The St Mirren Reserves are in SPFL Reserve League action for the first time in 2020 as they travel to the FOYS Stadium to face Hamilton Academical this afternoon.

The Buddies sit fifth in the 10 team league with 16 points from their opening 10 matches while Hamilton are top of the league with 23 points from their opening 10 games.

Kick-off is 2pm.

To find out more about the SPFL Reserve League please click here.

Tickets are on-sale for St Mirren's trip to Edinburgh to face Hibernian in the Ladbrokes Premiership at the start of February.

Tickets are available at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online. 

The match and tickets info is as follows:

Hibernian vs St Mirren
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: Easter Road, Edinburgh
Date: Saturday 1st February 2020
Kick-off: 3pm

Ticket Prices

Adult - £23
Concession* - £14
Child** - £12

*65 & over, 12-17 year-old and full-time student with valid ID.
**2-11 years-old, under-2s go free.

Wheelchair/ambulant disabled are priced at regular match price depending on age etc. Carers go free with wheelchair users.

Ambulant disabled must be in receipt of Higher Rate DLA or Enhanced PIP for a personal assistant. If a PA is needed and proof can be provided this will be free of charge. Ambulant/wheelchair tickets must be purchased direct from St Mirren.

A ticket POD will be in operation on the day for the sale of away tickets located next to the South Stand. 

The St Mirren Ticket Office opening hours for the remainder of this week are as follows:

Tue, Jan 21st - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Wed, Jan 22nd - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Thu, Jan 23rd - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Fri, Jan 24th - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Sat, Jan 25th - CLOSED
Sun, Jan 26th - 10:00am - 12:30pm

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

St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com.

St Mirren have been drawn at home to face Motherwell in the Fifth Round of the William Hill Scottish Cup. 

The match will take place at the Simple Digital Arena on the weekend of Saturday 8th February 2020. 

The Buddies progressed to the Fifth Round following a 3-0 win over Broxburn Athletic at the Simple Digital Arena yesterday.

Ticketing arrangements will be announced in due course. 

St Mirren booked their place in the Fifth Round of the William Hill Scottish Cup with a deserved 3-0 win over Broxburn Athletic.

After a goalless first-half, Jon Obika opened the scoring in 54 minutes to finally make the breakthrough.

Two goals in the closing minutes from Danny Mullen and Obika put the seal on the win as Saints saw off the stubborn East of Scotland League side.

It took until the final few moments to wrap up the match, but it could have been a more comfortable afternoon had the Buddies opened the scoring with a chance inside the first 60 seconds. Calum Waters low ball across the box was laid on a plate for Obika who didn't catch the shot well enough and clipped over the bar. 

The Buddies asserted themselves in the opening stages and had the vast majority of possession and territory. Junior Morias curled into the arms of Broxburn goalkeeper Connor Wallace with eight minutes played, while Ilkay Durmus dragged an effort wide on 15 minutes. 

Obika sent a tame effort into the arms of Wallace on 22 minutes after a neat exchange with Morias and really should have had Saints ahead three minutes later. Morias charged down the left-hand side and slide the ball across the area where both Obika and Durmus were waiting. The former got a toe onto the ball but it somehow creeped centimetres wide of the post. The English forward then headed past the same post just after the half-hour mark.

For all the dominance Saints were failing to make Broxburn goalkeeper Wallace work, but that would change after the interval with the goalkeeper making a good stop to deny captain Kyle Magennis on 50 minutes.

Durmus should have had St Mirren ahead two minutes later but somehow smashed wide from eight yards. 

Thankfully, the wait for the breakthrough only lasted another two minutes with Obika opening the scoring on 54 minutes. It was a scrappy goal for Broxburn to lose with a low Waters effort coming off an unfortunate Broxburn defender and ricocheting off Obika into the net. 

The Buddies fitness told after that and only heroics from Wallace kept the scoreline down. The goalkeeper made terrific saves to deny Morias twice, while he did well to push away a Mullen volley. Arguably the pick of the bunch came when he denied Jamie McGrath a debut goal on 79 minutes. The Irishman curled towards the far corner from the edge of the area with Wallace at full stretch to tip the ball round the post.

Wallace would make further saves in the final 10 minutes to stop Obika and Morias attempts, but Saints finally added a second to secure their place in tomorrow's Fifth Round draw with Mullen curling home from 20 yards. 

