The St Johnstone and St Mirren match originally scheduled for Saturday 16th March has been rearranged.

The original match was postponed due to an unplayable surface.

The game will now take place on Wednesday 27th March at McDiarmid Park.

The new fixture details are below.

St Johnstone v St Mirren
Ladbrokes Premiership
Venue: McDiarmid Park, Perth
Date: Wednesday 27th March 2019
Kick-off: 7:45pm

Free, fun activities are available throughout the school holidays as Street Stuff hosts its popular Spring Break programme.

What's happening?
The Spring Break programme is back every weekday between Monday 1 April and Friday 12 April.

Gaming, sports and Youth Bus activities are available, with a free healthy meal thrown in at each session too.

Who can go and what does it cost?
It's available for anyone aged eight and above and....it's free!

When and where are the activities?

Monday 1 and 8 April (1.30pm-4.30pm)

Gleniffer HS and McMaster Centre Johnstone

Tuesday 2 and 9 April (1.00-5.00pm)

St Mirren FC Airdome

Wednesday 3 and 10 April (1.00-5.00pm)

St Mirren FC Airdome

Thursday 4 and 11 April (1.00-5.00pm)

St Mirren FC Airdome

Friday 5 and 12 April (1.30pm-4.30pm)

Linwood HS and St James PS Renfrew

Consent forms
Consent forms should be filled out in advance where possible, although they will be provided at the young person's first session.

They can be downloaded here.

What is Street Stuff?
Street Stuff is a diversionary project run in partnership between Renfrewshire Council, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Engage Renfrewshire and St Mirren Football Club.

The programme began in 2009 in Renfrewshire contributing to a reduction in youth disorder and anti-social behaviour by 75 percent over the first five years with a sustained reduction of 65 percent.

Kyle McAllister admits he was surprised to have been called up to the Scotland U21s, but says he is relishing the opportunity.

The 20 year-old was drafted into the squad last week for matches against Mexico and Sweden in Marbella over the next week. 

He believes it shows he has done well at Saints and is hoping to grasp the chance to earn more opportunities going forward.

It is good for me," McAllister said.

"I have been out for a long time so I think it is recognition for me and the way that I have been playing.

"It is also going to help my confidence between now and the end of the season.

"I didn’t expect it to be honest. I didn’t think I would get the call at this moment, after playing so little games, that I would be in the U21s squad.

"Hopefully, it is just the start of something and I continue to get better and better.

"Having previously played for the U17s, then being out for two years, I never expected this to come so quick.

"But it shows that I am playing well and that they trust me. It is good to be back involved.

"It is a great reward to get this chance. I think for anybody it would be a nice reward, but after being out for so long, it is an even better reward for me. I never expected it.

"When you see Scotland squads being announced, and it is players that have been playing for the past two years straight when I’ve just been sitting there, it feels good to be picked."

The winger began his professional career at Saints, making his debut at the age of 17 in a Championship match against Queen of the South in 2016.

He soon became a first team regular and his impressive form won him a move to English Championship side Derby County. 

While injuries have disrupted his time at the Rams, McAllister returned to the Buddies in January on loan until the end of the season and says he returned a better player than when he left.

I feel great," he said. "I thought I would maybe struggle with my legs but they are getting better and better each week.

"Hopefully I can play every single game between now and the end of the season.

"When I moved there, I became a lot stronger – especially as a person.

"I’m a better than I was when I first left St Mirren, despite being out so long, so that’s a positive as well."

Saints currently sit at the bottom of the Ladbrokes Premiership with nine matches remaining. 

The Buddies are a point off 11th place Dundee and seven from 10th placed Hamilton. 

But McAllister is confident that the team can stay in the league if they continue to perform the way they have in recent weeks.

I think we will stay up.

"The way we have performed since I’ve came in has been positive.

"Sometimes you need to scrape out victories and draws, and I think we need to get a few of them against the bigger teams."

The next generation of Europe’s star footballers will be coming to the Simple Digital Arena this week, as the Scotland Men's Under-17s play host to Portugal and Russia in the Elite Round of the UEFA U17s European Championship. 

