Tournament details | |
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Country | Northern Ireland |
Teams | 12 |
Defending champions | Glentoran |
Final positions | |
Champions | Newry Town (1st win) |
Runner-up | Ballymena United |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 11 |
Goals scored | 25 (2.27 per match) |
The 1987β88 County Antrim Shield was the 99th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football. [1]
Newry Town won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Ballymena United 2β1 in the final. [2] For the 2nd year running the County Antrim FA invited three clubs from County Armagh to compete ( Glenavon, Newry Town and Portadown). [3]
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Ballyclare Comrades | 2β0 | Bangor |
Larne | 2β2 (
a.e.t.) (5β6 p) |
Glentoran |
Linfield | 2β1 | Glenavon |
Newry Town | 1β0 | Carrick Rangers |
Ballymena United | bye | |
Cliftonville | bye | |
Killyleagh Youth | bye | |
Portadown | bye |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Cliftonville | 0β1 | Ballymena United |
Glentoran | 3β1 | Linfield |
Newry Town | 4β0 | Ballyclare Comrades |
Portadown | 0β0 (
a.e.t.) (3β4 p) |
Killyleagh Youth |
Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Glentoran | 0β1 | Ballymena United |
Newry Town | 2β0 | Killyleagh Youth |
Newry Town | 2β1 | Ballymena United |
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Magee 31' Hawkins 40' ( pen.) |
Dougherty 6' |