1988–89 Irish League

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Irish League
Season1988–1989
ChampionsLinfield
40th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored520 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorerStephen Baxter (17)
← 1987-88
1989–90 →
1988–89 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
1988–89 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 1988–89 comprised 14 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

League standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 26 21 2 3 58 19 3.053 65 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Glentoran 26 17 4 5 60 29 2.069 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Coleraine 26 15 5 6 42 23 1.826 50
4 Bangor 26 12 9 5 42 30 1.400 45
5 Glenavon 26 13 5 8 47 34 1.382 44
6 Portadown 26 10 9 7 29 19 1.526 39
7 Cliftonville 26 9 9 8 42 30 1.400 36
8 Carrick Rangers 26 11 3 12 29 40 0.725 36
9 Ballymena United 26 6 11 9 33 41 0.805 29 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Larne 26 6 10 10 38 38 1.000 28
11 Newry Town 26 7 5 14 33 43 0.767 26
12 Crusaders 26 5 5 16 22 47 0.468 20
13 Ards 26 4 6 16 25 54 0.463 18
14 Distillery 26 3 3 20 20 73 0.274 12
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion

Results[]

Home \ Away ARD BAN BLM CRK CLI COL CRU DIS GLV GLT LRN LIN NEW POR
Ards 2–3 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–5 1–5 3–1 1–3 4–3 0–0
Bangor 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–4 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1
Ballymena United 3–2 2–1 1–2 3–3 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–2 0–0 0–4 2–2 3–1
Carrick Rangers 1–0 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–3 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–2
Cliftonville 2–2 0–1 4–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–1
Coleraine 1–1 2–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–0 0–2 3–2 2–0
Crusaders 0–1 0–3 0–0 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–3
Distillery 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–4 0–3 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–6 1–5 1–2 0–2
Glenavon 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 3–3 3–2 2–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–2
Glentoran 1–0 2–1 3–2 4–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 8–2 2–3 3–1 2–3 2–0 0–1
Larne 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 4–0 7–0 1–3 0–1 3–2 1–2 1–0
Linfield 2–1 0–1 1–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–1
Newry Town 6–1 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–3 0–2 0–3 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–1
Portadown 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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