It's cup football for St Mirren this weekend as Jim Goodwin's men head to Hamilton in the Third Round of the Scottish Cup.

Saints reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup last season after defeating Broxburn Athletic and Motherwell in the Fourth and Fifth Rounds respectively. A 2-0 loss to Aberdeen at the SMiSA Stadium saw St Mirren's cup journey come to an end at the last eight stage.

Hamilton defeated Edinburgh City 5-0 in the Fourth Round last season but were knocked out at the Fifth Round stage after losing 4-1 at home to Rangers. 

Match Details

Hamilton Academical v St Mirren
Competition: Scottish Cup
Date: Saturday 3rd April 2021
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: FOYS Stadium

How to watch the match

Saturday's match will be shown live on PPV for £12. Frank McAvennie will be a guest on Accies TV. Click here to buy your pass now. 

The match is also available in audio form to international subscribers on tv.stmirren.com. 

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St Mirren were the winners when the two sides last met in the Scottish Cup back in 2012. 

A 0-0 draw at the SMiSA Stadium forced a replay. Saints were victorious in the replay at Hamilton with Graham Carey netting the only goal in a 1-0 win.

Saturday sees the two sides meet for the fourth time this season.

Saints have come out on top in one of the previous three fixtures - winning 1-0 at the FOYS Stadium in August. 

The Buddies have drawn 1-1 with Accies in the last two fixtures. Indeed, Hamilton were the last opposition for Saints before the international break with an agonising late goal from Kyle Munro grabbing a share of the spoils for Brian Rice's men at Hamilton. 

Who are the officials?

Euan Anderson is the referee on Saturday. Alan Mulvanny and Stuart Stevenson are the linesmen. The fourth official is David Lowe. 

Kristian Dennis hopes to be back in contention for St Mirren’ Scottish Cup clash against Hamilton Academical a week on Saturday.

It would be a welcome bonus for manager Jim Goodwin who has seen his side also miss forwards Eamonn Brophy and Collin Quaner through injury over the past several weeks. And while that game against Accies could come too soon for the striker, he feels he's not far away from being able to play for the Buddies. 

The Saints forward hasn’t featured since sustaining an achilles injury in our Scottish Premiership match against Hibernian at the start of February.

The 31-year-old has been working hard with physio Kevin Bain and recently began running as he looks to make his return to the fold.

"My recovery is going really well at the minute," he told stmirren.com.

It's been six weeks since I had surgery and the surgeon did say it would be six to 12 weeks that I would be back playing so I'm well within that timescale.

"I'm just getting through running most days and hopefully just getting better day-on-day."

The Englishman has endured a stop-start first season at Saints, but did impress in his short spell in the team - bagging goals in wins over Ross County, Dundee United and Celtic. 

After the disappointment of having a spell on the sidelines, Kristian hopes to be back in the team in the coming weeks to help the side end the season strongly. 

I thought I was doing well," he continued.

"I got the goal at Ross County and then I had to bide my time a few more weeks. At Dundee United I came on and did well. I scored and set one up and got the chance at Parkhead and did well there and we got the win. 

"I was devastated [to get injured]. It was in the Hibs game and I think I did it about 20 minutes into the game. I felt a crunch in my achilles and I should have come off really. I thought I'd try to manage it but when Jak [Alnwick] got sent off I was quite happy my number got put up.

"The aim for me is just to try and get fit and hopefully that will happen over the next 10 days. The next game is Hamilton in the cup and I think we need to aim for another good cup run like we did in the League Cup. I think we can get a good cup run and try to finish seventh and hopefully we can do that."

Following the success of the relaunched Buddie Lager, St Mirren Football Club have partnered with Lerwick Brewery to offer free delivery to Paisley and Glasgow postcodes.

Campbell Kennedy, Commercial Director at St Mirren Football Club, said: "We wanted to thank our fans for continuing to support us from home during the lockdown restrictions. Buddie Lager allows our fans to re-create a little bit of the stadium atmosphere from their sofa, until we can welcome them safely back to the SMiSA stadium."

