St Mirren return from the international break with a trip to Tynecastle where we face Hearts in the William Hill Premiership.

Saints will be backed by a full travelling support with our allocation of tickets sold out for this match. 

The Buddies were edged out 1-0 by Dundee United at The SMiSA Stadium in our last match before the break. Despite that defeat, Saints remain in sixth place in the William Hill Premiership having picked up eight points from our first eight league matches. 

Match Details

Hearts v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 19th October 2024
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: Tynecastle Park

The Opposition

Hearts have this week appointed Neil Critchley as their new Head Coach following the dismissal of Steven Naismith last month. The Englishman will take charge of the Jam Tarts for the first time this weekend when Saints head to Tynecastle. 

St Mirren and Hearts have already met in the William Hill Premiership this season, with the Buddies winning 2-1 at The SMiSA Stadium last month. Toyosi Olusanya scored the winner for Saints after Craig Halkett had cancelled out an early own goal from Gerald Taylor. 

The Edinburgh side sit at the bottom of the league having picked up just two points from their first eight William Hill Premiership matches. An opening day 0-0 draw with Rangers at Tynecastle gave cause for optimism, but a run of eight straight defeats in all competitions, culminating in their 2-1 loss to Saints, saw Steven Naismith removed from his position as Head Coach.

Hearts picked up their first win of the season away to Dinamo Minsk in the UEFA Conference League just before the international break, an injury-time Yan Dhanda goal giving them a 2-1 victory. That was followed up by a narrow 3-2 defeat against Aberdeen at Pittodrie in the William Hill Premiership. 

Toyosi Olusanya celebrates after scoring the winner against Hearts last month (Image: Allan Picken)

The Officials

Colin Steven is the referee on Saturday. His assistants are David McGeachie and Gordon Crawford.

David Dickinson is the video assistant referee (VAR). 

Tickets for our league match away to Hibernian on Saturday 9th November are now on sale. 

Hibernian are facilitating away ticket sales direct through their own ticketing platform, providing digital tickets only. 

Supporters will need to create an account on Hibernian's single sign on platform, verify your email and then click back through the link again to access matchday tickets. Tickets can be purchased using this link. 

Hibernian will only facilitate online sales for away supporters right up until kick-off. Tickets won't be available from the Hibernian Ticket Office for away supporters. 

Hibernian v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 9th November 2024
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Easter Road, Edinburgh

Hibernian Ticket Prices

Adult - £26
Over 65 - £16
U18 - £14
U13* - £12 

*With full paying adult

Wheelchair Tickets

Regular march pricing applies for the wheelchair tickets depending on category, with the personal assistant (PA) free of charge. These can be purchased by getting in touch with Hibernian's Accessible Tickets Team by email on accessibletickets@hibernianfc.co.uk. Supporters should ensure they have pre-registered on Hibernian's platform before contacting the Accessible Tickets Team to book tickets. 

Ambulant Tickets

Ambulant tickets will be charged at the regular match price depending on category. Must be in receipt of Higher Rate DLA or Enhanced PIP to be eligible for a PA ticket. If a PA is needed and proof can be provided then this will be free of charge. These can be purchased by getting in touch with Hibernian's Accessible Tickets Team by email on accessibletickets@hibernianfc.co.uk. Supporters should ensure they have pre-registered on Hibernian's platform before contacting the Accessible Tickets Team to book tickets. 

St Mirren Ticket Office Tel: (0141) 840-6130.

St Mirren Ticket Office email: tickets@stmirren.com 

St Mirren Women host Kilwinning FA Ladies at The SMiSA Stadium this Sunday (20th October) in Barclays Scottish Women's League One.

Kate Cooper's side go into Sunday's match on the back of an impressive 4-1 win away to Inverurie Loco Works Ladies which made it six wins out of seven in SWF League One this season.

Tickets for the match are on sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online HERE.

Fixture Details

St Mirren v Kilwinning FA Ladies
Competition: Barclays Scottish Women’s League One
Date: Sunday 20th October 2024
Kick-off: 1pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

Ticket Info

Adults - £5
Concession - £2

Tickets are available in Main Stand, Blocks M1-M4. 

In October 2023, St Mirren Football Club selected Home-Start Renfrewshire and Inverclyde as its strategic charity partner with our vision to place people and the local community at the centre of decision-making aligning with the ethos Home-Start Renfrewshire and Inverclyde also lives by.

Your overwhelming Home-Start support saw 180 children and 50 parents receive Christmas gifts after donations before our home match against Ross County in the William Hill Premiership last December. 

