Paisley Panda is all set for Saturday’s match against Dundee United as he gets ready to host the ever-popular match day competition ‘Bung a Baw’.

To take part in ‘Bung a Baw’ fans need to purchase a small foam ball which is numbered and they will then have a chance to throw their ball towards our club mascot Paisley Panda in front of the Family Stand. Each person will have 60 seconds to do this and the winner will be the person who has thrown the ball closest to the feet of the Panda with the winner being confirmed over the PA system.

The competition is sponsored by The Linwood Farm Restaurant who are supplying a family meal voucher as the prize for the contest winner.

Each ball will cost £1 to buy. The balls will be available from sellers inside the Family Stand in the 30 minutes leading up to kick-off and then again in the first 5 minutes of half-time before the competition starts (subject to availability). Each ball is numbered and participants will also get a ticket with the corresponding number which they will use to claim the prize if they win.

Paisley Panda predicts that ‘Bung a Baw’ will continue to be very popular this season so he advises that you get in early tomorrow to purchase your ball to take part.

As well as taking care of ‘Bung a Baw’ Paisley Panda will be giving away sweets to the kids in and around the stadium courtesy of the Black and White Army website.

Paisley Panda has also teamed up with the St Mirren Club Shop so you will be able to buy hats and scarves for the game from the 'Bung a Baw' stands.

Paisley Panda is pleased to confirm that ‘First Scorer’ will be back for tomorrow's game against Dundee United.

‘First Scorer’ gives fans the opportunity to predict in advance of the game who they think will score St Mirren's first goal in Saturday’s match against The Tangerines.

The winner will be picked at random from those who guessed correctly and they will win a bag of a dozen doughnuts which will be delivered to your seat right after the goal is scored!

To enter all you have to do ahead of the game is post your prediction of the first St Mirren scorer on Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #Saints1stgoal. The lucky winner will then be contacted to confirm which stand they will be in with the row and seat number so that the prize can be delivered to them.

St Mirren in the Community are delighted to confirm that the Panda Club will be open as usual for Saturday’s Ladbrokes Championship fixture against Dundee United at The Paisley 2021 Stadium.

The Panda Club will open at 1:00pm on Saturday. Parents please note that you should pick up your kids after the final whistle from the community office at 5:00pm.

Participants can look forward to pre-match football activities delivered by qualified St Mirren FC coaches between 1pm and 2:15pm inside the Airdome.

The Panda Club is open to boys and girls aged 5 to 12 years olds and costs £3 per person, the match ticket is provided FREE OF CHARGE.

For further information about the Panda Club or to book your place at the next Panda Club match day please contact Stephen Gallacher by e-mail at stephen.gallacher@stmirren.com.

Panda Club details for Saturday’s game are as follows:

St Mirren vs Dundee United
Saturday 26th August 2017
1:00pm – 5:00pm

To find out more about the Panda Club click here

St Mirren vs Dundee United
Ladbrokes Championship
Venue: Paisley 2021 Stadium, Paisley
Date: Saturday 26th August 2017
Kick-off: 3:00pm

The match day officials for Saturday’s Ladbrokes Championship fixture against Ray McKinnon's Dundee United side are as follows:

Referee: Kevin Clancy.
Assistant Referee: Graham Chambers.
Assistant Referee: David Dunne.

If you are thinking about coming to the Paisley 2021 Stadium for the first time on Saturday please click HERE for all the info you will need to make sure your match day experience runs as smoothly as possible.

Match Details

The game kicks-off at 3:00pm.

Season Tickets ARE valid for this game.

Match is all ticket – tickets will be on sale (subject to availability) UNTIL KICK OFF.

On the match day St Mirren fans can purchase their tickets (subject to availability) at the St Mirren Ticket Office from 10:00am to kick-off time (3:00pm).

We also have a Ticket Booth sited at the West Stand beside turnstiles T11-14 on a match day.  The Ticket Booth is only for the purchase of tickets (subject to availability) for the West Stand, and also the pick-up point for pre-ordered tickets for the West Stand.  The Ticket Booth will be open from 1:30pm to 3:00pm (kick-off).

The Dundee United fans can purchase their tickets (subject to availability) from the window at the away end of the ground (North Stand) from 1:30pm to kick-off time (3:00pm).

Tickets can also be purchased from the Online Ticket Shop.

