This week's virtual 50/50 half-time tickets are now on-sale ahead of Saturday’s match home to Kilmarnock.

Supporters have the chance to support our St Mirren Youth Academy and win some cash with almost £700 given away in the last two weeks.

Grab the winning feeling and enter with tickets costing just £1 each with no limit on the amount of tickets you can purchase. To enter, simply click the link for the virtual draw.

The draw will be made during the half-time break with the first prize winner receiving 50% of net sales with the other half going towards developing our stars of the future at the St Mirren Youth Academy. The second prize winner will receive an autographed ball.

Entries will close at 3pm on Saturday 26th September 2020. Good luck!

St Mirren Football Club has today underlined the importance of following FACTS to keep coronavirus under control.

St Mirren defender Richard Tait urged fans to continue to follow the vital steps, highlighting how compliance will help protect the progress that has been made as the country works towards a safe phased return to stadiums.

The FACTS acronym stands for:

• Face coverings
• Avoid crowded places
• Clean hands and surfaces regularly
• Two-metre physical distancing
• Self-isolate and book a test immediately if you have coronavirus symptoms.

The recent rise in new COVID-19 cases in Scotland however has reinforced that the situation remains fragile, and people are being urged to stick with it, following the guidance at all times to keep themselves and their loved ones safe, and to help manage any spread of the virus.

St Mirren's Richard Tait said:"We need to work together to stop the spread of coronavirus, as a club we support the FACTS campaign and urge everyone to follow this guidance to keep safe and protect our communities."

Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing Joe Fitzpatrick said: "We are all the first line of defence against this virus and I’m pleased we have this support from footballs clubs urging fans to keep to the guidance to avoid moving backwards or spreading the virus. Only working together and following the guidance together, will we succeed in controlling the spread.

"Each letter of FACTS represents one of the vital measures we all need to follow to keep ourselves and those we love safe.

"The recent reimposing of restrictions has served as a reminder that the virus hasn’t gone away and needs everyone to stick with it in order to keep it under control. We welcome this support at club level and would urge football fans to play their part in helping protect the progress that has been made, and ask that they to continue to following these vital steps to keep themselves and their families safe and work with us so that as we suppress the virus we can see the things that matter to us safely return."

The Scottish football Joint Response Group recently agreed a wide range of measures with the Scottish Government to reinforce Scottish football’s commitment to public health, including the SPFL and Scottish FA promoting FACTS messaging on match days in stadia.

To find out more about FACTS and staying safe, visit mygov.scot/coronavirus

St Mirren are back at St Mirren Park on Saturday as Jim Goodwin's side host Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership. 

Match Details

St Mirren v Kilmarnock
Competition: Scottish Premiership
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: St Mirren Park

Can I watch the match?

Season ticket holders and international subscribers to St Mirren TV will be able to watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com. 

Non-season ticket holders and Kilmarnock supporters will be able to watch the match live on pay-per-view for £12.50.

Ex-St Mirren and Kilmarnock defender Barry McLaughlin will join the pre-match show with our match day presenter Ali De Foy, while Richard Tait joins us on co-commentary duty.

Live coverage starts from 2:45pm. 

Last season

Saints and Kilmarnock only squared off twice last season in the Scottish Premiership.

Despite a good performance at Rugby Park in October, the Buddies were edged out after a late Gary Dicker goal gave Killie a 1-0 win.

The Ayrshire side were the final visitors to St Mirren Park in 2019 with Saints winning 1-0 thanks to Ilkay Durmus' early strike.

Manager's thoughts

"Kilmarnock are very well-organised, hard-working team and they've got some very good experience in the group.

"We've got a chance on Saturday to try and get a positive scoreline and try to get some more points on the board.

"It should be a good game with not a great deal between the two teams and we'll hope for positive reaction from last week."

Who are the officials?

David Munro is the man in the middle on Saturday's. Calum Spence and Drew Kirkland are the linesmen and David Lowe is the fourth official.

50/50  

Our virtual 50/50 half-time draw returns this weekend.

Tickets cost just £1 each with no limit on the amount of tickets you can purchase.

Entries will close at 3pm on Saturday 26th September 2020. Good luck!

