Saints will kick off the league season away to Dundee at The Kilmac Stadium on Saturday 31st July 2021.

Everyone at St Mirren is ecstatic for John McGinn! We wish him and the entire Scotland team the very best of luck ahead of the Euro 2020 campaign.

The club is extremely proud of John McGinn. The youngest of three brothers, McGinn came through the youth ranks at St Mirren before making his debut for the first team in 2012. In his first season he helped the club achieve sensational League Cup success, with starts in the semi-final and final against Celtic and Hearts respectively. 

Alongside McGinn, we’d also like to make an honourable mention to Kenny Mclean who played a pivotal role during the qualifiers, helping the National team secure their place in a major tournament for the first time in over 20 years.

Come on Scotland! Let’s do this.

From the St Mirren Academy 

To playing for Scotland

St Mirren Football Club is thrilled to announce the signing of Scott Tanser on a one-year deal.

The English defender signs with the Buddies after leaving St Johnstone and joins initially on a one-year contract with the option of a further year.

Following spells down south playing in League One and League Two with Rochdale and Port Vale, Tanser spent four years with the Perth side where he would make 139 appearances.

Speaking to stmirren.com after signing, Tanser said: "When the manager called me he was really positive as to what he wants to achieve at the club, and I was sold with what he had to say. He showed a lot of interest in me and obviously I want to be with a manager who wants to bring me to a club.  

"I've played with Joe and Jak so it always makes it feel more comfortable and they'll help me settle in. I'm feeling good and excited to get the deal done, to get going now and get joined up with the lads."

Saints manager Jim Goodwin said: "Scott Tanser is one who knows the league and has been outstanding at left-wing back for St. Johnstone this season. He’s a very good athlete, great delivery, he was instrumental in some of the really good performances that St. Johnstone had.

"I’ve been speaking to Scott since January time, really with him and his agent trying to get something done and I’m delighted that today he has agreed to come in.

"We have managed to sell it to him with regards of where we believe we are going, obviously he’s leaving a very successful team in St. Johnstone, they will be disappointed to lose him no doubt, we feel we are a club that’s going places and Scott believes that too.

"He’s a great athlete, great energy up and down the left-hand side of the park and will not only do well in the defensive areas, but very creative up the top end as well with some of his deliveries that he puts in the box."

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Greg Kiltie on a two-year deal.

The 24-year-old becomes Saints’ third signing of the summer transfer window following the expiry of his contract at Kilmarnock.

Kiltie began his career at the Ayrshire side and, ironically, made his senior debut against St Mirren as a 16-year-old.

The midfielder would go on to make over 100 appearances for Kilmarnock as well as having loan spells at Queen of the South, Morton and Dunfermline.

Speaking to stmirren.com after signing his deal, Kiltie said: "I spoke to the manager and he explained about the club and it's the right fit.

"The club sells itself. It's a very good club and showing ambition in terms of where it wants to get to as well. 

"I play in front of the midfield and try to create opportunities or chip in with some goals so that's hopefully what I can do.

"I can't wait to get back at it with a new challenge ahead. I'm delighted to be here and can't wait to get going."

Jim Goodwin said: "Greg is a really good young player.

"He has had a really good season in a Kilmarnock team that has struggled, to be perfectly honest.

"He’s very creative, very direct, and positive in his thinking when he receives the ball, he wants to go forward, he wants to get shots off and tries to create good goal-scoring opportunities for his teammates around him.

"It’s another good character and we have great references on him, he is a pleasure to work with by all accounts, so I am really looking forward to getting him and to work closely with him as soon as pre-season starts next week.

"Not only will he assist goals but hopefully he’ll chip in with his fair share as well. We certainly saw that at close quarters in recent games where I thought he was excellent against us."

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Curtis Main on a two-year deal.

The Englishman began his career at Darlington before winning a move to Middlesbrough. He had further spells down south with Shrewsbury Town, Doncaster Rovers, Oldham Athletic and Portsmouth before joining Motherwell in 2018.

Main helped Motherwell reach the 2018 Scottish Cup final with two goals in a 3-0 win over Aberdeen in the semi-final.

His form at the Steelmen helped him win a move to the Dons where he featured 42 times and scored seven goals. In January of this year, Main re-joined Shrewsbury on a short-term deal. Main is now a Buddie until summer 2023 after agreeing his two-year deal.

Speaking to St Mirren TV after completing the move, Main said: "I’m really excited to be here.

"I’ve spoken to the manager on numerous occasions over the last couple of months and I’m finally here and looking forward to the challenge.

"The manager wanted to bring me to the club to do what he knows I’m capable of doing. Having that backing and belief from the manager is a key thing for anyone coming into the club.

"I’ll always give everything. I’m quick, strong and powerful and I love to win."

Saints manager Jim Goodwin said: "Curtis is a physical, strong centre-forward who will be a great addition to the squad and gives me four very good strikers now to choose from with Brophy, Dennis, and Erwin as well.

