NORTHERN IRELAND 1980-81
Irish League
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Glentoran FC Belfast 22 15 7 0 58 26 32 37
2 Linfield FC Belfast 22 16 3 3 57 15 42 35
3 Ballymena United FC 22 12 4 6 33 21 12 28
4 Crusaders FC Belfast 22 9 6 7 28 26 2 24
5 Ards FC Newtownards 22 9 6 7 35 40 -5 24
6 Glenavon FC Lurgan 22 7 8 7 37 37 0 22
7 Larne FC 22 9 4 9 26 26 0 22
8 Portadown FC 22 8 5 9 30 34 -4 21
9 Coleraine FC 22 5 8 9 28 36 -8 18
10 Cliftonville FC Belfast 22 5 5 12 20 37 -17 15
11 Bangor FC 22 4 5 13 35 53 -18 13
12 Lisburn Distillery FC 22 1 3 18 18 54 -36 5
  264 100 64 100 405 405 0 264
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Belfast = Béal Feirste Larne = Latharna
Ballymena = Baile Lifin Portadown = Port an Dúnáin
Newtownards = Baile Nua na hArda Coleraine = Cúil Raithin
Lurgan = an Lorgain Bangor = Beannchar
English = Irish
Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Quarter-finals Ards FC Newtownards - Glentoran FC Belfast 1-3
Cliftonville FC Belfast - Ballymena United FC 1-4
Glenavon FC Lurgan - Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 2-1
Linfield FC Belfast - Newry Town FC 4-1
Semifinals Ballymena United FC - Glentoran FC Belfast 2-2 2-0
Glenavon FC Lurgan - Linfield FC Belfast 1-0
Final (Belfast 02.05.1981) Ballymena United FC - Glenavon FC Lurgan  1-0
Carrickfergus = Carraig Fhearghais Newry = An Iúraigh
Gold Cup
Section A
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FAC Belfast 5 4 1 0 14 4 10 9
2 Glenavon FC Lurgan 5 4 1 0 13 3 10 9
3 Portadown FC 5 2 1 2 8 8 0 5
4 Bangor FC 5 2 0 3 5 10 -5 4
5 Ards FC Newtownards 5 1 0 4 2 12 -10 2
6 Distillery FC Belfast 5 0 1 4 5 11 -6 1
  30 13 4 13 47 48   30
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Section B
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Cliftonville FC Belfast 5 3 1 1 11 6 5 7
2 Glentoran FC Belfast 5 3 1 1 10 5 5 7
3 Ballymena United FC 5 1 3 1 11 8 3 5
4 Coleraine FC 5 1 3 1 8 10 -2 5
5 Crusaders FC Belfast 5 1 1 3 8 10 -2 3
6 Larne FC 5 1 1 3 3 10 -7 3
  90 36 18 36 145 145   90
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Final (Belfast 02.12.1980) Linfield FC Belfast - Cliftonville FC Belfast 1-3
NORTHERN IRELAND 1981-82
Irish League
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 22 17 3 2 59 19 40 37
2 Glentoran FC Belfast 22 16 1 5 61 22 39 33
3 Coleraine FC 22 14 3 5 63 31 32 31
4 Crusaders FC Belfast 22 11 4 7 36 31 5 26
5 Cliftonville FC Belfast 22 9 6 7 33 28 5 24
6 Portadown FC 22 11 2 9 29 29 0 24
7 Ballymena United FC 22 6 8 8 25 30 -5 20
8 Lisburn Distillery FC 22 7 4 11 30 44 -14 18
9 Glenavon FC Lurgan 22 4 7 11 30 52 -22 15
10 Ards FC Newtownards 22 5 4 13 18 47 -29 14
11 Larne FC 22 5 3 14 27 42 -15 13
12 Bangor FC 22 3 3 16 20 56 -36 9
  264 108 48 108 431 431 0 264
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Belfast = Béal Feirste Lurgan = an Lorgain
Coleraine = Cúil Raithin Newtownards = Baile Nua na hArda
Portadown = Port an Dúnáin Larne = Latharna
Ballymena = Baile Lifin Bangor = Beannchar
English = Irish
Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Quarter-finals Cliftonville FC Belfast - RUC FC Belfast 3-2
Distillery FC Lisburn - Ards FC Newtownards 2-2 0-0 3-2
Limavady United FC - Coleraine FC 0-2
Portadown FC - Linfield FC Belfast 0-1
