Gareth_Glasgow

Terrific day.
Well done Saints and Danny Lennon.

Fantastic day today and what a difference from the last final at Hampden - not just the win versus disappointment, but in the atmosphere - there were not 40 police lined up segregating the fans in the car park on the way in, Saints & Hearts fans walked freely amongst each other on the way in and out, and there were even a few we passed after the game who stopped to say congratulations. What a difference when there are no ugly sisters involved.

Terrific day.
Well done Saints and Danny Lennon.

FYI
I think this my be the Fabio Faria referred to on EG's t-shirt message.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fábio_Faria
Nice to show empathy and love for the poor guy, but as a professional...
Silly to get booked for it.
He/Saints got away with it, tho.

Just leaving for the game now.
Enjoy the game, everyone. Whatever the result today, Saints can be proud of the cup run (especially the semi-final) and hopefully everyone can enjoy a decent match and another non-Old Firm team lifting the cup. Also, if it doesn't go our way, history suggests we'll follow it up with a 4-0 gubbing of Celtic so we can't really go wrong tbh.
COYS.

I don't know any of you personally but have the time of your lives tomorrow Buds. I'll never have been prouder when I see Thommo, Cheesy and co walk out at Hampden tomorrow. I hope this is the greatest day for our beloved football club.

I am sitting here, and for some reason , despite having followed saints for all of my 51 years i am more nervous/excited/eager than i can ever remember.

Great result, phenomenal performance.

Great result, phenomenal performance.

Can't recall seeing Jim when the team were over celebrating with the fans and I suspected he was getting interviewed by the media. Heard on the radio on the way home that Goodwin thought his booking had put him out of the Final but wee Chico had told him in the tunnel that the rules for teams who started in the earlier rounds were different (3=ban instead of 2=ban) and he was eligible to play. Suspect he ran straight out the tunnel and up to the fans at that point given the smile on his face!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/scotfoot
3:40 Teale in tears, 14:25 Stewart Gilmour the same!

Best moment (among many) - Jim Goodwin at the end running to our fans and doing his arms aloft celebration pose. Magic.

To all the St Mirren fans who didn't go today because you thought we would get beat...I had tears in my eyes when thommo scored to put us 3-1 ahead at the national stadium. You all missed out on something wonderful today.

Great result, phenomenal performance.

How good was that double step over from the wee saints youth player at half time around the cellic keeper? When I saw that it gave me more belief for 2nd half!

The most amazing game I've seen. We outplayed Celtic in a Semi Final and won.
If we beat Hearts in the final then this will do me for the rest of my life.

Unbelievable today, couldn't make the game do to being completely hungover but what a curer that was. Cracked open the wine and watched the game. The look on thompsons face when he was celebrating brought me to tears while I was jumping about alone in the house like an absolute lunatic. This is what it's all about being a st mirren fan and my sevco and green scum supporting pals will never get that or understand it.
Special praise for wee McGinn, cheesy and Carey. But the whole team were outstanding. Still buzzing and thank f**k I'm off tomorrow. Enjoy everyone
Sorry had to mention Thompson again, great guy, st mirren fan and a great player. He must be absolutely delighted.

Well I'm not ashamed to admit I was in tears with three minutes to go while we were all shouting "we want four" as Saints had the ball in the corner. I've followed saints home and away pretty much since I was a boy. It's my 38th birthday today and the ticket was a present from my Celtic supporting brother!
It matches 87 for me as I was too young then to truly appreciate the significance. I'm the only buddy in a family full of ce**ic fans and I've endured a lot over the years from them.
Not tonight.
Best. Present. Ever.
Thank you so much St Mirren.
The wounds of THAT final went some way towards being healed this afternoon.

Indeed,no one player's loyalty or commitment to the cause could be questioned today , everyone of them gave 100% - and some a bit more than that. .
Thommo's desire to get the ball in the net and win the game for us was superb. .
After the first goal I almost lost my voice at the jubilation and our non-stop singing and chanting was first class as meanwhile at the other side of the stadium things seemed decidedly , quieter. What superb backing we gave our team as they gave us the performance of the season and Danny's first win against the vermin was to be done in style at the national stadium , no less, with a massive tv audience , no doubt. .
A great first day out for Gonsalves not just for the goal but the way he was hanging on to possession towards the end. And towards the end, we were all watching the minuites tick away, as we willed our team to hang on for the win . .
So wee Santa' at the end , he just said. ."Yeh , can shove yer fucken treble up yer arse. .!!". .

If you call being surrounded by Celtic fans at a Celtic game who were singing songs an incident then yes he did.

WOAH, WOAH, A THREAD ABOUT FOOTBALL? THE HELL IS THIS?
Ah. Spoke too soon.

Sorry guys , would not like to see him back at Saints. He had his time , he failed as a striker which is what he was employed for.
Nice guy , plenty of endeavour , but like the other players we cleared out , he had to go.

Couldn't agree more. Flatters to deceive with little or no end product and ,when given a certain job to track back and mark , fails spectacularly. I won't lose any sleep if he never "graces" the stripes again!

id love carey back but mcgowan is shite
unless we tried him up front with thompson or as a cf behind thompson

They got released because they are shite!