Connor Ronan's last-gasp header won St Mirren all three points at Dundee and moved Saints to within a point of fourth place.

Stephen Robinson headed to the city of discovery in search of his first win as Buddies boss. Despite being well on top, it looked like he would have to settle for just a point - only for Ronan to get his head on the end of a super Jay Henderson cross deep into stoppage time to take the points back to Paisley.

After an uneventful opening half-hour in which neither side really created anything, Saints had two good opportunities to open the scoring in the space of two minutes. 

The first saw Eamonn Brophy slip the ball down the left channel where it found Jordan Jones in acres of space. Dundee goalkeeper Harry Sharp was hesitant in coming for it and Jones - looking to take advantage of that hesitation - aimed to lift the ball over him, but put straight into his hands.

Two minutes later Greg Kiltie did well to not only keep the ball in play, but then play it across the area where it found an unmarked Brophy. The Saints striker took a touch to steady himself before seeing his strike blocked on the line by Zeno Ibsen Rossi. 

Dundee weren't without their openings but didn't trouble Dean Lyness with Jordan McGhee and Cammy Kerr both firing over from the same range in quick succession. 

After a goalless opening 45, the home side started the second-half stronger with Ibsen Rossi's header across the face of goal needed to be cleared over the bar by Ronan with Declan McDaid lurking at the back post. Niall McGinn then fizzed a dangerous looking ball across the face of the Saints box with no takers in Dark Blue. 

Saints took a grip of the game and passed up a golden opportunity to take the lead just after the hour mark. Brophy had two efforts blocked before the ball landed perfectly for Jones who somehow slammed over from just a few yards out. 

The Buddies had a huge appeal for a penalty five minutes later when Scott Tanser's cross from the left appeared to strike the hand of Dundee defender Ryan Sweeney. Referee John Beaton was unmoved. 

With the clock running down, Brophy went close to putting St Mirren ahead with less than five minutes of time to go as his header from a Jones cross drifted agonisingly wide.

It appeared it was going to be just one of those nights for the Buddies with John Beaton disallowing a Saints goal on 90 minutes after Richard Tait had nodded home from a corner. 

But Saints would have one last chance with substitute Henderson - fresh from being named in the Scotland U21 squad this morning - sending in a perfect cross from the right which Ronan got his head on the end of to sent the travelling support into raptures as the race for a top six place heats up with three games to go until the split. 

Connor Ronan heads home in stoppage time to secure points for Saints (Image: Willie Vass)

Full-Time: Dundee 0-0 St Mirren

St Mirren: Lyness, Tait, Shaughnessy (c), Dunne, Tanser, Ronan, Power, Gogic, Kiltie (Henderson 78), Jones, Brophy (Greive 87)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Smyth, Fraser, McCarthy, Flynn, Erhahon, Main

Dundee: Sharp, Kerr, Ibsen Rossi, Sweeney, Marshall, McDaid (Rudden 62), Anderson (Daley-Campbell 83), McGhee (c), McGinn, McCowan (Byrne 62), McMullan
Subs Not Used: Welsh, Fontaine, Chapman, Mulligan, Elliott

Referee: John Beaton
Assistant Referee: Craig Ferguson
Assistant Referee: Gary Hilland
Fourth Official: Chris Fordyce

Attendance: 5,069 

Supporters who wish to buy tickets online for our Scottish Cup quarter-final against Hearts have until 3pm tomorrow (Thursday 10th March) to do so.

This is to give us time to process all orders and ensure tickets arrive with supporters in time for Saturday's match.

Tickets can be purchased at stmirren.com/awaygames. 

Tickets bought online will be posted out and are subject to postage and admin fees. Postage is made special delivery (guaranteed next working day delivery before 1pm).

Please note that tickets bought online are not available for collection. 

The St Mirren Ticket Office will be open tomorrow between 10am-2pm and 5pm-7pm as well as 10am-2pm on Friday also. There are no tickets on-sale on matchday. 

Ticket prices are as follows:

• Adults - £15
• Concessions* - £10
• U16s - £5

*Over-65, U18s and full-time students.

Jay Henderson has been named in the Scotland Under-21 squad for their upcoming UEFA U21 Championship matches against Turkey and Kazakhstan later this month. 

