CRAIG BRYSON was part of one of the biggest Scottish Cup upsets in history when Clyde sent Celtic tumbling out the competition in 2006.
But the St Johnstone midfielder does not want a repeat of those cup heroics when he goes up against his former side in the fourth round of the tournament this weekend.
Bryson has never played against The Bully Wee since he left the club in 2007, but he still looks back on the victory over Gordon Strachan’s Hoops as one of the greatest days of his career.
Goals from Bryson and Eddie Malone gave Clyde the victory in what was Roy Keane’s debut as a player for the Parkhead outfit.
“It’s still one of the best days of my career. Nobody gave us a chance going into that game,” the 34-year-old recalled. “We played brilliantly and even had goals disallowed. We thoroughly deserved our win.
“I’d certainly have taken 2-1 before the game, that’s for sure. It was a great day for Clyde, a great day for the players and a great day for everybody connected with the club.
“Hopefully there isn’t another day like that at our expense.”
Bryson is out of contract at McDiarmid Park this summer, but the former Aberdeen man is still hopeful of extending his stay, despite not playing as many games as he would have liked.
He continued: “I’ve not actually spoken to the manager yet. When he gets round to me we’ll have a conversation and see what happens.
“I enjoy it at St Johnstone. The gaffer has been excellent with me and it’s an unbelievable group of lads. To win a cup and finish in the top six has made it a great season.
“Every player wants to play every game and if you’re not, you’re disappointed. Any time you aren’t picked, you accept it and you train that bit harder the next week. To stay in the team you need to play well. That’s how it is here.”
Saints narrowly lost out to Aberdeen at the weekend, but the Perth outfit are still confident of landing a European finish ahead of Livingston.
Bryson added: “It’s not nice losing any game but I didn’t think there was anything in that one, so it was a tough defeat to take. I thought we played quite well and there were a few chances in the first half when we got in good positions that we didn’t take.
“When you play against the better teams in the league you get punished for that, which is what happened. I’m not really sure there was anything else we could have done differently. Goals change games.
“It’s now basically a case of trying to get as many as we can and see where that takes us. We’ll be trying to go on a run in the Scottish Cup as well. We’ll treat the Clyde game the same as we did this one.
“We have the extra motivation of catching Livingston that it could get us into Europe. Top six, Europe and the Betfred Cup would be an unbelievable season.”
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