Linfield captain Jamie Mulgrew aims dig at rivals as he savours 10th title success

Linfield captain Jamie Mulgrew appeared to aim a dig at derby rivals Glentoran as he savoured his 10th Irish Premiership title success with the Blues.

The 35-year-old midfielder raised the Gibson Cup at Windsor Park after Linfield beat Coleraine 2-0 on the final day of the season.

It is Linfield's fourth successive title success, and manager David Healy's fifth since coming in as manager back in 2015.

The final day of the Irish Premiership title race as it happened

Mulgrew admits the pressure to deliver local football's biggest prize was as intense as ever despite the club transitioning into full-time football last summer.

And he insists the Blues wouldn't have been afforded any grace if they hadn't defended their crown this season, or got away with using the rhetoric adopted by some other clubs. in recent times.

He told the BBC: "We will enjoy tonight and then look ahead to the next one. That's what happens here.

"You hear other clubs going on about 'journeys' and 'projects' and whatever else. We don't talk about that. We don't get that time.

"To me, that's excuses. Projects and journeys...you don't hear us talk about starting full-time last year.

"Would we have got a year's grace? Would we have got a year to maybe not win the league or take time off? No, we wouldn't have.

"And that's what it's about here. To keep winning trophies and keep this club successful.

"It is obviously more demanding and challenging because of the financial backing other clubs have and they're getting stronger and stronger. We can't stand still."

Mulgrew - currently sidelined through injury - had to watch from the sidelines as Linfield's title coronation was confirmed on Saturday night.

Goals from Ben Hall and Chris McKee saw them over the