Derek and his daughters Millie, 4 and Maci, 11 months were first referred to Home-Start following the sudden death of Derek’s wife and the girls Mum, Sharlene. Home-Start introduced Derek to a volunteer who offered friendship and support.  

Derek and his daughters Millie, 4 and Maci, 11 months were first referred to Home-Start following the sudden death of Derek’s wife and the girls Mum Sharlene.

Home-Start Coordinator, Kerry visited the family home to find out what supports would help Derek and his children.  Understandably Derek was devasted and the first meeting was heart breaking. Over a few weeks of building trust with Kerry, Derek was able to identify that he was struggling with knowing what to buy for the household shopping and how to cook meals for Millie and Maci.  His wife, Sharlene had previously organised the food shops and made the meals for the family. Derek was also feeling lonely and isolated in his grief particularly when the girls were at nursery.

Kerry introduced Derek to Volunteer Jim and they hit it off straight away.  Jim visited the family home every week for 2-3 hours. Jim and Derek would go together to do the weekly food shop. As Derek had dyslexia, Jim helped Derek with reading ingredients labels and cooking instructions. Jim also supported Derek to learn to make a variety of staple meals that were quick, cost effective and easy to make like home-made soups, curries and sweet potatoes.

Before long a friendship between Derek and Jim was developing.  Derek felt he had someone to talk to about his struggles of losing Sharlene.  Derek and Jim were both football fans and often went to watch games together, it was a great day out with both focused on the match, which provided respite from the daily routine. The bond over sport strengthen with Jim and Derek playing rounds of golf.

Derek was starting to find his confidence again and has started coaching at his daughter’s football team. Millie had made new friends and so had Derek.  Derek also became friends with Gemma, a friend of a parent at the football team and unbeknown to them they would go on to marry.  

As time went on Derek didn’t need Jim to visit as much as he was now back out in his community and the family was thriving. It was agreed that Home-Start support had come to a natural end and to this day Derek and Jim still keep in touch.

In July 2023 Derek and Gemma got married and Jim and his wife Marie attended the wedding! Family life has moved on for Derek, Gemma, Millie and Maci. 

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St Mirren are on the road for a third cinch Premiership match running as we face St Johnstone in league action.

Stephen Robinson's men face the Perth Saints on the back of a 2-0 loss at Ibrox. A double from Abdallah Sima either side of half-time saw Saints defeated. With 22 points, the Buddies are in fourth place in the cinch Premiership after 15 matches. 

St Johnstone also go into Wednesday night's match on the back of a defeat to Celtic at McDiarmid Park. The Perth Saints had taken a first-half lead, but three second-half Celtic goals saw them lose 3-1. 

Craig Levein's side sit in 11th place with 11 points from their first 14 cinch Premiership matches. 

Match Details

St Johnstone v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: McDiarmid Park

Ticket Info

Tickets for Wednesday night's match are on sale online. Click here to read full ticket info. 

PPV will be available from St Johnstone's PPV plaftorm at a cost of £12.99. You can purchase a PPV pass here.

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription. UK subscribers can listen to live audio commentary. 

Previous 

Saints were victorious in only meeting with St Johnstone so far this season. Goals from Keanu Baccus, Mikael Mandron (x2) and Greg Kiltie saw us defeat the Perth side 4-0 at The SMiSA Stadium at the end of October. 

Kiltie was also on the scoresheet in our last win at McDiarmid Park when he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win in April 2022. 

A late Alex Gogic goal saw us take a point on our last visit to Perth after Zak Rudden had given the hosts the lead in February of this year.

Greg Kiltie has scored in our last two wins against St Johnstone (Image: Allan Picken) 

The officials

The referee on Wednesday night is Kevin Clancy. He's assisted by Drew Kirkland and Stuart Stevenson. Ross Hardie is fourth official. 

Alan Muir is the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and he'll be assisted by Chris Rae. 

Saints were beaten at Ibrox as an Aballdah Sima double gave Rangers a 2-0 win in the cinch Premiership.  

