Tickets for our William Hill Scottish Cup at home to Broxburn Athletic are on-sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online. 

Season ticket holders seats will be reserved until Friday 10th January, after which time seats will be released and sold on a first come first served basis.

St Mirren v Broxburn Athletic
William Hill Scottish Cup
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Saturday 18th January 2020
Kick-off: 3:00pm

Prices
Adults - £15
Concessions - £5

St Mirren picked up their first points on the road this season with a well-deserved win over Hamilton Academical at the FOYS Stadium.

Cammy MacPherson's first goal of the season was enough to give Saints all three points in a dominant performance that sees the Buddies move off the bottom of the Ladbrokes Premiership and up to ninth place.

Jim Goodwin made four changes from the side that lost 3-0 to Motherwell on Wednesday night with MacPherson, Kyle McAllister, Ilkay Durmus and Junior Morias coming in for Gary MacKenzie, Stephen McGinn, Tony Andreu and Danny Mullen as Saints lined up in a 4-4-2 formation with Paul McGinn partnering Sean McLoughlin at centre-half and Ryan Flynn moved to right-back. 

The Buddies started brightly and almost had the lead with just five minutes played. Jon Obika fed the ball wide to Ilkay Durmus whose half-volley was touched onto the post by Hamilton goalkeeper Luke Southwood.

While the visitors had been on top in the opening stages, Hamilton grew into the first-half and Saints had stand-in skipper Kyle Magennis to thank for keeping the Accies from taking the lead on 14 minutes. The midfielder, who made his 100th St Mirren appearance on Wednesday night, made a vital goal-saving interception to deny the waiting Steve Davies who would surely have tapped home from close range.

There wasn't much to separate the teams 30 minutes in but the Buddies finished the half strongly. Obika flashed an effort just wide from 20 yards on 34 minutes before Durmus slammed a shot into the side-netting two minutes later. 

Saints could have been ahead within 15 seconds of the restart when Morias hit the post. Accies had taken kick-off but St Mirren had won the ball almost immediately with MacPherson sending a long ball down the middle that Morias ran on to. The forward brought it down on his chest as he made his way into the box, but flicked onto the post. 

Saints hit the woodwork once again just a few minutes later when MacPherson's free-kick from the left cracked off the Hamilton crossbar. 

That only delayed the inevitable with Saints breaking the deadlock 60 seconds later through that man MacPherson. Accies defender Scott McMann could only head a Magennis ball into the box as far as the edge of the area where MacPherson ran onto it and smashed low into the bottom corner to the delight of the more than 800 away crowd behind the goal.

The Buddies could have added a second just before the hour mark but for goalkeeper Southwood. Morias' cut-back was missed by MacPherson but fell kindly to Durmus in space inside the box, but the Hamilton keeper did well to block the Turkish winger's effort with his feet. 

Jim Goodwin made his first change on 66 minutes when Cody Cooke made his return to action following a long lay-off with injury as he replaced Kyle McAllister. And the English forward almost netted just a few minutes after his introduction. Cooke picked the ball up deep in the Accies half and drove toward goal. He had Obika in space to his right but elected to go alone and forced a good save from Southwood with a rasper from 20 yards. 

With 13 minutes remaining Obika looked to send Cooke clear on goal and the striker would have been one-on-one had he not been fouled by Accies defender Alex Gogic. Referee Don Robertson showed no hesitation in brandishing a red card to Gogic for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity. 

10-man Hamilton looked to put pressure on Saints in the closing stages but could only muster a David Moyo header that was fairly routine for Hladky. 

That summed up what was a comfortable day for the Buddies who more than deserved their first win on the road this season.

Full-Time: Hamilton 0-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hladky, Flynn, P.McGinn (Andreu 82), McLoughlin, Waters, K.McAllister (Cooke 66), Magennis (S.McGinn 75), MacPherson, Durmus, Morias, Obika
Subs Not Used: Lyness, Henderson, Djorkaeff, Mullen

Hamilton: Southwood, McGowan, Gogic, Stubbs, Easton, Smith, McMann, Hunt (Martin 56), Miller, Davies (Moyo 61), Ogkmpoe (Oakley 56)
Subs Not Used: Fon Williams, Collar, Beck, Hamilton

Referee: Don Robertson
Assistant Referee: David Doig
Assistant Referee: Paul O'Neill
Fourth Official: Kevin Graham

Attendance: 1,962 (839 St Mirren fans)

Gallery pictures by Allan Picken © - Allan Picken Photography

Saints manager Jim Goodwin gives his thoughts after his side picked up their first away points of the season with 1-0 win at Hamilton this afternoon.

St Mirren make the journey along the M74 to face Hamilton Academical in the Ladbrokes Premiership tomorrow. 

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St Mirren - LLLWLL

Hamilton - LDLDDL

The Buddies fell to the bottom of the Ladbrokes Premiership on Wednesday night after a disappointing 3-0 loss at home to Motherwell. 

