St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson has said it's time for everyone to step up in the race for a top six spot. 

Just three matches remain in the cinch Premiership before the league split and only one point separates ninth-place Saints from Hibernian in fourth.

Dundee United are the visitors to the SMiSA Stadium tomorrow, with the Buddies level on points with Tayside outfit. 

It's very much all to play for for the top six," the manager said speaking with the press. "Every manager will be saying the same.

"We have no divine right to be in it. We haven't been in it for a long time. It's now time to step up and these three games will make or break whether you make top six or not.

"We've got three games. Whether six points will take you into the top six, whether four points will do it, nobody knows. All we can control is what we can do.

"They're [Dundee United] an organised side and hard to break down so it's up to us to try and take what we have from the last two games where we created a lot of chances.

"We're at home," the manager continued.

"Hopefully we'll have a big crowd behind us again which we had at Tynecastle. We've got to take the game to them, press them high up the pitch and try to get the result that we need."

Saints are set to be without Jordan Jones tomorrow, while Matt Millar could remain out for the remainder of the season.

Jordan fell on his shoulder in the first couple of minutes on Saturday,” Robinson said.

"We’ve had him scanned and he is a big, big doubt for Saturday.

"Matt Millar as well could be out for the rest of the season with something he picked up just after I came in."

Jordan Jones is set to miss out against Dundee United after an injury in last Saturday's Scottish Cup quarter-final at Tynecastle (Image: Willie Vass)

Connor Ronan has received his first senior call-up for the Republic of Ireland ahead of their upcoming internationals against Belgium and Lithuania.

The 24-year-old - on loan from English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers - has been in fine form for Saints this season - netting eight goals in 25 appearances from midfield.

He joins the likes of Alex Greive (New Zealand), Jay Henderson (Scotland U21s) and Dylan Reid (Scotland U17s) to have received a call-up for the upcoming international break.

Everyone at St Mirren is delighted for Connor on his well-deserved call-up. 

The race for top six heats up with Saints hosting Dundee United at the SMiSA Stadium on Saturday.

St Mirren vs Dundee United
cinch Premiership
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium, Paisley
Date: Saturday 19th March 2022
Kick-off: 3pm

The match day officials for Saturday's match against Dundee United are as follows:

Referee: Nick Walsh
Assistant Referee: Alan Mulvanny
Assistant Referee: Graeme Leslie
Fourth Official: Greg Aitken 

Match Details

The game kicks-off at 3pm.

The turnstiles will open to supporters from 2pm. The St Mirren Ticket Office is open between 11:00am until just after kick-off, while the club shop opens from 10am until kick-off and re-opens for 30 minutes after full-time. 

Season Tickets ARE valid for this game.

Match is all ticket – tickets will be on sale (subject to availability) UNTIL KICK-OFF.

The fastest and easiest way to buy tickets for the home end is online at stmirren.com/matchtickets. This will provide supporters with a QR code directly to their phones that will be scanned at the turnstiles for entry.  

On the match day St Mirren fans can also purchase tickets (subject to availability) at the St Mirren Ticket Office from 11:00am until just after kick-off. Tickets will also be available in the West Stand Ticket booth which will be open from 1:30pm. 

Dundee United fans can purchase e-tickets online at stmirren.com/awaysupporters until kick-off (subject to availability). 

Ticket Office Phone No: (0141) 840-6130
St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com

Live Coverage

St Mirren season ticket holders who cannot attend the match can watch live on St Mirren TV. Season ticket holders who wish to access St Mirren TV should click this link and follow the instructions in the article. 

The match will also be live on St Mirren PPV at a cost of £14.99. Due to UEFA broadcasting restrictions, PPV will not be available in England. 

Campbell Money joins match day host Ali DeFoy, while Andy Webster is on co-commentary duty. Coverage starts from 2:40pm. 

There will also be live match updates on our Twitter account @saintmirrenfc. 

Covid Status

Covid status checks are no longer in place, but we would advise supporters to take a lateral flow test before travelling. 

