St Mirren came agonisingly close to taking a point at Celtic Park, but a late goal from Luke McCowan saw the home side take the points on the opening day of the season. 

Celtic had most of the chances, but Saints defended resolutely and could have grabbed a share of the spoils if not for McCowan's 87th minute deflected strike.

The hosts didn't cause too much trouble in the opening stages despite seeing the majority of the ball. A tame header from Adam Idah was easy for Shamal George in the Saints net, while the striker sent another header over a few minutes later. 

Celtic should have taken the lead on 19 minutes when a quick free-kick from Hoops captain Callum McGregor sent Daizen Maeda racing clear on goal. The forward rounded George but couldn't find the target from the angle. A minute later, Celtic threatened again when a dangerous low cross from Alastair Johnston on the right had to be cut out by Jayden Richardson in what a terrific piece of defending by the Saints number two. 

The Buddies were certainly in the game and a searching ball over the top from Richard King found Killian Phillips in the Celtic area. The Irishman tried to bring it down to fashion the opportunity but was quickly crowded out by his fellow countryman Liam Scales who denied him the chance to get a shot away. 

Mark O'Hara tested Kasper Schmeichel a little after the half hour mark with a curling effort from 20 yards. The Saints skipper took aim for the top corner but saw the Danish goalkeeper at full-stretch to push away. The Hoops were inches away from grabbing the lead in the final moments of the first-half when George made a good save to touch Benjamin Nygren's shot onto the bar before Saints managed to clear.

Stephen Robinson made a change at the interval with the introduction of forward Jonah Ayunga in place of midfielder Fraser Taylor. The Saints striker had a decent chance on the counter 10 minutes after the restart, but his effort was easy for Schmeichel to gather. That came just a few minutes after George got a strong hand to a low shot from McGregor. 

The home side almost took the lead in freak circumstances just before the hour mark when a speculative effort from Reo Hatate deflected off Marcus Fraser and almost looped in over George. It came back off the post before striking the Saints goalkeeper and drifting out for a corner. 

Saints' resistance was broken when McGregor looked to have given the hosts the lead with around 20 minutes remaining. O'Hara couldn't get the ball clear and that saw McGregor find the ball before drilling into the net from the edge of the area. However, a VAR check disallowed the goal after the ball twice struck the Celtic captain's arm before the strike. Two minutes later, Idah rattled the post as the home side looked to up the intensity heading into the final part of the match. 

A triple substitution on 79 minutes saw Tunmise Sobowale, Oisin Smyth and Evan Mooney come on for Saints. And within two minutes of their introduction, the trio combined with Sobowale eventually finding Smyth unmarked in the Celtic box. The midfielder looked poised to put the Buddies ahead, only for his goalbound effort to be blocked by Johnston. 

Celtic would nab a winner with just three minutes of normal time remaining. The ball was worked to McCowan who took a touch to steady himself before lashing into the bottom corner with the aid of a deflection off a Saints player. It was a bitter blow given how well Stephen Robinson's men had played, but the overall performance is sure to give the Buddies boss cause for optimism for the season ahead. 

Full-Time: Celtic 1-0 St Mirren

St Mirren: George, Fraser, Gogic, King (Dijksteel 90), Richardson (Sobowale 79), Phillips, Taylor (Ayunga 46), O'Hara (c), John, Idowu (Smyth 79), Mandron (Mooney 79)
Subs Not Used: Mullen, Freckleton, McMenamin, Calvin

Celtic: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Tierney (Trusty 65), McGregor (c), Nygren (McCowan 78), Hatate (Engels 78), Yang (Forrest 59), Maeda, Idah (Kenny 78)
Subs Not Used: Sinisalo, Ralston, Bernardo, Yamada

Referee: Don Robertson
Assistant Referee: David Dunne
Assistant Referee: Craig Ferguson
VAR: Greg Aitken

Stephen Robinson has named his starting lineup for today's William Hill Premiership opener away to Celtic. 

Saints kick-off our 2025/26 league season against champions Celtic at Celtic Park and the manager has named an unchanged starting 11 from last weekend's 2-1 win over Ayr United in the Premier Sports Cup last weekend. 

There are league debuts for Shamal George, Richard King and Jayden Richardson, while St Mirren Youth Academy graduate Fraser Taylor retains his place to make his third start of the season. 

St Mirren: George, Fraser, Gogic, King, Richardson, Phillips, Taylor, O'Hara (c), John, Idowu, Mandron
Subs: Mullen, Freckleton, Sobowale, Smyth, McMenamin, Dijksteel, Calvin, Ayunga, Mooney

Celtic: Schmeichel, Johnston, Carter-Vickers, Scales, Tierney, McGregor (c), Nygren, Hatate, Yang, Maeda, Idah
Subs: Sinisalo, Trusty, Ralston, McCowan, Bernardo, Engels, Forrest, Kenny, Yamada

We travel to Celtic Park on Sunday as our 2025/26 William Hill Premiership campaign gets underway. 

