St Mirren are back to cinch Premiership action as we play host to Aberdeen at The SMiSA Stadium on Sunday.

St Mirren vs Aberdeen
cinch Premiership
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium, Paisley
Date: Sunday 27th August 2023
Kick-off: 3pm

The match day officials for Sunday's match against Aberdeen are as follows:

Referee: John Beaton
Assistant Referee: Douglas Ross
Assistant Referee: Ross Nelson
Fourth Official: Stewart Luke 
VAR: Euan Anderson
Assistant VAR: Gary Hilland

Match Details

The game kicks-off at 3pm and season tickets are valid for Sunday's match. Full instructions on how to download and use the Future Ticketing digital app can be found HERE.  

Turnstiles will open to supporters from 2pm. Supporters are advised to arrive early to avoid delays as the match is anticipated to be busy. 

The St Mirren Ticket Office is open on Saturday between 11am-1pm and between 11am until just after kick-off on Sunday. 

The match is all ticket – tickets will be on sale (subject to availability) UNTIL KICK-OFF. Tickets are on sale at the St Mirren Ticket Office and online at stmirren.com/matchtickets. 

The fastest and easiest way to buy tickets for the home end is online at stmirren.com/matchtickets. Tickets will also be available in the West Stand Ticket booth which will be open from 1:30pm.

Aberdeen have sold out their allocation of tickets. 

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

Live Streaming

PPV passes are also available at a cost of £12.99 at ppv.stmirren.com.

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can also watch the match live as part of their subscription. UK subscribers to St Mirren TV can listen to live audio coverage.

50/50 

50/50 half-time tickets are on sale ahead of Sunday's match.

Grab the winning feeling with tickets costing just £1 each with no limit on the amount of tickets you can purchase. To enter, simply click this link to purchase.

The draw will be made during the half-time interval on Sunday with the first prize winner receiving 50% of net proceeds. The second prize winner will receive a signed home shirt. Entries close at 3pm on Sunday 27th August.

Matchday Entertainment

Join in with all the fun with our matchday entertainment at The SMiSA Stadium. 

Between 1pm and 3pm on Sunday (weather permitting) we will have a range of activities behind the Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand for children of all ages and plenty for the big kids to get involved in as well. It’s not just for home fans as away fans are also more than welcome to join in.

The best bit is that all activities are FREE of charge and funded by the club and SMiSA so get down early to be part of all the fun! 

• Bouncy Castle
• Pillow Bashing
• Football Darts
• 50ft inflatable obstacle course
• Target football
• Basketball
• Facepainting
• Highland Dancing

 Ticket Information

Car Parking

Please note that seasonal car park passes have now sold out. 

A limited amount of matchday parking is available on a first-come, first-serve basis for £5. 

Red Zone - South

For hospitality and home disabled supporters (subject to availability). 

To enter/exit Greenhill Road. Hospitality ticket to be shown for entry. 

Black Zone - Southwest 

For Family Stand and Main Stand Patrons. 

To enter/exit via Drums Avenue.  

White Zone - West 

For West Stand Patrons and Pay on the Day. Home disabled supporters in bays behind West Stand. Away disabled supporters in bays behind the dome. 

To enter/exit via Ferguslie Park Avenue.

Visitor Information

Season ticket holders that ordered and have not received their physical season ticket card, providing they were ordered during the first or second batch (ordered before 31st July), should contact the ticket office by 31st August to register it as lost.

On 1st September the club will be placing our final order for physical cards which include cards lost in the post and any final sales of season tickets. Season tickets will still be on sale throughout September, but these will be via the Future Ticketing Digital App or email ticket as the option for physical card will have passed. 

We will strive to allocate all physical cards in the third batch by the Hearts match on Saturday September 23rd. This will be dependent on delivery of cards to the club.

We will update further when we have received these cards. 

Saints return to league duty on Sunday as the Buddies host Aberdeen in the cinch Premiership.

Stephen Robinson's men booked their place in the last eight of the Viaplay Cup with a 1-0 win over Motherwell at The SMiSA Stadium on Saturday. Caolan Boyd-Munce's goal made it six wins on the spin for the Buddies and set up a quarter-final clash with Hibernian at Easter Road next month. 

Saints have won both cinch Premiership matches so far this season, defeating Hibernian (3-2) and Dundee (2-1) to sit second in the league. 

