St Mirren travel to Dundee on Saturday to face Dundee United in the William Hill Premiership.

Stephen Robinson's men go into this weekend's match on the back of a good run of form that has seen them pick up 10 points from the last 12 available. 

The Buddies returned from the final international break of 2024 with a 2-1 win over Aberdeen at The SMiSA Stadium. Goals from Toyosi Olusanya and Richard Taylor saw Saints inflict a first league defeat of the season on the Dons.

A win on Saturday would see Saints leapfrog United in the William Hill Premiership with the Arabs sitting two points ahead of the Buddies. 

Match Details

Dundee United v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 30th November 2024
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: Tannadice Park

The Opposition

Dundee United have defied their newly promoted status to sit in fourth place in the William Hill Premiership this season. Five wins and five draws in their first 13 league matches have the Arabs sitting on 20 points. 

Jim Goodwin's side picked up a point on their return from the international break following a creditable 1-1 draw away to Rangers. That result kept United just three points off the Ibrox side heading into December. 

United have prevailed in the two meetings between the two sides this season. Both matches have been closely contested, but it's been United who have come out on top winning 1-0 on each occasion. Ross Graham's first-half goal was enough to see United triumph in our Premier Sports Cup meeting at Tannadice in August, while a late Emmanuel Adegboyega saw the Arabs win 1-0 in Paisley in league action.

Saints are unbeaten in their last four league meetings at Tannadice, winning three and drawing one. Our last win away to United came in August 2022 when a brace from Curtis Main and a late Alex Greive goal saw the Buddies win 3-0. 

Saints were edged out at Tannadice in the Premier Sports Cup in August (Image: John Millar)

The Officials

The referee on Saturday is Matthew MacDermid. He'll be assisted by David Dunne and Sean Carr. 

Don Robertson is the video assistant referee (VAR). 

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to confirm that Peter Urminsky has agreed a contract extension until summer 2027. 

The Slovakian goalkeeper has been with Saints since January 2020, making four appearances for the first-team as he's developed under the coaching of Jamie Langfield. During his time in Scotland, Peter has had loan spells at Ayr United and Stenhousemuir.

Speaking on the new contract, manager Stephen Robinson said: "We believe Peter is a really good young goalkeeper.

"Our challenge now is that we need to get him experience. He's pushed Ellery [Balcombe] all the way this season and now we're looking to get him game time, whether that's in our first-team or a loan option, because we believe at the start of next season he's a real viable option of being our number one. 

We want to develop him but we also feel he is very close to being a first-team starter. We believe he's got a big future in the game. 

"Credit to Jamie Langfield, he found him and has developed him. Peter's confidence has grown naturally as he's trained with the first-team and we believe he has all the attributes to be a top class goalkeeper."

St Mirren U18s booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Scottish Youth Cup after a comprehensive victory away to Hearts.

Evan Mooney was the hat-trick hero as he netted all three goals at Ainslie Park to see the young Saints progress to the last eight of the competition. 

The U18s started brightly, pressing Hearts well and putting numerous dangerous balls into the box with no takers, while there was a strong shout for a penalty after a handball. It would be 34 minutes before the Hearts goalkeeper was forced into a real save with Lewis Marshall's strike from 20 yards pushed away by the stopper. 

The young Saints would hit the front in the final minute of normal time at the end of the half. Good pressing saw Marshall the quickest on to a loose ball and he moved forward before slipping the ball to Mooney. The forward took a touch and sent a low finish across the goalkeeper to break the deadlock. 

Billy Hutchison was close to doubling the lead before the break when he got his head on the end of a Marshall corner but saw his effort blocked on the line.

The Buddies continued that first-half form after the restart with Lyle Hunter sending a shot just wide after Mooney's cross was headed out only as far as the midfielder. 

Saints doubled their advantage just before the hour mark when Mooney struck again. The forward met a low cross from Thomas Falconer, took a brilliant touch to take the Hearts defender out of the game and create space before firing beyond the Hearts goalkeeper. 

