The St Mirren airdome is still down temporarily after last week's adverse weather conditions. 

It will be down for the foreseeable future, but we hope to have a positive update on it as soon as we have any further details.

Anyone with dome bookings is advised to contact info@stmirren.com or call 0141 889 2558.

St Mirren Football Club apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. 

The Beast from the East was no match for the community spirit shown by those involved with St Mirren's Youth Academy, as hundreds turned up to clear Ralston of the snow.

Allan McManus spoke with pride about the players, parents, staff and fans who turned up on Sunday to help clear the training facility at Ralston of the heavy snowfall that was endured from last week and over the weekend. 

He said: "It's unbelievable. But it doesn't surprise me at this football club.

"We've got a fantastic community and team spirit, and that radiates from the first team, set by the manager, and all the way down through the academy; and obviously that buy-in from the parents to continually push and promote what we do at the academy.

"As we seen yesterday I think we had over 200 parents, players and academy members of staff. The gaffer was down as well - mucking in - and it just shows you the community spirit and camaraderie that we have here."

Allan believes that the togetherness and standards set by the club will only be a good thing for the Academy players, and will stand them in good stead as their careers progress at St Mirren. 

He continued: "I think it reiterates to the parents of the players within the academy, to remind them that's what we have at this football club.

"There are teams out there who say they have a clear link to their first team and it's maybe not the case. But you can see it here and that's driven from the manager and that radiates right down - with the assistance of myself, Andy and Ross and all the other members of staff.

"That comes from the standards set. That's why the first team recently have been successful on the pitch, and that's why the academy, over a period of time, has been successful producing young players, because of the standards set at this football club.

"It's important that when those standards are set at the top that they feed down into the academy and don't get lost on the way - but the parents can see that. I think for the parent's yesterday, they had a real feeling of being part of something, and that's what we want to create here."

First team manager Jack Ross was out assisting with snow shovelling as well, in order to give his team the best possible preparation as the league run-in beckons, with his side sitting eight points clear at the top of the Scottish Championship. 

Allan said: "The first team will always be priority and where we are in the league right now we want to make sure that the first team have got places to train regularly. I don't think the pitch would have been cleared until the latter stages of the week, but with the great effort of everybody involved yesterday, we've cleared that pitch in one hour and 10 minutes.

"It's meant that the manager now has an option to train on there with the first team and prepare properly for the weekend. The academy training will be on all week as normal - and looking forward to match day at the weekend as well. It gives the players a head start and make sure they get a full week of training behind them."

The Saints' U20s SPFL Development League game against Dundee was due to take place tomorrow at New Western Park, Renfrew, but has now been postponed due to the weather conditions.

"We popped down to Renfrew to have a look at the surface and it's still under several inches of snow. 

"Again, it shows you that if you have the spirit we have at this football club, that if there was a game to be played here (Ralston) tomorrow, because of everybody's enthusiasm and team spirit towards the football club, our games would go ahead during the week."

New dates have been confirmed for St Mirren’s Ladbrokes Championship matches against Dumbarton and Dundee United. 

The match against Dumbarton, which had to be moved due to The Sons' involvement in the IRN-BRU Cup, will now take place at The Paisley 2021 Stadium on Tuesday 27th March with a 7:45pm kick-off.

Our match against Dundee United, which was due to be played last Friday but was postponed because of the weather, will take place at Tannadice Park on Tuesday 10th April. That match will also kick-off at 7:45pm. 

The St Mirren U20s scheduled match against Dundee, due to take place tomorrow afternoon has been postponed.

The Young Buddies were due host The Dees at New Western Park in Renfrew. 

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

Is your son or daughter the next St Mirren star? Are you looking for something exciting, fun and developmental for your child to do over the Easter holidays? If so, St Mirren in the Community is the place for you!

St Mirren in the Community is delighted to announce that bookings are now being taken for our ever-popular Easter Football Camps. The camps will run on both weeks of the Easter school holidays (weeks beginning Monday 2nd April and Monday 9th April) 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 & control, heading, finishing and flicks & 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 and limited and bookings can be made by downloading and completing the application form attached 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 Easter Football Programme and St Mirren in the Community, please contact Ross Paterson at ross.paterson@stmirren.com. 

The St Mirren airdome has been brought down temporarily due to adverse weather conditions. 

It will be down for the foreseeable future, but we will update you as soon as we have any further details on it's repair.

Anyone with dome bookings is advised to contact info@stmirren.com for enquiries and updates.

