The St. Mirren captain has apologized after a training-ground prank left teammate John McGinn sidelined for three weeks.
Steven Thompson was left "mortified" after a joke in training left St. Mirren teammate John McGinn with a cut in his thigh.
During a drill last week, Thompson was robbed of the ball by McGinn, and then threw a spiked pole at the Scotland Under-21 international in jest. But the pole speared McGinn in the leg, causing him to miss St. Mirren's 4-1 win over Kilmarnock on Saturday.
"I've been shocked by it, to be honest, really down about it," Thompson told the Scottish Sun.