1988–89 Floodlit Cup

The 1988–89 Floodlit Cup was the 2nd edition of the Floodlit Cup, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.^[1]

1988–89 Floodlit Cup

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	16
Defending champions	Glentoran
Final positions
Champions	Glenavon (1st win)
Runner-up	Linfield
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	76 (3.17 per match)
← 1987–88 1989–90 →

Glenavon won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Linfield 6–1 in the final replay^[2] after the original final ended in a 1–1 draw.^[3][4]

Results

First round

Teams that were at home in the first leg listed on the left.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ards	3–3 (a)	Coleraine	2–2	1–1
Bangor	3–2	Ballymena United	1–2	2–0
Carrick Rangers	3–4	'Larne	1–3	2–1
Cliftonville	4–2	Newry Town	1–2	3–0
Glenavon	3–2	Distillery	3–0	0–2
Glentoran	2–1	Crusaders	1–0	1–1
Linfield	9–1	Omagh Town	3–1	6–0
Portadown	4–4 (a)	Ballyclare Comrades	2–1	2–3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	4–0	Larne
Coleraine	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Glentoran
Glenavon	6–0	Portadown
Linfield	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Cliftonville

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glenavon	3–0	Coleraine
Linfield	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Bangor

Final

21 March 1989

Glenavon	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Linfield
Coyle   117'		McGaughey   102'

The Oval, Belfast

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Carryduff)

Replay

25 April 1989

Glenavon	6–1	Linfield
Ferris   18', 69', 90+4' Blackledge   47' McBride   79' Lowry   90+1'		Knell   86' McKeown   74'

The Oval, Belfast

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Carryduff)

References

1. "Irish League Archive, Floodlit Cup". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
2. "Rampant Glenavon's six appeal". Belfast Telegraph. 26 April 1989. p. 29.
3. "Brave Glenavon deserve another shot at Cup". Belfast Telegraph. 22 March 1989. p. 25.
4. "Floodlit Cup Results". Irish League Archive. Retrieved 19 April 2023.

External links

• Northern Ireland - Floodlit Cup