The Scotsman

Saints captain Gordon eager to keep the silverware in Perth

- By ANGUS WRIGHT

St Johnstone captain Liam Gordon is determined to keep the Scottish Cup and Premier Sports Cup on display at Mcdiarmid Park for as long as possible.

Callum Davidson’s side made club history and stunned Scottish football last season by bringing both domestic cups to Perth.

Ahead of the Premier Sports Cup semi-final against Celtic at Hampden Park today, Gordon revealed he is far from ready to relinquish the trophies which act as a constant reminder of a remarkable and never-to-beforgotte­n campaign.

The 25-year-old defender said: “I see them every time I come to training, they are just sitting in the reception. I don’t want to see them go any time soon.

“So we will be trying our hardest to keep them in the trophy cabinet that sits in the reception for a long time. Hopefully we can get to another final and retain it.

“We have another opportunit­y to write the history

books, defending the League Cup. It is a kind of surreal feeling, being a St Johnstone fan, not just a player, that we have that opportunit­y. No one could have predicted last season. It was almost fairy tale stuff but it starts to become reality because you have the chance to defend it and we are back in the semi-finals where we were last year so we have that opportunit­y to continue the success we had.”

Gordon was named successor to departed Jason Kerr as Saints captain last month and looks forward to leading the team out at the national stadium.

He said: “It will be an incredible honour for me. To lead out the team you support at Hampden is something that you can only dream of growing up as a kid.”

St Johnstone’s four games at Hampden Park last season – two semi-finals and two finals – were played behind closed doors due to Covid-19 restrictio­ns and Gordon is relishing the prospect of a packed stadium this afternoon.

He said: "I am delighted the fans are back in. We will have enough fans through there and we will hopefully hear them over the Celtic fans. We have been there, we have done it before, we know what it takes so we are going into this game full of confidence.”

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Liam Gordon: Been there, done it, ready to do it again

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