Semifinals Ards FC Newtownards - Linfield FC Belfast 1-2
Cliftonville FC Belfast - Coleraine FC 0-1
Final (Belfast 24.04.1982) Linfield FC Belfast - Coleraine FC 2-1
RUC =  Royal Ulster Constabulary => PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) in 2002
Limavady = Léim an Mhadaidh
Gold Cup
Section A
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 5 4 0 1 13 2 11 8
2 Portadown FC 5 4 0 1 10 5 5 8
3 Glenavon FC Lurgan 5 3 0 2 7 5 2 6
4 Distillery FC Belfast 5 2 0 3 4 8 -4 4
5 Ards FC Newtownards 5 1 0 4 5 10 -5 2
6 Bangor FC 5 1 0 4 5 14 -9 2
  30 15 0 15 44 44   30
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Section B
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Ballymena United FC 5 3 2 0 7 3 4 8
2 Coleraine FC 5 2 2 1 8 5 3 6
3 Crusaders FC Belfast 5 1 3 1 6 5 1 5
4 Cliftonville FC Belfast 5 1 2 2 6 6 0 4
5 Larne FC 5 2 0 3 5 8 -3 4
6 Glentoran FC Belfast 5 1 1 3 4 9 -5 3
  90 40 10 40 124 124   90
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Final (Belfast 08.12.1981) Linfield FC Belfast - Ballymena United FC 1-1 aet (5-4 pen)
NORTHERN IRELAND 1982-83
Irish League
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 22 15 5 2 43 13 30 35
2 Glentoran FC Belfast 22 14 2 6 49 21 28 30
3 Coleraine FC 22 11 6 5 44 25 19 28
4 Portadown FC 22 10 6 6 29 17 12 26
5 Crusaders FC Belfast 22 11 3 8 35 26 9 25
6 Cliftonville FC Belfast 22 10 4 8 30 24 6 24
7 Ards FC Newtownards 22 9 4 9 40 41 -1 22
8 Ballymena United FC 22 8 4 10 32 41 -9 20
9 Lisburn Distillery FC 22 7 4 11 23 46 -23 18
10 Glenavon FC Lurgan 22 6 4 12 26 37 -11 16
11 Larne FC 22 6 3 13 31 40 -9 15
12 Bangor FC 22 1 3 18 17 68 -51 5
  264 108 48 108 399 399 0 264
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Admitted Newry Town FC, Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus
Belfast = Béal Feirste Ballymena = Baile Lifin
Coleraine = Cúil Raithin Lurgan = an Lorgain
Portadown = Port an Dúnáin Larne = Latharna
Newtownards = Baile Nua na hArda Bangor = Beannchar
English = Irish
Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Quarter-finals Ards FC Newtownards - Larne FC 2-1
Ballyclare Comrades FC - Cliftonville FC Belfast 1-1 1-0
Coleraine FC - Glentoran FC Belfast 2-3
Linfield FC Belfast - RUC FC Belfast 3-1
Semifinals Ballyclare Comrades FC - Glentoran FC Belfast 0-3
Linfield FC Belfast - Ards FC Newtownards 2-1
Final (Belfast 30.04.1983 and 07.05.1983) Linfield FC Belfast - Glentoran FC Belfast 1-1 2-1
RUC =  Royal Ulster Constabulary => PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) in 2002
Ballyclare = Bealach Cláir
Gold Cup
Section A
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 5 3 2 0 9 4 5 8
2 Ards FC Newtownards 5 3 2 0 8 4 4 8
3 Bangor FC 5 3 1 1 9 8 1 7
4 Distillery FC Belfast 5 1 1 3 7 8 -1 3
5 Portadown FC 5 1 0 4 4 8 -4 2
6 Glenavon FC Lurgan 5 1 0 4 6 11 -5 2
  30 12 6 12 43 43   30
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Section B
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Glentoran FC Belfast 5 5 0 0 13 2 11 10
2 Ballymena United FC 5 3 1 1 10 8 2 7
3 Crusaders FC Belfast 5 1 3 1 10 9 1 5
4 Cliftonville FC Belfast 5 2 1 2 7 9 -2 5
5 Coleraine FC 5 1 1 3 8 10 -2 3
6 Larne FC 5 0 0 5 5 15 -10 0
  90 36 18 36 139 139   90
