St Mirren Football Club is saddened to hear of the passing of its former goalkeeper Pat Liney who has passed away at the age of 86. 

A Paisley Buddie, Pat was born in our town in July 1936 and began his youth career at Linwood Thistle before signing for junior club Dalry Thistle. Pat almost had the opportunity to join Saints when he was offered a trial at Love Street, but he injured his knee playing for Dalry in a cup match the night before and missed out. 

Following a spell in the Army doing his national service, Pat signed for Dundee in 1957 where he would become a bona fide Dark Blues legend as part of their Scottish League winning team of 1961/1962.

But St Mirren was Pat's club and in 1964 he finally had the chance to join his boyhood club where he would make 74 appearances over two years. 

Our condolences are with the family and friends of Pat at this sad time.

St Mirren host Ross County in the cinch Premiership with both sides looking for their first point in the league this season. 

Saints were unlucky in defeat against Motherwell on the opening day. Stephen Robinson's side created a host of chances, but an inspired goalkeeping performance coupled with a Kevin Van Veen penalty saw the Steelmen leave Paisley with the points. The Buddies were then beaten 4-1 by Aberdeen at Pittodrie last weekend after being reduced to 10 men following Declan Gallagher's sending off. 

Ross County come into Saturday's match having also lost their first two league games of the season. Malky Mackay's men were beaten 2-1 by Hearts at Tynecastle on the opening day before a 3-1 defeat at home to Celtic on matchday two. 

Match Details

St Mirren v Ross County
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 13th August 2022
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

Ticket Info

Season tickets are valid for Saturday's match. Non-season ticket holders can buy home end tickets at stmirren.com/matchtickets or at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

Ross County supporters can buy tickets for the away end here. Tickets will be available online until kick-off. 

PPV and virtual season ticket options are no longer available as per SPFL regulations, but international subscribers to St Mirren TV can still watch league matches live as part of their subscription. 

Previous

St Mirren faced Ross County three times last season - winning one, drawing one and losing one. 

Saints were victorious in the first meeting with Eamonn Brophy, Marcus Fraser and Scott Tanser all scoring in a 3-2 win at the Global Energy Arena in October. 

The Buddies created a number of chances with 11 shots on target the last time we faced The Staggies at the SMiSA Stadium but couldn't find the net with the game finishing goalless. 

Malky Mackay's side edged Saints out by 1-0 the last time the sides met in March with Joseph Hungbo scoring the only goal for County from the penalty spot. 

Neither side could be separated when County visited the SMiSA Stadium in December with the game finishing 0-0 (Image: Allan Picken)

Matchday Entertainment

Between 1pm and 2:45pm on Saturday we will have entertainment for families in the West Stand car park.

There will be activities for children of all ages and plenty for the big kids to get involved in as well. It’s not just for home fans as away fans are also more than welcome to join in.

The best bit is that all activities are FREE of charge and funded by the club and SMISA so get down early to be part of all the fun! 

The officials

The referee on Saturday is Grant Irvine and he's assisted by David Roome and Gary Hilland. Don Robertson is the fourth official. 

St Mirren B were knocked out of the SPFL Trust Trophy after losing 4-2 on penalties to East Stirlingshire.

Neither side could be separated in 90 minutes and despite Fraser Taylor and Toyosi Olusanya netting from the spot the Saints were defeated. 

After a fairly tepid first 45 the game sprung to life in the second-half. Scott Honeyman had two big opportunities to give the visitors the lead. First, on 53 minutes, the East Stirlingshire man shot into the arms of Kenzie Smyth from close-range. The Saints goalkeeper then made a terrific one-handed to push away Honeyman's attempt from distance. 

Olusanya should have put St Mirren ahead five minutes later when he was the recipient of a Kieran Offord cut-back, but the Saints forward shot straight at Ross Connelly in the Shire goal. Substitute Gavin Gallagher was inches away from opening the scoring on 66 minutes with his strike flying inches over from 20 yards. 

