Saints forward Cammy Smith says he's excited for the St Mirren's Scottish Cup Fourth Round tie after Saints were paired with his former club, Aberdeen. 

The Buddies, who made the last 32 after a 7-1 win over Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale last weekend, will face the Ladbrokes Premiership side at Pittodrie in January.

Smith came through the ranks at the Dons, beginning his career at the North East club as a young boy before joining St Mirren permanently in the summer.

But while he confessed that he's looking forward to it when it comes around, he knows that the Buddies main focus will be on important league fixtures in the coming weeks. 

That starts this weekend as St Mirren travel to the Highlands as they face Inverness Caledonian Thistle in league action on Saturday. 

I'm really looking forward to it and I'm happy we've got them," he told stmirren.com. "It'll be good to go back to Pittodrie as that's where I came through as a youth when I was nine years-old. It'll be good to see some familiar faces, but before that we have some important league games.

"I was hoping for maybe a smaller team in the hopes that we could have gone on a wee run but now its came about I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm delighted and can't wait for it to come around.

"I think it will be a big test because outwith Celtic, going to Pittodrie is probably the hardest to go to. But we'll believe we can go there and win the tie. We won't be going to just enjoy the occasion. The gaffer will have a game plan for us when it comes around.

"I'm sure it'll be an exciting game and hopefully we'll manage to cause them problems. But as I say we have important league games in front of us before that."

Saints have only played one league fixture so far this month - a 2-1 loss away to Dundee United at the start of the month. 

And with the Inverness game being the first of three league matches in a week, Smith admits he and his teammates are looking forward to being back at it.

I can't wait to get back into league games to be honest," he said. "It's been a while since our last one.

"It's a big week for us with three games and it gives us a chance to get points on the board and put a marker down again. Training has been good since we came back in on Monday and we got a good win on Saturday so we are all raring to go this weekend."

The Buddies have already faced seventh placed Inverness in the league this season, defeating John Robertson's side 4-2 in Paisley.

But the 22 year-old knows the Caley Jags will be tough opposition after admitting he was impressed with them despite their defeat at the Paisley 2021 Stadium in September. 

I remember the day we played them, after the game all the boys in the dressing room thought they were good.

"We respected them and credited them for their performance and I think this weekend is going to be the same. They've got seven clean sheets on the bounce so it'll be tough, but knowing the way the manager works he'll be drilling into us to believes, be confident and try to take the game to them. We'll go up there to try to get the three points.

"It's going to be a tough game but with the players we've got in the changing room and the character I'd like to think we can go and get the win. 

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St Mirren have been drawn to face Aberdeen in the Fourth Round of the William Hill Scottish Cup. 

The Buddies defeated East of Scotland League side Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale on Saturday in the Third Round to set up the meeting with the Dons.

The match will take place at Pittodrie on the weekend of Saturday 20th January 2018. 

Ticketing arrangements will be announced in due course. 

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the launch of the first St Mirren’s Women’s team.

The new Women’s team will take to the field in black and white for the new season in March 2018.

They’ll enter at the lowest tier but Kate Cooper, who will run the new side, told stmirren.com that the side have aspirations to quickly progress to SWPL 1.

We’re ambitious,” she said. “We want to come in and go through the leagues and eventually have St Mirren playing in the Premier League with a good structure behind it.

“We’re looking to put together a team we can grow so we can offer women in Paisley and the Renfrewshire area the chance to play football and play for a club they have perhaps supported for all their life.

“It allows them to come and play football, get fit, get healthy and be a part of the St Mirren football family. Football is a family sport and you have to offer it to everyone and it’s important that clubs recognise what women bring to the game also. 

“What we want to do is grow St Mirren, the St Mirren football family and ultimately keep players playing football in Renfrewshire.”

St Mirren Chief Executive, Tony Fitzpatrick said: “This is a fantastic development for our club. Women’s football’s popularity is on the rise in Scotland and more and more female supporters are attending St Mirren matches.

"The dream for me is to see our club progress and for us to have both a male and female team playing in Europe in the near future.”

The St Mirren Independent Supporters Association (SMiSA) initially brought the club together with the individuals who will be making up the Women’s team. SMiSA will continue to work closely with both to see how they can support them.

A gallery of pictures from Saturday's 7-1 win over Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale in the William Hill Scottish Cup.

