The points were shared in St Mirren's final home match of the 2023/24 season ended in a 2-2 draw.

Stephen Robinson made a with Jaden Brown, Richard Taylor, Keanu Baccus and James Scott all starting while Ryan Strain, Marcus Fraser, Caolan Boyd-Munce and Toyosi Olusanya dropped to the bench. 

The Buddies started brightly and threatened in the early stages with Scott seeing an effort saved well by Craig Gordon, before the Hearts defence managed to block Mikael Mandron on the follow-up. 

That early Saints pressure would tell when Stephen Robinson's men took the lead with just eight minutes on the clock. A cross into the box was headed back across the face of goal by a Hearts defender straight to Scott who swept home from close range to score his first St Mirren goal.

The Buddies pushed for a second with Jaden Brown curling a low effort into the arms of Gordon on 13 minutes before Scott Tanser struck just over from the edge of the area after meeting a Scott nod down. 

But the visitors drew level on 20 minutes when Kyosuke Tagawa got in front of Richard Taylor to knock home a low Cammy Devlin ball in from the left. Tagawa missed a huge chance for his and Hearts' second just at the end of the first-half when he got on the end of a cross but somehow fired over. It was Tagawa that would threaten again after the break with Taylor making a brilliant block to the strike. 

Stephen Robinson made two changes just before the hour mark with Boyd-Munce and Olusanya introduced in place of Scott and Brown. And it was Boyd-Munce's brilliant ball that yielded Saints' second goal as he put it straight on to the head of James Bolton who sent the header beyond Gordon. 

Hearts equalised for the second time on 73 minutes and it was a quality finish from their substitute Lawrence Shankland who was first to react to Mandron's headed clearance. He hooked the ball over his shoulder into the far corner of the net. The forward should have put the visitors ahead just two minutes later after getting in behind the Saints defence to go clear on goal but his effort was well saved by Zach Hemming.

Saints came agonisingly close to a winner when Olusanya's strike from the edge of the area was deflected inches by the post after taking a nick off Kye Rowles. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 2-2 Hearts

St Mirren: Hemming, Bolton (Dunne 84), Gogic, Taylor (Fraser 70), Brown (Olusanya 59), O'Hara (c), Baccus, Tanser (Bwomono 70), Scott (Boyd-Munce 59), Mandron, McMenamin
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Strain, Mooney, Jamieson

Hearts: Gordon, Kent, Sibbick, Rowles, Cochrane, Lembikisa (Oda 78), Devlin (Tait 59), Denholm (Wilson 71), Fraser, Tagawa (Boyce 71), Forrest (Shankland 59)
Subs Not Used: Clark, Atkinson, McKay, Vargas

Referee: John Beaton 
Assistant Referee: Alastair Mather
Assistant Referee: Graham McNeillie
Fourth Official: Colin Steven
VAR: Grant Irvine

Attendance: 7,222

On behalf of myself and my fellow directors, I want to thank you all for your incredible support throughout what has been another memorable season for our football club. Your support helps drive the club forward and we are immensely grateful for your continued loyalty. I can assure you it’s not taken for granted. 

You have continued to back us in such brilliant numbers throughout the past two seasons as we continue to smash attendances records with increasing regularity. 

We are all hugely excited about the prospect of hosting European football for the first time ever at the SMiSA Stadium with a new generation of supporters getting the opportunity to see our great club in European football. It has been almost 40 years since St Mirren was involved in European football and huge credit must go to our manager Stephen Robinson, his coaching staff, all our players, our operational staff and our dedicated volunteers for their continued hard work to drive the club forward on and off the park. 

We look forward to announcing details and arrangements of our European fixtures once these are drawn in the coming weeks so please keep an eye out for these exciting updates.

We should all take great pride in the fact we continue to showcase our community spirit with our charity partnerships with Home-Start Renfrewshire & Inverclyde and the St Mirren Charitable Foundation, as well as the continued success of our ‘Help a Buddie' scheme, our school ticket initiatives, foodbank drives and more. We’ll continue to look after our community with these and more schemes next season.