It's the first matches in the Elite Round group stage with Scotland aiming to be on of 15 teams to qualify from the groups for the Championships in Ireland in May. 

The matches taking place at The Simple Digital Arena are as follows:

MD1: Scotland v Portugal – Wednesday, 20 March 2019, 6pm, The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley.
MD2: Scotland v Russia – Saturday, 23 March 2019, 4pm, The Simple Digital Arena, Paisley.

Entry to both matches is free so come along and give the Scotland Men's Under-17s your support! 

St Mirren manager Oran Kearney admits he was frustrated that today's match against St Johnstone has been postponed, but believes the correct decision was made. 

Today's match was postponed due to an unplayable surface at McDiarmid Park, while there were also concern for spectator safety due to snow in the surrounding areas. 

It's very frustrating," he told stmirren.com.

"When you go through all the preparation and you're down into the excitement of game day and everything that comes with it it is obviously very disappointing.

"But I have seen photos of the pitch and to be honest even seeing photos of the roads when it gets to that point people's safety is more important so the correct decision has been made.

"We could sit here and cry about the game not being on but if the ref was the push on with the game and somebody was to pick up an injury we'd have been the first people to turn round and say the game shouldn't have been played. We can't have it both ways."

Saints are not set to be back in action until Saturday 30th March due to the international break.

Kyle McAllister, Duckens Nazon, Anders Dreyer and Jordan Holmes are away with on international duty and those who remain will train as usual, but will get an extra day off next weekend.

We do have to wait a period of time before our next game and we had come into a decent run of performances.

"We have four players away on international duty so we've wished them all the best this morning and hope they return safely.

"For the ones who remain we'll get a bit of extra work done to try and sharpen up and go again. 

"We've a lot of players here from Europe now who are going four or five weeks without seeing family members so being ultra-conscious of that the way we have tried to manage this next two weeks we have condensed training into a few days and tried to give them a sort of long weekend off next weekend - Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

"Then the week after will be as normal leading into the next match."

The manager's family had travelled over this weekend and while he'll now get to spend some more quality time with them this afternoon, he confessed his son 

There is one unhappy boy, Luca, my son. He was absolutely champing at the bit and he was adamant with me that he would be in with the away fans and not in with the board in the soft seats.

"He was adamant Stephen McGinn would be taking him in with the away fans and he was looking forward to that and the drum and everything that goes with it.

"But that's football so for us now it looks like cinema and shopping!"

Today's scheduled Scottish Premiership match between St Johnstone and St Mirren has been postponed due to an unplayable pitch.

There were also concerns regarding the safety of spectators due to snow in the car park and surrounding areas in addition to road conditions for those travelling to Perth.

The game will be rescheduled in due course and played at a later date.

We apologise for the inconvenience this may have caused, and will update you with new date when it has been rearranged.

St Mirren manager Oran Kearney expects a difficult match when the Buddies travel to Perth tomorrow to face St Johnstone in the Ladbrokes Premiership. 

Saints have already faced the Perth side twice this season - once at McDiarmid and once at the Simple Digital Arena. 

Oran anticipates it being another stern challenge for the Buddies in our bid for Premiership survival and hopes the side can maintain recent good form heading into the final nine games of the season.

It'll be another tough game," Oran said.

"We have played them twice this season and both games have been really tough.

"It's not rocket science to see the job Tommy [Wright] has done up there and how well he has them organised.

"We have got to try and hit that same level again. We've got to get close to where we have been in the last few weeks and make sure we are up around that level if we are to get anything out of that game. 

"We have nine games left and 27 points to play for so it's in our hands. It's not panic stations, there's no big histrionics or anything else.

"Everybody is aware of the scenario we are in, but everybody is also aware of what it is going to take to get us out of that scenario.

"We've had our biggest points haul all season over the last month. It's so important that we keep that level of consistency that we are starting to find." 