Saints are still looking for their first point on the road having lost in all eight away league matches this season.

The Buddies last away win came on the final day of the 2018/19 league season with Cody Cooke's hat-trick giving Saints a 3-2 win over relegated Dundee at Dens Park.

Hamilton come into tomorrow night's match on the back of a narrow loss at Celtic Park on Wednesday. Brian Rice's side looked to have secured a point at the home of the champions when Marios Ogkmpoe scored in 90 minutes to draw level. But Celtic found a winner in stoppage time to deny Accies what would have been a precious point. 

Accies haven't won in the league since the end of September when they defeated Livingston 2-1 at the FOYS Stadium, but have drawn three of their last six in the league.

Hamilton have drawn with Livingston (0-0), Kilmarnock (2-2) and Ross County (2-2) in recent weeks while losing to Celtic (1-2), Rangers (1-3) and Aberdeen (0-1). 

Since the sides last met Saints have won two, drawn one and lost seven in the league, while Hamilton have won one, drawn four and lost five. 

PREVIOUS

St Mirren are unbeaten in their last three against Hamilton - drawing twice and winning once. 

The points were shared in the first meeting of the two this season as Hamilton held out for a 0-0 draw at the Simple Digital Arena in September. 

The Buddies were victorious in the final clash last season with Kyle McAllister and Kyle Magennis scoring late goals to give Saints a 2-0 win in May. 

St Mirren's last trip to Hamilton was in April with Saints coming from behind to draw 1-1 thanks to Anders Dreyer's penalty.

Accies last win over Saints was in December 2018 as they won 3-1 in Paisley.

You have to go back to 2008 to find Saints' last league win away at the FOYS Stadium when goals from Franco Miranda and Billy Mehmet gave the Buddies a 2-1 win, while the last win away to Hamilton in any competition was in February 2012 as Graham Carey's goal gave St Mirren a 1-0 win in the Scottish Cup.

TEAM NEWS

Kirk Broadfoot is still out for the Buddies, while Gary MacKenzie will miss tomorrow's match after picking up an injury in Wednesday's match. 

MANAGER'S THOUGHTS

"It's a massive game. If you go and win the game you take yourself off the bottom of the table so that's the motivation that is there for everyone. 

"We have three games coming up that I think are the games we are going to be judged on."

Tickets for our William Hill Scottish Cup at home to Broxburn Athletic will be on-sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online from Monday (9th December). 

Season ticket holders seats will be reserved until Friday 10th January, after which time seats will be released and sold on a first come first served basis.

St Mirren v Broxburn Athletic
William Hill Scottish Cup
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Saturday 18th January 2020
Kick-off: 3:00pm

Prices
Adults - £15
Concessions - £5

Tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 7th December) St Mirren make the trip to Lanarkshire to the Fountain of Youth Stadium for a Ladbrokes Premiership match-up with Hamilton Academical.

The info on Travel Clubs heading to the Fountain of Youth Stadium for the match is as follows:

Tile Bar Supporters Bus

Our bus for Hamilton will leave at 1:45pm on Saturday.

Tickets for the bus are still on sale from the bar.

North End Travel Club

The bus to Hamilton will leave the Sneddon at 1:45pm.

Bus tickets are now available in the Brewer's Tap, £5 each.

Chivas Travel Club

Our Bus for Hamilton on Saturday will leave the Court Bar at 2:00pm.

Tickets available from behind the bar.

Cockles Wilson Supporters Bus

We have a limited amount of seats available for our trip to Hamilton on Saturday.

If you would like to travel on the bus please contact us on Facebook or twitter.

* Carers for wheelchair users and ambulant disabled fans will gain admittance free of charge.

Additional Information for Travelling Fans

On Saturday (7th December), St Mirren make the short trip to Lanarkshire to face Hamilton Academical in a Ladbrokes Premiership match-up at the Fountain of Youth Stadium.

The referee on Saturday is Don Robertson and he will be assisted by David Doig and Paul O'Neill. The Fourth Official will be Kevin Graham.

Kyle Magennis has become the latest St Mirren Youth Academy graduate to reach 100 appearances for St Mirren after his start in last night’s Ladbrokes Premiership match against Motherwell.

The midfielder joins the likes of Jack Baird, Sean Kelly, Stevie Mallan, Marc McAusland, Stephen McGinn, Kenny McLean, Lewis Morgan and Jason Naismith as youth academy graduates to have made 100 or more appearances in the last decade.

Kyle, who has been with St Mirren since the age of five, made his Saints debut as an 18-year-old when he came on at half-time in a 2-0 defeat against Hibernian at Easter Road in October 2016. He then made his first St Mirren start at the Simple Digital Arena against Dumbarton the following month.  

All-in all Kyle made 32 appearances in the 2016/17 season as he helped Saints reach the IRN-BRU Cup final and complete their famous ‘great escape’ to avoid relegation to the third tier of Scottish football as well as being named as the club's Young Player of The Year.

