St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Sean McLoughlin on loan until January subject to international clearance. 

The Irish centre-half joins the Buddies on the temporary deal from English Championship side Hull City. 

McLoughlin, 22, completed his move to Hull last week - signing for Grant McCann's side from League of Ireland side Cork City and now becomes Saints' sixth signing of the summer window. 

Capped at U21 level for the Republic of Ireland, McLoughlin told stmirren.com he's delighted to have joined up with the side and can't wait to start.

It came about a couple of days ago and I'm really excited to get up here," he said.

"I've still got a lot to learn but I'm looking forward to the challenge and looking forward to bettering myself and helping the team. 

"I know the Scottish league is a tough, challenging league.

"There's some massive teams, some massive games and a huge fanbase up here so it's definitely a great place to be and I'm really looking forward to it."

Speaking to the press yesterday, Saints manager Jim Goodwin said: "Sean is one that we knew about.

Gus [MacPherson] had watched him last season and I have contacts back in Ireland as well that we got really solid references from.

"We watched a lot of footage of him and he's tipped for big things so we are delighted to have him in the squad."

Tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 3rd August) St Mirren make the trip to Edinburgh for a Ladbrokes Premiership match-up with Hibernian at Easter Road Stadium.

The info on Travel Clubs heading to the Easter Road Stadium for the match is as follows:

Tile Bar Supporters Bus

The bus to Easter Road will leave Abercorn Street at 12:30pm.

All members' seats from last year will be kept for this game.

The Tile Bar bus is now sold out.

Chivas Travel Club

The bus for the match at Easter Road will leave the Court Bar at 1:00pm.

Anyone wishing to join the travel club should contact the Court Bar for details.

This bus is sold out.

North End Travel Club

The bus for the Hibs game will leave the Sneddon at 1:00pm.

Bus seat tickets are available in The Brewer's Tap, £7 each.

Cockles Wilson Supporters Bus

If you would like to travel on the bus please contact Fraser Burns on Facebook or twitter.

* The under 12 ticket is only available from the St Mirren Ticket Office up till 2:00pm on Friday 2nd August. It will not be available at Easter Road on the day of the match.

Tickets for this match are now on sale from the St Mirren Ticket Office.

Tickets will also be on sale on the day of the game from the ticket pod located at the South Stand at Easter Road which will be open from 1:00pm with cash and card options.

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

Additional Information for Travelling Fans
On Saturday (3rd August), St Mirren make the trip to the capital to face Hibernian in a Ladbrokes Premiership match-up at Easter Road Stadium.

The referee on Saturday is Euan Anderson and he will be assisted by Graeme Stewart and Craig Ferguson. The Fourth Official will be Steven Kirkland.

The SPFL has confirmed this morning that due to Aberdeen progressing to the third qualifying round of the Europa League that St Mirren's home Premiership match against the Dons on 10th August has now been put back till Sunday 11th August.

The game at the Simple Digital Arena will still kick-off at 3:00pm.

The full rescheduled match details are:

Sunday 11th August 2019
Ladbrokes Premiership
St Mirren v Aberdeen
Kick-off: 3:00pm
Simple Digital Arena

The St Mirren Ticket Office will be open tonight (Thursday 1st August) between 5pm-7pm for fans wishing to purchase tickets for Saturday's match away to Hibernian.

Hibernian have confirmed that they will have a ticket pod located at the South Stand on Saturday which will be open from 1pm with cash and card options for Saints fans.

Prices will be £23 for adults and £14 for concessions (Over 65, Student, under 18). The £12 under 12 ticket will not be available at the pod.

Any tickets purchased from the St Mirren ticket office must be picked up by 2pm on Friday 2nd August.

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Sam Foley on a two-year deal subject to international clearance.

The 32-year-old midfielder joins St Mirren on a free transfer having departed English League Two side Northampton Town at the end of last season.

Sam becomes the Buddies' fifth signing of the summer following the signatures of Dean Lyness, Tony Andreu, Oan Djorkaeff and Ilkay Durmus.

Speaking on his signing, Jim Goodwin said: "Sam is a good, experienced, central midfielder.

"He can play on the left and the right of midfield but I’m bringing him in to be a central midfielder.

"He gives us a bit of aggression, a bit of experience, has good energy & fitness levels and is a very tidy footballer.

"We can’t have enough of those types of players. You need good, honest, experienced professionals who are going to bring out the best in the younger kids."