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Final (Belfast 22.09.1982) Glentoran FC Belfast - Linfield FC Belfast 2-0
NORTHERN IRELAND 1983-84
Irish League
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 26 22 1 3 76 23 53 45
2 Glentoran FC Belfast 26 18 6 2 65 19 46 42
3 Cliftonville FC Belfast 26 12 7 7 28 23 5 31
4 Ards FC Newtownards 26 9 11 6 32 26 6 29
5 Coleraine FC 26 11 6 9 44 34 10 28
6 Ballymena United FC 26 10 8 8 32 30 2 28
7 Glenavon FC Lurgan 26 10 7 9 41 33 8 27
8 Crusaders FC Belfast 26 11 5 10 38 41 -3 27
9 Lisburn Distillery FC 26 11 4 11 35 42 -7 26
10 Portadown FC 26 9 6 11 28 31 -3 24
11 Newry Town FC 26 8 3 15 30 48 -18 19
12 Bangor FC 26 4 6 16 24 57 -33 14
13 Larne FC (-2) 26 7 1 18 25 58 -33 13
14 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 26 3 3 20 24 57 -33 9
  364 145 74 145 522 522 0 362
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Larne FC 2 points deducted for disciplinary reasons
Belfast = Béal Feirste Portadown = Port an Dúnáin
Newtownards = Baile Nua na hArda Newry = Iúr Cinn Trá
Coleraine = Cúil Raithin Bangor = Beannchar
Ballymena = Baile Lifin Larne = Latharna
Lurgan = an Lorgain Carrickfergus = Carraig Fhearghais
English = Irish
Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Quarter-finals Ballymena United FC - Linfield FC Belfast 2-1
Cliftonville FC Belfast - POSC 2-0
Glentoran FC Belfast - Glenavon FC Lurgan 1-0
Newry Town FC - Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 0-1
Semifinals Ballymena United FC - Cliftonville FC Belfast 2-1
Glentoran FC Belfast - Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 1-2
Final ( Belfast 05.05.1984) Ballymena United FC - Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 4-1
POSC = Post Office Social Club Dunmurry
(Info provided by Haydn Milligan - Irish League Archive)
Dunmurry = Dún Muirígh
Gold Cup
Section A
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Glentoran FC Belfast 7 5 0 2 27 6 21 10
2 Ards FC Newtownards 7 3 1 3 12 13 -1 7
3 Bangor FC 7 1 0 6 4 28 -24 2
Section B
1 Glenavon FC Lurgan 7 5 1 1 12 8 4 11
2 Portadown FC 7 3 1 3 11 8 3 7
3 Newry Town FC 7 2 1 4 10 13 -3 5
  42 19 4 19 76 76   42
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Section C
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Coleraine FC 7 3 2 2 14 8 6 8
2 Ballymena United FC 7 3 1 3 9 11 -2 7
3 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 7 1 2 4 3 7 -4 4
4 Larne FC 7 1 1 5 6 22 -16 3
Section D
1 Linfield FC Belfast 7 6 1 0 21 5 16 13
2 Cliftonville FC Belfast 7 4 2 1 17 8 9 10
3 Lisburn Distillery FC 7 3 2 2 10 10 0 8
4 Crusaders FC Belfast 7 1 1 5 7 16 -9 3
  56 22 12 22 87 87 0 56
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Section A clubs played each other twice and played three matches with Section B clubs (and vice versa for Section B clubs). Section C clubs played each other 
once and played four matches with Section D clubs (and vice versa for Section D clubs)
Semifinals Glentoran FC Belfast - Glenavon FC Lurgan 3-3 aet (5-4 pen)
Linfield FC Belfast - Coleraine FC 3-0
Final (Belfast 18.10.1983) Linfield FC Belfast - Glentoran FC Belfast  3-1
NORTHERN IRELAND 1984-85
Irish League
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 26 17 5 4 70 22 48 39
2 Coleraine FC 26 14 8 4 56 31 25 36
3 Glentoran FC Belfast 26 14 6 6 53 26 27 34
