Every football fan wants to watch homegrown talent rise through the ranks and proudly pull on the first-team jersey. Alistair Stevenson is no different.But St Johnstone’s youth academy manager came to realise that, for many years, the club’s success with an experienced squad made it virtually impossible.Saints were a team with strong foundations and proud leaders including the likes of Dave Mackay, Frazer Wright, Steven Anderson, Chris Millar and Steven MacLean.
The list goes on.The ‘old guard’ served their manager Tommy Wright with great distinction and played a pivotal role in continually defying the odds to achieve greatness at McDiarmid Park.Top six finishes, qualification for European competition and that famous Scottish Cup day in May