The night St Johnstone went 1-0 up on Real Madrid

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Somewhere once upon a time a scoreboard read Real Madrid 0 St Johnstone 1.And while the Saints of 1971 did not manage to hold on for a famous victory, the performance went to prove how talented a squad had been developed in Perth.The friendly fixture took place on May 12 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium as the Spanish giants prepared to take on Chelsea in the European Cup Winners’ Cup final.Saints were selected to provide the warm-up opposition and many of the players thought it was a wind-up when they were told.But when confirmed, they swiftly dusted down their passports and headed for the heat of Madrid.The Scottish season was not long over and the team had stopped training, although that certainly didn’t show in the early stages of the