It's Scottish Cup action for Saints on Saturday as Jim Goodwin's side head to Somerset Park to face cinch Championship side Ayr United. 

Saints will be hoping to go one better in the Scottish Cup this season after reaching the semi-finals last year. The Buddies defeated Hamilton Academical, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Kilmarnock before being edged out by eventual winners St Johnstone at Hampden. 

Jay Henderson and Eamonn Brophy scored on Tuesday night at Saints defeated Dundee United 2-1 at Tannadice in their first match of 2022.

Ayr United entered the Cup at the Third Round stage - defeating League Two side Albion Rovers 2-1 at Somerset in November. 

Lee Bullen's side go into the match having won one and lost one in 2022. A 1-0 win over league leader Arbroath was followed up with a 2-0 loss at home to Morton.

Match Details

Ayr United v St Mirren
Competition: Scottish Cup
Date: Saturday 22nd January 2022
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Somerset Park

Match Info

Tickets for Saturday's match are available online only at the following link.

We have sold over 1,700 tickets from our allocation of 2,800 and would strongly advise supporters to purchase tickets in advance of the match day. There will be no option to pay at the turnstile. More details on pricing of tickets and Covid status requirements can be found at this link.

There will be no St Mirren TV coverage of Saturday's match, however, Ayr United will be streaming the match live on PPV at a cost of £18. PPV can be purchased at this link.

Previous

St Mirren have won five and drawn two of their last seven against Ayr United with the most recent meeting coming at the SMiSA Stadium in April 2017. 

The Buddies were rampant that day as goals from Stevie Mallan, Gary MacKenzie, Stephen McGinn, Kyle Magennis, Lewis Morgan and Cammy Smith saw us run out 6-2 winners.

Saturday's match will be Saints' first visit to Somerset Park since a vital 2-0 win over the Honest Men back in February 2017. 

Adrift at the foot of the Championship, St Mirren headed to Somerset Park knowing that anything but a win would have all but doomed the Buddies to relegation to third tier. But second-half goals from John Sutton and Lewis Morgan saw Saints close the gap at the bottom to five points and prove to be a massive win in our great escape of 2016/17.

John Sutton celebrates after scoring in our last match at Somerset Park 

The officials

The referee on Saturday is David Dickinson and he's assisted by David Doig and Jonathan Bell. 

Our cinch Premiership match at home to Rangers, originally due to take place on Saturday 9th April 2022 has been rescheduled. 

The match has been selected for Sky Sports coverage and will now take place on Sunday 10th April 2022 with a 12 noon kick-off. 

The full rescheduled match details are:

Sunday 10th April 2022
St Mirren v Rangers
Kick-off: 12pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium
Live on Sky Sports

The St Mirren Football Club Ltd. (Company Number: SC5773)

Notice is hereby given to shareholders that the Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held at 7pm via Zoom on Thursday 27th January 2022 for the following purposes: 

Ordinary business

1. To consider the Accounts for the year to 31 May 2021 and the reports of the Directors and Auditors.
2. To transact any other ordinary business of the Company. 

A Member entitled to attend the vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote in his/her place. The proxy (in accordance with the terms of the existing Articles of Association) should be deposited at the Registered Office of the Company not less than 48 hours before the time of the Annual General Meeting. 

Any shareholder who hasn't received an email from the club is advised to contact finance@stmirren.com. 

St Mirren take on Ayr United at Somerset Park in the Scottish Cup on Saturday. 

Ayr United vs St Mirren
Scottish Cup
Venue: Somerset Park, Ayr
Date: Saturday 22nd January 2022
Kick-off: 3pm

Tickets for Saturday's match are available online only at the following link.

Please note that tickets in the West Stand (seating) have now sold out. However, tickets are still available for the Railway End. 

We would strongly advise supporters to purchase tickets in advance of the match day. There will be no option to pay at the turnstile.

Ticket Prices 

*Over-65, full-time students, 18-21 and disabled.

