The St Mirren Fans Council AGM will take place tonight (Thursday 28th November) at the SMFC 1877 Supporters Club within the Simple Digital Arena.
The event will begin at 7pm prompt with all supporters invited to attend.
Up next for Saints is a trip to Pittodrie as Jim Goodwin's side take on Aberdeen in the Ladbrokes Premiership this Saturday.
Tickets for the Buddies trip North are on-sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online.
Aberdeen have confirmed that there will be pay-at-the-gate on Saturday with turnstiles opening at 2pm.
Aberdeen v St Mirren
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Date: Saturday 30th November 2019
Kick-off: 3pm
The ticket prices as follows:
Prices
Adult - £26
Over-65 - £20
Over-75 - £16
Youth (18-21) - £16
Under-18 - £12
Under-12 - £6
Any ambulant disabled supporter who requires the aid of a PA in order to view the event in comfort and will be sold a ticket at a concessionary price. Their PA will be admitted free of charge.
If the requirement for a PA is not obvious, the club will be entitled to ask for evidence of PA necessity. This would comprise of a letter from a registered GP stating that the supporter cannot attend without the aid of a PA.
Junior Morias' first St Mirren goal wasn't enough to prevent the Buddies falling to a frustrating defeat at home to Hibernian.
Saints created numerous chances throughout the 90 minutes but it was goals either side of half-time from Christian Doidge and substitute Stevie Mallan that gave the visitors a narrow 2-1 win.
The Buddies started on the front foot with Ilkay Durmus had the first half-chances - sending well wide from distance on four minutes before slipping on the edge of the box a few minutes later and seeing his resultant effort trickle wide.
Saints had the best chance of the match on 24 minutes when a brilliant ball in from Calum Waters on the left-hand side met Kyle Magennis in the box. The midfielder rose the highest but headed over from six yards.
Two minutes later it was Durmus' turn to send a pinpoint cross in from the same position as Waters. The Turkish winger's ball found Ryan Flynn at the back post. Flynn's effort was blocked with Sean McLoughlin screwing a header wide from the resultant corner.
And despite Saints' chances it was Hibernian who took the lead just two minutes later. Christian Doidge kept his good run of goalscoring form for the visitors when he headed the opener from ex-Saint Jason Naismith's cross. It appeared to take a slight deflection off the head of Gary MacKenzie as it looped over Vaclav Hladky.
Jon Obika should have gone one-on-one with Maxwell five minutes after Hibernian's opener when the ball fell kindly into his path, but the big striker got the ball caught up in his feet and could only win a corner. Saints continued to force a lot of pressure before the end of the half - winning a number of corners but failing to create any danger from them.
The Buddies started the second-half strongly and had a penalty appeal turned down on 55 minutes when Sam Foley went down in the box. Referee Alan Newlands was unmoved.
With around 25 minutes of the game remaining Jim Goodwin made his first change with Danny Mullen coming on in place of Durmus. The substitute was presented with a great chance to equalise just a few minutes after taking to the field when the ball fell to him in space inside the box but he blasted over from a tight angle.
Three minutes later the striker went agonisingly close to bringing Saints level. A strong tackle from MacKenzie deep in the St Mirren half sent the Buddies scurrying forward on the counter. Mullen picked the ball up on the left, cut inside and curled low towards the far post. It looked like it was heading in all day long but cracked off the post before the offside flag denied Obika on the follow up.
There were just under 10 minutes to go when Hibernian were awarded a penalty after MacKenzie fouled Martin Boyle inside the Saints box. There was no debating the referee's decision and former Buddie Stevie Mallan stepped up to double the visitors lead.
Saints kept at Hibernian as they searched for a way back into the match. Sam Foley, man of the match on the evening, went so close to added to his goal on Saturday after a terrific solo run which saw him curl just wide of Maxwell's far post.
The Buddies would get a goal back in the first minute of stoppage time. Neat footwork from Mullen saw the striker get a shot away on the edge of the area. Maxwell was equal to it but it fell for substitute Junior Morias who slammed home to score his first St Mirren goal. Unfortunately for Saints it was too little too late as Hibernian took the points back to Edinburgh.
Full-Time: St Mirren 1-2 Hibernian
St Mirren: Hladky, P.McGinn, MacKenzie, McLoughlin, Waters, Flynn (McAllister 78), S.McGinn, Foley, Magennis, Durmus (Mullen 66), Obika (Morias 78)
Subs Not Used: Lyness, MacPherson, Djorkaeff, Cooke
Hibernian: Maxwell, Naismith, Porteous, Hanlon, Stevenson, Hallberg, Slivka, Allan (Mallan 72), Newell (Horgan 57), Doidge, Kamberi (Boyle 52)
Subs Not Used: Marciano, James, Jackson, Shaw
Referee: Alan Newlands
Assistant Referee: Alan Mulvanny
Assistant Referee: Ross Macleod
Fourth Official: John McKendrick
Attendance: 5,377
Jim Goodwin reacts to a frustrating night as Saints were edged out by Hibernian in the Ladbrokes Premiership.
