It's a quick turnaround for Saints as Stephen Robinson's men take on Airdrieonians on Tuesday night following Saturday's win over Cowdenbeath.

Jonah Ayunga scored twice as the Buddies defeated the Blue Brazil 2-0 at Central Park. 

That victory means Saints have three points from their opening two matches in the Premier Sports Cup and sit in third place in Group E.

Airdrieonians sit a point above of the Buddies with four points from their first two matches. Rhys McCabe's side beat Cowdenbeath 3-0, while drawing 1-1 with FC Edinburgh.

Match Details

Airdrieonians v St Mirren
Competition: Premier Sports Cup
Date: Tuesday 19th July 2022
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: Excelsior Stadium

Ticket Info

Airdrieonians have informed the club that tickets will only be available through their online ticketing platform. Buy tickets for Airdrieonians v St Mirren HERE.

Tickets are priced at £15 for adults, £10 for concessions and £5 for U16s.

Saints supporters will be situated in the East Stand and away fans travelling by car should use the car park accessed from Petersburn Road.

We can confirm that our match against Airdrieonians will no longer be shown live on Premier Sport.

The match had originally been scheduled to take place live on Premier Sport, however, the club received confirmation from the SPFL that Premier Sports have advised that due to unforeseen staffing issues, they are not in a position to broadcast the match. 

The match will be available to stream on Airdrieonians' Diamond TV. A pass can be bought at this link for £12.

Previous

St Mirren last faced Airdrieonians in 2017 in League Cup action. The Buddies ran out comprehensive winners that afternoon defeating the Lanarkshire side 5-0 at the SMiSA Stadium.

Saints are unbeaten in their last seven against the Diamonds - winning six and drawing one - in a run that stretches back to 2004. 

Stephen McGinn congratulates Lewis Morgan after the latter scored in our 5-0 win over Airdrieonians in 2017. 

The officials

The referee on Tuesday night is Alan Muir. The linesmen are Gordon Crawford and Gary Hilland.

We got the job done. Overall it was a decent performance first-half and credit goes to Cowdenbeath second-half for their organisation"

The manager gives his thoughts after our 2-0 win over Cowdenbeath in the Premier Sports Cup.

A Jonah Ayunga double gave St Mirren a comfortable win over Cowdenbeath at Central Park.

The English striker netted twice in four first-half minutes to give Saints three points in Group E of the Premier Sports Cup. 

Stephen Robinson made five changes to the side that lost to Arbroath last week. Goalkeeper Peter Urminsky made his first start for Saints in place of the injured Trevor Carson. Ryan Strain made his debut with Charles Dunne, Ryan Flynn and Kieran Offord also starting in place of Marcus Fraser, Declan Gallagher, Greg Kiltie and Toyosi Olusanya. Saints Youth Academy graduate Ethan Erhahon started the game to make his 100th appearance for the first-team. 

Saints had the bulk of the possession in the opening exchanges of the game and forced a couple of early corners but it was Urminsky who was forced to make the first save with a good stop on 16 minutes to push away Scott Sinclair's low free-kick from 20 yards. 

Despite that opportunity, the Buddies would take the lead on 19 minutes when Ayunga netted with a tidy finish after good work from Kieran Offord down the left and the forward grabbed his and Saints' second four minutes later when he knocked home from close range after Joe Shaughnessy's flick-on. 

Jonah Ayunga celebrates after scoring his second

St Mirren dominated possession in the second 45 but it took until 70 minutes for the Buddies to really go close to adding a third. Alex Greive turned well in the box but crashed his effort off the crossbar. 

Substitute Richard Tait wasn't far from extending Saints lead with a little under 10 minutes to go when he let fly from 25 yards with the ball whistling just over the bar. 

Two goals were enough in the end for Stephen Robinson's men to claim three points ahead of Tuesday night's clash with Airdrieonians. 

Full-Time: Cowdenbeath 0-2 St Mirren

St Mirren: Urminsky, Strain, Shaughnessy (c), Dunne, Tanser (Tait 60), Flynn (Kiltie 60), O'Hara, Erhahon (Reid 79), Ayunga, Offord (Olusanya 60), Greive (Henderson 75)
Subs Not Used: Lyness, Gallagher, Fraser, Jamieson

Cowdenbeath: McCready, Lemon, Newman, Armstrong (c), Martins (Robinson 46), Garrad, Donaldson, Struthers, Sinclair (Aikamhenze 48), Berry, Graham
Subs Not Used: Farrell

Referee: Craig Napier
Assistant Referee: Jonathan Bell
Assistant Referee: Michael McCart

Attendance: 638

Our cinch Premiership opening fixture against Motherwell originally scheduled for Saturday 30th July, has been rearranged due to Motherwell's involvement in the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers. 

The new fixture details are below.

St Mirren v Motherwell
cinch Premiership
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium, Paisley
Date: Sunday 31st July 2022
Kick-off: 3pm

Lifelong Saints fan and 'Tell Me Something Good' DJ Ewan McVicar helped St Mirren launch the new 2022/23 St Mirren away kit.

He spoke about being involved in the kit launch and being a Buddie.

Introducing St Mirren’s away kit for the 2022/23 season. 

Away days are always a little bit different. They’re that bit livelier and this season’s away kit’s launch video embodies that feeling of an away day, featuring men’s, women’s and youth team players alongside St Mirren supporter and DJ Ewan McVicar.

The video features Ewan’s hit song 'Tell Me Something Good' which was named as BBC Radio 1’s Dance Track of The Year for 2021.