10 minutes later a good run from Offord looked like it might yield the first goal but he struck the side-netting. 

The visitors were denied by a brilliant Smyth save from Kenny Barr heading into the final 10 minutes, while Luke Kenny made an incredible goal-saving challenge in the closing moments to ensure the game ended goalless. 

Penalties were needed to decide the game, but Offord and Jay Henderson had their spot-kicks saved by Shire goalkeeper Ross Connelly and the away side made no mistake with their efforts to progress to the second round. 

Full-Time: St Mirren B 0-0 East Stirlingshire (East Stirlingshire win 4-2 on penalties)

St Mirren: Smyth, Henderson, Gilmartin, Thomson, Kenny, Campbell, Reid, Taylor (c), Brophy (Gallagher 46), Offord, Olusanya
Subs Not Used: Gaffney, Sutherland, Foster, Phinn

East Stirlingshire: Connelly, Clocherty (Ewing 90), Brown, Coutts, Greene (c), Fotheringham (Sludden 80), Honeyman (Allan 80), Kay, Kirkpatrick (Wilson 80), Barr, Watson (Hodge 71)
Subs Not Used: Shira, McDonald, Ure

Referee: Chris Fordyce
Assistant Referee: Graeme Leslie
Assistant Referee: Jamie Andrews

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our small, busy team at St Mirren Football Club.

Based at the stadium, the role is integral to providing match day operations and customer service support for our extensive fan base.

Job Description 

• Work with the management team to coordinate and deliver the successful sale of season tickets to current and new season ticket holders
• Work closely with colleagues in the ticket office to efficiently run ticket office
• Create season ticket and match day events using ticketing software
• Coordinate match tickets for home and away games
• Build and maintain a positive relationship with our ticketing provider, Future Ticketing
• Ensure all ticketing procedures are GDPR and PCI compliant
• Manage relationships and liaise with away teams to distribute their allocation of tickets for home matches and St Mirren’s allocation of tickets for away matches
• Manage turnstile operations with the support of the Stadium Manager
• Work with finance to ensure invoicing and payments are managed effectively
• Work closely with the stadium team to ensure information is shared regarding match day sales
• Manage complaints, ticket issues and customer service issues in a fair and professional manner
• Work with the media and marketing team to promote season ticket and match day sales in a timely and coordinated manner
• Coordinate and share reports with all relevant departments to ensure all necessary information is shared accordingly and timely
• Monitor and audit ticket office processes
• Liaise and coordinate ticket sales and support for various supporter associations
• Any other duties to support the club as required by the management

Requirements 

• Experience with Future Ticketing desirable but will consider experience with other ticketing software
• Experience of working in a ticket office, a football club is desirable
• Excellent customer service skills
• Experience of working in a high-pressure environment
• Great team player
• Flexible attitude to work, evening and weekend working is essential
• Attention to detail

To apply please send your CV with a cover letter to Lynsey McLean, General Manager – lynsey.mclean@stmirren.com by Friday 19th August at 5pm.

Interviews will take place the following week.

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match away to Dundee United on Saturday 20th August are available online. 

Please be aware that tickets will only be available online directly from Dundee United; there will be none available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. 

Get your tickets HERE.

Dundee United Ticket Info

Jim McLean Fair Play Upper

Adults - £28
Concessions* - £16
Under-12s** - £5

Ambulant with PA - £16
Wheelchair with PA - £16

*65 and over, full-time student and under 21. 
**Must be accompanied by a full-paying adult. 

All ambulant supporters should be registered with St Mirren as a disabled supporter and a ticket can be purchased online with a PA if required. 

Should any of our disabled ambulant supporters have mobility issues with stairs, please contact Dundee United direct and they will organise lower stand tickets.

There are four wheelchair & PA pairs available in the corner shelter that Dundee United can send direct to supporters if they get in touch with United directly on 01382 833166 Option 1.

St Mirren B take on East Stirlingshire at the SMiSA Stadium in the First Round of the SPFL Trust Trophy and U12s go FREE if accompanied by an adult. 