Aberdeen have picked up a point from their first two league matches having drawn their opening day fixture away to Livingston (0-0) and losing at home to Celtic (1-3). The Dons also progressed to the last eight of the Viaplay Cup with a 2-1 win away to Stirling Albion on Friday night. 

Barry Robson's side come into Sunday's match on the back of their Europa League Play-Off match away to BK Häcken. The Dons face the Swedish side in Gothenburg on Thursday night. 

Match Details

St Mirren v Aberdeen
Competition: cinch Premiership 
Date: Sunday 27th August 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

Ticket Info

Season tickets are valid for Sunday's match. Season tickets are still available to buy ONLINE and at the St Mirren Ticket Office. 

Non-season ticket holders can buy home end tickets at stmirren.com/matchtickets or at the St Mirren Ticket Office, subject to availability. Aberdeen have sold out their allocation of tickets. 

PPV passes are also available at a cost of £12.99 at ppv.stmirren.com. International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live as part of their subscription.

50/50 online half-time draw tickets are available now. Our previous winner took home £370 so to be in with a chance of winning buy your tickets from just £1 HERE.

Previous 

Saints won two and lost two of our four matches against Aberdeen last season. 

The Buddies faced the Dons only once at The SMiSA Stadium last season with a Kelle Roos own goal, a Mark O'Hara penalty and a Greg Kiltie goal giving us a 3-1 win on Christmas Eve. 

Saints faced three trips to Pittodrie in the cinch Premiership last season and also managed a 3-1 win in the Granite City back in February. The Dons won the other two by 4-1 in August 2022 and 3-0 in May 2023. 

Mark O'Hara netted from the penalty spot in our 3-1 win against Aberdeen at The SMiSA Stadium last season (Image: Allan Picken)

The officials

John Beaton is the referee on Sunday and he's assisted by Douglas Ross and Ross Nelson. Stewart Luke is the fourth official. 

Euan Anderson is the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and he's assisted by Gary Hilland. 

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match away to Livingston are on sale now. 

The Buddies travel to the Tony Macaroni Arena on Saturday 2nd September to face the Lions in league action. 

Saints supporters can buy tickets online now at THIS LINK and should select from sections N or P in the East Stand of the Tony Macaroni Arena. 

Livingston v St Mirren 
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 2nd September 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: The Tony Macaroni Arena

Livingston Ticket Info

Adults - £25
Concessions - £17
U16s - £10

Wheelchair/carer tickets are priced at £17 with carer free of charge if proof provided.

These are only be available from the St Mirren Ticket Office.

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

St Mirren Ticket Office E-Mail: tickets@stmirren.com 

St Mirren Women started their season in blistering fashion with a 14-0 win over Dundee West on the opening day of the Scottish Women's Football League One season on Sunday.

Helen McLeod scored four, Ceara McIntyre & Maxine Fury (pictured above) both netted hat-tricks, Francesca Blair added a brace, while Hannah Coyle and Kelly Ross also scored as the Buddies won in emphatic fashion on matchday one.

St Mirren Women manager Kate Cooper praised her side and told stmirren.com: "Over the close season we've got the players to really look at what goals we want to set.

"One of them is that we want them scoring more goals and another is that we want more clean sheets and to concede less goals so Sunday was a really good start. 

Maxine scored a hat-trick, Ceara got a hat-trick, Helen plays more as an attacking midfielder and got four goals so it was good for us on Sunday to get their confidence up and be more clinical with our finishing.

"We are looking at small marginals and setting targets like how many minutes can we go without conceding and how can we build that up over the season. If we can really be defensively sound then that just gives us the extra edge in games where we can nick it.

"To be fair to Dundee West, the season probably just came a bit too early for them. It's difficult in the women's game. They had five players missing through work and holidays so it was a very young team that was out against us and probably just a wee bit inexperienced at this level. For us, we still had to go up and do the work and still keep up our level of game so that we could actually get the result."

Up next for Saints Women is an SWF Championship and League One Cup match against Stenhousemuir.

Stenny finished one place above Saints in SWF League One last season and Kate stressed that the players won't rest on their laurels after Sunday's big win. 

The players will always tell you I don't let them get too far ahead," Kate said.