Covid status checks

Spot-checks of Covid status will be in force for this match. These will take place at check-points ahead of arrival at the turnstile. Supporters are requested to bring their vaccine status with them and be prepared for it to be checked. 

Supporters will need to provide evidence of one of the three options below:

• Be fully vaccinated, which will include a booster vaccine for those who had a second dose more than four months ago.
• Have tested negative for COVID-19 virus in the previous 24 hours.
• Are exempt.

Supporters will be refused entry to the stadium if they do not have their vaccine status.

Under 18’s are exempt from providing their vaccine status.

Travel

Supporters heading to Saturday's match should be aware of engineering work that is taking place in Kilwinning and affecting train services between Paisley Gilmour Street and Ayr. Buses will replace trains between Paisley Gilmour Street and Kilwinning. Full details can be found here.

Disabled supporters will get access to the disabled area (exit G).

Supporters buses will be parked in the red blaize car park on Craigie Road and parking for buses is free of charge.

St Mirren head to Ayr on Saturday to face Ayr United in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup. 

Tickets for Saturday's match are available online at the following link.

Please note that tickets in the West Stand (seating) have now sold out. However, tickets are still available for the Railway End. A small number of West Stand tickets may become available again as the week progresses and we will keep supporters informed if this changes.

Covid status checks

Spot-checks of Covid status will be in force for this match. These will take place at check-points ahead of arrival at the turnstile. Supporters are requested to bring their vaccine status with them and be prepared for it to be checked. 

Supporters will need to provide evidence of one of the three options below:

• Be fully vaccinated, which will include a booster vaccine for those who had a second dose more than four months ago.
• Have tested negative for COVID-19 virus in the previous 24 hours.
• Are exempt.

Supporters will be refused entry to the stadium if they do not have their vaccine status.

Under 18’s are exempt from providing their vaccine status.

Travel

Supporters heading to Saturday's match should be aware of engineering work that is taking place in Kilwinning and affecting train services between Paisley Gilmour Street and Ayr. Buses will replace trains between Paisley Gilmour Street and Kilwinning. Full details can be found here.

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match away to Dundee at the end of January are now on-sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office. 

Jim Goodwin's side head back to Dundee next week following our win over Dundee United at Tannadice on Tuesday night. 

Dundee vs St Mirren
cinch Premiership
Venue: Dens Park, Dundee
Date: Saturday 29th January 2022
Kick-off: 3pm

The ticket prices as follows:

*Over-65s/Students/Disabled

Tickets are not available online. For wheelchair and carer tickets please get in touch with the St Mirren Ticket Office to arrange.

Please note that refunds for the match against Rangers on Boxing Day are still available at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

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

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

Tonight's about the three points and I'm ecstatic for everybody and particularly for the supporters who travelled through in great numbers."

St Mirren got 2022 off to a winning start as goals from Jay Henderson and Eamonn Brophy saw Saints defeat Dundee United at Tannadice.

It was a first win in 12 for Jim Goodwin's men as they won for the first time since October. 

Saints were dealt an early blow when Kristian Dennis, who was due to start up-front on his own, had to pull out during the warm-up and had to be replaced by Brophy, while Jamie McGrath was left out of the squad. 

But the Buddies started brightly with Greg Kiltie having the first real chance of the match on 10 minutes. The 25-year-old shot from distance but saw his strike beaten away by United goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist who got both his hands behind the effort. 

Saints good start was rewarded on 15 minutes when Jay Henderson gave Jim Goodwin's men the lead in spectacular fashion. The St Mirren Academy graduate played a lovely one-two with Kiltie before rifling into the top corner from 20 yards to score his first goal for the Buddies. 

Jay Henderson scored his first senior goal in style to put St Mirren ahead (Image: Jeff Holmes)

It looked like birthday boy Kiltie had doubled Saints lead just five minutes later when he drilled low beyond Siegrist, but a late flag from the linesman denied Kiltie a first St Mirren goal. The midfielder was onside and it can only be assumed that the linesman believed that Brophy - who may have been in an offside position - had blocked the view of the United goalkeeper.