The young Saints take on the Lowland League side with the winner of the tie facing the winner of Kilmarnock B and Cowdenbeath. 

St Mirren B vs East Stirlingshire
SPFL Trust Trophy
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium, Paisley
Date: Tuesday 9th August 2022
Kick-off: 7:45pm

The match day officials for Tuesday night's match are as follows:

Referee: Chris Fordyce
Assistant Referee: Graeme Leslie
Assistant Referee: Jamie Andrews

Match Details

The game kicks-off at 7:45pm.

U12s go FREE if accompanied by an adult with tickets priced at just £10 for adults and £5 for concessions. Please note that free U12 tickets must be claimed at the time of purchasing an adult ticket.

Season tickets are not valid for Tuesday night's match. 

Match is all ticket – tickets will be on sale (subject to availability) UNTIL KICK-OFF. 

Tickets are available at the St Mirren Ticket Office or online at stmirren.com/matchtickets. Only the Main Stand will be open for this match. 

Ticket Prices

Adult - £10 
Concessions* - £5
U12 - Free if accompanied by an adult, a free ticket is required for entry.

*65+, full-time student, wheelchair users and U18s. 

Ticket Office Phone No: (0141) 840-6130
St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com

Food Kiosk

Please be aware that Pie Sports will be trialing contactless only payments for food and drink at the match. Cash will not be accepted. 

Car Parking

Parking will be free at the SMiSA Stadium tomorrow night, subject to availability. 

A number of changes have been made to our parking protocol at the SMiSA Stadium this season. 

The three zones (Red, Black and White) are explained and shown on the diagram below.

Red Zone - South

For hospitality and home disabled supporters (subject to availability). 

To enter/exit Greenhill Road. Hospitality ticket to be shown for entry. 

Black Zone - Southwest 

For Family Stand and Main Stand Patrons. 

To enter/exit via Drums Avenue.  

White Zone - West 

For West Stand Patrons and Pay on the Day. Home disabled supporters in bays behind West Stand. Away disabled supporters in bays behind the dome. 

To enter/exit via Ferguslie Park Avenue.

Visitor Information

Stephen Robinson admits Declan Gallagher's early red card changed game but the second and fourth Aberdeen goals were preventable in defeat. 

10-men St Mirren endured a tough afternoon at Pittodrie as we were beaten in Aberdeen. 

Declan Gallagher was sent off after just 22 minutes following two yellow cards and Aberdeen took full advantage to go 3-0 up at half-time. Saints dug in and pulled a goal back early in the second-half, but substitute Luis Lopes added a fourth as the Dons picked up all three points. 

There were three changes to the side that lost narrowly to Motherwell last week. Scott Tanser and Mark O'Hara missed out through injury to be replaced by Richard Tait and Greg Kiltie, while Curtis Main made his first start of the season in place of Alex Greive. 

Saints had started fairly well with Kelle Roos having to get a strong hand to push away a Main ball across the face of goal with a Dons defender getting a toe in just before Ayunga could get on the rebound. Before that Gallagher had been booked for a late challenge on ex-Saint Hayden Coulson who had to be substituted after being injured in the tackle.

10 minutes later the Buddies defender was given his marching orders for a second yellow. Vicente Besuijen cracked the post from 20 yards and Gallagher was adjudged to have blocked Liam Scales' follow-up attempt with his hand. Bojan Miovski stepped up to notch the resulting penalty into the net to give Aberdeen the lead. 

Aberdeen took control of the match after the red card and threatened a second with Scales heading just inches wide on two occasions. The Dons - and Miovski - would get their second with eight minutes of the first-half remaining. The forward scored again as he nipped in ahead of Trevor Carson and Charles Dunne to divert a low Jonny Hayes cross into the net.  

The home side added a third on the stroke of half-time in spectacular fashion. Miovski, looking for his hat-trick, was denied by a good block from Carson. Matty Kennedy was first on to it and played the ball back to Aberdeen debutant Leighton Clarkson who fired a stunning strike into the top corner from 25 yards. 

