1986–87 Irish League Cup

Irish League Cup Roadferry Freight League Cup 1986–87 Northern Ireland 32 Linfield (1st win) Crusaders 31 107 1987–88 The 1986–87 Irish League Cup (known as the Roadferry Freight League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 9 May 1987 with the final. Linfield became the first ever winners of the competition after defeating Crusaders 2–1 in the final.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcuphist.html Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 20 December 2012https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil87.html Northern Ireland 1986/87 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 20 December 2012https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004162/19870509/205/0012 Ferry Good Show Sid Ireland's Saturday Night 9 May 1987 12 subscription First round Ards 1–0 Ballymoney United Ballyclare Comrades 1–0 Larne Ballymena United 8–1 Milford Everton Banbridge Town 0–5 Linfield Bangor 2–4 Limavady United Carrick Rangers 1–0 Dungannon Swifts Cliftonville 1–0 Harland & Wolff Welders Cliftonville Olympic 2–1 Omagh Town Coleraine 2–1 Chimney Corner Crusaders 1–0 Queen's University Distillery 1–0 UUJ Glenavon 1–0 Brantwood Glentoran 2–1 RUC Glentoran II 4–1 U.U.C Portadown 3–2 Dundela Tobermore United 1–2 Newry Town |} Second round Ballyclare Comrades 0–3 Coleraine Ballymena United 1–6 Linfield Carrick Rangers 0–2 Glentoran Cliftonville Olympic 0–2 Crusaders Glenavon 2–1 Cliftonville Glentoran II 4–2 Distillery Newry Town 2–1 Ards Portadown 0–3 Limavady United |} Quarter-finals Coleraine 1–2 Linfield Crusaders 5–2 Limavady United Glenavon 1–2 Newry Town Glentoran 5–2 Glentoran II |} Semi-finals Crusaders 2–1 Glentoran Linfield 2–1 Newry Town |} Final 9 May 1987 Linfield 2 – 1 Report Crusaders Burrows 15McGaughey 53 Elliott 62 The Oval, Belfast Alan Snoddy (Carryduff) References Category:Irish League Cup seasons League Cup