St Mirren were reduced to 10 men as they fell to a narrow loss away to Dundee United.

Lawrence Shankland and Adrian Sporle had United 2-0 in front before Richard Tait was shown a straight red card on the hour mark. Dylan Connolly netted his first St Mirren goal on 64 minutes but Saints couldn't find an equaliser that would have seen us take a point back to Paisley.

Jim Goodwin made two changes to the side that was edged out by Celtic on Wednesday night with Kyle McAllister and Jon Obika coming in for Connolly and Junior Morias. 

And it was McAllister who went mightily close to opening the scoring in the opening minutes with the first real opportunity of the match. The winger had United goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist at full stretch as his free-kick from 30 yards went inches wide.

The Buddies started brightly with Siegrist having to be alert to get in front of Lee Erwin to punch away a dangerous looking ball from McAllister on the right-hand side.

Erwin, who scored his first goal for Saints on Wednesday night, came close to putting the Buddies ahead on 17 minutes when managed to get himself in ahead of two Dundee United defenders to meet Obika's chested flick-on. But his touch from close-range was easily gathered by Siegrist. 

It was the forward who was involved again in Saints next chance when he sliced wide after being met in space by a Conor McCarthy header on the half-hour mark.

But it was United who took the lead through a stunning strike from Lawrence Shankland. A corner from the left was headed clear by Conor McCarthy but only as far as Shankland who turned and volleyed home.

Both sides would have chances before the interval with Tait having a header well saved by Siegrist while Nicky Clark should have done better as he sent a strike wide from inside the Saints box. 

United started the second-half the stronger of the two sides and could have doubled their lead on 51 minutes when Clark found himself in on goal but smacked his strike off the post.

However, United would find their second a minute later when Adrian Sporle took advantage of poor Saints defending. Ian Harkes initial effort was saved by Zdenek Zlamal with the Czech goalkeeper then making another block to deny Shankland, but the Buddies couldn't clear their lines which allowed United a third bite at it with Sporle finishing from close range.

Saints day looked to have gone from bad to worse when Richard Tait was given his marching orders on the hour mark for a challenge on Logan Chalmers. But just four minutes later the Buddies were given a route back into the match when substitute Dylan Connolly scored his first Saints goal after robbing Mark Reynolds inside the box and slotting beyond Siegrist.

Clearly boosted by the goal Saints had the bulk of the territory and possession in the following minutes. With 15 minutes remaining Ilkay Durmus will feel he could have done better when he met McCarthy's flick-on at the back post. The Turkish winger got his head on it but sent straight into the arms of Siegrist. 

Zlamal would make a good save to deny Sporle a second with less than 10 minutes remaining as the game petered out with the points remaining in Dundee.

Full-Time: Dundee United 2-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Zlamal, Fraser, Shaughnessy, McCarthy, Tait, McGrath (Durmus 56), Erhahon (Morias 85), Foley (c), McAllister (Connolly 56), Erwin, Obika (MacPherson 66)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Sheron, Jamieson

Dundee United: Siegrist, Sporle, Reynolds, Clark (Glass 83), Edwards, Chalmers (Pawlett 81), Robson, Butcher, Bolton, Harkes, Shankland
Subs Not Used: Deniz, Powers, McMullan, Smith, Freeman, Appere, Neilson

Referee: Colin Steven
Assistant Referee: David Doig
Assistant Referee: Craig Ferguson
Fourth Official: Craig Napier

St Mirren head to Tannadice tomorrow afternoon to face Dundee United in the Scottish Premiership.

Both sides sit on seven points after seven matches with Saints one position above United in the table on goal difference. The two teams come into the match on the back of three losses on the bounce each.

Saints were edged out by Celtic on Wednesday night, losing 2-1 at St Mirren Park. That came following a 3-0 loss at home to Hibernian and a 1-0 defeat away to St Johnstone. The Buddies last win came on match day three when we defeated Hamilton Academical 1-0 at the FOYS Stadium. 

Dundee United were beaten 4-0 by Rangers at Ibrox last weekend. That followed a 4-0 loss to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park and a 1-0 defeat at home to Celtic. United's last win was on match day four when they came from behind to defeat Ross County 2-1 in Dingwall.