Visitor Information

It's been nine years to the day since St Mirren defeated Hearts 3-2 at Hampden Park to lift the League Cup for the first time.

17th March, for so long known as St Patrick's Day, was rechristened St Mirren's Day in Paisley following the Buddies triumph in 2013.

Craig Samson, David Van Zanten, Marc McAusland, Jim Goodwin, Paul Dummett, John McGinn, Paul McGowan, Conor Newton, Gary Teale, Esmael Goncalves and Steven Thompson were the starting line-up of a St Mirren team that will be forever remembered in the annals of history. 

But it wasn't achieved the easy way - this is St Mirren after all! 

Saints fell behind on just 10 minutes when Ryan Stevenson fired Hearts ahead. Goncalves - who achieved cult-hero status during his loan from Rio Ave - scored eight minutes before half-time to draw the Buddies level.

And within a minute of the restart, Thompson put Danny Lennon's side in-front. Conor Newton scored on 66 minutes to extend the lead - sending the travelling Saints into raptures.

Stevenson pulled one back with a little over five minutes remaining to create a nervy end, but St Mirren held on and ensured the trophy would be heading back to Paisley.

Thompson - a lifelong Saint - lived the dream of every supporter when he scored in the final. 

Speaking to the assembled press after the match, Steven said: "I've been running it through in my head, running through my goal and running to the fans, running through winning the cup.

To say that I've been thinking about it would be an understatement, it's been pretty much all-consuming in my mind for the last three weeks.

"There's no doubt I visualised what happened today and thankfully it came true.

"As the manager said at half-time, it was written in the stars for me.

"In a strange way, I'm glad it's all over so I can actually get some other thoughts into my head now.

"It's massive for the supporters. I'm a supporter myself, I know loads and loads of supporters and for them it's a massive, massive day.

"And I'm just so pleased that we were able to deliver it for them because my main worry was we wouldn't do it for all these people.

"The amount of well-wishers I've had to my door, I just thought 'we need to do it, we need to do it for these guys'. And we've done it. And it will make an awful lot of people happy.

"I think there's a relief because I knew what it meant to the supporters, being one myself and being in a local village where there are hundreds of St Mirren fans, thousands maybe.

"I was well aware of what was at stake and I'm just so happy we have been able to deliver for the supporters. It's a wonderful moment for the club."

Steven Thompson celebrates after putting St Mirren ahead in the League Cup Final.

Danny Lennon became the first St Mirren manager since Alex Smith in 1987 to guide Saints to a national trophy.

His pride after the match was in achieving it for our town.

In the immediate aftermath, he said to the BBC: "I really thought it was the people's final.

I'm delighted for every single one of them and my board of directors for having the faith in me and giving me the opportunity to deliver this to the people of Paisley.

"This will live long in the memories of these players, their families and supporters. I'm delighted we've done it for Paisley."

The full match replay and St Mirren's Day documentary are available to view HERE on St Mirren TV.

It's all to play for with just three matches remaining until the cinch Premiership split. 

Saints face Dundee United at the SMiSA Stadium on Saturday ahead of the international break before facing Motherwell at Fir Park and Rangers at home with the race for top six heating up. 

The Buddies go into Saturday's match after a battling defeat against Hearts in the Scottish Cup. But Stephen Robinson picked up his first win as St Mirren manager last week when Connor Ronan scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory against Dundee in league action. 

Dundee United were knocked out of the Scottish Cup following a 3-0 loss to Celtic on Monday night. Tam Courts' outfit have won one, lost one and drawn three of their last five cinch Premiership matches coming into Saturday's match. 

Match Details

St Mirren v Dundee United
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 19th March 2022
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

Match Info

Tickets for Saturday's match are available at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online at stmirren.com/matchtickets. 

The match will also be live on St Mirren PPV at a cost of £14.99. Due to UEFA broadcasting restrictions, PPV will not be available in England. 

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription, while season ticket holders who can't make the match can also watch on St Mirren TV.

We are once again offering our fantastic deal for youth teams, clubs and groups with two adults and up to 20 under-12s able to attend our match against Dundee United on Saturday 19th March for just £24. More details can be found here. 

