Our Scottish Cup Fifth Round tie away to Celtic will take place on Saturday 11th February with a 5:30pm kick-off. 

The match will be shown live on Viaplay and ticket arrangements will be announced for this match in due course. 

The fixture details are below:

Celtic v St Mirren
Scottish Cup
Venue: Celtic Park, Glasgow
Date: Saturday 11th February 2023
Kick-off: 5:30pm

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to confirm that Marcus Fraser has agreed a two-year extension to his contract which keeps him tied to the club until June 2025.

The 28-year-old defender has been an important part of the squad since signing for Saints in July 2020 following the expiry of his contract at Ross County.

Marcus has made 112 appearances during his time at the SMiSA Stadium with his milestone 100th appearance coming in a 2-1 win over Livingston in October. He will now look to the next milestone following the extension of his contract. 

Manager Stephen Robinson said: "I'm delighted to get Marcus' deal over the line. He has arguably been one of my best defenders all season.

"What is important is stability," he continued. "That's Marcus and Greg [Kilite] both signed and we have other players under contract for next season. Hopefully that gives us a base to build from going forward."

St Mirren Football Club can confirm that Eamonn Brophy has joined Ross County on loan until the end of the season.

The 26-year-old forward joined us in January 2021 – initially on loan – before completing a three-year deal that summer. He has scored eight goals in his 58 appearances at the club.

In line with terms of the loan agreement, Eamonn will be ineligible to face Saints when we host Ross County at the SMiSA Stadium on Saturday 18th February.

Manager Stephen Robinson: "In an ideal world we would have liked to have had Eamonn stay. But given he hasn't been playing regularly this is a good opportunity for him to go and get game time and as a club we also have to consider the financial aspects of the deal. We wish Eamonn well during his time at Ross County."

Lewis Jamieson has been recalled from his loan spell with Airdrieonians.  

The 20-year-old - who made his St Mirren debut in August 2020 - returns to the squad after a productive spell at the cinch League One side where he scored eight goals in 18 matches for the Diamonds.  

Lewis has also spent time on loan over the past two seasons with Clyde and Inverness Caledonian Thistle as part of his footballing development. 

Manager Stephen Robinson commented: "Lewis has been out and done well at that level. He's scored goals and now it's a case of bringing him back into the first-team environment again.

"He needs to get stronger and fitter and that's his challenge between now and the end of the season. He's certainly got a lot of talent and he's someone we want to work with and want to succeed. Now it's up to him because we'll give him all the tools to do that."

Toyosi Olusanya has joined cinch Championship side Arbroath on loan until the end of the season. 

The 25-year-old signed for St Mirren from English Championship side Middlesbrough in June 2022, but an injury earlier in the season has curtailed his opportunities with the winger having made just five appearances for Saints.

Manager Stephen Robinson said: "Toyosi has been out for three or four months with an injury and we felt it was a good opportunity for him to go out and play 15 games at a good level in the Championship. 

"We also have an eye on getting Toyosi ready for next season. He hasn't played a lot of football over the last year and he'll benefit from playing at a good level with a good club."

We wish Toyosi all the best in his time at Arbroath. 

St Mirren are back in cinch Premiership action on Saturday with Stephen Robinson welcoming his former club to the SMiSA Stadium.

Saints return to league duty after securing their place in the Fifth Round of the Scottish Cup with a penalty shoot-out win over Dundee. Trevor Carson was the hero for the Buddies - saving all three of Dundee's penalty to set up a meeting with Celtic in the next round. 

The Buddies will be looking to keep up their good home form with Stephen Robinson's men unbeaten in their last 11 matches at the SMiSA Stadium. 

Motherwell also progressed in the Scottish Cup with a 2-0 win away to Arbroath on Saturday. That was the Steelmen's first win since a 1-0 victory over Dundee United in October. 

Steven Hammell's side currently sit in ninth place in the cinch Premiership - seven points behind Saints, but three clear of bottom side Ross County. 

Match Details

St Mirren v Motherwell
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 28th January 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

Ticket Info

Season tickets are valid for Saturday's match. Non-season ticket holders can buy home end tickets at stmirren.com/matchtickets or at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

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

Motherwell supporters can buy tickets online at stmirren.com/awaysupporters. 

Previous

The two sides met on the opening day of the 2022/23 season with Motherwell coming out on top 1-0 thank to a Kevin Van Veen penalty.  

That result remains Saints' only defeat at home in the league this season with Stephen Robinson's side unbeaten in our 11 home matches since. 

The Buddies were due to face Motherwell at Fir Park a week before Christmas but that match was postponed due to extensive damage and flooding.

Our last win against Motherwell came in December 2020 when Jamie McGrath scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory at Fir Park.

The officials

The referee on Saturday is John Beaton. His assistants are Calum Spence and David Doig. Colin Steven is fourth official. 

Grant Irvine is the Virtual Assistant Referee (VAR) while Alan Mulvanny is Assistant VAR. 

An exciting opportunity has arisen within St Mirren Football Club. We are looking for a new Head of Academy Sports Science & Medicine to join our ambitious team.

