Rod

A poor performance and I fear we are not out the woods yet. Fingers crossed. The Simon Richardson tribute came across very well on the tv. I am not family but I was a very close friend of Simon and I have been in touch with Simon's family this evening. They are extremely grateful for the support shown by Saints and Jags fans tonight. The support shown over the last 6 months by Saints fans, St Mirren FC and The B&W Mag has been fantastic. Simon's family are extremely proud and rightly so. Proud to be a Buddie. Thank you all.

That's amazing Dave. Don't know if you remember me, but we met in the pub before the last game at Firhill and we met again at Simon's funeral. I mean this in the nicest way possible - I hope your team gets gubbed tomorrow. Cheers pal.

I was at the 3-0 game at Fir Hill on 10th November 2013 with Simon, my mate of 39 years, his nephew Keith, and another best friend Jim. Jim, Simon and me had stood on the Love Street North Bank from a young age - I lost count of the number of games we saw, home and away. 10th November will forever be etched in my brain. We had an excellent day out - beers, watching the Saints win, curry and laughs - exactly what best mates should do. Shortly after midnight I said my farewells to Simon and planned to do it all again a month later away to Motherwell. I walked one way, Simon walked the other. Shortly afterwards some random bastard killed him for no apparent reason. I was the lucky one. Not only is this an attack on my best mate, it's an attack on society - it could have happened to anyone reading this. I can't bring myself to attend tomorrow - do Simon proud Saints. The murder trial begins on 9th June. Justice for Simon.