St Mirren have three matches ahead of them in January starting with a trip to East End Park this Saturday (14th January) for their first away match of 2017 to go head to head with Dunfermline Athletic in a Ladbrokes Championship fixture. The following Saturday they are on the road again as they make the journey to Dens Park to face Dundee in the 4th Round of the William Hill Scottish Cup. Saints round off January with a fixture against Falkirk at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.

The ticket and gate price details for these matches are as follows:

Dunfermline Athletic v St Mirren
Ladbrokes Championship
Venue: East End Park, Dunfermline
Date: Saturday 14th January 2017
Kick-off: 3:00pm

This match will be all-ticket.

Tickets can be purchased at the turnstiles.

Ticket Prices

Adult - £17
Over 60 - £11
FT Student - £11
Disabled - £11
Under 12 - £5

Please note that any fans looking for wheelchair/carer tickets for this match that they should contact the St Mirren Ticket Office before Friday (13th January) to have their names added to the list.

Dundee v St Mirren
William Hill Scottish Cup, 4th Round
Venue: Dens Park, Dundee
Date: Saturday 21st January 2017
Kick-off: 3:00pm

This match will be all-ticket.

Tickets for the upcoming William Hill Scottish Cup, 4th Round tie against Premiership side Dundee are now on sale from the St Mirren Ticket Office and the Online Ticket Shop.

The St Mirren fans will be located in the Bob Shankly Stand.

Ticket Prices

Adult - £20
Over 65 - £10
Under 16 - £10
FT Student - £10
Wheelchair User & Carer- £10

Please note that Dundee Football Club do not accept any responsibility for tickets lost in the post or in any other way and replacements will not be authorised under any circumstances.

St Mirren v Falkirk
Ladbrokes Championship
Venue: Paisley 2021 Stadium, Paisley
Date: Saturday 28th January 2017
Kick-off: 3:00pm

This match will be all-ticket.

Tickets for this match are now on sale from the St Mirren Ticket Office and the Online Ticket Shop.

Ticket Information

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

09/01/2017 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
10/01/2017 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
11/01/2017 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
12/01/2017 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
13/01/2017 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
14/01/2017 - CLOSED

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

Jack Ross gives his thoughts following the 3-0 loss to Queen of the South at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.

St Mirren's bid to haul themselves from the bottom of the league took a blow as the Buddies lost 3-0 to Queen of the South at the Paisley 2021 Stadium. 

Goals from Stephen Dobbie, Joe Thomson and an own goal from Gary MacKenzie consigned the Buddies to defeat which sees the gap at the bottom remain at seven points.

Saints started the game off in bright fashion with John Sutton proving to be a handful for the visitors. The Englishman robbed the ball in the Queens box right at the byline and cut it back to Kyle McAllister who took a touch to settle himself before firing a shot that was deflected behind for a corner. That corner was cleared but the Buddies won another soon after which almost lead to the opener. The striker was up the highest to nod goalward but a ruck of players on the line ensured it stayed out the Queen of the South net. 

St Mirren kept the pressure up and MacKenzie could've added to his goal from last week when he headed wide. The defender was on the end of an excellent Mallan corner but couldn't get enough on the header to put it on target. 

The visitors started to grow into the match and put the Saints under pressure with a series of corner kicks. They threw in some good balls with John Rankin going closest when he fired low and wide.

It was an even game with each side fashioning good opportunities. McAllister saw an effort from outside the box fizz just over the crossbar before Lewis Morgan smashed a shot just wide of the right hand post. Queens had their chances too with debutant Rankin putting the ball just over the bar. 

Rankin was the architect for the opening goal as he slipped the ball into Dobbie's path to put the away side in front. Dobbie - who had scored in both previous St Mirren/Queen of the South matches this season - peeled away from the defence and lifted the ball beyond Gallacher right on the stroke of half time.

Half Time: St Mirren 0-1 Queen of the South

St Mirren were having the bulk of the possession with most of the match being played in the Queen of the South half after the break. 

McAllister was unlucky not to have gotten Saints an equaliser when his attempt from outside the box cracked off the woodwork. The ball then fell to Naismith whose follow up went just wide of the far post. 

Still Saints were coming forward and Naismith, bounding down the right, put across a terrific ball into the six yard box which was crying out for someone in the Black and White but there was to be nobody on the end of it. 

Despite the vast majority of the second half being played in the visitors half they would soon find a killer second goal to give them their first league win since September. Loanee Thomson sealed the Doonhamers win when smashed home after the ball fell to him when Dobbie's shot cracked off the post. 

With the game edging towards full time Queens added a third when Dykes' shot was turned into the net by MacKenzie to round off a frustrating afternoon in Paisley.

