Andrew Maclean

Lost him in December.

He'd have loved this.

So that was for him.

Biggest influence in my life, you know, professionally and personally.

So he'd have loved this.

He'd have been outside with a cigarette, his fedora, his walking stick, telling everyone I told you.

You know, so he'd have loved it.

So, yeah, I'm hoping the family take a bit of solace in this today.

And it's been difficult for us, you know, but he's always been with me.

I feel dead calm when I think about him.

So, again, I've lost him.

It's a huge loss to me, but it's been a... I feel him sometimes, like, you know what I mean?

Half-time Andrew, Celtic 2-0 St Mirren, now a goal at either end of the first half has put Martyn Oatman in full position to take on Neil Lenington-Furman here next month.

What an incredible start goal for St Mirren, just 58 seconds into the game, a nightmare for stand-in goalkeeper Ryan Mullan.

The one-time Hoop Johnson being just his second start for the buddy with Jamal George out injured.

There was a fast-back from Miguel Freckleton, he was guilty of a clumsy touch, he was closed down by Dyson Myra, his clearance hit the Japanese centre-forward and spun

agonisingly for Mullin, into the back of the net, just made his second goal in 23 games, but what a magnificent start for Celtic, might have won a corner after 8 minutes, when again he charged down, this time at Alec Gauley to balls, eventually walked to Arnie Engels, and his shot from the edge of the box struck the outside of the post and flew to safety.

then in 13 minutes more trouble for Mullin, he went down injured off the ball, he could not continue, and Craig McLeish had to send on 17-year-old Grant Tamasavisius for his first team debut, just three B team games for the teenager in the Challenge Cup this season, he held a shot from Benjamin Nigley and he then made a diving save to deny him either, but in truth for Lawrence Wells in the first half, Tamasavisius not put under any pressure at all.

In 30 minutes, Mikael Mandron's deflected effort, Ernst & Mirren in their first corner, it was delivered from the left by the captain Mark O'Hara, a booming header from Liam Donnelly and a fine save from Viljami Sini-Salo, but then the Finnish goalkeeper, a central figure to much of the play in the rest of the first half, an incredible moment, his clearance struck Killian Phillips, it flew back over the goalkeeper's head, he clawed it off the line, and was then rested when referee Matthew McDermott awarded Celtic a free kick.

framing the loose ball had come off Phillips' elbow, there was a booking for Engels for a foul on Jacob Deveney, it was then a deep cross from the left from Ciaran Tierney in 37 minutes, Yang Yun Jun's header beating Tamasa Vesias but coming back off the bar, but another huge chance for Samir in 44 minutes when Sini Salah again was charged down, this time by Jonah Iyunga, the ball fell for Mandron, he rolled it into the path of Phillips.