Buddies denied final day victory
WITH FOOTBALL IN COLD STORAGE WE TAKE A LOOK AT OLD ST But it’s still gr-eight to finish in ‘high’position
powerful angled shot towards goal that Jamie MacDonald managed to parry to his right hand side- but Newton was there to confidently bury home the rebound.
Forward Magennis glanced a header wide from a good position after neat build- up play between Newton and Wylde.
The goal seemed to take the wind out of Hearts’ sails and Wylde came close for the home side, with a cross come shot after a foraging run down the lefthand side.
Midfielder McLean saw a lovely leftfooted free-kick parried away to safety by keeper MacDonald before the break.
At the other end, Carrick side-footed a low pass from Walker agonisingly wide of the left-hand post.
Hearts equalised three minutes after the interval through a lovely counterattacking move as the ball got played up to Walker, the Hearts man saw his initial effort blocked by Dilo but it fell
Match Facts
Score St Mirren 1 Hearts 1
Scorers Newton (28), Carrick (48)
Bookings Walker (55), Paterson (74), McLean (80)
Red Carded No-one
Referee Stephen Finnie
Attendance 6,311
Teams: St Mirren (4-1-3-2): Dilo, McLean, McAusland, Newton (McGinn 72), Kelly, Naismith (van Zanten 90), McGregor, Teale (P McGowan 61), Magennis, Goodwin, Wylde. Subs not used: Kello, Reilly, Djemba-Djemba, Campbell.
Hearts (4-4-2): MacDonald, McHattie, Wilson, D McGowan, Robinson, Paterson, Walker (King 72), Holt, Smith (McGhee 46), Carrick (Oliver 82), Nicholson. Subs not used: Ridgers, McKay, Beith, L Smith. into the path of Carrick who gleefully tucked away the rebound.
McLean brought out a decent save from MacDonald, with a left-foot shot from 18 yards, after Magennis played him in.
Newton left the field to a good ovation in what is probably his final appearance for Saints, McGinn replacing the on-loan Geordie ace, before Magennis glanced wide a cross from sub Paul McGowan.
Midfield playmaker McGowan headed an effort on to the roof of the net, afte Magennis glanced on McGregor’s free kick into the box.
Then McGinn drove low and into the arms of MacDonald with time running out, before Dilo saved brilliantly from Paterson’s header into time added on clawing it away with his right hand.
At the death, David van Zanten had hi swan song, replacing Naismith in wha could be his last ever appearance as a S Mirren player.