The 1987–88 National Hurling League (known as the Royal Liver National Hurling League for sponsorship reasons) was the 57th edition of the National Hurling League.
On 24 April 1988, Tipperary won the title following a 3-15 to 2-9 win over Offaly in the final. It was their first league title since 1978-79 and their 14th National League title overall.[1]
Down, Offaly, Roscommon and Westmeath entered Division 2 as the promoted and relegated teams from the previous season.
On 6 March 1988, Offaly secured the title following a 1-13 to 3-4 win over Down in the final round of the group stage. Antrim secured promotion to Division 1 as the second-placed team.
Down and Roscommon were relegated from Division 2.
Mayo, Meath and Tyrone entered Division 3 as the promoted and relegated teams from the previous season.
Meath secured the title following a 5-7 to 2-5 win over Kildare in the final round of the group stage. Derry secured promotion to Division 2 as the second-placed team.
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The 1987 88 National Hurling League known as the Royal Liver National Hurling League for sponsorship reasons was the 57th edition of the National Hurling League 1987 88 National Hurling LeagueLeague detailsDates11 October 1987 29 July 1988League championsWinnersTipperary 15th win Other division winnersDivision 2OffalyDivision 3MeathDivision 4Longford 1986 87 1988 89 Contents 1 Division 1 1 1 Table 1 2 Group stage 1 3 Play off 1 4 Knock out stage 1 5 Scoring statistics 2 Division 2 2 1 Table 3 Division 3 3 1 Table 4 Division 4 4 1 Knock out stage 5 External links 6 ReferencesDivision 1 editNational Hurling League Division 1Season1987 88ChampionsTipperary 15th National League titleCaptain Pat O NeillManager Michael KeatingRelegatedClareCorkMatches played34Top goalscorer nbsp Pat Fox 6 40 1986 871988 89 All statistics correct as of 24 February 2017 Galway came into the season as defending champions of the 1985 86 season Westmeath and Wexford entered Division 1 as the promoted teams On 24 April 1988 Tipperary won the title following a 3 15 to 2 9 win over Offaly in the final It was their first league title since 1978 79 and their 14th National League title overall 1 Clare and Cork were relegated from Division 1 Tipperary s Pat Fox was the Division 1 top scorer with 6 40 Table edit Pos Team Pld W D L Diff Pts Notes1 Wexford 7 5 1 1 23 112 Waterford 7 5 0 2 15 103 Tipperary 7 4 1 2 20 9 Division 1 champions4 Galway 7 3 3 1 15 95 Kilkenny 7 4 0 3 14 86 Limerick 7 2 0 5 19 47 Clare 7 2 0 5 37 4 Relegated to Division 28 Cork 7 0 1 6 31 1 Relegated to Division 2Group stage edit Tipperary v Limerick 11 October 1987Tipperary3 12 1 4LimerickSemple Stadium ThurlesP Fox 2 4 A Ryan 0 4 A Buckley 1 0 P Fitzell 0 2 N English 0 1 D O Connell 0 1 T Kenny 1 0 G Kirby 0 2 G Hegarty 0 1 A Carmody 0 1 Referee J Moore Waterford Clare v Wexford 11 October 1987Clare1 14 1 