Saints’ players reaching out to elderly fans
St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright and his players are helping to lift spirits amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Football across the country is on hold for the foreseeable future as the world bids to halt the spread of the pandemic.
Saints boss Wright has revealed members of the Perth squad will be phoning elderly season ticket holders for a chat.
“While football remains suspended, myself, my staff and the players will be phoning around our elderly season ticket holders for a quick chat and to see if there is anything that the club can do to assist,” saidWright.
“Once we have called our elderly supporters, we will do our best to phone round as many season ticket holders as possible for as long as this break from football continues.
“So, if you receive a phone call from myself or one of the staff or players, it isn’t a hoax.”
Saints’players continue to keep up their fitness away from McDiarmid Park.
Wright continued:
“On the football side of things, there is still a lot of uncertainty about what will happen but this is entirely out of our control.
“I’m sure the footballing authorities will be working extremely hard during these testing times.
“When there is any update the club will keep supporters updated via the usual channels.
“The players and coaching staff remain away from McDiarmid Park and we feel this is the safest and best course of action. “All players have their own individual training programmes which are being monitored daily by staff assuring that, when football does finally return, they are raring to go.”
Wright added:“It’s important to look out for your family members, friends and neighbours. These are unprecedented times for this country and indeed the world, and we need to check in on those who are most vulnerable.
“We need to try and stay positive, follow government guidelines, and hopefully the situation will improve quickly.
“We’re all dealing with the uncertainty at the moment but hopefully everything can return to normal as soon as possible.”