Stephen Robinson made a change at half-time with Ryan Flynn introduced in place of Curtis Main. 

After Carson made another decent stop to Miovski his hat-trick, Saints started working their way into the game with Keanu Baccus shooting wide from 20 yards after a good counter from Kiltie. And the Buddies would pull a goal back through Ayunga from the penalty spot on 53 minutes. Jonny Hayes fouled Kiltie in the Dons box and Ayunga scored from 12 yards to net his fifth St Mirren goal since joining from Morecambe in the summer. 

Jonah Ayunga pulled a goal back for Saints from the penalty spot to score his fifth goal for Saints (Image: AFC Media)

But Aberdeen still had the man advantage and looked to make that count with Carson making two big saves on the hour mark to keep the deficit at two. The Northern Ireland international blocked Miovski's effort before getting a strong hand on a powerful strike from Besuijen. 

Aberdeen would have to end the match with 10 men also with Callum Roberts going off injured on 82 minutes after the Dons had made all their stoppages. But any hopes of Saints pulling a second goal back to make the final minutes interesting were extinguished when Lopes broke the offside trap and deftly lifted the ball over Carson on 87 minutes to see the game end 4-1 to the hosts. 

Full-Time: Aberdeen 4-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Carson, Gallagher, Shaughnessy (c), Dunne, Strain (Taylor 90), Baccus (Greive 78), Erhahon, Kiltie, Tait, Ayunga (Brophy 78), Main (Flynn 46)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Reid, Henderson, Olusanya, Offord

Aberdeen: Roos, Richardson, Scales, Stewart, Coulson (Clarkson 12), Kennedy (Roberts 63), McCrorie, Ramadani, Hayes (Lopes 72), Besuijen, Miovski (Ramirez 72)
Subs Not Used: Lewis, Watkins, Polvara, Duncan, Milne

Referee: Alan Muir
Assistant Referee: David Dunne
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Fourth Official: Calum Scott

Attendance: 14,420

Supporter safety is a key priority for all clubs and we at St Mirren Football Club are committed to doing everything we can to ensure that the match day experience is safe and enjoyable.

One of the most dangerous things we have to deal with is pyrotechnic articles such as smoke bombs and flares in the stadium and we'd ask that you assist us to look after you by not bringing such articles with you to any matches home or away. These articles can cause severe burns, damage to hearing or breathing difficulties and the hazardous chemical used is known to be carcinogenic and their use is especially distressing for groups such as small children and those who can't easily move away when pyrotechnics are activated.

Experience shows that when a pyrotechnic is activated in a crowd there is often a movement away from the immediate area which can cause panic and disorientation and which creates a risk of slips and trips or crushing for those nearby.

Please be in no doubt that these articles are unpleasant and potentially life-threatening to be around - they are also illegal at football matches - and being caught with them will result in exclusion from The SMISA Stadium and a possible criminal conviction as well as potential financial penalties for the club.

The club was delighted to welcome several Ukrainian families to Sunday’s match against Motherwell as part of our ongoing community engagement efforts.

Working with Street Stuff and the resettlement team at Renfrewshire Council, more than 30 Ukrainians took in our cinch Premiership opening day match.

They were welcomed to the SMiSA Stadium - along with staff, volunteers and patients from ACCORD Hospice - as the first recipients of our new Help a Buddie initiative. Post-match they also had the opportunity to meet some of the St Mirren players pitchside. 

Help a Buddie is our brand-new initiative where St Mirren supporters have the chance to purchase and donate a match ticket for those less fortunate.

Due to the support for Help a Buddie so far we will be able to allocate a minimum of 15 tickets per league match that will be shared amongst some of the most vulnerable in our community and give them a chance to come along to the SMiSA Stadium where they might not have had the opportunity before.

The Help a Buddie scheme will run for the entirety of the 2022/23 season and will continue to help benefit local community groups/organisations and those less fortunate supporters. If you want to Help a Buddie please click HERE to donate a match ticket.