Additional Information

This evening, Tuesday 6th December, St Mirren head to Dumfries to face Queen of the South in the Ladbrokes Championship.

The gate prices have now been confirmed for the fixture at Palmerston Park and these are shown above.

The referee for tonight is Crawford Allan and he will be assisted by Gary Hilland and Ryan Oliver.

For directions to Palmerston Park click here

St Mirren make the journey down to Palmerston Park tomorrow night as they face Queen of the South in a rearranged Ladbrokes Championship fixture. The original match, scheduled for 12th November, was postponed due to both teams involvement in the IRN-BRU Cup quarter finals. 

Saints come into tomorrow's game on the back of a 3-1 loss to Falkirk at the Falkirk Stadium on Saturday. The Buddies took the lead early on in the game when Lewis Morgan rocketed home a shot from a John Sutton knock down. The away side looked comfortable before defender Jack Baird was sent off before half time following an altercation with Falkirk's Lee Miller.

It was Miller who got the home side level just after the break before goals from Bob McHugh and Myles Hippolyte sealed the win for the Bairns. It was a frustrating result for Saints but the team performed well throughout and on another day it could've been so different.

Queen of the South will be looking for their first league win since a 3-1 home victory over Raith Rovers in September. The Doonhamers started the season off in great form but since that win, which put them top of the league, they have only drawn two of their following eight league matches. Most recently they lost 2-1 to Dumbarton in the Ladbrokes Championship on Saturday. Derek Lyle scored an 80th minute goal for Queens to pull them back into the game, but it wasn't enough to steal a late draw.

The two teams have met once this season with Queen of the South leaving Paisley with all three points as they saw St Mirren off with a 3-1 win. Experienced striker Lyle put Queens ahead before loanee Tom Walsh grabbed an equaliser with a spectacular effort. Lyle scored against just before half time before a second half goal from Stephen Dobbie clinched victory for the away side. 

Saints had a better record against the Dumfries side last season winning three of the four meetings between the two clubs. The Buddies picked up their first league win of the 2015/16 season at Palmerston as goals from Sean Kelly and Steven Thompson sealed a 2-0 win at the start of September 2015.

The next meeting didn't take place until February 2016 with a Stevie Mallan free kick enough to give Saints the win. Just a week later the two teams met again in league action at Palmerston with the home side picking up a 1-0 win that time. The final clash came in March at the Paisley 2021 Stadium where Mallan was on the scoresheet once again to open the scoring before a Callum Tapping own goal secured a big three points for the Saints.

Queens will be looking for the clichéd new manager bounce as Gary Naysmith takes charge of the Doonhamers for the first time. The ex-Scotland International has become the club's new permanent manager, joining from East Fife, and officially begins his duties just in time for tomorrow's match. 

For Saints, they know it's important to start putting points on the board with ninth place Dunfermline sitting nine points above the Saints. Improved performances under Jack Ross haven't yet translated to points and the manager will be keen to get these two married together as quickly as possible.

On Friday night SMiSA hosted an Evening with the Millennium Champions at the Paisley 2021 Stadium. 

Then St Mirren manager Tom Hendrie was joined by Matt Kerr and the title winning captain Tommy Turner along with Hugh Murray, Scott Walker, Ludovic Roy, Junior Mendes, Iain Nicholson and Tom Brown as they took part in a Q&A with supporters and watched highlights from that famous season.

Below is a selection of pictures by Allan Picken from the night. 

St Mirren's search for a first league win of the season continued as the ten men Saints eventually fell to a 3-1 defeat against Falkirk at the Falkirk Stadium. However, the manner of the performance throughout the afternoon will give Jack Ross hope that that will come sooner rather than later.

Lewis Morgan gave the Buddies an early lead when he smashed the ball into the net in the 17th minute. Saints were doing well in the match before defender Jack Baird was sent off just before half time. Falkirk took advantage of the numbers game as they scored three second half goals to give themselves three points.

Kyle Magennis went on a driving run and held off the challenge from a Falkirk midfielder before finding Kyle McAllister on the right wing who curled an effort just beyond Rogers' right hand post.

Lewis Morgan had a strong header from the edge of the box that left Rogers unsure as it dipped just over the bar. It was a good start by Saints and a nice flick from McAllister found Naismith. The full back drove toward the box and played a ball across but there was no one to attack the ball. 

It was Falkirk who had the best real chance to opening the scoring on 13 minutes when James Craigen forced a save from Scott Gallacher. The midfielder broke into the box on the left hand side and drove the ball toward the near post but Gallacher was equal to it as he pushed it wide. 

Saints started the game strongly and got their reward in the 17th minute when Morgan put the Buddies ahead. The winger picked up the ball from a knock down and rifled it from the edge of the box beyond Rogers. The goalkeeper stood no chance as Morgan caught the ball sweetly to send Saints supporters into raptures. 

The visitors were worthy of their lead and while the game had hit a bit of a lull Falkirk proved they were still in the game as Gallacher was forced into a save by Luca Gasparotto. The Canadian was on the end of Craigen's cross, but the goalkeeper was equal to it as he held the effort. 