11WexfordCusack Park EnnisV Donnellan 0 7 D Chaplin 1 2 T Guilfoyle 0 2 P Barry 0 1 A Cunningham 0 1 S Heaslip 0 1 T Dempsey 0 8 B Byrne 1 1 R Murphy 0 1 John O Connor 0 1 Referee W Barrett Tipperary Waterford v Kilkenny 11 October 1987Waterford2 14 1 10KilkennyWalsh Park WaterfordK Delahunty 1 6 S Ahearn 1 0 B O Sullivan 0 3 P Bennett 0 2 N Crowley 0 2 D Byrne 0 1 L McCarthy 1 0 T Bawle 0 3 R Power 0 2 H Ryan 0 1 T Lennon 0 1 S Whearty 0 1 L Ryan 0 1 B Young 0 1 Referee G Ryan Tipperary Kilkenny v Galway 25 October 1987Kilkenny0 13 0 15GalwayNowlan Park KilkennyT Leahy 0 7 H Ryan 0 2 L Ryan 0 1 S Whearty 0 1 R Power 0 1 E Morrissey 0 1 J Cooney 0 8 P Nolan 0 3 P Higgins 0 2 M McGrath 0 1 PJ Molloy 0 1 Wexford v Tipperary 25 October 1987Wexford2 11 1 7TipperarySt Patrick s Park EnniscorthyJ Hoilihan 0 7 M Morrissey 1 1 J McDonald 1 0 T Dempsey 0 2 B Byrne 0 1 G Maher 1 0 A Ryan 0 3 P Fox 0 2 P Delaney 0 1 C Stakelum 0 1 Limerick v Clare 25 October 1987Limerick3 9 1 11ClareBruff Sportsfield BruffS Fitzgibbon 2 0 T Kenny 1 0 G Kirby 0 3 M Nelligan 0 1 M Reale 0 1 T Quaid 0 1 B Finn 0 1 P Creamer 0 1 V Donnellan 1 7 D Ryan 0 1 T Guilfoyle 0 1 S Heaslip 0 1 A Cunningham 0 1 Cork v Waterford 25 October 1987Cork0 10 3 10WaterfordPairc Mac Gearailt FermoyM Foley 0 4 J Griffin 0 2 E Kavanagh 0 1 S McCarthy 0 1 G Manley 0 1 J Tobin 0 1 J Quirke 2 2 B O Sullivan 1 1 K Delahunty 0 3 S Ahearne 0 3 N Crowley 0 1 Referee T Murray Limerick Clare v Waterford 8 November 1987Clare1 6 2 9WaterfordCusack Park EnnisV Donnellan 0 6 T Guilfoyle 1 0 B O Sullivan 2 0 K Delahunty 0 5 M Walsh 0 2 S Ahern 0 2 Referee P Long Kilkenny Wexford v Kilkenny 8 November 1987Wexford0 11 0 7KilkennyWexford Park WexfordJ Houlihan 0 9 P Carton 0 1 B Byrne 0 1 T Leahy 0 5 L Fennelly 0 1 H Ryan 0 1 Referee S Moore Waterford Tipperary v Galway 8 November 1987Tipperary0 7 0 7GalwaySemple Stadium ThurlesP Fox 0 2 P Delaney 0 1 P Fitzelle 0 1 P O Neill 0 1 N English 0 1 C Stakelum 0 1 J Cooney 0 3 M McGrath 0 2 S Mahon 0 1 P Nolan 0 1 Referee T Murray Limerick Limerick v Cork 8 November 1987Limerick1 10 2 2CorkFitzGerald Park KilmallockG Kirby 1 5 P Foley 0 2 B Finn 0 2 S Fitzgibbon 0 1 M Mullins 1 2 K Hennessy 1 0 Referee G Ryan Tipperary Kilkenny v Clare 15 November 1987Kilkenny2 7 1 8ClareNowlan Park KilkennyL Ryan 1 1 M Phelan 1 0 T Leahy 0 3 C Heffernan 0 1 J Power 0 1 S Whearty 0 1 C Lyons 1 1 V Donnellan 0 4 M Meehan 0 2 T Guilfoyle 0 1 Referee W Barrett Tipperary Waterford v Wexford 15 November 1987Waterford1 10 2 13WexfordWalsh Park WaterfordN Crowley 1 3 K Delahunty 0 6 S Ahearne 0 1 J Houlihan 1 6 S Wickham 1 1 P Carton 0 3 B Byrne 0 1 T Dempsey 0 1 J McDonald 0 1 Referee P Long Kilkenny Galway v Limerick 15 November 1987Galway2 15 2 12LimerickDuggan Park BallinasloeM Connolly 0 6 E Ryan 1 1 PJ Molloy 1 0 A Cunningham 0 3 P Malone 0 2 S Mahon 0 1 C Hayes 0 1 S Linnane 0 1 G Kirby 0 7 P Creamer 1 0 T