1987–88 Irish League

The 1987–88 Irish League was the 87th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 14 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Irish League
Season1987–88
ChampionsGlentoran
18th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored458 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerMartin McGaughey (18)
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1983–1990

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Glentoran (C) 26 19 5 2 48 15 +33 62 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Linfield 26 19 3 4 51 15 +36 60 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Coleraine 26 16 4 6 53 28 +25 52
4 Newry Town 26 15 5 6 34 22 +12 50
5 Larne 26 12 4 10 35 35 0 40
6 Glenavon 26 11 5 10 28 27 +1 38 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Ballymena United 26 9 9 8 34 34 0 36
8 Portadown 26 10 5 11 31 27 +4 35
9 Crusaders 26 8 6 12 29 35 −6 30
10 Cliftonville 26 6 8 12 18 38 −20 26
11 Ards 26 6 7 13 29 38 −9 25
12 Bangor 26 7 4 15 24 47 −23 25
13 Carrick Rangers 26 5 5 16 25 44 −19 20
14 Distillery 26 3 2 21 19 53 −34 11
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CRK CLI COL CRU DIS GLV GLT LRN LIN NEW POR
Ards 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–2 0–1 2–0
Bangor 2–4 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–4 1–1 1–6 3–0 0–1 0–2 0–4 1–0 0–0
Ballymena United 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–4 3–4 2–1
Carrick Rangers 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–1
Cliftonville 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 2–3 1–1 0–2 0–5 1–1 1–0
Coleraine 4–2 2–1 5–5 3–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–2 1–3 1–0
Crusaders 3–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–3 1–4 1–3 0–3 1–2
Distillery 1–3 0–1 0–5 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–2
Glenavon 0–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 4–0 3–2 1–0 4–0 1–2 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–2
Glentoran 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–0
Larne 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–1 0–0 0–4 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 5–1 0–0
Linfield 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–1
Newry Town 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–2
Portadown 2–3 3–1 0–0 4–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–0
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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