Furious Jim Goodwin has let rip at the SPFL for refusing to postpone St Mirren’s virus-hit defeat to Hibs.
He revealed the Buddies were left with just seven hours to draft in a goalie as two first-team keepers tested positive for Covid-19 and a third was forced to isolate on Friday night.
It left Goodwin scrambling to draft in Bobby Zlamal on loan from Hearts before naming 40-year-old coach Jamie Langfield as a sub.
The St Mirren boss insists the Premiership would’ve been branded a joke if he’d been forced to throw an outfield player between
the sticks.
Goodwin said: “I am totally flabbergasted at the decision. It was a ridiculous situation on Friday.
“None of us expected to be forced to play. We felt given the fact we had no recognised goalkeeper available, the authorities would have seen sense.
"We would’ve been the laughing stock of world football if a Premiership team put an outfield player in goals for a league game.”
Goodwin hopes a negative test for third-choice Peter Urminsky today will allow him back to face Celtic on Wednesday.
Failing that, Saints are just a Zlamal injury away from being forced to play veteran Langfield.
Goodwin added: “In fairness to Langers, he was willing to step up.
“It would’ve been a really embarrassing situation for us as a country to have a 40-year-old coach coming out of retirement to play.”
