JD Sports have this afternoon confirmed that the new Carbrini home kit and a range of new training wear will go on public sale this coming Thursday (1st September.)

The new kits will be available from the JD stores in Paisley, Braehead and Silverburn.

Saints fans will remember that chairman Gordon Scott issued a challenge to everyone running the Paisley 10K last weekend. Anyone who beat Gordon whilst wearing a St Mirren top would win a free ticket to the upcoming match against Queen of the South on 10th September at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.

Gordon was pleased with his run with a chip time of 00:48:05. Did you sign up for the challenge and beat that time?

If so, then come along to the Paisley 2021 Stadium with proof of your time and you’ll get yourself a free ticket to see the Buddies in action.

Additional Information for Travelling Fans

Tomorrow, Saturday 3rd September, St.Mirren head through to Coatbridge to face League One side Albion Rovers in the 3rd Round of the IRN-BRU Cup.

The gate prices have now been confirmed for the tie at The Exsel Group Stadium (Cliftonhill Stadium) and these are shown above.

The referee tomrorow is Mike Rocone and he will be assisted by Alan Mulvanny and Ivan Stankovic.

St Mirren scored a late equaliser today to get a share of the points against Ayr United at Somerset Park.

After the match St Mirren manager Alex Rae looked back on the ninety minutes. He said:

“If you don’t defend a simple ball into the back post you’re going to become unstuck and we didn’t do that again. I want us to be a wee bit braver on the ball. It looks like we’re asking them to shell the ball and we done some stuff in the last couple of days about playing the lines because we felt as if we could get joy by doing that and we’re just shelling balls up. It’s just a wee bit of a [lack of] confidence – taking the easy option – but I’m pleased we got the point but it’s nowhere near acceptable.

“One of the things that gives you confidence is how you are playing yourself. When you’re getting on the ball and passing the ball. At no point have we told the boys to start shelling the ball. There’s the odd diagonal that might be effective when it is up to John Sutton but it becomes an easy option.

“We tried to utilise Ryan [Hardie’s] pace in behind and when we get the service into him he just sets it on a plate.

“We wanted to be brave. We played three at the back and wanted to try and take the game to Ayr.”

St Mirren FC in partnership with the Scottish FA are delighted to announce the opportunity to become the local Football Development Officer.

The post will be based at the club and if you wish to apply please submit a CV to CO/Chief Executive Officer, St Mirren FC, Greenhill Road, Paisley, PA3 1RU with a covering letter. The closing date for CVs will be Friday 2nd September.

Job Outline

The Football Development Officer will work on behalf of St Mirren FC to assist, where applicable, in all aspects of “St Mirren in the Community/Street Stuff”.

The purpose of the Football Development role is to build capacity, support club development, improve infrastructure and increase participation in football across all ages and abilities within Renfrewshire area.

Within the role you will promote participation in football at all levels in line with Scottish FA National Strategy linking with local and regional plans. The Football Development Officer will link with all relevant stakeholders in managing the implementation of Grassroots initiatives and to make sure they are fully supported through the provision of appropriate Scottish FA Coach Education.

To download full job description please click HERE.

To download employee specification please click HERE.

On Saturday 27th August, St Mirren head to the Ayrshire coast to face Ayr United in a Ladbrokes Championship match-up at Somerset Park.

We are now looking for information on supporters’ buses which will be going to Somerset Park for the match.

If you wish to have your bus included on the list please send your info to norrie.jamieson@stmirren.com and we’ll make sure it gets online!

We have been asked by Ayr United to advise supporters’ bus organisers that the coaches can be parked in Craigie Park, which is only a short walk from the stadium.

Directions: The coaches come off the roundabout, along Whitletts Road, past the racecourse, next turning on left and the parking is on their right.

On exiting the coaches fans should walk back up to the traffic lights, straight across, end of road turn left then right and that’s them at Somerset Park.

Tile Bar Supporters Bus

The bus for Ayr will leave Abercorn Street at 1:15pm.

Bus seat tickets are now on sale.

Cockles Wilson Supporters Bus

The bus will leave at 1:30pm for Ayr.

Bus seat tickets are now on sale in The Bankhouse.

North End Travel Club

The bus to Ayr will leave the Sneddon at 1:00pm.

Bus seat tickets are available in the Brewers Tap, £7 each.

Chivas Travel Club

The bus will leave the Court Bar at 1:15pm for the game at Ayr.

Bus tickets are now on sale from behind the bar.

Everybody loves Paisley Panda and our ever-faithful mascot is on duty again representing the club this evening in the Ladbrokes SPFL Mascot Race at Hamilton Park Race Course.