Saints make the journey to Glasgow to face Brendan Rodgers' Celtic side who will unfurl the league flag prior to kick-off. 

Please note that there will be a moment of applause prior to kick-off to mark the passing of former Celtic players John Clark and John Fallon. Please observe these with respect.

Match Details

Celtic v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Sunday 3rd August 2025
Kick-off: 4:30pm
Venue: Celtic Park
Live on Sky Sports

Supporter Info

• There will be no sales or collection available on matchday or at Celtic Park. Tickets had to be collected at the St Mirren Ticket Office by 12 noon on Friday. 
• Access for the disabled section/ambulatory disabled fans will be through the gate as advised on the tickets.
• Disabled Parking is behind East Stand. For our disabled fans, Celtic have clarified that you must be in the car park by no later than 90 mins before kick off as the police close the road. Please ensure that you have booked your car parking space with Celtic direct.
• Please enter the stadium in a timely manner to avoid crowd issues due to projected increased foot fall around the stadium and Celtic Way.
• Away turnstiles will open at 3:30pm.
• Turnstiles 66-67 will be used for St. Mirren supporters.
• Kiosks will be contactless only.
• Coaches to park on Springfield Road as usual. Please follow any police instructions.
• Flags should be within regulations and must have a fire certificate.
• No offensive or political flags will be allowed. Please display all flags/banners to the CCTV cameras before entering the stadium.
• No balaclavas or face coverings will be allowed on entering or within the stadium. Refusal of entry/ejection will occur if face coverings are seen.
• No pyro of any description or megaphone.
• No bags bigger than A4 allowed.
• No surfing banners or telescopic poles allowed.
• The drum will be searched and must fit through the turnstile.
• Searching will be in place.
• Any inebriated fans will not be allowed to enter the stadium.
• No smoking anywhere inside the stadium but Celtic have advised us of the smoking trial outside at half time.

How to Follow

If you can't make the match on Sunday you can follow the action with updates on our X page.

The match is available to watch live on Sky Sports. 

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription.

It has today been confirmed that our Premier Sports Cup last 16 tie against Hearts will take place on Saturday 16th August with a 3pm kick-off. 

Saints progressed to the round of 16 after winning Group D. 

Full ticketing arrangements will be announced on stmirren.com in due course. 

Match Details

St Mirren v Hearts
Competition: Premier Sports Cup
Date: Saturday 16th August 2025
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

Our 2025/26 William Hill Premiership season gets underway this weekend as we take on Celtic on Sunday.

Saints begin the new campaign as they ended the previous one - with a trip to Celtic Park. 

Match Details

Celtic v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Sunday 3rd August 2025
Kick-off: 4:30pm 
Venue: Celtic Park
Live on Sky Sports

Tickets

There are still tickets remaining for our opening William Hill Premiership match of the season as we face Celtic at Celtic Park on Sunday.

Tickets are available at the St Mirren Ticket Office until 12 noon on Friday and must be collected by this point. There will be no sales or collection available on matchday or at Celtic Park.

For full ticket info please click HERE.

Form

Saints were a whisker away from taking all three points at Celtic Park on the final day of season 2024/25. Jonah Ayunga's second-half goal gave us the lead on trophy day in the east end of Glasgow, but an injury-time leveller from James Forrest saw the hosts snatch a share of the spoils. 

Stephen Robinson's men go into Sunday's match having won Group D in the Premier Sports Cup with wins over Ayr United, Annan Athletic and Forfar Athletic. That, coupled with an unbeaten run to finish last season, means Saints haven't lost in any of their last 10 competitive fixtures.

Sunday's match is Celtic's first competitive match of the new season. Brendan Rodgers' side had a mixed pre-season with victories over Queen's Park, Cork City, Sporting CP and Newcastle United, a draw with Al-Ahli as well as defeats to Estrela Amadora and Ajax. 

The hosts will unfurl the league flag prior to kick-off.

The Officials

Don Robertson is the referee on Sunday with Greg Aitken on VAR duty.

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Malik Dijksteel from Cork City for an undisclosed fee subject to international clearance. 

The 24-year-old had recently signed a pre-contract agreement that would have seen him join Saints in January following the expiry of his contract at Cork. However, the club has moved to bring Malik to The SMiSA Stadium early on a contract until summer 2028.

The Dutch winger, who came through the academy at Feyenoord where he played alongside the likes of Jurrien Timber and Joshua Zirkzee, has made 11 appearances for Cork this season, scoring one goal.

After completing his move, Malik told stmirren.com: "I’m delighted.

"It’s good that I can join now and have a full season here. It allows me to get to know the manager and get to know how he works.

"The manager said he wants me to be me and be the player that I am. He wants me to beat players, excite the fans and work hard. That’s what you want to hear as a winger.

