Alan Stubbs was officially unveiled as St Mirren this afternoon - joining the club on a three year deal.

This will be the 46-year old's third job in first team management, after spells with Hibs and Rotherham.

His playing career saw him turn out for Bolton, Celtic, Everton, Sunderland and Derby County and make almost 600 senior appearances, winning five major trophies and two promotions in the process. 

The Englishman began his coaching career at Everton in 2008, working with their U21 squad before moving on to become manager of Hibernian in 2014. In his first season with the Edinburgh side, Stubbs guided them to a second place finish in the Championship.

He guided Hibs to the play-offs once again in his next season in charge whilst also leading the Hibees to the League Cup final and an infamous Scottish Cup victory - the club's first in over a century.

Stubbs left the Hibees to take over at English Championship side Rotherham in 2016, but parted ways with the club after a few months in charge.

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce Alan Stubbs as our new manager.

Stubbs takes over as Saints boss on a three-year contract.

The Englishman has previously been in charge of fellow Premiership side Hibernian and English League One Play-Off winners Rotherham United.

On his appointment Stubbs told stmirren.com:

I'm delighted to be appointed the new manager of St Mirren.

"I'm really excited by the challenge ahead and look forward to building on the good work that's been done here already.

"Now the hard work starts to get the squad ready for an exciting season ahead."

St Mirren Chief Executive Tony Fitzpatrick said:

We'd like to thank all who applied for the role as St Mirren manager. 

"There were a number of good applicants for the role but we felt that Alan was the outstanding candidate.

"I look forward to working with him over the coming weeks and months as we gear up for the Premiership."

We would like to thank Henderson Properties Ltd for renewing their sponsorship for the 2018/19 Premiership.

Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy said: "I would like to thank (former Director) Ian Henderson for his continued support.

Local pub De Beers are the latest local company to renew their trackside advertising with St Mirren for the 2018/19 season.

Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy, said: "I would like to thank Roy Henderson for his continued support, and look forward to meeting him in the Westmarch Suite during the season ahead."

St.Mirren's home & away kit for the 2018/19 season will be launched on Thursday 14th June here on our official website.

At 10am on Thursday 14th June we will release a promotional video from our Official Kit Partners 'Joma', debuting our new strip for the season ahead.

You will be able to pre-order home & away kits via the online shop and also in-store on the day of the launch.

Both the home & away kit will go on general sale on Wednesday 20th June.

Kit prices are as follows : 

Home kit

Adult Shirt - £45
Adult Shorts - £16
Kids Shirt - £32
Kids Shorts - £13.50
Socks - £7.50

Away kit

Adult Shirt - £45
Adult Shorts - £16
Kids Shirt - £32
Kids Shorts - £13.50
Socks - £7.50

St Mirren's fixtures for the group stage of the Betfred Cup are as follows:

Kilmarnock v St Mirren (Fri, 13th July)
St Mirren v Spartans (Tue, 17th July)
Queens Park v St Mirren (Tue, 24th July)
St Mirren v Dumbarton (Sat, 28th July)

St Mirren's first game against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park will take place on Friday night and will be shown live on BT Sports.

The format, announced in advance of the 2016 Betfred Cup, sees all drawn group stage matches go straight to a penalty shoot-out with the winners earning an extra ‘bonus point’ in addition to the traditional point given for a draw.

The eight group winners and four best runners-up progress to the last 16 where they are joined by holders Celtic and fellow European representatives Aberdeen, Rangers and Hibernian.

St Mirren would like to thank Acre Industrial Services for renewing their sponsorship with the club ahead of the 2018/19 Premiership season.

Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy, said: "Managing Director, Jim Price, has been a pleasure to be associated with, and I cannot believe it is over 23 years ago that we first met and he first took out a trackside board at Love Street.

"I look forward to welcoming Jim and his guests to the stadium for the season ahead."

St Mirren's home kit for the season 2017/18 is now selling at a reduced price.

Adult tops are now £30 down from £45, with kids shirts down to £20 from £32.

Adult shorts are now £10 down from £16.50, with kids shorts available for £8 down from £13.50.

Kit socks are also available at a reduced price of just £6.

Sizes are all subject to availability, so you better order fast.

You can purchase from both the Club Shop and online. 

St Mirren in the Community is delighted to announce its ever popular Summer Football Programme is returning again this year.

Bookings are now being taken for the action-packed Summer Football Camps, that will run throughout the Summer school holidays (from Monday 9^th July until Friday 10^th August) at the club’s exclusive airdome at The Paisley 2021 Stadium and Lochbarr Services, Lochwinnoch.

Players aged 3-12 years old will be put through their paces by experienced and qualified community and academy coaches. Daily themes will cover all skills and attributes of the modern-day footballer (dribbling, passing and control, heading, finishing and flicks and tricks), all within a safe and fun, learning environment.

Participants are required to bring with them suitable indoor clothing and footwear (no metal studs or blades), shin guards and goalkeeper gloves (if appropriate) in addition to a light healthy snack and plenty of water/non-fizzy drinks.

Places are limited, and bookings can be made by downloading and completing the application form and returning to Ross Paterson at The Paisley 2021 Stadium.

Please note that payment must be made in full at the time of booking to confirm places.

For further information about the Summer Football Programme and St Mirren in the Community, please contact Ross Paterson at ross.paterson@stmirren.com

To download the application form please click HERE