Come along and support our new manager, Jack Ross in his first game in charge when we welcome Dundee United on Saturday 15th October.

You will be welcomed to the Westmarch Lounge where you will be served a glass of Chilled Bubbly on arrival at your reserved table by your hostess for the day.

Guests will also enjoy a fantastic three course lunch accompanied with wine and a drinks service both pre and post match.

You will also get an exclusive Q&A with our Matchday Ambassadors pre match as well as get the chance to meet new manager, Jack Ross who will visit the suite.

The corporate hospitality details for the upcoming match against Dundee United are as follows:

St Mirren v Dundee United
Ladbrokes Championship
Venue: Paisley 2021 Stadium, Paisley
Date: Saturday 15th October 2016
Kick-off: 3:00pm

* Arrive 12:30pm.

* Private car parking facility.

* Enter through the exclusive Westmarch Hospitality Suite entrance.

* Hostess table service.

* Three course meal complemented by fine wines with main course.

* Accreditation in the match day magazine.

* Exclusive match day competitions.

* Exclusive Q&A with matchday Ambassadors.

* Match day magazine & corporate team sheets.

* Executive seating in Main Stand.

* Half-time hot and cold snacks served with tea or coffee.

* Post Match presentations by the Match Sponsors Man of the Match.

* Post Match visit to the suite by players.

* Inclusive drinks package both pre and post match.**

* Last orders: 5:30pm.

* Hospitality concludes: 6:00pm.

Cost per person: £95 + VAT (drinks inclusive)**

Season Ticket holder: £80 + VAT (drinks inclusive)**

Cost per person: £75 + VAT (pay bar)

Child: £40 + VAT

Adult Season Ticket holder’s £15 discount is applicable to Season Ticket holders only, seat details are required when booking to get discount.

For more information or to reserve your package please contact Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy by Tel: (0141) 840-1337 or E-Mail: commercial@stmirren.com.

Menu

Lentil soup served with wedged tiger bread

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Slow Cooked Sirloin of Beef with creamy mash, honey glazed baton carrots, Yorkshire pudding with a red wine reduction

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Chocolate Tartlet

Dairy clotted ice cream, fresh cream and dark chocolate pencil

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Fresh tea & coffee

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On whether Jack Ross was the right man for the job

Yes. We interviewed a lot of people and I felt as if they could all actually do a job at the club. But I felt Jack was the outstanding candidate and the fan ownership thing with Hearts is a big bonus for us as well so he’s definitely the right guy for the job.

He’s a winner. He actually has a very similar philosophy to myself in life in the way he moves forward and I think that’s important. I can relate to him and he can relate to me and we can work together going forward. 

We both just have an ambition to succeed and do the best we can and want to enjoy our football. We want the fans to enjoy the football, we want to engage with fans again and get them enjoying themselves on a Saturday. We just want to achieve the best we can for the football club."

On Mike Mulraney’s positive comments about Jack

We actually went to the Alloa game; watched the first half, watched how the team set up, watched Jack’s reactions and talked to Mike Mulraney. We have done a lot of due diligence on this - we’ve not just dived in. We talked to top managers. People think we offered various people the job but we never. We wanted to talk to them, we wanted to learn about the process and wanted to learn what it takes to be a top manager. I’m happy it’s a good process. At the end of the day the results speak volumes and they’re up near the top of the league. 

I don’t want to see us playing defensive football but we need to stop losing goals. I think we lost over two goals a game on average and you can't win games if you have to score three goals in every match. We have to get stronger at the back and keep being expressive up front."

On the process of bringing in a new manager

It was interesting. It was important to learn, to go through a process where we felt we were doing the right thing and it was a decision as a board. It wasn’t just my decision and it was important that we were all on-board with that decision. It was an eye-opener that we got such good candidates."

I want to be talking about how we take the club forward, how we change things in the stadium, how we bring more money into the club etc. Hopefully I’m done for the next 10 years talking about football and managers."

St Mirren officially revealed Jack Ross as their new manager today and the former St Mirren player believes the potential at the club matches his ambitions to succeed. He said:

“It’s very exciting. I’m familiar with the club from my time as a player and very much enjoyed my spell here as a player. I know all about the potential of the club, where it should probably be within the realms of Scottish football so I’m really looking forward to it and getting started and tremendously excited about it.

