1987–88 Irish League

Irish League

Season	1987–1988
Champions	Glentoran 18th Irish title
Matches played	182
Goals scored	458 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin McGaughey (18)
← 1986-87 1988–89 →

Belfast

Ards

Ballymena United

Bangor

Carrick

Coleraine

Distillery

Glenavon

Larne

Newry Town

Portadown

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the 1983–90 Irish League

Cliftonville

Crusaders

Glentoran

Linfield

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Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1983-90

The Irish League in season 1987–88 comprised 14 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Glentoran (C)	26	19	5	2	48	15	3.200	62	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Linfield	26	19	3	4	51	15	3.400	60	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Coleraine	26	16	4	6	53	28	1.893	52
4	Newry Town	26	15	5	6	34	22	1.545	50
5	Larne	26	12	4	10	35	35	1.000	40
6	Glenavon	26	11	5	10	28	27	1.037	38	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Ballymena United	26	9	9	8	34	34	1.000	36
8	Portadown	26	10	5	11	31	27	1.148	35
9	Crusaders	26	8	6	12	29	35	0.829	30
10	Cliftonville	26	6	8	12	18	38	0.474	26
11	Ards	26	6	7	13	29	38	0.763	25
12	Bangor	26	7	4	15	24	47	0.511	25
13	Carrick Rangers	26	5	5	16	25	44	0.568	20
14	Distillery	26	3	2	21	19	53	0.358	11

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results

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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

• Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)