The next meeting of The St Mirren Business Club is due to take place in the Westmarch Suite at the Simple Digital Arena on Thursday 10th October.

Our guest speaker on the evening will be none other than St Mirren manager Jim Goodwin.

5.30pm - 6pm 
Tea, coffee and refreshments served

6.30pm - 7 pm
Presentation by St Mirren manager, Jim Goodwin

7pm - 8pm
Networking

The Business Club offers the chance for our sponsors and business partners the opportunity to network in unique surroundings.

Events are held frequently, taking different formats and with a selection of quality guest speakers covering a wide range of themes.

The Business Club is completely free to join with members receiving invites to a series of exclusive events throughout the year.

St Mirren Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy said: "The St Mirren Business Club is a unique and exciting opportunity to get like-minded local and national businesses together and gives our sponsors and business partners the opportunity to promote their businesses and services to each other."

If you are interested in attending the event or looking for more details please forward your full name and company details to commercial@stmirren.com or phone Commercial Manager Campbell Kennedy (direct) on 0141-840-1337.

Our family friendly Panda Express is back by popular demand for our upcoming away fixture against Motherwell at Fir Park this Saturday (5th October).

Bus tickets are priced at £7 per person and include crisps & juice as well as all the usual competitions with prizes!

The bus will depart the Simple Digital Arena at 1.30pm on Saturday.

To buy tickets or for more information please contact colin.bright@stmirren.com. 

St Mirren's home match against Celtic on Thursday 26th December will be shown on TV after being selected for live coverage on BT Sport.

The Buddies face Neil Lennon's side on Boxing Day at the Simple Digital Arena.

The full details for the fixture are as follows:

St Mirren v Celtic
Ladbrokes Premiership 
Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Thursday 26th December 2019
Live on BT Sport, 3pm kick-off

Supporters provided an incredible 1376kg of food at a foodbank collection before our recent home match against Hamilton Academical in the Ladbrokes Premiership.

The donations will provide 3,276 meals for people in need in Renfrewshire. 

In the generous bid to help feed those less fortunate in the Renfrewshire area, both sets of fans donated the food - along with St Mirren players and staff, after the Renfrewshire foodbank put together a list of items that is was particularly short on.

The Renfrewshire foodbank provide a three day supply of food for individuals and families in crisis for as long is required. As well as receiving nutritionally balanced, non-perishable food parcels, their volunteers will also take the time to offer all who attend a cup of tea or coffee and listen to them talk about their circumstances which is an essential part of making the visit a positive experience. 

In response to the overwhelming effort from the fans, the Renfrewshire foodbank wrote a letter to St Mirren supporters thanking them for the collection as the number of people needing help from the local foodbank continues to increase.

To learn more about the Renfrewshire Foodbank and the work that they do please visit www.renfrewshire.foodbank.org.uk.

The St Mirren Reserves picked up three SPFL Reserve League points yesterday following a thumping 6-0 win over Queen of the South.

Allan McManus' young Buddies were 3-0 up inside the first 15 minutes with Cammy Breadner opening the scoring on five minutes, quickly followed up by a double from striker Josh Jack.

Ethan Erhahon's cross-cum-shot made it 4-0 on 29 minutes before two goals in quick succession from Oan Djorkaeff and Jay Henderson deep into the second-half rounded out the scoring and moved Saints up to fourth place in the SPFL Reserve League. 

Following the win Head of Youth, Allan McManus said: "It was a really pleasing team performance.

"The boys were at it today and created loads of opportunities and were probably unlucky not to have scored more than they did."

The St Mirren Reserves are back in SPFL Reserve League action this afternoon when they host Queen of the South at the St Mirren Training Ground at Ralston.

Kick-off is at 2pm and entry is FREE so come along and show your support for the young Buddies.

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

Please note that the stadium offices, ticket office and club shop will all be closed this coming Monday (30th September). 

The stadium, ticket office and club shop will all be open as usual on Tuesday.

St Mirren had to settle for a point following this afternoon's 0-0 draw with Hearts at the Simple Digital Arena.

Both side had chances throughout the 90 minutes in an end-to-end contest that saw Tony Andreu have a first-half goal chopped off for offside.

Substitute Jon Obika almost won the game at the death for Saints, but a point was probably a fair result in the end.

Hearts came into the match on the back of a good week having beaten Hibernian in the Edinburgh derby last weekend, before qualifying for the Betfred Cup semi-finals on Wednesday night.

And the Jambos started the brighter of the two sides. Veteran striker Steven MacLean turned one just past the post on six minutes, before Michael Smith's piledriver from 35 yards drifted wide just a minute later. 

Saints began to grow into the game and a good driving run from Kyle Magennis on 12 minutes saw Joel Pereira get a strong hand on the low ball across to deny the midfielder. 

Just a minute later, Tony Andreu sent across a terrific ball from the right that just missed Ilkay Durmus who attempted to scissor-kick from 16 yards out. 

