457686 bottom Portadown UK Northern Ireland 55.32 -8.2 TransparentPlaceholder.png Belfast teams : CliftonvilleCrusadersGlentoranLinfield Greater Belfast 350 right Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1983–1990 Greater Belfast 54.619250 -5.947383 left Cliftonville Greater Belfast 54.62428 -5.922017 top Crusaders Greater Belfast 54.60270 -5.893478 right Glentoran Greater Belfast 54.57083 -5.963302 bottom Linfield The 1987–88 Irish League was the 87th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 14 teams, and Glentoran won the championship. League standings main WDL 5 Qualification n C green1 Qualification for the European Cup first round C blue1 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round UEFA yellow1 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round CW GLT Glentoran LIN Linfield COL Coleraine NEW Newry Town LAR Larne GLV Glenavon BAL Ballymena United POR Portadown CRU Crusaders CLI Cliftonville ARD Ards BAN Bangor RAN Carrick Rangers DIS Distillery 19 5 2 48 15 19 3 4 51 15 16 4 6 53 28 15 5 6 34 22 12 4 10 35 35 11 5 10 28 27 9 9 8 34 34 10 5 11 31 27 8 6 12 29 35 6 8 12 18 38 6 7 13 29 38 7 4 15 24 47 5 5 16 25 44 3 2 21 19 53 complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey ARD BAN BLM CRK CLI COL CRU DIS GLV GLT LRN LIN NEW POR Glentoran 0–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 Linfield 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 Coleraine 1–2 1–2 1–3 3–0 1–0 5–5 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 2–1 3–1 3–1 Newry Town 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–0 Larne 0–3 1–2 0–4 5–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 Glenavon 1–2 0–3 3–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 4–0 Ballymena United 3–2 1–4 2–1 3–4 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 Portadown 0–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 3–1 4–2 3–0 Crusaders 2–3 1–3 0–1 0–3 1–4 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 3–0 Cliftonville 1–1 0–5 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 Ards 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 Bangor 0–1 0–4 0–4 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–4 2–1 1–6 Carrick Rangers 0–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 2–0 Distillery 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 0–5 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 complete Irish League Archive References Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF) Association football Northern Ireland Category:NIFL Premiership seasons Category:1987–88 in Northern Ireland association football Northern