‘Euphoria’ for relieved Saints

St Johnstone picked up a couple of bookings and lost a couple of shirts, writes Eric Nicolson.

But the injury-time Easter Road celebrations and the circumstances that brought about the “sheer euphoria” were certainly worth it, according to boss Tommy Wright.

“The celebrations probably were a wee bit over the top, to be honest,” he said. “But it was a bit of relief given how the game went. I was pretty calm and I thought we’d see the game out then it all changes on a bad decision.

“I know Michael Stewart on Sportscene tried to make the argument it was the right decision in the end because of other things, but it was given for handball.

“You shouldn’t be giving that because of how close he was and that was the decision he made. It wasn’t for anything else.

“At that moment, you go from being perfectly calm to desperation and then it was sheer euphoria, delight and relief because of the run we’d been on.

“It’s not often that happens but it showed how important it was and how much it meant to everyone.”

“A few shirts went into the fans as well so I doubt the chairman will be happy about that, but it will be fine,” added the manager.

“I think it’s a great thing seeing players celebrate with supporters like that. It just shows the connection they have with the fans. I don’t think you should moan about over-celebrating when it’s with your own fans.

“We got two bookings because of it and I think Murray Davidson’s was harsh because he didn’t go over the fence.”

Saints now have a week off but the Hibs win has set them up perfectly for a busy December.

“It had been a tough few weeks so we knew how big a result that was for us,” said Wright.

“Motherwell and Hamilton winning were two results you probably didn’t expect so if we’d come in having dropped points on the back of a bad decision, it would have been a kick in the teeth.

“Hopefully we can push on now and take that energy into the games we’ve got coming up in December.

“We have something like seven or eight matches in a month so there is a chance to push right up the table.”

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Picture: SNS. Murray Davidson celebrates his goal.