With victory over Scottish Premiership leaders Hearts on Tuesday and now a cup win at Airdrie, February so far has been good to St Mirren after January had ended with a moderate improvement.
A fourth-round win on penalties over Scottish Premiership rivals Livingston ended a sequence of four straight defeats and league draws with Livi and Dundee set Stephen Robinson’s side up for Tuesday’s landmark victory.
The performance against Aaron Taylor-Sinclair’s Airdrie was one of determination against an awkward opponent, fresh from Championship and Challenge Cup successes against Dunfermline Athletic and Arbroath.
Devaney had made an impression against Hearts and notched his first St Mirren goal after receiving Mikael Mandron’s pass and picking his spot from just inside the box.
St Mirren are now five unbeaten in all competitions and look more like the side that triumphed against Celtic in December’s League Cup final and finished in last season’s Premiership top six.
