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Made the trip from Canada with two of my boys (photos in the PDE). I was also home for the 87 final but for some reason the buzz around this final was may more than the 87. The team was great, the crowd was great and it was great to expose my boys to the team they call the buddies and to understand why we love them so much.
Win the cup, back to Paisley for the parade, couple of pints and a curry to finish off the night and then it was back on the plane to Toronto first thing Monday morning.
Priceless.

It just did, the baisturt !!

Nice one StLucifer - that's another thing going to have Shull in tears when he reads it!

And now to reality
And so came the day, the team sheet read out,
One change was made, from the Celtic rout.
In came Paul Dummett, at the expense of Carey,
And the first twenty minutes, were no less than scary.
Hearts well on top, and a goal to the good,
Missing chances, and hitting the wood.
But still we clung on, and lo and behold,
Our players stepped up, and scored their first goal.
Thompson flicked on, with Teale in full flight
He waltzed past defenders, down on the right.
A quick look around, and he sees it so plain,
And passes to Isma, to be the hero again.
With the crowd going wild, the ball’s in the net,
And the pain of the first quarter, we start to forget.
The second half starts, the whistles just gone,
Another goal for the Saints. Thompson’s on song.
2-1’s now the score, and belief is abound,
You could physically feel it, in the West of the ground.
There was better to come, as time ticked away,
Newton passed to Isma, and continued the play.
Goncalves flicked on, and in Connor stole,
“Baw’s in the pokey”, Saint Mirren’s third goal.
After Hearts got forward, and pulled one goal back,
It was our hearts not there’s that were having attacks
Lest we forget, it’s not just goals that you score,
To win a league cup, takes so much more.
Samson’'s save, and a Van Zanten block,
As we watched from the stand, the tick of the clock.
The whistle blows, it’s the end of the game,
Goodwin walks up, the trophy to claim
First Goodwin, then Samson, Thompson are there
McGinn, Van Zanten, McAusland and Mair,
Dummett, Newton, McGowan all go up
To lift that elusive, Scottish League Cup
Carey, McLean Adam, Parkin as well
All get their chance, so proud you can tell.
Then Teale and Goncalves, outstanding we say
They’ll all be remembered, for what happened that day
Last but not least, it’s the managers turn,
Danny Lennon lifts, the bright silver urn.
And as each of them lifted the cup and turned round
Tears were being shed, by all left in the ground.
So the cup comes to Paisley, the first time it’s been,
And throughout the town, were incredible scenes.
All I can say, to the staff and the players,
Is thank you for answering, all of our prayers!
Edited to correctly identify Parkin in the squad.

Roddy Manley (ex saint) in the Bank House, pictured with my son joining in celebration.

Brilliant to stand with my son,daughter and 2 nephews. Daily they need to listen to friends who follow the bigot brothers decry them about following St Mirren, a so called diddy team.
Stand proud in school this week,hold your heads high, your time has come ............St Mirren are back.
We BELIEVED.

Just back from Paisley , Chinese meal at the ready.
Absolutely brilliant day.
I'm knackered, Abby still hyper and singing.

Congratulations gentlemen, have a damned fine evening.

Can't wait for tomorrow to come.
Was down at the ground earlier and the place was busy with peeps buying merchandise. Everyone had big smiles on their faces. Loads of families with several generations all excited about tomorrow and wanting to tap into this fantastic feel good factor that has been at the club and in the town in the last week or so. It's great!. There really is real air of excitement about this one and I desperately hope the team deliver on the day and lift the cup.
I think the players and manager are witnessing first hand with the visits to school's, the signing session, the videos being made, the banners being made, Facebook and Twitter antics just how much this means to everyone that have st Mirren at heart and even the whole of the Paisley and the surrounding area.
These guys have seen the images in the new stadium and the legendary status that the cup winning teams of 1926, 1959 and 1987 are held by our great club and its supporters. This current team could win this cup, possibly the only thing they may win in their careers, and if they returned to St Mirren Park in 25 years time they woukd be treated like gods.
Like other posters have mentioned, we have all invested so much time, energy and emotion into following our great club and I really hope we win. Many people like myself with have dad's, uncles and grandfathers that used to take them to games who are no longer with us and it really gets the eyes welling up when you think of them and thr raw emotions that will come flooding to the forefront of your thoughts if we win tomorrow.
I will be thinking of late dad at tomorrows game and how glad and proud I am that he took me watch St Mirren like his father did before him.
Please go out there, do your best and hopefully the cup will be brought back to Paisley and new legends will done the walls of St Mirren Park for generations to come.

Up early. Got a ferry to catch this morning. Tossed and turned all night. I was in Great Victoria Travel Centre in Belfast yesterday picking up my tickets. Spoke to the same Celtic supporter I saw last week. We had a right old chinwag. A real nice fella. For a Celtic supporter. When I was leaving he said to me to pass on a message to any Hearts fans I come across. 'F**k youse an' yer 1986! Youse f**king blew it!' Will be happy to oblige.

Nae wonder you cannae sleep, the room will be honking.

Guid yin Buddieup !
It's no butterflies i get when i think about Sunday.
It's tears flowing. I'm gonnae be a wreck by the time kick off comes.
I better take my spray with me, just in case.

Memories from 1987, same scoreline will do me.

Cannae believe we made it.
Absolutely over the moon.
Life is wonderful ...

I'm actually quoting from the historical reference to the Alex as it seems to appear in the records. As I say I didn't know the Alex so can't exactly say where it was and how it relates to today's street scape.

Did a bit of work for my dad's mate who owned arrowhead removals doing the decanting work when the redevelopment was going on. To be fair imo it would have been money better spent to improve the housing stock oposed to demolishing it and new builds everywhere at the time as those that were demolished fairly solid homes.

Things you thought you would never see🙂

Which you are indulging in yet again with your snarky comments.
If you don't want flame wars, don't f**king start them.

Suit yourself.
If you don't want to be reasonable about it then that's on you.
Next time you ask me to remove a post for you regarding outing you as Long John Baldy (which I removed as soon as you asked), you'll know your answer.