Match Details

Dundee United v St Mirren
Competition: Scottish Premiership
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Tannadice Park

Can I watch the match?

International subscribers to St Mirren TV will be able to watch the match live. 

Season ticket holders and UK & Ireland based St Mirren TV subscribers will be able to listen to live audio commentary on tv.stmirren.com or alternatively they can watch the match for £12.50 as part of Dundee United's pay-per-view offering.

Previous 

This will be the first time the two sides have met since the dramatic Premiership play-off final in May 2019 that saw Saints maintain their Scottish Premiership place with a penalty shoot-out victory against United at St Mirren Park. 

St Mirren's last win at Tannadice was in December 2012 with Paul Dummett, Steven Thompson, Marc McAusland and David Van Zanten scoring in a 4-3 win.

Who are the officials?

Colin Steven is referee for Saturday's match wit David Doig and Craig Ferguson as the linesmen. Craig Napier is the fourth official.

50/50

Our virtual 50/50 half-time draw returns this weekend for Saturday’s match away to Dundee United.

Tickets cost just £1 each with no limit on the amount of tickets you can purchase.

Entries will close at 3pm on Saturday 19th September 2020. Good luck!

Our virtual 50/50 half-time draw returns this weekend for Saturday’s match away to Dundee United.

Supporters have the chance to support our St Mirren Youth Academy and win some cash!

Grab the winning feeling and enter with tickets costing just £1 each with no limit on the amount of tickets you can purchase. To enter, simply click the link for the virtual draw.

The draw will be made during the half-time break with the first prize winner receiving 50% of net sales with the other half going towards developing our stars of the future at the St Mirren Youth Academy. The second prize winner will receive an autographed ball.

Entries will close at 3pm on Saturday 19th September 2020. Good luck!

Lee Erwin scored his first St Mirren goal, but it wasn't enough to prevent Saints from being edged out against Celtic. 

The forward, who joined Jim Goodwin's side last week, was making his first start for the Buddies as the manager selected the forward to lead the line the evening. 

His selection paid dividends as he netted inside the first three minutes to give us the perfect start. Joe Shaughnessy, returning from suspension, nodded a corner on to the back post where it met the forward who got in ahead of Vasilias Barkas to bundle home. 

But Celtic levelled on 21 minutes when Shane Duffy scored his second goal in as many games. The Irish defender ghosted in ahead of the Saints defence to nod Ryan Christie's free-kick beyond Zdenek Zlamal to equalise.

Callum McGregor and Odsonne Edouard were both denied by Zlamal as Celtic looked to take control. The former's powerful drive from range was well held by the Czech goalkeeper, while the latter saw an effort blocked from point blank range. But the Hoops weren't to kept at bay much longer as James Forrest gave the away side the lead on 36 minutes when he headed a Christie cross home from eight yards. 

Zlamal was called into action early in the second-half as he did well to push away an Edouard free-kick on 49 minutes. 

Saints were still very much in the match and had a decent opportunity on the hour mark after a good counter attack which saw Erwin fire over from the edge of the Celtic area. Seven minutes later it was McGrath who would send a strike over after getting on the end of Morias' headed ball inside the area. 

Celtic could have wrapped up the win with 15 minutes remaining when they were awarded a penalty after Christie went down in the box under the challenge of Jamie McGrath. Edouard stepped up and stuttered with Zlamal diving the right way to push away the spot kick. 

Jim Goodwin brought Jon Obika and Ilkay Durmus on as he searched for a late equaliser, but it wasn't to be as Celtic left Paisley with the points. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 1-2 Celtic 

St Mirren: Zlamal, Fraser, Shaughnessy, McCarthy, Tait, Morias (Obika 80), McGrath, Foley (Durmus 90), Erhahon, Connolly (McAllister 64), Erwin
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, MacPherson, Sheron, Jamieson

Celtic: Barkas, Elhamed, Ajer, Duffy, Taylor, Forrest (Frimpong 80), McGregor, Brown (c), Christie, Klimala (Ajeti 66), Edouard (Ntcham 80)
Subs Not Used: Bain, Jullien, Bitton, Soro, Turnbull, Elyounoussi

Referee: John Beaton
Assistant Referee: Dougie Potter
Assistant Referee: Andrew McWilliam
Fourth Official: Craig Napier

Football Fans in Training (FFIT, pronounced FIT) is set to return to St Mirren FC as community programmes start to get back underway after months of Covid-19 restriction.

