First Scorer Competition

Paisley Panda is pleased to confirm that 'First Scorer' will be back for the game on Saturday against Ross County.

'First Scorer' lets fans predict in advance of the game who they think will score St Mirren's first goal in Saturday's match against Ross County.

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.

Man of the Match Vote

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 and they must collect their voucher immediately after the match.

So get yourself ready on the hour mark of Saturday's match and get voting with #SMFCMOM.

Bung a Baw

Paisley Panda will host the ever-popular match day competition 'Bung a Baw' during the half-time break of Saturday’s match against Ross County.

To take part in 'Bung a Baw' fans need to purchase a small foam ball which is numbered and they will then have a chance to throw their ball towards our club mascot Paisley Panda in front of the Family Stand. Each person will have 60 seconds to do this and the winner will be the person who has thrown the ball closest to the feet of the Panda. The winner will be confirmed over the PA system.

The competition is sponsored by Glen-Bun Bakery who are supplying a full tray of yummy cakes as the prize for the contest winner.

The competition this week is FREE to enter. The balls will be available from sellers inside the Family Stand in the 30 minutes leading up to kick-off and then again in the first 5 minutes of half-time before the competition starts (subject to availability). Each ball is numbered and participants will also get a ticket with the corresponding number which they will use to claim the prize if they win.

‘Bung a Baw’ continues to be very popular so Paisley Panda advises that you get in early on Saturday to get your ball to take part.

As well as taking care of ‘Bung a Baw’, Paisley Panda will be giving away sweets to the kids in and around the stadium courtesy of the Black and White Army website.

The St Mirren Fans Council Panda Club is back for this Saturday's match against Ross County.

The St Mirren Fans Council Panda Club is held within the Airdome two hours prior to kick off at every home game on a Saturday or Sunday, with exception of matches against Celtic and Rangers.

Our great team of friendly coaches take the kids, aged between 3-12 years, for fun, games & tournaments with prizes and surprises aplenty!

AND after all that the kids get a ticket to watch the game with our coaches for FREE!

We have a new Panda Club Membership package available which is a one-off fee of £75 for the season and will provide each child with a healthy Buddie snack box at each game PLUS a goody bag, training top and membership card. 

Alternatively, parents can pay £5 per child per two hour session. Season ticket holders and families with more than one child will qualify for a 20% discount.

For more information on the St Mirren Fans Council Panda Club please call us on (0141) 889-2558 EXT 6124 or e-mail communitytrust@stmirren.com 

St Mirren vs Ross County
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Saturday 23rd November 2019
Kick-off: 3:00pm

The match day officials for Saturday's match against the Dingwall side are as follows:

Referee: Euan Anderson
Assistant Referee: David McGeachie
Assistant Referee: Ralph Gordon
Fourth Official: William Collum

If you are thinking about coming to The Simple Digital Arena for the first time on Saturday 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).

Ross County fans can purchase their tickets (subject to availability) from the window at the away end of the ground (North Stand) from 1:30pm to kick-off time (3:00pm).

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:

Fri, 22nd Nov: 10:00am to 2:00pm
Sat, 23rd Nov: 10:00am to 3:00pm (kick-off)

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

Sat, 23rd Nov: 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

Regular time slots are available for hire at the St Mirren Airdome.

The St Mirren airdome is fully lit and houses a 60m by 30m astroturf surface.

For further information and to book the dome please contact Janis White on 0141-889-2558 or email info@stmirren.com.

St Mirren are back in action at the Simple Digital Arena on Saturday for the first time in over a month and that means a return for our matchday entertainment. 

Paisley Panda and the St Mirren Supporter Liaison Officers have a range of different activities taking place from 1:30pm outside the Family Stand which are open to all. 

Among the activities involved are:

*Football skills zone
*Magician
*Live music 
*Face painting
*Balloon Modelling
*Free sweets from the Panda sponsored by Black & White Army
*Bung a Baw sponsored by Glen Bun bakery
*Pick the winning team and win £100 on our giant football card
*Win donuts by predicting who will score #saints1stgoal 
*Vote for #SMFCMOM and be in with a chance of winning a voucher for the club shop.

