Hearts match rearranged

The Ladbrokes Premiership fixture between St Mirren and Hearts, originally scheduled for Friday 21st February, has been rearranged.

The original match was postponed due to an unplayable surface.

The game will now take place on Wednesday 11th March at the Simple Digital Arena.

The new fixture details are below.

St Mirren v Hearts
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Wednesday 11th March 2020
Kick-off: 7:45pm

Tickets for the originally scheduled match will still be valid for the rearranged fixture.

Ticket Info: St Mirren v Aberdeen (29th Feb)

Tickets for our William Hill Scottish Cup quarter-final match against Aberdeen are on-sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

Season ticket holders will have until 2pm on Thursday 27th February at to secure their seats, after which all seats will be released and sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

St Mirren v Aberdeen
William Hill Scottish Cup
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Saturday 29th February 2020
Kick-off: 7:20pm

Prices
Adults - £20
Concessions* - £15
13-17 year-old - £10
12 and under - £5

*Over-65, ambulant disabled and wheelchair users. 

Those who receive the highest rate of PIP/DLA and have showed proof for mobility purposes will be entitled to a free carer.

The St Mirren Ticket Office opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:

Thu, 27th Feb - 10:00am - 2:00pm 
Fri, 28th Feb - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Sat, 29th Feb - 1:00pm - 7:20pm

Match Report: Motherwell 1-2 St Mirren

St Mirren struck late through Ilkay Durmus to grab an important three points in the Ladbrokes Premiership as the Buddies came from behind to defeat Motherwell at Fir Park.

Liam Donnelly opened the scoring early on from the penalty spot, but second-half goals from Jon Obika and Durmus saw the Saints take all three points back to Paisley.

The home side started the brighter with on-loan winger Rolando Aarons caused the Buddies problems down the right side. Aarons had the first real opportunity of the match when he smashed wide after finding space inside the box on seven minutes.

And it was the winger's trickery that would see Motherwell win a penalty on 12 minutes after being was brought down by Akin Famewo inside the area after trying to break clear. Referee David Munro pointed to the spot and Liam Donnelly, who missed during last week's penalty shoot-out, made no mistake from 12 yards to give the home side the lead.

Saints almost found an instant response less than two minutes later. Good work from Jamie McGrath in the midfield saw the Irishman switch it wide to Durmus. The left-winger burst into the Motherwell area and fizzed a powerful, dipping drive just inches over the bar. 

Vaclav Hladky was called into action on 18 minutes as he made a brilliant double save to keep the scoreline down. Motherwell were awarded a free-kick on the right hand touchline after Calum Waters was booked for a foul on Aarons. 'Well swung the ball into the back post where it met the head of Declan Gallagher with Hladky down low to push away. The danger wasn't cleared though allowing Tony Watt an opportunity with the Czech goalkeeper blocking from close range.

A couple of dangerous looking balls across the box from Durmus caused panic inside the Motherwell box and yielded a couple of corners but the Saints failed to capitalise from any of them. 

It was still the home side who were creating more clear cut chances in the first-half with Hladky having to do well to save from Watt, before a long-range Liam Polworth drive looked like it may have nestled in the back of the net after a wicked deflection. 

A disappointing first-half came to a close with Motherwell only having one goal to show for their efforts. 

Saints showed more intent after the break and found themselves level on 50 minutes. Lee Hodson did brilliantly well on the right-hand side to turn the Motherwell defence inside out before sending a tremendous low ball across the face of goal where Obika finished from close range. 

The Buddies almost doubled their lead a few minutes later with Motherwell goalkeeper Mark Gillespie making a terrific diving save to claw away Durmus' low drive from 20 yards. 

For all the opportunities Motherwell created in the first 45 minutes, they failed to create anything to really trouble Hladky in the second-half with only a Watt header with less than 10 minutes to go forcing the goalkeeper to make a save and even then it was straight at him.

With 87 minutes on the clock Saints would finish a winner with Durmus showing great composure to put St Mirren into the lead. Substitute Tony Andreu swung the ball into the box where it drifted to the left side to meet an unmarked Durmus. The Turkish winger took a touch to steady himself before slamming high into the top corner to send the 600 strong travelling support wild.

Junior Morias could have added the icing on the cake in the dying embers as he shot wide from 15 yards, but in the end it didn't matter as Durmus' strike sealed a first league win of 2020 for Jim Goodwin's men who closed the gap on ninth placed Ross County to four points. 

