Alex Iacovitti made his long-awaited return to action in last weekend's 2-2 draw with Motherwell.
The defender had been sidelined since January with his second hamstring injury of the campaign.
Now he's back and is looking for a strong end to the season.
In partnership with The Advisory Group Renfrewshire, the St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation run the St Mirren Additional Support Needs (ASN) Football Team.
Open to all those with ASN, the team is comprised of a wide range of abilities, from those training for the Special Olympics, to beginners trying football for the first time.
On Tuesday, players from the ASN team visited the St Mirren Training Ground at Ralston and got to watch some training as well as having the opportunity to meet first-team players and staff.
Emma Smith is the St Mirren Foundation Football Development Lead as well as being Head Coach of the ASN Team.
I really appreciate the players and manager taking time out of their day to come and meet our players. They’ve put smiles on the boys' faces."
Emma continued: "The boys have done brilliantly so far this season, picking up wins to start our campaign. Last week they played brilliantly to pick up the trophies, beating Partick Thistle in the Final."
The team came close to success last season, narrowly missing out on the league title, but picked up a couple of trophies last week. Along with first-team players, manager Stephen Robinson was there to hand out medals and congratulate the ASN team for their success.
ASN team defender Ryan Riley is a St Mirren season ticket holder.
I love St Mirren so it means a lot to me to represent them," he said.
"I wouldn’t want to play for anyone else.
"My favourite player is Mark O’Hara, so to get the chance to meet and chat to the captain is amazing.
"We have done well so far this season," he continued. "I hope we can keep winning. Stephen Robinson congratulated us on our trophy win, so that will spur us on to do it again."
Emma added: "Today has been great for our players.
It shows how connected the club is, it feels like a family."
St Mirren Charitable Foundation runs Additional Support Needs football sessions twice a week. If you would like to find out more about, or to book a session, please visit the website smfcfoundation.co.uk.
St Mirren travel to Dundee on Saturday 5th April in our final away match before the William Hill Premiership split.
Tickets are available online HERE through Dundee's ticketing platform.
Match Details
Dundee v St Mirren
William Hill Premiership
Venue: Scot Foam Stadium at Dens Park, Dundee
Date: Saturday 5th April 2025
Kick-off: 3pm
Ticket Prices
Adults - £26
Over 65/Student - £16
U18 - £12
U12 - £5*
*Must be bought with full paying adult
Ambulant/Wheelchair & carer will be available to purchase directly from the Dundee FC Ticket Office by calling 01382 889 966 or emailing tickets@dundeefc.co.uk. Supporters must be in receipt of PIP/DLA.
Ambulant Disabled and Wheelchair - £16 (carer free)
10-man St Mirren had to settle for a share of the spoils as Motherwell fought back from 2-0 to claim a point at Fir Park.
Goals from Caolan Boyd-Munce and Killian Phillips had the Buddies two ahead in the first-half. But a double from Callum Slattery saw the Steelmen draw level before Toyosi Olusanya was given his marching orders for what the referee had deemed a second bookable offence.
Alex Iacovitti made his first start since January following a hamstring injury. He replaced Richard Taylor who dropped to the bench. Jonah Ayunga also returned after an ankle knock had ruled him out of our last match against Celtic. The forward came in for the injured Mikael Mandron who is set for four weeks on the sidelines.
A fast start to the match saw Motherwell passed up a glorious opportunity to open the scoring a little over 60 seconds from kick-off. Alex Gogic tripped and that allowed Tom Sparrow to race through on goal, but the forward lifted his effort over both Zach Hemming and the bar.
Saints responded well and missed their own opportunity to strike first five minutes later. Ayunga slipped Ryan Alebiosu in down the right-hand side and the wing-back charged into the area. He had options in the middle but elected to go alone, firing high and wide from the angle.
The Buddies took the lead on 23 minutes when Boyd-Munce's deflected effort wrong-footed Ellery Balcombe and found the net. Olusanya broke through but was quickly crowded out as he looked to get a shot away. He turned away from the area and laid it off to Boyd-Munce whose strike from 20 yards took a wild deflection before nestling in the corner of the net. There was a VAR check for a potential offside on Olusanya but it showed the striker had held his line and the goal stood.
The Buddies were well in control and extended the lead further 10 minutes later following a wonderful strike from Phillips. A cross from the left found the Irishman who took the ball down on his chest before sending an acrobatic strike beyond Balcombe from 15 yards to make it 2-0.
But the home side hit back almost instantly with Slattery pulling a goal back straight from kick-off. The midfielder took the ball down well before finishing with the outside of his boot from the edge of the area.
Saints came agonisingly close to regaining the two goal advantage when Balcombe failed to gather a corner and that allowed Gogic to get his head on it only for the effort to drift inches by the post.
Lennon Miller almost restored parity as the game headed into the first of three added minutes at the end of the half. Dom Thompson's ball across found the midfielder who took a touch before lashing high and wide.
