The pathway is clear and if they are good enough they'll get the opportunity."
Allan McManus, Head of the St Mirren Youth Academy, discusses the pathway for young players under the first-team management at Saints.
The pathway is clear and if they are good enough they'll get the opportunity."
Allan McManus, Head of the St Mirren Youth Academy, discusses the pathway for young players under the first-team management at Saints.
Voting is now open for the St Mirren Goal of the Season 2021/22 award sponsored by Cruden.
Eamonn Brophy features twice for strikes against Dundee and Ross County, while Jay Henderson's goals against Dundee United home and away are also included.
Connor Ronan has had a penchant for scoring screamers this season and he has three nominations for goals against Rangers, Aberdeen and Hearts.
Jordan Jones' goal against Kelty Hearts in the Scottish Cup rounds out the voting.
Voting is open until 5pm on Friday 22nd April 2022 and votes can be cast HERE. The winner will be announced at our Player of the Year Awards Dinner on Sunday 1st May.
Voting is also open for the St Mirren Social Media Player of the Year. Votes for that award can be cast HERE.
To reserve packages or enquire about Event & Hall of Fame award sponsorship & commemorative brochure advertising opportunities, contact Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy on 0141 840 1337 or email commercial@stmirren.com
Tables are also available in multiples of TEN at £850 + VAT or TWELVE at £1020 + VAT, please contact Campbell Kennedy at commercial@stmirren.com to reserve a full table.
The SPFL has today published the post-split fixture list for the 2021/22 cinch Premiership season.
The schedule for the final five fixture rounds has now been confirmed with the games starting on Saturday 23rd April.
Saints will kick-off the split at home to Hibernian on Saturday 23rd April. The Buddies will then travel to McDiarmid Park to face St Johnstone the following week.
Stephen Robinson's men will host Dundee on Saturday 7th May, with our final home match against Livingston on Wednesday 11th May.
Saints then travel to Aberdeen on the final day of the cinch Premiership season on Sunday 15th May.
Post-Split fixtures
St Mirren | v | Hibernian | Sat 23 April | 3pm KO |
St Johnstone | v | St Mirren | Sat 30 April | 3pm KO |
St Mirren | v | Dundee | Sat 07 May | 3pm KO |
St Mirren | v | Livingston | Wed 11 May | 7:45pm KO |
Aberdeen | v | St Mirren | Sun 15 May | 12pm KO |
We have to regroup and get going again because we know we are better than what we've shown.""
The manager gives his thoughts after defeat to Rangers.
St Mirren suffered a disappointing loss as Rangers ran out 4-0 winners at the SMiSA Stadium.
Kemar Roofe scored a hat-trick for the visitors before Joe Aribo curled home a really good finish from 20 yards on a day to forget for Saints.
With yesterday's results meaning top six was no longer a possibility for the Buddies, focus turned to aiming to finish the best of bottom six and Stephen Robinson made two changes from the side that lost at Motherwell last week with Charles Dunne and Alex Gogic coming in for Conor McCarthy and Ethan Erhahon.
But Saints got off to the worst possible start when Roofe put the visitors in front after just two minutes. The Rangers forward met a Ryan Kent cross from the right and headed into the far corner leaving Dean Lyness with no chance.
The Buddies reacted well though and were playing some decent stuff as the first-half progress though they couldn't create anything to break down the Rangers defence.
It looked like the Saints would head into the break still very much in the match, but the manager's half-time team talk would have to change when Rangers doubled their advantage right at the end of the first-half when Roofe headed home his second of the afternoon. It was almost a carbon copy of his opening goal with the striker unchallenged as he nodded into the corner of the net and came just moments after Aaron Ramsey had cracked the bar for the visitors.
An uphill task would be made even more difficult just five minutes into the second-half when Roofe completed his hat-trick. Fashion Sakala was able to waltz through the Saints defence via the aid of a one-two with Aribo and Roofe was the quickest to react to the break of the ball - slamming home from inside the six yard box.
Alex Gogic almost pulled one back straight after Rangers' third with the Cypriot midfielder almost catching out goalkeeper Allan McGregor, but the veteran stopper managed to get down to claw away.
Alex Gogic almost pulled a goal back early in the second-half (Image: Allan Picken)
In truth though it was Rangers who were looking the more likely to add to their lead and substitute Amad Diallo should have punished a Saints error with 20 minutes remaining. McCarthy slipped on the halfway line under pressure from Aribo who slid the ball through to Sakala. The Zambian forward burst forward and found Manchester United loanee Diallo who somehow put wide.
Rangers would add a fourth with less than 15 minutes remaining. There was nothing Lyness could do to keep it out as Aribo curled into top corner from 20 yards.
Alex Greive forced a brilliant save from McGregor in the dying embers as Saints looked for a consolation, but it would be a day to forget for the Buddies.
