Linfield boss David Healy deserves more respect for Gibson Cup success, says Ben Hall

Towering Linfield defender Ben Hall says David Healy deserves more respect for leading the Big Two giants to a fourth straight league title.

Hall bagged a crucial opener as the Belfast club clinched its 56th Gibson Cup with a 2-0 win over Coleraine on Saturday evening.

Afterwards Healy appeared to place a question mark over his Windsor Park future while suggesting a section of Linfield fans are “still unsatisfied" with his seven year tenure.

But Hall believes the 42-year-old has done a phenomenal job on the back of losing key players last summer and helping the club transition to a full-time model this season.

“I don’t think he gets enough credit for the job he has done,” said Hall. “With the amount of players he lost from last season and the transition into full-time football.

“It has been a massive turnaround players wise and to get them all to click and go and win another league title on the back of it and the fourth on the road is unbelievable.

“It has been a great changing room to come into and a great bunch of lads to do it with, so on a personal level I’m just delighted to help us win the league.

“It’s the biggest club in the country and as a player you want to win things and I’m just delighted to win my first ever title at Linfield.”

Saturday’s win ensured Linfield finished a point above Paddy McLaughlin’s Cliftonville who ended their campaign with a 2-1 win over Glentoran at the BetMcLean Oval.

Hall, who joined Linfield in the January transfer window, said: “Cliftonville took us to the last day and credit has to go to them for taking it right down to the wire.

“We knew what was at stake and it would have been heartbreaking to miss out and win nothing, but thankfully we were able to get it over the line.”

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