1987–88 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1987–1988
ChampionsGlentoran
18th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored458 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerMartin McGaughey (18)
← 1986-87
1988–89 →
1987–88 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland
Belfast
Belfast
Ards
Ards
Ballymena United
Bangor
Bangor
Carrick
Coleraine
Coleraine
Distillery
Distillery
Glenavon
Glenavon
Larne
Larne
Newry Town
Portadown
Belfast teams : Cliftonville Crusaders Glentoran Linfield
Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield
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Location of teams in the 1983–90 Irish League
1987–88 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast
Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Glentoran
Linfield
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:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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