Kenny 1 0 P Foley 0 1 M Nelligan 0 1 M Reale 0 1 S Fitzgibbon 0 1 B Finn 0 1 Referee G Long Tipperary Cork v Tipperary 22 November 1987Cork0 8 2 10TipperaryPairc Ui Chaoimh CorkM Mullins 0 3 G Fitzgerald 0 2 K Hennessy 0 1 J Tobin 0 1 T O Sullivan 0 1 P Fox 0 6 N English 1 1 D O Connell 1 0 D Ryan 0 1 C Bonnar 0 1 A Ryan 0 1 Referee J Denton Wexford Kilkenny v Limerick 29 November 1987Kilkenny3 12 1 14LimerickNowlan Park KilkennyC Heffernan 1 1 L Fennelly 1 1 L Ryan 1 0 M Phelan 0 4 T Leahy 0 2 J Power 0 1 M Cleere 0 1 R Heffernan 0 1 R Power 0 1 G Kirby 0 7 T Kenny 1 1 G Ryan 0 3 M Nelligan 0 1 B Finn 0 1 R Sampson 0 1 Referee J Denton Wexford Tipperary v Waterford 29 November 1987Tipperary0 18 1 8WaterfordSemple Stadium ThurlesP Fox 0 9 N English 0 4 D Ryan 0 2 P Delaney 0 2 A Ryan 0 1 M Neville 1 1 K Delahunty 0 4 N Crowley 0 1 M Walsh 0 1 B O Sullivan 0 1 Referee D Murphy Wexford Galway v Clare 29 November 1987Galway3 14 2 3ClarePearse Stadium SalthillJ Cooney 1 6 A Cunningham 1 4 E Ryan 1 0 M Naughton 0 2 M McGrath 0 1 S Mahon 0 1 V Donnellan 2 2 T Guilfoyle 0 1 Referee G Kirwan Offaly Wexford v Cork 29 November 1987Wexford1 10 2 6CorkO Kennedy Park New RossJ Houlihan 0 6 B Byrne 1 1 G O Connor 0 1 M Morrissey 0 1 T Dempsey 0 1 M Mullins 1 3 K Kingston 1 1 T O Sullivan 0 1 M Foley 0 1 Referee W Barrett Tipperary Galway v Cork 6 December 1987Galway2 9 1 12CorkPearse Stadium SalthillPJ Molloy 1 1 A Cunningham 1 0 M Naughton 0 3 J Cooney 0 2 S Mahon 0 1 M McGrath 0 1 P Nolan 0 1 M Mullins 0 5 P Hartnett 0 4 M Barry 1 0 K Kingston 0 2 F Ramsay 0 1 Referee K Walsh Limerick Cork v Kilkenny 21 February 1988Cork2 6 4 7KilkennyPairc Ui Chaoimh CorkK Hennessy 1 2 L Forde 1 0 M Mullins 0 3 P Hartnett 0 1 L Fennelly 2 1 M Phelan 1 2 C Heffernan 1 0 S Whearty 0 2 M Cleere 0 2 Referee G Kirwan Offaly Waterford v Galway 21 February 1988Waterford4 10 3 10GalwayFraher Field DungarvanJ McDonald 2 0 K Delahunty 0 6 S Ahearne 1 2 P Bennett 1 0 M Walsh 0 1 N Crowley 0 1 J Cooney 0 6 E Ryan 1 1 B Lynskey 1 1 J Commins 1 0 T Keady 0 1 M Naughton 0 1 Referee P Long Kilkenny Limerick v Wexford 21 February 1988Limerick1 8 0 16WexfordBruff Sportsfield BruffG Ryan 1 2 G Kirby 0 3 B Finn 0 3 J Houlihan 0 7 M Storey 0 4 S Fitzhenry 0 4 B Byrne 0 1 Referee W Horgan Cork Clare v Tipperary 21 February 1988Clare1 11 6 11TipperaryCusack Park EnnisV Donnellan 0 7 G O Loughlin 1 0 J O Connell 0 2 T Guilfoyle 0 1 D Ryan 0 1 P Fox 2 6 N English 1 4 C Bonnar 1 1 D O Connell 1 0 D Ryan 1 0 Referee T Murray Limerick Limerick v Waterford 6 March 1988Limerick1 9 2 9WaterfordFitzGerald Park KilmallockG Kirby 1 4 B Finn 0 2 G Hegarty 0 1 T Kenny 0 1 G Ryan 0 1 K Delahunty 0 5 M Walsh 1 1 P Ryan 1 0 D Byrne 0 1 N Crowley 0 1 S Ahearne 0 1 Referee G Ryan Tipperary Kilkenny v Tipperary 6 March 1988Kilkenny2 12 0 4TipperaryNowlan Park KilkennyM Phelan 2 1 R Heffernan 0 4 M Cleere 0 2 S Fennelly 0 1 R Power 0 1 