Highland hell for suffering Saints
MIRREN MATCHES AS THEY WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME
Star Saint:
Gary
Harkins
The new signing almost netted in the opening 45 minutes and appeared to be the only St Mirren player intent on driving the ball forward in the second half
Match Facts
Score Inverness CT 3 St Mirren 0
Scorers Vincent (47), Doran (48), McKay (59)
Bookings Thompson (27), Warren (39), McGinn (40), van Zanten (47, 80), Raven (82)
Red Carded van Zanten
Referee Kevin Clancy
Attendance 3,215
Teams Inverness Brill, Raven, Shinnie, Vincent (Agdestein 82), Warren, Meekings, McKay, Draper (Polworth, 80), Foran, Doran (Williams, 89), Ross. Subs not used – Esson, Devine, Greenhaigh, Tremarco.
St Mirren Cornell, van Zanten, Goodwin, McAusland, Grainger, Teale, McGinn (Kelly, 65) , McGowan (Robertson, 65), Reilly, Harkins, Thompson. Subs not used – McGregor, Dillon, Naismith, Brady, Dilo just seconds later which gifted Terry Butcher’s side a second.
Under pressure, Danny Grainger’s slack backpass was short to Cornell.
The keeper threw a boot at the ball, but his meagre clearance made it no further than Doran waiting at the 18-yard line.
Left with virtually an open goal, the wide- man made no mistake as he knocked home to double his side’s advantage.
Danny Lennon’s side were in disarray and, with less an hour on the clock, they conceded a killer third.
Inverness right-back David Raven had time to pick his cross which was met by McKay to glance home.
With 10 minutes to go, a bad day got even worse for Saints as van Zanten was ordered off for a second yellow card after bringing down the impressive Nick Ross.