Free delivery on orders of Buddie Lager will be valid until the end of April 2021 and can be claimed by using code BUDDIE21 when ordering at www.lerwickbrewery.co.uk.

The SPFL has today published the post-split fixture list for the 2020/21 Scottish Premiership season, which resumes next month following the international break and Scottish Cup round three.

Saints will kick-off the post-split fixtures with a visit to Fir Park to face Motherwell on Saturday 10th April. The Buddies will then face a midweek tie away to Ross County on Wednesday 21st April before our first home match against Hamilton Academical on Saturday 1st May. 

Jim Goodwin's men will then face Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on Wednesday 12th May before closing the season on Sunday 16th May against Dundee United at the SMiSA Stadium. 

Post-Split fixtures

Production of commemorative engraved bricks have now resumed. 

Commemorative bricks can be bought online at our e-store.  be ready to be placed on the wall outside the SMiSA Stadium.

You can order a single brick (251mm x 65mm x 20mm) with up to two lines of lettering (15 characters per line, space and punctuation count as characters) or a double brick (215mm x 140mm x 20mm) with up to four lines.

The bricks are available with either black or gold lettering. The lettering is engraved and hand painted with a long-lasting infill.

Each brick comes with its own unique Certificate of Authenticity that you can frame or present as a gift. Confirmation of your order will be posted to you with your unique certificate of authenticity on receipt of your application.

St Mirren suffered late heartbreak as a Hamilton goal at the death snatched a top six place from the Buddies.

Jim Goodwin's side were on course for their first ever top six in the current league setup and a guaranteed highest league finish since 1985 thanks to Jamie McGrath's first-half penalty. But with the game heading to its end Hamilton substitute Kyle Munro headed home an equaliser to secure a point for the hosts and consign Saints to the bottom six.

It was St Mirren who had the better of the opening 45 minutes. Lee Erwin, who had come in for Collin Quaner, had the game's first opportunity when he rose to meet a Richard Tait cross. There were suggestions it came off a hand as it was deflected out for a corner from which Tait nodded wide. 

Erwin started to put the pressure on as the half-hour mark approached. Erwin went close to the opener on 27 minutes when he again was the recipient of a Tait cross, but the forward volleyed into the ground and wide. Two minutes later the ball fell kindly for Jon Obika who turned well but had his strike deflected into Kyle Fulton.

Saints were awarded a penalty on 33 minutes when Ilkay Durmus was fouled after going to get his shot away. McGrath stepped up and, as he had done six times previously this season, made no mistake to slot beyond Fulton. 

The Buddies had opportunities to grab a second and all but seal the win in the second-half. A quick break saw McGrath slip the ball to Obika inside the box with the forward denied by a terrific save from Fulton who touched over the bar on 54 minutes. 

Then, just after the hour mark, Obika outmuscled Aaron Martin to go one-on-one with Fulton. The striker had Durmus in space to his left ready for a tap-in but elected to go alone hitting straight into the arms of Fulton. Durmus was inches away from extending the lead with 10 minutes remaining when his free-kick from 25 yards went just over the bar.

With a little over a minute of normal time to go, St Mirren's top six hopes were crushed when the hosts netted an equaliser. Referee Don Robertson awarded Accies what appeared to be a soft free-kick after Joe Shaughnessy had beaten David Moyo to a header. There was no one marking Munro as he drifted in at the back post to bullet home. 

Full-Time: Hamilton Academical 1-1 St Mirren

JIM GOODWIN POST-MATCH REACTION

St Mirren: Alnwick, Fraser, McCarthy, Shaughnessy (c), Fraser, McGrath, McAllister (Erhahon 56), Doyle-Hayes, Durmus, Erwin (Connolly 56), Obika (Flynn 88)
Subs Not Used: Lyness, Finlayson, Mason, MacPherson, Reid, Henderson

Hamilton Academical: Fulton, Hodson, McMann, Stirling (Moyo 45), Easton, Odoffin, A.Martin (Hughes 63), S.Martin, C.Smith (Munro 80), Callachan, Anderson
Subs Not Used: Gourlay, Scully, Trafford, Stanger, Mimnaugh, Redfern

Referee: Don Robertson
Assistant Referee: David McGeachie
Assistant Referee: Michael Banks
Fourth Official: Colin Steven

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce that Dylan Reid has agreed a new contract until summer 2023.