Mullen then turned provider a minute later when he slammed the ball across the ball to meet the chest of Obika to put the icing on the cake for the Buddies. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 3-0 Broxburn Athletic

St Mirren: Hladky, Flynn, McCarthy (Andreu 67), Famewo, Waters, Magennis (c), Foley, MacPherson (McGrath 60), Durmus (Mullen 60), Morias, Obika
Subs Not Used: Lyness, P.McGinn, Erhahon, Cooke

Broxburn: Wallace, Grant, Donaldson, Gavin, Townsley, Linton, Nimmo (Ross 68), Scott, Gibson, Locke (Richards 79), Kelly (Miller 57)
Subs Not Used: Binnie, Beesley, Gillen, Donoghue

Referee: David Munro
Assistant Referee: Dougie Potter
Assistant Referee: Colin Drummond

Attendance: 4,372

Jim Goodwin gives his thoughts on Saints' 3-0 win over Broxburn Athletic as the Buddies seal their place in the Fifth Round of the William Hill Scottish Cup.

It’s Scottish Cup action for Saints as Jim Goodwin's side host Broxburn Athletic at the Simple Digital Arena tomorrow.

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This is St Mirren’s first match of 2020 following the Ladbrokes Premiership winter break.

The Buddies closed off 2019 with a 1-0 win over Kilmarnock at the Simple Digital Arena. Ilkay Durmus’ 17th minute strike was enough to separate the two sides and give Saints a well-deserved three points.

The Buddies have lost only one of their last five matches – a narrow 2-1 loss at home to league leaders Celtic on Boxing Day.

Broxburn were due to face Linlithgow Rose last Saturday in the East of Scotland Football League Premier Division but a waterlogged park saw the match postponed.

The West Lothian side currently sit in sixth place in the EOSFL Premier Division having picked up 25 points from 14 matches.

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Tomorrow’s match will be the first ever meeting of the two sides.

St Mirren reached the fifth round of the William Hill Scottish Cup last season – defeating Alloa 3-2 at the Simple Digital Arena in January 2019 before losing 2-1 to Dundee United at the same venue less than a month later.

Competing in the Scottish Cup for the first time, Broxburn have already had to negotiate five ties just to reach this point in the competition having entered at the Preliminary Round 1 stage.  

A 2-0 win over Tynecastle saw them through to face junior side Girvan Preliminary Round 2. After beating the Ayrshire side 1-0, Broxburn entered the Scottish Cup proper taking on East Stirlingshire in the first round.

The East of Scotland League side edged out the Lowland League outfit 3-2 to set up a second-round tie with Cowdenbeath.

A late goal from their captain Nicky Locke saw them secure a replay with the League Two side after a 1-1 draw at Central Park. Broxburn ran out emphatic winners in the replay defeating the Blue Brazil 3-0.

A 1-0 win away to Inverurie Loco Works saw Broxburn reach the fourth-round to set up tomorrow’s match.

TEAM NEWS

Akin Famewo, Conor McCarthy and Jamie McGrath are all set to make their St Mirren debuts after signing for Saints last week.

Kirk Broadfoot has trained this week but the manager believes tomorrow comes too soon for the experienced defender.

Gary MacKenzie and Kyle McAllister remain out. 

MANAGER'S THOUGHTS

"We’ve approached the match in the same way we would approach every other game.

“We’ve got to be professional. We’ve seen Broxburn twice live and our video analyst has been working extremely hard over the Christmas period to dig up as much footage as he could.

“We put a presentation to the players to give them an idea of what to expect. It’s never a walk in the park but if we do the basics well and we go about it in the right manner then we should get through the tie but it’s never as easy as that.

“Broxburn have done brilliant. They’ll be coming with absolutely nothing to lose and hoping to go and give a good account of themselves." 

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce that Skyview Capital have extended their contract as the club's principal sponsor.

The fantastic deal sees Skyview’s association with the club as principal sponsor extended to a fourth season in a row.

Skyview, who first came aboard as the club’s principal sponsor in 2017, will continue to have their logo on the front of the team shirts for season 2020/21.

Skyview Capital is a privately held investment firm headquarted in Los Angeles, operating a worldwide portfolio of assets. They specialise in acquiring and unlocking unrealised potential within market-leading businesses across a variety of sectors.

Commercial manager Campbell Kennedy said: "We are absolutely delighted to be continuing our partnership with Skyview Capital for at least another year.

"Skyview Capital have been an excellent partner since they came on board a few years ago and we are thrilled to have their support once again.

"It’s a reflection of the hard work that is done off the park and I’d like to give a special mention to Jim Hall from Skyview Capital for all his support.

Jim Hall, General Counsel for Skyview Capital, said: "St Mirren truly is a proud community club and one in which Skyview Capital is extremely proud to support. Indeed it is that sense of community that most attracted us to St Mirren when we first came on board as principal sponsors.

"The atmosphere within the club, especially from the supporters every week home and away, is nothing short of spectacular. It’s one of the many reasons that we look forward to continuing our support of St Mirren as principal sponsor."

