Keeper praises St Johnstone’s ‘incredible’ fans

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“The boy made it really easy for us because he has gone the same way all the time,” added Mitov.

“But to be fair to him he hits it really low and really hard so I had to go a little bit early.

“I managed to get a good hand to it and I was really happy because if it had gone to 1-1 it would have been a completely different game.

“I wanted to play my part in such an important match.

“I’d totally forgotten that I saved one in the League Cup against Ayr. That seems such a long time ago and it didn’t mean anything. This one meant so much.”

Mitov, who will soon join up with his Bulgarian team-mates for a friendly double-header, believes it was St Johnstone’s unity that saw them across the line.

“Everybody knows that this season hasn’t been good enough,” he said.

“But we had to find a way to stay up.

“That wouldn’t have happened without leaders in the dressing room and boys who care about the football club – boys like Gordy (Liam Gordon), Mayso (Stevie May), Ryan (Mcgowan) and Andy (Considine).

“These are guys who have driven standards every single day.

“We deserved to stay up in the end and the supporters were incredible.

“Going into the Livingston game we hadn’t been playing that well and we also had a few bad results.

“But the fans were amazing – they have been all season.

“There have been more bad times than good times, unfortunately, but they have stuck by us and the fact that they didn’t give up on us is one of the reasons we stayed in the league.

“Their support at Livingston gave us such a lift.”