NB: season is 1988 but finished late
Colombo Football League
Division 1
Group A
1.Saunders SC 12 11 1 0 24- 2 34
2.Old Bens 12 6 1 5 16-14 19
3.Army Bullets 12 6 1 5 13-16 19
4.Madyamalanka 12 5 2 5 14-14 17
5.Black Square 11 3 4 4 17-15 13
6.Negombo Youth 12 3 0 9 10-24 9
7.Sunny Mount 11 2 1 8 10-19 7
Group B
1.Renown 10 7 2 1 20- 8 23
2.York SC 10 5 4 1 19- 8 19
3.Air Force 10 2 7 1 12- 7 13
4.Red Diamonds 9 3 2 4 9-15 11
5.CTB 10 1 4 5 7- 7 7
6.Municipal SC 9 1 1 7 6-24 4
NB: total GD +4; presumably error at CTB
Final Division 1 [Mar 4, 1989]
Old Bens SC 2-0 Saunders SC
Old Bens SC champions 1988.
NB: other sources report York SC as champions but they must have lost
to Saunders in the semifinals.
Final Division 2 [Mar 4, 1989]
Navy Sea Hawks 2-1 Sri Lanka Police
Final Division 3 [Feb 18, 1989]
Sapphire FC 2-0 Kurunegala
Mercantile F.A. League Division A 1988
Final Table:
1.Ceylinco Group 5 5 0 0 21- 3 10
2.Hotel Ceylon Intercontinental 5 2 2 1 5- 4 6
3.Commercial Bank 5 2 1 2 8-12 5
4.Air Lanka 5 2 0 3 7- 9 4
5.Air Lanka Catering 5 2 0 3 11-13 4
6.Lake House 5 0 1 4 2- 9 1
NB: total goal difference +4
Mayors Cup Inter Club Knockout Tournament (1988, 1988/89?)
Organised by City Football League.
Final
Old Bens SC 2-0 Saunders SC
[previous edition (1987/88, 1987?): Old Bens beat Ratnam in final]
ARM Yaseen Cup
Final [Jan 28, 1989]
Black Square 1-0 Red Star [aet]
Inter League Youth [U 19]-Championship For The Everyday Trophy
Semifinals
Dehiwela 3-1 Kaluthara
Sri Lanka Schools 4-1 Colombo League
Final
Sri Lanka Schools 4-0 Dehiwela
Inter District Tournament June-August 1988
Section 1
Kalutara Dist 18-0 Monaragala Dist
Kandy Dist 6-6 Kalutara Dist [aet, 2-3 pen]
Kilinochchi Dist 3-5 Matara Dist
Anuradhapura Dist bt Kalutara Dist
Anuradhapura Dist 5-1 Matara Dist
Anuradhapura qualified to semifinals
Section 2
Hambantota Dist w/o Galle Dist [Galle withdrew]
Ratnapura Dist 4-1 Ampara Dist
Badulla Dist 5-0 Hambantota Dist
Badulla Dist 1-1 Ratnapura Dist [aet, 4-1 pen]
Badulla qualified to semifinals
Section 3
Mannar Dist 2-5 Gampaha Dist
Kegalle Dist 0-1 Puttalam Dist
Kurunegala Dist 3-1 Gampaha Dist
Puttalam Dist 0-7 Matale Dist
Kurunegala Dist 2-2 Matale Dist [aet, 2-3 pen]
Matale qualified to semifinals
Section 4
N'Eliya Dist 11-1 Trincomalee Dist
Polonnaruwa Dist 1-5 Vauniya Dist
N'Eliya Dist 1-3 Batticaloa Dist
Colombo Dist 4-0 Vaunia Dist
Colombo Dist 2-1 Batticaloa Dist
Colombo qualified to semifinals
Semifinals
Anuradhapura Dist 0-5 Badulla Dist
Colombo Dist 1-3 Matale Dist
Final [Aug 14]
Badulla Dist 0-0 Matale Dist [aet, 1-3 pen]
Sources: [sss 8, sss 13]
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