St Mirren in the Community are now taking bookings for this summer’s Football Camps.

The Camps will run over the upcoming school summer holiday at the club’s exclusive Air dome and at the Lochbarr Leisure Centre in Lochwinnoch. 

The fun will all kick-off on Monday 3rd July with camps running Monday through to Friday over the six weeks of the school break with camps for 3 to 5 year olds and 6 to 12 year olds.

Participants at the Football Camps 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.

We are offering a special 50% discount that would mean a one week place for a 3-5 year-old would only cost £18.75, while 6-12 year-old places would cost just £24.50. 

To make use of this limited offer your child needs to be a kids season ticket holder and full payment must be made when booking at the St Mirren reception. 

We have just 10 of these offers available for each of the six weeks of the camps so you'll have to be fast to avoid disappointment. 

For more information email communityadmin@stmirren.com 

Bookings can be made by downloading and printing the booking form, completing it in full and returning it to info@stmirren.com 

To download the booking form please click HERE.

With the St Mirren players returning to training last week ahead of the new season we can confirm the plans in place for pre-season.

The Buddies will face East Fife in a closed-door match on June 27th before travelling up north to face Inverness Clachnacuddin on Friday 30th June (7:45pm KO) and Nairn County on Sunday 2nd July (2pm KO). 

Saints then play host to Ladbrokes Premiership side Dundee on Tuesday 4th July (7:45pm KO) as Neil McCann brings his side to Paisley. 

Jack Ross' side will take on his former club Alloa at the Indodrill Stadium on Saturday 8th July before taking part in an open day for season ticket holders at the Paisley 2021 Stadium on Sunday 9th July. 

St Mirren will end their pre-season schedule on Wednesday 12th July with a closed door match against Ross County.

All ticket information and fixture details including times for the open day will be announced on stmirren.com in due course. 

When we launched the sale of the season tickets we announced that for every 250 season tickets sold we would be doing a ‘golden ticket’ draw with a range of great ‘money can’t buy’ prizes to be won.

With over 1700 season tickets sold we have already seen season ticket holders win two director's box seats with access to the executive guest lounge for a match at the Paisley 2021 Stadium, a tour of the St Mirren Youth Academy and the chance to have lunch with the first team squad and a 2017/18 St Mirren jersey with 'fan' and the number 12 on the back. 

The latest winners are Nairn Sharp and Margaret Armstrong. Nairn wins a brand new 2017/18 replica top that will be presented by a player or member of the management team, while Margaret has won two director's box seats with access to the executive guest lounge for a match at the Paisley 2021 Stadium during the 2017/18 season. 

Buy your season tickets now at the ticket office or online to be included in as many draws as possible with more great prizes to be won.

Gary Irvine admits he can't wait for the season ahead after the Saints returned to pre-season training last week.

The defender finished last season strongly as the Buddies pulled off the great escape to avoid relegation to League One.

And the 32 year-old, who recently put pen to paper to extend his stay at the Buddies for another year, says he wants the team to build on last season's finish.  

I had built towards that last season and it was always in my mind," he said about extending his deal.

"I'm delighted and I think it's just excitement and I'm dying to get the season started now with the way the team finished that season there.

"You didn't want the season to finish to be honest and we've basically kept the same squad so it's time to build on that now. 

"A lot of that was hard work and it was with most of the boys in there. There's still the same feel good factor in the dressing room, all the boys get on with either, there's a good balance so all these things are positive." 

Speaking on returning to training last week, Irvine said: "I'm one of the ones who like getting back and getting into it again.

"You're coming into your job and you are meeting some new colleagues and you are getting to know their characters, personalities and abilities.

"That's what you look forward to in pre-season. It gives you that time to bed in and get to know each other."

Saints were paired with Partick Thistle, Livingston, Airdrieonians and Stranraer in this season's Betfred Cup and Irvine confessed he is a fan of the new format that came into place last season.

It was actually good last year," he said. "It was obviously new and I'm looking forward to it.

