1987–88 Irish Cup

1987–88 Irish Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
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)
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The 1987–88 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 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]

Results

Qualifying round

First preliminary round

Second preliminary round

First round

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

Replay

Quarter-finals

Replays

Semi-finals

Final

30 April 1988

Glentoran	1 – 0	Glenavon
Cleary 89' (pen.)	Report

Windsor Park, Belfast

References