Football centres at the St Mirren Airdome (Saturday 30th March)

Please note that football centres at the St Mirren Airdome on Saturday morning are off and will resume on the week beginning Monday 15th April.

Football centres at Arkleston Primary School, Ralston Primary School, Lochbarr Services & Gryffe High School

Please note that weekly football centres finish this week, for the Easter school holidays.

Centres will resume on the week beginning Monday 15th April.

Panda Club

The Panda Club is on this coming Saturday (Saturday 30th March) at the normal time of 1-5.30pm.

Easter Football Programme

Bookings are still being taken for the upcoming Easter Football Programme.

To book a place please contact Ross Paterson (ross.paterson@stmirren.com)

It was a night of frustration for St Mirren as we fell to a narrow 1-0 loss away to St Johnstone. 

The Buddies missed an early penalty and gave away a soft first-half goal before being reduced to 10 men as the home side took all three points.

The visitors started brightly though goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky was forced into an early terrific save to push over Chris Kane's volley from the edge of the box.

Jason Kerr nudged Brad Lyons as the Northern Irishman burst into the box. Simeon Jackson was the man to take but his attempted chip didn't have enough on it and was blocked by the legs of returning St Johnstone goalkeeper Zander Clark.

St Mirren's frustration with the missed penalty would only grow as St Johnstone took the lead five minutes later. The Buddies were the architects of their own downfall with Mateo Muzek attempted header back to Hladky too short allowing Chris Kane to nip in and slot past the goalkeeper. 

It seemed to knock the stuffing out of the visitors until late in the first half where twice half chances were created. Cammy MacPherson picked out Simeon Jackson in the box with a nice ball in, but the striker was quickly crowded out by the St Johnstone defence. 

Then, just before half-time, Jackson had a curling effort deflected into the arms of Clark in what was a fairly routine save for the St Johnstone goalkeeper.

The travelling Saints fans were making incredible noise as they tried to rally the team at the start of the second half and Oran Kearney's men were having the better of the match after the interval. 

Duckens Nazon replaced Ryan Flynn on 55 minutes and the Haitian striker looked bright as St Mirren chased an equaliser. 

With an hour on the clock Kyle McAllister saw an shot from the edge of the area take a nick off a St Johnstone defender and fly past the right hand post. From the resultant corner Paul McGinn headed wide.

St Johnstone had a big chance to kill the game with 15 minutes to go when a terrific through ball from Ross Callachan found Murray Davidson in acres of space inside the box. But the midfielder's touch was too heavy and cleared by the Buddies for a corner. Cammy MacPherson was in the right place at the right time as he managed to clear the ball off the line after Liam Craig's corner was knocked goalward. 

The Buddies broke forward and had a penalty appeal turned down when Simeon Jackson went down under the challenge of Joe Shaughnessy. Referee Steven McLean said no and Saints had to settle for a corner. Substitute Anders Dreyer sent the ball in and it was pinball inside the box before Nazon managed to find Mihai Popescu on the edge of the area. But the Romanian defender was leaning back as he smashed over.

With only a few minutes remaining, St Mirren were reduced to 10 men when Ethan Erhahon was given his marching order for a late tackle. It compounded what was a frustrating night of the Paisley Saints who face 11th place Dundee on Saturday at the Simple Digital Arena. 

Full Time: St Johnstone 1-0 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hladky, P.McGinn (c), Popescu, Baird, Muzek, Erhahon, MacPherson, Flynn (Nazon 55), Lyons, McAllister (Dreyer 66), Jackson
Subs Not Used: Wilson, Corbu, Ferdinand, MacKenzie, Cooke

St Johnstone: Clark, Shaughnessy (c), Gordon, Kerr, Foster, Tanser, Craig, Callachan, Davidson, Kennedy (Watt 68), Kane
Subs Not Used: Bell, Swanson, Comrie, O'Halloran, Goss, Northcott

Referee: Steven McLean
Assistant Referee: Ralph Gordon
Assistant Referee: Michael Banks
Fourth Official: Alan Muir

Oran Kearney gives his thoughts on a frustrating night for the Buddies.

It’s the battle of the Saints tonight as St Mirren make the trip to Perth to face St Johnstone on matchday 30 of the Ladbrokes Premiership.

The Buddies were due to play St Johnstone on Saturday 16th March, but unplayable conditions saw the match postponed.

FORM

The Paisley Saints go into tonight's match undefeated in our last two away matches.

A 2-2 draw with Aberdeen last month was followed up by a 1-1 draw at Tynecastle. Since those away matches there has been a 1-0 win over Livingston and a 1-0 loss to Kilmarnock at the Simple Digital Arena.

St Johnstone, meanwhile, have only picked up a solitary point in their last seven Premiership matches. That came in a 0-0 draw with Rangers at Ibrox in February.

Since their last win - a 1-0 triumph over Livingston in January - the Perth Saints have lost to Livingston, Hibernian, Aberdeen, Hamilton Academical, Celtic (twice) and Hearts in the league.

They come into tonight's match having lost 3-1 to Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Arena over two weeks ago.

PREVIOUS

This will be the third meeting of the sides this season.

Our first visit to Perth this season saw the home side win 2-0 thanks to second half goals from David Wotherspoon and Matty Kennedy back in October.

St Johnstone visited Paisley on Boxing Day and left with all the points after an 89th minute goal from Tony Watt gave them a 1-0 win.