There have been challenges as well, but with your unwavering support, we continue to make good progress on and off the park. In recognition of your ever increasing support we have taken the decision to limit the increase in Season Ticket prices for 2024/25 to c.5%.

It’s important to note that we continue to offer one of the lowest priced season ticket packages in the Scottish Premiership. For example, an early bird adult ticket in the Main or West Stand costs just £19.50 per match based on 19 home league matches, while an early bird adult ticket in the Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand works out at just £17.63 per match. Concessions are only £9.21 per match in the Main and West Stand and just £7.90 per match in the Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand. 

Added to that, our family ticket provides amazing value, working out at just £35 per family of five on early bird. We are keen to be as inclusive as possible and feel this is a really cost effective option for a family day out.

We have further introduced a new junior category for 12-17 year olds with affordable pricing to allow us to continue to build on the momentum of this generation of supporters.

There will be a three-week loyalty period for existing Season Ticket holders to retain their seats and we have compiled all the detailed information you’ll need ahead of season tickets going on sale. This will be provided to you via email when the tickets go on sale, on Thursday 16th May. 

Given the team’s success on the park over the past two seasons, as well as the hard work we undertake to showcase how important our community is to us, we hope to break even more records in terms of Season Ticket sales for 2024/25. I urge you to sign up as soon as you can and help us smash the 4,000 sales barrier yet again this year.

Once again, I want to say thank you for your continued support. Let’s build on the success of this season. Together we are determined to give you a football club you can be proud of.

This Love Will Last #ForEver. 

It's our final home match of season 2023/24 as we host Hearts in the cinch Premiership.

Come along to The SMiSA Stadium this evening to give our Euro Saints a send-off after qualification to the UEFA Europa Conference League was confirmed last night.

St Mirren vs Hearts
cinch Premiership
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium, Paisley
Date: Wednesday 15th May 2024
Kick-off: 7:45pm

The match day officials for Wednesday's match against Hearts are as follows:

Referee: John Beaton
Assistant Referee: Alastair Mather
Assistant Referee: Graham McNeillie
Fourth Official: Colin Steven
VAR: Grant Irvine
Assistant VAR: Gary Hilland

Match Details

The game kicks-off at 7:45pm and season tickets are valid for the match. Full instructions on how to download and use the Future Ticketing digital app can be found HERE. Turnstiles will open to supporters from 6:45pm. Supporters are encouraged to arrive early to avoid delays. 

The St Mirren Ticket Office is open between 10am-2pm and then 5:30pm until just after kick-off.

The match is all ticket – tickets will be on sale UNTIL KICK-OFF (subject to availability).

Hearts are selling tickets directly to their supporters. There will be no away tickets on sale at The SMiSA Stadium.

Supporters should note that there is no access between the West and North Stands.

Ticket Office Phone No: (0141) 840-6130

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

Post-match

As it is the final home match of the season, the players will take to the field after full-time to do a lap of honour. The players will initially leave the field but return to show their appreciation to the support and vice versa. Supporters are encouraged to stay in their seats until the players return to the pitch.

The club would ask supporters to be mindful of fellow supporters in wheelchairs sitting in the front row. They too would like to show their appreciation to the team, so we would ask that everyone remains in their seats until after the team has left the park. 

Live Streaming

PPV is available to UK and Ireland based supporters on ppv.stmirren.com.

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can still watch the match live as part of their subscription, while UK subscribers can listen to live audio coverage. 

Ticket Information

Car Parking

The club would like to remind supporters of parking restrictions in and around The SMiSA Stadium on matchdays. Please click here for the full update.

Please note that seasonal car park passes have now sold out but a limited amount of matchday parking is available on a first-come, first-serve basis for £5. 

Red Zone - South

For hospitality and home disabled supporters (subject to availability). 

To enter/exit Greenhill Road. Hospitality ticket to be shown for entry. 

Black Zone - Southwest 

For Family Stand and Main Stand Patrons. 

To enter/exit via Drums Avenue.  

White Zone - West 

For West Stand Patrons and Pay on the Day. Home disabled supporters in bays behind West Stand. Away disabled supporters in bays behind the dome. 