Full-Time: Motherwell 1-2 St Mirren

St Mirren: Hladky, Hodson, McCarthy, Famewo, Waters, McGrath (Wallace 75), MacPherson, Foley, Durmus, Jakubiak (Andreu 71), Obika (Morias 90)
Subs Not Used: Lyness, K.McAllister, Mullen, Chabbi

Motherwell: Gillespie, Tait, Hartley, Gallagher, Donnelly, Campbell (Turnbull 71), O'Hara (MacIver 56), Polworth, Aarons, Hylton (Seedorf 83), Watt
Subs Not Used: Carson, Grimshaw, Mugabi, Ilic

Referee: David Munro
Assistant Referee: David Roome
Assistant Referee: Stuart Hodge
Fourth Official: David Dickinson

Attendance: 3,636 (601 St Mirren fans)

Gallery pictures by Allan Picken © - Allan Picken Photography

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Reaction: Jim Goodwin Post-Motherwell

A delighted Jim Goodwin gives his reaction as St Mirren strike late to defeat Motherwell 2-1 and pick up three important Ladbrokes Premiership points.

Match Preview: Motherwell v St Mirren (25th February)

St Mirren travel to Fir Park for our rearranged Ladbrokes Premiership match that was originally scheduled to take place on Saturday 15th February.

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St Mirren head to Fir Park a week on from their Scottish Cup Fifth Round replay win against Motherwell.

The Buddies travelled through to Fir Park last Tuesday with a place in the last eight of the competition up for grabs. Jim Goodwin's men raced into an incredible 4-1 lead at half-time thanks to a double from Jon Obika, an own goal from Peter Hartley and a strike from Sam Foley. But Motherwell fought back in the second-half with goals from Tony Watt, Rolando Aarons and Allan Campbell taking the match to extra-time and penalties. 

Saints came out on top in the shoot-out with Jamie McGrath, Kyle McAllister and Obika scoring to give the Buddies a 3-2 win after Liam Donnelly, Watt and Jermaine Hylton had missed for the home side. 

Due to the postponement of tonight's original fixture, along with the postponement of Friday night's scheduled match against Hearts, Saints haven't been in Ladbrokes Premiership action since a 2-1 loss away to Livingston almost two weeks ago.

Motherwell come into tonight's match having drawn 0-0 with Hamilton Academical in the Lanarkshire derby on Saturday. 

Despite a run of seven games without a win, Stephen Robinson's side currently sit in third place in the Ladbrokes Premiership and could open up a four point gap on fourth placed Aberdeen with a win tonight.

Motherwell will also be looking to win at Fir Park for the first time since December 7th 2019 when they defeated Hearts 1-0 in the Ladbrokes Premiership.

PREVIOUS

Saints meet Motherwell for the fifth, and likely final, time this season. 

Motherwell have beaten the Buddies in the two league matches between the sides this season. 

Goals from James Scott and Chris Long gave the Steelmen a 2-0 victory at Fir Park in October, while Scott, who left Motherwell to join Hull City in January, netted again in December - scoring twice in a 3-0 win for Stephen Robinson's side at the Simple Digital Arena. 

The two have met twice in 2020 - both in the Scottish Cup. The first was at the start of the month when Motherwell were the visitors to the Simple Digital Arena. Chris Long fired the Steelmen into a first-half lead, but Saints hit back in the second-half through Alex Jakubiak to force a replay.

The Buddies then came out on top and booked their place in the quarter-finals following a dramatic 120 minutes plus penalties. 

St Mirren's last league win over Motherwell was at Fir Park in December 2018 when Simeon Jackson scored the only goal in a 1-0 win for Saints.

TEAM NEWS

Gary MacKenzie, Kyle Magennis, Stephen McGinn and Ryan Flynn all remain out for Saints.

Chris Long will miss out for Motherwell having been shown a red card in their draw with Hamilton on Saturday. 

MANAGER'S THOUGHTS

"We've analysed last week's game and there are plenty of positives we can take from the first-half.

"Of course there are things we can do better based on things that happened in the second-half.

"We'll setup the way we did in the first-half, try and get a foothold in the game early on and hopefully get our noses in front again.

"Hopefully it's as entertaining a game as last week was and we can give a good account of ourselves.

"If we put in a performance similar to that of the first-half then we give ourselves a great chance of picking up maximum points."

Matchday Info: Motherwell v St Mirren (25th Feb)

Match vs Motherwell
Competition Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue Fir Park, Motherwell
Date Tue 25th Feb 2020
Kick Off 7:45pm
Entry By Ticket/Pay-at-the-gate
   
   
Adult £24
Family* £28
Concession** £17
Wheelchair £17 (carer free)
Junior (15 & under) £3

* One adult and two juniors

** 60 & over, 16-18, students with valid ID

Ambulant/wheelchair tickets must be purchased direct from St Mirren.

A note for those travelling on supporters buses, that parking for supporters buses will be on Orbiston Street.

Tickets are available at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online. Please note that tickets for the originally scheduled match are valid.

