The Gibson Cup is sitting back in Windsor Park after two seasons on the Antrim coast with Larne.
David Healy’s Linfield romped home to take the title with five games to spare as they extended their record of title wins to 57.
Their dominance on the pitch was even more remarkable considering it was a season that saw speculation surrounding Healy and star player Joel Cooper leaving the club throughout the season.
The manager stayed and signed a contract extension two months ago, while Cooper, last year’s NI Football Writers Player of the Year, left for Coleraine.
The Blues’ nearest challengers last season were 22 points behind them and the side they dethroned as champions Larne.
A season of transition for the Inver Park side saw a first campaign in Europe but also the departure of Tiernan Lynch as manager in December.
They mustered a strong challenge in the second-half of the season to finish in the automatic European places at the expense of Glentoran.
After picking up the County Antrim Shield in January – their first silverware in five years – Declan Devine’s side went on to miss out on BetMcLean Cup, losing to Cliftonville in the final and the Irish Cup after a quarter-final defeat against Bangor.
No European football for them this season, but they did muster four wins over champions Linfield though, showing they are still capable of a big day performance.
Coleraine have found themselves in amongst the title favourites with the bookmakers after some big moves in the transfer market.
New manager Ruaidhri Higgins has brought in eight new signings this summer including the aforementioned Cooper, Stephen Fallon, Will Patching and Kodi Lyons-Foster.
