'Most enjoyable season since Wright years' - how Saints stormed to title
'Most enjoyable season since Wright years' - how Saints stormed to titleTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedMedia caption, Highlights: St Johnstone win Scottish ChampionshipByAmy CanavanBBC Sport ScotlandPublished1 minute agoTop of the table since matchday one when they thrashed Partick Thistle - who turned out to be their only title challengers - 5-1, St Johnstone supporters were still not celebrating their Scottish Championship win until Ruari Paton's pinpoint header against Dunfermline on Tuesday sparked bedlam at East End Park.Simo Valakari's Perthshire Saints have sealed their immediate return to the Premiership with two games to spare, even if for much of the season it's seemed a case of when, not if, they'd be popping the champagne for their pending top-flight return next term.But for the punters who have become accustomed to a bit of pain in recent years, nothing was being taken for granted, despite a fairly flawless campaign."Being top throughout has brought a strange sort of comfort in a way, we've never been chasing or anything like that," Saints fan and Dogger Saints podcaster, Danny Williams told BBC Scotland."It's probably quite a natural reaction for football fans to get a bit nervy, especially after having four difficult seasons like we have - I think we've been carrying a bit of scar tissue."But, what a feeling enjoying going every week and being confident every week has been, this has just been a lovely way to top it all off."To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedMedia caption, St Johnstone players gatecrash the Sportscene studio'That's when the pendulum swung'As season's go, it's been a pretty straightforward one for St Johnstone. And it was very welcomed by those who spend their Saturdays - and this season, Fridays - at McDiarmid Park.They...المصدر: BBC Sport | Source: BBC Sport
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