First Scorer Competition

Paisley Panda is pleased to confirm that 'First Scorer' will be back for the game on Saturday against Aberdeen.

'First Scorer' lets fans predict in advance of the game who they think will score St Mirren's first goal in Saturday's match against The Dons.

From all of those who guess correctly, a winner will be picked at random and they will win a box of a dozen doughnuts which will be delivered to their seat right after the goal is scored!

To enter all you have to do ahead of the game is post your prediction of the first St Mirren scorer on Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #Saints1stgoal.

The lucky winner will then be contacted to confirm which stand they will be in with the row and seat number so that the prize can be delivered to them.

Man of the Match Vote

We are giving fans the opportunity to vote for the man of the match and also put two lucky fans in with the chance of winning a £10 voucher for the Club Shop.

Every home game we’ll throw open the voting on the 60 minute mark for 20 minutes where votes can be cast on Facebook and Twitter. All you have to do is use the hashtag #SMFCMOM followed by the name of the player you are voting for, eg '#SMFCMOM DURMUS'.

With 10 minutes of the game remaining all the votes will be counted then the Stadium Announcer will confirm the winning player over the tannoy system.

From all the fans who nominate the winning player one will be picked at random from the Facebook account and another from the Twitter account and they will each be awarded a £10 voucher for the Club Shop. The winners will be notified through the account they posted from and they must collect their voucher immediately after the match.

So get yourself ready on the hour mark of Saturday's match and get voting with #SMFCMOM.

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 6th Round tie against Aberdeen, is a 52 pager with a £3 cover price.

This latest edition includes the following:

Front Cover – Calum Waters.
The Gaffer - Jim Goodwin's pre-match message for the fans ahead of the Scottish Cup tie with Aberdeen.
Last Time Out - Pictures by Allan Picken from St Mirren's Scottish Cup replay victory away to Motherwell.
The Opposition – Brian Corry runs the rule over Derek McInnes' Aberdeen side.
St Mirren Programme Archive - Derek Drennan reviews programmes from Cup Winners' Challenge Matches.
Stats and Picture Quiz - Player appearance stats for the season and picture quiz on keepers who made at least 30 shutouts for St Mirren.
100 Seasons at the Top - Cairters Corner relives the 1980s, arguably St Mirren's most successful era.
They Played in the Stripes – The St Mirren career of Scottish Cup winner Paul Lambert as told by David Cochran.
Matchday Gallery - Pictures of the post match presentations from the recent home match against Motherwell.
Centre Page Poster – Conor McCarthy.
Fans Corner - Match Mascots, Ticket prices, travel clubs update, match info and dates for fans to keep in their diary.
Player Kit Sponsors 2019/20 – Check in to see who is sponsoring your favourite player's shirt for the season.
SMiSA - News on the recent members' vote to confirm a unique partnership with Kibble.
Panda's Fun Page – Some puzzles to keep the youngsters entertained during the half-time break.
Football Bloody Hell - Alan Gallacher argues that Ian Ferguson should be viewed as a St Mirren hero.
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.

St Mirren host Aberdeen in the William Hill Scottish Cup with a place in the semi-final up for grabs.

St Mirren vs Aberdeen
William Hill Scottish Cup, quarter-final
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Saturday 29th February 2020
Kick-off: 7:20pm

The match day officials for Saturday's cup tie against Aberdeen are as follows:

Referee: Don Robertson
Assistant Referee: Graeme Stewart
Assistant Referee: Kylie Cockburn
Fourth Official: John McKendrick

If you are thinking about coming to The Simple Digital Arena for the first time on Saturday please click HERE for all the info you will need to make sure your match day experience runs as smoothly as possible.

Match Details

The game kicks-off at 7:20pm.

Season Tickets ARE NOT valid for this game.

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

On the match day St Mirren fans can purchase their tickets (subject to availability) at the St Mirren Ticket Office from 1:00pm to kick-off time (7:20pm).

We also have a Ticket Booth sited at the West Stand beside turnstiles T11-14 on a match day.  The Ticket Booth is only for the purchase of tickets (subject to availability) for the West Stand, and also the pick-up point for pre-ordered tickets for the West Stand.  The Ticket Booth will be open from 5:20pm to 7:20pm (kick-off).

Tickets can also be purchased from the Online Ticket Shop and downloaded straight to your phone. The process is straight forward with digital tickets accessed through your smfctickets.co.uk account.

Ticket Prices

Adults - £20
Concessions* - £15
13-17 year-old - £10
12 and under - £5

*Over-65, ambulant disabled and wheelchair users. 

The St Mirren Ticket Office (Main Stand) opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:

Fri, 28th Feb: 10:00am to 2:00pm
Sat, 29th Feb: 1:00pm to 7:20pm (kick-off)

The Ticket Booth (West Stand) opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:

Sat, 29th Feb: 5:20pm to 7:20pm (kick-off)

The club shop will also be open at 1pm until kick-off. 