The Buddies had their chances in the first-half, but fell behind to a Sima on the final minute of normal time at the end of the half. And the Rangers forward added his and Rangers' second with 20 minutes remaining to ensure Saints left Govan empty-handed. 

There were four changes from the side that lost at Ross County on Tuesday night. Richard Taylor, Ryan Flynn, Caolan Boyd-Munce and Jonah Ayunga came in for Charles Dunne, Keanu Baccus, Alex Greive and Mikael Mandron. 

The Buddies started fairly brightly with Conor McMenamin curling a dangerous low ball in from the right. Ayunga couldn't get the touch on it that would have surely taken it beyond Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland who managed to gather in the end. 

The hosts had a good opportunity on 19 minutes when a ball swung to the back post met James Tavernier who nodded back across goal for Todd Cantwell. The Rangers midfielder had space but sclaffed his shot. Sima came close five minutes later when he headed a Tavernier cross over the bar. 

Saints' best chance of the half came on 37 minutes when Boyd-Munce was within a whisker of putting the Buddies ahead. The midfielder's low curling effort from the edge of the box looked destined for the bottom left-hand corner but was tipped wide in what was a terrific save from Butland. 

Caolan Boyd-Munce came close to an opener for Saints but was denied by a great save from Jack Butland (Image: Allan Picken)

The home side took the lead in the final minute of normal time at the end of the first-half. Sima lashed beyond Zach Hemming, who could do nothing to prevent it, from 12 yards to put the hosts ahead as we headed into the break.  

Saints started brightly at the second-half in search of an equaliser and Butland made another good save to deny Saints a few minutes after the restart. This time it was Ayunga who had a go from range and the Rangers goalkeeper had to scurry across at full-stretch to turn the effort behind. 

It was then Hemming's turn to be called into action on 53 minutes when he had to beat away a strike from Rangers captain Tavernier on the edge of the area. The Saints stopper got two strong hands behind it to push away. 

Saints were still probing and got another opportunity on the hour mark when a Greg Kiltie pass got through the legs of Leon Balogun and fell for Ayunga on the edge of the area. The forward wasn't expecting it but managed to compose himself before getting a tame shot away that was gathered with relative ease by Butland. 

Rangers doubled their advantage with 20 minutes of the match remaining. Cantwell's through pass found Sima in the clear and he used his pace to race through before slotting beyond Hemming to make it 2-0 and secure all the points for the home side. 

Full-Time: Rangers 2-0 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor (Dunne 72), Flynn, Boyd-Munce (Baccus 78), Tanser, McMenamin (Jamieson 78), Ayunga (Olusanya 72), Kiltie (Greive 78)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Small, Mandron

Rangers: Butland, Tavernier (Tavernier 85), Goldson, Balogun, Barisic (Yilmaz 80), Lundstram, McCausland (Matondo 80), Cantwell (Lammers 85), Lawrence, Sima, Dessers (Danilo 62)
Subs Not Used: McCrorie, Souttar, Cifuentes, Davies

Referee: Matthew MacDermid
Assistant Referee: Graeme Stewart
Assistant Referee: David Dunne
Fourth Official: Peter Stuart
VAR: John Beaton

Attendance: 47,835

Well done to everyone involved with Mirren Mile as their fundraising ended this morning. Mirren Mile, is a passionate fan-driven initiative, set to transform Greenhill Road and the approaches to The SMiSA Stadium.
 
Supporters raised an incredible £8540 towards with the goal of enhancing the matchday experience for everyone. Mirren Mile will form a vibrant route to the stadium, becoming a beacon and a stamping the St Mirren and Paisley brand firmly on the approaches to our home.
 
Everyone at St Mirren congratulates the Marching On group and all involved on their terrific efforts!

St Mirren make the short journey to Govan to face Rangers at Ibrox in the cinch Premiership.

Saints travel to Ibrox on the back of a 1-0 loss to Ross County at Global Energy Stadium on Tuesday night. A late Jordan White goal consigned Saints to a narrow defeat. Despite this, the Buddies sit in third place in the cinch Premiership - six points behind second place Rangers. 

Rangers rescued a point in their last cinch Premiership match away to Aberdeen on Sunday. The Gers fell behind after an early Bojan Miovski goal, but an injury-time penalty from James Tavernier saw them take a point at Pittodrie. 

