Irish League 1987/88

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Irish League 1987/88
master Glentoran FC
European Cup of
National Champions		 Glentoran FC
Uefa cup Linfield FC
Cup winners Glentoran FC
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Glenavon FC
Teams 14th
Games 182
Gates 458  (ø 2.52 per game)
Top scorer Martin McGaughey (Linfield FC)
← Irish League 1986/87

The Irish League 1987/88 was the 87th season of the highest Northern Irish football league . Glentoran FC became champions for the 18th time.

mode

The 14 teams played against each other twice on a total of 26 match days.

societies

Clubs of the Irish League 1987/88
society city
Linfield FC Belfast
Cliftonville FC Belfast
Glentoran FC Belfast
Crusaders FC Belfast
Distillery FC Belfast
Larne FC Larne
Ards FC Newtownards
Ballymena United Ballymena
Bangor FC Bangor
Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus
Coleraine FC Coleraine
Glenavon FC Lurgan
Newry Town Newry
Portadown FC Portadown

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Glentoran FC (P)  26th  19th  5  2 048:150 +33 62
 2. Linfield FC (M)  26th  19th  3  4th 051:150 +36 60
 3. Coleraine FC  26th  16  4th  6th 053:280 +25 52
 4th Newry Town  26th  15th  5  6th 034:220 +12 50
 5. Larne FC  26th  12  4th  10 035:350  ± 0 40
 6th Glenavon FC  26th  11  5  10 028:270  +1 38
 7th Ballymena United  26th  9  9  8th 034:340  ± 0 36
 8th. Portadown FC  26th  10  5  11 031:270  +4 35
 9. Crusaders FC  26th  8th  6th  12 029:350  −6 30th
10. Cliftonville FC  26th  6th  8th  12 018:380 −20 26th
11. Ards FC  26th  6th  7th  13 029:380  −9 25th
12. Bangor FC  26th  7th  4th  15th 024:470 −23 25th
13. Carrick Rangers FC  26th  5  5  16 025:440 −19 20th
14th Distillery FC  26th  3  2  21st 019:530 −34 11
  • Northern Irish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions in 1988/89
  • Participation in the 1988/89 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1988/89 as a cup finalist
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1987/88 GLT LIN COL NEW LAR GLV BLM POR CRU CLI ARD BAN CRS DIS
    1. Glentoran FC 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
    2. Linfield FC 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
    3. Coleraine FC 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
    4th 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
    5. Larne FC 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
    6th Glenavon FC 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
    7th 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
    8th. Portadown FC 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
    9. Crusaders FC 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
    10. Cliftonville FC 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
    11. Ards FC 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
    12. Bangor FC 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
    13. Carrick Rangers FC 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
    14th Distillery FC 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

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