All sessions will be following Scottish Government guidelines in relation to health and safety during Covid-19, to help create a safe and welcoming environment for football fans to get back in action.

St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation is ready to get a new season of FFIT up and running, and is encouraging supporters who are interested in participating to sign up via email – foundation@stmirren.com

FFIT is Europe's leading healthy lifestyle programme, powered by football clubs in a number of different countries across the continent. The programme was born in Scotland where it continues to have a hugely positive effect as thousands of participants from the last decade can attest.

Open to both men and women (delivered via separate programmes), FFIT provides football fans with an opportunity to become healthier, lose weight, and become happier at the same time.

Men and women aged 35-65 with a waist of 38 inches or a belly size of 40 inches are invited to participate.

The 12-week programme (plus a 'week zero' session) aims to help participants:

• Increase knowledge of diet & nutrition
• Improve lifestyle choices
• Increase physical activity amongst participants
• Reduce weight and waist measurements
• Increase engagement in other physical activity

The programme was created by the SPFL Trust in partnership with the University of Glasgow. It is funded in Scotland, by the Scottish Government.

Research has determined that the power of being ‘in your own club’ (defined as being behind the scenes, in the dressing rooms, by the pitch) has a strong motivating factor, and results it a very much higher level of programme ‘completers’, the rate of which is generally 75%, which is well above metrics recorded in non-football environments.

Further long-term research has revealed that participants in FFIT not only lost weight but that they largely kept it off and maintained a healthier lifestyle.

SPFL Trust chief executive Nicky Reid comments:

"We are delighted that St Mirren is delivering Football Fans in Training, this season. We’ve seen over ten years the life-changing impact that FFIT can have on men and women. Over three-quarters of those who start a FFIT programme complete it, and most keep the weight they lose off, in the long run. It’s the ultimate win-win, and so after the strict pandemic restrictions this was one of our biggest priorities, to get FFIT back – and everyone focused!"

St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation CEO Gayle Brannigan adds:

We are absolutely delighted to deliver FFIT in-house, post lockdown, it is a brilliant sport intervention programme with many health and wellbeing benefits. With every intake, we see outstanding results from both men and women groups from an educational weight loss point of view. The feedback we have received from the community at the moment is that the greatest need is for mental health support and this programme delivers. We look forward to our imminent launch and documenting the positive impacting outcomes along the line.”

St Mirren host Celtic at St Mirren Park on Wednesday night and the action is live on St Mirren TV and on PPV.

St Mirren season ticket holders and international subscribers can watch the match on tv.stmirren.com, while non-season ticket holders and away supporters can watch on ppv.stmirren.com.

Our St Mirren TV pay-per-view package includes full match coverage with Frank McAvennie and Danny Lennon joining match day host Ali De Foy pre-and-post-match along with David Van Zanten on co-commentary duty for £12.50.

St Mirren v Celtic | 16 Sept | 7.45pm | Buy Now 

Purchasing the game is easy – simply visit this page for the live link to sign up. 

You should be able to screenshare the Live Broadcast to compatible Smart TVs using an app such as Chromecast or Apple Airplay.

Android devices to android TVs seem to be working well and Links 1, 2 & 4 work well for this.

Apple/IOS devices work via Air Play with Apple TVs, Apple/IOS devices to Android TVs seem to be causing some issues. We would recommend using a cabled HDMI solution for this to ensure the stream works for you or staying on your IOS device.

As an alternative, laptops & MacBooks offer casting options too and people are reporting success through Firesticks using the browser Amazon Silk.

Chromecast should work with one of the links if you are connecting from an Android device to your Chromecast device. From testing, Link 1,2, & 4 should display the Chromecast icon on the player if your Android device is on the same network as your Chromecast.

Apple have disabled their iOS devices from directly working with Chromecast through the web and you will have to download an App from their App store. There are many to choose from and we cannot recommend any one in particular but we have tested a few with success. Please be aware some of these Apps have ads running within them and these are not coming from our site and we in no way endorse any or all of these products.

