St Mirren have entrusted Future Ticketing to be their new ticketing provider. Saints fans will now benefit from a forward-thinking, innovative online ticketing system, which promises to focus on the supporter and their purchasing journey.

As part of the club’s overall commitment to develop, they have partnered with the leading ticket provider, in the hope that the system will deliver a positive experience for Buddies across all devices including smartphone.

Future Ticketing have vast experience with implementing its ticket system for sports organisations and large-scale venues and events. Their first-class expertise has led the Future Ticketing software to be used for Champions League, Europa League and Scottish Premiership matches. In the UK, they currently work with two Scottish Premiership clubs, the top clubs in the Scottish Championship and English Conference leagues. Now, St Mirren FC is part of their impressive roster.

The Club’s overall goal is to ensure fans, who wish to support them in the best way can do so as conveniently as possible by purchasing a season ticket. They hope you will join them in welcoming Future Ticketing to the club and looking forward to launching tickets for the season ahead, and beyond.

Season 2021/22

Like all St Mirren fans, I am looking forward to the new season beginning.  There is no better build up than to watch the European Championship and see a player like John McGinn, who developed his skills at our Academy and Club, play on the national stage. The Euros show yet again a visible pathway to our current group of players, showing them what is achievable in their careers.

The fixtures released today have given us the opportunity to be brave and hit the ground running in our quest to build on last year’s excellent season and achieve our ambitions.  I do not shy away from the fact I believe we are a top 6 club, and this is once again our motivation for the coming season. The Saints will hopefully take our excellent cup form from last year and go to the next level by bringing home silverware. 

I want to extend a warm welcome to our new signings, Charles Dunne, Curtis Main, Greg Kiltie and Scott Tanser.  You are now Saints and ‘in that number’ and we trust you to do the fans proud on the pitch.  The ambition and backing shown to the manager are testament to the club getting it right both on and off the field.

Premier Sports Cup

Our season kicks off with an away day to Dumbarton for the first of our fixtures in the Premier Sports Cup, followed by our first home game against Dunfermline.  Also, an away day to Stenhousemuir before a televised home game against Partick Thistle.  As is now usual, these games will form a significant part of our preseason preparation and we are looking forward to the challenges ahead in this cup competition.

Commercial Partnership

We were delighted to welcome back to the Club, Provan Sports, a name that is well known to the St Mirren family, who will provide the club shop from the 1^st July.  This excellent opportunity will bring immediate financial growth which will be reinvested across all areas of the club.  Our new kit will be available to purchase from the 1^st July and keep your eyes on our social media channels for exciting news on our kit reveal. 

Season tickets

Thank you to everyone who has contacted us to renew or buy a season ticket for season 2021/22, we continue working hard behind the scenes to bring these to you as soon as possible.

For this season we are moving to a new ticketing partner due to historic issues and fans feedback with the old ticketing system which will enhance the purchasing experience.   Due to circumstances out with our control with our previous provider we have not been able to have season tickets on sale up until now.  Further good news is we will be opening an online registration process at the end of this week to allow all current season ticket holders to register onto the new system.  This will allow for renewals of season tickets to take place from Friday 25^th June at the early bird price.  We have once again frozen prices for this upcoming season and as you know all additional income raised via the season tickets will be allocated directly to the first team playing budget.  Let’s break our season ticket record and ensure this helps deliver continued success.

Look out for more details on the season ticket registration tomorrow.  I can’t wait to see St Mirren fans back in the stadium, backing the Saints. This upcoming season the only way to guarantee that you will be there is to buy a season ticket.

Everyone at St Mirren is ecstatic for John McGinn! We wish him and the entire Scotland team the very best of luck ahead of the Euro 2020 campaign.

The club is extremely proud of John McGinn. The youngest of three brothers, McGinn came through the youth ranks at St Mirren before making his debut for the first team in 2012. In his first season he helped the club achieve sensational League Cup success, with starts in the semi-final and final against Celtic and Hearts respectively. 

Alongside McGinn, we’d also like to make an honourable mention to Kenny Mclean who played a pivotal role during the qualifiers, helping the National team secure their place in a major tournament for the first time in over 20 years.

Come on Scotland! Let’s do this.

