Our match day programme, published in partnership with Curtis Sport, will be available from the Club Shop ahead of Sunday’s game.

This issue, for the Ladbrokes Premiership fixture against Kilmarnock, is a 52 pager with a £3 cover price.

This latest edition includes the following:

Front Cover – Sean McLoughlin.
The Gaffer - Jim Goodwin looks back on recent games and ahead to the match-up with Kilmarnock.
Highlights of 2019 - Pictures by Allan Picken showing St Mirren's high points of the year just about to end.
The Opposition – Brian Corry runs the rule over the Kilmarnock squad.
St Mirren Programme Archive - Derek Drennan highlights the programme for the first match played at Greenhill Road on 31st January 2009.
100 Seasons at the Top - Cairters Corner's slant on St Mirren's efforts over the mid part of the 1950s.
They Played in the Stripes – David Cochran looks back on the St Mirren career of John Sutton.
English Title Winners - Liam Harding highlights the Arsenal Invincibles!
Centre Page Poster – Oan Djorkaeff.
Fans Corner - Ticket prices, travel clubs update, match info and dates for fans to keep in their diary and fans music pick.
Player Kit Sponsors 2019/20 – Check in to see who is sponsoring your favourite player's shirt for the season.
Panda's Fun Page – Some puzzles to keep the youngsters entertained during the half-time break.
Football Bloody Hell - Part two of Alan Gallacher's annual quiz looking back on St Mirren over the last 12 months.
Stats and Picture Quiz - Player appearance stats for the season and picture quiz on St Mirren players who had more than one stint with the club.
Street Stuff - The Festive timetable for the Street Stuff programme. 
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 Sunday’s match.

To buy this issue or to place your programme subscription for the 2019/20 season click HERE.

St Mirren vs Kilmarnock
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Sunday 29th December 2019
Kick-off: 3:00pm

The match day officials for Sunday's match against Kilmarnock are as follows:

Referee: Alan Newlands
Assistant Referee: Daniel McFarlane
Assistant Referee: Paul O'Neill
Fourth Official: Gavin Duncan

If you are thinking about coming to The Simple Digital Arena for the first time on Sunday 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 3:00pm.

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 (3:00pm).

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 1:30pm to 3:00pm (kick-off).

As Kilmarnock have sold their full allocation of tickets there will be NO ticket sales available for Kilmarnock fans. 

Tickets can also be purchased from the Online Ticket Shop and downloaded straight to your phone. The process is straight forward with digital tickets accessed through your smfctickets.co.uk account.

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

Sat, 28th Dec: CLOSED
Sun, 29th Dec: 10:00am to 3:00pm (kick-off)

The Ticket Booth (West Stand) opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:

Sun, 29th Dec: 1:30pm to 3:00pm (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)

Unacceptable Conduct

Supporters Code of Conduct

Ticket Information

Visitor Information

There was no belated Christmas cheer for St Mirren as they lost to champions Celtic on Boxing Day.

Despite starting well enough, Saints fell behind when Callum McGregor scored after his initial shot had hit the post. James Forrest doubled the lead when he rounded Vaclav Hladky to score as the visitors headed into the break in front.

The Buddies arguably had the better of the chances in the second half with Ryan Flynn and Jon Obika going close, and they finally got themselves back into things thanks to a late Cammy MacPherson free-kick, however there wasn't enough time left to snatch a point.

Jim Goodwin's side enjoyed a bright beginning and created the first chance, Ilkay Durmas' shot from Jon Obika's cutback being comfortably dealt with by Fraser Forster. It was a similar story at the other end as Vaclav Hladky easily gathered Olivier Ntcham's curler from the edge of the box. The visitors were able to force a couple of corners in quick succession but Kristoffer Ajer's headers were well off target, Odsonne Edouard then firing just over after being given a bit too much time and space to run forward.

The Buddies hadn't looked in too much trouble in the opening quarter of the game but a misplaced pass from Sam Foley was to prove costly. The ball was intercepted and sent through to Edouard, who had built up a bit of steam and was charging through on goal. The Saints defence tried to crowd him out and it seemed to work as the ball ran loose, only to fall to McGregor who rattled the post before tapping away the rebound.

In the aftermath the home side looked shaky as Celtic pushed for a quick second and it arrived just after McPherson had drawn a decent save from Forster. The Saints management team appealed for offside as Edouard gathered a Forrest pass, however he looked to have started his run inside his own half, and he again burst forward before slipping a return pass through the defence for Forrest, who drew Hladky off his line and squeezed a shot into the net from a tight angle. It was almost three just before the break as Ntcham's looped up in the air after taking a wicked deflection, however it dropped the wrong side of the bar.

