St Johnstone WFC hat-trick hero Morgan Steedman hopes Gartcairn win provides spark for season of success

St Johnstone WFC striker Morgan Steedman turned the spotlight away from herself despite netting a hat-trick in Sunday’s 5-3 win against Gartcairn.

And instead the clinical forward was keen to emphasise the importance of being a team player and was just delighted to have chipped in for the rest of the squad.

Steedman, no stranger to a goal in recent seasons, always knows that those lining up beside her will create chances throughout the course of a game.

“Scoring in any game is brilliant and obviously a hat-trick is amazing to get,” she beamed.

“But for me it’s always about the team winning and I’m just super happy to have contributed to the three points in the way that I should be.

“I think I will have chances in every game and the team work hard to get the ball up the field and provide me and the other attacking players with these opportunities.

“And it is down to us to ensure that we make use of these the best we can.

“I think my mindset is just always expect chances and be as clinical as I can.”

Saints had endured a choppy start to the Scottish Women’s Premier League 2 campaign with defeats to Stirling University and Queen’s Park.

But Steedman hopes the Gartcairn result provides the necessary spark to carve out a positive run of form in the coming weeks.

She told the PA: “It was so important to get a win on the board for the team to get confidence up and hopefully this can get the ball rolling with some strong positive performances to follow.

“The win was great, but we are still conceding some preventable goals so we definitely need to look at reducing these as a full team.”

Next up for Saints is back-to-back games against Livingston, who were this season promoted to SWPL2.

The first, on Sunday, is in round one of the