Name: Curtis Main
Date of Birth: 20th June 1992
Place of Birth: South Shields, England
Nationality: English
Position: Forward
Height: 6ft 1in
Weight: 10.5st
Signed: 7th June 2021 from Aberdeen (Freedom of Contract)
Departed: 31st May 2023
Debut:13th July 2021 v Dunfermline (1-0)
Final Match: 27th May 2023 v Rangers (0-3)
Apps: 73
Goals: 13
Honours: None

Signed by Jim Goodwin in the summer of 2021 from Aberdeen, Main already had a reputation in Scotland as a hard-working and physical striker following his success with Motherwell under Stephen Robinson a few years beforehand.

After scoring on his Saints debut against Dunfermline with a fine header in July 2021 and again in the following League Cup fixture against Stenhousemuir, Main struggled to find the net again with the winner against Aberdeen in October 2021 at first credited to him before Marcus Fraser was given the nod when replays confirmed the Englishman didn’t touch the ball.

This lack of goals seemed to have a considerable effect on Main’s confidence, and it looked like he would return to England in January 2022 as he dropped out of the first team picture under Goodwin, however the Englishman remained at the club and as fate would have it, old mentor Stephen Robinson took over the team the following month and a turnaround in fortunes for a player arguably never seen before at the club occurred, as Main confounded his multiple critics with a string of displays that eventually put him firmly in the ‘fans favourite’ category.

2022/23 was a personal success for Main and although never really a prolific scorer throughout his career due to the unselfish nature of his style, he chipped in with 10 league goals and 9 assists, a decent return by any standards, but such was the quality of some of his displays, particularly during the wins at Tannadice, Pittodrie and Tynecastle where he was genuinely “unplayable”, the prospect of Saints keeping such an effective striker was diminishing almost by the match.

By the time Main had almost single handedly destroyed champions Celtic at Parkhead in May 2023 where he scored twice, hit the post and was close with another 2 headers, there was an inevitably that the Englishman would be leaving the club when his contract finished at the end of that month, and following the defeat to Rangers a week later in Paisley, Main had sadly played his last match for the club, but his transformation from unwanted squad player to essential first team hero was complete.

SEASON	DIVISION	LGE	GLS	LCP	GLS	SCP	GLS	APP	GLS
2021/22	Premiership	31	1	3	2	0	0	34	3
2022/23	Premiership	37	10	0	0	2	0	39	10
	TOTALS	68	11	3	3	2	0	73	13