St Mirren are delighted to announce that Jack Baird has signed an extension to his current deal that sees him contracted to Saints until summer 2019.

The Buddies defender has been in impressive form this season and recently scored his first league goal of the campaign in Friday night’s win over Dunfermline in the Ladbrokes Championship.

Speaking on the extension, St Mirren manager Jack Ross said: "I'm pleased that Jack has extended his contract with us.

"He's still a young man who has really grown as a player over the last year or so and he's someone who can still get better. 

"We are an attacking team and our attacking players probably get most credit, but you can't forget the job the defence has done this season and Jack has played a major part in that.

"So we're delighted to get the deal done and I'm sure he's delighted to get things tied up too."

St Mirren can announce that Cameron MacPherson has joined League One side Stranraer on a development loan until the end of the season.

The 19 year-old made his debut in St Mirren's 2-0 win over Dundee in the Scottish Cup last January before going on to make six appearances for The Buddies this season.

All at St Mirren wish Cammy the best in his time at Stranraer. 

St Mirren Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of Myles Hippolyte on an 18-month deal.

The forward joins The Buddies after leaving fellow Championship side Falkirk where he had made 67 appearances.

23 year-old Myles also had a spell with Livingston before joining the Bairns in 2016.

Speaking to Buddievision on his move, Myles said: "It feels good to be at the club. I'm looking forward to it and getting out on the pitch and meeting the boys, and going forward seeing how we can finish the season. 

"Hopefully I can add to the team to help us at the top of the table, with regards to staying there, and hopefully securing that spot. I think thats the most important thing for everyone, getting St Mirren back into the Premiership."

St Mirren manager Jack Ross said: "We've spoken about the desire to get in one more in an attacking sense, but also I'm happy with the squad, so it needed to be somebody who would strengthen us again and improve us. And somebody also who had the potential to get better, and I think he definitely fits all those criteria.

"We have good flexibility in our players middle to front, and I think he's another one that fits with that - he's comfortable in any of those front four positions. Which is important for us, because I think the players have blossomed under that system."

Due to unforeseen circumstances tonight's community football centres at Arkleston Primary School, Renfrew have been cancelled.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. 

The St Mirren U20s fell to a 2-0 defeat last night against Celtic in the SPFL Development League despite a good showing at Cappielow.

The Young Buddies went close in the opening minutes when Sam Jamieson spotted Celtic goalkeeper Ryan Mullen off his line but the lob drifted wide.

Despite probably having the better of the first half Saints went in behind at the break when Jack Aitchison profited from slack defending. The striker's initial shot was saved by Ross Stewart but he quickly pounced on the rebound to give The Young Hoops a half-time lead. 

Celtic doubled their lead soon into the second half with Ciaran Diver eventually forced the ball home after Stewart had made a good double save. 

Broque Watson had a huge chance to make it three for Celtic when he rounded the keeper but fired well wide. Then, as the goal kick was about to be taken, Ross Stewart was shown a red card for foul and abusive language. 

The Young Buddies are next in action on Tuesday as they travel to Dingwall to face Ross County. 

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

St Mirren: Stewart, MacPherson, Irvine, Miller, McDonald, Erhahon, Glover, McBrearty, Jamieson, O'Keefe, Flanagan
Subs: Wilson, Horne, McKendry, Breadner, Trialist

Friday night saw St Mirren end their 16 year hoodoo at East End Park with a 2-1 win over Dunfermline Athletic, thanks to a winner from Jack Baird on the 64th minute.

A well worked Kyle Magennis freekick on the edge of the box outfoxed The Pars defence, and left Baird alone at the back post to score his first league goal of the season.

Speaking to Buddievision, Baird said: "We work a lot on set pieces, but that wasn't one of the ones we had. We made it up on the spot - I was trying to look at them without giving it away. I was kind of hoping for a header, but a volley will do.

I don't often score, so it was really enjoyable for me.

"But the main thing was getting the three points, because it's a massive push towards creating a big gap, hopefully, at the top and put a bit of pressure on the teams round about us. But we still have a fair bit to go."

Baird scored his only other goal of the season in the 7-1 win over Lothian Thistle in the Scottish Cup third round back in November.

The 21 year old put in a stellar performance at both ends of the pitch, with some solid defending throughout the game and a couple of crucial blocks at the end. This was followed by a standing ovation from the away end as they sung the young centre back's name.

Can't beat my own chant, it's brilliant. It brings a smile to my face every time I hear it. So many people travel through, and I know its not easy on a Friday night when you're coming straight from work, but I do appreciate it and so do the rest of the boys."