The Buddies ran rampant in the first half scoring all seven of their goals with striker Gavin Reilly notching four goals in 34 minutes.

Harry Davis made his return to first team action after suffering an injury in March while St Mirren Youth Academy graduate Cameron MacPherson made his first start for the club.

Gallery pictures by Allan Picken © - Allan Picken Photography

St Mirren manager Jack Ross gives his thoughts on this afternoon's 7-1 win over Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale in the third round of the William Hill Scottish Cup. 

The Buddies eased into the next round with seven first half goals safely securing Saints' place in Monday's draw. 

St Mirren became the first name to make the Scottish Cup fourth round after an emphatic 7-1 win over Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale. 

The Buddies scored all seven goals in a blistering first half with Gavin Reilly netting four to safely secure Saints passage into Monday's draw. 

It was the East of Scotland hosts who had the first chance when Grant Munro scooped the ball over the bar in the first minute from a corner. 

But St Mirren took an early lead with just four minutes played when Stelios found Lewis Morgan in space inside the area with the winger crashing the ball into the far corner of the net to open the floodgates. 

It was 2-0 just five minutes later when Jack Baird's hopeful flick into the box found the returning Harry Davis who composed himself before sliding the ball across the face of goal to Reilly who scored his first of the afternoon. 

The Buddies further extended their lead less than ten minutes later when Baird headed home from a corner kick to make it 3-0. 

Three soon became four when Cammy Smith scored his seventh goal of the season. The forward seized upon a poor clearance from Lothian 'keeper Kevin Swain before lifting it over the helpless stopper from 25 yards. 

St Mirren were in the mood and made it 5-0 eight minutes later as Reilly notched his second of the afternoon when he calmly stroked the ball beyond Swain. And five minutes later, the striker would earn the match ball as he completed his hat-trick.

Reilly almost had a fourth on 41 minutes as he broke clear on goal, only to be denied by a decent save from the goalkeeper. But it was only delaying the inevitable as he found himself with a similar chances 60 seconds later. This time there was to be no denying the 24 year-old as he tucked the ball home for his fourth of the afternoon, St Mirren's seventh and his 15th of the season heading into half-time. 

The visitors pulled a goal back two minutes after the interval when Sean Wringe, who had scored a brace in the previous round, blasted beyond Craig Samson from the edge of the box. 

St Mirren manager Jack Ross made three changes in the second half to try and spark Saints back into life with Dale Hilson, Ross Stewart and John Sutton all coming on. All three had opportunities to get themselves on the scoresheet with Hilson hitting the side netting twice, Stewart having an effort deflected behind for a corner and Sutton cracking the outside of the post in stoppage time. 

In the end, the seven half goals were more than enough for Saints who made it through to the next round with ease. 

Full Time: Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale 1-7 St Mirren 

St Mirren: Samson, MacPherson, Baird, Davis, Stelios, McGinn, McShane (Hilson 57), Magennis, Smith, Morgan (Sutton 71), Reilly (Stewart 67)
Subs Not Used: Stewart, Buchanan, Kirkpatrick, Duffy

Lothian Thistle: Swain, Sherlock, Munro, Crawford, Moore (Hare 57), Muir, Brown, O'Donnell (Hutchison 70), Swanson (Nhamburo 73), Wringe, Devlin
Subs Not Used: Robertson, Mungall, Simpson, Shala

Referee: David Lowe
Assistant Referee: Graham Chambers
Assistant Referee: Blair Fraser

Attendance: 1,132

Gallery pictures by Allan Picken © - Allan Picken Photography

St Mirren are back in action this weekend as the Buddies travel to face Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale in the third round of the William Hill Scottish Cup.

It’ll be first ever meeting between the two sides as Saints face the East of Scotland League side at their Saughton Enclosure home.

The Buddies come into tomorrow's match on the back of a free weekend after the international call ups of Lewis Morgan, Liam Smith and Kyle Magennis saw the scheduled home league match against Livingston postponed until Tuesday 28th November. 

The last time Saints were in action was almost two weeks ago as they were beaten 2-1 by Dundee United at Tannadice at the start of the month. United scored either side of the interval through Mark Durnan and Sam Stanton to go 2-0 up before the Buddies scored a late consolation goal from Adam Eckersley's wonder goal. However, despite the loss, St Mirren remain atop of the Ladbrokes Championship after a good start to the season.