All fans are welcome to attend, so get yourself along to the Family Stand from 1:30pm on Saturday to get involved!  

St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation in conjunction with SPFL Trust are delighted to announce they will be hosting a Festive Friends event within the stadium on Christmas Day.

Festive Friends is a wonderful community program created to accommodate elderly people, and those in need, who will be isolated and alone on Christmas Day.

The fun-filled festivities will commence at 12 noon where all of our senior Buddies will be shown into the 1877 lounge, we will have live music & games, some Saint's legends dropping by to share fond memories of St Mirren's history, the provision of a delicious Christmas dinner and a visit from father Christmas & helpers to give all a hand made gift.

St Mirren FC Charitable Foundation wish to invite all of the fans, local community, business partners and friends to nominate individuals they wish to attend the event and nominations are now open, simply email gayle.brannigan@stmirren.com to enter.

To add to the magic and ensure the success of the day we will require small Christmas gifts to be donated and also additional funds to be raised. The more funds we raise and the more gifts we receive the more nominations we can accept.

Should you wish to donate a gift or volunteer as helper or driver on the day please email gayle.brannigan@stmirren.com or call us on 0141-889-2558 ext 6124 or visit our JustGiving page where we are looking to raise £1500.

We are pleased to announce that we are now offering digital/print at home tickets for matches at the Simple Digital Arena.

The process is straight forward with digital tickets accessed through your smfctickets.co.uk account.

To access digital tickets for home matches, please follow the below instructions. 

Step 1 - Go into your Account tab at the top of the page.

Step 2 - Select the Purchase History tab.

Step 3 -  Select the appropriate Transaction ID for the game you are attending.

Step 4 -  Scroll down and select the view button at the bottom right hand side of the page.

Step 5 -  Select the Download Digital Ticket and your ticket will be shown on the screen.

Step 6 -  Your ticket will look like this. 

Entry with our digital tickets is easy! When entering the stadium you simply put the barcode underneath the turnstile scanner's red illuminated beam and this will allow you entry as it would with a normal paper ticket. 

Please note - anyone who has any issues with digital tickets on match day is urged to contact their nearest steward.

St Mirren skipper Stephen McGinn says the Buddies are looking forward to being back at the Simple Digital Arena as they aim to bounce back from Saturday's disappointing 5-2 loss away to Hearts.

While Saints aren't in action this weekend due to the international break, they'll face two home games in the space of four days when Ross County and Hibernian visit Paisley in a little over a week's time.

And coming off the back of three away losses in a row, Stephen believes it will be a welcome relief being back at home where the Buddies have only lost one game and one goal all season.

It’ll be nice to be back home," Stephen told stmirren.com.

"Our away record is not good and it’s something we really need to address, but we like playing at home. We are good at home and with back-to-back home games coming up we need to put points together and good performances.

"Everyone in that dressing room is desperate to get Saturday out of our system.

"St Mirren Park always has to be a fortress and I feel it is always a hard place for teams to go to. It’s something we are proud of and something we want to continue. We don’t want Ross County to come down next week and enjoy coming to Paisley.

"We’ll approach it as we do every game and try to win the game. But there’s probably an added significance with the three losses we’ve just had away from home.

"It’s not nice when you look at the table and it’s not nice when people ask how you are doing and you have to tell them we are bottom of the league, but I don’t feel like we are the worst team in the league.

"We’ve got a game in hand, we’ve got games coming up thick and fast over the Christmas period and we want to try to put results together. If we can we’ll quickly find ourselves where we feel we should be."

The Buddies have been praised for a defensive record that, prior to Saturday's match against Hearts, was only bettered by first and second placed Celtic and Rangers. 

Saints had only conceded 11 goals in their opening nine league matches, but were left shocked as they conceded five at Tynecastle on Saturday.

Stephen admits it was disappointing and the players have to prove it was a one-off. 

We want to make sure that was just a blip and it won't ever happen again," he said.