The warning signs were still there and it took a good goal saving tackle from Jason Naismith to deny John Baird from getting the Bairns level. The striker was found by Lee Miller and just as he was about to pull the trigger Naismith slid in to block the attempt and Saints cleared the danger.

Saints were dealt a major blow on 38 minutes when Jack Baird was shown a straight red card by Craig Thompson. The defender looked to have thrown a punch at Miller as both went in for a challenge and the referee showed no hesitation in sending Baird off. 

Half Time: Falkirk 0-1 St Mirren

The second half was barely two minutes old when Falkirk got themselves level. Experienced striker Miller got on the end of Hippolyte's ball across from the left to tuck the ball beyond Gallacher to make it 1-1. 

Hippolyte will never be a favourite of the Saints fans and was the subject of boos from the away support when he dived in the box looking for a penalty. The referee wasn't having it and the forward picked up a booking for his trouble. 

Despite being down to ten men Saints were still battling hard in the match. Falkirk weren't getting any chances while St Mirren looked fairly threatening on the counter attack with the speed of Morgan, the physical threat of Sutton and the skill of Mallan and McAllister helping Saints create openings. 

Just after the hour mark Morgan used his speed to burst down the left hand side and was unlucky not to find McAllister who would've been one-on-one with the goalkeeper after a great sliding challenge from Luke Leahy. 

Kyle Magennis went close to giving St Mirren the lead for the second time in the match when his curling shot was headed just beyond the far post by a Falkirk defender. The corner didn't threaten

Falkirk took the lead in the 77th minute when subsitute Bob McHugh bundled home from a Bairns corner. The corner came after a wonderful save by the feet of Gallacher denied the home side the lead. But it only delayed it as the deep corner was headed back goal-ward and smashed into the back of the net by McHugh. 

The Bairns killed the game off with around seven minutes remaining when Hippolyte smashed in a third for the hosts. The forward danced his way into the box and smashed the ball emphatically beyond Gallacher to secure all three points for the home side. 

Full Time: Falkirk 3-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Gallacher, Naismith, Baird, MacKenzie, Irvine, Quinn(Stewart, 61), Magennis, McAllister (Gallagher, 87), Mallan, Morgan, Sutton (Shankland, 74)
Subs Not Used: Langfield, McLear, Clarkson, Hardie

Falkirk: Rogers, Leahy, Muirhead, McCracken, Rankin (Sibbald, 45), Kerr, Baird (McHugh, 74), Hippolyte, Gasparotto, Miller, Craigen (Shepherd, 74)
Subs Not Used: Mehmet, Kidd, Grant, Watson

Referee: Craig Thompson
Assistant Referee: Dougie Potter
Assistant Referee: Alan Hogg

Attendance: 4,486 (392 Saints fans)

Match report pictures by Allan Picken – © Allan Picken Photography.

Match Gallery Pictures by John Millar - © millarpictures

Jack Ross has made two changes from the side that beat Spartans 5-1 on Tuesday night at the Paisley 2021 Stadium. 

Rocco Quinn comes in for his first start since the 2-0 loss against Dundee in October in place of Lawrence Shankland. While Ben Gordon drops out with injury and is replaced by Jack Baird.

Kick off at the Falkirk Stadium is at 3pm and you can follow all the action on the official Twitter @saintmirrenofficial

St Mirren XI: Gallacher, Naismith, Baird, MacKenzie, Irvine, Quinn, Magennis, McAllister, Mallan, Morgan, Sutton
St Mirren Subs: Langfield, Stewart, McLear, Gallagher, Clarkson, Shankland, Hardie

Jack Ross believes that St Mirren supporters will respond if the team shows the right attitude and desire to win football matches.

The manager, remembering the famous 2-0 win at the Falkirk Stadium back in 2009 in which he starred for the Buddies, says that his biggest memory from that day was the incredible backing from the Saints loyal and knows that if his players can start winning matches and putting in good performances that the supporters will give similar backing. 

Speaking to stmirren.com ahead of tomorrow's Ladbrokes Championship match against Falkirk, the manager said: "From my point of view, it was probably one of my favourite games in my whole career. The support we had that day was just incredible.

I think what I take from it memory wise is that it just reminds me of what the supporters do at this club because, as I said, the backing we had that day that will live long in my memory.

The supporters will back the players but we need to give them something to back us for and that's what we're trying to do. We want supporters to see an attitude and desire and they'll respond to that, I know that. If we can go and start the game positively tomorrow that will ignite them as well. 

The manager is expecting a difficult match against a Falkirk side who are chasing the play-offs, but thinks the players should enjoy playing in a good stadium.

It's like every game in this league, especially away from home, they're tough matches," he said. "But I think the environment you go to is good. I stressed that to the players today, they should enjoy going and playing there. Especially the players we've got in the team at the moment in midfield area. They've got good pace and quality about the way they pass the ball so it's an ideal environment for them to go to and I think the surroundings make it a good game.

"There's always been a good rivalry between the two clubs in recent years as well so there are a lot of things the players should look forward to tomorrow."

Jack hopes that the team can carry forward the momentum from Tuesday night's win over Spartans into the game and the coming weeks.

