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1989–90 Irish League Cup
Roadferry Freight League Cup
Tournament details
Country	Northern Ireland
Teams	30
Defending champions	Glentoran
Final positions
Champions	Glenavon (1st win)
Runner-up	Newry Town
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	120 (4.14 per match)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Irish League Cup (known as the Roadferry Freight League Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 4th edition of the Irish League Cup, Northern Ireland's secondary football knock-out cup competition. It concluded on 19 December 1989 with the final.

Glentoran unsuccessfully defended its 1989 title in the quarterfinal losing to Portadown. Portadown unsuccessfully defended its pursuit of the cup in the semifinals losing to Newry Town. Newry Town would unsuccessfully defend its pursuit of the title in the final losing to Glenavon, 3–1.

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

19 December 1989

Glenavon	3 – 1	Newry Town
Ferris Conville	Report	Hawkins

Windsor Park, Belfast

References

"Northern Ireland - List of League Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
"Northern Ireland 1989/90". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. RSSSF. Retrieved 21 December 2012.

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Domestic leagues	Irish League
Domestic cups	Irish Cup Irish League Cup Gold Cup Ulster Cup Floodlit Cup County Antrim Shield
European competitions	European Cup UEFA Cup European Cup Winners' Cup
Related to national team	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 6)

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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

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Men	Irish Cup NI Football League Cup NIFL Charity Shield County Antrim Shield Mid-Ulster Cup North West Senior Cup Irish Intermediate Cup Steel & Sons Cup Bob Radcliffe Cup Craig Memorial Cup
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