The Ibrox side have picked up 16 points from a possible 18 since they appointed Belgian manager Philippe Clement in October and come into the match on the back of a 1-1 draw with Aris Limassol in the UEFA Europa League.

Match Details

Rangers v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Sunday 3rd December 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Ibrox Stadium

Ticket Info

Tickets for Sunday's match are on sale at The St Mirren Ticket Office. There will be no tickets for sale on the day of the match, but the St Mirren Ticket Office will be open on Saturday between 11am-1pm for sale of Rangers tickets. Full ticket info can be found HERE. 

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription. UK subscribers can listen to live audio commentary. 

Previous 

The Buddies were beaten by Rangers at The SMiSA Stadium in October in the only meeting between the two sides so far this season. Saints competed well before a red card for Ryan Strain saw us reduced to 10 men with James Tavernier netting the resulting penalty. The visitors would subsequently go on to win 3-0. 

Despite two Mark O'Hara goals, Saints were beaten 5-2 on our last visit to Ibrox back in April with Rangers scoring three goals in the final 11 minutes of the match to take the points.   

Our last victory against the Light Blues came in December 2020 when we prevailed 3-2 at The SMiSA Stadium in the League Cup. 

Mark O'Hara netted a double on our last visit to Ibrox. His first goal won our Goal of the Season award for 2022/23 (Image: Allan Picken)

The officials

Matthew MacDermid is the referee on Sunday. He'll be assisted by Graeme Stewart and David Dunne, while Peter Stuart is the Fourth Official. 

John Beaton is the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and he'll be assisted by Graeme Leslie.  

We didn't do our basics right at a set play and we got punished for it and rightly so we go down the road without any points."

Stephen Robinson gives his reaction after our 1-0 loss at Ross County. 

St Mirren left Dingwall empty-handed after a late Jordan White header consigned Saints to a 1-0 defeat. 

Stephen Robinson made three changes to the starting eleven that defeated Livingston 1-0 at The SMiSA Stadium on Saturday. Richard Taylor missed out after coming off with an ankle injury and was replaced by Charles Dunne. Keanu Baccus returned from suspension in place of Caolan Boyd-Munce, while Alex Greive started ahead of Jonah Ayunga who played 60 minutes on his return at the weekend. 

White had the game's first opportunity with a strike from the edge of the area into the arms of Zach Hemming on four minutes. The goalkeeper started a quick counter that saw Greg Kiltie deliver a dangerous looking low ball across from the left, but the County defence managed to clear. 

After a scrappy opening half-hour, Saints started to assert themselves more before the break. A terrific ball in from Scott Tanser looked like it might fall for Greive, but he was quickly challenged by a County defender as he looked to pull the trigger.

The Buddies best chance of the half came on 38 minutes when Alex Gogic rose the highest to meet a Kiltie corner at the back post. The Cypriot international wasn't far away from the opener but sent the header into the side net with the first-half ending goalless. 

There was a VAR check for a St Mirren penalty five minutes after the restart when Conor McMenamin went down under a challenge inside the box. But nothing was awarded. 

The hosts came close to opening the scoring on 55 minutes with their best effort of the match. White teed the ball off for Connor Randall who took a touch before cracking an effort off the post from the edge of the area. The County man should have opened the scoring on the hour mark when he was the recipient of a fortunate break of the ball that allowed him to run clear on goal. He got the effort all wrong though as he fired well over. 

Saints made their first change of the game immediately after with Ayunga coming on to replace Mandron while Stav Nahmani was introduced 12 minutes later in place of Greive. 

The home side were denied by a brilliant Zach Hemming save with 12 minutes remaining. White's flick-on saw Simon Murray race into the box. The forward pulled the ball across the area to Ben Purrington who looked to tuck it into the corner of the net but saw his attempt beaten away by the Saints stopper. McMenamin had Saints' best chance of the second-half a few moments when his curling effort from the edge of the box was pushed away by Ross Laidlaw. 