The 20-year-old St Mirren Academy Graduate made his first-team debut last April and has since gone on to make 24 appearances for the Buddies.

He scored his first senior goal in January - opening the scoring with a stunning strike in our 2-1 win over Dundee United. 

Everyone at St Mirren is delighted for Jay and wish him all the best when he goes away with the U21s.

The club is aware of some alleged issues at Dingwall on Saturday before and during our match against Ross County.

These alleged issues are something that both the Police and the SPFL delegate have been made aware of so the implications could be significant to the club.

There is obviously concern that with two important away games coming up this week that everyone can travel safely, enjoy these games and support the team.

If anyone has thoughts or comments on minimising potential issues - particularly for these next games - please email the St Mirren SLOs in confidence at slo@stmirren.com 

This is not an appeal for information but an effort to ensure the good name of the club and our fans is not further compromised.

The next St Mirren Business Club networking event at The SMiSA Stadium will take place on Wednesday 23rd March 2022.

The Business Club gives our sponsors and business partners the opportunity to network in unique surroundings. It is completely free to join with members receiving invites to a series of exclusive events throughout the year.

Events will be held frequently, taking different formats and with a selection of quality guest speakers covering a wide range of themes.

Our guest speaker will be John Strange, Managing Director at Aspray Glasgow West.

Click here to find out more about Aspray Glasgow West and their sponsorship of St Mirren.

Event details as follows:

Wednesday 23rd March 2022
The SMiSA Stadium

5.30pm – 6.15pm - Tea & coffee and refreshments served
6.15pm - Introduction – Campbell Kennedy, Commercial Manager
6.20pm - Individual company introduction by attendees
6.30pm – 7pm - Presentation by John Strange, Managing Director at Aspray Glasgow West
7pm – 8pm - Networking

St Mirren Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy said: "The Business Club is a unique and exciting opportunity to get like-minded local and national businesses together and gives our sponsors and business partners the opportunity to promote their businesses and services to each other."

Interested in attending the event or looking for more details?

Please forward your full name and company contact details to commercial@stmirren.com or phone St Mirren Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy on 0141-840-1337 .

St Mirren travel to Dundee on Wednesday night for a third away game in a row. 

This is the third time this fixture has been scheduled to go ahead with the previous two matches postponed due to weather issues. 

Saints go into Wednesday's game on the back of losses to Ross County (0-1), Celtic (0-2) and Hearts (0-2). But a win for Stephen Robinson's side could move them level on points with sixth place County and just a point off Hibernian in fourth. 

Dundee currently sit at the bottom of the cinch Premiership - just a point behind 11th placed St Johnstone - following draws with Motherwell (1-1) and Hibernian (0-0). 

Mark McGhee's side have won two, drawn two and lost two in their last six in all competitions. 

Match Details

Dundee v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: The Kilmac Stadium, Dundee

Match Info

Tickets for Wednesday night's match are only available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. Ticket info is available here.

The St Mirren Ticket Office is open between 10am-2pm on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. 

PPV is available from Dundee for £12.50. PPV passes are available at this link.

Previous

Saints have yet to win against Dundee this season having drawn and lost in the two previous encounters. 

The Buddies drew 2-2 with the Dark Blues in Dundee on the opening day of the cinch Premiership season, while Dundee took all three points when they defeated Saints 1-0 at the SMiSA Stadium in November. 

Saints are unbeaten in their last five trips to the Kilmac Stadium - a run stretching back to 2013.

Eamonn Brophy nets on our last visit to the Kilmac Stadium. 

The officials

The referee on Wednesday night is John Beaton. The linesmen are Craig Ferguson and Gary Hilland. Chris Fordyce is fourth official. 

St Mirren head to Dundee on Wednesday to face the Dark Blues in our rearranged fixture.

Tickets are on-sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office while tickets for the original fixture remain valid. Refunds are available for anyone who can't make the rearranged date and anyone wishing a refund should contact the Ticket Office. 

Please note that tickets for this fixture are not available online or at the Kilmac Stadium. 

PPV is available from Dundee for £12.50. PPV passes are available at this link.