Olusanya was presented with an opportunity early after the restart when Casey didn't get enough on his header and gave it straight to the Saints forward. Olusanya drove forward but sent his strike high and wide.
There was real concern in the second-half for Boyd-Munce after a collision saw the Northern Irishman have to be stretchered off following a lengthy delay where he received treatment from the St Mirren medical team. The manager confirmed afterwards that the midfielder received a concussion.
Motherwell drew themselves level when Slattery's low deflected effort from 20 yards snuck beyond Hemming with 20 minutes of normal time remaining.
Olusanya was sent off on 85 minutes after being shown a second yellow card after colliding with Casey. It was a highly contentious decision with the forward bemused about the decision that looked nothing more than a natural coming together between two players.
That meant Saints would have to see the remainder of the match out with a man disadvantage, and with 14 minutes of time added on, that looked like it would be no easy feat. But in truth it was Stephen Robinson's men who looked the most likely to grab a winner - Gogic coming so close to winning it in the 101st minute when he rose highest to meet a Scott Tanser corner but headed over as we had to accept just a point at Fir Park.
The Buddies head into the international break sitting in eighth place on 35 points - four points behind sixth place Hearts with matches against Kilmarnock, Dundee and Ross County to come before the split.
Full-Time: Motherwell 2-2 St Mirren
St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser, Gogic, Iacovitti (Taylor 68), Alebiosu, Phillips (Kiltie 82), Boyd-Munce (Smyth 68), O'Hara (c), John (Tanser 90), Olusanya, Ayunga (Idowu 82, Oseni 90)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Bwomono, Scott
Motherwell: Balcombe, O'Donnell, Gordon (Balmer 76), Casey, Sparrow, Slattery (Zdravkovski 90), Andrews (Paton 58), Halliday (Ebiye 90), Thompson, Miller, Plange (Watt 57)
Subs Not Used: Oxborough, Koutroumbis, Wilson, Dickson
Referee: Grant Irvine
Assistant Referee: Chris Rae
Assistant Referee: Steven Traynor
Fourth Official: Ryan Lee
VAR: Greg Aitken
St Mirren are on the road on Saturday as we take on Motherwell at Fir Park in the William Hill Premiership.
Motherwell vs St Mirren
William Hill Premiership
Venue: Fir Park
Date: Saturday 15th March 2025
Kick-off: 3pm
Tickets for our William Hill Premiership match away to Motherwell are on sale online via Motherwell's ticketing platform.
Saints supporters will be housed in the Upper Tier of the Tommy McLean Stand. Tickets for the match are available to purchase online HERE. Supporters must use this link which will ask you to create an account or login if you have previously created an account on Motherwell's ticketing site. This will show you as an away supporter and display the Tommy McLean Stand only.
Adults - £26
Over 65/Full-Time Student - £19
Young Adult* - £12
13 and under** - £6
*14-17
*Must be accompanied by an adult
Ambulant and carer tickets will be charged at status with carer free of charge. These can be purchased by calling Motherwell on 01698 333 333. Wheelchair and carer tickets are £19 with a carer and can also by purchased by calling 01698 333 333.
If you can't make the match on Saturday, you can follow the action with updates on our X page.
International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com, while UK subscribers can listen to live audio commentary.
The Well Society have invited 11 Junior Buds from SMiSA to be mascots at tomorrow's match. Please support the kids in anyway you can and help cheer on the Buddies.
The Cooper Bar at Fir Park is open for both sets of supporters pre-match serving food and drinks from 12pm until kick-off. It will also open post-match.
Manager Stephen Robinson has today confirmed that Mikael Mandron is set to miss up to four weeks of action.
The French striker was substituted in the second-half of our William Hill Premiership defeat against Celtic at the start of the month after picking up a medial knee ligament injury. He joins Evan Mooney on the sidelines after the 17-year-old underwent surgery on his ankle.
However, Alex Iacovitti is set to return following his hamstring injury, while Conor McMenamin is progressing, though won't be ready until after the upcoming international break.
Speaking to the media ahead of Saturday's trip to Motherwell, the manager said: "Mikael Mandron will be out for about four weeks now with medial knee ligament injury.
"Evan Mooney has had really successful surgery on his ankle, but that will be him for the rest of the season now ready for next season. It was a decision that we had to make for both parties, for the club going forward and for Evan.
"Other than that, Alex Iacovitti had trained really well and played a couple of bounce games.
"Conor McMenamin is making progress and will be on the pitch after the international break but won't be available for this game."
St Mirren return to William Hill Premiership action on Saturday with Stephen Robinson's men heading to Fir Park to face Motherwell.
Saints were beaten 5-2 by league leaders Celtic last time out, but the scoreline didn't reflect the strong performance from the Buddies who were denied a penalty late in the game with the score at 2-3.
Stephen Robinson's side have won two, drawn one and lost three of our last six matches in the William Hill Premiership. With just four matches remaining before the split, Saints are still in the hunt for a third consecutive top six finish, sitting three points behind Motherwell who sit in sixth place.