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Ilkay Durmus on a two year-deal from Austrian side FC Wacker Innsbruck subject to international clearance.

Born in Germany, Ilkay had spells as a youth player at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and VfB Stuttgart before moving to Turkey to sign for Gençlerbirligi in 2012.

The wide midfielder, capped by Turkey up to U20 level, has also had spells at Antalyaspor, Floridsdorfer AC, SC Austria Lustenau and SV Ried.

Speaking to stmirren.com after taking part in his first training session, Ilkay said: "I’m happy to be here. I spoke to the manager and he told me about St Mirren and it was very positive.

"I looked at videos of St Mirren from last season and it looked good so I wanted to come here."

St Mirren manager Jim Goodwin said: "I’m delighted to have Ilkay in.

When I done my assessment on the team in my first couple of weeks I felt that we lacked a little bit of pace throughout the team. Ilkay gives us that in abundance.

"He is a very attack-minded, old-fashioned winger and players like that excite me and I think he’ll excite supporters as well.

"He’s direct, he’s positive, he puts a great ball in so he’s one to be very excited about.

"He’s a couple of weeks behind with regards to pre-season training but we’ll get him up to speed and I think he’s one that the fans will certainly get off their seats to watch.

"There’s been a lot hard work going on behind the scenes. I know people have wanted things to happen quicker and I’m the same. Tony [Fitzpatrick] wants things to happen quicker, Gus [MacPherson] wants things to happen quicker. Tony and Gus in particular are working very hard and I can't stress enough how good Tony and Gus have been for me in my first month in the job. 

"I've given them a long list and a list of players that may be sometimes is a little ambitious. But at the end of the day I want to bring in good players and I want to bring in players that will excite the fans and I want to make us more than competitive. 

"We’re doing all we can and we are making some very good offers to some very good players. I think the players we have already added have enhanced the group and I think the ones that we have identified will make us better again."

Tickets for St Mirren Colts' Caramel Wafer Cup First Round tie against East Kilbride on 6th August are now on sale from the St Mirren Ticket Office and the Online Ticket Shop.

We will only be opening the Main Stand for this match as demand is expected to be low.

St Mirren Colts v East Kilbride
Caramel Wafer Cup
Venue: The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley
Date: Tuesday 6th August 2019
Kick-off: 7:45pm

The tickets prices are as follows:

Adult - £10
Concession - £5
Under 16 - Free

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

Reporting to the Head of Youth Development, you will be given the platform to work in a vibrant, intelligent and 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 evening and weekends, (as and when games are scheduled). To be a positive role model within the club, have exceptional record keeping and 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/MSc in Physiotherapy 
• HCPC Registration
• Sports First Aid Certificate (Recognised by the Scottish FA)
• Membership with the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG)

Desirable Qualifications

• CSP Membership
• MSc in Sports Therapy/Medicine
• Experience of working in professional sport in a medical setting

Salary

Competitive Dependant on experience and qualifications.

How to Apply

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

Applications will close on Friday 23rd August 2019

Paul McGinn hopes supporters will continue to back the Buddies as they did last season ahead of next week's Ladbrokes Premiership opening match against Hibernian.

The defender, who was named St Mirren Player of the Year last season as Saints avoiding relegation via the play-offs, believes the fans' support was pivotal for the team last season.

And while he admits everyone is disappointed after being knocked out of the Betfred Cup, he hopes supporters will show the same encouragement when the league season gets underway.

It's normal to get frustrated," he told stmirren.com.

"As players we get frustrated as well especially when you are coming up against teams that are in leagues below us.

"But hopefully the fans will realise that the team that will be playing in the league will be different.

"I had always been at teams that if you were down near the bottom the fans were on your back straight away.

"It was pretty surreal that our fans weren't like that last season. I'm hoping that they will be the same again this season and in the low points they'll be behind us. We do really appreciate it."

McGinn says the Buddies have to move on from the Betfred Cup exit, but pointed out that other Premiership teams have struggled in it this season due to how quickly the competition comes around.

A few of the other Premiership teams were the same," he said.

"That's what happens when you don't get much of a break and with the new cup you are straight in at the deep end. There's no time to work on sharpness or anything like that so you just need to live with it and hope you get the better of the other teams. We didn't and we just need to take it on the chin and get on with it. 

"We've had three or four games in nine days so the sharpness should be there now. Even though it's a small squad just now the boys at the heart of it should be sharp now and there are no excuses."