"I’m really pleased to get Curtis in,” he continued.

"He’s the right character for us as well, he’s the right temperament and a real leader both on and off the pitch. I’m just delighted we are able to get it over the line to be honest."

St Mirren welcomes home Pitch Pro Retail. The Club and Pitch Pro Retail have entered into a commercial partnership to provide the club shop and merchandising, along with delivering a positive and enjoyable customer experience to all. As St Mirren supporters and season ticket holders themselves, they are aware of the trust the club and fellow fans are installing in them to drive St Mirren’s shopping experience forward.

At the beginning of last season, with fan support more vocal than ever, the club vowed to continue in its efforts to progress the organisation’s infrastructure across all areas of the business. This partnership with Pitch Pro Retail is part of the overall commercial strategy and is the best way to ensure longevity of the club.

Saints fans have always proudly purchased club merchandise, memorabilia and clothing with the shop offering a wide variety of exciting ways to publicly showcase the support and love fans have for St Mirren. Moving forward, both parties want to ensure fans have an enjoyable customer interaction and a selection of dynamic, quality items, available to choose from.

The club and Pitch Pro Retail will step forward together to provide increased opening hours for the shop, match day access and invest in it's online shopping opportunities. The Club will never stop looking to build and progress St Mirren for our fans.

St Mirren Chief Executive Tony Fitzpatrick said: "We are excited to welcome Pitch Pro Retail back to St Mirren. As many will remember, the Provan family previously ran the club shop as Provan Sports Limited. They are committed to working with us to provide an enhanced service for our supporters as we build on the progress we have made over the last year. The commercial benefits of this new partnership are also significant for the club and we look forward to working with Pitch Pro Retail from the 1st July."

Supporters may recognise that while this is a fresh and new partnership, the connection with St Mirren is rooted in the history of Pitch Pro Retail. 

Director and Head of Pitch Pro Retail, Alan Provan, said: "In the early 2000s, the club was at the heart of our first venture into kit supply and retail management as we transitioned from our original high street sports shops. While we’ve grown since we last managed the shop in 2014, to be back in Paisley is a source of immense pride for all involved at Pitch. We can’t wait to get started and deploy our expertise to grow and improve the retail operation at St Mirren."

Jim Goodwin aims to add at least another five players to his squad following the signing of Charles Dunne last night.

The Irish defender became Saints’ first signing of the summer when he agreed a two-year deal with the Buddies.

The manager was delighted to add Charles to the squad and now hopes to press on with getting more in the door with a number of players on the radar.

Speaking to stmirren.com, Jim said: "We have been speaking to agents for a number of months.

"We have been making contact with a number of people. You would like things to happen yesterday, but unfortunately there is a process in place where those players we are linked with are good players and have other options with other clubs, so we just have to be a little bit patient.

"We are working tirelessly behind the scenes and we would probably like to add, along with Charles, another five to the current squad. If we can get the ones I’ve identified in then we will be in a great position come the start of the season."

The manager also confirmed that contract negotiations are ongoing with Dylan Connolly with the hopes of an agreement next week, while a contract offer remains on the table for Jake Doyle-Hayes.

"Dylan enjoys it here and he has played some of the best football of his career last season in a number of games. I have a good working relationship with Dylan I think he sees the potential to develop here."

"I’m quite honest and frank in the discussions with him in terms that he still has a bit to improve, but I think Dylan can recognise the benefits of being here and playing in our team. He just needs to add a bit more consistency to his game for me, but yeah hopefully we will get that one over the line early next week."

One player who won’t be at the club next season is Ilkay Durmus with the manager confirming the Turkish winger’s exit following the expiry of his contract.

"Ilkay has decided that he wants to go home and it’s unlikely that he will be in Scotland at the start of next season. He certainly won’t be wearing a St Mirren strip unfortunately.

"He’s done great for me for the last couple of seasons and I wish him well wherever he ends up."

Jim’s full interview is available now on St Mirren TV with the manager also discussing the international call-ups for Jamie McGrath, Ethan Erhahon & Daniel Finlayson as well as Saints’ Premier Sports Cup draw.

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce that Charles Dunne has become our first signing of the summer after the defender agreed a two-year deal with Saints subject to clearance.

Dunne joins the Buddies following the expiry of his contract at fellow Scottish Premiership side Motherwell.

The 28-year-old, born in England but capped by Republic of Ireland at U21 level, began his career at Wycombe Wanderers and subsequently had spells at Blackpool, Crawley Town and Oldham Athletic before moving North of the border to join Motherwell in 2017.

In his first season at Steelmen, Dunne featured in both the League and Scottish Cup finals while making 78 appearances in his four years at Fir Park.

Speaking to stmirren.com on the move, Saints manager Jim Goodwin said: "I’m delighted to finally get Charles over the line.

"It’s one we’ve been working on for a number of months now. He’s had a number of other options on the table, but I’m delighted he sees his future here at St Mirren.

