All season ticket holders will be able to attend Sunday’s match as St Mirren face St Johnstone in the cinch Premiership.

New season ticket cards will not be ready on time for Sunday, so season ticket holders will have to use the barcode sent in their purchase confirmation email as an e-ticket. Anyone with any issues with their season ticket barcode should contact help@stmirren.com before Sunday’s match. The club hopes to have season ticket cards ready in time for the Dundee United match on 11th September.

Tickets are also now on general sale - priced at £22 for adults and £12 for concessions. General sale tickets can be purchased at the St Mirren Ticket Office or online at stmirren.com/matchtickets. 

The match will also be shown live on PPV at a cost of £12.50. Please note that due to UEFA restrictions, the match is not available to buy in England.

Previous season ticket holders who have not yet renewed have the opportunity to secure their original seat until Tuesday 31st August 2021. Don’t miss returning to the stadium, where you belong. All held seats that have not yet been purchased will be released into general sale Wednesday 1st September.

Renew your season ticket by Tuesday 31-August

Contact us: info@stmirren.com | tickets@stmirren.com |  0141 840 6120

General sale

Alternatively, if you are purchasing a season ticket for the first time click here.

Thank you to our St Mirren Season Ticket Holders

Huge thank you to our loyal fans who continue to stand by the club and show commitment by purchasing season tickets. We cannot wait for our stadium to be filled with friends and family creating memories side by side. We understand many season ticket holders have been supporters for a long time and are extremely eager to make the return to the stadium part of their routine once more.

In you we trust to encourage, support and believe in the Saints. By purchasing a season ticket, you are playing the most important role in ensuring the legacy of our town, our team. Together, the fans, club, players, majority shareholder SMiSA, and partner, Kibble are dedicated to ensuring St Mirren endures and advances. 

“We cannot thank you enough for purchasing your tickets during a period where it was uncertain about fans returning to the stadium. We have been working with Renfrewshire Council to increase the stadium capacity to the maximum that is available, and you can be rest assured that we are taking all necessary steps to implement this.” - CEO Tony Fitzpatrick

Now is the time to purchase a season ticket, return to the stadium and join in cheering on the Saints.

*The release of held seats does not affect the few season ticket holders we are currently working with to secure their preferred seats.

Saints suffered a tough afternoon at Celtic Park - losing 6-0 and being reduced to 10 men. 

Liel Abada had the hosts in front with 17 minutes played before Alan Power was given his marching orders for a foul on David Turnbull two minutes later. Abada scored again, while Turnbull scored a brace to put Celtic 4-0 up at half-time. Odsonne Edouard added a fifth with Turnbull scoring to complete his hat-trick to cap off a disappointing afternoon for the Buddies.

With manager Jim Goodwin absent due to Covid, Lee Sharp took charge of the team with three changes from the side that faced Livingston in the Premier Sports Cup the week before. Conor McCarthy, Alan Power and Ryan Flynn came in for Charles Dunne, Richard Tait and Eamonn Brophy.

Saints were fired an early warning shot when Turnbull cracked the right-hand post from 20 yards on six minutes. The Scotland midfielder was picked out by Abada at the edge of the box and took a touch to fashion a bit of space before rattling the woodwork. 

Celtic continued their pressure with Marcus Fraser clearing an Edouard free-kick and Power making an important block to deflect an Abada shot over. The home side's pressure would tell on 17 minutes when Abada put them ahead. The winger cut in from the right and fired towards the far corner. Jak Alnwick got two hands to it but couldn't keep the ball out of the net. 

The St Mirren task was to be made more difficult when Power was shown a straight red for a foul on Turnbull. The Irishman was late as he slid in and caught the midfielder on the left touchline. A few minutes later, Celtic were two ahead when Abada headed home. 

St Mirren had ball in the net on 28 minutes when Curtis Main got a flick on to Greg Kiltie's header, but the linesman's flag was raised despite the forward being played onside by Anthony Ralston. And to compound Saints frustrations, Celtic added a third just a minute later when a swerving effort from Turnbull flew into the net from 20 yards.