From the St Mirren Academy 

To playing for Scotland

St Mirren Football Club can officially announce that we have agreed strategic partnerships with both Birkenhead United and Nelson Suburbs in New Zealand.

The collaboration between the clubs will see the exchange of players and coaches as well as sharing of resources and expertise to enhance all parties.

Academy tours & tournaments will also take place when safe to do so in conjunction with the club’s official travel partners, inspiresport.

As St Mirren look to grow the brand globally, Birkenhead United and Nelson Suburbs become the latest clubs to partner with Saints, following similar agreements with Northern Irish side Rosario YFC and Australians Para Hills Knights SC.

St Mirren Chief Executive Tony Fitzpatrick said: "We are delighted to officially become strategic partners with Birkenhead United and Nelson Suburbs.

"We believe that these partnerships will bring significant benefits on the field in terms of talent recruitment, as well as commercially and operationally as we share our knowledge and resources.

"The partnerships are a key part of our vision in growing the St Mirren brand and expanding our footprint worldwide. We are very much looking forward to working with Birkenhead United and Nelson Suburbs."

David Williams from Birkenhead United said: "The opportunity to partner with a professional club enables a number of new outcomes for Birkenhead United.

"We are further enabled on a journey to improve the level and quality of coaching we can provide to our community, to both the participation and elite groups.

"For any player with an aspiration to an elite or professional career in football the opportunity offered by this partnership becomes an explicit part of an attraction and recruitment policy for us."

"We believe that this formal partnership, at a club level, can only be a positive for both NZ Football as a whole, raising the profile of football both within and outside the borders, and for the potential opportunity for representative players into the future."

Gary Booth from Nelson Suburbs said: "Developing a pathway for growth and resource sharing between our club and a club of St Mirren’s stature is exciting for Nelson Suburbs.

"We believe it will be hugely beneficial for our players, managers and coaches to be able to share knowledge and learn from a leading Scottish Premiership club and it can only strengthen and add value to our club.

"Nelson Suburbs sees this partnership as a way to support young, kiwi players as they transition overseas, giving them a European platform and environment to acclimate and train and play at a professional level. It also serves as a platform to showcase the standard and quality of New Zealand players to the rest of Europe."

St Mirren Football Club is pleased to have been granted a Gold licence as part of the Scottish FA Club Licensing process. The Club achieved the Gold status with respects the ground, first team and legal/admin/finance for the awarding of the overall Gold rating.

Saints are one of only three clubs in the entire Scottish game to be awarded the prestigious gold licence and the challenge now is for the club to build on this standing and reach the Platinum level.

The club is also pleased to confirm that it has been granted a UEFA Licence Award. This follows a decision made by the Appellate Tribunal. The support of the Scottish FA licensing board, partner agencies and the hard work of our staff group have brought this to fruition.

Chief Executive, Tony Fitzpatrick said: "The progress within the club continues and this is reflected in these decisions. The Club has achieved the goal set by the Board of Directors in attaining both the Gold Licence and the UEFA Licence and will continue to build upon this across all areas of the Club."

St Mirren Football Club are delighted to announce that Director Jim Gillespie will become the Club’s new Vice Chairman.

Jim, Chief Executive of Kibble Group, joined the St Mirren Board of Directors in March 2020 on completion of Kibble purchasing 27.5% shares in the Club. This unique partnership between Kibble and St Mirren, two of Paisley’s largest institutions, will see the club become fan-owned this year.

Jim Gillespie brings with him a wealth of experience at Director level in leadership and business transformation, with comprehensive skills in innovation, and entrepreneurship. Jim is committed to developing and shaping services for the organisations he is involved with. His belief of strong governance underpins these principles and this will be a key focus of Jim’s role as Vice Chairman.

Upon accepting the appointment Jim said: "It is a privilege to take on this position. I know what an important institution St Mirren FC is in the local area and what it means to our loyal fans and local community. The Board are working hard to achieve fan ownership and having the infrastructure in place to continue the progress that has been seen both on and off the field in the last year. This is an exciting time for St Mirren."

St Mirren Chairman Gordon Scott said: "Jim has proved a valuable addition to the Board since joining as a Director in 2020. On behalf of myself and the rest of the Board, we look forward to continuing to work with him in his new role as Vice Chairman as the Club continues along its path to fan ownership and future success."

