Saints stifle Aberdeen
03/16/2010 10:52:20 PM
St Johnstone stepped up its late push for a top-six place in the Scottish Premier League thanks to a first-half strike from on-loan Celtic striker Cillian Sheridan.
Dejected Aberdeen saw its winless streak stretch to 10 games after Sheridan's close-range 21st-minute finish edged a hard-fought contest 1-0 at McDiarmid Park on Wednesday morning.
Newly-promoted Saints are now only three points behind sixth-placed Hearts and boast two games in hand on the Edinburgh side as they seek to finish in the top half for the first time since 2000.
Mark McGhee's eighth-placed Dons, meanwhile, face a growing fight to make the top six, trailing seven points behind Hearts as their season continues to falter.
Sheridan ultimately came back to haunt McGhee, with the Aberdeen manager having had the striker on loan at his previous club Motherwell for the second half of last season.