St Johnstone boss Tommy Wright has given his support to his Scottish Cup-winning captain Dave Mackay.
Mackay and assistant Frazer Wright, another Perth old boy, were sacked by Stirling Albion after Saturday’s 3-0 defeat to League Two bottom club Albion Rovers.
And Wright’s door will be open for them at McDiarmid Park.
“Cuptie and Frazer will be coming in for a chat about it in the next week or two once things settle down,” he said.
“Touch wood, it hasn’t happened to me but it’s not nice when any manager loses his job.
“I remember years ago Bobby Robson saying part-time managers have it tougher than full-timers.
“I don’t know what Dave was doing at Stirling but there tends to be a lack of infrastructure at smaller clubs.
“At part-time clubs I have done everything from taking kit home and getting it washed to organising buses. It is a difficult, 24/7 job.
“I am disappointed for Dave but I am sure he will learn from it.”