“I think I’ve always had an ambition to manage and naturally you want to try and manage at the highest level that you can. I think it was a position that was attractive because of that, but more than that I think it is the potential of the club, it is exciting for the club with the new ownership and from speaking with the Chairman and the Board I know that they are determined to try and build the club properly so that was a really exciting part of the attraction as well so once I knew that there was potential and opportunity for me to come here it became even more appealing.

“I think you have an affinity with all the clubs that you play for especially if you enjoyed a successful time on the pitch and I felt as if I did that as we had a decent team at the time, and I think individually I enjoyed probably one of my best seasons in football here, the first season I was here certainly. I said earlier that I was ambitious, I also know that in football you have to make the right decisions at times so I don’t think I would have ever jumped at full-time football just for the sake of it. I think it had to be something that I felt was a good fit for me and the club that I was going to, and this certainly feels like it for all the reasons already mentioned in terms of the infrastructure. I would add to that the potential fanbase and also the new ownership because this is an exciting time for the club. It won’t happen overnight but certainly there is a long-term plan that will hopefully help this club get back to its rightful place in Scottish football.”

Jack was at Hearts when the Foundation of Hearts started their moves towards fan ownership. He believes that fan ownership is a move that could work well for St Mirren. He said:

“I understand how it works, I understand the reasoning behind it, I understand the end result if you like from it so I was fortunate to be in at that at the ground level when it first happened at Hearts when the whole new structure was put in place. I’ve seen the support that it can galvanise behind the club, at Hearts what happened alongside that was obviously a successful period on the pitch so I understand that my job is to make sure that happens. So I have to get performances first and foremost and then results correct on the park to help galvanise that feel-good factor that will be around the club. If I can do that then absolutely the new ownership structure will work because fans will feel engaged with the club. I know the work that the club is doing already to do that and improve relations with the supporters, I will do my utmost to continue that as well. Again, I talk about potential all the time, the new ownership model has massive potential but ultimately my responsibility is to make sure that things on the park marry in with that.”

Jack’s admits that his aims at the club are pretty straight-forward.

“I think it sounds very simple but in job terms is to start on matches. I’m not the only person to be surprised by the start to the season as there is undoubted quality within the squad. I said this in a similar fashion when I took the job at Alloa, my challenge as a manager is to get the best out of the players I have at my disposal, and that is what I feel I’m good at and that is what I’m looking forward to doing when I start to work with the players. There will be demands on them but hopefully in a positive and enjoyable way, and if we meet that short term target of winning matches then you can start to adjust your ambitions as that goes on. In the first instance we have to start doing that as that will undoubtedly create a confidence and a belief within the playing group and also within the stands as well.”

The new Saints gaffer also sees a lot of quality and potential in the squad he has inherited.

“Prior to speaking to the club I was familiar with the squad anyway as I have an interest in Scottish football and I’m working within it, but you start to look more closely at it and there is a number of very good players here. Some who have established careers in the game and have really good pedigrees and several others who are exciting young players so that mix on paper is very good, it is then getting it right on the pitch.

“Until as a manager you work up close with players you don’t quite appreciate how good they are or the attributes they have or the type of characters they are so that will be the case for me over the next period is to get to know them. I’ll spend a lot of time doing that as I like to work closely with my players so I’m very excited about that as there is a lot of them that I know but not as well as I would like to but I’m looking forward to doing that.”

When talking about long term targets Jack said:

“I think we’ll set them within the dressing room. I like to have targets and aims within that dressing room environment, we’ll keep them in-house and work towards them and if we reach them then we’ll be successful. But I like my players to have aims and ambitions, I think you have got to as otherwise we will drift. That will be made clear from day one that there’s targets and ambitions there, they’ll not be daft, they’ll understand the size of this club. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to work out what they may be but certainly we’ll do that in-house and we’ll strive towards them.”

Jack was also pleased to hear the thoughts of the Board’s vision moving forward.

“I wouldn’t say that I was surprised by them but I really enjoyed them. I think when you go into that environment, in an interview structure, you are unsure as to the people you are going to speak to, because Gordon was here when I was a player but I didn’t really come across him too much and Tony I had just known through football circles and the rest of the Board I was meeting for the first time. I was excited by their plans for the club but I think more importantly than that I believed that they are a group of people that I can work with and I know they will comment on that as a Board but equally for a manager he has to feel that, and undoubtedly the plans they have and the way they want to try and do things at the club I think tie in with my approach as a manager. I’m absolutely willing to take part in all aspects of this club and help drive it forward and help to improve all areas of it, but you need a Board that believe in that as well and that has certainly been the case and I’m looking forward to a positive relationship over the coming years.”

