Hamilton Accies ace wants to repay club's faith by firing them to promotion
Despite a turbulent season that ended with a 15-point deduction, pitching Hamilton Accies into League One, Scott Robinson never thought about leaving for a second.
Winger Robinson 33, says he's remaining loyal to the club that backed him, and wants fans to do the same, though he acknowledges it might be difficult for some to get on board with the move to Broadwood.
The former Partick Thistle star says they're determined to get back into the Championship as quickly as possible, and will use their Premier Sports Cup group as preparation, starting at Stirling Albion on Saturday, and continuing at home to Hearts on Tuesday.
Robinson, who signed a two-and-a-half year deal in February, said: 'This is the God's honest truth, I never thought about leaving once, and that's credit to the gaffer, the staff, and the people at the club.
'I'm quite loyal and the club backed me, so I want to be loyal to them, and repay them by trying to get back up to the Championship.
'All the off-the-field stuff is nothing to do with us, we can't control what's going on up the stairs or behind the scenes, so we need to just focus on ourselves.
'The only issue we had was the clarity at the club, in terms of where they were after being relegated, because you never know financially and things like that.
'But you just need to let the people deal with that, and try to get the supporters on board to come here as well.
'It's important for the fans to get behind us. I know they're going to be frustrated, we've moved away from Hamilton for the time being, but they've got to try and support the boys in the team and forget any issues they've got with any board members or anything like that.
'I get their frustrations, 100 per cent, but if they can back us it would mean the world to the team.'
When asked about the Premier Sports Cup, Robinson said: 'If I'm being brutally honest, our focus is on winning the league. Anything outside of that is a bonus.
'Promotion is everything, anything other than that would be a failure. We need to get promoted and we will be doing everything we can to make that happen.
'We're going in to win the cup games, but that's not our main focus. We just want to try and win the league.'
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