Full Time: St Mirren 0-3 Queen of the South

St Mirren: Gallacher, Naismith, MacKenzie, Webster (Shankland, 74), Irvine, Magennis (Clarkson, 59), Quinn, McAllister, Mallan, Morgan, Sutton
Subs Not Used: Langfield, Baird, Stewart, McLear, Gallagher

Queen of the South: Robinson, Hamill, Marshall, Dowie, Brownlie, Rankin, Jacobs, Thomson, Thomas (Murray, 89), Carmichael (Dykes, 72), Dobbie (Lyle, 84)
Subs Not Used: Atkinson, Higgins, Moxon, Fergusson

Referee: Mat Northcroft
Assistant Referee: Anthony Cooper
Assistant Referee: Garry Farmer

Attendance: 3,105

Match report and gallery pictures by Allan Picken – © Allan Picken Photography

Jack Ross names the same starting 11 for the third game in a row ahead of the visit of Queen of the South at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.

John Sutton leads the line again and could take his Saints goal tally to 40 today if he finds the net. 

Jordan Stewart returns to the bench in place of Ryan Hardie whose loan spell at the club has ended. 

Kick-off is at 3pm as Saints look to get 2017 off to a winning start. We'll have all the action covered on Twitter @saintmirrenfc and Facebook. 

St Mirren: Gallacher, Naismith, MacKenzie, Webster, Irvine, Quinn, Magennis, Mallan, McAllister, Morgan, Sutton
Subs: Langfield, Baird, McLear, Stewart, Shankland, Clarkson, Gallagher

St Mirren get 2017 underway tomorrow as Jack Ross' side host Queen of the South at the Paisley 2021 Stadium. 

The Buddies picked up their first league win of the season at the start of December when a late goal from Stephen Mallan secured a 3-2 win over Queens at Palmerston. Kyle Magennis scored his first senior goal in the win sandwiched between two strikes for the home side by Stephen Dobbie. Ben Gordon got the Saints on level terms again in the second half before Mallan's 90th minute hit sent the travelling support into raptures. 

Saints are unbeaten in their last four matches at home and welcome tomorrow's visitors on the back of a 1-1 draw with Renfrewshire rivals Morton on Hogmanay. Gary MacKenzie got his first goal for the Black and Whites when he powered home a header from a Mallan corner. It looked set to be the perfect end to 2016 until Ricki Lamie scored a late leveller for the visitors. It was, however, another point to the tally and maintained Saints decent form with just one loss in the last five overall.

Queen of the South come into the match with three draws in their last four games with the most recent, a Hogmanay 0-0 draw with Ayr United. They lost their last match on their travels, a narrow 1-0 defeat at Cappielow against Morton.

The Doonhamers have already come away from the Paisley 2021 Stadium with all three points this season back in September when goals from veteran striker Derek Lyle, who was at the double, and Dobbie secured a 3-1 win for the Dumfries side. However, they have only won once since then in the league in a run that has saw them go from top of the league to eighth place. 

The two sides have met 76 times overall in league competition with Saints coming out on top on 36 occasions, drawing 17 and losing 23. 

Tomorrow's game could be a huge in the context of the season with Saints knowing the importance of three points in a bid to lift themselves from the bottom of the table. For Gary Naysmith, he will be looking for his first victory as a Queen of the South manager as he looks to ensure that his team aren't dragged in to a relegation dogfight. 

Jack Ross believes that Queen of the South will be a somewhat different proposition to the side that Saints beat last month following the Doonhamers early business in the transfer market. 

However, while Queens have brought three new faces into the squad so far, the manager says that his team's preparation has been extensive and they are ready to face the challenge in front of them. 

They'll be a little bit of an unknown because they've brought in a couple of new players this week, albeit Joe Thomson has played against us for Dumbarton this season, so that will make things a little bit different. But our preparation has been as thorough as it can be so I don't think it'll be hugely different just that slight difference in personnel and we've got to make sure we're prepared for that as well. 

With St Mirren facing three of their nearest rivals in the coming weeks Jack is adamant that every game Saints go into is hugely significant and continues to take a one game at a time approach.

Though the manager is pleased that the team have lost only one of its last five matches and maintains that if they can keep that run of form up, while turning draws into wins, then it will give the Buddies a good chance to lift themselves off the foot of the table.

We only look at the one that lies ahead of us," he admitted. "In terms of importance every game we play until the end of the season is massively important. Our form has been okay, it could be better but it's okay. But other teams in the bottom half of the table have been on good runs of form as well.

If we can replicate the types of results and performances over the last five games then it will give us a points total that will give us a good opportunity. It's probably been lost a little with the frustration of the draws, but it's a starting point."

Jack stressed that he and assistant manager James Fowler have been working round the clock in a bid to freshen up the squad, but confessed they've been left frustrated at deals that haven't managed to work out. However, he is adamant that they will get players in sooner rather than later.