To enter/exit via Ferguslie Park Avenue.

Visitor Information

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce Shaun Rooney has agreed to join the club on a two-year deal.

The 27-year-old becomes our first new signing ahead of 2024/25 and will join up with the squad at the beginning of July.

Shaun returns to Scottish football after a two-year spell down south with English League One side Fleetwood Town where he made 80 appearances and scored eight goals for the Cod Army.

The defender began his career in the youth setup at Dundee United before moving to Queen’s Park in 2013 where he worked under ex-Saints boss Gus MacPherson. A move to Dunfermline followed where he was part of the Pars’ Scottish League One winning side in 2015/16.

After a spell down south with York City, Shaun returned North to join Queen of the South where he spent a season before moving to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. His form at Caley earned him a move to St Johnstone where he became a club legend after scoring the winning goals in both their Cup Final wins in season 2020/21 as the Perth Saints completed a League and Scottish Cup double.

Speaking to stmirren.com, Shaun said: "I’m thrilled to be joining a team like St Mirren that has just confirmed European football.

"It’s good to be coming back home. St Mirren wanted to sign me two years ago before I went to Fleetwood and I had a good chat with the manager, but I just wanted to try new things. The club being interested in me again is obviously a positive sign. It’s a club that’s close to home and one I know a lot about it. I was on trial when I was younger as well.

Things just seem right for me to join St Mirren and I’m looking forward to it.

"I spoke to Marcus Fraser and he gave high reviews. I asked what the team was looking like for next season and he only said positive things so I can’t wait to get started and meet the boys."

"I’m a right-back, right wing-back who likes to get forward. I like to put crosses in, get to the back stick and score goals. I played at right centre-back for the last two months at Fleetwood and enjoyed it. I enjoyed the one-to-one duels, aerial battles and desire to keep clean sheets.

Manager Stephen Robinson said: "We're delighted to get Shaun in early.

"He's a player that I have chased for a number of years. He can play in a number of different positions and has proved his quality in the Scottish Premiership.

I think he brings real athleticism, quality and strength and can also add goals to the team.

"We've started our signings early. We're delighted to get him in and we look forward to welcoming Shaun to the club." 

St Mirren are heading to Europe! 

Saints have qualified for European competition for the first time since 1987 after securing a fifth place finish in the cinch Premiership.

Stephen Robinson's men have sat in the European positions for the entire season and will now look forward to UEFA Conference League action in July and August.

The Buddies will enter the second qualifying round of the Conference League. The draw will take place on June 19th with the fixtures to be played on July 25th and August 1st.

St Mirren head into the final week of season 2023/24 with two more matches in the cinch Premiership.

Saints host Hearts at The SMiSA Stadium on Wednesday night in our final home match of the season before closing out 2023/24 away to Celtic on Saturday.

It could prove to be a monumental week for Stephen Robinson's men as they could secure a first European spot since 1987. A win in either of our final two matches this week would be enough to secure a Europa Conference League qualifying place for the Buddies. Saints could also clinch it if Dundee don't win both of their remaining matches with the Dark Blues set to face Rangers at Ibrox tomorrow night and Kilmarnock at Dens on Saturday.

Tickets for our final two matches are on sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online. 

St Mirren v Hearts
cinch Premiership
Date: Wednesday 15th May
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium 

Season Tickets are valid for Wednesday night's match while tickets are on-sale to non-season ticket holders at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online. The match is also available on PPV at ppv.stmirren.com. 

Celtic v St Mirren
cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 18th May 
Kick-off: 12:30pm 
Venue: Celtic Park

To ensure safety and security as well as appropriate distribution of tickets, these are available online to registered season ticket holders only and are only available for ticket office pick up. Non-season ticket holders can buy at the St Mirren Ticket Office, though staff will be checking for a relevant ticket buying history to ensure tickets only go to St Mirren supporters. 

For full ticket info ahead of Saturday's match away to Celtic please click HERE.

