Football league season
Season | 1986β87 |
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Champions | Linfield 39th Irish title |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 542 (2.98 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ray McCoy Gary Macartney (14 goals each) |
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Location of Belfast-based teams in theββIrish League from 1983β1990
The 1986β87 Irish League was the 86th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 14 teams. And Linfield won the "championship."
League standingsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Linfield (C) | 26 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 50 | 15 | +35 | 57 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
2 | Coleraine | 26 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 26 | +39 | 53 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
3 | Ards | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 47 | 31 | +16 | 48 | |
4 | Larne | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 42 | |
5 | Newry Town | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 42 | |
6 | Ballymena United | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 41 | |
7 | Glentoran | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 40 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
8 | Cliftonville | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 33 | |
9 | Glenavon | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 32 | |
10 | Bangor | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 52 | −24 | 26 | |
11 | Crusaders | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 37 | 54 | −17 | 25 | |
12 | Carrick Rangers | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 23 | |
13 | Portadown | 26 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 20 | |
14 | Distillery | 26 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 74 | −53 | 9 |
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CRK | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | GLV | GLT | LRN | LIN | NEW | POR |
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Ards | 0β1 | 1β1 | 4β4 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β5 | 2β1 | 4β3 | 3β1 | |
Bangor | 0β4 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β3 | 3β2 | 4β1 | 1β0 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 0β1 | 2β2 | 3β2 | |
Ballymena United | 2β1 | 4β3 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 2β3 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 1β1 | 0β0 | 1β2 | 0β0 | |
Carrick Rangers | 0β5 | 2β1 | 3β2 | 1β0 | 2β2 | 2β4 | 1β0 | 1β4 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 2β5 | 0β0 | |
Cliftonville | 0β1 | 1β2 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 0β1 | 4β0 | 1β1 | |
Coleraine | 1β3 | 5β1 | 2β2 | 4β2 | 4β1 | 6β0 | 4β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 5β0 | 1β1 | |
Crusaders | 1β3 | 1β0 | 3β3 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 1β5 | 2β2 | 2β2 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β3 | 1β2 | |
Distillery | 0β2 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 0β1 | 1β4 | 2β8 | 1β3 | 1β3 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 0β5 | 0β6 | 1β2 | |
Glenavon | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 4β0 | |
Glentoran | 2β3 | 4β1 | 7β2 | 2β0 | 2β2 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 5β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 3β1 | 2β0 | 4β0 | |
Larne | 1β2 | 2β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β0 | 1β0 | 0β0 | 0β0 | 4β0 | 1β1 | 3β0 | 2β0 | |
Linfield | 2β0 | 4β0 | 3β0 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 2β1 | 3β1 | 6β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 5β0 | 0β1 | 2β0 | |
Newry Town | 0β0 | 2β0 | 1β5 | 1β0 | 0β1 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 4β1 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β1 | |
Portadown | 2β2 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 1β0 | 2β3 | 2β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 |
Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.