4 Portadown FC 26 13 4 9 33 29 4 30
5 Cliftonville FC Belfast 26 10 8 8 37 36 1 28
6 Crusaders FC Belfast 26 9 10 7 34 37 -3 28
7 Glenavon FC Lurgan 26 11 4 11 45 53 -8 26
8 Ballymena United FC 26 9 7 10 37 36 1 25
9 Lisburn Distillery FC 26 8 8 10 35 41 -6 24
10 Larne FC 26 10 2 14 37 47 -10 22
11 Ards FC Newtownards 26 8 5 13 32 40 -8 21
12 Newry Town FC 26 7 6 13 39 57 -18 20
13 Bangor FC 26 5 9 12 24 39 -15 19
14 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 26 3 6 17 24 62 -38 12
  364 138 88 138 556 556 0 364
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Belfast = Béal Feirste Larne = Latharna
Coleraine = Cúil Raithin Newtownards = Baile Nua na hArda
Portadown = Port an Dúnáin Newry = Iúr Cinn Trá
Lurgan = an Lorgain Bangor = Beannchar
Ballymena = Baile Lifin Carrickfergus = Carraig Fhearghais
English = Irish
Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Quarter-finals Ards FC Newtownards - Ballymena United FC 0-1
Distillery FC Lisburn - Glentoran FC Belfast 0-3
Portadown FC - Linfield FC Belfast 1-2
Glenavon FC Lurgan - Coleraine FC 0-4
Semifinals Ballymena United FC - Linfield FC Belfast 0-3
Coleraine FC -Glentoran FC Belfast 1-2
Final (Belfast 04.05.1985 and 11.05.1985) Glentoran FC Belfast - Linfield FC Belfast 1-1 1-0
Gold Cup
Section A
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Glentoran FC Belfast 7 4 3 0 17 2 15 11
2 Ards FC Newtownards 7 2 3 2 9 7 2 7
3 Bangor FC 7 1 0 6 4 21 -17 2
Section B
1 Glenavon FC Lurgan 7 3 3 1 11 6 5 9
2 Portadown FC 7 4 0 3 12 15 -3 8
3 Newry Town FC 7 2 1 4 12 14 -2 5
  42 16 10 16 65 65   42
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Section C
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Coleraine FC 7 4 3 0 15 8 7 11
2 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 7 2 3 2 9 16 -7 7
3 Ballymena United FC 7 2 2 3 9 11 -2 6
4 Larne FC 7 3 0 4 8 9 -1 6
Section D
1 Linfield FC Belfast 7 4 2 1 16 7 9 10
2 Crusaders FC Belfast 7 3 1 3 13 8 5 7
3 Lisburn Distillery FC 7 2 2 3 10 16 -6 6
4 Cliftonville FC Belfast 7 1 1 5 8 13 -5 3
  56 21 14 21 88 88 0 56
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Section A clubs played each other twice and played three matches with Section B clubs (and vice versa for Section B clubs). Section C clubs played each other 
once and played four matches with Section D clubs (and vice versa for Section D clubs)
Semifinals Glentoran FC Belfast - Glenavon FC Lurgan 5-3
Linfield FC Belfast - Coleraine FC 2-1
Final (Belfast 09.10.1984) Linfield FC Belfast - Glentoran FC Belfast 1-0
NORTHERN IRELAND 1985-86
Irish League
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 26 20 3 3 59 16 43 43
2 Coleraine FC 26 16 3 7 51 31 20 35
3 Ards FC Newtownards 26 12 7 7 37 19 18 31
4 Glentoran FC Belfast 26 14 3 9 42 26 16 31
5 Crusaders FC Belfast 26 13 5 8 42 34 8 31
6 Larne FC 26 10 8 8 49 34 15 28
7 Ballymena United FC 26 10 7 9 43 30 13 27
8 Cliftonville FC Belfast 26 8 9 9 31 34 -3 25
9 Lisburn Distillery FC 26 9 6 11 30 49 -19 24
10 Portadown FC 26 10 3 13 22 32 -10 23
11 Glenavon FC Lurgan 26 5 11 10 26 36 -10 21
12 Bangor FC 26 6 6 14 31 45 -14 18
13 Newry Town FC 26 6 5 15 28 59 -31 17
14 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 26 2 6 18 12 58 -46 10
  364 141 82 141 503 503 0 364
