1989–90 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1989–90
Champions	Portadown; 1st Irish title
Matches played	182
Goals scored	510 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	Martin McGaughey (19)
	← 1984–85 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Irish League was the 89th edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 14 teams, and Portadown won the championship.

1989–90 Irish League is located in Northern Ireland

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Glentoran
Linfield

Location of teams in the Irish League from 1983–1990

1989–90 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1983–1990

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portadown (C)	26	16	7	3	42	17	+25	55	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Glenavon	26	16	6	4	52	26	+26	54	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Glentoran	26	12	8	6	43	24	+19	44	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Linfield	26	14	2	10	54	40	+14	44
5	Ballymena United	26	12	7	7	37	25	+12	43
6	Bangor	26	11	5	10	26	22	+4	38
7	Newry Town	26	11	4	11	42	37	+5	37
8	Cliftonville	26	9	8	9	37	39	−2	35
9	Larne	26	8	7	11	29	38	−9	31
10	Carrick Rangers	26	8	6	12	33	36	−3	30
11	Coleraine	26	8	6	12	36	44	−8	30
12	Ards	26	5	6	15	25	44	−19	21
13	Crusaders	26	4	8	14	27	55	−28	20
14	Distillery	26	4	8	14	27	63	−36	20

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CRK	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	GLV	GLT	LRN	LIN	NEW	POR
Ards		0–2	0–2	1–1	3–4	0–4	3–1	5–0	0–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–5	0–1
Bangor	3–0		0–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0
Ballymena United	0–0	1–0		3–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	5–1	1–3	2–3
Carrick Rangers	2–0	1–1	0–1		3–1	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	4–3	0–3	2–0	1–1
Cliftonville	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–2		2–0	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–3
Coleraine	4–0	3–2	0–2	1–0	1–1		1–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–2	0–0
Crusaders	0–3	2–0	0–2	3–2	1–1	1–1		3–3	1–2	0–4	1–2	2–3	2–1	1–2
Distillery	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–3	2–4	2–2		0–5	0–3	2–2	0–7	1–1	0–2
Glenavon	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	6–0		2–1	4–1	3–1	2–1	2–0
Glentoran	0–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	5–3	6–0	2–0	2–3		2–1	3–2	1–0	2–3
Larne	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–0		1–4	0–2	2–0
Linfield	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–1	1–4	4–3	2–0	3–1	1–3	1–3	2–0		4–1	1–1
Newry Town	2–2	2–0	3–3	2–0	3–0	1–3	2–0	2–4	3–1	1–0	2–0	1–2		0–0
Portadown	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–2	2–0	3–0

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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Irish League seasons
Irish League	1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
NIFL Premiership	2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

1989–90 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '89 '90 England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France East Germany West Germany Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90 Spain Sweden '89 '90 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '89 '90 Finland '89 '90 France Georgia East Germany West Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '89 '90 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '89 '90 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania San Marino Scotland Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Greece Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Soviet Union '89 '90
Supercups	East Germany West Germany
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Super Cup
Non-UEFA competitions	Intertoto Cup Baltic League
On request of the Soviet Union, UEFA imposed sanctions against Georgia and Lithuania