Previous

St Mirren have taken four points from their two meetings with Dundee United this season. 

The Buddies were held to a 0-0 draw by the Arabs at the SMiSA Stadium back in September. That was the third consecutive 0-0 between the teams in Paisley. 

Saints were victorious at Tannadice in their first match of 2022 with Jay Henderson and Eamonn Brophy netting in a 2-1 win. 

St Mirren are unbeaten in five against Dundee United - stretching back to September 2020. 

Jay Henderson scored his first senior goal in style the last time the two sides met (Image: Jeff Holmes)

The officials

The referee on Saturday is Nick Walsh. He's assisted by Alan Mulvanny and Graeme Leslie while Greg Aitken is the fourth official. 

We have an excellent volunteer squad who kindly clean up the stands in the SMiSA stadium after each match. But they need your help to recycle the waste effectively.

Zero Waste Scotland is kindly providing assistance on how we can make positive steps to effectively manage waste and reduce our carbon footprint. Here are a few of their reasons why recycling is so important:

1. Reduces the amount of waste sent to landfill (meaning less landfill tax for Scotland)
2. Keeps valuable resources in the country which is good for the Scottish economy
3. Creates jobs in Scotland
4. Less litter and pollution
5. Reduces the need for extracting, refining and processing raw materials
6. Turns rubbish into something useful

More information on recycling can be found at: wasteless.zerowastescotland.org.uk

Our volunteer squad who clean up the stands at the SMiSA Stadium after matches. 

Family Stand season ticket holders have until 2pm on Tuesday 29th March to move their seats to either the Main or West Stand for our cinch Premiership match against Rangers.

Family Stand season ticket holders who buy tickets before 2pm Friday 8th April will get them at the reduced price of £10 for adults and £5 for concessions. Please note these cannot be purchased online. They can only be purchased by visiting the ticket office or over the phone.

Any Family Stand season ticket holder who misses the Friday 8th April deadline will have to pay full price of £27 for adults and £17 for concessions.

Tickets will go on-sale to those pre-registered on our ticketing platform from Wednesday 30th March and will only be available in person at the St Mirren Ticket Office. 

Please note that, as is always the case for matches against Celtic and Rangers, tickets are only available to those pre-registered on our ticketing platform. Away end tickets will be sold by Rangers directly. 

St Mirren vs Rangers
cinch Premiership
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium
Date: Sunday 10th April 2022
Kick-off: 12pm

Ticket Prices (Family Stand season ticket holders)

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:

The character is here in abundance, I think we just ran out of steam."

The manager gives his thoughts after our Scottish Cup exit.

St Mirren exited the Scottish Cup at the quarter-final stage following a battling 4-2 defeat at Tynecastle.

The Buddies battled from 2-0 down to go level with Eamonn Brophy and Connor Ronan netting. But Hearts substitute Aaron McEneff scored within 30 seconds of coming off the bench before setting up Ellis Simms in the final few minutes to see the Saints exit at the last eight.

A noisy travelling support of around 1500 had travelled through to Gorgie to back the Buddies and Stephen Robinson made one change to the side that defeated Dundee on Wednesday night with the returning Jak Alnwick back in place of Dean Lyness. 

Brophy had the first opportunity of an action packed quarter-final, driving into the arms of Hearts goalkeeper Craig Gordon on seven minutes. Less than sixty seconds later Alnwick was forced into his first save as he got two strong hands on a Barrie McKay strike from the edge of the area. 

McKay was instrumental in the Hearts opener. The winger drove in from the left and played a perfect ball for Ellis Simms. The forward struggled to get the ball out of his feet with Alnwick blocking, but the Baningime was quickest to react - knocking into the net to put the hosts ahead. 

Hearts doubled their advantage just before the half-hour mark. In fairness to Hearts it was a well worked move which ended when Liam Boyce knocked the ball wide to Ben Woodburn and the forward's first time pass was met by the oncoming Peter Haring who swept home from close-range to make it 2-0. 