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

Matchday Club Policies (click links for more info)

Unacceptable Conduct

Supporters Code of Conduct

Visitor Information

The Ladbrokes Premiership fixture between St Mirren and Hearts, originally scheduled for Friday 21st February, has been rearranged.

The original match was postponed due to an unplayable surface.

The game will now take place on Wednesday 11th March at the Simple Digital Arena.

The new fixture details are below.

St Mirren v Hearts
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Wednesday 11th March 2020
Kick-off: 7:45pm

Tickets for the originally scheduled match will still be valid for the rearranged fixture.

Tickets for our William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-final match against Aberdeen are on-sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

Season ticket holders will have until 2pm on Thursday 27th February at to secure their seats, after which all seats will be released and sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

St Mirren v Aberdeen
William Hill Scottish Cup
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Saturday 29th February 2020
Kick-off: 7:20pm

Prices
Adults - £20
Concessions* - £15
13-17 year-old - £10
12 and under - £5

*Over-65, ambulant disabled and wheelchair users. 

Those who receive the highest rate of PIP/DLA and have showed proof for mobility purposes will be entitled to a free carer.

The St Mirren Ticket Office opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:

Thu, 27th Feb - 10:00am - 2:00pm 
Fri, 28th Feb - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Sat, 29th Feb - 1:00pm - 7:20pm

St Mirren struck late through Ilkay Durmus to grab an important three points in the Ladbrokes Premiership as the Buddies came from behind to defeat Motherwell at Fir Park.

Liam Donnelly opened the scoring early on from the penalty spot, but second-half goals from Jon Obika and Durmus saw the Saints take all three points back to Paisley.

The home side started the brighter with on-loan winger Rolando Aarons caused the Buddies problems down the right side. Aarons had the first real opportunity of the match when he smashed wide after finding space inside the box on seven minutes.

And it was the winger's trickery that would see Motherwell win a penalty on 12 minutes after being was brought down by Akin Famewo inside the area after trying to break clear. Referee David Munro pointed to the spot and Liam Donnelly, who missed during last week's penalty shoot-out, made no mistake from 12 yards to give the home side the lead.

Saints almost found an instant response less than two minutes later. Good work from Jamie McGrath in the midfield saw the Irishman switch it wide to Durmus. The left-winger burst into the Motherwell area and fizzed a powerful, dipping drive just inches over the bar. 

Vaclav Hladky was called into action on 18 minutes as he made a brilliant double save to keep the scoreline down. Motherwell were awarded a free-kick on the right hand touchline after Calum Waters was booked for a foul on Aarons. 'Well swung the ball into the back post where it met the head of Declan Gallagher with Hladky down low to push away. The danger wasn't cleared though allowing Tony Watt an opportunity with the Czech goalkeeper blocking from close range.

A couple of dangerous looking balls across the box from Durmus caused panic inside the Motherwell box and yielded a couple of corners but the Saints failed to capitalise from any of them. 

It was still the home side who were creating more clear cut chances in the first-half with Hladky having to do well to save from Watt, before a long-range Liam Polworth drive looked like it may have nestled in the back of the net after a wicked deflection. 

A disappointing first-half came to a close with Motherwell only having one goal to show for their efforts. 

Saints showed more intent after the break and found themselves level on 50 minutes. Lee Hodson did brilliantly well on the right-hand side to turn the Motherwell defence inside out before sending a tremendous low ball across the face of goal where Obika finished from close range. 

The Buddies almost doubled their lead a few minutes later with Motherwell goalkeeper Mark Gillespie making a terrific diving save to claw away Durmus' low drive from 20 yards. 

For all the opportunities Motherwell created in the first 45 minutes, they failed to create anything to really trouble Hladky in the second-half with only a Watt header with less than 10 minutes to go forcing the goalkeeper to make a save and even then it was straight at him.

With 87 minutes on the clock Saints would finish a winner with Durmus showing great composure to put St Mirren into the lead. Substitute Tony Andreu swung the ball into the box where it drifted to the left side to meet an unmarked Durmus. The Turkish winger took a touch to steady himself before slamming high into the top corner to send the 600 strong travelling support wild.

Junior Morias could have added the icing on the cake in the dying embers as he shot wide from 15 yards, but in the end it didn't matter as Durmus' strike sealed a first league win of 2020 for Jim Goodwin's men who closed the gap on ninth placed Ross County to four points. 