James and I have worked tirelessly on it pre-window and since the window has opened. We've spoken to players, watched a lot of footage, been at games and it's been very frustrating so far. We had a deal done for a defender that fell through and I had hoped to have an attacking player in before this weekend and that may not happen now.

"We will freshen it up, I'm absolutely certain we will," he continued. "But we need to make sure it's the right ones in the right areas for us."

One deal that was completed this week was the signing of midfielder Craig Storie who will join the club on loan from Aberdeen on Monday. 

I'm pleased because he is someone I had identified quite early," said Jack. "I think last Saturday showed we needed another midfielder with Kyle [Magennis] and Rocco [Quinn] picking up knocks in the game. 

"He's a good player and he has a technical and aggressive side to his game. He's hungry to come and do well and I'm hoping that hunger will be evident from day one."

Our match day programme, published in partnership with Curtis Sport, will be available from the Club Shop ahead of Saturday’s game.

This issue, for the Ladbrokes Championship match against Queen of the South, is a 48 pager with a £3 cover price.

The latest edition includes the following:

Front Cover – Kyle McAllister.
The Gaffer - St Mirren manager Jack Ross with his pre match message for the fans.
Matchday Gallery – A gallery of pictures from the post-match presentations in the corporate suite after the recent home game against Morton.
Buddies News Update – News of the latest happenings in and around the Paisley 2021 Stadium.
Last Time Out – A look back at St Mirren's game last week against Morton.
Football, Bloody Hell – Alan Gallacher updates on the progress of his pre-season predictions in the English Premiership.
The Opposition – Brian Corry gives the lowdown on Saturday’s visitors – Gary Naysmith's Queen of the South side.
Hall of Fame – David Cochran highlights the St Mirren career of Alex Beckett.
Player Interview – Stuart Gillespie interviews defender Gary Irvine.
Action Shot (Centre Pages) – Midfielder Kyle McAllister.
St Mirren Supporters Trust – John White brings us up to date with the latest happenings at SMiSA.
Fans Corner – Ticket prices, travel clubs update, match info and dates for fans to keep in their diary.
Championship Round-Up – Run down on weeks 17 and 18 of the Ladbrokes Championship season.
Saints in the Community – Picture gallery of the Jingle Balls Football Camps held over the Festive Season.
The Chairman – An update from St Mirren Chairman, Gordon Scott.
Kit Sponsors 2016/17.
Marketing Matters – Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy brings us up to date with all the commercial activities within the Club.
St Mirren Fixtures & Results 2016/17 – A handy reference page of all the fixtures for this season.
Team Lines – The two squads and match officials for Saturday’s match.

To buy this issue or to place your programme subscription for the 2016/17 season click HERE.

If you live outside the UK & Ireland, St Mirren TV is your way to watch Paisley’s top football side live in action each and every home match day.

This service, which is delivered by media students from the University of the West of Scotland, will cover all of St Mirren’s home games.

As usual the St Mirren TV team will be presenting all the action from the Paisley 2021 Stadium when Queen of the South are the visitors on Saturday afternoon.

If you want to tune in here is the info you will need:

St Mirren v Queen of the South
Ladbrokes Championship
Venue: Paisley 2021 Stadium, Paisley
Date: Saturday 7th January 2017
Kick-off: 3:00pm GMT

To access this match day service:

1 Day Pass – €6.99 EUR
Season Pass – €69.99 EUR

To view Terms & Conditions and get started with St Mirren TV please click HERE.

For technical support with St Mirren TV please e-mail tvsupport@stmirren.com

We are giving fans the opportunity to vote for the man of the match and also put two lucky fans in with the chance of winning a £10 voucher for the Club Shop.

Every home game we’ll throw open the voting on the 60 minute mark for 20 minutes where votes can be cast on Facebook and Twitter. All you have to do is use the hashtag #SMFCMOM followed by the name of the player you are voting for, eg ‘#SMFCMOM MALLAN’.

With 10 minutes of the game remaining all the votes will be counted then Stadium Announcer Phil Clark will confirm the winning player over the tannoy system.

From all the fans who nominate the winning player one will be picked at random from the Facebook account and another from the Twitter account and they will each be awarded a £10 voucher for the Club Shop. The winners will be notified through the account they posted from.

So get yourself ready on the hour mark of Saturday’s game against Queen of the South and get voting with #SMFCMOM.

Paisley Panda is all set for Saturday’s match against Queen of the South with his preparations all in place for the 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 reports that ‘Bung a Baw’ continues to be very popular so he advises that you get in early tomorrow to purchase your ball to take part.

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.

The 'Spot Prizes' draw has now ended but Paisley Panda assures us that a new competition, also sponsored by Tasty Treats of Bridge of Weir, will be in place for the home game against Falkirk on 28th January.