Football league season
Season | 1987β88 |
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Champions | Glentoran 18th Irish title |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 458 (2.52 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Martin McGaughey (18) |
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Location of Belfast-based teams in theββIrish League from 1983β1990
The 1987β88 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."
League standingsβ»
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Resultsβ»
Home \ Away | ARD | BAN | BLM | CRK | CLI | COL | CRU | DIS | GLV | GLT | LRN | LIN | NEW | POR |
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Ards | 1β1 | 0β1 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 2β3 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 2β0 | |
Bangor | 2β4 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 1β2 | 0β4 | 1β1 | 1β6 | 3β0 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 0β4 | 1β0 | 0β0 | |
Ballymena United | 1β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 2β1 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 3β2 | 0β1 | 1β4 | 3β4 | 2β1 | |
Carrick Rangers | 2β1 | 0β2 | 1β2 | 0β2 | 0β3 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 1β1 | 0β1 | |
Cliftonville | 0β0 | 1β2 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 2β0 | 2β3 | 1β1 | 0β2 | 0β5 | 1β1 | 1β0 | |
Coleraine | 4β2 | 2β1 | 5β5 | 3β1 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β2 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 1β3 | 1β0 | |
Crusaders | 3β0 | 4β1 | 0β0 | 2β1 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 3β0 | 1β2 | 2β3 | 1β4 | 1β3 | 0β3 | 1β2 | |
Distillery | 1β3 | 0β1 | 0β5 | 1β1 | 1β2 | 1β2 | 2β0 | 0β1 | 0β3 | 2β1 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 1β2 | |
Glenavon | 0β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β2 | 4β0 | 3β2 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 1β2 | 0β1 | 0β3 | 0β0 | 1β2 | |
Glentoran | 2β2 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 1β1 | 1β1 | 2β2 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 0β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | |
Larne | 2β0 | 1β2 | 1β0 | 4β1 | 0β0 | 0β4 | 1β2 | 2β1 | 1β0 | 0β3 | 1β2 | 5β1 | 0β0 | |
Linfield | 1β0 | 3β1 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 4β0 | 0β1 | 1β1 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 0β2 | 3β0 | 1β0 | 1β1 | |
Newry Town | 1β0 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β1 | 1β0 | 1β0 | 3β0 | 3β0 | 0β0 | 0β2 | 0β0 | 1β0 | 3β2 | |
Portadown | 2β3 | 3β1 | 0β0 | 4β2 | 0β1 | 0β1 | 2β0 | 3β0 | 0β1 | 0β2 | 2β1 | 1β1 | 3β0 |
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.