Jack will oversee Alloa for the last time this weekend and take over the reigns at the Paisley 2021 Stadium next Monday when he starts to prepare for the visit of Dundee United.

“I think every manager has their own way of preparing for matches and I have my own style. I will use footage that is available of both the opposition and our own performances because naturally being involved with another team this season I haven’t seen the team very often apart from on television so I need to come up to speed with that as well. I do a lot of preparation for games in general and I have done that in my time at Hearts and Alloa so I’m well used to it. I’ve a system of working yes I’ll obviously have to tweak at times and depending on what resources are available to me, personnel, etc, so there will be things over time that will become routine but in the build up to that fixture we will work as normal as possible the way I work in terms of how we train. I’m excited about that because I love coaching and the frustration when you are a part-time manager is that you get to do it only two nights a week so the attraction for me to do that on a far more regular basis is brilliant and it is something that I can’t wait to do.”

What are Jack’s feelings of moving from a part-time set-up to a full-time one.

“I genuinely think it is exciting more than anything else. This biggest frustration for me was not being able to spend enough time with my players both on the training pitch and even away from it in terms of getting to know them, their character and personality and speaking to them about their performance and how they get the most from themselves so a full-time environment will allow me to do that. I’m no stranger to either in a playing sense or a coaching sense because I have done it so it doesn’t faze me in that sense it is more excitement. The realisation that I’m going to have all this extra time to work with the players is terrific and it allows me to deliver more of the ideas that I have of being able to do it to an extent that at Alloa I’m obviously limited by time on occasions so this undoubtedly gives me a greater platform on which to work.”

Jack confirms that he has someone particular in mind for his assistant.

“I do have somebody that I would like to bring to the club. He is working with another club at the moment so I’m hopeful that can be pushed through and it can be done, and if it is done it will be done over the next two or three days. If it doesn’t then we’ll look to alternatives and I would like to do that again as soon as possible. I know Allan [McManus] is obviously in place at the club and he’ll provide assistance as well and I look forward to that. But it is quite important to have somebody in to assist me and if I can get this person in then I think it will be beneficial to the club as well and I think supporters will be pleased with the appointment as well but as I said, at the moment it is outwith my hands to an extent but we’re hopeful that can be concluded soon.”

Jack also confirms the Board’s backing in trying to bring in his new assistant

“In terms of the coaching staff yes because they knew it was important for me and it was an important decision in my own career as well and it is something I want to get right first and foremost for the club and then for myself. So I think to have the right person in alongside me they were very supportive of that.

“On the playing side, I’ve got to be honest, I haven’t asked really because again going back to what I said earlier, we’re outwith a window, I have a playing squad here that has pedigree and quality, my challenge as manager is to get the best from them. I think that’s what managers should look upon as opposed to coming in and saying and making excuses about not being able to make changes, etc. I’ll do my utmost to get the best from them and I’m confident that I will as I believe in my abilities to do that and hopefully the fans will then see that on the pitch.”

Watch the full interview here

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the appointment of Jack Ross as the new first team manager. 

The club would like to thank everyone who took the time to apply for the role but have decided, after several meetings with Jack, that he was the outstanding candidate for the job. 

Jack has done an impressive job since taking over as manager at Alloa and has experience as a coach at Hearts and an assistant manager at Dumbarton. Jack said:

I'm delighted to be named the new manager of St Mirren Football Club. I have fond memories of my time in Paisley as a player and can't wait to get started."

Chairman Gordon Scott said:

I was very impressed with Jack when we got a chance to meet and am delighted to have him on-board as our new manager. I look forward to working alongside him as we look to bring success to the football club. One of the big plus points for me was Jack being with Hearts at a time at a time when their supporters got involved in the ownership of their club."

As part of our on going commitment to improve communications with supporters, we wanted to release the news on stmirren.com before speaking to any other form of media.

More details on the appointment will follow in the coming days. 

St Mirren loan signing Ryan Hardie says that being called up to the Scotland Under-21 squad was a huge honour. Speaking to stmirren.com after the 1-1 draw with Falkirk on Saturday, Hardie also admitted that he was surprised to be included in Scot Gemmill's first squad as U21 manager as they get set to take on Lithuania and FYR Macedonia in European U21 Championship Qualifiers.

