For fans heading to Ayr this Saturday and planning to go by rail please note that both pre and post match that there will be no rail service between Paisley and Kilwinning.

There will be a replacement bus service to cover and a timetable for that service can be seen in the image below.

Due to St Mirren reaching the final of the IRN-BRU Cup on 25th March, the Ladbrokes Championship match originally scheduled for that weekend away to Morton has been postponed with a new date for the fixture now confirmed.

The rearranged fixture against Morton will take place at Cappielow Park on Tuesday 11th April and it will kick-off at 7:45pm.

The SPFL has announced that the IRN-BRU Cup Final will take place at Fir Park on Saturday 25 March with a 12:30pm kick off.

It will be the fifth time that Fir Park will have hosted the Scottish Challenge Cup Final having staged the competitions first two finals in 1990/91 and 1991/92 as well as those in seasons 1993/94 and 1997/98. 

Following agreement with both St Mirren and Dundee United, the SPFL has revealed that adult tickets will be priced at £20, concessions (juveniles ages 13 to 18 years-old, over 65s & students) at £10 and U12s at £5. 

St Mirren will face Dundee United in the Final of the competition after seeing off Albion Rovers, Hibernian, Ayr United and The New Saints. 

Ticketing arrangements will be announced in due course. 

Once again we are giving St Mirren fans the chance to ‘live the dream’ while helping out the Youth Development Programme at the same time.

Two teams – one home and one away – made up of St Mirren fans will kick-off our annual fixture that will be played on the pitch at the Paisley 2021 Stadium on Sunday 30th April with a 12pm kick off. 

There will be two teams with 15 players per team (1-11 and four substitutes).  Each shirt will be available to bid on in a blind auction with all proceeds going to the St Mirren Youth Development Programme. Managers and guest players will be announced nearer the time.

Come and be part of this exciting day which will include:-

* The St Mirren Match Day Experience – Playing the game on the pitch at the Paisley 2021 stadium.

* Wearing an official team strip that you will also get to keep after the game.

* Medal presentation to all players from a special guest.

* Food and refreshments post match.

The rules are as follows: 

*Bidding for home shirts 6 to 11 and 12 to 14 will close at 3pm on Tuesday, April 18th. 

*Bidding for home shirts 1 to 5 and 15-16 will close at 3pm on Wednesday, April 19th.

*Bidding for away shirts 6 to 11 and 12 to 14 will close at 3pm on Thursday, April 20th.

*Bidding for away shirts 1 to 5 and 15-16 will close at 3pm on Friday, April 21st. 

*You must be 18 years of age or over to both bid and take part in 'Saint for a Day'. 

*By bidding on the auction you are declaring that you (or the person you are bidding for) are fit and well to take part in the event. 

*In the instance of getting two identical bids for the same shirt number in the same team, the email that has the earliest date and time stamp will be accepted as the leading bidder. 

*Payment must be made immediately if you have been the successful bidder.

To have a chance to take part on the day please send your blind auction bid by e-mail to claire.coventry@stmirren.com (Minimum bid is £100).

In the e-mail you must state which team you are bidding to play in (home or away) and which shirt number for that team you are bidding on. Good Luck!!

A selection of pictures from the hospitality lounge following Sunday's win over The New Saints in the IRN-BRU Cup.

St Mirren can confirm that the match against Raith Rovers, originally scheduled for Saturday 4 March, will now take place on Wednesday 8 March.

The has been rescheduled due to Saints match against Celtic in the quarter-final of the William Hill Scottish Cup taking place on Sunday 5 March. 

The match against Rovers will now kick off at 19:45 on Wednesday 8 March at Stark's Park. 

CLUB captain Stephen McGinn can’t wait for The IRN-BRU Cup final but insists focus must remain on the Buddies’ battle at the bottom of the Championship.

The man of the match for yesterday’s semi-final admitted that it took a strong second half performance to turn over The New Saints but he was delighted the club now has the chance to take part in a cup final, he said:

I knew we were better than them and we hadn’t shown that in the first half. We would have regretted it for years if we didn’t win the match.

“I was here last time we won the challenge cup, I know what it meant to the fans and the players and it was a great day out. To do it as captain and lead them out against Dundee United will be a massive honour for me.”

Despite the positive performances in cup competitions, which has seen ten wins from eleven matches this season, Saints find themselves eight points adrift at the bottom of the Championship. McGinn is desperate to turn the form shown in yesterday’s win and last Saturday’s Scottish Cup victory over East Fife into league points.

We’re hoping to build a bit of momentum and get that belief back in the dressing room, two wins and a draw from our last three matches should do that.

“We are almost a new team and one that looks like it can score goals. This is a club that should be challenging at the other end of the league.

McGinn wasn’t too keen to reflect on yesterday’s victory instead pushing his focus onto Saturday’s massive match with Ayr United – who are Saints’ nearest rivals at the bottom.

We can’t look forward to it yet, we have three or four cup finals in-between. The league position means we can’t enjoy results like today for that long. Focus immediately goes to Ayr and what it a huge game for this club.”

"It would be wrong to say there isn’t some fear there but there’s also a bit of confidence. We aren’t a bottom of the league club and we have good players in the dressing room but we need to start showing it.

STEPHEN MALLAN admitted the dressing room was buzzing after yesterday’s 4-1 victory over The New Saints in the IRN-BRU Cup semi-final.

The Buddies came from behind against their Welsh rivals to set up a final with Dundee United at the end of March.

And Mallan insists it’s the least they deserve after a strong second half showing. He said: “There’s a really good atmosphere in the changing room. The gaffer went through us a bit at half-time and rightly so but you can see in the second half it changed straight from kick off and we ran out rightful winners.

Our opponents had came into the game a wee bit more when it went 2-1 but we kicked on and thankfully grabbed a couple more goals which helped settle the nerves and allow us to enjoy the game.”

The 20 year old grabbed his fifth goal of the season but he was just as pleased to set up team-mate Rory Loy: “I’m delighted to have grabbed the goal after practicing my free-kicks during the week in training with the gaffer and Fowler.

I was also pleased to set up Rory. At first I was just looking to shoot but there was no-one near him and it was a nice tap-in for him. I’m glad to help get his goal tally up and give him some confidence going into next week.”

Focus has already turned to that match on Saturday away to Ayr United and yesterday’s result along with booking a place in the Scottish Cup quarter-final last weekend will be seen as ideal preparation, something which Mallan goes along with:

We wanted to go out and win the two cup games which gives us a good boost ahead of the Ayr United game and we’ve done that. Scoring four at home today was important and takes us nicely into next week – which will be another cup final.”

The midfielder also praised supporters for their backing yesterday and hopes they can carry the feel good factor into Saturday’s match.

You can’t fault the fans," he said. "They came out in their numbers even with the game being on tv and the timing of kick off.

“Everywhere they go they always follow us. Even the game last week they were singing non-stop and it was obviously a delight to hear. Hopefully they come out in their numbers at Ayr next week and I’m sure they will.”

A selection of pictures from yesterday's 4-1 win over The New Saints in the IRN-BRU Cup semi-final.

The Buddies defeated the Welsh side to progress to the final of the competition after goals from Stephen McGinn, Stephen Mallan, John Sutton and Rory Loy cancelled out Ryan Brobbel's opener. 

Jack Ross' side will now face Dundee United in the final - 30 years on from Saints famous Scottish Cup triumph over the Arabs. 

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

A delighted Jack Ross gives stmirren.com his thoughts after the Buddies come from behind to beat Welsh side The New Saints 4-1 to progress to the IRN-BRU Cup final where they will face Dundee United.