Curtis Main had a goal disallowed for offside (Image: Craig Brown)

Celtic continued to create chances against the 10 man Saints before the break with Kyogo Furuhashi blazing over from close range and Edouard hitting the bar. With a minute of the half remaining they would add a fourth. Alnwick could only push Abada's cross into the path of Turnbull who forced home.

Celtic made it 5-0 just after the hour mark when Edouard got the break of the ball inside the Saints box and slammed into the back of the net from close range.  

Alnwick made good saves to deny Furuhashi and substitute Tom Rogic as the game wore on, but Turnbull grabbed his hat-trick with six minutes to go on a day to forget for Saints.

Full-Time: Celtic 6-0 St Mirren

St Mirren: Alnwick, Fraser, Shaughnessy (c), McCarthy, Tanser, Flynn (Brophy 45), McGrath, Power, Erhahon, Kiltie (MacPherson 45), Main (McAllister 70)
Subs Not Used: Lyness, Tait, Finlayson, Erwin

Celtic: Hart, Ralston, Starfelt, Welsh, Taylor, McGregor (Rogic 67) Turnbull, Abada, Christie, Kyogo (Soro 67), Edouard (Ajeti 82)
Subs Not Used: Bain, Bitton, Urhoghide, Montgomery

Referee: William Collum
Assistant Referee: Graeme Leslie
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Fourth Official: Greg Aitken

I want to extend a thank you to all our loyal fans who have supported us throughout these unprecedented times. It finally feels that we can see some normality returning and that we will be reunited in the stadium once more. We look forward to welcoming you all back.

Stadium Update

We are delighted that we will have be able to welcome our fans back in on Sunday 29th August for the game against St Johnstone.

We have been working with Renfrewshire Council to increase the stadium capacity to the maximum that is available, and you can rest assured that we are taking all necessary steps to implement this. At this time legislation states that there must be a red zone in place, but we have done our utmost to ensure that this will affect the smallest number of season ticket holders. We are currently in the process of contacting all of those affected and accommodating them in other areas of the stadium.

Tickets for the match will be available to purchase in the coming days, we look forward to seeing the stadium filled with supporters.

Season Tickets

We have surpassed season tickets sales from last year and for that we cannot thank you enough for purchasing your tickets during a period where it was uncertain about fans returning to the stadium.

At this time we are still holding all season tickets for those who have not yet renewed so please contact the club if you would like to renew for this season or to purchase a ticket for the first time.

New safety railings have been installed at the SMiSA Stadium above vomitories. If these are causing any issues for supporters in terms of restricted view please get in touch with help@stmirren.com. 

On September 1st we will release all held seats into general sale. This does not affect the small minority we are working with to resolve issues. With the restrictions lifting now is the time to purchase a season ticket and join us in cheering on the Saints!

We look forward to seeing you soon.

St Mirren Football Club can confirm that manager Jim Goodwin will miss this weekend’s match away to Celtic after testing positive for Covid-19.

Everyone at the club wishes Jim a full and speedy recovery.

Lee Sharp and Jamie Langfield will take charge of first-team duties until the manager returns.

St Mirren are off to Celtic Park on Saturday on match day three of the cinch Premiership.

The Buddies head to Glasgow on the back of an agonising penalty shoot-out loss to Livingston in the Premier Sports Cup last weekend. 

Jim Goodwin's side have picked up a point from their opening two cinch Premiership matches - drawing 2-2 at Dundee before a narrow 2-1 loss to Hearts. 

Celtic come into the match having won their last five on the bounce - defeating AZ Alkmaar, Hearts, Dundee and Czech side Jablonec twice. 

The Glasgow side have picked up three points from their opening two matches. A 2-1 loss to Hearts at Tynecastle on the opening day was followed up by a 6-0 win over Dundee.

Match Details

Celtic v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 21st August 2021
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Celtic Park

Tickets

Due to covid protocols, Celtic have confirmed that there will be no sale of tickets for St Mirren fans on Saturday. 

International based subscribers can watch on St Mirren TV as part of their subscription.

