Season 1918-19

By the beginning of the 1918-19 season the War appeared to be coming to an end and when it eventually ended in November, the Scottish League decided to introduce a Victory Cup competition to celebrate.

The competition started in March 1919 with Saints facing Dumbarton at Love Street in the first Round. A 0-0 draw took them to a replay at Boghead four days later and a Hodges goal was enough to see Saints through to face Clyde.

A 3-2 defeat of Clyde and then a 1-0 victory over Celtic, courtesy of a Thomson goal and some fine goalkeeping from Willie O’Hagan, took St.Mirren into the Semi-final and a clash with Hibernian.

The match ended 1-1 and went into extra time. Right at the start of extra time Hibs lost one of their forwards with a broken collar bone and Saints took advantage of the extra man to record a 3-1 win, Thomson2 and Clark the scorers.

They faced Hearts in the final at Celtic Park on the 26th April 1919.

Once again extra time was necessary to separate the sides with saints emerging winners with two goals by Hodges and one by Sutherland to win 3-0.

Saints were presented with a Shield for this win as no cup had been made yet. When the cup was finally made it was presented to them and both trophies now reside in the Love Street boardroom!