It was a huge blow to Stephen Robinson's side who had been playing fairly well, but all wasn't lost as Saints pulled one back seven minutes later. Alnwick's long pass was picked up on by Richard Tait. The defender burst forward before playing a wonderful ball into Brophy with the striker knocking beyond Gordon to half the deficit. 

After keeping Hearts at bay at the start of the second 45 with Alnwick doing well to turn away a deflected Woodburn strike, St Mirren grew in confidence as they searched for an equaliser. Gordon made two big saves just after the hour mark to deny Jordan Jones and Greg Kiltie. 

Saints would drew level on 62 minutes when Connor Ronan added another incredible strike to his collection. The Irishman has made a habit of scoring wonder-goals since joining on loan from Wolves and this could be his best yet after he whipped into the top corner from 25 yards to make it 2-2.

Connor Ronan scored a sensational goal to draw Saints level (Image: Willie Vass)

But the home side would go back in front six minutes later when substitute Aaron McEneff diverted a deflection into the net. And Hearts made it four with five minutes remaining when Simms headed a McEneff cross beyond Alnwick to end Saints hope of a trip to Hampden next month.

Full-Time: Hearts 4-2 St Mirren

St Mirren: Alnwick, Tait, Shaughnessy (c), Dunne, Tanser (Fraser 53), Power, Gogic (Greive 75), Ronan, Kiltie (Henderson 75), Jones, Brophy
Subs Not Used: Lyness, Smyth, McCarthy, Flynn, Erhahon, Main

Hearts: Gordon, Atkinson, Halkett, Kingsley, Halliday, Haring, Baningime, Woodburn (McEneff 67), Boyce, McKay (Sibbick 90), Simms
Subs Not Used: Stewart, Moore, Kirk, Rathie, Tait

Referee: Bobby Madden
Assistant Referee: Frank Connor
Assistant Referee: Alastair Mather
Fourth Official: Colin Steven

We've renewed our partnership with Renfrewshire Council for the delivery of the award-winning programme, Street Stuff.

The renewed partnership agrees delivery of the programme for the next two years, with the option to extend further.

Delivering a range of free multi-sport, gaming and educational activities six days a week, the Street Stuff team aim to offer young people across Renfrewshire the opportunity to access exercise and social activities which they may otherwise not have the chance to take part in.

The programme also hosts holiday camps throughout the year, ensuring that children and young people from age 5 to 16 have an outlet during the school holidays and a free healthy meal is provided to everyone who attends.

The project runs in partnership between Renfrewshire Council, St Mirren Football Club, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Engage Renfrewshire.

Alongside multi-sport activities such as football, basketball, and gaming sessions delivered on board specially designed youth buses, the Street Stuff programme also offers a range of educational activities around local issues and creates pathways to employment through training and volunteering, with many former participants progressing to employment within Street Stuff, or with other local partners.

Tony Fitzpatrick, Chief Executive of St Mirren Football Club said: "We are delighted to continue our partnership with Renfrewshire Council, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Engage Renfrewshire for the delivery of the Street Stuff programme.

"Street Stuff has played a huge role in our local community over the last 14 years since its inception and by providing the activities we do, we really see massive health and social benefits for the young people of Renfrewshire.

"The number of awards it has received tells its own story in terms of both its success and the efforts of those who take part and run it. We are really excited about the continuation of this programme."

Councillor Marie McGurk, Convener of Renfrewshire Council's Communities, Housing and Planning Policy Board said: "We're extremely proud of our Street Stuff programme and I am delighted that we have renewed our partnership with St Mirren FC for delivery of the programme for another two years, with the option to extend further.

"Supporting our Community Learning and Development Strategy, Street Stuff empowers young people to take part in various physical and educational activities, with the opportunity to undertake further training and volunteering that will help them influence positive changes in their lives and their communities.

"Alongside regular evening activities, Street Stuff also offers holiday camps meaning children and young people are still able to access exercise and spend time with their friends when they are not in school. Our spring holiday camp timetable is now available so make sure you're among the first to sign up."

The timetable for Street Stuff Spring Camps is available here - Street Stuff Spring Camps