J Mulcahy 0 1 L Fennelly 0 1 J Brennan 0 1 P Fox 0 2 C Ryan 0 1 D O Connell 0 1 Referee T Murphy Limerick Wexford v Galway 6 March 1988Wexford2 9 0 15GalwayWexford Park WexfordJ Houlihan 2 4 S Fitzhenry 0 3 G O Connor 0 1 J Conran 0 1 J Cooney 0 8 A Cunningham 0 3 M Connolly 0 2 E Ryan 0 2 Referee W Barrett Tipperary Cork v Clare 6 March 1988Cork3 15 4 13ClarePairc Ui Chaoimh CorkM Barry 2 2 M Mullins 0 5 L Forde 1 1 T O Sullivan 0 4 K Kingston 0 1 T McCarthy 0 1 L Kelly 0 1 V O Loughlin 2 2 V Donnellan 0 6 T Guilfoyle 1 1 J Shanahan 1 0 M Guilfoyle 0 2 C Lyons 0 1 D Ryan 0 1 Referee J Denton Wexford Play off edit Clare v Limerick 10 April 1988 Play offClare2 7 1 11LimerickSemple Stadium ThurlesG McInerney 2 1 M Foyle 0 2 V Donnellan 0 2 D Ryan 0 1 D Chaplin 0 1 G Kirby 0 7 O O Connor 1 0 L O Connor 0 2 R Sampson 0 1 B Finn 0 1 Knock out stage edit Quarter finals Galway v Offaly 20 March 1988 Quarter finalGalway1 13 2 11OffalyCroke Park DublinM McGrath 0 4 B Lynskey 1 0 J Cooney 0 2 E Ryan 0 2 A Cunningham 0 2 T Keady 0 1 T Monaghan 0 1 PJ Molloy 0 1 M Corrigan 0 6 P Cleary 1 1 P Corrigan 1 0 D Owens 0 2 B Keeshan 0 1 S O Donoghue 0 1 Referee T Murray Limerick Antrim v Tipperary 20 March 1988 Quarter finalAntrim2 9 2 20TipperaryCroke Park DublinD Donnelly 1 3 F McAllister 1 1 O McFetridge 0 3 D Armstrong 0 1 K Barr 0 1 N English 2 7 D Ryan 0 4 A Ryan 0 3 P Fox 0 2 B Ryan 0 2 P Delaney 0 1 J Hayes 0 1 Referee P Long Kilkenny Semi finals Waterford v Tipperary 10 April 1988 Semi finalWaterford1 8 4 19TipperaryCroke Park DublinK Delahunty 0 4 P Bennett 1 0 L O Connor 0 1 S Aherne 0 1 P Ryan 0 1 B O Sullivan 0 1 N English 2 11 P Fox 2 4 A Ryan 0 2 D O Connell 0 1 P O Neill 0 1 Referee P Long Kilkenny Wexford v Offaly 10 April 1988 Semi finalWexford3 11 2 16OffalyCroke Park DublinT Dempsey 2 2 J Holohan 0 5 B Byrne 1 0 S Fitzhenry 0 3 G O Connor 0 1 M Corrigan 0 9 B Keeshan 1 3 J Dooley 1 1 P O Connor 0 2 E Coughlan 0 1 Referee T Murray Limerick Final Offaly v Tipperary 24 April 1988 FinalOffaly2 9 3 15TipperaryCroke Park DublinM Corrigan 1 3 E Coughlan 1 1 B Keeshan 0 3 J Kelly 0 2 N English 1 3 P O Neill 2 1 P Delaney 0 4 P Fox 0 3 J Hayes 0 1 C Bonnar 0 1 A Ryan 0 1 D O Connell 0 1 Referee J Denton Wexford Scoring statistics edit Top scorers overallRank Player Team Tally Total Matches Average1 Pat Fox Tipperary 6 40 58 10 5 802 Nicky English Tipperary 7 33 543 Jimmy Holohan Wexford 3 44 534 Val Donnellan Clare 3 41 50 8 6 255 Gary Kirby Limerick 2 38 44 8 5 506 Kieran Delahunty Waterford 1 39 42 8 5 257 Joe Cooney Galway 1 35 388 Mickey Mullins Cork 2 21 279 Tom Dempsey Wexford 2 14 20Anthony Cunningham Galway 2 14 20Top scorers in a single gameRank Player Team Tally Total Opposition1 Nicky English Tipperary 2 11 17 Waterford2 Nicky English Tipperary 2 07 13 Antrim3 Pat Fox Tipperary 2 06 12 Clare4 Pat Fox Tipperary 2 04 10 LimerickJimmy Holohan Wexford 2 04 10 GalwayPat