1987–88 Irish Cup

Country

Northern Ireland

Teams

Champions

Glentoran (14th win)

Runners-up

Glenavon

Matches played

Goals scored

50 (2.78 per match)

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The 1987–88 Irish Cup was the 108th edition of Northern Ireland's premier football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 30 April 1988 with the final.

Glentoran were the defending champions after winning their 13th Irish Cup last season by beating Larne 1–0 in the 1987 final.^[1] They successfully defended the cup to win it for the fourth year running by beating Glenavon 1–0 in the final. In doing so, they became the first club in history to win four consecutive Irish Cups. To date, the feat has not been achieved again.^[2]

Qualifying

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Omagh Town	1–2	Brantwood

First preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Banbridge Town	2–1	Dungannon Swifts
Brantwood	2–0	Tobermore United
Chimney Corner	2–1	Ballyclare Comrades
Cookstown United	0–3	Dunmurry Recreation

Second preliminary round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Banbridge Town	4–2	Brantwood
Dunmurry Recreation	6–1	Chimney Corner

First round

The 14 top flight clubs entered in this round, along with the 2 lower league winners from the second preliminary round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	4–2	Bangor
Ballymena United	4–0	Dunmurry Recreation
Carrick Rangers	1–2	Glenavon
Cliftonville	0–1	Distillery
Larne	1–1	Linfield
Portadown	3–1	Banbridge Town
Glentoran	3–0	Coleraine
Newry Town	3–0	Crusaders

Replay

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Linfield	1–0	Larne

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymena United	0–0	Distillery
Glenavon	2–1	Ards
Glentoran	5–0	Newry Town
Linfield	1–1	Portadown

Replays

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Distillery	0–3	Ballymena United
Portadown	2–0	Linfield

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glenavon	2–0	Ballymena United
Glentoran	3–2	Portadown

Final

Glentoran v Glenavon

30 April 1988

Glentoran	1 – 0	Glenavon
Cleary	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

References

↑ "Northern Ireland Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
↑ "Northern Ireland 1987/88". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

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1987–88 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '87 '88 England Estonia '87 '88 Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Latvia '87 '88 Lithuania '87 '88 Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88 Spain Sweden '87 '88 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '87 '88 Finland '87 '88 France East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '87 '88 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '87 '88 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '87 '88

UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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Irish Football Association

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Men	NIFL Premiership NIFL Championship NIFL Premier Intermediate League Ballymena & Provincial League Mid-Ulster Football League Northern Amateur Football League NI Intermediate League NIFL Premiership Development League

Women	Women's Premiership Championship 1 Championship 2

Domestic cups

Men	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup George Wilson Cup

Women	Irish Women's Cup

Awards

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