Match Details
Motherwell v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 15th March 2025
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Fir Park
Motherwell go into Saturday's match on a high under new manager Daniel Wimmer.
After a narrow defeat away to Dundee United in the German's first match, the Steelmen have won their last two league matches - beating Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox and as well as a 2-1 victory at home to Dundee. That has propelled the Fir Park side to sixth place in the William Hill Premiership.
The 'Well have come out on top on both occasions in the two meetings between the sides this season. A controversial match at Fir Park in September saw the Lanarkshire side win 2-1 before an injury-time goal from Tony Watt gave them a 1-0 win at The SMiSA Stadium in December.
Killian Phillips scored his first St Mirren goal on our last visit to Fir Park (Image: John Millar)
The referee on Saturday is Grant Irvine and he'll be assisted by Chris Rae and Steven Traynor.
Greg Aitken is the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).
Tickets for our trip to Motherwell in the William Hill Premiership are available to buy online through Motherwell's ticketing platform.
Stephen Robinson's men travel to Fir Park on Saturday 15th March with just four matches remaining ahead of the split.
Saints supporters will be housed in the Upper Tier of the Tommy McLean Stand. Tickets for the match are available to purchase online HERE.
Motherwell v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 15th March 2025
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Fir Park, Motherwell
Ticket Prices
Adults - £26
Over 65/Full-Time Student - £19
Young Adult* - £12
13 and under** - £6
*14-17
*Must be accompanied by an adult
Ambulant and carer tickets will be charged at status with carer free of charge. These can be purchased by calling Motherwell on 01698 333 333. Wheelchair and carer tickets are £19 with a carer and can also by purchased by calling 01698 333 333.
St Mirren U18s hopes of a Hampden trip in May were extinguished as the young Saints were beaten 2-0 by Dundee at the semi-final stage of the Scottish Youth Cup.
A double from Michael Hunter saw the Dee progress to the final where they will face Kilmarnock at the National Stadium.
The Young Saints made a nervy start and Ashton Leiper passed up a big opportunity for the visitors in the opening 10 minutes when he fired over from close-range at the far post.
The Buddies looked like they had began to settle with Jack Lavery having a big opportunity to put the hosts ahead on 22 minutes. He won the ball deep in the Dundee half and showed good strength to carry the ball into the box from the left-hand side. Space opened up for an effort, but he saw his shot from the angle saved by Warren Lyall in the Dundee goal.
The visitors took the lead with less than 10 minutes of the first-half remaining. Ethan Crombie's delivery into the box found Hunter who got his knee on it to take it beyond Grant Tamosevicius.
Stephen McGinn reacted to the first-half showing by making a double change at half-time as he introduced Lewis Marshall and Theo McCormick in place of Innes Clark and Joshua Farquhar. And it was McCormick who would come close to drawing Saints level 10 minutes after the restart with a strike from the edge of the area that Lyall had to be at full stretch to tip over the bar.
There was a warning sign for the Buddies just before the hour mark when Tamosevicius made a big save to push away a long-range strike from Leo Howett. But just a minute later Dundee would double their advantage when Hunter scored his second with a powerful shot from the edge of the area to secure the Dee's place in the final.
Full-Time: St Mirren U18s 0-2 Dundee U18s
St Mirren: Tamosevicius, Barr, Falconer, Mcevoy, Clark (Marshall 46), Hutchison, Farquhar (McCormick 46), Hunter, Thompson, Carey (c), Lavery
Subs Not Used: Kelly, Gray, Robinson
Dundee: Lyall, Leiper, Scott, C.Perrie, Baird, Oosenburgh, Crombie, Mitchell, L.Perrie (Paterson 90), Howett (Rooney 77), Hunter (Bruce 85)
Subs Not Used: Byrne, Boyd, Bland
Attendance: 1,420
St Mirren U18s' host Dundee at The SMiSA Stadium tonight with a place in the Final of the Scottish Youth Cup up for grabs.
Entry for this evening's match is FREE! Supporters will receive a free ticket from stewards upon arrival at M1 to allow access through turnstiles 1-3 of the Main Stand. The match kicks-off at 7pm and turnstiles will open at 6:15pm.
The winner of tonight's match will face Kilmarnock at Hampden.
Monday 10th March 2025
St Mirren U18s v Dundee U18s
Scottish Youth Cup Semi-Final
Kick-off: 7pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium
The yellow car park is open at The SMiSA Stadium tonight with entry via Greenhill Road. There is NO PARKING at the front of the stadium. Anyone who parks at the front of the stadium will be asked to remove their vehicle and could delay the kick-off.
Please note that only the Main Stand will be open and there will be a kiosk available in the Main Stand running a limited menu. Cash and card facilities will be available.
Stadium ground regulations continue to be in place for this match and thus items such as drink containers will not be permitted on entry. U14s must be accompanied by an adult.
There is no live stream of the match.
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