St Mirren’s most successful domestic period ever, a run that started in the 1978/79 season when Jim Clunie’s side stormed into the top six in the Premier Division for the first time in decades.
A man who was at the heart of the midfield for almost all of that sensational sequence was Billy Stark, a pivotal cog in the Buddies machine that went on to qualify for European football for the first time in 1980.
The talented playmaker went on to play more than 340 games in the stripes, bagging an impressive 84 goals in the process before linking up with Sir Alex Ferguson once more at Aberdeen.
Now the Scotland under-19 coach, Stark has been keeping an eye on his former club this season as their youthful side stands on the crest of breaking back.
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