"It was strange because at half-time we are well in the game and at times we were pretty comfortable at a difficult venue but we were losing 3-2. We have not lost goals like that all season so it was a bit of a shell-shocked dressing room at half-time. 

"We have taken a lot of credit as a team for our defensive record and we are gutted to have lost so many goals, especially the manner of the goals. There were some really poor goals we lost, uncharacteristic goals.

"We lost the third and fourth goals at terrible times and ultimately it cost us the game.

"The one right before half-time we were really disappointed with and then 30 seconds into the second-half you are 4-2 down and the reaction after that wasn't great. It turned out to be a really disappointing day.

"We have to make sure it doesn’t happen again and react better. Goals are so hard to come by in this league that we can’t afford to give them away at the other end."

The captain admitted he can understand fans frustrations as the Buddies find themselves at the bottom of the league.

But he emphasised their importance and knows Saints can count on their backing.

The fans will stick with us," he said.

"If ever a group of fans were going to turn on a team it was last year and they didn’t. They stuck with us right to the end and we both got our rewards together.

"They were brilliant again on Saturday and they have been brilliant in my whole time at the club.

"I’ve no doubt that they will stick with us and when Ross County come to our place a week on Saturday the place will be rocking and they’ll get behind us like every other Saturday."

Saturday's match away to Hearts saw Stephen made his 198th appearance in the black and white of St Mirren.

The skipper says he's been aware of being close to the 200 mark and given his affinity for the club he's full of pride as he approaches the milestone.

It’s something I’m really proud of," he confessed. 

"When I was a young player in the youth team here I was just dying to get one game and then you are dying to get two games so to get to 200 at this club means a lot to me and it will be great to finally hit that mark.

"The last two and a half years have been amazing," he continued.

"There have been low times but I have loved every minute since I have come back. People say don’t go back but I couldn’t disagree more. It’s a place I know well and it means a lot to me.  Every win feels twice as good because it’s here and all the memories I am now wracking up here.

"On a personal level reaching 200 games for this club is something I’m really proud of."

Tickets for next weekend's match are on-sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online. 

We are also giving clubs/groups the chance to attend our upcoming home matches against Ross County and Livingston at a reduced price.

Two adults and up to 20 under-12s can attend either match for just £24 or can take advantage of our special double offer to attend both matches for just £36. 

The St Mirren FC Youth Academy are offering a fantastic opportunity for a Head of Football Science & Medicine to oversee the academy youth squads (U11-U18) and the Reserve League squad.

Reporting to the Youth Academy Director, the successful candidate will be given the platform to work in a vibrant, intelligent & challenging sporting environment with the potential to develop and become the best at what you do. 

The role will be on a full-time permanent basis.

You will be a highly reliable and enthusiastic individual who is able to motivate and enthuse others. You will also be willing to work irregular hours to include evenings and weekends, (as and when games are scheduled).

You will also be a positive role model within the club, have exceptional record keeping & organisational skills, and be willing to travel to away games with the squads.

In addition to working with the Reserve League and Academy squads, you will have the opportunity to manage the Youth Academy Physiotherapy Clinic and work with our highly-skilled first team physiotherapist to gain invaluable experience of working within  a professional sporting environment, assessing acute injuries and developing and progressing rehabilitation programmes.

Duties Include

• Provide pitch side physiotherapy at both home and away matches
• Assess acute injuries
• Devise appropriate rehabilitation programmes
• Attend the Youth Academy Physiotherapy Clinic
• Attend staff in-service training

Essential Qualifications

• BSc Physiotheraphy
• MSc Physiotherapy, Sports Science or related field.
• Three years working experience
• HCPC Registration
• Sports First Aid Certificate (Recognised by the Scottish FA)
• Membership with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG)

Salary

Competitive dependent on experience and qualifications.

How to Apply

Please send a CV with covering letter to recruitment@stmirren.com. 

The St Mirren Reserves are in action this afternoon (12th November) as they travel to St Andrews to face Dundee United in the SPFL Reserve League.

Kick-off at Whitton Park, Broughty Ferry is 2pm. 

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