Reporting to Academy Director, Allan McManus, your role will see you develop and implement a Football Science & Medicine strategy in line with Club objectives to deliver a best-in-class Football Science & Medical operation to Youth Academy football squads.

The role will be on a full-time permanent basis. To download the job description please click HERE.

If you’re interested in this exciting & challenging role please send an up-to-date copy of your CV and cover letter to: keith.lasley@stmirren.com by Friday 3rd February 2023. 

Interviews will be held at a date to be confirmed and only those invited to interview will receive return notification from us.

St Mirren have been drawn away to Celtic in the Fifth Round of the Scottish Cup.

Stephen Robinson's men set up the meeting with Celtic after a penalty shoot-out win over Dundee at the SMiSA Stadium.

The tie will take place on the weekend of 11/12th February 2023. Full fixture details including ticketing arrangements will be announced in due course. 

Stephen Robinson admitted St Mirren weren't at their best but was happy to see his side go through to the Fifth Round of Scottish Cup

St Mirren secured their place in the Fifth Round of the Scottish Cup after a penalty shoot-out win over Dundee. 

It wasn't a pretty spectacle with the two sides playing out a stalemate 120 minutes that had to be decided from 12 yards. Trevor Carson was the hero for Saints - saving all three of Dundee's spot-kicks to send us into the hat for the next round. 

Marcus Fraser returned from suspension and Mark O'Hara was back in the starting eleven after recovering from the injury he suffered at Tynecastle last Friday. They came in for Joe Shaughnessy and Ethan Erhahon. 

The game suffered a significant early delay when Dundee's Tyler French had to be stretchered off after a collision with Alex Gogic. The Dark Blues defender received treatment on the park for over five minutes before being replaced by Max Anderson. 

There was little in the game during the opening 25 minutes with the best of it for Saints being Ryan Strain and Mark O'Hara having efforts from distance held by Dundee goalkeeper Adam Legzdins. Strain had another opportunity when he whipped a free-kick just over on 27 minutes on the left-side around 20 yards out after Jonah Ayunga had been felled. 

Dundee's best chance came on 35 minutes when Jordan McGhee headed just wide from a corner after Scott Tanser had make a good challenge to deny Max Anderson. The visitors were forced into another change just before half-time with Cammy Kerr going down injured and having to be replaced by Lyall Cameron. 

The Dark Blues would come closest to a first-half goal with substitute Cameron denied by a brilliant Carson save. The Saints goalkeeper was down well to turn away Cameron's half volley from inside the box. 

Stephen Robinson responded to the first-half by making two changes at the interval with Ethan Erhahon and Alex Greive introduced in place of Declan Gallagher and Jonah Ayunga. Greg Kiltie also entered the fray for Keanu Baccus on 58 minutes. The changes looked to have given Saints a bit more life and Greive had the ball in the net just before the hour mark but was denied by the linesman's offside flag. 

But in truth the second-half was playing out much like the first with very little quality in front of goal. Ex-Saint Alex Jakubiak fired over after doing well to turn the St Mirren defence, while Cameron probably should have given the visitors the lead on 72 minutes when he got on the end of a Josh Mulligan cut-back. The Dundee substitute turned and shot, but it came off a Saints defender which took the sting out of it for Carson to gather. 

After finishing goalless after 90 another 30 minutes of extra-time was required to find a winner with replays scrapped in this season's Scottish Cup.

Saints almost took the lead immediately after the extra-time restart. Legzdins couldn't hold Gogic's first effort and the Cypriot tried to prod over the line but couldn't thanks to some last-ditch defending from Ashcroft. It came back out to O'Hara whose strike was blocked. 

Carson made a big save to keep it level 10 minutes into extra-time with the goalkeeper down well to push away Kwame Thomas' header. 

30 minutes of extra-time couldn't separate the sides and we headed to penalties. 

Eamonn Brophy stepped up first for St Mirren but had his attempt saved by Legzdins. Thankfully, Carson saved from Zak Rudden which allowed O'Hara to put us ahead with his spot-kick. Carson saved again from Thomas and Greive put us 2-0 in front. Cameron was the third Dundee player to have his penalty saved by Carson which allowed Kiltie to score the winning penalty. 

Greg Kiltie scores the winning penalty (Image: Allan Picken)

Full-Time: St Mirren 0-0 Dundee (St Mirren win 3-0 on penalties)

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Gallagher (Erhahon 46), Dunne, Strain (Shaughnessy 106), Baccus (Kiltie 58), O'Hara (c), Gogic, Tanser (Flynn 98), Ayunga (Greive 46), Main (Brophy 82)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, R.Taylor, Offord

Dundee: Legzdins, Kerr (Cameron 42), Ashcroft, Sweeney (c), Marshall, McGhee (Robertson 95), French (Anderson 12), Mulligan, McCowan (Rudden 90), McMullan (Sheridan 65), Jakubiak (Thomas 65)
Subs Not Used: Sharp

Referee: Colin Steven
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Assistant Referee: David Doig

Attendance: 4,254