The striker, who has scored three goals for the Saints this season, said: "It came as complete surprise to me getting called up to the U21s. Every time you're away with your country it's a big honour, so to get called up is amazing.

"I'm looking forward to it," he continued. "The squad was named and there are a couple of new faces as well that I have played with before so it's not like I'm going into a new environment. Obviously I'll meet new people but I just have to go in and just do what I can do." 

Something Hardie wasn't surprised at was teammate Tom Walsh's superb equaliser against Falkirk on Saturday. The two players are on loan from Rangers and Hardie knows it's something that Walsh is capable of. He said: "I've grown up with Walshy for four or five years now. Watching him week in, week out, you know he can do that. He's got that ability to score goals from anywhere so it was no surprise to me that it went in the corner [of the net]." 

Hardie believes it was frustrating not to get all three points against Falkirk as the Buddies search for their first league win of the season. He said: "We stuck to the task at hand and obviously got the late goal that got us back into the game. After that, for the last 10-15 minutes or whatever it was after the goal, we dominated and had several chances to score, so it's frustrating that we've not got the first win. But we're definitely improving and now we're looking forward to the next game.

"It took a lot to dig in until we got the goal but once we got it the momentum changed and we were on the front foot."

With the club still looking to appoint a new manager, the striker said that it isn't affecting the players at the moment as they are busy concentrating on matters on the park. "I don't think it bothers the players so much. We just try to concentrate on what we do on the park and what we do on the training park. It'll be good to get a manager appointed but at the minute we are enjoying it and we're getting better. It's a tight group of boys and it's just all about hard work and the team ethic." 

Tom Walsh heaped praise on St Mirren supporters following Saturday's 1-1 draw against Falkirk at the Paisley 2021 Stadium.

Speaking to stmirren.com, the midfielder admitted it was the best atmosphere he's experienced whilst on loan at the Saints and hopes that it will continue as the team look to get the first league win of the season on the board.

He said: "That's the loudest I've heard the crowd and it's a real atmosphere when they get going. It's our job to get them that way but if we can get an atmosphere like that at the end of the game then we can be a real force.

"Like I said, the noise at the end was the loudest I've heard it and it's great to play in that. If the supporters can keep that going that would be great and obviously it's our job to make them enjoy it."

Walsh admitted he was happy to be on the scoresheet and for the team to gain a point against a difficult Falkirk side. The midfielder's 87th minute strike was his fourth goal for the Saints and he said he is pleased to be scoring goals, though ultimately realises that the most important thing is that the team is getting results.

"I'm delighted," He said. "It's always nice to get on the scoresheet. It would've been great to get the win but we'll take the draw. They're a good team, so we'll take the draw and hopefully the wins will come. 

"I was at Dumbarton last season and I only scored one, so to have four at this stage is massive for me. It's something I knew I had to improve on and I need to keep doing that but to have four just now is good. It's more important that the team get results, the old cliché, but it is. Hopefully we can get wins and get up the league and hopefully I can keep chipping in as well."

The loanee is confident that the hard work the players are putting in will pay off and it won't be long until that first league win comes. He said: "Every game you've got to look to improve and I'll keep looking to score more and assisting and playing well in general play. Everyone wants to improve in every game and I'm sure results will come from that.

"Allan [McManus] has taken over and basically said to us to go and play with no fear. We were unfortunate at Dunfermline, but knew if we kept working hard this week that we'd get a result and we did. We would have liked to get three points but I'm sure that will come."

Walsh said he is looking forward to seeing who the new manager will be with the club hopeful of appointing someone this week. The midfielder said: "Obviously a new manager will come in and it'll be interesting to see the new ideas and hopefully the wins can come. There's always a lift when a manager comes in so it'll be interesting to see who it is and their methods." 

Over the upcoming October Week school holiday the Street Stuff team will be running sessions from Monday 17th October to Friday 21st October.

The sessions provide young people aged between 10 and 18 with a range of FREE activities including Street Football with coaches from St Mirren Football Club, dance lessons and access to the youth bus.

A healthy meal or sandwiches will also be provided free of charge to all participants at the sessions.

These sessions are a great way for young people to get out and have fun in a safe, healthy and positive environment with access to high quality facilities and top class coaching from St Mirren Football Club.