The gaffer made a number of changes to the squad in January with a number of players leaving the club, while the likes of Vaclav Hladky, Mihai Popescu, Mateo Muzek, Duckens Nazon and more were added. 

He believes that Saints are beginning to see the best of the new boys now they have started to settle at the club and praised them for what they have brought to the team.

The new players that have come in have all done extremely well and are all improving game-by-game.

"They came in with some obstacles on the pitch and some obstacles off the pitch in terms of language and everything else.

"As all of that starts to even itself out and settle itself down you are hoping we start to see the best of these guys and for me that has been quite apparent in the last few games."

The Buddies will be without captain Stephen McGinn after the skipper aggravated a hernia issue just prior to kick-off in Monday night's match against Kilmarnock. 

Other than that, the manager expects the squad to be the same that faced Kilmarnock.

Stephen McGinn won't be available for selection as he has had a minor operation for a hernia. Apart from that it will be the same squad from Monday night."

It’s the battle of the Saints tomorrow as St Mirren make the trip to Perth to face St Johnstone on matchday 30 of the Ladbrokes Premiership.

FORM

The Paisley Saints go into tomorrow's match undefeated in our last two away matches.

A 2-2 draw with Aberdeen last month was followed up by a 1-1 draw at Tynecastle. Since those away matches there has been a 1-0 win over Livingston and a 1-0 loss to Kilmarnock at the Simple Digital Arena.

St Johnstone, meanwhile, have only picked up a solitary point in their last seven Premiership matches. That came in a 0-0 draw with Rangers at Ibrox in February. 

Since their last win - a 1-0 triumph over Livingston in January - the Perth Saints have lost to Livingston, Hibernian, Aberdeen, Hamilton Academical, Celtic (twice) and Hearts in the league. 

They come into tomorrow's match having lost 3-1 to Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Arena last Saturday.

PREVIOUS

This will be the third meeting of the sides this season. 

Our first visit to Perth this season saw the home side win 2-0 thanks to second half goals from David Wotherspoon and Matty Kennedy. 

St Johnstone visited Paisley on Boxing Day and left with all the points after an 89th minute goal from Tony Watt gave them a 1-0 win. 

Indeed, St Johnstone have won the last four meetings between the two sides with the Buddies last victory over St Johnstone coming at McDiarmid Park in October 2014 when goals from Jason Naismith and Adam Drury gave us a 2-1 win. 

WHAT A WIN WOULD MEAN

A win would see the Buddies move into 11th place, two points clear of Dundee who play Celtic on Sunday.

Depending on Hamilton Accies' result at home to Hearts, the Paisley Saints could go to within a point of the 10th placed Lanarkshire side. 

Even a draw for Saints would see us move into 11th ahead of Dundee on goal difference before they play. 

St Johnstone are looking for three points to keep their top six hopes alive.

The Perth side are currently eighth in the table - four points behind sixth place Hibernian with four games to go until the split. 

TEAM NEWS

Greg Tansey could return to the squad after serving a two-match suspension, but Stephen McGinn is out for after going through a minor operation this week.

Deputy goalkeeper Jordan Holmes is away with Australia on international duty while Danny Rogers, Lee Hodson and Kyle Magennis remain out.

Please note that football centres are off at the dome tomorrow, due to ongoing maintenance at the facility.

St Mirren in the Community apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 16th March) St Mirren head to Perth for a Ladbrokes Premiership match-up with St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.

The info on Travel Clubs heading to McDiarmid Park for the match is as follows:

North End Travel Club

The bus to Perth will leave the Sneddon at 12:45pm.

Bus tickets are available in the Brewer's Tap, £6 each.

Tile Bar Supporters Bus

The bus is leaving Abercorn Street at 11:15am for the game against St Johnstone.

Bus tickets are available from the bar.

Chivas Travel Club

The bus for Perth will leave the Court Bar at 11:30am.

We will be visiting the Muirton Lounge at St Johnstone before the game which is a family facility and children are welcome.

Bus tickets are on sale now from behind the bar.

Cockles Wilson Supporters Bus

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