It's home again for Saints as we host Hibernian in the Ladbrokes Premiership.
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St Mirren - WLLLWL
Hibernian - WWLDDD
St Mirren are looking to make it two wins on the bounce for the first time this season following Saturday's 2-1 win over Ross County.
The Buddies fell behind to Brian Graham's 24th minute strike, but Sean McLoughlin scored his first St Mirren goal on the edge of half-time to draw Saints level. With just a few minutes of the match remaining, Sam Foley sealed three valuable points for Jim Goodwin's side with a terrific finish from 18 yards.
Brian Graham's goal was just the second Saints have conceded at home in the league this season and was the first goal conceded at home in the league from open play since a 1-1 draw with St Johnstone in April.
Saturday's win made it three wins from six at home in the league for the Buddies this season and two from the last two.
Hibernian come into tonight's match having won their last two matches. Jack Ross, appointed Hibernian manager last week, led his side to a 3-1 win over Motherwell on Saturday in his first match in charge. That win came off the back of an impressive 4-1 win away to St Johnstone before the international break.
PREVIOUS
Saints were narrowly beaten by a late Scott Allan goal when the sides met on the opening day of the 2019/20 season at Easter Road.
The Buddies looked good value for a point but, with less than five minutes remaining, Allan netted a winner for the home side.
Hibernian were victorious on both of their visits to Paisley last season - winning 1-0 in September 2018 and 3-1 in January 2019.
St Mirren's last win over Hibernian came at the Simple Digital Arena in March 2017. Stelios Demetriou scored either side of half-time to give Saints an important 2-0 win as we went on to complete the 'great escape' and avoid relegation to League One.
FAMILIAR FACES
The Edinburgh side will bring a number of familiar faces to Paisley this evening.
Hibernian manager Jack Ross spent two years at St Mirren as a player and managed the Buddies to the Ladbrokes Championship title and promotion to the Premiership in 2018. He is assisted at the Hibees by another ex-Buddie, John Potter.
The Hibernian playing squad also boasts a number of ex-Saints with St Mirren Youth Academy graduates Jason Naismith and Stevie Mallan among their ranks as well as Darren McGregor.
ONES TO WATCH
After a slow start to life at Hibernian, Christian Doidge has hit form in recent weeks scoring four goals in his last two games which includes a hat-trick in the 4-1 win at St Johnstone.
Scott Allan has impressed at Easter Road since rejoining the Edinburgh side from Celtic in the summer. It was Allan who hit the winner when the sides last met on the opening day of the season.
TEAM NEWS
Only Kirk Broadfoot is out for Saints.
"Hibs are a very good team and have obviously had a really good lift with Jack going into the club as well. They have got a really big squad and have got a lot of quality to choose from so we'll have to make sure we are at it.
"Jack is a good guy. He has a good manner about him, we are very similar in terms of how we want to play the game. Hopefully that will make for a very good and very entertaining game.
"I hope the fans give him a warm welcome because I think he deserves that. But as soon as the referee blows that whistle and the game kicks off it is important to remember that he is the enemy after that and we want to try and make his night as difficult as possible."
Unfortunately due to UEFA broadcasting restrictions we are unable to show tomorrow night's match against Hibernian live on St Mirren TV.
However, subscribers can tune in to smfcuws.tv to listen to live audio commentary from the match.
If you want to tune in here is the info you will need:
St Mirren vs Hibernian
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Kick-off: 7:45pm GMT
To access this match day service:
1 Day Pass – €6.99 EUR
Season Pass – €69.99 EUR
To view Terms & Conditions and get started with St Mirren TV please click HERE.
For technical support with St Mirren TV please e-mail tvsupport@stmirren.com
We are giving fans the opportunity to vote for the man of the match and also put two lucky fans in with the chance of winning a £10 voucher for the Club Shop.
Every home game we’ll throw open the voting on the 60 minute mark for 20 minutes where votes can be cast on Facebook and Twitter. All you have to do is use the hashtag #SMFCMOM followed by the name of the player you are voting for, eg ‘#SMFCMOM MAGENNIS’.
With 10 minutes of the game remaining all the votes will be counted then the Stadium Announcer will confirm the winning player over the tannoy system.
From all the fans who nominate the winning player one will be picked at random from the Facebook account and another from the Twitter account and they will each be awarded a £10 voucher for the Club Shop. The winners will be notified through the account they posted from.
Please note that the winners must collect their voucher after the game.
So get yourself ready on the hour mark of Tuesday's game against Hibernian and get voting with #SMFCMOM.