The St Mirren Ticket Office (Main Stand) opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:

Fri, 25th Aug: 10:00am to 2:00pm
Sat, 26th Aug: 10:00am to 3:00pm (kick-off)

The Ticket Booth (West Stand) opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:

Sat, 26th Aug: 1:30pm to 3:00pm (kick-off)

Ticket Office Phone No: (0141) 840-6130.
St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com.

Please note that the Club Shop is also open the same hours as the Ticket Office.

Matchday Club Policies (click links for more info)

Unacceptable Conduct

Supporters Code of Conduct

Ticket Information

Visitor Information

Issue 81 of the Black and White Magazine will be dropping through the letterboxes of subscribers over the course of the next week.

The contents of the latest edition are as follows:

FRONT COVER

* Midfielder Ian McShane

FEATURES

* 7 - Six Degrees of (Saints) Separation

* 18 - Pre-season Your Tours: Saints colours in the sun

* 19 - Special Announcement

REGULARS

* 4 - The Editor

* 5 - The new SLOs

* 6 - Campbell Watson: A Saint's Story

* 8 - Pages from the Past: Krystal Klear days

* 9 - St Mirren Digest 1

* 10 - Seasons in the Sun: Best ever League Placing

* 12 - Fans Council: The way it should be

* 14 - St Mirren Digest 2

* 15 - Stories to Share and Tales to Tell

* 15 - Gerry Maguire: Saints! Scozia!

* 16 - Saints and their Supporters: On top of the world with Stuart Chawk

* 20 - Planet Football: Chris Gilzean and the evolving game

* 22 - Bouncing Back: Gordian talks to Cameron Smith

BACK PAGE POSTER

* Defender Jack Baird

The Black and White Magazine team are now actively seeking new members to add to what is a unique magazine in Scottish football.

The Black and White Magazine was first published in November 2000 and in August 2012 it was re-launched, since then it has dropped through the letterboxes of members on an eight weekly cycle adding up to six editions a year.

The Black and White magazine is published by the St Mirren Development Association and all funds raised go directly to the St Mirren Academy and Youth Development Programme.

While present members will be awaiting the delivery of their next issue it isn’t too late for you to become a member and receive that issue too.

For your membership you will get:

• St Mirren’s own full colour magazine posted direct to your home every 8 weeks
• Entry into our bi-monthly prize draw
• Entry to a Christmas bonus draw
• Entry to the close season bonus draw

For only £1 per week* you can become a Black and White magazine member and to get started you will need a standing order form which you can download by clicking HERE.

Once you print the form and fill it in you can either hand it in at the stadium’s main reception or send it to the following address:

Black & White Magazine
St Mirren Football Club
St Mirren Park
Greenhill Road
Paisley
PA3 1RU

For more details please send an e-mail to blackandwhitemag@stmirren.com.

* Memberships will be paid by standing order in sums of either £13 (quarterly) or £26 (half-yearly).

At St Mirren's home game against Dundee United on 26th August, the Paisley 2021 Stadium will be used as a collection point for food donations for the Renfrewshire Foodbank.

The players met with Elizabeth Alexander from the Foodbank at the St Mirren Training Ground in Ralston yesterday to hand over their donation ahead of this weekend's collection. 

Speaking about the importance of food donations, Elizabeth said: "It's really important.

"People are relying on us to feed themselves and their families and without these donations we couldn't do the work we do.

"At the moment our numbers are higher than they have ever been, so the more donations we can get the better able we are to get a parcel of food to people who need it." 

SMiSA committee member, Jim Crawford said: "It is important for the club to be involved in community activity and be a force for good.

"We need the people of Renfrewshire to see that it's not just a football club - it is part of the community."

A list of the items that Foodbank desperately needs can be found here. 

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

Tickets for St Mirren’s upcoming IRN-BRU Cup, 2nd Round tie against Hearts Colts go on general sale at 10:00am tomorrow (Thursday 24th August).

Saints face the SPFL Development League side at The Paisley 2021 Stadium on Saturday 2nd September.

As we don't anticipate high demand for this match we will only be opening the Main Stand.

The match and ticket info is as follows:

St Mirren v Hearts Colts
IRN-BRU Cup, 2nd Round
Venue: Paisley 2021 Stadium, Paisley
Date: Saturday 2nd September 2017
Kick-off: 3:00pm

Season Tickets ARE NOT valid for this game.

Match is all ticket – tickets will be on sale (subject to availability) UNTIL KICK OFF.

Ticket Prices

Adult – £10
OAP (over 65) – £5
Full-Time Student* – £5
Child (Under 18) – £5

*Students must have valid ID as proof of status.

