St Mirren in the Community are delighted to confirm that the SMFC Fans Council Panda Club will be open as usual for Saturday’s Ladbrokes Championship fixture against Brechin City at The Paisley 2021 Stadium.

The Panda Club will open at 1:00pm on Saturday. Parents please note that you should pick up your kids after the final whistle from the community office at 5:00pm.

Participants can look forward to pre-match football activities delivered by qualified St Mirren FC coaches inside the Airdome.

The Panda Club is open to boys and girls aged 5 to 12 years olds and costs £3 per child for the coaching session, the match ticket is provided FREE OF CHARGE.

For further information about the SMFC Fans Council Panda Club or to book your place at the next Panda Club match day please contact Stephen Gallacher by e-mail at stephen.gallacher@stmirren.com.

SMFC Fans Council Panda Club details for Saturday’s game are as follows:

St Mirren vs Brechin City
Saturday 30th September 2017
1:00pm – 5:00pm

To find out more about the Panda Club click here

St Mirren vs Brechin City
Ladbrokes Championship
Venue: Paisley 2021 Stadium, Paisley
Date: Saturday 30th September 2017
Kick-off: 3:00pm

The match day officials for Saturday’s Ladbrokes Championship fixture against Darren Dods' Brechin City side are as follows:

Referee: Gavin Duncan.
Assistant Referee: Alan Mulvanny.
Assistant Referee: Chris McTiernan.

If you are thinking about coming to the Paisley 2021 Stadium for the first time on Saturday please click HERE for all the info you will need to make sure your match day experience runs as smoothly as possible.

Match Details

The game kicks-off at 3:00pm.

Season Tickets ARE valid for this game.

Match is all ticket – tickets will be on sale (subject to availability) UNTIL KICK OFF.

On the match day St Mirren fans can purchase their tickets (subject to availability) at the St Mirren Ticket Office from 10:00am to kick-off time (3:00pm).

We also have a Ticket Booth sited at the West Stand beside turnstiles T11-14 on a match day.  The Ticket Booth is only for the purchase of tickets (subject to availability) for the West Stand, and also the pick-up point for pre-ordered tickets for the West Stand.  The Ticket Booth will be open from 1:30pm to 3:00pm (kick-off).

The Brechin City fans can purchase their tickets (subject to availability) from the window at the away end of the ground (North Stand) from 1:30pm to kick-off time (3:00pm).

Tickets can also be purchased from the Online Ticket Shop.

The St Mirren Ticket Office (Main Stand) opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:

Fri, 29th Sep: 10:00am to 2:00pm
Sat, 30th Sep: 10:00am to 3:00pm (kick-off)

The Ticket Booth (West Stand) opening hours in the build up to this match are as follows:

Sat, 30th Sep: 1:30pm to 3:00pm (kick-off)

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

Please note that the Club Shop is also open the same hours as the Ticket Office.

Matchday Club Policies (click links for more info)

Unacceptable Conduct

Supporters Code of Conduct

Ticket Information

Visitor Information

St Mirren in the Community are now taking bookings for the October Football Camps.

The Camps will run over the upcoming school holiday at the St Mirren air dome next to the Paisley 2021 Stadium. 

The fun will kick-off on Monday 16th October with camps for 3 to 5 year olds and 6 to 12 year olds running through to Friday 20th October.

3-5 year olds will be in from 9am to 12pm with the cost for the week being £30, while 6-12 year olds will be in from 9am to 1pm with the cost for the week £40.

Participants at the Football Camps are required to bring with them suitable indoor clothing and footwear (no metal studs or blades), shin guards and goalkeeper gloves (if appropriate) in addition to a light healthy snack and plenty of water/non-fizzy drinks.

Bookings can be made online at our E-Store or by downloading and printing the booking form, completing it in full and returning it to info@stmirren.com 

For more information email communityadmin@stmirren.com 

As a Club we are of the opinion that every fan deserves the right to enjoy their football without listening to constant torrents of abuse being hurled at the players, officials and other supporters.

We appreciate that we all have our moments and our intention is not to punish every misdemeanour. However, there are people who spend the entire match shouting abuse and spoiling the enjoyment of those around them. 

The atmosphere created by our fans around the stadium on match days just now is exceptional and we want to continue and encourage that trend. 

We have made a decision to clamp down on people who behave in this unacceptable manner and over the next few matches we will be warning and, if necessary, removing the culprits. 