St Mirren FC’s Annual Accounts for the period ended 30 June 2020 show the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the club, however, due to the prudence and commitment of the board and thanks to the support of our fans over the past number of years, the club remains in a robust position.

A copy of the club’s Annual Accounts can be found at Companies House.

The Board of Directors were extremely concerned by the ill-informed and inaccurate headlines that appeared in the Press on 1 December 2020. The following information seeks to clarify the position and is intended to reassure shareholders with regard to the club’s financial strength.

To provide some context, in October we asked our auditors (Azets) to review a number of our business operations. This was part of our strategy to review all operations and enhance governance across the Club. One area which we asked them to consider was the status of a number of staff that we had hitherto classified as self-employed. Azets prepared a report for the Board which was received in November and concluded that, on balance, some of our staff ought to be treated as employees who would be subject to PAYE. The report makes it clear that the question of whether or not someone is self-employed or employed is a complex one in any business. In our case there are a number of factors which point either way.

Following on from this report, and in an attempt to gain clarity, we decided to self-refer the matter to HMRC for their view. HMRC were contacted by telephone on Friday 20 November and have since confirmed verbally that we should make the necessary changes to the status of the relevant employees going forward. Action is underway to make these changes. We have acted on a proactive basis and co-operated fully with HMRC.

Understandably we wanted to have their definitive view on this before we held the AGM.

The Azets report also highlighted a number of risks within the Club’s operations. It was decided to engage an independent firm of Accountants to check that none of these risks had resulted in loss. We appointed Gerber Landa & Gee (GLG), a firm highly experienced in professional football club finances, and are delighted to confirm that no evidence of any loss was found. GLG have further confirmed that the changes in process implemented should ensure that the risks previously highlighted have been addressed.

The Board of Directors trusts that the foregoing corrects any misunderstanding caused by ill-informed and inaccurate press reports.

Disorderly Conduct means;

(i) Conduct which stirs up or sustains, or is likely or designed to stir up or sustain, hatred or ill will against or towards a group or persons based on their membership or presumed membership of a group defined by reference to a Category or against an individual who is or is presumed to be of the following categories: 

• Gender, colour, race, nationality (including citizenship) or ethnic or national origin
• Membership or presumed membership, of a religious group or of a social or cultural group with perceived religious affiliation
• Sexual orientation
• Transgender identity 
• Disability

 by the person or persons engaged in the Conduct to be a member of such group.

(ii) Using threatening, abusive or insulting words or conduct

(iii) Displaying any writing or other thing which is threatening, abusive or insulting, or

(iv) Using words or conduct or displaying wiring or other thing which indicates support for, or affiliation to, or celebration of, or opposition to an organisation or group proscribed in terms of the Terrorism Act 2000, and any successive or replacement legislation thereto: 

Sanctions;

Any Person committing Disorderly conduct and/or any person who assists another or others to commit Disorderly conduct, may be subject to any, or a combination of the following;

• Refusal of entry to the stadium
• Removal from the stadium
• Suspension from attending matches of St Mirren
• Indefinite ban from attending matches of St Mirren
• Be the subject of a report to Police Scotland and/or any prosecuting authorities which may result in possible criminal proceedings

Reference:     

Supporters Code of Conduct

Crowd Disorder and Anti-Social Behaviour

Stadium Regulations

Supporters Charter

Unacceptable Conduct

St Mirren Football Club endorses the principle of Equality and is committed to ensure that everyone who wishes to be involved with St Mirren Football Club, regardless of their role, current or potential:

• have a genuine and equal opportunity to participate to the full extent of their own ambitions and abilities, regardless of their age, sex, gender identity, disability, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, religion, race, socioeconomic status or sexual orientation; and
• can be assured of an environment in which their rights and dignity and individual worth are respected and valued, and in particular that they are able to be involved and participate without the threat of discrimination, intimidation, victimisation, bullying, harassment or abuse.

The Board of St Mirren Football Club and Chief Executive are accountable for Equality and Diversity and will receive regular updates on the activities and practices of the Club including the implementation of the Equality Policy.  It is the role of the Board and Chief Executive to address any concerns relating to Equality and Diversity within the Club.

Reference       

Equality Act 2010 Policy

Anti-Discrimination Policy

Anti-Racism Policy