St Johnstone 0 Dundee 0 extras: Emotional minute’s silence, Davidson’s praise for Saints fans and an eye-catching debut from former Aberdeen winger

Three key issues and observations from St Johnstone’s goal-less draw with Dundee as both teams end long losing league runs with basement stalemate.

Lily Taylor tribute

It isn’t often St Johnstone and Dundee fans are united in a single cause, particularly when they are both locked in a tense battle at the bottom of the table. However, the case of tragic Lily Taylor is a powerful reason for a hands-across-the-Tay gesture. The young St Johnstone fan from Perth passed away on Sunday at the age of 14 after a five-year battle with Ewing Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. As well as being a supporter of her local team, she was a keen dancer and had even performed at McDiarmid Park with her troupe.

The club asked for fans to pay tribute to Lily with a round of applause in the 14th minute and with the ball having gone out of play at around that time, the players even paused to bring an extra sense of significance to these poignant moments. Pink balloons were released as well as some puffs of pink smoke. The St Johnstone supporters will have noted that their counterparts from Dundee applauded with equal gusto.

It proved a tear-jerking 60-second break from a relegation scrap that while important, is really not very important at all.

Callum Davidson fans’ praise

After the trials of Kelty, there might have been some trepidation felt by St Johnstone players at how they would be treated by the fans, some of whom were very vocal in their criticism after that Scottish Cup defeat in Fife. Any such fears were quickly extinguished as the home supporters gave their team stout backing from the off. The fact it was local rivals Dundee in opposition perhaps helped whip up the fervour. But it was certainly evident that these fans were getting