The St Mirren Ticket Office opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:

Mon, 24th Feb - 10:00am - 2:00pm 
Tue, 25th Feb - 10:00am - 2:00pm

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

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

Additional Information for Travelling Fans

St Mirren make the short trip to Lanarkshire to face Motherwell in a rearranged Ladbrokes Premiership fixture at Fir Park.

The referee will be David Munro. He will be assisted by David Roome and Stuart Hodge. The Fourth Official will be David Dickinson.

Saturday Saints (22nd Feb) cancelled

Please note that the scheduled St Mirren Charitable Foundation's 'Saturday Saints' session at the St Mirren Airdome will not take place this morning (Saturday 22nd Feb) due to adverse weather conditions. 

St Mirren Ticket Office open on Saturday

The St Mirren Ticket Office will be open tomorrow (Saturday 22nd Feb) between 9am-11am for fans wishing to purchase tickets for next Saturday's Scottish Cup quarter-final tie against Aberdeen.

The match and tickets info is as follows:

St Mirren vs Aberdeen
William Hill Scottish Cup
Venue: Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Saturday 29th February 2020
Kick-off: 7:20pm

Prices
Adults - £20
Concessions* - £15
13-17 year-old - £10
12 and under - £5

*Over-65, ambulant disabled and wheelchair users. 

Those who receive the highest rate of PIP/DLA and have showed proof for mobility purposes will be entitled to a free carer.


Tickets will also be on-sale for our rearranged Ladbrokes Premiership match away to Motherwell on Tuesday 25th February.

The match and tickets info is as follows:

Motherwell v St Mirren
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: Fir Park, Motherwell
Date: Tuesday 25th February 2020
Kick-off: 7:45pm

Ticket Prices

Adult - £24
Family* - £28
Concession** - £17
Wheelchair - £17 (carer free)
Junior (15 and under) - £3

*One and two juniors

Tickets for the originally scheduled match will still be valid for Tuesday night's game.


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

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

Hearts match postponed

Following a pitch inspection, tonight's scheduled match between St Mirren and Hearts has been postponed.

Following sustained heavy rainfall along with forecasts of heavy rain until kick-off, referee Alan Muir has deemed the match will NOT go ahead.

We will update supporters with the new date as soon as possible.

Please note that following the postponement of tonight's match hospitality has been cancelled also.

SMISA members give overwhelming backing to Kibble proposal

St Mirren will become fan owned by the end of next year after SMISA members overwhelmingly backed plans to do so via a unique partnership with Kibble.

We thank everyone who cast their vote over the past fortnight on our proposals. Voting closed at noon today and the results are as follows:

YES – 782 votes (91.6%) / NO – 72 votes (8.4%)

Turnout: 854 votes (71.9% of all members, includes nine postal votes)

The results have been verified by Alan Russell, Chief Executive of Supporters Direct Scotland, whom we thank for his assistance.

The proposals on which you voted were developed over many months of discussion between ourselves, Kibble and St Mirren.

We put them forward because of our belief they offer the best possible future for our club – by securing fan ownership in a way which could move St Mirren to the next level, on and off the park, while growing it as a force for good within the Paisley community.

We are proud of and excited by what this deal makes possible for our club, and are pleased it attracted such overwhelming support.

All involved will now look to complete the legal formalities and of the deal, which will allow Kibble to buy their stake in the club from Gordon and start working with the club board to bring their expertise to the club very soon.

SMISA chair and Paisley’s MSP George Adam said: "This is a historic and proud day not just for our club but for everyone in Paisley.

"We started the journey towards fan ownership four years ago because we knew there could be no better people to safeguard St Mirren forever than the ones who will care for it most…the fans.

"This deal agreed today not only delivers that ahead of schedule but it strengthens it – our partners Kibble will help the club grow, as a business and as a force for good in the Paisley community.

"The overwhelming nature of the vote shows the extent to which SMISA’S members have bought into what this partnership will create – and we are excited by the possibilities for St Mirren."

Kibble chief executive Jim Gillespie said: "With Kibble’s roots in Paisley stretching back almost 200 years, this deal brings together two of Paisley’s oldest organisations.

"We are thrilled SMISA’s members have given us such a show of support and we plan to repay that by working together with SMISA, Gordon and the rest of the St Mirren’s board and staff to see where our expertise can help the club move forward.

"Crucially, this partnership will help change the lives of some of the most vulnerable young people in Scotland – by allowing us to step up our young workforce development programme to provide training and job opportunities based around the club’s facilities and operations."

St Mirren chairman Gordon Scott said: "When I took over as chairman four years it was always with the aim of passing the shares to the fans when the time was right.

"That day will arrive much sooner than we initially planned – but I believe this the right model, with the right partner, to build on the good work the current board has already done, and take St Mirren to the next level on and off the park.

"The new expertise Kibble will bring will allow us to find new ways to bring income into the club, and I and others on the board can’t wait to get started on working with them to do that."

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