Across Renfrewshire, kids have been enjoying free Easter holiday activity camps.

The Street Stuff multi-sports camps, provided by Renfrewshire Council and St Mirren Football Club, have been fully booked during the whole Easter break with around 750 places taken each week.

Young people aged five to 14 enjoyed taking part in football, basketball, hand ball, hockey, badminton, tennis, dance and more, with activities happening twice a week in Ferguslie, Foxbar, Johnstone, Linwood and Renfrew. 

Kids also got a free healthy lunch each day they attended, helping to target holiday hunger. 

Councillor Marie McGurk, convener of Renfrewshire Council’s Communities and Housing policy board, visited St Paul’s to find out how kids have been enjoying the experience. 

She said: "It’s very clear that the kids have a great time running about, being with their friends and making new ones. School holidays are a time when children should enjoy having free time to play all day. It’s why we continue to put on Street Stuff holiday camps to ensure children can have a fun break from school and a free healthy meal, reducing children experiencing holiday hunger."

As an established and award-winning programme, Street Stuff is well known within the community and continues to provide fun physical and educational activities that support children and young people’s wellbeing during the whole year."

Street Stuff provide a range of free multi-sport, gaming and educational activities six evenings a week, Monday to Saturday, throughout the year to offer young people across Renfrewshire access to exercise and social activities that they may otherwise not have the chance to take part in. A healthy meal is provided to each young person as part of the council’s Winter Connections programme.

For more information, visit stmirren.com/community/street-stuff

St Mirren make the short journey to Ibrox on Saturday to face Rangers in our final cinch Premiership away match before the split. 

Goals from Curtis Main and Alex Gogic saw Saints win 2-0 away to Hearts on Saturday in our first win at Tynecastle since 2013.

The Buddies have taken seven points from their last three matches and know a first ever top six finish in the current league format could be secured this weekend. A win at Ibrox would guarantee a top six finish, while other results could also go in Saints' favour even if Stephen Robinson's side don't manage a positive result at Ibrox. 

Rangers will be aiming to bounce back from their first league defeat of 2023 after Michael Beale's side lost 3-2 against Celtic on Saturday. That was a result that saw the Gers fall 12 points behind their Glasgow rivals in the cinch Premiership with seven league matches remaining. 

Match Details

Rangers v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 15th April 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Ibrox Stadium

Ticket Info

A limited number of tickets for Saturday's match are available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. There will be no sale of tickets on matchday. Full ticket info is available HERE.

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription. There will be no PPV available. 

Previous

Neither side could be separated when Saints hosted Rangers at the SMiSA Stadium in the last meeting of the two back in November. 

Jonah Ayunga scored early in the second-half to give Saints the lead before a late James Tavernier penalty gave the Ibrox side a share of the spoils. 

Rangers won 4-0 when the Buddies visited Ibrox in October, though that result probably didn't tell the full story of the match with Stephen Robinson's side creating a couple of good chances in Glasgow before conceding two goals in the final 20 minutes. 

Jonah Ayunga scores against Rangers in our 1-1 draw at the SMiSA Stadium in November (Image: Vagelis Georgariou)

The officials

Steven McLean is the referee for Saturday's match. Alan Mulvanny and David Dunne are the assistants, while Alan Newlands is Fourth Official. 

The Virtual Assistant Referee (VAR) is Andrew Dallas with Graeme Leslie the Assistant VAR. 

A limited number of tickets remain for Saturday's cinch Premiership match away to Rangers on Saturday 15th April and these are only available in person at the St Mirren Ticket Office after our online allocation sold out.

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

Rangers v St Mirren 
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 15th April 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Ibrox Stadium

Rangers Ticket Info

Adults - £31
Concession* - £24
Junior** - £13

*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.

Wheelchair & companion pairs are only available at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

Wheelchair Prices

Adults - £18
Concessions - £14
Juniors - £9

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 

The St Mirren Ticket Office will be closed on Monday 10th April.

The Ticket Office opening hours next week will be between 10am-2pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Stephen Robinson gives his reaction to today's 2-0 win over Hearts.

Saints made it back-to-back cinch Premiership victories with our first win at Tynecastle since 2013. Two goals in the space of five second-half minutes from Curtis Main and Alex Gogic gave Stephen Robinson's men a deserved 2-0 win in the capital and moved Saints to within a point of the Jambos. 

The manager named the same starting eleven that defeated Livingston 3-0 at the SMiSA Stadium last week and, as they did last week, Saints began brightly with the first chance of the game on nine minutes when captain Joe Shaughnessy glanced wide from a Thierry Small corner.

Hearts had their first real opportunity on 17 minutes when their skipper Lawrence Shankland saw an effort deflected just wide of the target. 

But still Saints had the better of the opening period with Gogic coming close twice in the space of two minutes for the Buddies with headers from two Small corners. The first - on 24 minutes - came closest when the Cypriot headed into the ground and it bounced over before his second came off the side-net. 

The hosts' best chance of the half came in the final minutes before the interval when Andy Halliday rose to meet a Stephen Kingsley cross from the left, but saw his header come back off the post. 

The second-half got off to a fast start with Carson making a big save at the start of the second-half to deny Michael Smith opening the scoring for the home side on his 200th appearance. But it was Saints who started with more intent and when Main opened the scoring on 52 minutes it had felt like it had been coming. Keanu Baccus fired over from inside the area, Gogic nodded wide and Tony Watt saw an effort saved by Ross Stewart all in the space of two minutes before the goal. The goal then came after Main got on to a long-range pass from Gogic and held off Kye Rowles before lashing home from 20 yards to score his seventh goal of the season. 