After becoming a first-team regular for Saints, Kyle was dealt a blow during the 2017/18 pre-season when he suffered an injury in a friendly with Dundee in July that would rule him out for the first few months of the season. 

Kyle eventually made his return as a substitute in a 2-0 win away to Dumbarton before making his first start of the season a week later in a 0-0 draw away to Falkirk. The midfielder would make 29 appearances in what was a successful year for club and player as Saints won the Ladbrokes Championship and promotion back to the Premiership after a three-year absence, while Kyle was named as the club's Young Player of the Year for a second year in a row. 

Injury restricted Kyle to only 19 appearances last season, but he played his part in the club securing Premiership survival after returning for the run-in scoring against Motherwell and Hamilton after the split. 

With Stephen McGinn missing the start of the 2019/20 league season with injury, Kyle was given the captain’s armband and has made 20 appearances so far this season scoring once while also earning international recognition with call-ups to the Scotland U21 squad. 

A disappointed Jim Goodwin reflects on a tough 90 minutes as Saints lose 3-0 at home to Motherwell.

Saints got December off to the worst possible start as they were comfortably beaten by Motherwell at the Simple Digital Arena.

Five first half minutes decided the game in Motherwell's favour as James Scott bagged himself a brace. For his first, the young forward danced in from the edge of the box before firing across Vaclav Hladky into the far corner, following that up moments later by coolly lifting the ball over the Saints goalie after Liam Polworth had nicked it from Tony Andreu.

The second half was pretty much a non-event before any hope Saints had of clawing their way back into things disappeared when Allan Campbell tapped the ball home following a good run from Jermaine Hylton.

The first hint that a bad night may have been in store for the Buddies came inside the first 10 minutes when Gary MacKenzie had to go off injured. Paul McGinn replaced him in the heart of the defence with sub Cammy MacPherson coming on at right back. McGinn tried to make an impact at the other end but his overhead kick sailed well over. It was one of few early chances for either side, Ryan Flynn and Andreu seeing efforts blocked before Scott failed to trouble Hladky from distance.

That certainly wasn't the case just before the half hour mark. There appeared to be little danger when Scott picked up the ball at the side of the box but he dribbled his way into a shooting position and slotting a low shot past Hladky into the far corner. It was good work from the youngster but their hadn't appeared to be much resistance to his fancy footwork.

The lead was nearly wiped out a few minutes later, Kyle Magennis seeing his shot from the edge of the box deflected narrowly wide. Instead, the Steelmen doubled the advantage soon after. Polworth won the ball off Andreu in the middle of the park, appeals for a foul falling on deaf ears, and he fed Scott, who finished superbly past Hladky to put daylight between the sides.

The teenager wasn't finished there and almost bagged a quick-fire hat-trick when he got on the end of Liam Grimshaw's cross, his header going inches wide with Hladky beaten. Another shot from the same player was deflected wide with Saints struggling to cope, Liam Donnelly dragging an effort wide when he should at least have hit the target as the half came to a close.

Hladky easily saved Scott's early second half shot before Declan Gallagher headed Polworth's free-kick just wide, although the flag was up for offside. As with the first half, it was a scrappy affair with little of note until Motherwell put the game to bed, Hylton tormenting the home defence before squaring for Campbell to poke home his side's third with a quarter of the game still to go.

Devante Cole saw his effort cleared off the line by Ryan Flynn and Gallagher headed over from a corner as the visitors pushed for a fourth. A rare Buddies chance came when Junior Morias – who had replaced Jon Obika – worked himself some space before having a shot that went out for a throw in. Andreu was at least a bit closer when he had a go from the edge of the D but still failed to find the target.

Despite those chances, Motherwell still looked the more likely to score and sub Sherwin Seedorf was allowed to drive forward before lashing a shot over. Scott had a later chance to grab his hat-trick, once again cutting in from the touchline before firing wide. It took until the final minute for the Buddies to register a shot on target, Mark Gillespie easily saving from Kyle McAllister. He was in action again in stoppage time, doing well to turn away Andreu's shot after Morias had been unlucky to see his header come back off the post. It would be wrong to say that summed up Saints' night as, for once, they could have no complaints about being on the wrong end of the scoreline.

Full-Time: St Mirren 0-3 Motherwell

St Mirren: Hladky, P.McGinn, MacKenzie (MacPherson 9), McLoughlin, Waters, S.McGinn (c), Flynn, Magennis (McAllister 75), Andreu, Mullen, Obika (Morias 63)
Subs Not Used: Lyness, Henderson, Durmus, Cooke

Motherwell: Gillespie, Grimshaw, Mugabi, Gallagher (c), Carroll, Donnelly, Polworth, Campbell (O'Hara 70), Hylton (Seedorf 75), Scott, Cole (Manzinga 83)
Subs Not Used: Carson, Maguire, Tait, Long

Referee: Andrew Dallas
Assistant Referee: Ralph Gordon
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Fourth Official: William Collum

Attendance: 4,240

Gallery pictures by Allan Picken © - Allan Picken Photography