1988–89 Irish League Cup

Irish League Cup Roadferry Freight League Cup 1988–89 Northern Ireland 32 Glentoran (1st win) Linfield 31 120 1987–88 1989–90 The 1988–89 Irish League Cup (known as the Roadferry Freight League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 3rd edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knockout cup competition. It concluded on 30 November 1988 with the final. Coleraine unsuccessfully defended its 1988 title in the second round losing to Portadown. Portadown unsuccessfully defended its pursuit of the cup in the semifinals losing to Glentoran. Glentoran unsuccessfully defended its pursuit of the cup in the final losing to arch-rivals Linfield, 2–1.https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nilleagcuphist.html Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 21 December 2012https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nil89.html Northern Ireland 1988/89 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 21 December 2012 The final was notable for the Glentoran goalkeeper Alan Paterson, scoring what turned out to be the winning goal.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p45DjHvR-QI Glentoran goal for Alan Paterson www.youtube.com This was the first time that a goalkeeper had ever scored in a British football final.Glentoran Football Club – The Pride of East Belfast – Legends First round Ballymena United 2–0 Armagh City Ballymena United II 1–2 Brantwood Banbridge Town 1–3 Bangor Chimney Corner 1–1 (3–4 p) Ards Cliftonville 5–2 Ballyclare Comrades Coleraine 4–3 Ballymoney United Crusaders 1–0 Harland & Wolff Welders Distillery 2–0 UUJ Glenavon 1–0 RUC Glentoran 5–0 Limavady United Larne 0–2 Dundela Linfield 3–0 UUC Linfield Swifts 8–2 Tobermore United Newry Town 3–3 (6–8 p) Dungannon Swifts Omagh Town 3–3 (5–3 p) Carrick Rangers Portadown 4–1 Queen's University |} Second round Bangor 4–3 Dungannon Swifts Brantwood 0–2 Dundela Cliftonville 1–0 Ballymena United Coleraine 1–1 (1–3 p) Portadown Crusaders 2–1 Distillery Glenavon 5–2 (aet) Ards Glentoran 6–0 Omagh Town Linfield Swifts 1–4 Linfield |} Quarter-finals Bangor 0–1 Glentoran Cliftonville 0–3 Linfield (played at Windsor Park) Glenavon 3–1 Crusaders Portadown 1–0 (aet) Dundela |} Semi-finals Glentoran 3–2 Portadown Linfield 3–1 Glenavon |} Final 30 November 1988 Glentoran 2 – 1 Report Linfield McCartney Paterson Mooney The Oval, Belfast References Category:Irish League Cup seasons League Cup