Paisley Panda is pleased to confirm that ‘First Scorer’ will be back for the game on Tuesday against Hibernian.
‘First Scorer’ lets fans predict in advance of the game who they think will score St Mirren's first goal in Tuesday's match against the Hibees.
From all of those who guess correctly, a winner will be picked at random and they will win a box of a dozen doughnuts which will be delivered to their seat right after the goal is scored!
To enter all you have to do ahead of the game is post your prediction of the first St Mirren scorer on Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #Saints1stgoal. The lucky winner will then be contacted to confirm which stand they will be in with the row and seat number so that the prize can be delivered to them.
Our match day programme, published in partnership with Curtis Sport, will be available from the Club Shop ahead of Tuesday’s game.
This issue, for the Ladbrokes Premiership fixture against Hibernian, is a 52 pager with a £3 cover price.
This latest edition includes the following:
Front Cover – Sam Foley.
The Gaffer - Jim Goodwin looks back on the game against Ross County and ahead to the match-up with Hibernian.
Last Time Out - Stuart Gillespie's report on Saints' 2-1 win against Ross County.
The Opposition – Brian Corry runs the rule over Jack Ross' Hibernian side.
St Mirren Programme Archive - Derek Drennan reviews the programme for Saints' match-up with Hibernian on 24th November 1979 which saw George Best turn out for the Leith side.
100 Seasons at the Top - Cairters Corner reflects on the early years of the 1920s when Dunky Walker was banging in the goals for fun.
They Played in the Stripes – David Cochran looks back on the St Mirren career of Frank McAvennie.
English Title Winners - Liam Harding tells the tale of West Bromwich Albion's league success a century ago!
Centre Page Poster – Junior Morias.
Fans Corner - Ticket prices, travel clubs update, match info and dates for fans to keep in their diary, Mascot Profile and Fan's Music Pick.
Player Kit Sponsors 2019/20 – Check in to see who is sponsoring your favourite player's shirt for the season.
Stats and Picture Quiz - Player appearance stats for the season and picture quiz on St Mirren managers.
Street Stuff - Timetable of events that will take place over the upcoming Festive period.
Panda's Fun Page – Some puzzles to keep the youngsters entertained during the half-time break.
Football Bloody Hell - Alan Gallacher is not impressed with the VAR system which is presently implemented in the English Premier League.
Marketing Matters – Campbell Kennedy updates on the latest events and happenings at the club's Commercial Department.
St Mirren Fixtures & Results 2019/20 – A handy reference page of all the fixtures and results for this season.
Team Lines – The two squads and match officials for Tuesday’s match.
To buy this issue or to place your programme subscription for the 2019/20 season click HERE.
St Mirren vs Hibernian
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Tuesday 26th November 2019
Kick-off: 7:45pm
The match day officials for Tuesday's match against Jack Ross' Hibernian side are as follows:
Referee: Alan Newlands
Assistant Referee: Alan Mulvanny
Assistant Referee: Ross Macleod
Fourth Official: John McKendrick
If you are thinking about coming to The Simple Digital Arena for the first time on Tuesday please click HERE for all the info you will need to make sure your match day experience runs as smoothly as possible.
Match Details
The game kicks-off at 7:45pm.
Season Tickets ARE valid for this game.
Match is all ticket – tickets will be on sale (subject to availability) UNTIL KICK OFF.
On the match day St Mirren fans can purchase their tickets (subject to availability) at the St Mirren Ticket Office from 10:00am to kick-off time (7:45pm).
We also have a Ticket Booth sited at the West Stand beside turnstiles T11-14 on a match day. The Ticket Booth is only for the purchase of tickets (subject to availability) for the West Stand, and also the pick-up point for pre-ordered tickets for the West Stand. The Ticket Booth will be open from 6:30pm to 7:45pm (kick-off).
The Hibernian fans can purchase their tickets (subject to availability) from the window at the away end of the ground (North Stand) from 6:30pm to kick-off time (7:45pm).
Tickets can also be purchased from the Online Ticket Shop.
The St Mirren Ticket Office (Main Stand) opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:
Mon, 25th Nov: 10:00am to 2:00pm
Tue, 26th Nov: 10:00am to 7:45pm (kick-off)
The Ticket Booth (West Stand) opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:
Tue, 26th Nov: 6:30pm to 7:45pm (kick-off)
Ticket Office Phone No: (0141) 840-6130
St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com
Matchday Club Policies (click links for more info)
| Adult | £26 |
| Concessions* | £16 |
| Child (under 12) | £6 |
| Wheelchair User** | £16 |
| Carer | Free |
* 65+, full-time student, wheelchair users and U18s.