In November, Home-Start Renfrewshire and Inverclyde will be hosting their first large scale event, held this year in Inverclyde and they want to reach as many people as possible. The event takes place at Greenock Town Hall on Friday 15th November. Support from and making connections with local organisations is vital to Home-Start as they look to the future, ensuring that they can reach all the families that need them.

Tickets are priced at £30 per person and include drinks reception, three course dinner, entertainment by Simply Rob and DJ – all in aid of a fantastic charity supporting children and their families.

If you would like to know more info or to book please contact events@hsri.org.uk.

Home-Start Renfrewshire and Inverclyde

Home-Start Renfrewshire and Inverclyde are an award winning, recognised trusted partner in the local communities we serve and have been providing support to families in Renfrewshire for over 22 years. 

In the last three years alone, referrals across the service have increased by 100% in each proceeding year, a trend which is expected to continue. Referrals come from a variety of sources including from families themselves, health visitors, social workers, nurseries, and other organisations.

At present Home-Start Renfrewshire and Inverclyde are working with 170 families across both areas. The support they get ranges from intensive weekly support from a staff member to a weekly visit from a trained befriending volunteer or they may even come along to one of Home-Start's supportive in-house groups.

Home-Start pride themselves in being a non-judgemental, friendly and supportive organisation committed to equality, diversity and inclusion.

A small charity with a big profile, Home-Start have been fortunate enough to be able to grow over the last few years and now look to sustaining the successes they have achieved in supporting so many local families.

St Mirren Football Club is happy to announce a new partnership with multi award winning law firm Gilson Gray. 

Renowned as one of Scotland’s most prominent law firms, Gilson Gray offer specialist legal, property and financial services and have offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Forfar, East Lothian, Lincoln and London.

The partnership will see Gilson Gray provide the club with contractual support. 

Former St Mirren player David Winnie, who was part of our 1987 Scottish Cup winning side and made 196 appearances across two spells at the Saints, is a Partner and Head of Sports and Immigration at Gilson Gray. He visited The SMiSA Stadium to meet St Mirren Chief Operating Officer Keith Lasley upon completion of the partnership. 

Speaking on the deal, Keith said: "We are pleased to have finalised our agreement with Gilson Gray. 

Their expertise will help supplement the hard work already undertaken by our talented staff team and we thank them for their support of the club."

David Winnie added: "We’re delighted to have agreed this partnership with St Mirren FC, and look forward to providing legal support to the club going forward.

"This partnership with a Scottish Premiership club is part of our long term vision to become a major force in the provision of legal services in the sports sector throughout the UK.

"From a personal standpoint, I am thrilled to have continued the link with my childhood team once again."

Manager Stephen Robinson gave an insight into the club's development structures following the appointment of Peter Hartley.

In this interview, the manager talked about Peter's role as Head of First Team Transition and Loan Pathways, having succession plans in place, the two tiers of producing players, players out on loan and the U18s. 

Tickets for our William Hill Premiership match away to Hearts on Saturday 19th October have now sold out. 

Season ticket holders had until until 2pm on Wednesday 25th September to buy tickets with remaining general sale tickets becoming available at 10am on Friday 27th September. 

Tickets that were purchased online for collection MUST be collected from the St Mirren Ticket Office by 12 noon on Friday 18th October 2024.

There will be no sales or collection on the day at Tynecastle. 

Hearts v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 19th October 2024
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh

St Mirren Ticket Office Tel: (0141) 840-6130.

St Mirren Ticket Office email: tickets@stmirren.com 

Tickets for our league match away to Rangers are on sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online. 

Saints make the short journey to Ibrox on Sunday 27th October in the William Hill Premiership. We have received an allocation of around 900 tickets for this match.

Rangers v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Sunday 27th October 2024
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow

Please note this is a paper allocation only, no e-tickets are available. Any QR code sent is just a receipt of your purchase for us at the ticket office to process your order, it is NOT your ticket.

• Tickets can be ordered online for UK Postage until 10am on Tuesday 22nd October.
• Match Tickets can be purchased online for Collectionuntil 10am on Thursday 24th October.They MUST be collected by 12noon on Friday 25th October 2024.
• Match Tickets will also be sold at the St Mirren Ticket Office directly (subject to availability) until Friday 25th October at 12noon.

All tickets ordered for collection MUST be collected from the St Mirren Ticket Office by 12 noon on Friday 25th October. There will be no sales or collection on the day at Ibrox. 

Rangers Ticket Info

Adult - £33
Concession* - £26
Junior** - £15

Wheelchair disabled***

Adult - £20
Concession* - £16
Junior** - £11

*65+ and 16-17
**U16
***Companion free of charge

Ambulant disabled supporters pay the age-appropriate price. If a companion is required, the companion ticket is free of charge.

