1989–90 Irish League Cup

Irish League Cup Roadferry Freight League Cup 1989–90 Northern Ireland 30 Glenavon (1st win) Newry Town 29 120 1988–89 1990–91 The 1989–90 Irish League Cup (known as the Roadferry Freight League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 19 December 1989 with the final. Glentoran unsuccessfully defended its 1989 title in the quarterfinal losing to Portadown. Portadown unsuccessfully defended its pursuit of the cup in the semifinals losing to Newry Town. Newry Town would unsuccessfully defend its pursuit of the title in the final losing to Glenavon, 3–1.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/nil90.html Northern Ireland 1989/90 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation RSSSF 21 December 2012 First round Ballyclare Comrades and Omagh Town both received byes into the second round. Ards 12–0 UUJ Ballymena United 1–2 (aet) Brantwood Bangor 5–1 RUC Carrick Rangers 4–2 (aet) Dundela Chimney Corner 0–8 Glentoran Cliftonville 0–2 Harland & Wolff Welders Coleraine 2–1 Queen's University Crusaders 2–1 (aet) Banbridge Town Distillery 2–2 (6–7 p) Limavady United Glenavon 6–1 Tobermore United Larne 3–2 UUC Linfield 3–1 Dungannon Swifts Newry Town 4–0 Ballymoney United Portadown 4–0 Armagh City |} Second round Ards 2–2 (4–2 p) Ballyclare Comrades Bangor 2–1 Harland & Wolff Welders Carrick Rangers 2–1 Omagh Town Coleraine 3–0 Crusaders Glenavon 4–0 (aet) Limavady United Linfield 0–4 Glentoran Newry Town 3–1 Brantwood Portadown 2–0 (aet) Larne |} Quarter-finals Bangor 0–3 Glenavon Coleraine 1–2 (aet) Ards Glentoran 0–1 Portadown Newry Town 5–0 Carrick Rangers |} Semi-finals Glenavon 3–1 Ards Portadown 0–2 Newry Town |} Final 19 December 1989 Glenavon 3 – 1 Report Newry Town Ferris Conville Hawkins Windsor Park, Belfast References Category:Irish League Cup seasons League Cup