We caught up with Caolan Boyd-Munce at our training camp in Spain as he reflects on the return to pre-season, new signing Oisin Smyth and getting his first Northern Ireland cap a few weeks ago.

Tickets for our pre-season friendlies are all on sale now. 

Stephen Robinson's side are currently in Spain for a week long camp at the Pinatar Arena. The Buddies will complete a week of warm weather training to gear up for our 2024/25 campaign. 

Upon our return from Spain, Saints will take on Championship side Dunfermline Athletic at KDM Group East End Park on Saturday 6th July. There will be a Renfrewshire derby on Tuesday 9th July when we face Greenock Morton at Cappielow Park in the Communities Cup. 

The Buddies will play host to English League Two outfit Fleetwood Town at The SMiSA Stadium on Saturday 13th July, before closing out our pre-season schedule at home to Carlisle United on Friday 19th July. 

Pre-Season Friendly

Dunfermline v St Mirren
Saturday 6th July 2024
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: KDM Group East End Park 

Tickets for this match are available online HERE.

Tickets are priced at £12 for adults, £6 for concessions and £1 for U12s.

The Communities Cup

Greenock Morton v St Mirren
Tuesday 9th July 2024
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: Cappielow Park

Tickets for this match are available online HERE.

Tickets are priced at £18 for adults, £13 for concessions*, £5 for 12-15 and £3 for U12s.

Pre-Season Friendly

St Mirren v Fleetwood Town
Saturday 13th July 2024
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

Tickets for this match are available online HERE.

Tickets are priced at £12 for adults, £6 for concessions* and £3 for U12s.

Pre-Season Friendly

St Mirren v Carlisle United
Friday 19th July 2024
Kick-off: 7:30pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

Tickets for this match are available online HERE.

Tickets are priced at £12 for adults, £6 for concessions* and £3 for U12s.

St Mirren Men's first-team players are being put through their paces at a training camp in Spain.

The Buddies are based at the Pinatar Arena outside Murcia with preparations underway for season 2024/25. 

With temperatures in the region hitting the high 20s all week, St Mirren Lead Sport Scientist Gary McColl talked through how the coaching staff structure their sessions to manage the players in tough conditions. 

"At this time of year it is obviously a lot warmer so when we want to get double pitch sessions in for the players we have to consider when we train during the day so we miss the peak heat," Gary told stmirren.com. 

"That's meant we are training a bit earlier in the mornings and getting the players back to the hotel to get them fed and let them rest in the afternoon before going out early evening again when it's a little bit cooler. 

"There may be times later in the week where we may have to adapt as we go whether that's because it's too hot at a certain time of day to train or through the accumulation of work the players have built up through the week. 

A lot of the boys aren't used to training in this sort of heat and trying to push them every single day probably isn't the best way forward."

Saints will face Dunfermline a week on Saturday in our first pre-season friendly with competitive football getting underway in a little under a month's time with a trip to either Iceland or Albania in the UEFA Conference League. 

The players returned to pre-season training on Monday after a month's break before flying out to Spain on Wednesday to get themselves prepared for the season ahead. 

"The first few days of pre-season involves physical profiling of players such as fitness levels, body composition, strength tests in the gym, we are trying to collate all that information so we can put plans in place for the group as a whole but also individually as well.

Our aim is always to improve the strength and fitness of the players and make sure they are robust as possible.

"We're really pleased with how the players have come back.

We have a really hard-working group that has looked after itself over the summer and they've come back in great condition.

"We've got a lot of work in during the first couple of days here and so far so good. The players that were here in January are familiar with the surroundings. We're at a good hotel and there are good facilities both on and off the pitch so everyone is pretty happy."

"Going back towards the end of last season we started putting our plans in place for pre-season. The manager, myself and the coaching staff put in place a plan for what we want to achieve.

"This season has been a little bit different from the last couple of years whereby the players had a little bit longer off-season and the pre-season we've got we have a little bit more time to play with so we don't have to rush things in getting the boys fit.

"While we're over here in Spain it's all about getting our work in on the pitch and in the gym."

St Mirren will start the 2024/25 William Hill Premiership season at home to Hibernian after fixtures were announced by the SPFL this morning.