"The competitive games and going into the mini-leagues meant you had something to play for in getting to that next stage.

"There are some tough ties in there, but it's good that a competition is set out like that so early on and gives you that competitive edge." 

Nathan Flanagan has moved up to the St Mirren first team after penning a one-year deal subject to SFA clearance. 

The youngster, who joined the St Mirren academy at the start of 2016, spent a portion of last season on loan to League Two side Annan Athletic where he won their Young Player of the Season Award.

I'm buzzing to be honest," he told stmirren.com. "I was on loan to Annan last season and I think it really helped pushed me on and get this deal. I think it developed me a lot quicker. I was happy with my development there.

"I'm really excited to get started and hopefully kick on and push myself to get into the team. I want to catch the gaffer's eye as quickly as I can and hopefully get some game time and build on that."

Jack Ross said: "Nathan needed that experience. He was at a stage in his career where he needed go and prove himself at first team football and he did very well.

"That was probably why he's earned himself the opportunity to be involved in our first team squad."

Stephen McGinn says the team are relishing the challenge ahead of the new season. 

The captain told stmirren.com: "It's going to be exciting, it's going to be up and down as the Championship always provides, but we are relishing it."

The Buddies returned to training yesterday as they look to prepare for a successful season ahead.

You can watch McGinn's interview in full below. 

A gallery of pictures as the players returned to training yesterday and pre-season got underway ahead of the new season.

Match gallery pictures by Allan Picken © - Allan Picken Photography and  John Millar - © millarpictures

Last season The Scottish Disabled Supporters Association received a donation of top of the range equipment for use with fans experiencing visual impairment. It was the unanimous decision of the Scottish Disabled Supporters Association to donate this equipment to St Mirren in recognition of the efforts by SMDSA.

The system, including transmitter and several receivers, provides live commentary on the game courtesy of St Mirren TV and is the same as that used in the Etihad and Emirates stadia. It is capable of use anywhere in the stadium and is available to both home and away fans.

St Mirren season ticket holder Andrew McGaw is partially sighted and unable to see three quarters of the pitch.

He was a keen user of the service throughout last season and told us: "Last season I discovered the facility which gave me live commentary on matches which immeasurably increased the enjoyment of the game and saved my son from having to talk me through it!" 

The procedure for borrowing a receiver is as follows:

1. The booking form can be downloaded by clicking HERE, it must be completed and e-mailed to info@stmirren.com 24 hours prior to kick-off.

2. The equipment will be collected from Reception where a deposit of £10 will be taken.

3. At the end of the game, the receiver must be returned to Reception where the £10 deposit will be returned.

Further information can be obtained at the club by e-mailing info@stmirren.com

St Mirren can confirm that Gary Irvine has signed a one-year contract extension. 

The full-back has made 60 appearances for the Buddies since signing from Dundee in January 2016. 

The 32 year-old becomes the latest to commit his future to the Saints after Cypriot full-back Stelios Demetriou also signed a new deal this week. 

Saints fans are reminded tickets are now on sale for SMISA's (St Mirren Independent Supporters Association) next event – the St Mirren Quiz in the hospitality suite at the stadium on Friday 23 June from 7.30pm.

This will be a chance for all fans to test their Saints knowledge against fellow fans, as well as players and staff past and present.

SMISA are working on having a team of club legends as well as a team of current staff and players – they are hoping Jack Ross will be able to join us on the night.

Tickets are now available on general sale for £5 via this link. All profits from the night will go to St Mirren’s youth development.

Plus (£25 per month) and Premium members of SMiSA are entitled to a free place for the event and if you haven’t yet claimed yours, you can still do so by emailing contact@smisa.net

A pay bar will be available on the night and there will be Saints-related prizes to be given out. However the terms of the licence means the event is only open to over-18s.

The exact number of teams will be worked out on the night but you can either form a team with a group of friends, or smaller groups could be combined into bigger teams.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible there for what should be a great night.