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Belfast = Béal Feirste Portadown = Port an Dúnáin
Coleraine = Cúil Raithin Lurgan = an Lorgain
Newtownards = Baile Nua na hArda Bangor = Beannchar
Larne = Latharna Newry = Iúr Cinn Trá
Ballymena = Baile Lifin Carrickfergus = Carraig Fhearghais
English = Irish
Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Quarter-finals Brantwood FC Belfast - Portadown FC 1-0
Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus - Ards FC Newtownards 0-1
Chimney Corner FC Antrim - Coleraine FC 0-4
Glentoran FC Belfast - Cliftonville FC Belfast 1-0
Semifinals Brantwood FC Belfast - Glentoran FC Belfast 0-3
Coleraine FC - Ards FC Newtownards 2-0
Final (Belfast 03.05.1986) Glentoran FC Belfast - Coleraine FC  2-1
Antrim = Aontroim
Gold Cup
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 13 7 5 1 37 12 25 19
2 Glentoran FC Belfast 13 8 3 2 27 14 13 19
3 Coleraine FC 13 8 2 3 31 20 11 18
4 Crusaders FC Belfast 13 8 1 4 32 23 9 17
5 Ards FC Newtownards 13 7 3 3 22 16 6 17
6 Larne FC 13 6 2 5 29 26 3 14
7 Lisburn Distillery FC 13 5 3 5 28 26 2 13
8 Bangor FC 13 5 3 5 17 18 -1 13
9 Glenavon FC Lurgan 13 3 6 4 20 23 -3 12
10 Newry Town FC 13 4 3 6 25 27 -2 11
11 Ballymena United FC 13 4 2 7 23 27 -4 10
12 Cliftonville FC Belfast 13 3 2 8 12 24 -12 8
13 Portadown FC 13 3 1 9 14 31 -17 7
14 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 13 2 0 11 10 40 -30 4
  182 73 36 73 327 327 0 182
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Semifinals Crusaders FC Belfast - Glentoran FC Belfast 3-2 aet
Linfield FC Belfast - Coleraine FC 4-1
Final (Belfast 10.12.1985) Crusaders FC Belfast - Linfield FC Belfast 3-1
NORTHERN IRELAND 1986-87
Irish League
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 26 18 3 5 50 15 35 57
2 Coleraine FC 26 16 5 5 65 26 39 53
3 Ards FC Newtownards 26 14 6 6 47 31 16 48
4 Larne FC 26 11 9 6 38 24 14 42
5 Newry Town FC 26 12 6 8 42 40 2 42
6 Ballymena United FC 26 11 8 7 45 42 3 41
7 Glentoran FC Belfast (-8) 26 14 6 6 54 30 24 40
8 Cliftonville FC Belfast 26 8 9 9 34 29 5 33
9 Glenavon FC Lurgan 26 8 8 10 32 27 5 32
10 Bangor FC 26 8 2 16 28 52 -24 26
11 Crusaders FC Belfast (-4) 26 8 5 13 37 54 -17 25
12 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 26 6 5 15 27 53 -26 23
13 Portadown FC 26 3 11 12 22 45 -23 20
14 Lisburn Distillery FC 26 2 3 21 21 74 -53 9
  364 139 86 139 542 542 0 491
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 3 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Glentoran FC Belfast  8 points deducted and Crusaders FC Belfast 4 points deducted for disciplinary reasons
Belfast = Béal Feirste Ballymena = Baile Lifin
Coleraine = Cúil Raithin Lurgan = an Lorgain
Newtownards = Baile Nua na hArda Bangor = Beannchar
Larne = Latharna Carrickfergus = Carraig Fhearghais
Newry = Iúr Cinn Trá Portadown = Port an Dúnáin
English = Irish
Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Quarter-finals Ards FC Newtownards - Larne FC 1-2
Bangor FC - Coleraine FC 1-6
Glentoran FC Belfast - Glenavon FC Lurgan 3-2
Newry Town FC - Cliftonville FC Belfast 0-0 2-0
Semifinals Coleraine FC - Larne FC 1-2
Glentoran FC Belfast - Newry Town FC 1-1 2-1
Final (Belfast 02.05.1987) Glentoran FC Belfast - Larne FC 1-0
Gold Cup
Section A