Indeed, St Johnstone have won the last four meetings between the two sides with the Buddies last victory over St Johnstone coming at McDiarmid Park in October 2014 when goals from Jason Naismith and Adam Drury gave us a 2-1 win.

WHAT A WIN WOULD MEAN

A win would see the Buddies move into 11th place, two points clear of Dundee who we face at the Simple Digital Arena on Saturday.

Even a draw for Saints would see us move into 11th ahead of Dundee on goal difference.

St Johnstone are looking for three points to keep their top six hopes alive.

The Perth side are currently ninth in the table - seven points behind sixth place Hibernian with four games to go until the split.

TEAM NEWS

The manager told press yesterday the squad is still as is which means Kyle Magennis and Lee Hodson are still out.

Stephen McGinn is getting closer, but the gaffer expects this week will come too soon for the skipper.

St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright says Niall Keown, Drey Wright, Callum Hendry and Blair Alston will miss tonight's game and David Wotherspoon is a doubt with an ankle knock. 

Zander Clark will return in goal for the hosts having missed their last four matches due to a hamstring problem.

* - Under 13s will gain access free of charge when accompanied by a paying adult (max 2 per adult). Entry via gate 5, 6 or 7. 

** - Wheelchair users and ambulant disabled must purchase tickets in advance from the St Mirren Ticket Office. Carers will gain access free of charge.

St Johnstone will be offering a £16 family deal in their Main Stand via gate 5 as it was for our match back on October 27th with the following prices:

One adult and max 2 x U13s - £16 (family deal)
Additional adult within the family group - £16
Additional child under 13 - £6
Additional child aged 13-16 - £9
Additional over 65 - £13

There are a limited number of accessible parking bays which can be booked in advance of the game – £5 per car.

There are also a limited number of ADC receivers for blind/partially sighted supporters. These can be booked in advance through Beverley Mayer on 01738 459 090 and collected from the St Johnstone Ticket Office on the match day.

St Mirren Ticket Office Phone No: (0141) 840-6130.

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

Additional Information for Travelling Fans
St Mirren make the trip to Perth for a Ladbrokes Premiership match-up with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.

The referee tonight is Steven McLean and he will be assisted by Ralph Gordon and Michael Banks. The Fourth Official will be Alan Muir.

Tomorrow night (Wednesday 27th March) St Mirren head to Perth for a Ladbrokes Premiership match-up with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.

The info on Travel Clubs heading to McDiarmid Park for the match is as follows:

North End Travel Club

The bus to Perth will leave the Sneddon at 5:15pm.

Tile Bar Supporters Bus

The bus will leave at 6:00pm.

The bus for this match is now sold out.

Chivas Travel Club

The bus for Perth will leave the Court Bar at 6:00pm.

Bus tickets are on sale now from behind the bar.

Cockles Wilson Supporters Bus

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

Following the success of our family entertainment initiatives on match days at the Simple Digital Arena, we would like to give families the opportunity to travel to an away game on an official family supporters bus for our upcoming match away to Hamilton Academical.

The game takes place on Saturday 6th April and the bus will leave the Simple Digital Arena at 13:45pm.

The cost is just £5 per person with a packet of crisps and a drink included in the price.

Tickets can be purchased from the stadium reception or by emailing colin.bright@stmirren.com. 

There is limited availability on our special ticket offer as we host Dundee on Saturday at the Simple Digital Arena.  

It's St Mirren's final Saturday home match before the Ladbrokes Premiership split as we play host to Jim McIntyre's side.

We are doing a special ticket offer for that big match with two adults and up to 20 Under-12s able to attend the match for just £24. This can be redeemed by filling out this application form and returning it to the St Mirren Ticket Office or sending by email to tickets@stmirren.com. 

Please note this offer is only available in the Family Stand and subject to availability.

This offer must be redeemed by Friday 29th March at 2pm. They will NOT be available on match day. 

Pre-ordered tickets can be collected in advance of the game or from ticket uplift window in the Main Stand on match day. 

Any youth clubs who wish to be notified when more offers like this are available should email info@stmirren.com to be added to our mailing list.

St Mirren supporters are organising a foodbank collection on Saturday 30th March at the Simple Digital Arena prior to our match against Dundee. 

Buddies supporters last held a foodbank collection in August in which they provided an incredible 961.44kg of food - enough for 2,290 meals for people in need in Renfrewshire. 

Prior to the match we would ask that you bring any of the listed items below that the Renfrewshire food bank so desperately needs and deposit them in the bins provided at each stand.

Boxed cereal
Tinned soup
Tinned tomatoes
Pasta sauce
Dried rice/noodles
Tinned fruit
Tinned meat
Tinned fish
Tinned potatoes
Tinned vegetables
Tinned rice/custard
Tea bags/coffee (small)
Long-life juice (1 litre)
UHT milk
jam/peanut butter/other spread
Biscuits
Chocolate/sweeties/crisps

All the donated items will be uplifted and distributed to those most in need. We thank you for your support in helping with this appeal.

To learn more about the Renfrewshire Foodbank and the work that they do please visit www.renfrewshire.foodbank.org.uk.

The St Mirren Reserves' next two matches will take place at the St Mirren training ground at Ralston.

The Buddies will first face Motherwell Reserves in the SPFL Reserve League at Ralston on Monday 25th March with a 2pm kick-off.

A little over a week later, they will play host to Celtic on Tuesday 2nd April at the training ground with a 2pm kick-off.

Entry to both matches will be FREE so get along and show your support.

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