St Mirren Football Club apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. 

Due to adverse weather conditions, please note that football centres at Lochbarr Services are OFF today (Thursday 1st March).

St Mirren in the Community apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

For further information about St Mirren in the Community please email Ross Paterson at ross.paterson@stmirren.com. 

Tomorrow evening's Scottish Championship match between Dundee Utd and St Mirren has been postponed on police advice due to severe weather conditions.

The game will be rescheduled in due course and played at a later date.

We apologise for the inconvenience this may have caused, and will update you with new date when it has been rearranged.

Friday night saw the Corporate Suite at the Paisley 2021 Stadium play host to a belated Burns Night for Saint's fans.

The evening was filled with the songs and fables of Scotland's favourite son, accompanied with a traditional Burns Supper. There was entertainment from folk singer Alastair McDonald, MSP George Adam gave the 'Immortal Memory' speech and Michelle Evans from PFA Scotland gave the 'Reply from the Lassies'.

St Mirren fan-favourite Steven Thompson was also in attendance and gave a special 'Toast to St Mirren', whilst life-long Buddies fan Ian Brown gave a 'Toast to the Lassies'.

Alan Murray, Chairman of the St Mirren Fans Council, said: "We were really pleased with how the evening went. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and a number said they hoped we would do another one next year."

He continued: "Some of the speakers said they would do next year's for us, but we aren't sure if we can top this year's." 

Craig Samson says keeping his 40th clean sheet for St Mirren in Saturday's win over Brechin City was a nice personal accolade, but admits all focus remains on the team achieving their targets this season.

Saturday's clean sheet was Samson's fourth of 2018, 11th of the season and 40th overall for Saints.

But with 10 important games left this season starting this Friday against Dundee United, Samson says the most important thing is the team.

The Buddies are currently 17 points clear of United heading into this weekend's match though The Terrors have three games in hand. 

It's a big match for both sides and one Samson says will be be good for all involved.

Speaking after Saturday's win over Brechin, Samson said: "It was important to keep the wee run of clean sheets going.

We have been good with them in this quarter despite losing quite heavily to Livingston. In terms of games I think we have had five in this quarter so far. I wasn't aware that was 40 I had for St Mirren but it's a nice little achievement. It's more about the end goal of this season and what we can achieve as a team. 

"We know where we are at the moment. We know that teams are chasing us but it's a game at a time. The more games that we win then the harder it is for teams to catch us. If we just keep going the way we've been going then we'll be fine.

"Livingston are on a great run at the moment, Morton are on a great run at the moment but we've only lost two games since December and that's a massive achievement for the football club. If we take care of our own business then we can finish the job off but there's a long way to go. Friday night is a massive game. We know how good Dundee United can be. We are going into the game trying to get all three points. 

"It's a good one for everyone involved," he continued. "It's a good one for the fans, the players, the staff, everybody. But I think at the moment they are all good ones.

"If you look at the crowd we had on Saturday it was fantastic. It was Brechin at home and there was over 4000 people there which is really really good.

"The club is galvanised and no matter whether it is Dundee United or anyone else we are going into games in a positive state of mind. Dundee United will hopefully take care of itself when we go up there. We know what is at stake, they know what is at stake and it should be a good match for everyone to watch."

Saints got back to winning ways on Saturday with the 1-0 win over Brechin after defeat away to Livingston the previous week.

Some in the press had questioned The Buddies' performance but Samson disagrees with that assessment.

I read a couple of things from different media outlets at the weekend saying that we stuttered over the line against Brechin at the weekend," he said.

"Brechin are a side that are probably deserving of results they not had this season. We've only beaten them 2-1, 2-1 and 1-0. It's not as if at the beginning of the season we gave them a spanking 5 or 6-0.

"We took the game very seriously on Saturday and knew it was going to be very tricky. 1-0 is a good result and it's three points. If we keep ticking off three points off it doesn't matter whether you are getting three points against Brechin, whether you are getting three points against Falkirk, Dundee United, Livingston etc. they all just count the same. If we can go and keep winning matches then we know what we can achieve.

"I think the first 20 minutes of the game we were very dominant in the match and we could have been a few goals up. But credit to Brechin, they hung in there at that point it stayed at 1-0 and they knew if they could get to 1-0 at half time they'd have an opportunity in the game. They came and gave a good show of themselves.

"Whether we were at our best or not, they did very well and they deserve credit for the way they played. We won the match 1-0, we've came away happy, we've won the game and we move on to Friday night."