Stephen Robinson dedicated his side’s success over Aberdeen to St Mirren’s band of super snow shovellers.
The Buddies gaffer admitted the club staff and volunteers who swept the pitch clear were the heroes as the Paisley outfit ran out 2-1 winners at the weekend.
Referee John Beaton gave the green light for a 4pm kick-off after enough hard work was done to prepare the surface and make surrounding areas safe.
Robbo is grateful to everyone who stepped up when it mattered most — and was thrilled his players rewarded them with a great performance and three points.
“We have to dedicate the win to all the volunteers that came in and worked tirelessly,” he said.
“We said the amount of effort and work that’s been put in to get this game on from people that aren’t getting paid, we owe them a performance.
“The staff, Tommy the groundsman. The work they put into it — there were ladies out there in shorts and T-shirts sweeping the pitch.
“It just shows what the club is about. Everyone was together. There wouldn’t have been a match without them.”
Robbo admitted he wasn’t confident this Premiership game would survive Storm Bert when he arrived at the ground and as he watched events unfold.
“With a three o’clock inspection,” he explained, “I still didn’t think we were going to play. We didn’t think at any stage there was going to be a game. Credit to John for being patient.”
Robbo insists he didn’t have a failure as sixth-placed Buddies clipped the Dons’ wings.
“Aberdeen have had an incredible start to the season which makes this result against a top team even better,” he said.
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