Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Teams | 23 |
Defending champions | Glentoran |
Final positions | |
Champions | Glentoran (14th win) |
Runner-up | Glenavon |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 25 |
Goals scored | 77 (3.08 per match) |
The 1987β88 Irish Cup was the 108th edition of the Irish Cup, 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 1β0 in the 1987 final. [1] They successfully defended the cup to win it for the fourth year running by beating Glenavon 1β0 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]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Omagh Town | 1β2 | Brantwood |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Banbridge Town | 2β1 | Dungannon Swifts |
Brantwood | 2β0 | Tobermore United |
Chimney Corner | 2β1 | Ballyclare Comrades |
Cookstown United | 0β3 | Dunmurry Rec. |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Banbridge Town | 4β2 | Brantwood |
Dunmurry Rec. | 6β1 | Chimney Corner |
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 | 4β2 | Bangor |
Ballymena United | 4β0 | Dunmurry Rec. |
Carrick Rangers | 1β2 | Glenavon |
Cliftonville | 0β1 | Distillery |
Larne | 1β1 | Linfield |
Portadown | 3β1 | Banbridge Town |
Glentoran | 3β0 | Coleraine |
Newry Town | 3β0 | Crusaders |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Linfield | 1β0 | Larne |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Ballymena United | 0β0 | Distillery |
Glenavon | 2β1 | Ards |
Glentoran | 5β0 | Newry Town |
Linfield | 1β1 | Portadown |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Distillery | 0β3 | Ballymena United |
Portadown | 2β0 | Linfield |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Glenavon | 2β0 | Ballymena United |
Glentoran | 3β2 | Portadown |
Tournament details | |
---|---|
Country | ![]() |
Teams | 23 |
Defending champions | Glentoran |
Final positions | |
Champions | Glentoran (14th win) |
Runner-up | Glenavon |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 25 |
Goals scored | 77 (3.08 per match) |
The 1987β88 Irish Cup was the 108th edition of the Irish Cup, 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 1β0 in the 1987 final. [1] They successfully defended the cup to win it for the fourth year running by beating Glenavon 1β0 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]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Omagh Town | 1β2 | Brantwood |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Banbridge Town | 2β1 | Dungannon Swifts |
Brantwood | 2β0 | Tobermore United |
Chimney Corner | 2β1 | Ballyclare Comrades |
Cookstown United | 0β3 | Dunmurry Rec. |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Banbridge Town | 4β2 | Brantwood |
Dunmurry Rec. | 6β1 | Chimney Corner |
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 | 4β2 | Bangor |
Ballymena United | 4β0 | Dunmurry Rec. |
Carrick Rangers | 1β2 | Glenavon |
Cliftonville | 0β1 | Distillery |
Larne | 1β1 | Linfield |
Portadown | 3β1 | Banbridge Town |
Glentoran | 3β0 | Coleraine |
Newry Town | 3β0 | Crusaders |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Linfield | 1β0 | Larne |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Ballymena United | 0β0 | Distillery |
Glenavon | 2β1 | Ards |
Glentoran | 5β0 | Newry Town |
Linfield | 1β1 | Portadown |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Distillery | 0β3 | Ballymena United |
Portadown | 2β0 | Linfield |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
---|---|---|
Glenavon | 2β0 | Ballymena United |
Glentoran | 3β2 | Portadown |