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St Johnstone Fans Claim Any Goal This Weekend ‘Was Wind-Assisted and Still Counts’

Six Tayside and Fife clubs played in Saturday's weather.

A football, unpredictable.

A football, unpredictable. Photo: en:User:Xizor75, “McDiarmid Park”, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

PERTH — St Johnstone were among six local clubs kicking off at 3pm on Saturday in wet and windy conditions. Fans have agreed that any goal scored was “a masterclass in reading the wind” and any goal conceded was “a freak gust, nothing to see here”.

The real story: Real: St Johnstone among clubs playing Sat 3pm in storm conditions (The Courier).

Letters to the Editor

The views expressed are those of the reader, and frankly that's on them.

  1. Wind-assisted or not, I’m counting it. Framing it.

    — Graeme S., North Muirton, 25 October 2026
  2. Wind was blowing for both sides lads. Just saying.

    — Andy M., Dundee, 25 October 2026
  3. Wind-assisted or not, I'm counting it. Framing it.

    — Graeme S., North Muirton, 27 October 2026

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