Millennium Champions: Saints' Sunday service

Unsurprisingly for Greenock, it was raining. It was pretty heavy as the game got underway, with Saints fans running from the terracing behind the goal (the Cowshed was closed for "redevelopment") over to the stand. There, they were met by a steward charging them an extra £2 to get in, so while it was Clydebank we were playing, the presence of Morton chairman Hugh Scott still loomed large. There was plenty of space in the stand as the Clydebank fans were standing on a hill outside the ground watching the game as some sort of protest about the way their club was being run.

As a result, they had as good a view as anyone of Saints' opener after just a few minutes. Mark Yardley teed up Barry Lavety and the big striker (Basher, not Yards) was able to run through and fire past Colin Scott.

Despite Saints dominating most of the first half, the two sides went in level at half time when we conceded from a corner (some things never change) - Peter Cormack cracking home a shot with the help of the woodwork. Fortunately, Basher restored the lead early in the second half, much to the delight of the Saints fans behind the goal.

The Bankies then had James McKinstry sent off for a shocking challenge on Ian Ross and the lead was doubled with a quarter of an hour to go thanks to a wonderful strike from Tom Brown, who finished off a good team move. Despite continuing their dominance, there was a nervy end as Gregg Miller got one back with five minutes to go. However, in true Tom Hendrie style, it was Saints who pushed for another goal and they passed up a number of chances to kill things off.

No matter, we'd got what we came for. Now it was time to return to Paisley for some more goals.