Jak Alnwick showed great reactions with around 10 minutes of the half remaining when he kept Charles Dunne's wayward clearance out of the net. Dylan Levitt's ball across from the right was first met by Charlie Mulgrew before Dunne swiped a foot at it which took it goalward. The Saints goalkeeper threw both hands at it to push away with the Buddies manage to get it clear.

Saints claims for a penalty were denied in the final minute of the first-half when Kiltie went down under a challenge from Jeandro Fuchs with referee Alan Muir unmoved. 

After a good opening 45 for the Buddies, it was the home side who started the second-half the stronger of the two. Alnwick was a full stretch early after the restart to push away a Mulgrew free-kick from 25 yards. 

Alnwick again did well to deny Mulgrew on 55 minutes when he saved from close-range to keep the Buddies ahead. Saints were given a let-off when United were denied a penalty after the ball appeared to strike the arm of Alan Power in the box.

After handling the United pressure, the Buddies doubled their lead on the hour mark when Brophy scored his sixth goal of the season from close-range. The striker was laid it on a plate when Kiltie rolled the ball across the face of goal for Brophy to knock into the net. 

Eamonn Brophy doubled Saints lead (Image: Jeff Holmes)

United pulled a goal back on 73 minutes when Power scored an own-goal as he turned substitute Kieran Freeman's low cross beyond Alnwick.

The momentum was with the home side as they searched for an equaliser. Alnwick made a terrific stop all full stretch to turn Freeman's effort away while Mulgrew sent an effort just over from 35 yards out in the closing minutes. But Saints saw it out to ensure all three points head back to Paisley.

Full-Time: Dundee United 1-2 St Mirren

St Mirren: Alnwick, Fraser, Shaughnessy (c), Dunne, Tanser, Power, Erhahon, Henderson (McAllister 90), Kiltie (Greive 88), Ronan, Brophy (Flynn 83)
Subs Not Used: Lyness, Urminsky, Tait, Millar, Erwin

Dundee United: Siegrist, Mulgrew, Neilson (Freeman 68), Edwards (c), McMann, Fuchs (Clark 68), Levitt, Harkes, Niskanen (Watt 59), Pawlett (Glass 82), McNulty
Subs Not Used: Eriksson, Sporle, Butcher, Mochrie, Appere

Referee: Alan Muir
Assistant Referee: David Roome
Assistant Referee: David Doig
Fourth Official: Grant Irvine

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Alex Greive from Birkenhead United subject to international clearance.

The 22-year-old forward joins the club on an 18-month deal from the New Zealand side with whom we announced a strategic partnership with last year.

Alex was a part of the New Zealand Olympic Provisional squad for the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games and scored 25 goals in 33 games in 2021 – including three hat-tricks in a row.

His performances last year earned him a place in the ISPS Handa Men’s Premiership Team of the Season as well as being named the regional MVP (Northern League) in the New Zealand National League.

Saints manager Jim Goodwin said: "We are delighted to have another addition to the squad at the top end of the pitch.

Alex is one we have been working with for the last wee while but couldn't get him registered until the January window opened up.

"He's brings creativity, he's a little bit different to some of the other strikers we have at the moment, he's quite dynamic and he's a decent footballer so we're excited to have him involved. 

"He's a very good professional. He's looked very sharp in training and I think he's surprised one or two.

"With the extra couple of squad members we can include in the match day squad, Alex might find himself involved tonight."

Following the Scottish Government announcement last week regarding the return of fans to stadiums, the club would like to update supporters on what will be required at matches going forward. 

Please note that supporters will need to provide evidence of the below on approach to turnstiles and will need to be turned away if not meeting one of the three options below:

• Be fully vaccinated, which will include a booster vaccine for those who had a second dose more than four months ago.
• Have tested negative for COVID-19 virus in the previous 24 hours.
• Are exempt.

A few helpful links are attached below:

- Ordering LFT
- Registering negative LFT
- Download COVID passport 
- Obtaining a paper copy of COVID passport