Jack Ross says he hopes that his players can begin tomorrow night's game at a high tempo as the Saints take on Spartans in the Scottish Cup. 

The manager believes his side have ended matches stronger than they have started them and hopes that the Saints can begin well against the Lowland League side and maintain it over the 90 minutes.

Speaking to stmirren.com ahead of the match, Ross said: "I think whatever happens tomorrow and whatever result we achieve we won't get a great deal of credit for it because you're expected to go and win the game. 

But I think the players should look at that as a positive because there should be an expectation for them at this club to go and win games week in week out. 

"The biggest challenge for us to start games at the tempo that we are finishing games. The recent games against Dunfermline and Ayr United in particular we've played well and we've played with a good intensity and we need to start games like that."

That's not all that the manager wants to come from tomorrow's match as he admitted he hopes the team can use it to try and get into the habit of winning matches.

The Saints are looking to make it seven wins out of eight cup matches this season and hope a win will give the team a boost going into the next stretch of league matches. 

We just need to get into the momentum of winning matches," he said.

"I would like us to keep strengthening the things we are doing well. We need to start keeping clean sheets, regardless of the opposition we are playing, and there's a lot of small targets within the game.

"We feel as if, in recent weeks, we've put a lot of quality balls into the box and haven't scored as many goals as we probably should have.

"We know we have good quality in the wide areas from Lewis Morgan and Kyle McAllister and the quality they have in their delivery and it's something we need to use to our advantage." 

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

This issue, for the William Hill Scottish Cup, 3rd Round tie against Spartans, is a 16 pager with a £1.50 cover price.

The latest edition includes the following:

Front Cover – Gary Irvine.
The Gaffer - St Mirren manager Jack Ross with his pre match message for the fans.
Buddies News Update – News of the latest happenings in and around the Paisley 2021 Stadium.
St Mirren Hall of Fame – David Cochran highlights the St Mirren career of Frank McGarvey.
The Opposition – Brian Corry gives the lowdown on Tuesday's visitors – Dougie Samuel's Spartans side.
Player Interview – Stuart Gillespie talks with St Mirren striker John Sutton.
Football, Bloody Hell – Alan Gallacher looks back on FIFA’s attempted ban of poppies at the recent England v Scotland match.
Kit Sponsors 2016/17.
Team Lines – The two squads and match officials for Tuesday's match.

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

Following the postponement of Saturday's game against Spartans, supporters will have until the 10th of December to claim a refund if they bought a ticket and can't make tomorrow night's rearranged match. 

For those who paid in cash you would have to come down to the ticket office to claim the refund, whilst those who paid online can phone the ticket office (0141-840-6130) or send an email to tickets@stmirren.com 

The Family Stand will be closed for tomorrow night's match, along with the North Stand. Anyone with a ticket for the Family Stand will be able to use their ticket to access the other stands.

A pitch inspection took place at the stadium at 12:30pm today. 

Due to a problem with the under soil heating the pitch has been declared unplayable and so regrettably tomorrow's match against Spartans has been postponed. 

We are investigating the cause of the problem and will meet with our insurers next week to see if the repairs are covered under our policy of insurance. 

We apologise for any inconvenience caused. 

The St Mirren Independent Supporters Association (SMiSA) is hosting an evening with the Millennium Champions on Friday 2nd December 2016.

The night will be hosted by broadcaster and Saints fan, Colin Kelly who will be joined by ex-manager Tom Hendrie along with several members of the squad from that famous season as the Buddies won promotion to the Scottish Premier League back in 1999/2000.

Tickets are on sale to all supporters for £10. However, as the event is licensed, it is only available to those who are 18 and over.

More details about the night can be found here.

St Mirren's strategic partnership with the University of the West of Scotland has been nominated for a Times Higher Education Award.

The awards take place tonight in London with the partnership having been nominated under the Most Innovate Contribution to Business-University Collaboration category.

It's the second award the club's partnership with the UWS has been nominated for having won the Outstanding Employer Engagement Award at the Herald Higher Education Awards in Glasgow in July.

The club and the university began a joint venture at the start of the 2015/16 season with the launch of St Mirren TV - a service which is delivered by media students from the university and sees all home matches broadcast to supporters outside the UK and Ireland.

All of the nominees can be found here.

David Clarkson says that the players are working hard as they look to try and get the first league win of the season.