Dundee vs St Mirren
cinch Premiership
Venue: The Kilmac Stadium, Dundee
Date: Wednesday 9th March 2022
Kick-off: 7:45pm

The ticket prices as follows:

*Over-65s/Students/Disabled

For wheelchair and carer tickets please get in touch with the St Mirren Ticket Office to arrange.

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

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

We didn't press as well as we can do and we didn't pass the ball until we were 1-0 down. It wasn't good enough."

The manager gave his assessment on St Mirren's defeat at Ross County.

The club will run buses to Tynecastle this Saturday for our Scottish Cup quarter-final against Hearts.

Bus tickets are priced at £9 per seat and are available at the SMiSA Stadium. Alternatively, you can email commercial@stmirren.com. 

Buses will depart from the SMiSA Stadium on Saturday 12th at 5:30pm. Strictly no alcohol is permitted. 

Tickets for our Scottish Cup quarter-final against Hearts are on-sale online. Tickets can be purchased at stmirren.com/awaygames. 

Tickets bought online will be posted out and are subject to postage and admin fees. There are two postage options available - Special delivery (Guaranteed next working day delivery before 1pm) and Signed For 1st Class.

Please note that tickets bought online are not available for collection. 

Tickets are also available at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

Ticket prices are as follows:

• Adults - £15
• Concessions* - £10
• U16s - £5

*Over-65, U18s and full-time students.

St Mirren were beaten by Ross County in the cinch Premiership this afternoon. 

Joseph Hungbo's penalty early in the second-half was enough to see the points remain in Dingwall. 

Jak Alnwick missed out which meant Dean Lyness came in for his first start since December. Alex Greive replaced Curtis Main in the only other change from Wednesday's defeat at Celtic.  

After a quiet start, Saints had a decent spell of possession after 15 minutes in which they started to pass the ball about more freely but ultimately didn't make Ross Laidlaw work in the County goal. 

Regan Charles-Cook was looking like County's biggest threat in an opening 45 that lacked quality. The Englishman, who is top scorer in the cinch Premiership so far this season with 13 goals, forced Lyness to push away a dangerous ball from the right-hand side with Jordan White waiting to pounce on 25 minutes. Conor McCarthy did well four minutes later to pressure Charles-Cook and take the sting out of his effort from the edge of the area allowing it to roll harmlessly into the arms of Lyness. 

With around eight minutes of the first-half remaining Jordan Tillson fired over from the edge of the area. Charles-Cook's free-kick was only cleared as far at the County number 22, but his first-time effort flew over. 

Saints passed up a great opportunity on the counter as the first-half approached its end. Alex Gogic drove forward with a number of players piling forward but the move broke down when Alan Power couldn't control the pass and get a shot away. 

Stephen Robinson made two changes at half-time with Ethan Erhahon and Curtis Main replacing Greg Kiltie and Alex Greive. 

But within two minutes of the restart Ross County were awarded a penalty when Hungbo went down under the challenge. He stepped up to take and smashed in off the underside of the bar to give the home side the lead. 

Saints were dealt a further blow on 52 minutes when McCarthy had to be replaced after picking up an injury. That saw the introduction of Eamonn Brophy who fizzed a strike over the bar five minutes after his introduction. 

Laidlaw was forced into his first save of the game on the hour mark when Jordan Jones found Main with the forward's effort pushed away at the near post by the County goalkeeper.

For all the visitors were having the ball, they were failing to create much. Jones flashed over from the edge of the box as the clock ticked down with Saints heading back to Paisley empty-handed. 

Full-Time: Ross County 1-0 St Mirren

St Mirren: Lyness, Tait, Shaughnessy (c), McCarthy (Brophy 52), Dunne, Tanser, Power (Henderson 87), Gogic, Kiltie (Erhahon 46), Jones, Greive (Main 46)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Smyth, Fraser, Flynn

Ross County: Laidlaw, Ramsay, Baldwin (c), Iacovitti, Randall, Callachan, Tillson, Hungbo (Spittal 76), H. Paton (Samuel 90), Charles-Cook (Drysdale 84), White
Subs Not Used: Munro, MacKinnon, Wright, B.Paton, Burroughs, Vokins

Referee: David Dickinson
Assistant Referee: Andy Milne
Assistant Referee: David Dunne
Fourth Official: Steven McLean