** – The 'Wheelchair user' ticket is only available to purchase directly from the Ticket Office, it is not available online. Proof must be provided for anyone requiring a carer. To be entitled to a free carer ticket you must be in receipt of the higher rate mobility component of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
| Adult | £26 |
| Concessions* | £16 |
| Child (under 12) | £6 |
| Wheelchair User** | £16 |
| Carer | Free |
* 65+, full-time student, wheelchair users and U18s.
** – The 'Wheelchair user' ticket is only available to purchase directly from the Ticket Office, it is not available online. Proof must be provided for anyone requiring a carer. To be entitled to a free carer ticket you must be in receipt of the higher rate mobility component of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
| Adult | £26 |
| Concessions* | £16 |
| Child (under 12) | £6 |
| Wheelchair User** | £16 |
| Carer | Free |
Please note that the Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand is a Family Stand and therefore we expect no swearing within this area.
* 65+, full-time student, wheelchair users and U18s.
** – The 'Wheelchair user' ticket is only available to purchase directly from the Ticket Office, it is not available online. Proof must be provided for anyone requiring a carer. To be entitled to a free carer ticket you must be in receipt of the higher rate mobility component of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
| Adult | £26 |
| Concessions* | £16 |
| Child (under 12) | £6 |
| Wheelchair User** | £16 |
| Carer | Free |
* 65+, full-time student, wheelchair users and U18s.
** – The 'Wheelchair user' ticket is only available to purchase directly from the Ticket Office, it is not available online. Proof must be provided for anyone requiring a carer. To be entitled to a free carer ticket you must be in receipt of the higher rate mobility component of the Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
At the SMiSA Stadium we have an electronic ticketing system in place at the turnstiles.
The process of using the system is fairly straight-forward and easy to use:
The whole process will only take a few seconds.
Please note that there will be stewards in attendance to help where required.
The Club has been made aware of problems occasioned by inconsiderate parking in the area of Tannahill Road.
Seemingly supporters are parking despite the presence of double yellow lines and as a consequence local bus routes are also being blocked because streets in this area are narrow and fans are parking on both sides. People, many of whom are elderly, are having to walk from Greenhill Road to their homes because buses can’t get access.
Residents who have cars parked in driveways are experiencing similar difficulties getting their vehicles in and out. On being approached by local residents some supporters have been somewhat aggressive which could lead to confrontation.
St Mirren Football Club strives to be a good neighbour and we would ask that ALL supporters attending the stadium not only park in accordance with local parking restrictions but also give consideration to the needs of local residents by parking sensibly so as not to occasion an unnecessary obstruction.
We are also aware of problems with patrons parking at the front of the Main Stand to pick up disabled supporters at the end of the game. This area is a 'no parking' zone on match days (with cones on the road) and has to be kept clear for emergency access. It is an inappropriate location for disabled spectator uplifts, as not only does it cause an obstruction on the road, it also causes a danger to pedestrians leaving the stadium.
Please note that the designated pick-up/drop off points are either in Drums Avenue or the two lay-byes on Ferguslie Park Avenue.
BY ROAD
Follow signs for Paisley & Glasgow Airport. Exit the M8 at Junction 29 (St James’ Interchange) which is just after Glasgow Airport turn off if travelling east to west. Be careful not to exit on to the A737 which is signposted for Irvine. It is best to stay in the middle lane when passing the Airport as this leads naturally to the St James’ Interchange exit.
At the interchange take the first left onto a dual carriageway with some football parks on the left hand side. Follow this road and after a sharp right hand bend you should now be in Greenock Road. Then take your first right on to Clark Street and drive to the end of the street which is the junction with Greenhill Road, turn left and you will see the stadium on the opposite side of the road.
BY RAIL
Get train from Paisley Gilmour Street to Paisley St James – exit from the station is straight onto Greenhill Road where the stadium is facing you. To plan your journey by rail with Scotrail please click HERE.
BY BUS
Most buses will stop at Paisley Cross or Mill Street, from both you will see the Paisley Town Hall. From the Town Hall cross the High Street towards the Piazza Shopping Centre, when acoss walk towards the town centre until you come to Gilmour Street. Turn right on to Gilmour Street and walk towards the railway station which is about 150 yards away. From there you can get train to Paisley St James or if you prefer to walk the following routes are advised by the police:
Home fans: cross road to the left on to St James Street – follow through up Underwood Road then turn right at Greenhill Road where stadium is 200 yards further along the road. Access to the Main Stand is from Greenhill Road and the South and West Stands will be accessed from Drums Avenue.
Away fans: cross road to Love Street continue up the street till you come to Albion Street where you will turn left. Follow Albion Street until you come to the junction with Greenock Road where you will turn right. Cross the road then walk about 200 yards before taking your first left on to Clark Street. Walk straight up Clark Street to the end of the street which is the junction with Greenhill Road, turn left and you will see the the stadium on the opposite side of the road. Access to the North Stand will be from Ferguslie Park Avenue.
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