St Mirren and Baird's focus are now firmly set on Saturday's home match against Queen of The South, which will be the club's first game at the Paisley 2021 Stadium in four weeks, after three away games in a row.

I feel like we don't play at home as often as we used to at the start of the season, which is annoying, because I do like paying at home. We don't often give up points there, which is good and is obviously a good mentality to have as a team. It makes it hard for people to come there."

St Mirren's away trip to Dundee United on Saturday 3rd March has been rescheduled after being selected for live coverage on BT Sport.

The match will now take place on Friday 2nd March with a 7:45pm kick-off.

The full details for the rescheduled fixture are as follows:

Dundee Utd v St Mirren
Ladbrokes Championship 
Tannadice Park, Dundee
Friday, 2nd March 2018
Live on BT Sport, 7:45pm kick-off 

The St Mirren U20s are in action tonight as they face Celtic in the SPFL Development League.

The Saints make the journey down to Cappielow this evening to face Tommy McIntyre's side.

It's The Young Buddies' first Development League match of 2018 and kick-off is at 6pm. 

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

Saints manager Jack Ross gives his thoughts on St Mirren's 2-1 win over Dunfermline Athletic. The Buddies picked up their first win at East End Park since 2001 as Saints extend their lead at the top to 11 points. 

St Mirren extended their lead at the top of the Championship table to 11 points after a hard fought win against Dunfermline Athletic.

The Saints saw out a 2-1 victory at East End Park, with goals from Cammy Smith and Jack Baird either side of half time enough to see all three points belong to the Paisley side.

The game started off brightly, with shouts for a penalty from the home fans, after Declan McManus went down in the box after a well whipped cross from Michael Paton. McManus believed Jack Baird was holding him and prevented him getting on the end of the cross, but referee John Beaton waved play on.

It didn’t take long for the deadlock to be broken though, as Cammy Smith put the Saints ahead on the 14 minute mark with a goal of the season contender. Some tidy play by Stephen McGinn in the centre of the park saw him slip through Lewis Morgan who broke through the middle. Morgan then played a reverse back heel into Cammy Smith who was through on goal and coolly slotted past Lee Robinson in the Dunfermline goal.

The rest of the first half saw very few chances for both teams. A strike from Saint’s top goalscorer Gavin Reilly aimed straight at Lee Robinson and Kallum Higginbotham doing the same at the other end of the pitch meant St Mirren went into the break with a 1-0 advantage.

Dunfermline came out in the second half determined to get back in the game, and they succeeded on the 48th minute. A free kick from the right hand side was played high to the back post, where Jean Yves Mvoto headed the ball into the six yard box and Nicky Clark won the race to nod it past Craig Samson to even up the score.

Dunfermline really started to take the game to Jack Ross’ side, with St Mirren’s only chance coming from Kyle Magennis’ dipping freekick from 25 yards which was touched over the bar for a corner.

St Mirren managed to restore their lead on the 64th minute. Another free kick from 25 yards, but instead of taking a pop at goal, Magennis decided to delicately chip the ball to the back post, where Jack Baird was standing alone and volleyed past the Dunfermline goalkeeper to the elation of the travelling support.

Morgan could have put the game out of sight for the Championship leaders on two occasions. The first came after a nice give and go with Adam Eckersley saw Morgan cut in from the left and get away a shot, only to be firmly blocked by Robinson. Then three minutes later Morgan was through again, when Stephen McGinn stole the ball from Dunfermline and played through the overlapping winger who blazed the ball over the bar from 15 yards out.

The remaining few minutes saw the away side really hemmed in which lead to the introduction of Gary MacKenzie for goalscorer Cammy Smith. The Pars plugged away at St Mirren’s defence, but to no avail. Two courageous blocks from goalscorer Baird was enough to prevent Dunfermline and seal a first win away to Pars since 2001.

Full Time: Dunfermline 1-2 St Mirren

St Mirren: Samson, L.Smith, Baird, Davis, Eckersley, McGinn, McShane (Flynn 61), Magennis, C.Smith (MacKenzie 82), Morgan, Reilly (Mullen 78)
Subs Not Used: Stewart, Stelios, Hill, Sutton

Dunfermline: Robinson, Williamson, Talbot, Mvoto, Morris, Paton (Aird 63), Shiels (Craigen 42) Wedderburn, Higginbotham (Ryan 71), McManus, Clark
Subs Not Used: Gill, Martin, Ashcroft, Callum Smith

Referee: John Beaton
Assistant Referee: Graham Chambers
Assistant Referee: Drew Kirkland

Attendance: 5,479

Match gallery pictures by Allan Picken © - Allan Picken Photography