Previous

Saints were victorious on their last visit to Celtic Park - winning away to Celtic for the first time in over 30 years. 

Kristian Dennis and Ilkay Durmus scored either side of an Odsonne Edouard goal to give the Buddies a 2-1 win.

Kristian Dennis opens the scoring at Celtic Park in January (Image: Jeff Holmes)

Celtic defeated Saints 4-0 in the last meeting between the two at the SMiSA Stadium in February.

The officials

William Collum takes charge of the match on Saturday. His linesmen are Graeme Leslie and Gordon Crawford. Greg Aitken is the fourth official. 

The St Mirren Ticket Office will be closed tomorrow due to essential staff training. 

The ticket office will re-open on Wednesday at 10am.

Car park season tickets for the 2021/22 season are now available for renewal to those had purchased a car park pass in season 2020/21.

Car park passes are available by filling out the application form here and handing it in to the ticket office at the SMiSA Stadium. Applications are also available at the St Mirren ticket office. 

The cost of the car park pass, which covers the remainder of home games in season 2021/22, will be £60.

Those who had a car park pass in season 2020/21 will have until 2pm on Friday 27th August to renew their pass, after this time any remaining passes will be sold on a first come first served basis.

St Mirren's hopes of reaching the Premier Sports Cup quarter-finals were ended after a penalty shoot-out loss at Livingston.

Conor McCarthy's late goal took the match to extra-time after Alan Forrest had given Livingston the lead.

Neither side could make the breakthrough in the added 30 minutes with the game heading to a penalty shoot-out. Despite Jamie McGrath, Joe Shaughnessy and Lee Erwin netting from 12 yards, Saints lost 4-3. 

Both sides had chances in the opening stages of the match with Odin Bailey sending an effort just wide of the post on 14 minutes for the home side. Saints passed up a gilt-edged chance seven minutes later when Greg Kiltie had an abundance of time and space in the box, but had his low effort pushed away by Livingston goalkeeper Max Stryjek. 

The Buddies were having the best of the first-half and again had another opportunity after a brilliant bit of skill from McGrath allowed the Irishman to fashion space on the left-hand side before clipping a wonderful ball into area. Richard Tait was leaning back as he managed to get his head on it but flicked wide.

Despite Saints' pressure, Livi took the lead with four minutes of the half remaining. Sibbald drove forward and slipped through to Forrest who had burst down the left channel unopposed. The winger made his way into the box before slotting beyond Jak Alnwick to open the scoring.

St Mirren should have been level immediately though when Brophy broke the offside trap and raced clear on goal a minute later. The forward was one-on-one with Stryjek but had his low strike blocked by the goalkeeper. Stryjek couldn't hold which allowed Brophy a second bite at it, but he sent wide from an angle with Livi defenders having got back on the line to cover.

The second-half was a scrappy affair with neither side creating much in the way of goal-mouth opportunities and with time ebbing away it looked like it wouldn't be St Mirren's day.

But with less than 10 minutes of normal time left, Saints found a leveller through substitute McCarthy. A free-kick on the left was swung in deep to the back post by Scott Tanser with McCarthy ghosting in ahead of the Livingston defence to slam home. 

And Saints thought they were ahead just a minute later when Curtis Main had the ball in the net, only for the far side linesman's offside flag to be raised. 

Conor McCarthy celebrates levelling for Saints.

The game went to extra-time and Livingston were convinced they had scored with 10 minutes remaining. An Ayo Obileye header came crashing off the post with Nicky Devlin forcing the rebound goal-ward. It was scooped up on the line by Alnwick with the Livi players and supporters protesting to the referee and linesman that it had crossed the line.  

Despite being forced to play the remainder of extra-time with 10 men when Tanser had to come off injured, Saints took the match to penalties.

McGrath, Shaughnessy and Erwin all scored from the spot, while Alnwick saved from Keaghan Jacobs and Craig Sibbald. But Stryjek stopped the decisive penalty from Kyle McAllister in sudden death to give the West Lothian side the victory. 