The curtain will come down on the season with our 2023/24 Player of the Year Awards dinner at The Normandy Hotel in Renfrew.

A number of awards will be presented to this season's top performers across the men's first team and the women's first team.

There wasn't a lot in the game, but they've shown a way to grind it out and we have to learn from that."

The manager gives his reaction to defeat at home to Kilmarnock.

Europe remains so close yet so far for Saints after they lost to Kilmarnock in Paisley.

The only goal came in the first-half, good work from Marley Watkins setting up Kyle Vassell to smash home from close range.

Watkins and Robbie Deas were denied by Zach Hemming as the visitors looked to extend their lead after the break. Saints' best chance came when Conor McMenamin slid the ball round the Killie defence for Toyosi Olusanya and he thumped a fantastic shot that rattled the woodwork with goalie Will Dennis beaten. There was late pressure from the home side but Killie stood firm to secure fourth place in the cinch Premiership, while Saints remain five points clear of Dundee with each side having just two games to go.

Stephen Robinson named an unchanged starting eleven from the one that defeated Dundee last week.

On a glorious day in front of a packed crowd, the early excitement came when Hemming misjudged his kick out and the ball thumped off Vassell before flying back over the bar. Olusanya lashed one over at the other end before Scott Tanser's spectacular effort was kept out by Dennis, however it was irrelevant as the flag then went up for offside. Such was the temperature that ref Euan Anderson stopped play midway through the half for a water break.

A tame Mikael Mandron header was saved by Dennis before a mistake from Alex Gogic gave Watkins a sight of goal but he dragged his shot wide. Mark O'Hara's header looked to have sent Mandron through on goal but a fantastic tackle from Robbie Deas allowed Dennis to gather the loose ball. Watkins then found himself in plenty of space on the right and made full use of it to slide a ball across goal that the Saints defence couldn't stop getting to Vassell. The striker took a touch and it looked as if a home player would be able to block any shot only for him to then thump it into the roof of the net to put the visitors in front at the interval.

Caloan Boyd-Munce's optimistic shot was well wide as hostilities resumed after the break, Dennis reacting quickly to stop Stuart Findlay unintentionally heading McMenamin's cross into his own net. A bit of a stramash at a corner saw Tanser denied by Dennis and Gogic put the loose ball wide before Ryan Strain's burst down the right saw allowed him to put in an inviting cross that Olusanya volleyed wide.

Watkins had a great chance to put Killie out of sight when he pounced on an error from Gogic, however Hemming blocked the shot with his legs at the expense of a corner. The delivery was cleared back to Matty Kennedy and his cross was headed towards goal by Deas, Hemming producing a great save to tip it over. Watkins headed wide as Killie threatened again, Saints making a triple sub with Boyd-Munce, Strain and Tanser being replaced by James Scott, Lewis Jamieson and Keanu Baccus respectively.

Findlay continued to threaten his own goal, Dennis grabbing his sliced clearance, before Saints went desperately close to drawing level. McMenamin sent a wonderful ball down the left that curled in behind the Killie defence for Olusanya and his first time shot beat Dennis but not the bar, the ball rattling the woodwork before bouncing to safety. He had another chance at a late corner as the Killie defence stood firm to confirm fourth place in the league.

Full-Time: St Mirren 0-1 Kilmarnock

St Mirren: Hemming, Bolton (Taylor 83), Gogic, Fraser, Strain (Jamieson 67), O'Hara (c), Boyd-Munce (Baccus 67), Tanser (Scott 67), McMenamin, Mandron, Olusanya
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Dunne, Brown, Bwomono, Mooney

Kilmarnock: Dennis, Ndaba, Mayo, Findlay, Deas, Kennedy, Watson, Donnelly, Armstrong (McKenzie 80), Vassell (Cameron 76), Watkins (Stewart 90)
Subs Not Used: O'Hara, Murray, Davies, Stewart, Polworth, Mackay-Steven, Van Veen

Referee: Euan Anderson
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Assistant Referee: Paul O'Neill
Fourth Official: Ross Hardie
VAR: 

Attendance: 7,645 

Match Report by Stuart Gillespie

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce that Elvis Bwomono has extended his contract until summer 2025.