Ross County took the lead with a little over five minutes of the match remaining. White rose the highest to bullet home a header from a corner which would ultimately prove enough for the home side to take the points. 

Full-Time: Ross County 1-0 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Dunne, McMenamin, Baccus (Boyd-Munce 82), O'Hara (c), Kiltie (Flynn 82), Tanser, Mandron (Ayunga 60), Greive (Nahmani 72)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Small, Jamieson, Olusanya

Ross County: Laidlaw, Nightingale, Baldwin, Leak, Brown, Allardice, Randall, Purrington, Dhanda (Turner 74), Murray (Samuel 83), White
Subs Not Used: Munro, Sheaf, Loturi, Harmon, Smith, Reid

Referee: William Collum
Assistant Referee: Gordon McCabe
Assistant Referee: Graham McNeillie
Fourth Official: George Calder
VAR: Kevin Clancy

Attendance: 3758 (265 saints)

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match away to Rangers on Sunday 3rd December are on sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

The club has received an allocation of around 900 tickets for this match. 

There will be no sale of tickets on the day of the match. The St Mirren Ticket Office will be open on Saturday (2nd Dec) between 11am-1pm. 

Rangers v St Mirren 
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Sunday 3rd December 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Ibrox Stadium

Rangers Ticket Info

Adults - £32
Concession* - £25
Junior** - £14

*Over 65s, 16/17-year-olds
**Under 16s

Ambulant disabled tickets will be charged at the age-appropriate rate. If a carer is required, and proof of this is provided, the carer's ticket will be free of charge.

There are seven wheelchair & companion pairs available. These are only available at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

Wheelchair Prices

Adults - £19
Concessions - £15
Juniors - £10

Carer free of charge. 

There will be no sale of tickets on the day of the match. 

St Mirren Ticket Office Tel: (0141) 840-6130.

St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com 

ST MIRREN FOOTBALL CLUB LTD. (THE) (the “Company”)

Company Registration No. SC005773

Notice of Annual General Meeting

NOTICE is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held on the 12th day of December 2023 at the SMISA Stadium, St Mirren Park, Greenhill Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA3 1RU at 7:30pm for the following purposes:

Ordinary business

1. To consider the Accounts for the year to 31 May 2023 and the reports of the Directors and Auditors.
2. To transact any other ordinary business of the Company. 

By Order of the Board

Date: 27/11/2023 

………………………….

Secretary

Registered Office: SMISA Stadium St Mirren Park, Greenhill Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA3 1RU

Notes

A Member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote in their place. The proxy (in accordance with the terms of the existing Articles of Association) should be deposited at the Registered Office of the Company not less than 48 hours before the time of the Annual General Meeting.

If a member has not received a proxy or a copy of the Annual Accounts, please get in touch with info@stmirren.com with a valid email address or attend The SMiSA Stadium to collect a copy. 

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match away to St Johnstone on Wednesday 6th December are available online. 

Saints travel to Perth next midweek to face Craig Levein's side in league action. Our supporters will be accommodated in the North end of the Main Stand.

Click HERE to buy your tickets. 

St Johnstone v St Mirren 
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: McDiarmid Park

St Johnstone Ticket Info

Adult - £25
Family Adult* - £18
Concession** - £15
U12*** - £0

*One Adult with max two U12. 
**65 and over, U20. 
*** No admission without an adult. 

Please note for the £18 family deal, all ticket holders must enter via turnstile five which will be monitored by stewards – strictly one adult + max two U12 only. These will only be available to purchase online.

Please be aware that tickets are only available online, the only available tickets at the St Mirren Ticket Office will be wheelchair and carer tickets. 

Ambulant Disabled Adult* - £25
Ambulant Disabled Concession* - £15
PA** - £0

*Must be in receipt of PIP/DLA - PA free. 
**No admission without ambulant disabled supporter

St Johnstone have a limited amount of accessible parking bays for disabled visiting supporters to book in advance (£5 – payable on the day). Please email dao@perthsaints.co.uk with your name and vehicle registration to book.

General parking is available on a first come, first served basis to the west side of St Johnstone's all-weather pitch. Enter the carpark via the away support entrance to the north of the stadium.