The St Mirren Ticket Office opening hours for the remainder of this week are as follows:

Thu, Aug 24th – 10:00am – 2:00pm
Fri, Aug 25th – 10:00am – 2:00pm
Sat, Aug 26th – 10:00am – 3:00pm (kick-off)

St Mirren Ticket Office Tel: (0141) 840-6130.

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

Gregor Buchanan has thanked the travelling fans on Saturday for their support of the team and asked them to keep it coming. 

The defender was full of praise for the hardy section of St Mirren supporters who travelled through to Livingston last weekend to cheer the team on as the Buddies picked up another three points in the Ladbrokes Championship.

And the 27 year-old was quick to highlight just how important that kind of backing is to the side. 

Speaking to stmirren.com after Saturday's win, Buchanan said: "For 2000 of them to go to Morton and then back us on Saturday is magnificent.

There was a section of the crowd that sang for the entire game.

"They maybe don't realise how good it is for the players, but it really spurs us on.

"I can't thank them enough and hopefully they keep cheering us on."  

Injuries and suspension meant Buchanan was Saints' only recognised centre-half in the win over the Lions.

And the job wasn't made any easier after the first half red card received by Gary Irvine saw Saints reduced to ten men.

While the defender admitted it was tough to deal with that setback initially, they soon got to grips with their new shape and earned the win.

He said: "It was a wee bit difficult after the sending off and there was a wee ten minute spell where we were trying to get everything organised.

"It was important to keep it tight as you could still lose the game in that ten minutes. But after that I thought we defended really well on the day.

"We had a good organised shape and we punished them on the break.

"Overall it was a great victory and I was happy with how everything went.

"Obviously there were difficult circumstances with me being the only available centre-half. But I knew what my job was and it was an opportunity for me to force myself into the team.

"I knew on the Friday I just had to go and do the business and I feel like I did that. 

"I think the whole team deserves plaudits for the way we went about our business."  

The St Mirren U20s got their SPFL Development League campaign underway with a 3-3 draw away to Partick Thistle last night. 

The new look young Saints fell behind on 22 minutes when Thistle loanee Neil McLaughlin followed up Kevin Nisbet's original attempt. 

But the Buddies were on level terms when Samuel Jamieson scored nine minutes before half time.

Thistle took the lead for a second time a few minutes after the break when Nisbet headed home from Ross Fleming's cross.

Conor O'Keefe equalised for the Saints ten minutes later before Liam Morrison added a third for the Buddies to put them ahead for the first time in the match.

However, with less than five minutes remaining, the Jags won a penalty which was converted by McLaughlin for his second of the night. 

3-3 was how it ended at the Excelsior Stadium with the young Saints back in action on Tuesday as they host Kilmarnock. 

For more on the SPFL Development League please click here. 

There are still some spaces available at our corporate hospitality for this weekend's match against Dundee United at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.

The Buddies take on United on Saturday as Jack Ross' side look to build on a good start to the Ladbrokes Championship season. 

You can enjoy the match in style with our hospitality, while ex-Saints player Frank McGarvey will join us in the Westmarch Suite as our match day ambassador. 

Our thanks to Roadside Vehicle Rentals who are our match sponsors this weekend and to Imperial Commercials who will be sponsoring the match ball. 

Guests will enjoy the following:

• Arrive 12:30pm
• Private car parking facility.
• Enter through the exclusive Hospitality Suite entrance.
• Glass of chilled bubbly on arrival.
• Hostess table service.
• Three course meal complemented by fine wines with main course. 
• Accreditation in the match day magazine.
• Exclusive match day competitions.
• Match day magazine and corporate team sheets.
• Exclusive Q&A with match day ambassadors.
• Executive seating in Main Stand.
• Half-time hot & cold snacks served with tea or coffee.
• Post match presentations by the match sponsors' 'Man of the Match'.
• Post-match visit to the lounge by players.
• Inclusive drinks package both pre & post match*.
• Last orders - 5:30pm.
• Hospitality concludes - 6:00pm.

Cost per person - £95.00 + VAT (drinks inclusive)*
Season Ticket Holder - £80.00 + VAT (drinks inclusive)*
Cost per person - £75.00 + VAT (pay bar)
Children - £40.00 + VAT 

Season ticket holder £15 discount applicable to adult season ticket holders only. Seat details are required when booking to obtain discount.

To reserve your package contact Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy on 0141 840 1337, email commercial@stmirren.com or through our E-Store. 

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