Tournament details | |
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Country | ![]() |
Teams | 14 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Glentoran (1st win) |
Runner-up | Coleraine |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 13 |
Goals scored | 32 (2.46 per match) |
The 1987–88 Floodlit Cup was the inaugural edition of the Floodlit Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.[1]
Glentoran won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Coleraine 1–0 in the final.[2][3]
Results
[edit]First round
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Bangor | 1–0 | Ards |
Cliftonville | 0–2 | Glentoran |
Crusaders | 3–1 | Carrick Rangers |
Distillery | 0–1 | Linfield |
Larne | 1–3 | Glenavon |
Newry Town | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–7 p) |
Ballymena United |
Coleraine | bye | |
Portadown | bye |
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Bangor | 2–0 | Ballymena United |
Coleraine | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Linfield |
Glenavon | 6–0 | Crusaders |
Glentoran | 2–0 | Portadown |
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Coleraine | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) |
Bangor |
Glentoran | 2–0 | Glenavon |
Final
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Irish League Archive, Floodlit Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Ray Nips Bad Times In Bud". Belfast Telegraph. 16 December 1987. p. 23.
- ^ "Floodlit Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 19 April 2023.