We’ll be taking Paisley on the road with us this season as our away kit continues to be inspired by #OurTown. The Paisley Pattern is the prominent feature on this anthracite shirt complemented by black shorts.

Pre-order your new away kit now at stmirrendirect.co.uk 

Saints are road on Saturday for our first away day of the 2022/23 season.

The Buddies head to Cowdenbeath knowing a win will be vital in their hopes to progress through Group E of the Premier Sports Cup.

A last-minute goal saw Arbroath beat Saints 1-0 in our opening Premier Sports Cup match at the SMiSA Stadium last weekend. 

Cowdenbeath have lost their opening two Group E fixtures with 3-0 defeats against both Airdrieonians and Arbroath. 

Match Details

Cowdenbeath v St Mirren
Competition: Premier Sports Cup
Date: Saturday 16th July 2022
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Central Park

Ticket Info

You can buy tickets for Saturday's match are on sale online HERE.

The e-ticket QR code you then receive can either be printed off or displayed on your phone at the Central Park turnstiles where it will be scanned before admission.

Tickets are priced at £12 for adults and £6 for concessions (65 and over, U16s and disabled).

Pay-at-the-gate will also be available at Central Park, but please note gate prices will be charged at £1 higher per category than online. 

Streaming will be available at a cost of £10 from bluebraziltv.co.uk. 

Previous

Saturday's match will be the first time St Mirren have faced Cowdenbeath since May 1993 in the old First Division. 

Cowdenbeath won that match 2-1 at Love Street. St Mirren had won the previous five matches between the two - three of which were at Central Park. 

The last League Cup meeting between the two was in August 1992 when Barry Lavety scored the only goal in a 1-0 win for St Mirren at Love Street. 

The officials

The referee on Saturday is Craig Napier. He's assisted by Jonathan Bell and Michael McCart. 

We have been informed by both Cowdenbeath and Airdrieonians that tickets for our upcoming Premier Sports Cup matches will only be available through each club's online ticketing platform.

However, Cowdenbeath have told us that there will also be a pay-at-the-gate facility for this match.

Cowdenbeath Ticket Info

Adults - £12*
Concessions*** - £6**

*Adults paying at the gate on match day will be charged £13
**Concessions paying at the gate on match day will be charged £7

***65 and over, 16 and under, disabled

Buy tickets for Cowdenbeath v St Mirren HERE.

Airdrieonians Ticket Info

Tickets for the Airdrieonians match are on sale now. 

Adults - £15
Concessions* - £10
Under-16s - £5

*65 and over.

Buy tickets for Airdrieonians v St Mirren HERE.

We can confirm that our match against Airdrieonians in the Premier Sports Cup will no longer be shown live on TV.

The match had originally been scheduled to take place live on Premier Sport, however, the club received confirmation from the SPFL that Premier Sports have advised that due to unforeseen staffing issues, they are not in a position to broadcast the match. 

FC Edinburgh Ticket Info

Tickets for our final Premier Sports Cup tie at home to FC Edinburgh are now on sale. Tickets are priced at £15 for adults and £5 for concessions. 

Season ticket holders have until 5pm on Friday 15th July to guarantee their own seat before it is released on full general sale.

To guarantee your seat please go to stmirren.com/claimyourseat. 

We are delighted to announce that Alex Greive has agreed a new two-year deal with the club which keeps him at St Mirren until summer 2024.

The New Zealand striker extends his stay in Paisley after impressing at Saints since joining in January from our partner club Birkhenhead United.

Indeed, it was his early form with the Buddies that saw the 23-year-old earn his first international call-up with New Zealand. He has since gone on to be a regular for the Kiwis – scoring twice in a FIFA World Cup qualifier against New Caledonia as well as starting in their World Cup play-off against Costa Rica last month.

On the domestic front, Alex has scored three goals for the Saints coming in important wins over St Johnstone, Kelty Hearts and Dundee.

Speaking after agreeing the new deal, Alex told stmirren.com: "I'm excited to commit my future here. 

I've had a good start and I'm looking forward to building on that.

"I'm still learning every day. I've only been here a short time but I think I've improved a lot and gained a lot of experience.

"It's been really good and I can thank St Mirren enough for giving me that opportunity. For me it's now about repaying that faith.

"I want to kick on with my own footballing ability and contribute with more goals and assists and help the club to get up as high in the table as we can."

Stephen Robinson added: "It was important for us to get him tied down on an extended deal.

Alex has impressed me since I came in. His energy and how he presses gets people off their seats and I think he'll score goals for us.

"He's only been in the country for a few months and I think he will improve the more game time and coaching he gets.

"He's already an international footballer with New Zealand and playing with some good players there too, so we've got high hopes that he will continue to progress." 

Tickets for our Premier Sports Cup match against Cowdenbeath are available online.

Anyone wishing to buy tickets online should click HERE. The e-ticket QR code you receive can either be printed off or shown on your phone at the Central Park turnstiles where it will be scanned before admission. 

Cowdenbeath have informed us that there will also be a pay-at-the-gate facility for this match. Pay-at-the-gate tickets will be charged at £1 more per category than buying online.

Cowdenbeath vs St Mirren
Premier Sports Cup
Venue: Central Park
Date: Saturday 16th July 2022
Kick-off: 3pm

Ticket Prices

Adults - £12*
Concessions*** - £6**

*Adult pay-at-the-gate will be charged at £13
**Concession pay-at-the-gate will be charged at £7

***65 and over, 16 and under, disabled