Stephen Robinson's side host the Hibees at The SMiSA Stadium on Sunday 4th August 2024 in a reversal of last season's opening day match. 

The Buddies travel to Pittodrie to face Aberdeen on matchday two for our first away day of the league season on Saturday 10th August before returning to The SMiSA Stadium two weeks later to host Celtic on Sunday 25th August in a 12pm kick-off being shown live on Sky Sports.  

Saints close out the first month away to Dundee on Saturday Saturday 31st August. 

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St Mirren's full William Hill Premiership fixture list for 2024/25 is as follows:

All fixtures subject to change. 

A Warm Welcome to Consilium as Shirt Sponsor

Consilium Contracting Services is a fellow ambitious Paisley-founded organisation who operate across Scotland and have always remained prominent proud sponsors of their origin town’s local football club. It is an honour to now announce Consilium as St Mirren’s new official shirt sponsor as we continue our legacy together.

Consilium are overjoyed to be a St Mirren’s shirt sponsor who is Paisley born, Paisley based and Paisley owned – following on from only one other trifecta sponsor, Graham’s Buses in 1983/84. Over 40 years’ later, history is repeating itself with a Paisley original shirt sponsor.

The connection between the family company, Consilium and St Mirren began with a young boy growing up in Glenburn alongside his McGrath parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles and cousins. The sponsorship is a result of a long-lasting relationship. We cannot wait to form history together and have Consilium as St Mirren’s official shirt sponsor for the home kit 2024/25 and for the away kit 2024/25.

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We’re on our way to Season 2024/25!

St Mirren Football Club has today launched a new strategy as we aim to be the best community centred development football club in Scotland.

Tickets for our pre-season Renfrewshire derby are now on sale online.

The Buddies face Greenock Morton at Cappielow Park in the 'Communities Cup' on Tuesday 9th July with a 7:45pm kick-off. 

St Mirren supporters will be situated in the Wee Dublin End and Sections F&G of the Allan McGraw Main Stand and will enter via the Wee Dublin End turnstiles.

All away ticket sales are online only through Morton's Fanbase link here and no physical ticket sales will be available on matchday.

Greenock Morton v St Mirren 
Date: Tuesday 9th July 2024
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: Cappielow Park

Morton Ticket Prices

Adults - £18
Concession* - £13
Child (12-15) - £5
U12** - £3

*65+ and 16-21
**must be purchased with an adult ticket

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to confirm that Jaden Brown has returned to the club on permanent contract after agreeing a two-year deal.

The 25-year-old full-back initially signed for Saints in January on a loan deal from Lincoln City until the end of the season and made eight appearances for the Buddies.

While game time was limited for Jaden, he impressed coaching staff during his time at the club and manager Stephen Robinson has moved to add him to the squad on a permanent basis. 

Capped by England to under-19 level, Jaden began his career at English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur but left for Huddersfield Town without making a senior appearance at the Lilywhites.

Jaden made 31 appearances at Huddersfield before joining Sheffield Wednesday in 2021. He was part of the Wednesday team that secured promotion to the English Championship last season and moved on following the expiry of his contract last summer. Jaden joined Lincoln City in July 2023 and made 15 appearances for the Imps. 

Speaking to stmirren.com after returning, Jaden said: "I'm buzzing to be back. 

"I loved my time on loan here at the club last season. I didn't get as many games as I wanted to but it's important to be in and around good people and it was a successful group, qualifying for Europe. 

You want to play in the big games and play in the biggest competitions so it's a great opportunity to showcase what I'm about. Hopefully I can come in and hit the ground running."

Manager Stephen Robinson said: "I don't think people have seen the best of Jaden. He arrived here without a lot of game time and towards the end of his loan we were really impressed with him. 

"We had no direct competition for Scott Tanser at left-wing back so it was important we have that level of competition.

"Jaden can also play in numerous different positions further forward and on the right-hand side so he certainly strengthens our squad. It makes the fight for starting places harder for everybody which is how you progress."

Excitement is building as we gear up for our first European tie since 1987. 

A fifth-place finish in the Scottish Premiership last season saw Stephen Robinson’s side secure European football for the first time in 37 years and we found out that a trip to Iceland or Albania awaits in the UEFA Conference League. 