Edouard had the ball in the net early in the second half but the flag had long gone up for offside. Hladky then found himself rather busy as he blocked Forrest's shot with his legs before tipping a Jeremie Frimpong effort around the post. Having survived those scares, Saints should have got themselves back into the game moments later when Junior Morias delivered a decent cross for Ryan Flynn but he could only put it wide.

Christopher Jullien headed over from Ryan Christie's free-kick as Celtic went back on the offensive before the defender made a big mistake at the other end, completely failing to deal with a high ball. That let Jon Obika in but with a tightening angle and no support the odds were always stacked against him – Forster saving the first shot before his defence mopped up as the striker tried to have another go. Another chance came when MacPherson fired in a cross but Obika was always stretching for it and the ball skidded off his head.

After his early saves, Hladky had had a pretty quiet second half but was back in action when he kept out Ntcham's drive as well as an attempt from Frimpong.

Jullien crudely brought Obika's run to a premature end with a wild swipe and was duly booked for his efforts, however the real punishment was yet to come. MacPherson's free-kick hit the top of the wall and Forster was unable to react before the ball ended up in the net.

It set up an exciting final few moments but Saints were always going to be up against it, especially with just two minutes of injury time, and they were unable to grab a second and earn a draw.

Full-Time: St Mirren 1-2 Celtic

St Mirren: Hladky, Flynn, P.McGinn, McLoughlin, Waters, Durmus (Andreu 65), Foley, MacPherson, Magennis (c), Morias (Cooke 82), Obika 
Subs Not Used: Lyness, S.McGinn, Djorkaeff, Jamieson, Mullen

Celtic: Forster, Frimpong, Jullien, Ajer, Bolingoli, McGregor, Brown (c), Forrest (Johnston 69), Ntcham, Christie, Edouard (Griffiths 87)
Subs Not Used: Gordon, Bauer, Taylor, Bitton, Rogic 

Referee: William Collum
Assistant Referee: Douglas Ross
Assistant Referee: Andrew McWilliam
Fourth Official: Barry Cook

Attendance: 6,797

Jim Goodwin gives reaction to Saints' narrow 2-1 loss at home to Celtic this afternoon.

Saints play host to Celtic in a Boxing Day clash at the Simple Digital Arena.

FORM

St Mirren - DDWLLL

Celtic - WWWWWW

The Buddies are unbeaten in their last three having beaten Hamilton Accies and drawn with Livingston and St Johnstone. 

Saints last win at home was last month when Sam Foley's late strike gave Jim Goodwin's side a 2-1 win over Ross County.

Celtic's 2-1 win over Aberdeen on Saturday was the Hoops' 10th straight Ladbrokes Premiership win. 

Neil Lennon's side have only dropped five points so far this season drawing 1-1 away to Hibernian while losing 2-0 to Livingston - both in October.

PREVIOUS

Celtic were 2-0 winners when the sides met at Celtic Park in October with Mohamed Elyounoussi and James Forrest scoring for Neil Lennon's men. 

That was also the scoreline when the Hoops last visited Paisley with Timothy Weah and Ryan Christie netting back in March.

St Mirren's last league win over Celtic was the famous 4-0 win in 2010 where Andy Dorman and Steven Thomson each scored a brace to defeat Tony Mowbray's Hoops side. 

The Buddies last picked up a point against Celtic with a 0-0 draw at the Simple Digital Arena in September 2018 in what was ex-manager Oran Kearney's first match in charge.

TEAM NEWS

Kirk Broadfoot, Gary MacKenzie and Kyle McAllister are all set to miss out for Saints.

MANAGER'S THOUGHTS

"Celtic have been playing extremely well and even in the games they're not playing so well they still manage to find a way to win the game. 

"It's going to be extremely difficult we know that. I think we have to take a little bit of hope from what Livingston did back in October albeit they have won every domestic game since then.

"There is always a chance. You've got to go into it with a bit of belief knowing that it is going to be a long afternoon but also believing that you are going to get opportunities. 

"We have to make sure we go into the game well-organised and difficult to beat but also try to impose our game on them as well. It's trying to find that balance of being hard to beat but being adventurous enough to commit enough bodies forward where we can try and hurt them."

If you live outside the UK & Ireland, St Mirren TV is your way to watch Paisley’s Premiership club live in action each and every home match day.

This service, which is delivered by media students from the University of the West of Scotland, will cover all of St Mirren’s home games.

