How St Johnstone came back from the brink to Premiership safety

Former St Johnstone player Allan Preston was on BBC Sportsound duty at Fir Park and could not hide his delight.

“They were throwing their bodies on the line and if they play like that, they won’t be in that position next year,” he said.

“It’s been a bit traumatic for the last three years for St Johnstone – just made it out last year, play-offs the year before and made it out just on the last game of the season today.

“This is all for [outgoing chairman] Geoff Brown. He’s going to hand the club over [to American businessman Adam Webb] as a Premiership football club.

“I’m so, so happy for everyone connected with St Johnstone. It was a real worry.”

Former Motherwell captain Stephen Craigan said “it’s relief more than anything” for St Johnstone.

“The weight was on their shoulders, they knew the outcome if they didn’t come here and win,” he added.

“Today was perfect for them. They’ve dealt with it mentally more than anything, rather than physically.”

Former Aberdeen captain and manager Willie Miller was in the Highlands the Dingwall draw and said County threw “everything at it”.

“They were so unlucky not to find the back of the net,” he said.

“They have now got to use that experience that they had last season going into the play-offs and do what they did back then and survive it.

“I wouldn’t say it would be a definite but I think you would put them as favourites to be able to deal with staying up.”