Liam Smith showed his delight at lifting the Scottish Championship trophy on Saturday afternoon, following a 2-1 victory over Renfrewshire rivals Morton.
The on-loan Hearts full-back spoke to Buddievision on Trophy Day about the team's accomplishments this year and admits the experience has turned out even better than he had envisaged.
Smith said: "It's been brilliant. I think if someone had said to me when I first came on loan that we were going to win the league, and play the way we have played, I would have bitten their hand off. It's been brilliant for everybody involved.
"I couldn't have asked for anymore. I think the gaffer said that was his plan and he has stuck by that, so I've got to thank him and all the boys, because we've done brilliantly and nobody can take that away from us now."
St Mirren captured the league title a week prior to the Renfrewshire derby in a 0-0 draw with Livingston. But The Saints had not been on their best run of form recently, having lost to Dundee Utd and Falkirk either side of the Livingston game. But this wasn't how Smith and the rest of the squad wanted their season to finish.
He continued: "We didn't want to end the season with a dip, we wanted to go out and play how we've played the whole year.
"I think we did that - there's nothing better than winning a derby, regardless of what is surrounding the game."
Smith has turned out 33 times for The Buddies this season, scoring two goals in the process against Queen of the South and Dunfermline respectively.
The 22 year-old concedes though that he isn't sure where his future lies at the moment, but he has cherished his time in Paisley.
He added: "Not at the moment, but listen, I've loved every minute here.
"I have a year left at Hearts, so I think it will probably be up to them. But I'll go away, have a good summer and see where I end up."