Jim Goodwin has encouraged Saints fans to come out in numbers and back the team in their William Hill Scottish Cup Fourth Round tie against Broxburn Athletic tomorrow.

The Buddies are in action for the first time in 2020 following the winter break as they host the East of Scotland League side at the Simple Digital Arena tomorrow afternoon.

It's been a tie that have captured the imagination of the visiting support with Broxburn having sold out their full allocation of tickets.

And now the Saints gaffer hopes that the home fans will also show up in good numbers to give the team their backing.

It’s important that we get a good home support tomorrow," he told stmirren.com.

"Hopefully they can come and be a part of what we hope will be a good cup run. It would be nice to say that you were there from the beginning and you just never know.

"I have to give Broxburn great credit for the amount of tickets that they have sold. To be bringing 1600 fans for any club is quite incredible so fair play to them.

"I think the weather is to be decent and we’ll have a few guys making their debuts who would love to see what the home support can be so hopefully we can get as good a home support as possible."

New signings Akin Famewo, Conor McCarthy and Jamie McGrath have all trained this week after joining the Buddies last week. 

Jim confirmed that all three are likely to make their St Mirren debuts in tomorrow’s match with Conor McCarthy set for his first St Mirren start.

Conor [McCarthy] will start the game and Jamie [McGrath] will come on at some point.

"It’s important that we get those boys up to speed and they get their fitness up quickly so they can help us in the run-in.

"It’s invaluable for the Irish boys as they haven’t had a game since late October.

"We’ve worked hard on their fitness over the last couple of weeks and now it’s about getting them minutes and some game time."

Tickets for tomorrow’s match will be on-sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office right until kick-off and are also available online.

You can also download your ticket straight to your phone. The process is straight forward with digital tickets accessed through your smfctickets.co.uk account.

Our match day programme, published in partnership with Curtis Sport, will be available from the Club Shop ahead of Saturday’s game.

This issue, for the William Hill Scottish Cup 4th Round tie against Broxburn Athletic, is a 52 pager with a £3 cover price.

This latest edition includes the following:

Front Cover – Paul McGinn.
The Gaffer - Jim Goodwin introduces his January transfer window signings to date and looks ahead to the cup tie with Broxburn Athletic.
Last Time Out - Report by Stuart Gillespie and pictures by Allan Picken from St Mirren's 1-0 win against Kilmarnock on 29th December.
The Opposition – Brian Corry gives the lowdown on Saturday's visitors, Broxburn Athletic for the Scottish Cup tie.
St Mirren Programme Archive - Derek Drennan highlights programmes from previous cup ties against non league opposition.
100 Seasons at the Top - Cairters Corner tells the tale of St Mirren's Scottish Cup winning run of season 1958/59.
They Played in the Stripes – David Cochran looks back on the St Mirren career of Scottish Cup winner Neil Cooper.
Matchday Gallery 1 - Pictures of the post match presentations from the home match against Celtic on Boxing Day.
Matchday Gallery 2 - Pictures from the corporate suite post match presentations from the recent home match against Kilmarnock.
Centre Page Poster – Sam Foley.
Fans Corner - Ticket prices, travel clubs update, match info and dates for fans to keep in their diary and match mascots.
Player Kit Sponsors 2019/20 – Check in to see who is sponsoring your favourite player's shirt for the season.
Stats and Picture Quiz - Player appearance stats for the season and picture quiz on players who won the Scottish Cup with St Mirren.
Panda's Fun Page – Some puzzles to keep the youngsters entertained during the half-time break.
Football Bloody Hell - Alan Gallacher reckons St Mirren are long overdue a good run in the Scottish Cup.
Marketing Matters – Campbell Kennedy updates on the latest events and happenings at the club's Commercial Department.
St Mirren Fixtures & Results 2019/20 – A handy reference page of all the fixtures and results for this season.
Team Lines – The two squads and match officials for Saturday’s cup tie.

To buy this issue or to place your programme subscription for the 2019/20 season click HERE.

If you live outside the UK & Ireland, St Mirren TV is your way to watch Paisley’s Premiership club live in action each and every home match day.

This service, which is delivered by media students from the University of the West of Scotland, will cover all of St Mirren’s home games.

As usual the St Mirren TV team will be presenting all the action from the Simple Digital Arena when Broxburn Athletic are the visitors for Saturday's 4th Round tie in the William Hill Scottish Cup.

If you want to tune in here is the info you will need:

St Mirren vs Broxburn Athletic
William Hill Scottish Cup, 4th Round
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Saturday 18th January 2020
Kick-off: 3pm GMT

To access this match day service:

1 Day Pass – €6.99 EUR
Season Pass – €69.99 EUR

To view Terms & Conditions and get started with St Mirren TV please click HERE.

For technical support with St Mirren TV please e-mail tvsupport@stmirren.com