Full-Time: Motherwell 1-2 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hladky, Hodson, McCarthy, Famewo, Waters, McGrath (Wallace 75), MacPherson, Foley, Durmus, Jakubiak (Andreu 71), Obika (Morias 90)
Subs Not Used: Lyness, K.McAllister, Mullen, Chabbi

Motherwell: Gillespie, Tait, Hartley, Gallagher, Donnelly, Campbell (Turnbull 71), O'Hara (MacIver 56), Polworth, Aarons, Hylton (Seedorf 83), Watt
Subs Not Used: Carson, Grimshaw, Mugabi, Ilic

Referee: David Munro
Assistant Referee: David Roome
Assistant Referee: Stuart Hodge
Fourth Official: David Dickinson

Attendance: 3,636 (601 St Mirren fans)

Gallery pictures by Allan Picken © - Allan Picken Photography

A delighted Jim Goodwin gives his reaction as St Mirren strike late to defeat Motherwell 2-1 and pick up three important Ladbrokes Premiership points.

St Mirren travel to Fir Park for our rearranged Ladbrokes Premiership match that was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday 15th February.

FORM

St Mirren - WLDDDD

Motherwell - DLLDLL

St Mirren head to Fir Park a week on from their Scottish Cup Fifth Round replay win against Motherwell.

The Buddies travelled through to Fir Park last Tuesday with a place in the last eight of the competition up for grabs. Jim Goodwin's men raced into an incredible 4-1 lead at half-time thanks to a double from Jon Obika, an own goal from Peter Hartley and a strike from Sam Foley. But Motherwell fought back in the second-half with goals from Tony Watt, Rolando Aarons and Allan Campbell taking the match to extra-time and penalties. 

Saints came out on top in the shoot-out with Jamie McGrath, Kyle McAllister and Obika scoring to give the Buddies a 3-2 win after Liam Donnelly, Watt and Jermaine Hylton had missed for the home side. 

Due to the postponement of tonight's original fixture, along with the postponement of Friday night's scheduled match against Hearts, Saints haven't been in Ladbrokes Premiership action since a 2-1 loss away to Livingston almost two weeks ago.

Motherwell come into tonight's match having drawn 0-0 with Hamilton Academical in the Lanarkshire derby on Saturday. 

Despite a run of seven games without a win, Stephen Robinson's side currently sit in third place in the Ladbrokes Premiership and could open up a four point gap on fourth placed Aberdeen with a win tonight.

Motherwell will also be looking to win at Fir Park for the first time since December 7th 2019 when they defeated Hearts 1-0 in the Ladbrokes Premiership.

PREVIOUS

Saints meet Motherwell for the fifth, and likely final, time this season. 

Motherwell have beaten the Buddies in the two league matches between the sides this season. 

Goals from James Scott and Chris Long gave the Steelmen a 2-0 victory at Fir Park in October, while Scott, who left Motherwell to join Hull City in January, netted again in December - scoring twice in a 3-0 win for Stephen Robinson's side at the Simple Digital Arena. 

The two have met twice in 2020 - both in the Scottish Cup. The first was at the start of the month when Motherwell were the visitors to the Simple Digital Arena. Chris Long fired the Steelmen into a first-half lead, but Saints hit back in the second-half through Alex Jakubiak to force a replay.

The Buddies then came out on top and booked their place in the quarter-finals following a dramatic 120 minutes plus penalties. 

St Mirren's last league win over Motherwell was at Fir Park in December 2018 when Simeon Jackson scored the only goal in a 1-0 win for Saints.

TEAM NEWS

Gary MacKenzie, Kyle Magennis, Stephen McGinn and Ryan Flynn all remain out for Saints.

Chris Long will miss out for Motherwell having been shown a red card in their draw with Hamilton on Saturday. 

MANAGER'S THOUGHTS

"We've analysed last week's game and there are plenty of positives we can take from the first-half.

"Of course there are things we can do better based on things that happened in the second-half.

"We'll setup the way we did in the first-half, try and get a foothold in the game early on and hopefully get our noses in front again.

"Hopefully it's as entertaining a game as last week was and we can give a good account of ourselves.

"If we put in a performance similar to that of the first-half then we give ourselves a great chance of picking up maximum points."

* One adult and two juniors

** 60 & over, 16-18, students with valid ID

Ambulant/wheelchair tickets must be purchased direct from St Mirren.

A note for those travelling on supporters buses, that parking for supporters buses will be on Orbiston Street.

Tickets are available at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online. Please note that tickets for the originally scheduled match are valid.

The St Mirren Ticket Office opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:

Mon, 24th Feb - 10:00am - 2:00pm 
Tue, 25th Feb - 10:00am - 2:00pm

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

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

Additional Information for Travelling Fans

St Mirren make the short trip to Lanarkshire to face Motherwell in a rearranged Ladbrokes Premiership fixture at Fir Park.

The referee will be David Munro. He will be assisted by David Roome and Stuart Hodge. The Fourth Official will be David Dickinson.

Please note that the scheduled St Mirren Charitable Foundation's 'Saturday Saints' session at the St Mirren Airdome will not take place this morning (Saturday 22nd Feb) due to adverse weather conditions.