Mooney completed his hat-trick just five minutes later to secure Saints' place in the quarter-final. A nice bit of play saw the forward play in Matthew Turner. His strike was saved but Mooney was quickly on hand to send the follow-up into the net. 

Hearts were reduced to 10 men when a poor challenge on Innes Clark saw Owen Muirhead shown a straight red card. Clark left the field on crutches to be replaced by Owen Carey.

Saints had opportunities to add to their lead with the pick of the bunch following for Theo McCormick after he was found by Mooney but his effort was saved by the Hearts goalkeeper at point blank range.

The young Saints go marching on!

Full-Time: Hearts U18s 0-3 St Mirren U18s

St Mirren: Tamosevicius, Penman, Clark (Carey 69), McEvoy (c), Hutchison, Hunter (Barr 86), McCormick, Turner, Mooney (Douglas 86), Marshall (Farquhar 79), Falconer
Subs Not Used: Kelly, Stoddart, Lavery

St Mirren Football Club would like to pay a heartfelt thank you to all the staff, volunteers and stewards for the tremendous efforts in clearing the snow from the pitch on Saturday ahead of our William Hill Premiership match against Aberdeen.

Despite the undersoil heating being on for a week, the vast amount of snow caused a considerable challenge and it was only with your dedication and commitment that the game went ahead.

Your hard work was noticed and was also praised by both Aberdeen FC and the SPFL. We are incredibly grateful for your support - thank you so much from everyone at the club. 

Tickets for our William Hill Premiership match away to Dundee United on Saturday 30th November are on sale online.

Saints travel to Dundee to face the Arabs for the third time this season and tickets are available online through Dundee United's ticketing platform.

Dundee United v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 30th November 2024
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Tannadice Park, Dundee

Dundee United Ticket Prices

Adult - £26
Concessions* - £15
U12** - £5

*65 and over, U21 or full-time student
**Only with a full paying adult

Ambulant - £15 (PA free of charge)

Wheelchair Tickets

Any wheelchair Users requiring tickets please contact the Dundee United Ticket Office directly tickets@dundeeunitedfc.co.uk or call 01382 833 166 option 1.

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

St Mirren Ticket Office email: tickets@stmirren.com 

ST MIRREN FOOTBALL CLUB LTD. (THE) (the “Company”)

Company Registration No. SC005773

Notice of Annual General Meeting

NOTICE is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Company will be held on the 10th day of December 2024 at The SMISA Stadium, St Mirren Park, Greenhill Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA3 1RU at 7:30pm for the following purposes:

Ordinary business

1. To consider the Accounts for the year to 31 May 2024 and the reports of the Directors and Auditors.
2. To transact any other ordinary business of the Company. 

By Order of the Board

Date: 25/11/2024

………………………….

Secretary

Registered Office: SMISA Stadium St Mirren Park, Greenhill Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA3 1RU

Notes

A Member entitled to attend and vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote in their place. The proxy (in accordance with the terms of the existing Articles of Association) should be deposited at the Registered Office of the Company not less than 48 hours before the time of the Annual General Meeting.

If a member has not received a proxy or a copy of the Annual Accounts, please get in touch with info@stmirren.com with a valid email address or attend The SMiSA Stadium to collect a copy. 

St Mirren U18s face Heart of Midlothian at Ainslie Park on Tuesday night in the Fourth Round of the Scottish Youth Cup.

The Young Saints progressed to the Fourth Round after wins against Alloa Athletic (5-1) and Caledonian Braves (8-0) at The SMiSA Stadium.

The match kicks-off at 7:45pm with turnstiles opening one hour before kick-off. Entry is FREE with cafe and pie stand open. 

Tuesday 26th November 2024
Heart of Midlothian U18s v St Mirren U18s
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: Ainslie Park Stadium, Edinburgh

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St Mirren defied Storm Bert to make it three wins from four and consign Aberdeen to their first William Hill Premiership defeat of the season.