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 6 4 1 1 14 5 9 9
2 Larne FC 6 4 1 1 12 9 3 9
3 Coleraine FC 6 3 2 1 9 7 2 8
4 Cliftonville FC Belfast 6 3 1 2 10 6 4 7
5 Ballymena United FC 6 1 3 2 7 11 -4 5
6 Crusaders FC Belfast 6 0 2 4 2 6 -4 2
7 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 6 0 2 4 4 14 -10 2
  42 15 12 15 58 58 0 42
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Section B
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Glentoran FC Belfast 6 5 1 0 19 2 17 11
2 Ards FC Newtownards 6 4 0 2 12 7 5 8
3 Newry Town FC 6 3 0 3 10 11 -1 6
4 Glenavon FC Lurgan 6 2 1 3 9 6 3 5
5 Lisburn Distillery FC 6 2 1 3 10 15 -5 5
6 Portadown FC 6 2 0 4 7 11 -4 4
7 Bangor FC 6 1 1 4 4 19 -15 3
  42 19 4 19 71 71 0 42
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Semifinals Glentoran FC Belfast - Larne FC 2-0
Linfield FC Belfast - Ards FC Newtownards 2-1
Final (Belfast 25.04.1987) Glentoran FC Belfast - Linfield FC Belfast 3-2
NORTHERN IRELAND 1987-88
Irish League
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Glentoran FC Belfast 26 19 5 2 48 15 33 62
2 Linfield FC Belfast 26 19 3 4 51 15 36 60
3 Coleraine FC 26 16 4 6 53 28 25 52
4 Newry Town FC 26 15 5 6 34 22 12 50
5 Larne FC 26 12 4 10 35 35 0 40
6 Glenavon FC Lurgan 26 11 5 10 28 27 1 38
7 Ballymena United FC 26 9 9 8 34 34 0 36
8 Portadown FC 26 10 5 11 31 27 4 35
9 Crusaders FC Belfast 26 8 6 12 29 35 -6 30
10 Cliftonville FC Belfast 26 6 8 12 18 38 -20 26
11 Ards FC Newtownards 26 6 7 13 29 38 -9 25
12 Bangor FC 26 7 4 15 24 47 -23 25
13 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 26 5 5 16 25 44 -19 20
14 Lisburn Distillery FC 26 3 2 21 19 53 -34 11
  364 146 72 146 458 458 0 510
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 3 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Belfast = Béal Feirste Ballymena = Baile Lifin
Coleraine = Cúil Raithin Portadown = Port an Dúnáin
Newry = Iúr Cinn Trá Newtownards = Baile Nua na hArda
Larne = Latharna Bangor = Beannchar
Lurgan = an Lorgain Carrickfergus = Carraig Fhearghais
English = Irish
Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Quarter-finals Ballymena United FC - Lisburn Distillery FC 0-0 3-0
Glenavon FC Lurgan - Ards FC Newtownards 2-1
Glentoran FC Belfast - Newry Town FC 5-0
Linfield FC Belfast - Portadown FC 1-1 0-2
Semifinals Glenavon FC Lurgan - Ballymena United FC 2-0
Glentoran FC Belfast - Portadown FC 3-2
Final (Belfast 30.04.1988) Glentoran FC Belfast - Glenavon FC Lurgan 1-0
Gold Cup
Section A
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 7 6 1 0 28 4 24 13
2 Larne FC 7 4 1 2 14 7 7 9
3 Ballymena United FC 7 3 0 4 7 11 -4 6
4 Crusaders FC Belfast 7 3 0 4 7 11 -4 6
5 Portadown FC 7 3 0 4 6 14 -8 6
6 Coleraine FC 7 2 1 4 9 12 -3 5
7 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 7 2 1 4 6 15 -9 5
Section B
1 Newry Town FC 7 6 0 1 13 2 11 12
2 Glentoran FC Belfast 7 5 0 2 19 9 10 10
3 Lisburn Distillery FC 7 3 1 3 9 16 -7 7
4 Cliftonville FC Belfast 7 3 0 4 10 10 0 6
5 Glenavon FC Lurgan 7 2 1 4 9 11 -2 5
6 Bangor FC 7 2 0 5 6 16 -10 4
7 Ards FC Newtownards 7 1 2 4 5 10 -5 4
  98 45 8 45 148 148 0 98
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Each team plays the other teams in their section once plus one match against a team from the other section.
