1989–90 Irish League Cup

The 1989–90 Irish League Cup (known as the Roadferry Freight League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth edition of Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 19 December 1989 with the final.

1989–90 Irish League Cup
Roadferry Freight League Cup
Country Northern Ireland
Teams30
ChampionsGlenavon (1st win)
Runners-upNewry Town
Matches played29
Goals scored120 (4.14 per match)

Glentoran were the defending champions after defeating arch-rivals Linfield 2–1 in the previous final. This season they went out at the quarter-final stage with a defeat to Portadown. Glenavon were the eventual winners, becoming the fourth different winner of the competition in its first four seasons. They defeated Newry Town 3–1 in the final.[1][2]

First round

Ballyclare Comrades and Omagh Town both received byes into the second round.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ards 12–0 UUJ
Ballymena United 1–2 (aet) Brantwood
Bangor 5–1 RUC
Carrick Rangers 4–2 (aet) Dundela
Chimney Corner 0–8 Glentoran
Cliftonville 0–2 Harland & Wolff Welders
Coleraine 2–1 Queen's University
Crusaders 2–1 (aet) Banbridge Town
Distillery 2–2 (6–7 p) Limavady United
Glenavon 6–1 Tobermore United
Larne 3–2 UUC
Linfield 3–1 Dungannon Swifts
Newry Town 4–0 Ballymoney United
Portadown 4–0 Armagh City

Second round

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Ards 2–2 (4–2 p) Ballyclare Comrades
Bangor 2–1 Harland & Wolff Welders
Carrick Rangers 2–1 Omagh Town
Coleraine 3–0 Crusaders
Glenavon 4–0 (aet) Limavady United
Linfield 0–4 Glentoran
Newry Town 3–1 Brantwood
Portadown 2–0 (aet) Larne

Quarter-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Bangor 0–3 Glenavon
Coleraine 1–2 (aet) Ards
Glentoran 0–1 Portadown
Newry Town 5–0 Carrick Rangers

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Glenavon 3–1 Ards
Portadown 0–2 Newry Town

Final

Glenavon3 – 1Newry Town
Ferris
Conville
Report Hawkins

References

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