It looked like the weather would beat the Buddies, with the game in doubt due to the volume of snow that covered the SMiSA Stadium pitch. But a brilliant effort from staff and volunteers, coupled with a delayed kick-off saw the match proceed. And goals from Toyosi Olusanya and Richard Taylor saw Stephen Robinson's man take the three points.

Coming off a 2-1 win away to Hibernian before the international break, the manager named the same starting eleven. Conor McMenamin, who netted a brace in the win over the Hibees, looked to keep up that form as the Saints started brightly. The Northern Irishman saw an effort deflected just inches by the post on four minutes. 

The Buddies came close again on 10 minutes when Scott Tanser fired a strike just wide from 20 yards. Brilliant footwork from Olusanya the on right-wing saw the forward work his way into the box. He found McMenamin who slipped but the ball was eventually worked to Tanser who wasn't far opening the scoring. 

Saints would hit the front when Olusanya scored his seventh goal of the season on 20 minutes. A ball from Ellery Balcombe gave the forward something to chase and he raced ahead of two Aberdeen defenders to get on to the ball. He collected himself before slotting under the legs of Aberdeen goalkeeper Dimitar Mitov. 

Alex Gogic was given his marching orders on 25 minutes when referee John Beaton showed the Cypriot defender a straight red card for a challenge on Shayden Morris. It looked like Gogic had won the ball and wasn't reckless in the challenge. That proved to be the case with a VAR review seeing the decision downgraded to a yellow card.

Saints came agonisingly close to a second in the final seconds of the first-half when McMenamin's curling flew inches over the bar.

Aberdeen fired a warning shot early in the first-half when Jack MacKenzie got in behind the defence and saw his effort blocked by Balcombe. The Dons would level five minutes after the restart. Substitute Kevin Nisbet was found by a cross from Duk, but the forward completely miss-hit his effort. However, it fell kindly to ex-Saint McGrath who stroked low into the net to make it 1-1. 

Despite that setback, Saints looked to hit back immediately with Olusanya firing a strike just over. McMenamin should have made it 2-1 on 64 minutes after a lovely bit of play from Saints. Great feet from Kiltie allowed the forward to get away from two Aberdeen defenders before picking out Elvis Bwomono of all people in the box. Bwomono picked out McMenamin but his low strike was saved by Mitov who stuck his leg out to block.

Bwomono was involved again when his cross found Kiltie but his volley was held by Mitov with 15 to go.

The Buddies would go back ahead with just over five minutes of normal time remaining. A corner from captain Mark O'Hara found Taylor at the far post and he rose the highest to bullet home his first goal for the Saints.

Aberdeen almost equalised for a second time two minutes later when a backheel from Duk inside the box came back off the post before substitute Mikael Mandron did brilliantly to block an attempted follow up.

But Saints would see the game out to pick up a deserved three points on a day where it looked like there might not even be football in Paisley. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 2-1 Aberdeen

St Mirren: Balcombe, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor, Bwomono, Phillips, O'Hara (c), Tanser, McMenamin (Mandron 74), Olusanya (Ayunga 82), Kiltie (Boyd-Munce 90)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Kenny, John, Penman, Smyth, Idowu

Aberdeen: Mitov, Devlin, MacKenzie, Shinnie, Sivert Nilsen (Palaversa 69), McGrath (Besuijen 85), Clarkson (Nisbet 46), Sokler (Duk 46), Morris (Keskinen 69), Molloy
Subs Not Used: Doohan, Polvara, McGarry, Milne

Attendance: 7,533 

Manager Reaction - "We dedicate that to all the volunteers and staff who worked tirelessly to get game on."

Stephen Robinson gives his reaction after our 2-1 win over Aberdeen.

Following discussions between the two clubs, the authorities and match referee, it has been agreed that we will work towards a provisional 4pm kick-off with a final pitch inspection to take place at 2:55pm.

Update: Following the pitch inspection, the pitch has been deemed playable and the match will go ahead with a 4pm kick-off.

Turnstiles will now open at 3pm.