1986–87 Irish League Cup

The 1986–87 Irish League Cup (known as the Roadferry Freight League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 9 May 1987 with the final.

1986–87 Irish League Cup

Roadferry Freight League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Linfield (1st win)
Runners-up	Crusaders
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	107 (3.45 per match)

Linfield became the first ever winners of the competition after defeating Crusaders 2–1 in the final.

First round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ards	1–0	Ballymoney United
Ballyclare Comrades	1–0	Larne
Ballymena United	8–1	Milford Everton
Banbridge Town	0–5	Linfield
Bangor	2–4	Limavady United
Carrick Rangers	1–0	Dungannon Swifts
Cliftonville	1–0	Harland & Wolff Welders
Cliftonville Olympic	2–1	Omagh Town
Coleraine	2–1	Chimney Corner
Crusaders	1–0	Queen's University
Distillery	1–0	UUJ
Glenavon	1–0	Brantwood
Glentoran	2–1	RUC
Glentoran II	4–1	U.U.C
Portadown	3–2	Dundela
Tobermore United	1–2	Newry Town

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ballyclare Comrades	0–3	Coleraine
Ballymena United	1–6	Linfield
Carrick Rangers	0–2	Glentoran
Cliftonville Olympic	0–2	Crusaders
Glenavon	2–1	Cliftonville
Glentoran II	4–2	Distillery
Newry Town	2–1	Ards
Portadown	0–3	Limavady United

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Coleraine	1–2	Linfield
Crusaders	5–2	Limavady United
Glenavon	1–2	Newry Town
Glentoran	5–2	Glentoran II

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Crusaders	2–1	Glentoran
Linfield	2–1	Newry Town

Final

9 May 1987

Linfield	2 – 1	Crusaders
Burrows 15' McGaughey 53'	Report	Elliott 62'

The Oval, Belfast

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Carryduff)