Fox Tipperary 2 04 10 WaterfordVal Donnellan Clare 1 07 10 Limerick8 Kieran Delahunty Waterford 1 06 9 KilkennyJimmy Holohan Wexford 1 06 9 WaterfordJoe Cooney Galway 1 06 9 ClareJimmy Holohan Wexford 0 09 9 KilkennyPat Fox Tipperary 0 09 9 WaterfordMark Corrigan Offaly 0 09 9 WexfordDivision 2 editNational Hurling League Division 2Season1987 88ChampionsOffalyPromotedAntrimRelegatedDownRoscommon 1986 871988 89 All statistics correct as of 24 February 2017 Down Offaly Roscommon and Westmeath entered Division 2 as the promoted and relegated teams from the previous season On 6 March 1988 Offaly secured the title following a 1 13 to 3 4 win over Down in the final round of the group stage Antrim secured promotion to Division 1 as the second placed team Down and Roscommon were relegated from Division 2 Table edit Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Notes1 Offaly C 7 7 0 0 14 Promoted to Division 12 Antrim 7 5 0 2 10 Promoted to Division 13 Dublin 7 4 0 3 84 Laois 7 4 0 3 85 Kerry 7 3 1 3 76 Westmeath 7 2 1 4 57 Down 7 1 2 4 4 Relegated to Division 38 Roscommon 7 0 0 7 0 Relegated to Division 3Division 3 editNational Hurling League Division 3Season1987 88ChampionsMeathPromotedDerryRelegatedTyrone 1986 871988 89 All statistics correct as of 25 February 2017 Mayo Meath and Tyrone entered Division 3 as the promoted and relegated teams from the previous season Meath secured the title following a 5 7 to 2 5 win over Kildare in the final round of the group stage Derry secured promotion to Division 2 as the second placed team Tyrone were relegated from Division 3 Table edit Pos Team Pld W D L Pts Notes1 Meath C 7 7 0 0 14 Promoted to Division 22 Derry 7 6 0 1 12 Promoted to Division 26 Kildare 7 5 0 2 103 Carlow 7 5 0 2 104 Mayo 7 3 0 4 65 Armagh 7 3 0 4 67 Wicklow 7 3 0 4 68 Tyrone 7 0 0 7 0 Relegated to Division 4Division 4 editNational Hurling League Division 4Season1987 88ChampionsLongford 1986 871988 89 All statistics correct as of 25 February 2017 Monaghan entered Division 4 as the relegated team from the previous season On 29 July 1988 Longford secured the title following a 2 9 to 2 7 win over Monaghan in a replay of the league final Knock out stage edit Semi final Longford v Sligo 22 June 1988 Semi finalLongford2 11 2 6SligoPairc Sean Mac Diarmada CarrickMonaghan v Leitrim 26 June 1988 Semi finalMonaghan7 17 6 11LeitrimBreffni Park CavanFinals Monaghan v Longford 10 July 1988 FinalMonaghan3 15 5 9LongfordBreffni Park CavanLongford v Monaghan 29 July 1988 Final replayLongford2 9 2 7MonaghanBreffni Park CavanExternal links edit1987 88 National Hurling League resultsReferences edit National Hurling League Results 1925 2009 Hogan Stand Archived from the original on 5 August 2010 Retrieved 18 April 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1987 88 National Hurling League amp oldid 1139548395, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,