St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce that Keith Lasley will join the club as Chief Operating Officer in mid-May ahead of the 2022/23 season.

Keith takes on the newly created role following the retirement of Chief Executive Officer Tony Fitzpatrick last month and will be responsible for managing all Club operations as well as assisting the board in setting the overall vision and strategy moving forward.

A well-known face in Scottish football, Keith enjoyed a distinguished playing career in which he made almost 500 appearances for Motherwell as well as having spells in England with Plymouth Argyle and Blackpool.

Before joining Motherwell as a 19-year-old, Keith had played for Paisley side Gleniffer Thistle.

After retiring as a player in 2017, Keith took on the role of Assistant Manager at the Steelmen and is currently undertaking a Masters degree in Sports Directorship.

Keith commented: "I have always been ambitious and driven throughout my football career.

"To prepare for the next phase of my leadership career in football I am currently undertaking a Masters of Sport Directorship at Manchester Metropolitan University. St Mirren, my hometown team, have provided me with an incredible opportunity to realise my ambitions in the role of Chief Operating Officer.

"My on-the-job experience at Motherwell and academic learning have provided me with the skills to be a success in this role and be part of the leadership that will drive St Mirren forward and fulfil the massive potential this club has.

"Having being part of a fan-owned club, which sits at the heart of the community and has set high standards in how to operate, both on and off the park, I look forward to bringing my positive experiences to generate further fans and strengthen community engagement. I believe these are essential components to the success of St Mirren.

"I am excited to be working alongside the St Mirren board and staff in delivering a progressive vision for St Mirren Football Club."

St Mirren Chairman John Needham said: "I am absolutely delighted with this appointment to one of the key positions at the Club.

"We received a large number of applications for the role and Keith was selected from a very strong shortlist.

"He is currently studying for a Masters degree and is ambitious to forge a career in high level management in football. Also his wide experience at Motherwell, another fan-owned Club, means he is a great fit for us.

"I’m really looking forward to working with Keith and know he will bring great energy and insight to the Club."

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

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: 

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: 

St Mirren Ticket Office Tel: (0141) 840-6130.

St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com