Junior Morias could have gone one-on-one with the goalkeeper, but failed to beat the Hearts defender in his way. The striker did manage to feed the ball wide for Durmus whose ball into the box was knocked agonisingly wide by Magennis. 

The Buddies thought they were in front on 26 minutes when Tony Andreu had the ball in the back of the net. The French forward picked up on a deflected effort inside the box and slotted home from close range. It was a late flag from linesman Douglas Ross, however, it appeared to be the right call.

Vaclav Hladky made a terrific block to deny Hearts substitute Christophe Berra as half-time approached. The experienced defender got on the end of a Jambos corner but the powerful effort was well denied by the Czech goalkeeper. Berra went close again just a few minutes later but his header was easy enough for Hladky. 

Aaron Hickey tested Hladky two minutes after the restart, but the long-range strike was well held by the goalkeeper. 

Both sides had opportunities throughout the 90 minutes, Tony Andreu fired over on 55 minutes before Hearts broke up the field and had a Callumn Morrison shot blocked by Calum Waters. 

Good work from Sam Foley fashioned a promising opportunity as he slipped the ball into the box to find Durmus, but the winger sent  his shot wide. 

Hearts should have scored with 15 minutes remaining when Uche Ikpeazu's terrific dinked ball caught out the Saints defence and found MacLean. Hladky was out quickly to close down the striker whose slight touch went over the bar. 

Both sides would have a further chance each to win the game in the final moments. Ikpeazu struck wide from close range after getting on the end of a low ball from Jake Mulraney.

Jon Obika had the final chance of the match deep into stoppage time. The English striker was sent racing through by Danny Mullen and did ever so well to hold off three Hearts players to get a shot away that curled agonisingly wide of the far post.

Full-Time: St Mirren 0-0 Hearts

St Mirren: Hladky, P.McGinn, Broadfoot, McLoughlin, Waters, Flynn, Foley, Magennis, Andreu (Mullen 62), Durmus (McAllister 70), Morias (Obika 62)
Subs Not Used: Lyness, MacKenzie, S.McGinn, Djorkaeff

Hearts: Pereira, Smith, Halkett (Berra 25), Hickey, Whelan, Damour (Irving 39), Mulraney, Morrison, Meshino (White 77), Ikpeazu, MacLean
Subs Not Used: Doyle, Bozanic, Clare, Keena

Referee: Andrew Dallas
Assistant Referee: Douglas Ross
Assistant Referee: Andrew McWilliam
Fourth Official: Greg Aitken

#SMFCMOM - Ryan Flynn

Attendance: 5,901

Saints manager Jim Goodwin gives his take on this afternoon's goalless draw at home to Hearts.

Saints play host to Hearts in the Ladbrokes Premiership this afternoon. 

The Edinburgh side make the journey across the M8 to face Saints at the Simple Digital Arena.

FORM

St Mirren come into today's match on the back of last weekend's 0-0 draw against Hamilton Academical at the Simple Digital Arena.

The Buddies were on top that afternoon but couldn't breakdown a stuffy Hamilton defence and had to settle for a point. 

Jim Goodwin's side sit in 10th place in the league having picked up four points from our opening six league matches. 

Hearts are in 8th place - a point above Saints. 

The Jambos picked up their first league win of the season last Sunday as they came from behind to beat rivals Hibernian 2-1 at Easter Road in the Edinburgh derby. 

Ex-Saint Stevie Mallan put Hearts behind, but late goals from Uche Ikpeazu and Aaron Hickey gave Craig Levein's side the Edinburgh bragging rights.

PREVIOUS

The two sides came up against each other three times last season with each side trading a win. 

The first meeting last season saw Hearts run out 4-1 winners at Tynecastle with Steven Naismith scoring a first-half hat-trick for the Jambos.

The Buddies were triumphant when Craig Levein's side made the journey to Paisley last November. Adam Hammill's wonder-strike had Saints in front just after the break and the Englishman notched again less than 10 minutes later to give us a 2-0 win.

The only meeting between the two sides in 2019 came back in February where it was a share of the spoils at Tynecastle. Clevid Dikamona gave the hosts the lead, but an own-goal from Sean Clare earned Saints a well deserved point in the capital. 

Saints are unbeaten in their last five home matches against Hearts with the last defeat at home to the Jambos coming in 2012.

Since that loss, the Buddies have won three - all by a 2-0 scoreline - and drawn two - both finishing 1-1.

TEAM NEWS

Gary MacKenzie returns to the squad after missing last weekend's draw with Hamilton, but Cody Cooke remains out.

MANAGER'S THOUGHTS

"I went to the derby on Sunday and went through to Tynecastle to watch them against Aberdeen. I thought in both games they were excellent and thought they were the better team on both occasions. 

"They are a very good side. They have some good strength in depth, they have players that can certainly cause you problems at the back.

"They had probably been lacking in confidence over the last couple of weeks but I think certainly those results that they have picked up in the last few days will have given them a lot of hope and a lot of belief."