Semifinals Linfield FC Belfast - Glentoran FC Belfast 1-1 aet (5-4 pen)
Newry Town FC - Larne FC 2-1
Final (Belfast 14.11.1987) Linfield FC Belfast - Newry Town FC 3-1
NORTHERN IRELAND 1988-89
Irish League
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 26 21 2 3 58 19 39 65
2 Glentoran FC Belfast 26 17 4 5 60 29 31 55
3 Coleraine FC 26 15 5 6 42 23 19 50
4 Bangor FC 26 12 9 5 42 30 12 45
5 Glenavon FC Lurgan 26 13 5 8 47 34 13 44
6 Portadown FC 26 10 9 7 29 19 10 39
7 Cliftonville FC Belfast 26 9 9 8 42 30 12 36
8 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 26 11 3 12 29 40 -11 36
9 Ballymena United FC 26 6 11 9 33 41 -8 29
10 Larne FC 26 6 10 10 38 38 0 28
11 Newry Town FC 26 7 5 14 33 43 -10 26
12 Crusaders FC Belfast 26 5 5 16 22 47 -25 20
13 Ards FC Newtownards 26 4 6 16 25 54 -29 18
14 Lisburn Distillery FC 26 3 3 20 20 73 -53 12
  364 139 86 139 520 520 0 503
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 3 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Belfast = Béal Feirste Carrickfergus = Carraig Fhearghais
Coleraine = Cúil Raithin Ballymena = Baile Lifin
Bangor = Beannchar Larne = Latharna
Lurgan = an Lorgain Newry = Iúr Cinn Trá
Portadown = Port an Dúnáin Newtownards = Baile Nua na hArda
English = Irish
Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Quarter-finals Cliftonville FC Belfast - Tobermore United FC 0-0 1-0
Crusaders FC Belfast - Ballymena United FC 2-3
Larne FC - Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 0-0 3-2
Glentoran FC Belfast - Linfield FC Belfast 0-3
Semifinals Cliftonville FC Belfast - Larne FC 1-1 1-2
Linfield FC Belfast - Ballymena United FC 1-1 1-2
Final (Belfast 06.05.1989) Ballymena United FC - Larne FC 1-0
Tobermore = An Tobar Mór
Gold Cup
Section A
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 7 7 0 0 16 5 11 14
2 Portadown FC 7 3 3 1 10 9 1 9
3 Coleraine FC 7 3 1 3 12 10 2 7
4 Ballymena United FC 7 2 2 3 9 8 1 6
5 Crusaders FC Belfast 7 2 1 4 5 8 -3 5
6 Larne FC 7 1 2 4 6 10 -4 4
7 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 7 1 0 6 6 14 -8 2
Section B
1 Glentoran FC Belfast 7 5 2 0 16 4 12 12
2 Newry Town FC 7 5 1 1 19 8 11 11
3 Glenavon FC Lurgan 7 3 3 1 12 9 3 9
4 Bangor FC 7 3 0 4 8 14 -6 6
5 Lisburn Distillery FC 7 3 0 4 7 17 -10 6
6 Cliftonville FC Belfast 7 1 2 4 7 10 -3 4
7 Ards FC Newtownards 7 1 1 5 8 15 -7 3
  98 40 18 40 141 141 0 98
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 2 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Each team plays the other teams in their section once plus one match against a team from the other section.
