Irish League 1988/89

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Irish League 1988/89
master Linfield FC
European Cup of
National Champions		 Linfield FC
Uefa cup Glentoran FC
Cup winners Ballymena United
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Ballymena United
Teams 14th
Games 182
Gates 520  (ø 2.86 per game)
Top scorer Stephen Baxter (Linfield FC)
← Irish League 1987/88

The Irish League 1988/89 was the 88th season of the highest Northern Irish football league . Linfield FC were champions for the 40th time.

mode

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

societies

Clubs of the Irish League 1988/89
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. Linfield FC  26th  21st  2  3 058:190 +39 65
 2. Glentoran FC (M, P)  26th  17th  4th  5 060:290 +31 55
 3. Coleraine FC  26th  15th  5  6th 042:230 +19 50
 4th Bangor FC  26th  12  9  5 042:300 +12 45
 5. Glenavon FC  26th  13  5  8th 047:340 +13 44
 6th Portadown FC  26th  10  9  7th 029:190 +10 39
 7th Cliftonville FC  26th  9  9  8th 042:300 +12 36
 8th. Carrick Rangers FC  26th  11  3  12 029:400 −11 36
 9. Ballymena United  26th  6th  11  9 033:410  −8 29
10. Larne FC  26th  6th  10  10 038:380  ± 0 28
11. Newry Town  26th  7th  5  14th 033:430 −10 26th
12. Crusaders FC  26th  5  5  16 022:470 −25 20th
13. Ards FC  26th  4th  6th  16 025:540 −29 18th
14th Distillery FC  26th  3  3  20th 020:730 −53 12
  • Northern Irish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1989/90
  • Participation in the 1989/90 UEFA Cup
  • Northern Irish Cup winner and participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1989/90
    • (M) reigning Northern Irish champion
    (P) reigning Northern Irish cup winner

    Crosstab

    1988/89 LIN GLT COL BAN GLV POR CLI CRS BLM LAR NEW CRU ARD DIS
    1. Linfield FC 1: 2 2-0 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 2-0 4: 1 1-0 2: 2 1-0 3-0 2: 1 3-0
    2. Glentoran FC 2: 3 1: 1 2: 1 2: 3 0: 1 2: 2 4-0 3: 2 3: 1 2-0 3-0 1-0 8: 2
    3. Coleraine FC 0: 2 2: 3 2: 1 0: 1 2-0 0-0 0: 1 4: 1 2-0 3: 2 3: 1 1: 1 2-0
    4th Bangor FC 1: 1 2: 1 3: 4 1: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0 2: 1 2-0
    5. Glenavon FC 0: 1 2: 3 1: 2 3: 2 0: 2 3: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 2 0-0 3: 3 3-0 3: 2
    6th Portadown FC 0: 1 2-0 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 4-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 0: 1
    7th Cliftonville FC 0: 3 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 5: 1 4: 1 0-0 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 4-0
    8th. Carrick Rangers FC 1: 3 0: 3 0: 1 2: 3 1: 3 1: 2 2: 1 0-0 3: 1 1-0 0: 2 1-0 1-0
    9. Ballymena United 0: 4 1: 2 2-0 2: 1 0: 3 3: 1 3: 3 1: 2 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 3: 2 3-0
    10. Larne FC 3: 2 0: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1: 3 1-0 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 4-0 1: 1 7-0
    11. Newry Town 0: 3 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 3 2-0 2: 3 1: 2 0: 3 6: 1 3-0
    12. Crusaders FC 1: 2 0: 3 0: 3 0: 3 1-0 1: 3 1: 2 0: 3 0-0 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1 2: 1
    13. Ards FC 1: 3 1: 5 0: 2 2: 3 1: 5 0-0 0: 4 0: 1 0-0 3: 1 4: 3 2-0 1: 1
    14th Distillery FC 1: 5 1: 3 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1 0: 2 0: 4 0: 2 2: 2 1: 6 1: 2 2: 2 2-0

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