I got to do my first session today. It’s a good squad and everyone is very welcoming. The quality in the group is very good as well.

"I’ve watched some of the games on TV. You don’t know until you’re in it yourself, but it looks like a good level and I’m looking forward to it."

Manager Stephen Robinson said: "We’re really pleased.

Malik will add another bit of creativity and pace into the team. We think he’ll be a really exciting signing.

"He’s been playing football so we’re hoping he’s not too far off. He’ll certainly add real competition in those forward areas."

There are still tickets remaining for our opening William Hill Premiership match of the season as we face Celtic at Celtic Park on Sunday.

Tickets are available to buy at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online. Tickets can also be purchased online for Collection until 10am on Friday 1st August. All tickets ordered for collection MUST be collected from the St Mirren Ticket Office by 12 noon on Friday 1st August.

Please note this is a paper allocation only, no e-tickets are available. Any QR code sent for any previous online purchases are just receipts of your order for the St Mirren Ticket Office to process your purchase, it is not your ticket.

Tickets are available at the St Mirren Ticket Office until 12 noon on Friday and must be collected by this point. There will be no sales or collection available on matchday or at Celtic Park.

Celtic v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Sunday 3rd August 2025
Kick-off: 4:30pm
Venue: Celtic Park

Celtic Ticket Info

Restricted View

Adults - £33
Concessions* - £22
Under 13s** - £16

*65+ and U16s
**U13s must be accompanied by an adult

Wheelchair and Carer - £25 (Carer free of charge)

Ambulant with carer and wheelchair with carer tickets have to be booked directly at the St Mirren Ticket office and MUST be collected by 12 noon Friday 1st August. 

St Mirren Ticket Office Tel: (0141) 840-6130.

St Mirren Ticket Office Email: tickets@stmirren.com 

An exciting opportunity has arisen within St Mirren Football Club. We are looking for a physiotherapist to work alongside our first-team and academy to join our ambitious team.

Reporting to Head of Medical, Gerry Docherty and Academy Director, Allan McManus, your role will see you provide the highest standard of evidence-based care, in line with the department's strategic plan.

You will provide effective Physiotherapy to the Under-18s squad and Youth Academy, while assisting the first-team when required as directed by the head of department and contribute to the overall success of the Medical and Football Science department. The role involves evening & weekend work and organisation of youth academy fixture Physiotherapy cover. 

The role is fixed term maternity cover for one year. To download the job description please click HERE.

If you’re interested in this exciting & challenging role please send an up-to-date copy of your CV and cover letter to: keith.lasley@stmirren.com by 5pm on Monday 11th August 2025.

Interviews will be held at a date to be confirmed and only those invited to interview will receive return notification.

Thanks to funding from SMiSA members, The SMiSA Stadium now has additional seating, increasing our capacity to just over 8,000.

These new seats, located at the back of the West and Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stands, ensure our stadium is now European competition league-phase compliant. While the stadium was compliant when it opened in 2009, the installation of the disabled viewing platform in the Main Stand back in 2016 reduced our capacity below 8,000.  

Following last season's UEFA Conference League qualification and regular capacity crowds, plans were put in motion to add these new seats. That has now come to fruition with the installation of almost 40 new seats ahead of the 2025/26 season getting underway. 

St Mirren Chief Operating Officer Keith Lasley said: "We are thankful to SMiSA and their members for their continued support.

"Funding for projects like this provides a real tangible benefit and showcases the working relationship between SMiSA and the club."

SMiSA Board member Jim Cumming added: "SMiSA were approached by the club and asked if we could help support a couple of infrastructure projects around the club. Both would help increase the home support match day experience and help increase revenue into the club. 

"We are delighted that the members have backed this proposal to install the additional seats and we look forward to working with the club to assist with funding future projects."

St Mirren Football Club can confirm that Peter Urminsky has joined Glentoran on loan until the end of the season. 

The Slovakian goalkeeper signs with the NIFL Premiership for the remainder of the campaign with Saints retaining the option to recall in January.

Peter joined Saints in January 2020 following the expiry of his contract Spartak Trnava and subsequently had loan spells at Stenhousemuir and Ayr United. The six-foot-seven shot-stopper would then his St Mirren debut in a 2-0 victory over Cowdenbeath in the Premier Sports Cup in July 2022 before making his Scottish Premiership debut against Rangers in May 2023.

Peter featured in our matches against Arbroath and Forfar Athletic in the Premier Sports Cup at the beginning of this campaign and now moves for more regular game time to aid his development. 

Speaking ahead of his loan move, manager Stephen Robinson said: "Peter will go out on loan and get the minutes we keep talking about.

I believe the best way to develop is to play football. You get opportunities every day in training but you never know where somebody is, so he needs to go and play.

"It's a competitive league, there are real demands and I believe he'll excel. It's nothing but good to come back with that experience and potentially create another big asset at the football club."

We wish Peter the best of luck during his time at Glentoran.