Full-Time: Livingston 1-1 St Mirren (Livingston win 4-3 on penalties)

St Mirren: Alnwick, Fraser (McAllister 72), Shaughnessy (c), Dunne (McCarthy 27), Tait (Henderson 58), McGrath, Kiltie (MacPherson 58), Erhahon, Tanser, Main, Brophy (Erwin 91)
Subs Not Used: Lyness, Finlayson, Flynn, Jack

Livingston: Stryjek, Devlin, Fitzwater, Obileye, Longridge (Jacobs 103), Holt, Pittman, Sibbald, Bailey (Kelly 62), Forrest (Hamilton 66), Anderson (Panayiotou 66, Shinnie 78)
Subs Not Used: Bardon, Reilly, Bartley

Referee: David Munro
Assistant Referee: Frank Connor
Assistant Referee: Graham Chambers
Fourth Official: Gavin Duncan

Attendance: 1,855

Thank you for the patience shown throughout our journey to safely welcome supporters back to The SMiSA stadium. We have been cautiously increasing stadium attendance to keep players, fans and staff as safe as possible and moving forward we will welcome the highest number of fans since before the pandemic. For the next home match, we will be able to have close to capacity back in the stadium.

The countdown is on to 29th August when the Saints face St Johnstone. Together, the players and fans will experience our biggest home crowd in over a year. Our highest priority has always been and continues to be your safety over the past year, the club has gone to great lengths to ensure the stadium is as safe as possible for players, staff and fans and the priority of health and safety will remain in place.

COVID-19 Guidance

The club will remain compliant with the latest COVID-19 guidance. Throughout the lockdown, a great effort has been made by the club, swiftly reacting to latest guidance and putting into practice the measures required to follow all laws and understandably, prioritise health and safety. We will continue to follow guidance as long as needed and ask all fans who are returning to the stadium to follow the set advice, including wearing masks where necessary. Let’s all do our bit to keep each other safe and reduce the spread.

Stadium Maintenance

Before reopening the stadium doors, essential maintenance checks required to be completed. Our new safety team, in post in recent months, encountered some long-standing issues that had not been addressed. For example, one of the key priorities was the need to restore the stadium’s back-up electrical generator, as this was found not to have been serviced for a considerable number of years. Other long-standing issues such as emergency lighting that had not been dealt with in the way it should have been.

The club has a duty of care to ensure the stadium is of the highest quality standard and we are now satisfied that with the hard work and progress over the last few weeks to make vital improvements we can safely get all our fans back. The SMiSA Stadium is now the best condition it has been since opening and we are excited to bring fans back in to watch our team.

Previously, the entire Main Stand was a restricted red zone for players while the St Mirren Training Ground underwent much-needed renovation. Strict guidance had to be followed to keep the team safe, healthy and able to play matches each week - the rules included limiting the number of people accessing the Main Stand. However, with time and the easing of restrictions, a resolution has been found and the red zone area has now been reduced, allowing for more of the stadium to be opened.

Moving Forward

The return of thousands of fans is a huge step in the right direction. Everyone at the club cannot wait to have the fans back where they belong.

St Mirren Chief Executive, Tony Fitzpatrick shared: "Welcoming the larger crowd of fans back to the stadium will be spectacular. It will be an emotional scene to once again see those seats filled.

"Over the past few months, the club has had to work hard, adapt and put into motion new operations that comply with regulations. I was extremely disappointed with the long-standing issues that the new safety team recently encountered. Our new team have the highest possible standards for safety and will not compromise on this. The Board have backed our safety team with new and increased resources as the safety of our fans, staff and club reputation will never be compromised. I want to put on record my appreciation and respect to our new safety team who have more than risen to the challenge in last few months.

"I have been a custodian of this club for 40 years and can now safely say I am surrounded by people who have the same core values to safety as a club of our standing deserves. The fans have shown great loyalty to the club and extreme patience, and I sincerely thank you for this. All the effort has been worth it now we are moving forward.

"Our infrastructure is the best our club has had for years laying the platform for success on the park. Our manager’s summer recruitment has been excellent, and our first team squad is of the highest standard that I can recall for many years. I am sure we will have another successful season."

COYS

Tony