Tomorrow's opponents, Lothian Thistle have also been in tremendous form this season - unbeaten so far in all competitions.

Their Scottish Cup began with a 1-0 win away to Kelty Hearts in the first preliminary round. In the second preliminary round they emphatically overcame Coldstream by 4-0 to make the Scottish Cup proper. In the first round they narrowly defeated Inverurie Loco Works 3-2 to set up a second round tie with League Two side Stirling Albion. Against the odds, the East of Scotland League side beat the Binos 5-3 at Forthbank Stadium to make it through to the tomorrow's clash.

Louis Swanson, brother of Hibernian's Danny Swanson, is one of Lothian's key players and he netted in the win over Stirling, while Sean Wringe grabbed a double.

St Mirren’s Scottish Cup journey last season saw them progress to the quarter finals where, after taking an early lead against Celtic at Celtic Park, the Buddies were knocked out by Brendan Rodgers side. Last season’s campaign began with a 5-1 win over Spartans at the Paisley 2021 Stadium in the third round. A double from Lawrence Shankland was added to by goals from Stephen Mallan, Kyle McAllister and John Sutton. Indeed, McAllister's fine solo effort won him goal of the round. 

After beating the Lowland League side, Saints were drawn to face Premiership side Dundee at Dens Park in the fourth round. The Buddies, bottom of the Championship at the time, were underdogs but put in a tremendous display despite missing key some players with goals from John Sutton and Jack Baird seeing Saints progress to the next round.

Saints were given another away tie with a trip to New Bayview to face League One side East Fife in February. The Buddies progressed by the odd goal in five with Cammy Smith netting his first St Mirren goal before a second half brace from Lewis Morgan put the Saints into the last eight. 

Again, St Mirren were drawn away from home and the Buddies couldn't have asked for a tougher draw with a trip to Celtic Park to face Brendan Rodgers' domestically unbeaten Celtic side. It was going to be a huge ask for Saints but they took the lead early lead when Harry Davis was on the end of a John Sutton knock down to stun the Parkhead side.

Early in the second half, a Mallan free kick was deflected off the bar as Saints looked to double their lead and cause a huge cup upset. But Celtic equalised a few minutes after the near miss through Mikael Lustig before goals from Scott Sinclair, Moussa Dembele and Leigh Griffiths saw the Hoops progress. 

It was a tough result to take after such a spirited performance with Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers complimentary of the Saints in his media duties after the match. 

Tomorrow will be a new experience for Saints at a ground that many of the players are unlikely to play at ever again. More than 600 St Mirren supporters are expected at Saughton for the 1pm kick-off. It's the magic of the cup with Lothian hoping to take another scalp, while the Buddies will be looking to navigate their way into the fourth round. 

Tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 18th November), St Mirren head through to Edinburgh for a Scottish Cup tie against Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale at Saughton Enclosure.

The info on Travel Clubs heading to Saughton Enclosure for the cup tie is as follows:

Cockles Wilson Supporters Bus

We will be leaving at 11:30am for the Hutchison Vale game.

Bus tickets are on sale in The Bankhouse.

North End Travel Club

The bus to the Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale game will leave The Sneddon at 11:00am.

Bus tickets are on sale now in The Brewer's Tap, £7 each.

Members don't need a ticket.

Chivas Travel Club

The bus for the cup tie will leave at 11:30am from The Court Bar.

There are 10 tickets still available for the bus at the Court Bar.

All members have a reserved seat for the bus, any members not requiring their seat should contact Wullie Bell as soon as possible.

Tile Bar Supporters Bus

The bus for the cup tie at Edinburgh will leave at 11:15am.

Tickets for this bus are now on sale in the bar, but we only have 3 seats remaining.

* Concessions are for over 65s, full-time students, ambulant disabled, carer and unemployed - all must provide valid proof of status.

Additional Information for Travelling Fans

Tomorrow, Saturday 18th November, St Mirren make the trip east along the M8 to Edinburgh to face Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale in the 3rd Round of the William Hill Scottish Cup at Saughton Enclosure.

Tickets for this match are on sale from the St Mirren Ticket Office up till 2:00pm today (Friday 17th November).

The referee tomorrow is David Lowe and he will be assisted by Graham Chambers and Blair Fraser.

For directions to Saughton Enclosure click HERE.