Your assistance in making this a redundant task would be much appreciated. 

The SPFL guidelines are as follows:

Under SPFL rules in respect of Ground Safety, Behaviour at Matches and Damage to Stadia, each club must ensure that its players, officials, supporters and any other persons connected with the club do not engage in unacceptable conduct at a stadium on the occasion of an official match.

Unacceptable conduct covers conduct that is violent and/or disorderly. This includes, but is not limited to: actual, attempted or threatened physical violence against a person or persons, intentional damage to property, using threatening, abusive or insulting words or conduct, displaying writing or any other things which is deemed threatening, abusive or insulting. 

The Club have a duty fulfil these rules or face sanctions from the SPFL such as a fine or points deduction. 

St Mirren F.C. accepts its responsibility under these rules and will not tolerate any form of unacceptable conduct as detailed above. Any supporter who engages in such activity will be liable for sanctions imposed by the Club which may include withdrawal of season tickets, exclusion from future matches involving the Club or, in the event of persistent offending, an application being made towards a football banning order. 

Lewis Morgan is a man bang on form. 

The young winger took his goal tally to eight for the season after he scored a double in Sunday's win over Queen of the South. 

He then celebrated that with the news that he has called up to the Scotland U21 squad for the upcoming qualifiers against England and Latvia. 

Morgan has impressed while on international duty, picking up two man of the match awards for the 21s. 

And he is excited to get the opportunity to test himself against some of the best young talent England have to offer, while believing his club form gives him a boost going into the qualifiers.

Speaking to stmirren.com after the news that he had been selected, Morgan said: "I didn't even know I was in it!

It's always an honour to be called up and I'm looking forward to it. There are loads of big games but the game against England is the one you probably look forward to most in the group. That's always one that's going to get more press involvement and hype about it, but we'll certainly be positive going into that and hopefully we can take something again. 

"I think I just have confidence at the moment. At the weekend I wasn't feeling great but I still managed to get two goals and I was happy with my performance and the team performance. It always helps when you are going away international that you are coming off a good spell at club football. 

"It's a lot different to what we are facing week-in, week-out. I still think physically this league is more demanding than what it is when you go away internationally. But I'm looking forward to the challenge and testing myself against players that are well thought of within their country."

Morgan's performances last season earned him rave reviews and the St Mirren Player of the Year award.

He's got his 2017/18 season off to a flyer and admitted he has set a target of 20 goals for this season after hitting 10 last season. 

With September drawing to a close he is already almost 50% of the way towards his target with eight goals in 12 appearances this campaign and he joked that he might need to give it a rethink. 

I said my target was 20 at the start of the season but I might have to revise that if I keep going the way I'm going," he laughed. 

"20 goals for a winger is pretty unheard of so that's what I have set to do and if I surpass it then great. 

"At the start of last season I was playing well but I wasn't getting goals. It's only been since the turn of the year that I have started consistently finding the net. Every game I go into now I'm hoping to get on the scoresheet.  

"A hat-trick will be a long time coming. I've scored twice a couple of times and I think a few times I thought I was going to get that third goal. The way I'm playing now it's as good a chance to get one."

The Buddies are at home again as they host Brechin City at the Paisley 2021 Stadium this Saturday. 

Despite the Angus side sitting bottom of the league without a victory so far, Morgan says the side won't be complacent and says Saints' relegation battle last season is enough to remind the side they can't take anyone lightly.

I heard at the weekend against Dunfermline they started the better team. I watched the highlights and they were really pressing to get the first goal.

"In this league there are no surprises. We've been down the bottom so we know teams can be down there that don't deserve to be so we won't be taking it different to any other team." 

The St Mirren U20s had to settle for a point last night as they drew 2-2 with Falkirk in the SPFL Development League.

The Buddies took an early lead when Gregor Buchanan headed Jordan Kirkpatrick's corner into the path of Dylan McKendry who nodded home. 

Saints doubled their lead in the second half when a long pass caught out the Falkirk defence. Cameron MacPherson was quickest to react as he slid the ball under the legs of Falkirk keeper Robbie Mutch. 

The home side got themselves back into the match when Scott Shepherd reduced the deficit on 78 minutes as he broke away from the Saints defence to lash the ball home.

And with time nearly up, the young Bairns grabbed themselves an equaliser when Saints goalkeeper Ross Stewart failed to gather Conor Langton's low effort with the ball spilling into the net.