Full-Time: St Mirren 0-4 Rangers
St Mirren: Lyness, Fraser, Shaughnessy (c), Dunne (McCarthy 45), Tait, Ronan, Power, Gogic, Henderson (Greive 63), Jones (Erhahon 79), Brophy (Main 63)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Smyth, Thomson, Gallagher, Gilmartin
Rangers: McGregor, Tavernier, Goldson, Helander (King 45), Barisic, Lundstram (Davis 26), Ramsey (Sands 45), Aribo, Kent (Wright 45), Roofe (Amad 63), Sakala
Subs Not Used: McLaughlin, Balogun, Kamara, Arfield
Referee: John Beaton
Assistant Referee: Calum Spence
Assistant Referee: Ross Macleod
Fourth Official: Euan Anderson
Attendance: 6,583
The St Mirren Ticket Office will be closed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week (11/12/13th April).
Any urgent enquiries can be made via email to tickets@stmirren.com or info@stmirren.com, while the reception remains open as normal.
The Ticket Office will reopen on Thursday 14th April at 10am.
The Ticket Office hours for the remainder of this week are as follows:
Thu 7th Apr | 10:00 to 14:00 |
Fri 8th Apr | 10:00 to 14:00 |
Sat 9th Apr | CLOSED |
Sun 10th Apr | 10:00 to 12:00 |
There's a really good core of players here and we've still got a great opportunity. Everyone is 100% committed to finishing as high as we possibly can in this league."
Stephen Robinson looks ahead to Sunday's match against Rangers.
Our final match before the cinch Premiership split takes place on Sunday as we host Rangers at the SMiSA Stadium.
Saints could still make the top six with a win against the Ibrox side - but it would require taking all three points as well as a number of results in the Saturday matches to go our way.
The Buddies have lost their last two league games against Motherwell (2-4) and Dundee United (1-2), but a 1-0 win over Dundee at the Kilmac Stadium in March means Saints could still be in contention for a top six place when Sunday's match comes around.
Rangers head to Paisley on the back of their Europa League Quarter-Final against Braga on Thursday night. Giovanni van Bronckhorst's side travel to Portugal for their first leg tie before returning to Scotland for Sunday's match.
The Ibrox side will be looking to bounce back from their 2-1 defeat to Celtic on Sunday and avoid losing more ground in their hopes of retaining the cinch Premiership title.
Match Details
St Mirren v Rangers
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Sunday 10th April 2022
Kick-off: 12pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium
Ticket Info
Tickets for Sunday's match are on-sale to registered home supporters at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online.
As the match is being shown live on Sky Sports, PPV is not available on Sunday.
International subscribers to St Mirren TV can still watch live on St Mirren TV as part of their subscription.
Previous
St Mirren have faced Rangers twice this season.
The Buddies were narrowly edged out when the Gers visited Paisley back in October. Connor Ronan scored a wonder goal early on to put Saints in front, but a Kemar Roofe penalty and Alfredo Morelos goal gave Rangers the points.
Rangers were also victorious when St Mirren made the short journey to Ibrox on Boxing Day with Scott Wright and Morelos scoring in a 2-0 defeat for Saints.
Our last win against Rangers came at the SMiSA Stadium in December 2020 when Conor McCarthy's last minute goal gave us a dramatic 3-2 win in the league cup and saw us become the first side to beat Rangers domestically in 2020/21.
Connor Ronan scored after only four minutes to put us ahead the last time we faced Rangers at the SMiSA Stadium (Image: Allan Picken)
The officials
John Beaton is the referee on Sunday. The linesmen are Calum Spence and Ross Macleod with Euan Anderson the fourth official.
Tickets for our cinch Premiership match against Rangers are on sale at St Mirren Ticket Office to anyone pre-registered on our ticketing platform.
Saints host Rangers at the SMiSA Stadium on Sunday in our final match before the league split.
As is always the case for matches against Celtic and Rangers, tickets are only available to those who are pre-registered on our ticketing platform with registration now closed. Away end tickets are being sold by Rangers directly.
Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand season ticket holders can still get a seat in the Main or West Stand for the reduced price of £10 for adults and £5 for concessions until Friday 8th April. Any Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand season ticket holders who miss the Friday 8th April deadline will have to pay full price of £27 for adults and £17 for concessions.
St Mirren vs Rangers
cinch Premiership
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium
Date: Sunday 10th April 2022
Kick-off: 12pm
Ticket Prices
Adults - £27
Concessions - £17
Ticket Prices (Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand season ticket holders until Friday 8th April)
Adults - £10
Concessions/13-17 - £5
*Children with under 12 season tickets will be moved free of charge with a paying adult/concession season ticket holder.
**Wheelchair users free of charge.
Please note these cannot be purchased online. They can only be purchased by visiting the ticket office or over the phone.
The Ticket Office hours for the remainder of the week are as follows:
Mon 4th Apr | 10:00 to 14:00 |
Tue 5th Apr | 11:00 to 14:00 |
Wed 6th Apr | 10:00 to 14:00 |
Thu 7th Apr | 10:00 to 14:00 |
Fri 8th Apr | 10:00 to 14:00 |
Sat 9th Apr | CLOSED |
Sun 10th Apr | 10:00 to 12:00 |
St Mirren Ticket Office Tel: (0141) 840-6130.
St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com
We can't keep making excuses. We need to pick up some wins very quickly."
The manager gives his thoughts on a disappointing defeat away to Motherwell.