1986–87 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1986–87 comprised 14 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

Irish League
Season1986–1987
ChampionsLinfield
39th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored542 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorerRay McCoy
Gary Macartney
(14 goals each)
← 1985-86
Location of teams in the 1983–90 Irish League
Location of the Belfast-based teams in the Irish League 1983-90

League standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 26 18 3 5 50 15 3.333 57 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Coleraine 26 16 5 5 65 26 2.500 53 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Ards 26 14 6 6 47 31 1.516 48
4 Larne 26 11 9 6 38 24 1.583 42
5 Newry Town 26 12 6 8 42 40 1.050 42
6 Ballymena United 26 11 8 7 45 42 1.071 41
7 Glentoran 26 14 6 6 54 30 1.800 40[lower-alpha 1] Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
8 Cliftonville 26 8 9 9 34 29 1.172 33
9 Glenavon 26 8 8 10 32 27 1.185 32
10 Bangor 26 8 2 16 28 52 0.538 26
11 Crusaders 26 8 5 13 37 54 0.685 25[lower-alpha 2]
12 Carrick Rangers 26 6 5 15 27 53 0.509 23
13 Portadown 26 3 11 12 22 45 0.489 20
14 Distillery 26 2 3 21 21 74 0.284 9
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion
Notes:
  1. 8 points deducted
  2. 4 points deducted

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

References
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