We are just a month away from our UEFA Conference League Second Round tie with Saints set to face either Valur FC from Iceland or Albania’s KF Vllaznia following last week’s draw. 

While everyone is excited, not knowing exactly where we are heading until a week before the tie has thrown up many challenges. The club has been working hard on two scenarios for the away and home fixtures on July 25th and August 1st respectively and wishes to provide supporters with an update so far. 

Travel 

While we continue to explore the possible opportunity to support fan travel, this is highly unlikely due to the logistical challenges we are facing in organising travel and accommodation for the first-team with such a short turnaround time.

Supporters have asked about the potential of chartering a flight for fans but, unfortunately, this is proving unfeasible due to cost, availability and turnaround.

We will provide you with a further update in due course, as soon as possible.

Tickets - Away

We know there is huge interest from supporters in both these matches and are anticipating limited supply of tickets depending on the opponent we will face. 

We are also aware some supporters may not want to travel to both destinations and that ticket variance is significant. As such a ballot will take place for each match scenario with both treated as separate entities. 

The ballot will run from Thursday 4th July and will close on Wednesday 10th July. Details on how to register for the ballot will follow in the coming days. 

Terms and conditions are as follows: 

• Only season ticket holders are eligible to apply. Season tickets are still available on early bird general sale so get yours now before full prices kick in from Monday 1st July. 
• You must only apply if you plan to travel to the destination you are applying for. 
• Only one ticket per ballot entry. 
• Over 12s only can enter the ballot.
• Adults with an under-12 can apply on their behalf, providing both have season tickets. There will be an allocation for parent and child in the ballot. 
• Tickets are non-transferable. ID will be required to collect them. 

When the ballots go live, please fill in the forms with all the information requested. If you do not complete all fields your entry will be null and void. You must provide the following information when entering the ballot: 

• Name
• Email Address
• Home Address
• Date of Birth
• Your seat number at The SMiSA Stadium
• Accessibility requirements (i.e. wheelchair with carer etc.) 

You will know ahead of the match whether you have been successful in the ballot and more information will be provided about how to purchase and collect your ticket if successful. 

We are unable to confirm the ticket allocation for each destination as yet but we are working with the respective clubs on this and will update further when we can. 

Tickets - Home

Our second leg fixture will take place at The SMiSA Stadium on Thursday 1st August with kick-off time to be confirmed. 

Priority tickets will go on sale to season tickets holders from Thursday 4th July until Wednesday 10th July to claim their seat. Season Ticket holders will only be able to purchase their seat and cannot buy multiple tickets. 

General sale will commence from Thursday 11th July and prices will be confirmed in the coming days. 

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Roland Idowu on loan until the end of the season subject to clearance.

The midfielder joins on a temporary transfer from English League One side Shrewsbury Town.

Born in Dublin, Roland began his career in Ireland with St Joseph’s before moving across to England for spells at Southampton and Cardiff City.

The 22-year-old returned to Ireland where he played with Bohemians and Waterford FC, where he played with Saints defender Richard Taylor. His form at Waterford saw him earn a move to Shrewsbury in January 2024 after scoring 15 goals and registering 20 assists in 74 matches for the Irish side. 

Capped by Republic of Ireland at U16, U17 and U18 level, Roland becomes our latest summer signing after James Scott, Shaun Rooney, Ellery Balcombe and Oisin Smyth.

Roland told stmirren.com: "I'm delighted to be here.

"I've heard a lot about the club and spoke to the manager and Diarmuid O'Carroll. I'm really happy and excited for what the club is pushing for this season. 

"I know Richard Taylor," he continued. "We played together before and he told me it was a good club. I've seen what the club achieved last season and how they are pushing to go further. I just want to come in and help out. 

I'm excited to get out in front of the fans and get playing again. I'm a creative player who gives a lot physically, I like to get about the place with goals and assists. Speaking with the manager, he has given me the confidence that I can come in and do that."

Speaking to stmirren.com, manager Stephen Robinson said: "Roland is someone we feel that is highly talented.

"He can play as an eight, he can play anywhere in the midfield and he can play a little bit further forward in behind the strikers.

He's different from what we have and someone I've kept an eye on from afar so we're delighted to have him on board."