St Mirren Ticket Office Tel: (0141) 840-6130.

St Mirren Ticket Office email: tickets@stmirren.com 

SMiSA believe in the power of our fans and community to help guide the direction of the club we all love. As SMiSA look to the future, they want to ensure that every voice is heard, and that’s why they have launched the #OurFuture Supporter Survey as part of their Our Future, Your Say consultation campaign.

This is your chance to play a part in shaping the future of SMiSA and their role in the success of St Mirren FC. Whether it’s about how SMiSA operates, how they can support the club, or what initiatives they should prioritise, your feedback will be invaluable. The survey will close at 6pm on Thursday 17th October.

Click here to complete the survey

The survey will only take a few minutes of your time, but the impact of your input will be long-lasting. Your views will help SMiSA plan and make decisions that reflect the passion, priorities, and ideas of their members. Please also share the survey link with any family or friends who are supporters of St Mirren (SMiSA member or not). 

Thank you for being part of this exciting journey. Together, we can build a stronger future for SMiSA and our club, built around the core values of the supporters.

Let’s shape #OurFuture – get involved today!

Saints head into the international break following defeat to Dundee United at The SMiSA Stadium.

In a game lacking in quality, the decisive moment came from a quarter of an hour from the end. Ellery Balcombe did well to parry Ross Docherty's piledriver, but could do nothing to stop Emmanuel Adegboyega – guilty of missing a sitter in the first half – from rushing in to net the rebound.

Saints had almost made a spectacular opening to the game as Richard Taylor acrobatically sent a corner over the bar in the opening 60 seconds. However, that wasn't a sign of things to come and things soon began to settle down, Will Ferry firing an effort well over for the visitors. A Budies free-kick then almost created a chance, keeper Jack Walton opting to punch the ball rather than catch it and Caolan Boyd-Munce crossed for Killian Phillips, however he couldn't connect properly and Walton gathered.

Seconds later United should have been ahead. A free-kick was headed on by Ross Graham and everyone apart from Adegboyega seemed to stop, however he only managed a fresh air swipe at the ball and Saints scrambled it clear. There were some half-hearted penalty appeals from the home fans when Toyosi Olusanya exchanged passes with van Veen and then went down as he entered the box, but ref Ross Hardie was unmoved.

Taylor smashed over at another corner before Roland Idowu did well to fashion himself an opening, but his shot was always going wide. The opening 45 minutes were well summed up as the half drew to a close when a penalty box scramble gave Sam Dalby a sight of goal but his shot was blocked by one of his United team mates.

There were loud penalty shouts from the away fans early in the second half when Taylor blocked Luca Stephenson's header but the officials deemed it wasn't handball. Boyd-Munce then tried his luck from 25 yards and was unlucky to see his piledriver kept out by a tremendous Walton save, Olusanya unable to force home the rebound. Ellery Balcombe's had a rather more straightforward job a few moments later when it came to dealing with Stephenson's header.

Phillips curled one wide from the edge of the box as Saints threatened again, another chance coming when Mark O'Hara's corner was headed back across goal by Phillips but Olusanya could only nod over the bar.

However, with 15 minutes left it was United who took the lead, a corner dropping perfectly for Ross Docherty at the edge of the box and while Balcombe kept it out, he could do nothing as Adegboyega netted the rebound to make up for his earlier miss.

Sub James Scott turned and shot over from the edge of the box as Saints looked to respond quickly, Phillips then doing likewise from a bit closer in. Sub Oisin Smyth did find the target with his attempt but it was easy for Walton. Six minutes of stoppage time provided some hope for the Buddies but Taylor heading over from Smyth's cross was as good as it got.

Full-Time: St Mirren 0-1 Dundee United

St Mirren: Balcombe, Fraser, Gogic, Dunne (Mandron 81), R.Taylor, Phillips, Boyd-Munce (Smyth 84), O'Hara (c) (Bwomono 81), Idowu (Scott 65), Van Veen (Kiltie 65), Olusanya
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Penman, Adeniran, Ayunga

Dundee United: Walton, Adegboyega, Gallagher, Graham (Holt 57), Stephenson, Sevelj, Docherty (c), Sibbald, Ferry, van der Sande (Middleton 38), Dalby
Subs Not Used: Richards, Babunski, Odada, Fotheringham, Thomson, Stirton, Ubochioma

Referee: Ross Hardie
Assistant Referee: Frank Connor
Assistant Referee: Paul O'Neill
Fourth Official: Duncan Nicolson
VAR: Greg Aitken

Attendance: 7,166

Manager Reaction

Watch manager Stephen Robinson's reaction to our 1-0 defeat to Dundee United.