Goal-hero Marcus Fraser says “it’s absolutely massive” for St Mirren to have retained their Premiership status.
“What we’ve built in the last three or four seasons, we didn’t want to just throw away,” said the wing-back, who scored the only goal in the second leg of the play-off final against Partick Thistle.
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“I thought we were going to win 2-0, but it was only 1-0 and I got the goal. So, as players, you always write these wee stories in your head. Thankfully, I got the winning goal and it came up trumps.”
Fraser’s second-half goal, which he describes as “being up there” as one of the biggest in his career, came after nerves settled for the Paisley club in a tense affair.
“Probably both games, there wasn’t much quality,” he added. “Obviously, there were a few nervy bits, but we got there in the end.
“I wanted to win so much, obviously to stay in the league, but just not for that. We didn’t want the League Cup win to get forgotten about because it quite easily could have.
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“We can look back on the season now as probably a positive one with a League Cup in the bag and staying in the league as well.”
Interim boss Craig McLeish has made it clear he wants the position on a permanent basis and Fraser thinks the 36-year-old coach merits being given a chance.
“His ideas and what he’s brought to the table has been really, really good,” he said. “I think you can see that in our performances and what he’s doing.
“He’s been really positive and picked the group up and fair play to him for that.”
