Marcus Fraser urges St Mirren to write their own chapter in the club’s history

Marcus Fraser has urged his St Mirren team-mates to become heroes by bringing the League Cup back to Paisley on Sunday.

Saints’ last trophy win was the 2013 League Cup final victory over Hearts at Hampden Park, but this time they face serial cup and league winners Celtic under their new boss Wilfried Nancy.

Speaking at St Mirren’s stadium, Fraser noted the photographs of several successful players and sides, including the 1987 Scottish Cup-winning team and the most recent trophy-winning side of 12 years ago.

The 31-year-old defender, who started his career at Celtic, said: “We’ve not been really speaking about it, but I think as you can tell, they’re all over the walls.

“So you can kind of pick that up for yourself, that you understand how big a game it is and what can happen a few years down the line.

“In 10, 20 years, people will probably still be talking about it (a win) and you can obviously write your own chapter in the club’s history.

“So I think that’s one of the key aspects that we want to do, really grab the opportunity with two hands and if we can get up on that wall, then in a few years’ time, when you walk by it, that would be a great feeling.”

Fraser won the trophy with Ross County in 2016 when they beat Hibernian 2-1 and is looking to claim a second winners medal with Stephen Robinson’s side.

He said: “Obviously I was a bit younger back then and you kind of look back and realise the day that you had. It was absolutely brilliant and that’s what you want.

“You want to be playing in semi-finals and cup finals.

“Obviously from a personal point of view, I want to just try and win again and that would be brilliant.

“Every footballer wants to be successful. These moments don’t come along in your career all the time, so when it does, you want to grab it with both hands.

“I think when you’re younger in your career, sometimes you think that (cup wins) maybe is a norm, but that’s not the case.

“You need to sacrifice a lot and really work hard to get here and it’s taken me, I don’t know, almost 10 years down the line or whatever, so there’s been a lot of hard work.

“The hard work is still to do. We still have to get over that final hurdle and that comes on Sunday, it’s not too far around the corner and hopefully we can do it.”