Five minutes later it was 2-0. Mark O'Hara looked like he'd scored his fifth goal in four games and his 11th of the season but his strike from inside the box found the net via a deflection off Gogic who was credited with the goal. 

Alex Gogic celebrates after deflecting O'Hara's effort into the net for the second goal (Image: Craig Brown)

Saints were in control of the match and the home side's slim hopes of getting back into the match were dampened when veteran midfielder Robert Snodgrass was given his marching orders with a second yellow card after a late challenge on Main. 

The Buddies were comfortable and saw the game out with no issues to go on to 44 points - matching last season's tally - and move within a point of Hearts in fourth.

Full-Time: Hearts 0-2 St Mirren

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Shaughnessy (c), Dunne (Gallagher 75), Strain, Baccus (Kiltie 90), O'Hara, Gogic (Flynn 90), Small (Tanser 46), Watt (Greive 75), Main
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, R.Taylor, Boyd-Munce, Offord

Hearts: Stewart, Smith (Cochrane 59), Hill, Rowles, Kingsley, Halliday (Humphrys 59), Devlin (Haring 76), Grant, Snodgrass, Forrest (McKay 76), Shankland (c)
Subs Not Used: Stone, Kio, Sibbick, Kuol, Oda

Referee: Matthew McDermid
Assistant Referee: David Roome
Assistant Referee: Paul O'Neill
Fourth Official: Calum Scott

St Mirren travel to Edinburgh on Saturday to face Hearts at Tynecastle in cinch Premiership action. 

Hearts vs St Mirren
cinch Premiership
Venue: Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
Date: Saturday 8th April 2023
Kick-off: 3pm

Our allocation of tickets for this match is sold out and there will be no match day sales. Please do not travel if you are not in receipt of a valid ticket. 

You can follow the action on our Twitter page @saintmirrenfc. 

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

Please note there is no PPV for Saturday's match. 

Access for the disabled section/ambulatory disabled fans, please approach a steward at the Roseburn Stand who will assist with accessing your relevant area/seats.

We have been allocated Upper M and Lower L of the Roseburn Stand. You will be asked to sit in your allocated seats for this match. Turnstiles will open at 2pm. Kiosks will be contactless.

• Flags should be within regulations 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 bags bigger than A4 allowed.
• No surfing banners or telescopic poles allowed.
• Drum will be allowed inside stadium
• Searching will be in place and any inebriated fans will not be allowed to enter the stadium.
• No smoking anywhere inside the stadium and no pass out is allowed.
• Travel clubs should park in the normal place.
• St Mirren Supporter Liaison Officer Karin Pointon will bring any purchased and reprinted tickets to the stadium. Please bring valid ID for collection. Tickets will be available for collection at the away turnstiles from 2pm onwards.
• Please note that the Gorgie Ultras will have a display on the teams entering the field of play in memory of a 15 year old Hearts fan who tragically passed away recently. There will also be a minute's applause on the 15th minute too. Please can we ask that all fans appropriately respect both displays.

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match away to Rangers on Saturday 15th April are on sale online for collection or postage. 

Tickets are also available in person at the St Mirren Ticket Office. 

Online orders made selecting standard post will be available up until 10am on Tuesday 11th April. Online orders for pick up will be available to purchase until 10am on Thursday 13th April and pick ups must be collected from the St Mirren Ticket Office by 12pm on Friday 14th April. There will be no sale of tickets on the day of the match. 

Rangers v St Mirren 
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 15th April 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Ibrox Stadium

Rangers Ticket Info

Adults - £31
Concession* - £24
Junior** - £13

*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 - £18
Concessions - £14
Juniors - £9

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 travel through to Scotland's capital to face Hearts for the third time in 2023. 

The Buddies go into Saturday's match buoyed by a 3-0 win over Livingston at the SMiSA Stadium that saw Stephen Robinson's side move into fifth place in the cinch Premiership with three matches to go until the split. 

Hearts suffered a third league defeat in a row at the weekend when Robbie Neilson's men were beaten 2-1 by Kilmarnock at Rugby Park. That came off the back of away defeats to Aberdeen (0-3) and Celtic (1-3). Despite that, Hearts still remain in third place in the cinch Premiership - a point above Aberdeen in fourth and four points ahead of Saints. 

Match Details

Hearts v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 8th April 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Tynecastle Park

Ticket Info

Our allocation of tickets for this match has sold out. The club had requested more tickets from Hearts but we were told this wouldn't be possible as the match is heading for a full sell out.  

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

Previous

Saints faced Hearts twice in the space of six days in January - drawing 1-1 at the SMiSA Stadium before a narrow 1-0 defeat to the Jambos at Tynecastle. 

Ryan Strain scored an early free-kick when Hearts visited the SMiSA Stadium, but despite numerous opportunities in the first-half, Saints couldn't find a second goal. Robert Snodgrass levelled for Hearts in the second-half to give Robbie Neilson's side a share of the spoils. 

It was another case of what could have been when St Mirren travelled to Tynecastle the following week. Again, Saints created a host of chances, but Barrie McKay scored the game's only goal to give the Jambos all the points. 

Ryan Strain celebrates after giving St Mirren the lead against Hearts in January (Image: Allan Picken) 

The officials

The referee on Saturday is Matthew MacDermid. He'll be assisted by David Roome and Paul O'Neill, while Chris Graham is fourth official.

The Virtual Assistant Referee (VAR) is Graham Grainger with Graham McNeillie the Assistant VAR. 

The St Mirren Ticket Office will be closed on Monday 10th April.

The Ticket Office opening hours next week will be between 10am-2pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. 

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match away to Hearts this weekend are sold out, but tickets for our trip to Ibrox on Saturday 15th April are available HERE.