Semifinals Linfield FC Belfast - Newry Town FC 2-0
Portadown FC - Glentoran FC Belfast 2-2 aet (3-0 pen)
Final (Belfast 01.11.1988) Linfield FC Belfast - Portadown FC 1-0
NORTHERN IRELAND 1989-90
Irish League
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Portadown FC 26 16 7 3 42 17 25 55
2 Glenavon FC Lurgan 26 16 6 4 52 26 26 54
3 Glentoran FC Belfast 26 12 8 6 43 24 19 44
4 Linfield FC Belfast 26 14 2 10 54 40 14 44
5 Ballymena United FC 26 12 7 7 37 25 12 43
6 Bangor FC 26 11 5 10 26 22 4 38
7 Newry Town FC 26 11 4 11 42 37 5 37
8 Cliftonville FC Belfast 26 9 8 9 37 39 -2 35
9 Larne FC 26 8 7 11 29 38 -9 31
10 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 26 8 6 12 33 36 -3 30
11 Coleraine FC 26 8 6 12 36 44 -8 30
12 Ards FC Newtownards 26 5 6 15 25 44 -19 21
13 Crusaders FC Belfast 26 4 8 14 27 55 -28 20
14 Lisburn Distillery FC 26 4 8 14 27 63 -36 20
  364 138 88 138 510 510 0 502
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 3 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Admitted Ballyclare Comrades FC, Omagh Town FC
Portadown = Port an Dúnáin Newry = Iúr Cinn Trá
Lurgan = an Lorgain Larne = Latharna
Belfast = Béal Feirste Carrickfergus = Carraig Fhearghais
Ballymena = Baile Lifin Coleraine = Cúil Raithin
Bangor = Beannchar Newtownards = Baile Nua na hArda
English = Irish
Irish Football Association Challenge Cup
Quarter-finals Banbridge Town FC - Coleraine FC 0-1
Larne FC - Linfield FC Belfast 1-2
Newry Town FC - Glentoran FC Belfast 2-3
Portadown FC - Bangor FC 2-1
Semifinals Glentoran FC Belfast - Linfield FC Belfast 2-0
Portadown FC - Coleraine FC 4-0
Final (Belfast 05.05.1990) Glentoran FC Belfast - Portadown FC 3-0
Banbridge = Droichead na Banna
Gold Cup
Section A
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Linfield FC Belfast 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 5
2 Bangor FC 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
3 Ballymena United FC 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
4 Cliftonville FC Belfast 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 2
  12 2 8 2 12 12 0 12
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 3 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Section B
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Glentoran FC Belfast 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 5
2 Ards FC Newtownards 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
3 Newry Town FC 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 2
4 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 3 0 2 1 1 6 -5 2
  24 6 12 6 28 28 0 24
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 3 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Section C
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Glenavon FC Lurgan 5 4 1 0 12 3 9 9
2 Portadown FC 5 4 1 0 10 2 8 9
3 Larne FC 5 2 1 2 8 10 -2 5
4 Coleraine FC 5 2 0 3 6 7 -1 4
5 Lisburn Distillery FC 5 1 1 3 7 8 -1 3
6 Crusaders FC Belfast 5 0 0 5 2 15 -13 0
  30 19 16 19 73 73 0 54
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 3 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Section B
  Played Won Drew Lost For Against Diff. Points
1 Glentoran FC Belfast 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 5
2 Ards FC Newtownards 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
3 Newry Town FC 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 2
4 Carrick Rangers FC Carrickfergus 3 0 2 1 1 6 -5 2
  42 23 20 23 89 89 0 66
Rules for classification: 1) Points (win 3 points, draw 1 point); 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Semifinals Linfield FC Belfast - Glenavon FC Lurgan 1-0
Portadown FC - Glentoran FC Belfast 2-2 aet (3-0 pen)
Final (Belfast 07.11.1989 and 22.11.1989) Linfield FC Belfast - Portadown FC 1-1 2-0