St Mirren Youth Academy hosted an awards dinner on Friday 17th November as we celebrated the achievements of academy players and staff. 

The sold-out event at the Glynhill Hotel was kindly sponsored by Kibble and saw players from every Academy age group presented with a player's player of the year award in recognition of their hard work throughout the year. 

There was a special video message from St Mirren Youth Academy graduate and current Scotland international John McGinn as he reflected on his time at the club and the importance of hard work as the younger players look to forge a career within football.

We also raised a substantial amount of money from our auctions and raffle that will go directly into the running of the academy.

Head of Academy Allan McManus said: "It was an absolutely fantastic evening above everyone's expectations.

We want this to be a regular occurrence. It was a brilliant night and we hope this becomes an integral part of the yearly planner.

"I'd like to say a big thank you to Jim Gillespie and everyone at Kibble for sponsoring the event. They have spent a lot of money on different aspects of the academy and the junior academy throughout the course of the season.

"As we know, SMiSA continue to invest a substantial amount of money every year also. Without that ongoing support and financial input the academy wouldn't function the way that it can at the moment."

Jonah Ayunga is nearing a return to first-team action after completing 90 minutes in a bounce game at The SMiSA Stadium on Thursday.

The 26-year-old forward has been out with injury since January when he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a cinch Premiership match against Motherwell.

The striker has been back in full training for just over a month and has now completed 45, 60 and 90 minutes across three bounce matches as he looks to regain match fitness.

It will be a welcome boost for Stephen Robinson’s side with Jonah impressing in his first half season at Saints last year – scoring seven goals in 24 appearances. 

Following the phenomenal response of last year's winter warmer initiative, we will again be taking donations of winter clothing ahead of our cinch Premiership match against Livingston on Saturday 25th November. 

Last November, the club, in partnership with Kibble and Scottish Leather Group, launched a winter clothes appeal which asked St Mirren supporters and the local community to donate warm clothing and jackets for those in need and we were overwhelmed with donations. The doors of the SMiSA Stadium were then opened for those who were in need of warm clothing with excess donated to charities in Renfrewshire. 

After terrific support for the campaign, there will be another collection before kick-off on Saturday 25th November. Wheelie bins will be in place at each turnstile and all items will be distributed throughout Renfrewshire to those most in need. 

Our fantastic volunteer group are driving this important initiative after a successful campaign last year.

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

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

Online orders made selecting standard post will be available until 10am on Monday 27th November. Online orders for pick up will be available to purchase until 10am on Wednesday 29th November. Any tickets chosen for pick up must be collected by 2pm on Friday 1st December.

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

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 

It wasn't good enough and we have to respond to that."

Stephen Robinson gives his reaction to our defeat to Dundee. 

St Mirren suffered just a third league defeat of the cinch Premiership season as the Buddies fell to a 4-0 loss at Dens Park.

First-half goals from Amadou Bakayoko and Zak Rudden had the hosts 2-0 in-front at the interval. Bakayoko scored his second and Dundee's third early into the second-half before susbstitute Zach Robinson to cap off a disappointing afternoon for Saints.

Stephen Robinson was forced into one change from the side that drew 2-2 with Hibernian on Wednesday night. Mark O'Hara missed out with illness and was replaced by Keanu Baccus. Marcus Fraser took the captain's armband. 

The hosts had a big opportunity to take an early lead when Zak Rudden beat Richard Taylor to the ball and raced one-on-one with Zach Hemming. But the Dundee forward cracked his effort off the post. 

Dundee would go in front when they opened the scoring on 16 minutes. Taylor's attempted clearance from a corner fell straight to the feet of Bakayoko who fired into the net. 

Saints' first decent chance came on 22 minutes after a good passage of play saw the ball worked to Conor McMenamin on the right-hand side. The forward cut inside and got his shot away but he didn't get enough on it as it drifted harmlessly wide. 

The Buddies were moving the ball about well enough in the first 45 but hadn't done enough to trouble Dundee goalkeeper Trevor Carson and in the final minute of the half, the home side were awarded a penalty with Fraser penalised for a handball. Rudden took and sent Hemming the wrong way to double the home side's advantage. 

The manager made four changes at the interval with Charles Dunne, Lewis Jamieson, Toyosi Olusanya and Alex Greive introduced in place of Taylor, McMenamin, Greg Kiltie and Mikael Mandron. 

Dundee added a third a little over 10 minutes into the second-half. A quick break saw Bakayoko feed the ball wide to Rudden who charged down the right. His shot was saved by Hemming but fell to the feet of Bakayoko who knocked into an empty net. 

Thierry Small came on for Caolan Boyd-Munce with a little under 20 minutes remaining and he had a massive chance to pull a goal back within a minute of his introduction. It was a brilliant ball in from Jamieson which met the loanee at the far post but he crashed his effort off the bar. Two minutes later, the roles were reversed when Small turned provider for Jamieson, but the Youth Academy graduate sent his strike over the bar. 