The St Mirren Youth Academy graduate became the youngest ever player to play for St Mirren when he made his debut as a substitute against Rangers at the start of March.

At just 16 years and five days old, Dylan became not only the youngest player to play for Saints, but also the youngest ever Scottish Premiership player.

The midfielder now commits his future to Saints for the next two years.

Speaking on Dylan, Saints manager Jim Goodwin said: "Dylan’s been brilliant. The academy is really important to us as a club and I’ve said on numerous occasions that I want to be recognised as a manager who gives youngsters opportunities.

The age situation doesn’t concern me. He’s not a small 16-year-old, he’s very athletic and strong already. Technically, he’s already as good as what we’ve got in the squad.

"He’s been training with the first-team for a number of weeks and he looks as if he belongs here. He doesn’t look out of place in any session we’ve had him in.

"He’s going to be in the first team regularly now. He’s a first-team player, that’s the way we are looking at him."

St Mirren Football Club can confirm that Nick McAllister has joined Dumbarton FC on loan until the end of the season.

We'd like to wish Nick all the best in his time at the Sons.

St Mirren travel to Hamilton on Saturday with the chance to create history.

A win for Saints would see us secure our first-ever top six finish in the current league setup whilst also guaranteeing our highest top-flight finish since 1985.

In a season like no other, we asked supporters to #BeInThatNumber. You have done that – showing incredible backing and loyalty to the club. While we would love nothing more than for you to be there on Saturday as the 12th person unfortunately that is not possible.

St Mirren Chief Executive Tony Fitzpatrick said: "Your support of the club this season has been truly humbling. We know how difficult it is for our supporters not to be able to attend matches and cheer the players on, especially in what has been a very good season for us on the park.

"We hope brighter days are on the way and it won’t be too long until you can be with us again. However, the message from the club is clear. Please stay safe and stay at home."

Saints manage Jim Goodwin said: "I would like to thank you all for the great support you have given myself, my staff and my team throughout these really difficult times. 

"We know you haven't been able to be here with us throughout it but we have certainly felt your support from afar. 

"We have got to go to Hamilton this weekend to guarantee ourselves a top six spot which would be a great achievement for us all. As much as we would love to have you with us on the day it's not possible. We would urge you all to stay safe, stay home and support the Buddies from your couch."

St Mirren head to Hamilton on Saturday looking to secure a top six place for the first time in the current league setup.

A win against Hamilton Academical at the FOYS Stadium would guarantee top six along with Saints' highest top-flight finish since 1985.

A draw could also be enough for Jim Goodwin's side, but for that to happen Saints would need St Johnstone to fail to win at home to Ross County. 

Hamilton, meanwhile, sit in 11th place in the Scottish Premiership - a point above bottom side Kilmarnock and three points behind 10th place Ross County.  Brian Rice's men come into the match on the back of a narrow loss at Livingston on Saturday.

Match Details

Hamilton Academical v St Mirren
Competition: Scottish Premiership
Date: Saturday 20th March 2021
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: FOYS Stadium

How to watch the match

Saturday's match will be live on Hamilton's PPV for £15.

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

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St Mirren have faced Hamilton twice this season - winning one and drawing the other.

Jon Obika's first goal of the season was enough to secure a 1-0 win at the FOYS Stadium back in August.

Ilkay Durmus was on the scoresheet when Accies visited Paisley in February to put Saints in front. But a deflected Bruce Anderson strike gave the Lanarkshire side a share of the spoils in a 1-1 draw.

Saints are unbeaten in their last seven against Accies stretching back to December 2018. 

Who are the officials?

Don Robertson is the referee on Saturday. David McGeachie and Michael Banks are the linesmen. Colin Steven is the fourth official.