Paisley Panda will race against other mascots from SPFL clubs as well as the event host mascot and defending champion, Hamilton Race Course’s The Duke.

The St Mirren mascot is surprisingly a 20/1 outsider in the big race as he goes up against a formidable field. The full list of runners is as follows:

Amber (Motherwell)
Baxter the Bridie (Forfar Athletic)
Broxi Bear (Rangers)
Cappie the Cat (Morton)
Claret (Motherwell)
Dougie the Doonhamer (Queen of the South)
The Duke (Hamilton Race Course)
Fergus Fox (Falkirk)
Hoopy the Huddle Hound (Celtic)
Kingsley (Partick Thistle)
Nutz the Squirrel (Kilmarnock)
Paisley Panda (St Mirren)
Pandamonium (Ayr United)
Rocky the Rooster (Airdrieonians)
Sammy the Tammy (Dunfermline Athletic)
Sunshine the Leith Lynx (Hibernian)
Tiny Terror (Dundee United)

It will be a tough outing but we’re hoping that Paisley Panda has a trick or two up his sleeve to get to the front of the pack – good luck to our furry Buddie in tonight’s race.

Additional Information for Travelling Fans

St Mirren fans who are wheelchair users and are going to the game at Ayr on Saturday, please contact the St Mirren Ticket Office by no later than 5pm on Thursday (25 August) to get your space booked within the stadium.

St Mirren Ticket Office phone: (0141) 840-6130
St Mirren Ticket Office e-mail: tickets@stmirren.com

Please also note that there are only 6 disabled parking spaces for Saturday’s game which will be filled on a first come first served basis on the day of the game.

Alex Rae is hoping to have more depth in his squad ahead of Saturday’s game against Ayr United in the Ladbrokes Championship. The Saints head to Ayr searching for their first league win of the season and the manager’s options have been boosted with the return of injured players to training this week while some have gotten valuable game time under their belts.

Gary MacKenzie, Ben Gordon and Jordan Stewart all featured for the Under-20s as they defeated Rangers Under-20s 1-0 on Tuesday night, with Stewart scoring the only goal with a stunning free kick just after the hour mark.

Speaking to stmirren.com the manager said: “It’s important that we get Gary up to speed – he needs some minutes under his belt. He’s been working the last couple of weeks to try and get to this stage. We have young Jordan going to get some minutes and Ben Gordon as well, so we’re hopeful of getting these guys back sooner rather than later.”

The Saints were dealt a blow on Saturday in the loss to Hibernian when Lewis Morgan limped off at half time. The winger arrived for the team photo on Tuesday in crutches but the manager isn’t too worried about where he is at: “I think he’s a lot more freed up than he was in the previous 24 hours.

“He’s able to put a bit more weight on it and we’ll just assess it over the next couple of days,” he said. “Gavin [the physio] has got him in tomorrow just to see if it’s any better and we’re hoping that it’s progressing the way it has done in the last couple of days.

“It’s not ideal,” he continued. “The good thing about it is that he’s a brave kid, he’s physically strong and we’re hoping the pain alleviates itself over the next couple of days.”

There was encouraging news from the St Mirren Training Complex this week as Rocco Quinn returned to training following his injury against Livingston in the Betfred Cup last month. The midfielder was stretchered off near the end of the 3-2 win and the manager is taking it one step at a time with his return.

“This was his first day today. He was charging about in training – blowing out his backside – but it’s good to see him back out there. It’s just a case of Rocco getting more and more confident as the days go by because it was obviously a bad injury. He stepped up again today and we’re hopeful that come tomorrow he’ll be able to go again.”

When asked if he would be in line to make his first team return against Ayr United on Saturday, the gaffer said: “It’ll probably be too soon. We don’t want to rush him back and he has a relapse, so it’s important that we monitor how he is progressing and we’ll get the minutes in over the couple of days leading to the weekend but I think the weekend is definitely too soon.“

The manager admitted it was important to get players back from injury as soon as they are ready, to help give the team the opportunity to mix things up. He said: “We were conscious of the fact that we were going to go with a smaller squad this season because we wanted to try and get some better quality in and we’re hopeful that we can kick on"

“We need everyone up front and centre so that we have options to change things about because we’re a bit limited at the moment in terms of who we can bring on from the bench and the quicker we get these senior players up-to-speed the better it will be for us.”

St Mirren Football Club appreciate supporters’ frustration regarding the sale of the new home kit.

We have been, and continue to be, in daily contact with JD Sports regarding the launch date of the new home kit.

JD have advised us that they are trying to get retail stock in to go on sale this weekend.

We will update as the week progresses.