We've spent this week trying to look at all the positive things the players are doing well and working on the things that they need to improve on. They're maintaining an optimism and they need that to go and get results.

"Results will do that and Tuesday was a good indication of that because, although we were on a hiding to nothing, the manner of the performance and the margin of the result was a good thing for us. 

"We need to put a run together that picks up points but also instils that belief because the belief comes in fits and starts at the moments. You can visibly see it in the players in games but results help that hugely."

St Mirren travel through to Falkirk tomorrow afternoon in search of their first three points of the season.

Jack Ross' side come into the match following Tuesday night's 5-1 win over Lowland League side Spartans in the third round of the Scottish Cup.

The Buddies have already faced the Bairns this season with Tom Walsh's 87th equaliser rescuing a point in a 1-1 draw at the Paisley 2021 Stadium at the start of October. Craig Sibbald had given Falkirk an early lead when his 9th minute free kick deflected off the Saints wall and beyond Jamie Langfield. With the clock running out loanee Walsh picked up the ball from deep in the Falkirk half before driving toward goal and rifled in an effort from outside the box. 

Saints failed to beat Falkirk in four league meetings last season, with the Bairns winning three and the other ending in a 0-0 draw. The first contest between the two looked to be heading for a Buddies win when goals from Scott Agnew and Stephen Mallan had the Buddies 2-0 ahead at half time. But Falkirk completed a second half fightback when John Baird scored in the 92th minute to steal all three points.

Late goals seem to be a common theme in these matches in the recent past and again that was the case when Saints last visited the Falkirk Stadium back in April. Two Stephen Mallan goals, the second coming in the 82nd minute, looked to have given St Mirren a point as the end of the season drew near. But Blair Alston struck in the 90th minute to snatch a 3-2 win in the Bairns' favour. 

Falkirk currently sit in fifth place in the Ladbrokes Championship with 22 points from 14 matches. The Bairns were unbeaten in the month of November drawing with Morton and Hibs, while beating Ayr United at Somerset Park. Their last defeat at the Falkirk Stadium came in October when Raith Rovers defeated them 4-2. 

St Mirren's last league victory at the Falkirk Stadium came back in 2009 when goals from Craig Dargo, Billy Mehmet and Tom Brighton secured a 3-1 win for the Buddies. 

For Saints, the aim will be to try to get that first league win of the season and look towards closing the gap with the teams that currently sit above the Buddies in the table. For Falkirk, they'll be aiming to move themselves back into a play-off place as they look to go one further than they did last season and could potentially do that with a win.

All the matchday info can be found here

Tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 3rd December), St Mirren head to The Falkirk Stadium to face Falkirk and then next Tuesday evening Saints are on the road again when they make the midweek journey to Dumfries for a Ladbrokes Championship match-up with Queen of the South at Palmerston Park.

The info on Travel Clubs heading to Falkirk and/or Dumfries for these matches is as follows:

Cockles Wilson Supporters Bus

Falkirk v St Mirren - 03/12/2016

We are leaving at 1.30pm for the game at Falkirk.

Bus tickets are available in the Bankhouse.

Queen of the South v St Mirren - 06/12/2016

We are sharing a bus with The Tile Bar for this match and we will leave Abercorn Street at 5:15pm.

Anyone looking for a ticket for the bus can contact Fraser Burns directly on 07788 291 571 as there are no tickets on sale from the bar.

Tile Bar Supporters Bus

Falkirk v St Mirren - 03/12/2016

The bus for the match at Falkirk will leave at 1:30pm.

Bus tickets for this match are now on sale.

Queen of the South v St Mirren - 06/12/2016

The bus going to Dumfries for the Queen of the South game will leave at 5:15pm.

Bus tickets for this match are now on sale.

Chivas Travel Club

Falkirk v St Mirren - 03/12/2016

The bus for Falkirk will leave the Court Bar at 1:30pm.

Tickets for the bus are now available from the Court Bar.

Queen of the South v St Mirren - 06/12/2016

We are sharing a bus with the North End Travel Club for this match.

The bus is expected to leave the Court Bar at 5:30pm but roadworks may be an issue so please check with the Court Bar for a confirmed departure time when purchasing your ticket for the bus.

Tickets for the bus are now available from the Court Bar.

North End Travel Club

Falkirk v St Mirren - 03/12/2016

The bus going to Falkirk will leave the Sneddon at 1:15pm.

Bus tickets available in the Brewers Tap, £6 each.

Queen of the South v St Mirren - 06/12/2016

We are sharing a bus with the Chivas Travel Club for this match.

The bus is expected to leave the Court Bar at 5:30pm.

 * Valid ID must be produced as proof of status

** Maximum of 4 per paying adult

Additional Information

Tomorrow, Saturday 3rd December, St Mirren head to Falkirk to face Falkirk in the Ladbrokes Championship.

The gate prices have now been confirmed for the fixture at The Falkirk Stadium and these are shown above.

The referee tomorrow is Craig Thomson and he will be assisted by Dougie Potter and Alan Hogg.

For directions to The Falkirk Stadium click here