Again, for Apple/IOS devices, if you want to connect to your TV please also consider an HDMI cable.

A difficult week for Saints came to a forgettable end as they lost to Hibs in Paisley.

With coronavirus meaning Saints' three signed goalies were unavailable, Zdenek 'Bobby' Zlamal was signed on loan from Hearts hours before kick-off. Hibs opened the scoring when deflections off Sam Foley and Kevin Nesbit took the ball under Zlamal and they quickly added a second through Joe Newell.

There was some improvement from Saints after that and they made a decent start to the second half, however any hope of a comeback was wiped out when Zlamal failed to deal with a cross and Martin Boyle headed in at the backpost.

The keeper was one of three changes to the Saints side who had lost in Perth a fortnight ago. There was a first start for recent arrival Kristian Dennis and a rare outing for Ethan Erhahon, making his first start for the senior side in more than a year. Junior Morias and Kyle McAllister were the outfield duo dropping to the bench, where they joined new signing Lee Erwin and 40-year-old goalie coach Jamie Langfield. Former Buddies boss Jack Ross included ex-Saint Paul McGinn in his team with Stevie Mallan and Darren McGregor among the subs.

Hibs lined up with plenty of attacking intent, Boyle causing the early problems. A great tackle from Richard Tait stopped him getting a shot away from a decent position and the next time he got in behind, Zlamal did enough to put him off. The forward was to prove more effective in Hibs' next attack, collecting Christian Doidge's crossfield pass before finding McGinn, who sent a dangerous cross into the middle that hit off Foley then Nisbet before trickling into the net.

Before Saints could respond, they were two down. Once again Boyle was involved as he teed up Newell and he curled past Zlamal from the edge of the box. Saints were aggrieved not to be given a penalty when Ryan Porteous handled inside the box, ref Willie Collum having none of it. As Hibs pushed for a third, Josh Doig fired in a shot that looked to be bending into the bottom corner before it was blocked by a Saints defender.

The Buddies finally had a shot when a corner was only cleared as far as Sheron but he fired over from distance, with Dennis then being crowded out as he tried to shoot. Hibs still looked the more dangerous and when they countered, Nisbet looked to have shot well wide before a deflection almost spun the ball into the opposite corner with Zlamal stranded. Ofir Marciano had been a virtual spectator in the Hibs goal but proved his worth twice just before the break. Ilkay Durmus drew a great save with a fine free-kick and when the ball was crossed played back in, Marcus Fraser nodded it down for Sheron to thump towards goal only for Marciano to palm it away.

Erwin was handed his Buddies debut at the break as he replaced Dennis. Zlamal came out to save from Nisbet after he'd got the better of Foley before Erwin had a chance to reduce the deficit, shooting over from the edge of the box after a great pass from Conor McCarthy. Just as Saints were beginning to pose a few questions of the Hibs defence, the visitors put the game to bed. Newell delivered a cross to the back post and Zlamal missed it, Boyle nodding home.

The forward went close to adding a fourth soon after the restart, Zlamal saving his shot well, before Saints sub Dylan Connolly curled a shot over at the other end. Another sub, Kyle McAllister, had a free-kick deflected over as the Buddies pressed for a consolation, Marciano producing a good save to keep out Cammy MacPherson's powerful effort shortly after he'd replaced Jamie McGrath, the last real chance either side had.

Full-Time: St Mirren 0-3 Hibernian

REACTION: Jim Goodwin Post-Hibernian

St Mirren: Zlamal, Fraser, McCarthy, Foley, Tait, McGrath (MacPherson 82), Sheron (McAllister 59), Erhahon, Durmus (Connolly 59), Dennis (Erwin 45), Obika (Morias 87)
Subs Not Used: Langfield, Jamieson

Hibernian: Marciano, McGinn, Hanlon, Porteous, Doig, Murphy (Wright 81), Newell (Mallan 87), Gogic, Boyle (Shanley 87), Nisbet (Gullan 77), Doidge
Subs Not Used: Barnes, Gray, Stevenson, Hallberg, McGregor

Referee: William Collum
Assistant Referee: Ralph Gordon
Assistant Referee: Ross MacLeod
Fourth Official: Steven Kirkland