"We’ve been short of natural left-sided defenders in the last season and Charles plays that role really well. He’s got pace, he’s got power, he’s very good on the ball, he suits the way we want to play and he’s a really good character as well.

"People might look at the last 12 months or so with the lack of game time that he’s had and that’s solely down to a bit of bad luck on the injury front. But he’s fully recovered now, and he’s done a thorough medical with our physio Kevin Bain so there’s absolutely no concerns with Charles’ fitness going forward."

Picture courtesy of Jeff Holmes

2020/21 Season

2020/21 was truly a season like no other.

While fans were unable to attend, we felt your support from home, and have gone from strength to strength - completing our most successful top-flight season in over 30 years.

Read more about the 2020/21 season here.

International Recognition

It was great to see both Jamie McGrath, Ethan Erhahon and Daniel Finlayson receive international call-ups last week.

Jamie, who had a terrific season for Saints which saw him win our official Player of the Year award after scoring 17 goals, could earn his well-deserved first cap for the Republic of Ireland this Thursday as they face Andorra in a friendly.

Ethan and Daniel could also face off against each other when Scotland U21s take on Northern Ireland U21s at the Oriam.

We are immensely proud to see players earning international recognition and wish our lads all the best during their time away.

U18s

Our U18s came within a whisker of winning the Club Academy Scotland Elite U18s league – losing to eventual winners Rangers on the final day of the season.

Despite just missing out the U18s have really impressed in their league this season and should take heart from how well they have played this season.

The St Mirren Youth Academy continues to be a vital pillar of the club with academy players Lewis Jamieson, Jay Henderson and Dylan Reid all making their debuts for the first-team last season and the likes of Ethan Erhahon, Kyle McAllister and Cammy MacPherson all playing regularly.

St Mirren Training Ground

A joint initiative between the Club, SMiSA and Kibble to improve the facilities at the St Mirren Training Ground is now underway.

Following on from the upgrade of the Academy building this season, work has now begun on upgrading the training pitch and first team buildings at Ralston to provide an enhanced, fit-for-purpose training and working space.

The training pitch will be redeveloped to provide a surface complementary to the style of football the team play.

The building itself will have new custom designed dining area, gym and changing room facilities, alongside new office space for the coaching staff and a modern external finish to the building to complement the internal development.

The Club view investment in the Academy and Training round as key to the future success of the both the first team and all academy teams. SMiSA, who will become the majority shareholder in the summer, have supported to the cost of the internal renovation, while Kibble and their KibbleWorks team will carry out the maintenance work over the coming weeks.

The support and investment from two of St Mirren’s major shareholders coupled with the investment from the Club, continues the commitment everyone has to drive St Mirren forward.

Strategic Partnerships

As announced last week, the club has entered new strategic partnerships with Birkenhead United and Nelson Suburbs from New Zealand.

These partnerships, coupled with similar agreements with Rosario YFC in Northern Ireland and Para Hills Knights SC in Australia, are a big part of our vision to grow the St Mirren brand worldwide.

Club Licensing

The club was pleased to have been granted both a Gold licence and a UEFA Licence, this shows the continued growth and hard work of those behind the scenes in supporting the ambitions of the Club.

Season tickets

We thank all supporters for the loyalty and patience as we prepare for next season. We are still in the process of finalising details for 2021/2022 season tickets and we will be releasing an update next week.

And finally

I would like to say a big thank you everyone who has supported the club over the last year - from our fans, sponsors, players, staff, directors, volunteers all the way through to our beloved Paisley Panda.

I would also like to say a thank you and good luck to the players who have now moved on from St Mirren. Whilst their contributions to the club were all different, we’re grateful to them for playing their part at the club. I would like to make a special mention to Jon Obika who scored 20 goals in his two seasons at St Mirren and engaged brilliantly with our all aspects of our club.

We are working hard in the background to add to the squad and hope to be able to announce some new signings very soon.

With the Premier Sports Cup fixtures being announced this afternoon we now have our first home fixture in the diary as we host Dunfermline at the SMiSA Stadium on Tuesday 13th July. I think I speak for everyone when I say we are excited about the prospect of having our supporters back in the stadium for the first time since March 2020. Football has not been the same without you and we cannot wait for you to return.

St Mirren's fixtures for the group stage of the Premier Sports Cup have been announced this afternoon.

Saints will begin the 2021/22 campaign away to Dumbarton on Saturday 10th July. 

Jim Goodwin's men will then host Championship side Dunfermline at the SMiSA Stadium on Tuesday 13th July before facing Stenhousemuir at Ochilview a week later.

The Buddies close out the cup campaign at home to Partick Thistle on Sunday 25th July live on Premier Sports.

The format sees all drawn group stage matches go straight to a penalty shoot-out with the winners earning an extra 'bonus point' in addition to the traditional point given for a draw.

Group winners will qualify for the round of 16. They will be joined by the the three best runners-up along with Rangers, Celtic, Hibernian, Aberdeen and St Johnstone.