Hannah Clark's honest halfway line goal admission as super Saints celebrate another victory
dailyrecord.co.ukHannah Clark netted from the halfway line as St Johnstone WFC made it three wins from three to start the new campaign.But the Perth skipper was honest enough to admit that she wasn’t necessarily going for goal when putting the laces through the ball!Clark fired in the long-ranger against Stirling University just shy of the half hour mark after Niamh Irvine had opened the scoring with a clever first-minute lob.The students pulled one back in the 59th minute but, not long after, Morgan Steedman wrapped up a 3-1 away victory for the Saints.Clark, on her long-range effort, smiled: “I’d probably be lying to myself if I said I meant it, but I’ll take it.“When I’m making a clearance or attempt to win the ball I’ll always try and put it down the middle of the pitch for our strikers to chase.“It was just fortunate that it landed in the back of the net.
I’ll take the credit for it."It may well encourage Clark to have a pop more often and she added: “Any chance I get to have a shot at goal I’ll always take it.
I like to live by the saying if you don’t shoot you don’t score.”Clark, handed the captain’s armband for this season, felt Saints were worthy winners but knows there is room for improvement.“It wasn’t our best performance by any means,” she said. “We stuck it out and worked hard.“I think, when you’re not playing at your best but still managing to pick up three points, it shows the character you have within the dressing room.”The win against Stirling followed triumphs over Queen’s Park and East Fife to keep Saints top of the early standings.Clark said: “The team have started the season really well.
You can’t ask for any more than three wins out of three but we’re not getting ahead of ourselves.“It’s a long season ahead and we
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