The striker told stmirren.com that he understands the frustrations of fans following the loss to Dunfermline on Saturday, but admitted their continued support will help as they look to turn things around.

Of course it helps," he said. "The boys are trying their best. We're doing everything we can to try and turn things around and I hope the fans know that. It might not be what they're looking for, but they've been great and hopefully they can keep getting behind us and we can turn things around for them." 

Clarkson believes that the team can turn things around and says that improved performances over recent weeks is a positive sign. 

Over the last couple of weeks performances have been better. If the performances weren't there you'd be looking at it and asking where it's going to turn. But we give everything in training every week and we're positive we can turn it around and hopefully that can show.

"It's frustrating for everybody and it's frustrating for the players as well. We'll keep working hard and eventually one of these performances will turn for us."

The 31 year-old understands his role as an experienced player during a disappointing run of form and says he'll be there to help some of the younger players get through a difficult period.

Collectively we've all got to work at it," he said. "Experienced players - whether it's helping out the young players or trying to give them bits of advice - we'll be there. 

"But like everything we're in it together, we've got to keep going and keep digging in. We are working hard in training and we just need to go and do it in the league now. 

"We are digging in, but so far we're not getting the rewards for it, so we've got to keep going and hopefully things will turn and we're positive they will." 

We recently asked supporters to send in their suggestions for what they would like to see above the tunnel areas and all the exits from all vomitories as the club looks to make changes to the Paisley 2021 Stadium.

We then collected some of the best suggestions and put them out on a poll on the website for everyone to vote on. 

We can reveal that the winner of that vote was 'Come on Ye Saints' after picking up 44% of the vote.

'Make history, you'll never be forgotten' came in second with 30% while 'Marching in Together' made up the remaining 26%. 

We would once again like to thank everyone who contributed ideas and voted on the poll. It is hoped that the new signs will be in place for the Raith Rovers game on the 10th of December. 

On Saturday 3rd December, St Mirren head to The Falkirk Stadium to face Falkirk and then three days later Saints are on the road again when they make the midweek journey to Dumfries for a Ladbrokes Championship match-up with Queen of the South at Palmerston Park.

The info on Travel Clubs heading to Falkirk and/or Dumfries for these matches is as follows:

Cockles Wilson Supporters Bus

Falkirk v St Mirren - 03/12/2016

We are leaving at 1.30pm for the game at Falkirk.

Bus tickets will be available in the Bankhouse from Saturday 26th November.

Queen of the South v St Mirren - 06/12/2016

The bus for Dumfries will leave at 5:30pm.

Bus tickets will be available in the Bankhouse from Saturday 26th November.

Tile Bar Supporters Bus

Falkirk v St Mirren - 03/12/2016

The bus for the match at Falkirk will leave at 1:30pm.

Bus tickets for this match will go on sale from Saturday 26th November.

Queen of the South v St Mirren - 06/12/2016

The bus going to Dumfries for the Queen of the South game will leave at 5:15pm.

Bus tickets for this match will go on sale from Saturday 26th November.

Chivas Travel Club

Falkirk v St Mirren - 03/12/2016

The bus for Falkirk will leave the Court Bar at 1:30pm.

Tickets will be available from the Court Bar from Saturday 26th November.

Queen of the South v St Mirren - 06/12/2016

We are sharing a bus with the North End Travel Club for this match.

The bus is expected to leave the Court Bar at 5:30pm but roadworks may be an issue so please check with the Court Bar for a confirmed departure time when purchasing your ticket for the bus.

Tickets will be available from the Court Bar from Saturday 26th November.

North End Travel Club

Falkirk v St Mirren - 03/12/2016

The bus going to Falkirk will leave the Sneddon at 1:15pm.

Bus tickets available in the Brewers Tap, £6 each.

Queen of the South v St Mirren - 06/12/2016

We are sharing a bus with the Chivas Travel Club for this match.

The bus is expected to leave the Court Bar at 5:30pm.

The St Mirren Under-20 side are back in action this afternoon as they play host to their counterparts from Dundee.

The SPFL Development League encounter between the young Buddies and Dark Blues will take place at New Western Park in Renfrew and kicks off at 4:00pm.

The U20s come into this game having won their last two Development League games - beating both Partick Thistle and Hearts 2-1.

For more news on the SPFL Development League please click HERE.