| But he wasn’t so happy at the hamstring injury which necessitated the removal of skipper Kevin James and he is still insistent that the penalty which gave the home side a2-1 lead is the softest he’s ever seen.
Owen is also still upset that Saints had what he feels were “two perfectly good goals” chalked off and he also felt his side should have had a penalty when a home player handled in the penalty box.
“We went there to get three points and our performance merited three points,” Owen went on.
“But it was good to see Steven Milne getting 15 minutes as a substitute. He had knee surgery earlier in the season but trained last week. Kevin James, who was struggling with a hamstring injury last week, declared himself fit enough to play, but ended up coming off after tweaking his other hamstring.”
Saints legend Roddy Grant and comedian Bruce Fummey will be part of a pre-match show at McDiarmid Park organised by the Saints Business Club prior to Saturday’s match away to Dundee.
The event kicks off at noon and, following the show, the Business Club will travel to the game before returning to Perth for another function at the Queen’s Hotel.
Matt Glennon made history on Saturday when he became the first player in St Johnstone’s history to score in a competitive game while playing in goal.
He came up for a corner and netted Saints’ late leveller in their 2-2 away First Division divide against Ross County.
But he’s not the first Saints keeper to score.
John Balavage netted at Muirton Park against Hibs in the 1980s — but that was in a friendly. And, away back in 1914, Saints goalie Blackwood netted in a 7-0 demolition of Blairgowrie. But, with Saints 6-0 to the good at the interval, Blackwood came out of goal to play centre-forward in the second half — and netted Saints’ seventh. |