As usual the St Mirren TV team will be presenting all the action from the Simple Digital Arena when Celtic are the visitors for Thursday's Ladbrokes Premiership match.

If you want to tune in here is the info you will need:

St Mirren vs Celtic
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Thursday 26th December 2019
Kick-off: 3pm 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

Our match day programme, published in partnership with Curtis Sport, will be available from the Club Shop ahead of Thursday’s game.

This issue, for the Ladbrokes Premiership fixture against Celtic, is a 52 pager with a £3 cover price.

This latest edition includes the following:

Front Cover – Cammy MacPherson.
The Gaffer - Jim Goodwin looks back on recent games and ahead to the match-up with Celtic.
Last Time Out - Stuart Gillespie's report on the recent match against Livingston, pictures by Allan Picken.
The Opposition – Brian Corry runs the rule over the Celtic squad and manager.
St Mirren Programme Archive - Derek Drennan looks back on the programme for the 1959 Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic.
100 Seasons at the Top - Cairters Corner on St Mirren's fortunes in the years following the end of the Second World War.
They Played in the Stripes – David Cochran looks back on the St Mirren career of Andy Dorman.
English Title Winners - Liam Harding tells the tale of Brian Clough's title winning run with Derby County.
Centre Page Poster – Ilkay Durmus.
Fans Corner - Ticket prices, travel clubs update, match info and dates for fans to keep in their diary and fans music pick.
Player Kit Sponsors 2019/20 – Check in to see who is sponsoring your favourite player's shirt for the season.
Panda's Fun Page – Some puzzles to keep the youngsters entertained during the half-time break.
Football Bloody Hell - Part one of Alan Gallacher's annual quiz looking back on St Mirren over the last 12 months.
Stats and Picture Quiz - Player appearance stats for the season and picture quiz on St Mirren players who made at least 300 appearances for the club.
Street Stuff - The Festive timetable for the Street Stuff programme. 
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 Thursday’s match.

To buy this issue or to place your programme subscription for the 2019/20 season click HERE.

St Mirren vs Celtic
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Thursday 26th December 2019
Kick-off: 3:00pm

The match day officials for Thursday’s Ladbrokes Premiership fixture against Neil Lennon's Celtic side are as follows:

Referee: William Collum
Assistant Referee: Douglas Ross
Assistant Referee: Andrew McWilliam
Fourth Official: Barry Cook

If you are thinking about coming to the Simple Digital Arena for the first time on Thursday 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 3:00pm.

Season Tickets ARE valid for this game.

Match is all ticket – tickets will be on sale (subject to availability) UNTIL KICK OFF.

Tickets are on-sale now at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online to Season Ticket holders wishing to buy additional tickets or those registered on the ticketing website.

Family Stand season ticket holders have until 2:00pm on Monday 23rd December to secure tickets for our match against Celtic on Boxing Day at the reduced price of £10 for adults and £5 for concessions.

Any Family Stand season ticket holder who doesn't purchase by 2:00pm on Monday 23rd December will have to pay full price of £27 for adults and £17 for concessions.

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

Wed, Dec 25th - CLOSED
Thu, Dec 26th - 10:00am - 3:00pm (kick-off)

Ticket Office Phone No: (0141) 840-6130.
St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com.

Please note that the Club Shop is also open the same hours as the Ticket Office.

Ticket Prices

Adult - £27
Over 65 - £17
13-17 - £17
Under 12s - £17

Matchday Club Policies (click links for more info)

Unacceptable Conduct

Supporters Code of Conduct

Visitor Information

The St Mirren Reserves are in SPFL Reserve League action this afternoon (23rd December) as they play host to Motherwell.

Kick-off is 2pm at the St Mirren Training Ground and entry is FREE! 

To find out more about the SPFL Reserve League please click here.

Family Stand season ticket holders have until 2pm on Monday 23rd December to secure tickets for our match against Celtic on Boxing Day at the reduced price of £10 for adults and £5 for concessions. 

Any Family Stand season ticket holder who doesn't purchase by 2pm on Monday 23rd December will have to pay full price of £27 for adults and £17 for concessions.

St Mirren vs Celtic
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Thursday 26th December 2019
Kick-off: 3pm

Ticket Prices

Adults - £10
Concessions/13-17 - £5

*Children with under 12 season tickets will be moved free of charge with a paying adult/concession season ticket holder.
**Wheelchair users free of charge.

Please note these cannot be purchased online. They can only be purchased by visiting the ticket office or over the phone.