It's cup action next for the young Buddies as they face Heriot Watt-University in the second round of the SFA Youth Cup at the Excelsior Stadium on Friday night at 7pm. 

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

Music and football fans are being asked to voice their support for Paisley’s 2021 UK City of Culture bid with a mass sing-a-long at the Paisley 2021 stadium.

Local band Lemonhaze – themselves Saints fans – will take to the stage before this Saturday’s clash with Brechin City in the Ladbrokes Championship.

The event comes just hours after Paisley’s bid is submitted to the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on Friday (Sep 29).

Fans are invited to come down at 2pm to the south east corner of the Paisley 2021 stadium, next to the new SiMSA wall.

A face painter will add to the family fun on offer and the St Mirren drummer will also be making an appearance. 

The free pre match event, which is not ticketed and open to all, is also being filmed.

Co-ordinator Tommy McGrory, who runs Paisley charity, Loud ‘n’ Proud, said: "It’s going to be a lot of fun. We’re hoping all the fans will join in and wave their Paisley 2021 flags in support of the bid. Lemonhaze are all St Mirren fans themselves and can’t wait."

Lemonhaze, who supported fellow Paisley boy Paolo Nutini at Edinburgh’s Hogmanay party, will play their own material from 2pm before switching to St Mirren songs and football chants.

They will end on a high note with the Skids number, ‘The Saints Are Coming’, the song which will always heralds the team’s arrival onto the pitch.

The club have been doing a special free tickets offer for the game itself with local schools able to apply for vouchers allowing entry for up to two adults and 20 children.

Saints Chairman Gordon Scott said: "It will be a real celebration and a great send off for the bid which goes just a few hours earlier on Friday. I hope everyone comes along to support both the bid and the club. It’s such a positive thing."

The bid is part of a wider push to use Paisley’s unique heritage and cultural story to transform the whole of the Renfrewshire area.

Paisley is the only Scottish location on the shortlist for the UK City of Culture 2021, alongside Coventry, Stoke, Sunderland and Swansea.

Paisley 2021 Bid Director Jean Cameron said: "It’s fantastic to have Paisley’s football team supporting the bid in the week that we send it off.

"It’s a great example of how the whole community is backing the town as UK City of Culture 2021.

"We’d also like to wish St Mirren well for a continued unbroken home run!"

Jamie McCart was full of praise for the St Mirren support after making a winning start to life at Saints on Sunday.

The defender, who has joined the Buddies on an emergency loan until December, was given his debut in Sunday's 3-1 win over Queen of the South.

While it may seem a daunting prospect for a young player to be thrown into a team he had only joined two days earlier, the 20 year-old confessed one training session was enough for him to get acquainted with his teammates. 

Speaking to stmirren.com after the weekend win that moves Saints back up to second place, McCart said: "I really enjoyed it. 

The main thing was to get the three points and to do it in such a great ground was brilliant for me.

"I thought we handled them well as a back four and we won't face many tougher than that in the Championship. We were disappointed not to get the shut out, but the three points was the main thing. 

"As soon as I came in everyone was very welcoming. I knew after the first training session what the manager's philosophy was and what the players around me were like. It wasn't difficult for me. 

"I just want to play well, try to stay in the team and help the team get victories. If I am lucky enough to play then hopefully I can contribute to the team and see where we are when I leave.

Despite being rescheduled for TV coverage, a crowd of 3023 turned up at the Paisley 2021 Stadium to cheer on both sides.

And the loanee can't wait to be back in front of the Paisley faithful for this weekend's match against Brechin City.

It was a brilliant experience playing here," he said.

"The atmosphere was incredible and the fans were right behind us. It's exciting times and to be playing week-in, week-out would be great for me. 

"We'll have a good week of training and then be back here fighting to get another victory."

The St Mirren U20s travel through to Falkirk this evening as they take on the Bairns' U20s in the SPFL Development League. 

The young Buds are back in action after picking up their first league win of the season two weeks ago as they defeated Hearts 3-0 at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.

Tonight's match takes place at the Falkirk Stadium and will kick off at 7pm 

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

St Mirren manager Jack Ross has confirmed that Josh Todd will undergo surgery on his shoulder next week. 

The 24 year-old midfielder suffered a dislocated shoulder during pre-season training and aggravated the injury in Sunday's 3-1 win over Queen of the South.

All at St Mirren wish Josh a safe and speedy recovery.