The Ugandan international has made 13 appearances since joining Saints on a short-term deal in December 2023. The initial deal was due to run until the summer with the club holding the option to extend by a further year. The club has now taken up the option to further Elvis' stay in Paisley.

Elvis began his professional career at Southend United where he made 132 appearances between 2017 and 2021. After leaving the English side, he moved to Icelandic outfit ÍBV in May 2022 and went on to play 48 times.

Speaking to stmirren.com, Elvis said: "I'm delighted to be staying for another year.

"Since I came to the club in December everyone has made me feel really welcome and a real part of it so I'm happy to staying here.

It's probably the most enjoyable time I've had in football both on and off the park. It's a great squad and I'm excited for next season."

Manager Stephen Robinson added: "I believe Elvis will get better and better.

He's still young, a Ugandan international as well, and we're looking forward to developing him next season. I'm delighted he's signed the extension."

"Elvis has been part of some very good results when he first came in. He's had a little bit of an illness and a niggle as well, while Ryan Strain has come back into the team but it's great to have that competition. It's also another bit of solidity for next season."

St Mirren are at The SMiSA Stadium for the final Saturday 3pm kick-off of 2023/24 as we host Kilmarnock in the cinch Premiership.

St Mirren vs Kilmarnock
cinch Premiership
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium, Paisley
Date: Saturday 11th May 2024
Kick-off: 3pm

The match day officials for Saturday's match against Kilmarnock are as follows:

Referee: Euan Anderson
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Assistant Referee: Paul O'Neill
Fourth Official: Ross Hardie
VAR: Greg Aitken
Assistant VAR: Jonathan Bell

Match Details

The game kicks-off at 3pm and season tickets are valid for the match. Full instructions on how to download and use the Future Ticketing digital app can be found HERE. Turnstiles will open to supporters from 2pm. Supporters are encouraged to arrive early to avoid delays as we are close to a sell out. 

The St Mirren Ticket Office is open between 11am until just after kick-off.

The match is all ticket – tickets will be on sale UNTIL KICK-OFF (subject to availability). Please note that we are down to our final 100 tickets for tomorrow's match. These tickets will only be available on a first come, first served basis at the St Mirren Ticket Office from 11am tomorrow morning. 

Kilmarnock have sold out their allocation of tickets for Saturday's match. There will be no away tickets on sale at The SMiSA Stadium.

Supporters should note that there will be no access between the West and North Stands tomorrow.

Ticket Office Phone No: (0141) 840-6130

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

Pre-Match Entertainment

There's lots of fun to be had with our pre-match entertainment on Saturday. It all kicks off from 1pm outside the West Stand and it's all FREE!

• A huge 60ft assault course - our biggest yet! 
• A gigantic inflatable slide - our biggest yet! 
• An enormous bouncy castle - our biggest yet!
• Face painter
• Basketball
• Target football

Live Streaming

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can still watch the match live as part of their subscription, while UK subscribers can listen to live audio coverage.

50/50

50/50 half-time tickets are on sale ahead of Saturday's match.

It's just £1 to enter with the chance to win 50% of the net proceeds (first prize) or a signed shirt (second prize). 

Entries close at 3pm on Saturday 11th May.

Ticket Information

Car Parking

The club would like to remind supporters of parking restrictions in and around The SMiSA Stadium on matchdays. Please click here for the full update.

Please note that seasonal car park passes have now sold out but a limited amount of matchday parking is available on a first-come, first-serve basis for £5. 

Red Zone - South

For hospitality and home disabled supporters (subject to availability). 

To enter/exit Greenhill Road. Hospitality ticket to be shown for entry. 

Black Zone - Southwest 

For Family Stand and Main Stand Patrons. 

To enter/exit via Drums Avenue.  

White Zone - West 

For West Stand Patrons and Pay on the Day. Home disabled supporters in bays behind West Stand. Away disabled supporters in bays behind the dome. 

To enter/exit via Ferguslie Park Avenue.

Visitor Information