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During Saints
championship winning campaign in season 1999-2000, there was a bizarre
incident when they were forced to play a match wearing the tops of their
bitter rivals.
Someone in the
Saints camp packed the clubs red away kit for a match against Clydebank,
who were playing at Morton’s Cappielow Park.
Unfortunately,
Bankies were also wearing red tops and as saints were the away team the
onus was on them to change kit!
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Tom
Brown looking suitably
embarrassed
in his Morton top! |
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However, no-one
had thought to pack the stripes and the only solution Saints could find
was to don the yellow tops of deadly rivals Morton!
The players took the park to a stunned silence followed by a chorus of
boos as loyal fans realised what was happening.
Whether it was embarrassment at wearing the tops or not, the team put in
a well below par performance and could only manage a 0-0 draw with a
very poor Clydebank side!
This was not the
first time that St.Mirren have had to wear the strip of a rival as in a
Scottish Cup match in 1961, they travelled to Tannadice to play Dundee
United. A clash of colours forced Saints to travel along the road to
borrow the kit of United’s city rivals Dundee. This did not deter
Saints and they recorded a 1-0 victory. |
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Ricky Gillies
Complete
with the Rangers socks! |
More recently,
and a little less noticeable, was a match at Ibrox where the referee
made Saints change the colour of their socks. Having no spare ones with
them, they had to borrow a set from hosts, Rangers, complete with
Rangers crest!
The match was
lost 7-1!
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