Stephen Robinson feels a return to Scottish football’s ‘madness’ was inevitable

New St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson felt it was inevitable he would return to the “madness of Scottish football” one day.

But the former Motherwell boss admits it does not sit well even with himself that he had to leave Morecambe so soon.

The 47-year-old was appointed as Jim Goodwin’s successor within three days of the Irishman’s departure for Aberdeen after Saints agreed compensation with Morecambe on Monday afternoon.

Robinson leaves the Shrimps sitting fourth from bottom of Sky Bet League One, after succeeding Derek Adams in the summer following their surprise promotion.

Robinson, who stepped down as Motherwell boss in late 2020 after guiding the Steelmen to two cup finals and a third-place finish, said: “I think inevitably at some stage I was going to come back. I’ll be honest, I didn’t envisage it this quickly.

“If you had told me at one o’clock on Monday afternoon that I’d be taking a game at Dundee (on Wednesday), I wouldn’t have believed you.

“I didn’t search for the job, I didn’t apply for the job, I didn’t set out to leave Morecambe and it doesn’t sit well with me that I have left because you don’t set out to do that, you go down there to do the job.

“But St Mirren made a statement by what they did, they were prepared to pay compensation to bring me in and that gives you a lot of confidence that the people want to take the club forward.

“It was a tough decision but one I felt I had to make. I thought it was a real opportunity to continue to build on the good work already done, in the madness of Scottish football again.”

Robinson found out about St Mirren’s interest “completely out of the blue” on Monday afternoon and talks with vice-chairman Jim Gillespie persuaded him to sign a two-and-a-half-year deal.

“It