"All of our more offensive players got on the scoresheet so what we're really looking at is whether we can have that mentality. It's about what everybody is producing. I want to create that squad mentality. What's really important is that there are other players within the squad that can step up when needed.

"The biggest thing we'll take forward from it is confidence so can we keep that going into our next game.

"It will be hard. Going forward we have Stenhousemuir, Airdrie and Falkirk so our next three games will be really tough games."

Caolan Boyd-Munce says he's the happiest he's ever been in his football career. 

The midfielder scored his first Saints goal on Saturday, with his brilliant finish securing a 1-0 win against Motherwell and sealing the Buddies' place in the quarter-final of the Viaplay Cup.

And he beamed as he spoke about how much he's enjoying his football. 

It's comfortably the happiest I have been," he told stmirren.com.

"It's a different type of football than I've been used to.

"I've come from other clubs in England where it's been constantly about being on the ball, playing through the thirds and here is different. I'm really enjoying it, more than I thought I would have."

Caolan's early first-half strike was his first in the black and white and just his second career goal.

He admits it was made all the sweeter as it secured a last-eight tie against Hibernian next month. 

It felt really nice but it was more satisfying that we held on for the win. The fact it was the winner was really satisfying.

"All I can remember is Mika (Mandron) hitting me and people screaming at me. It was some feeling as soon as it hit the net. When it left my foot I knew it was in. We could have and should have made it more comfortable.

"We knew after the Montrose game it wasn't us. But no one panicked. We just needed to do what we can do.

"I think the last six games you can see it starting to come but there's a lot more in the tank. We can be better at times on the ball, off the ball there are no questions. The work rate, the quality off the ball and defending is fantastic, but on the ball there is more to come."

The 23-year-old has had to be patient for his opportunity and an injury to captain Mark O'Hara has seen Caolan start both matches in the skipper's absence. 

While he wants to impress, he was keen to stress that it's difficult to replace what Mark brings to the team. 

I don't think anyone can really replace Mark because he brings so much leadership on the pitch.

"He's brilliant in the air, he's brilliant in the tackle, he was top goalscorer last season and he's a leader. I don't really think anyone can take his spot.

"I can only do my bit and between myself, Keanu, Mark, Flynny, Goga, we all have build a relationship and have to know how each other plays and what makes us tick. I feel like I'm doing it with all of them so once we're called upon we can only do what we can do."

We have a number of our players out on loan. Here's a look at how some of them got on at the weekend. 

Aiden Gilmartin scored a double for East Kilbride in their 9-0 win over Nithsdale Wanderers at K-Park on Friday night. The 18-year-old climbed off the bench at half-time and netted twice as EK secured their place in the second round of the South Challenge Cup in emphatic fashion.

Kieran Offord made his second start for cinch League One side Edinburgh City on Saturday. Despite losing to early pace-setters Hamilton Academical, Kieran was named Man of the Match for the Citizens. 

Fraser Taylor impressed for NIFL Premiership side Ballymena United in their two matches last week. The 20-year-old started for the Northern Irish side in both their matches against Larne and Linfield. Despite defeats in both, the St Mirren Youth Academy graduate was singled out as impressing against the sides that finished in the top two of the NIFL Premiership last season. 

St Mirren have been drawn away to Hibernian in the quarter-finals of the Viaplay Cup.

Stephen Robinson's men progressed to the last eight following a 1-0 win against Motherwell at The SMiSA Stadium in the second-round. 

Saints have already faced the Hibees at Easter Road this season, winning 3-2 in the capital on the opening day of the season. 

The fixture will take place on Wednesday 27th September with a 7:45pm kick-off. Full ticketing arrangements will be announced in due course. 

The draw has also seen our cinch Premiership home match against Hibernian, scheduled for Saturday 4th November, postponed with the Viaplay Cup semi-finals due to take place that weekend. 

Hibernian vs St Mirren
Viaplay Cup
Venue: Easter Road
Date: Wednesday 27th September 2023
Kick-off: 7:45pm

I thought we were very solid throughout. It was a very good team performance."

Assistant manager Diarmuid O'Carroll gives his reaction to today's Viaplay Cup win against Motherwell.

Saints made it through to the quarter-finals of the Viaplay Cup with a well-deserved win over Motherwell in Paisley.

The only goal came inside the first 10 minutes and was a screamer, Caolan Boyd-Munce running onto the ball and thundering it into the top corner from a good 20 yards.

