St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Zach Hemming on loan from Middlesbrough until the end of the season, subject to clearance.
A highly-popular figure in Paisley following a successful loan spell last season, Zach becomes our second signing of the January transfer window as he returns to Saints for the remainder of season 2024/25.
During his time at St Mirren in 2023/24, Zach made 46 appearances, keeping 15 clean sheets as Saints finished in fifth place in the William Hill Premiership and qualified for the UEFA Conference League.
Zach spent the first half of this season on loan to Leyton Orient and will now spend the rest of the campaign in Paisley.
Speaking to stmirren.com, Zach said: "It's good to be back.
"I'm pleased that it got over the line and I'm here early in January. Hopefully we can get back into Europe or we can do as well as we did last season and see how it goes.
"It's like I've never been away. It was really pleasing to see few faces from here last year and obviously a few new faces. It was just good to get back training with the lads and obviously training with Langers.
"The family always watch the games and the kids still support St Mirren.
I had to a few decisions regarding where to go but as soon as St Mirren came in there was only one place I was going.
"I thought I played my part very well last year and I just loved being here. It's a great club, great people in it and everyone just welcomed you as soon as I walked through the door and that played a massive part in it."
Manager Stephen Robinson added: "We’re delighted to have Zach back.
"We think Zach is a very good goalkeeper that we've managed to get back again.
"We all know what he can do. He was very successful last season and we will be in discussions with Middlesbrough as we look at the potential of making it permanent at the end of the season.
My job is to make the squad as strong as we possibly can in every position. I believe bringing Zach in strengthens the squad and gives us another percentage in trying to stay in the top six.
"It allows us to look for a loan option for Peter [Urminsky]. We believe Peter will be a top-class goalkeeper but he needs games. Brentford also have a call-back option with Ellery [Balcombe] and that's up to Brentford what they do with that situation. But at the minute, we've got very good competition for goalkeepers."
