1987–88 County Antrim Shield

The 1987–88 County Antrim Shield was the 99th edition of the County Antrim Shield, a cup competition in Northern Irish football.^[1]

1987–88 County Antrim Shield

Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	12
Defending champions	Glentoran
Final positions
Champions	Newry Town (1st win)
Runners-up	Ballymena United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	25 (2.27 per match)
← 1986–87 1987–88 (Chalice) 1988–89 (Shield) →

Newry Town won the tournament for the 1st time, defeating Ballymena United 2–1 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]

Results

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballyclare Comrades	2–0	Bangor
Larne	2–2 (a.e.t.) (5–6 p)	Glentoran
Linfield	2–1	Glenavon
Newry Town	1–0	Carrick Rangers
Ballymena United	bye
Cliftonville	bye
Killyleagh Youth	bye
Portadown	bye

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Cliftonville	0–1	Ballymena United
Glentoran	3–1	Linfield
Newry Town	4–0	Ballyclare Comrades
Portadown	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Killyleagh Youth

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Glentoran	0–1	Ballymena United
Newry Town	2–0	Killyleagh Youth

Final

25 November 1987

Newry Town	2–1	Ballymena United
Magee 31' Hawkins 40' (pen.)		Dougherty 6'

The Oval, Belfast

Referee: W. Clarke (Newtownards)