Street Stuff is a diversionary project providing young people with an opportunity to have fun, get fit and active and meet other people their age.

Street Stuff is run in partnership with Renfrewshire Council, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Engage Renfrewshire and St Mirren Football Club.

The Street Stuff timetable for the October Week school holiday is as follows:

Monday 17th October

Venue: Paisley 2021 Stadium
Events: Dance, Youth Bus, Football
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Healthy meal

Venue: Bargarran Primary School, Erskine
Events: Dance, Youth Bus, Football
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Healthy meal

Tuesday 18th October

Venue: Gallowhill MUGA
Events: Football, Youth Bus
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Cold sandwich or wrap with juice etc.

Venue: Glenburn Community Centre
Events: Dance, Youth Bus, Football
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Healthy meal

Venue: Our Lady of Peace MUGA, Linwood
Events: Youth Bus, Football
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Cold sandwich or wrap with juice etc.

Wednesday 19th October

Venue: Paisley 2021 Stadium
Events: Dance, Youth Bus, Football
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Healthy meal

Venue: Bargarran Primary School, Erskine
Events: Dance, Youth Bus, Football
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Healthy meal 

Thursday 20th October

Venue: Gallowhill MUGA
Events: Football, Youth Bus
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Cold sandwich or wrap with juice etc.

Venue: Glenburn Community Centre
Events: Dance, Youth Bus, Football
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Healthy meal

Venue: Our Lady of Peace MUGA, Linwood
Events: Youth Bus, Football
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Cold sandwich or wrap with juice etc.

Friday 21st October

Venue: Paisley 2021 Stadium
Events: Dance, Youth Bus, Football
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Healthy meal

Venue: Bargarran Primary School, Erskine
Events: Dance, Youth Bus, Football
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Food: Healthy meal

If you require any further info please contact Stephen Gallacher on mobile: 07557 281 581 or by e-mail: stephen.gallacher@stmirren.com. 

For more information on Street Stuff Dance please contact Street Stuff Dance Co-ordinator, Rachel Elliott on Tel: (0141) 840-6125, Mob: 07702 865 4925, E-mail: rachel.elliott@stmirren.com.

To learn more about Street Stuff please visit www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/streetstuff.

Tickets for this coming Saturday's IRN-Bru Cup, 4th Round tie away to Hibernian are now on sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office and the Online Ticket Shop.

The match and ticket details are as follows:

Hibernian v St Mirren
IRN-BRU Cup, 4th Round
Venue: Easter Road Stadium, Edinburgh
Date: Saturday 8th October 2016
Kick-off: 3:00pm

Ticket Prices

Fans needing a wheelchair ticket for Saturday’s game at Easter Road please note that you will need to collect it from the St Mirren Ticket Office.

Tickets are also on sale for St Mirren's home matches against Dundee United (15th Oct), Dumbarton (5th Nov) and Dunfermline Athletic (19th Nov)

Ticket Information

St Mirren Ticket Office hours for the remainder of this week are as follows:

03/10/2016 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
04/10/2016 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
05/10/2016 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
06/10/2016 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
07/10/2016 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
08/10/2016 - CLOSED

The St Mirren Under-20 side are back in action tomorrow evening when they head down to Ayrshire to face their counterparts from Kilmarnock.

The SPFL Development League encounter between the young Buddies and Killie on Tuesday 4th October will take place at Rugby Park and it will kick-off at 7:00pm.

The referee for this fixture will be Calum Scott.

For directions to Rugby Park click here.

A late goal from Tom Walsh earned St Mirren a share of the points with Falkirk in Saturday's Ladbrokes Championship match at The Paisley 2021 Stadium.

The Bairns took a first half lead thanks to a wicked deflection from Craig Sibbald's free-kick which sent the ball spinning past Saints' keeper Jamie Langfield.

Saints battled back in the second half and got a deserved equaliser with three minutes remaining as Tom Walsh surged forward before rifling his shot into the bottom corner to earn Saints a much needed point.

Paisley Panda had a busy day on Saturday with the half-time competition 'Bung a Baw' selling out for the first time. The Panda said: "It was really busy on Saturday as we sold out so to avoid disappointment at the next home game against Dundee United get in early and buy your ball to take part in 'Bung a Baw'."

Official Website photographer, Allan Picken was at The Paisley 2021 Stadium to capture all the action.

© Allan Picken Photography.