1988–89 Irish League

The 1988–89 Irish League was the 88th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 14 teams, and Linfield won the championship.

Irish League
Season1988–89
ChampionsLinfield
40th Irish title
Matches played182
Goals scored520 (2.86 per match)
Top goalscorerStephen Baxter (17)
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1983–1990

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Linfield (C) 26 21 2 3 58 19 +39 65 Qualification for the European Cup first round
2 Glentoran 26 17 4 5 60 29 +31 55 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Coleraine 26 15 5 6 42 23 +19 50
4 Bangor 26 12 9 5 42 30 +12 45
5 Glenavon 26 13 5 8 47 34 +13 44
6 Portadown 26 10 9 7 29 19 +10 39
7 Cliftonville 26 9 9 8 42 30 +12 36
8 Carrick Rangers 26 11 3 12 29 40 −11 36
9 Ballymena United 26 6 11 9 33 41 −8 29 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
10 Larne 26 6 10 10 38 38 0 28
11 Newry Town 26 7 5 14 33 43 −10 26
12 Crusaders 26 5 5 16 22 47 −25 20
13 Ards 26 4 6 16 25 54 −29 18
14 Distillery 26 3 3 20 20 73 −53 12
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

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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: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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