Dundee added a fourth with five minutes of normal time remaining after hitting Saints on the counter. Luke McCowan broke clear and shuffled the ball across to substitute Robinson who knocked beyond Hemming to round off a poor afternoon for the Buddies. 

Full-Time: Dundee 4-0 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser (c), Gogic, Taylor (Dunne 46), Strain, Baccus, Boyd-Munce (Small 71), Tanser, McMenamin (Jamieson 46), Mandron (Olusanya 46), Kiltie (Greive 46)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bolton, Flynn, Nahmani

Dundee: Carson, Portales, Shaughnessy (c), Lamie, McGhee (Kerr 89), Cameron, Boateng, McCowan, Beck, Bakayoko (Pineda 90), Rudden (Robinson 81)
Subs Not Used: Legzdins, Reilly, Robertson, Howley, Donnelly, Sylla

Referee: Matthew MacDermid
Assistant Referee: Daniel McFarlane
Assistant Referee: Andy Milne
Fourth Official: Graham Grainger
VAR: Andrew Dallas

Attendance: 5,496 (772 away fans)

St Mirren return to cinch Premiership action on Saturday with a trip to Dundee. 

Dundee v St Mirren
cinch Premiership
Venue: The Scot Foam Stadium at Dens Park, Dundee
Date: Saturday 11th November 2023
Kick-off: 3pm

Note if anyone travels to Dundee without a ticket, there will be cash facilities for entry.  

• Ambulant disabled fans may sit in Rows D and E which are stairless.
• Supporters coaches to park on Neish Street and face northwards for exit.
• Turnstiles will open at 2pm, currently we will be housed in the Shankly Stand. Turnstiles 33-36 will be in use.
• Kiosks accept cash only!
• Please sit in your allocated seats.
• Flags should be within regulations (2m x 1m) and must have a fire certificate. No offensive or political flags will be allowed. Please display all flags/banners to the CCTV cameras before entering the stadium. Please be guided by the stewards on placement of any flags/banners.
• No balaclavas or face coverings will be allowed on entering or within the stadium. Refusal of entry/ejection will occur if face coverings are seen.
• No pyro! No smoke cannisters! No Megaphones!
• No bags bigger than 30cm x 30cm allowed. Any bags bigger needed into the stadium for medical purposes please email slo@stmirren.com before the game.
• No surfing banners or telescopic poles allowed.
• Drum will be allowed inside stadium and will be required to be searched prior to entry.
• Searching will be in place.
• Any inebriated fans will not be allowed to enter the stadium.
• No smoking anywhere inside the stadium and no pass out is allowed.
• Please be mindful when parking on the streets and not to block any driveways. Please see click here for traffic restrictions around the stadium which could result in a fine up to £100. 
• There will be a piper to pipe both teams out for the moment of reflection for Armistice Day. Please be respectful during this time.

Follow the action

If you can't make it to the match you can follow the action on our Twitter page @saintmirrenfc. 

St Mirren TV international subscribers can watch live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription. International subscriptions start at £14.99 per month or £149.99 per year for access to all of our cinch Premiership matches. 

UK subscribers to St Mirren TV can listen to live audio commentary as part of their subscription.

St Mirren travel to Dundee on Saturday to face the Dark Blues in the cinch Premiership.

The Buddies head to the City of Discovery following a 2-2 draw with Hibernian on Wednesday night. Despite falling behind twice, goals from Mark O'Hara and Lewis Jamieson saw Saints earn a share of the spoils. 

Dundee have impressed on their return to the top-flight with Tony Docherty's side sitting in sixth place on 14 points. A Luke McCowan goal was enough to see the Dark Blues defeat Livingston 1-0 at the Scot Foam Stadium at Dens Park on Sunday. 

The Dees have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five cinch Premiership matches.

Match Details

Dundee v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 11th November 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Scot Foam Stadium at Dens Park

Ticket Info

Tickets for Saturday's match are on sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office. Full ticket info can be found here. As of 1:30pm today (Thursday 9th Nov) there are around 200 tickets remaining. 

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 when the two sides met at The SMiSA Stadium back in August. An early own-goal gave us the lead before Mikael Mandron doubled our advantage 

The Buddies have won the previous three league matches against Dundee with the Dees' last win over Saints coming at The SMiSA Stadium in October 2021. 

Connor Ronan scored an injury-time goal to secure a 1-0 win on our last visit to Dundee in March 2022 in what was Stephen Robinson's first win as St Mirren manager.  

Mikael Mandron scored what turned out to be the winner when we last faced Dundee (Image: Allan Picken)

The officials

Matthew MacDermid is the referee on Saturday and he'll be assisted by Daniel McFarlane and Andy Milne. Graham Grainger is the fourth official. 

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

You get chances every day at this football club and Lewis has grabbed that by the scruff of the neck."

Stephen Robinson gives his reaction to tonight's draw with Hibernian.