Saints defender Frazer Wright admitted he faced the wrath of the Perth club’s management team by sparking wild celebrations following their winning goal at the weekend.
Wright, who had earlier been in the wars after being caught by a wayward elbow, performed what could only be described as a rugby tackle on goal scorer Nigel Hasselbaink during the 2-1 success over Kilmarnock, with his team-mates joining the pair on the deck in a pile up.
While the players could probably be forgiven for the exuberant scenes, that didn’t stop Saints boss Steve Lomas, who has had several injuries to contend with already this season, from giving him a ticking off.
”The pile-up celebrations started after Rowan Vine scored the winner against Celtic to set us off on this run,” Wright admitted, referring to Saints’ club record-equalling five successive victories in the top flight.
”Nigel maybe thought it wasn’t happening but it was the last minute and I knew his goal had wrapped up the points and equalled the club record, so I grabbed him and rugby tackled him to the ground and everyone just piled in.
“I’m not too popular with the gaffer and Tommy Wright because they don’t like the celebration.
”They probably think we have enough injuries to contend with.”
The 32-year-old defender epitomises Saints’ ‘never-say-die’ attitude at the moment and ended up requiring treatment to blood pouring from a head knock in the first half, although it certainly wasn’t the first time in his career.
”The Killie physio told me he had a bet I’d take a head knock,” he revealed.
”He was used to patching me up in my time at Rugby Park.
”I was caught by an elbow and the blood was gushing. It wouldn’t stop. I was off the park getting patched up when Murray Davidson scored.
”I didn’t even see it because the doc and the physio were grabbing my head at that point.
”The physio glued the wound again at half-time but, sod’s law, I had two early headers after the break and it opened up again.
”It was a real problem. I’ve had a few head cuts in my time and I find the glue is actually better than stitches.
”The blood was still running when I was having dinner on Saturday night but it will be fine for the weekend.”
Wright will now focus his attention on the weekend’s trip to Inverness and he believes Saints can achieve a history-making sixth win on the trot if they can keep up their current workrate.
”It’s nice being linked with a club record and everything has been very positive in recent weeks,” he commented.
”Trips up there are always tricky and there’s no way we will take them lightly.
”They have been doing really well and won 4-1 at Dundee. They are getting the goals. But the SPL table looks good right now and we are keen to keep the winning run going.”