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1988–89 Irish League Cup
Roadferry Freight League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	32
Defending champions	Coleraine
Final positions
Champions	Glentoran (1st win)
Runner-up	Linfield
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	120 (3.87 per match)
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The 1988–89 Irish League Cup (known as the Roadferry Freight League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 3rd edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knockout cup competition. It concluded on 30 November 1988 with the final.

Coleraine unsuccessfully defended its 1988 title in the second round losing to Portadown. Portadown unsuccessfully defended its pursuit of the cup in the semifinals losing to Glentoran. Glentoran unsuccessfully defended its pursuit of the cup in the final losing to arch-rivals Linfield, 2–1.

The final was notable for the Glentoran goalkeeper Alan Paterson, scoring what turned out to be the winning goal. This was the first time that a goalkeeper had ever scored in a British football final.

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballymena United	2–0	Armagh City
Ballymena United II	1–2	Brantwood
Banbridge Town	1–3	Bangor
Chimney Corner	1–1 (3–4 p)	Ards
Cliftonville	5–2	Ballyclare Comrades
Coleraine	4–3	Ballymoney United
Crusaders	1–0	Harland & Wolff Welders
Distillery	2–0	UUJ
Glenavon	1–0	RUC
Glentoran	5–0	Limavady United
Larne	0–2	Dundela
Linfield	3–0	UUC
Linfield Swifts	8–2	Tobermore United
Newry Town	3–3 (6–8 p)	Dungannon Swifts
Omagh Town	3–3 (5–3 p)	Carrick Rangers
Portadown	4–1	Queen's University

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	4–3	Dungannon Swifts
Brantwood	0–2	Dundela
Cliftonville	1–0	Ballymena United
Coleraine	1–1 (1–3 p)	Portadown
Crusaders	2–1	Distillery
Glenavon	5–2 (aet)	Ards
Glentoran	6–0	Omagh Town
Linfield Swifts	1–4	Linfield

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Bangor	0–1	Glentoran
Cliftonville	0–3	Linfield (played at Windsor Park)
Glenavon	3–1	Crusaders
Portadown	1–0 (aet)	Dundela

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glentoran	3–2	Portadown
Linfield	3–1	Glenavon

Final

30 November 1988

Glentoran	2 – 1	Linfield
McCartney Paterson	Report	Mooney

The Oval, Belfast

References

"Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
"Northern Ireland 1988/89". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
"Glentoran goal for Alan Paterson" – via www.youtube.com.
Glentoran Football Club – The Pride of East Belfast – Legends

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Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Irish League Cup Gold Cup Ulster Cup Floodlit Cup County Antrim Shield
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup European Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 6)

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League cups	England Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '88 '89
Supercups	West Germany
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