Motherwell fought back after the break, Zach Hemming producing a great save from Theo Bair, but the better chances came at the other end with Conor McMenamin and Toyosi Olusanya to getting Saints' second. It never came but it didn't matter as Saints held out to make the last eight.

Stephen Robinson took the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" approach and stuck with the side that had started the previous week's win over Dundee, with Mikael Mandron leading the attack against his old club. Former Buddie Paul McGinn started for the visitors, who handed Davor Zdravkovski his first start.

The Buddies have been making quick starts to their games this season and did so once more against the Steelmen. As Ryan Strain tried to force his way through the Motherwell defence, the ball wouldn't quite sit up for him on his right foot and eventually trickled away from him. However, it sat up perfectly for Caolan Boyd-Munce, who ran onto it and thumped a tremendous shot into the top corner. It was the midfielder's first goal since his arrival in March and put Saints in front with less than nine minutes on the clock.

Keanu Baccus tried from a similar position midway through the half as the Motherwell defence backed off Saints' World Cup star, who fired just over the bar from distance. The Aussie then had a shot deflected wide as the hosts tried to crank up the pressure against a Motherwell side who hadn't threatened. Their first corner caused a bit of chaos and uncertainty in the Saints box before it was eventually dealt with and when the visitors finally did have a shot, Callum Slattery's ambitious effort was always going high and wide.

Mandron sent a volley trickling wide early in the second half before Saints goalie Zach Hemming was called into action for the first time, producing a superb finger tip save to keep out a great effort from Theo Bair, Dan Casey heading wide from the resultant corner. For the first time the visitors were beginning to ask questions of the Saints rearguard but the Buddies were still capable of causing problems at the other end, Mandron having a shot blocked after he did well to get on the end of Greg Kiltie's pass.

The home side – and some players were screaming for a penalty when Richard Taylor's header from Boyd-Munce's corner seemed to hit a Motherwell arm, however ref Willie Collum was unmoved – and with VAR not in operation the decision stood. McMenamin had a great chance to double Saints' lead when Mandron's flick at the half way line sent him charging towards the 'Well goal, however the visiting defence was able to get back just in time to crowd him out and his shot was blocked. Motherwell could then have been level, Stephen O'Donnell finding Mika Biereth and the sub slid the ball across goal only for it to be just beyond the reach of Conor Wilkinson at the back post.

As the game approached the final 10 minutes, Mandron was booked for barging into the back of Shane Blaney, giving the visitors a free-kick in a dangerous position, however Slattery sent it well over. A couple of minutes from the end Olusanya, who had replaced Boyd-Munce, was sent through on goal only to be pulled back by Bevis Mugabi. The defender escaped with a booking and the free-kick came to nothing. Some neat passing gave Olusanya the chance to finish things in stoppage time but Motherwell keeper Liam Kelly kept out his shot to ensure a tense final few minutes.

Tackles and bodies seemed to be flying everywhere as Saints tried to snuff out the danger, Charles Dunne booked for flattening Biereth and Paul McGinn cautioned for fouling Strain at the same incident. Strain was replaced by James Bolton as Saints tried to tighten up for the free-kick, which was easily dealt with.

In the final minute of added time Olusanya almost finished things off only to see his shot hit the post, Kiltie then putting the rebound over. It didn't matter as Saints were able to comfortably see out what little time remained to make it through to the draw with the quarter-finals. 

Full-Time: St Mirren 1-0 Motherwell

St Mirren: Hemming, Fraser (c), Gogic, R.Taylor, Strain (Bolton 90), Baccus, Boyd-Munce (Dunne 82), Tanser, Kiltie, McMenamin (Olusanya 82), Mandron
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Kenny, Flynn, Lennon, Greive, Nahmani

Motherwell: Kelly, McGinn, Mugabi, Casey, O'Donnell (Ferrie 76), Blaney, Slattery, Spittal, Zdravkovski (Miller 55), Wilkinson (Efford 76), Bair (Biereth 67)
Subs Not Used: Oxborough, Lamie, McGinley, Wilson, Garcia

Referee: William Collum
Assistant Referee: Daniel McFarlane
Assistant Referee: Craig Ferguson
Fourth Official: Lloyd Wilson

Attendance: 5,249