1987–88 Irish League

The Irish League in season 1987–88 comprised 14 teams, and Glentoran won the championship.

Irish League
Season1987–1988
ChampionsGlentoran
18th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored458 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerMartin McGaughey (18)
← 1986-87
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 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:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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