St Mirren are back in William Hill Premiership action this weekend following the final international break of 2024.

Saints host Aberdeen at The SMiSA Stadium and return from the break having picked up seven points from nine in their last three league matches. A Conor McMenamin brace saw the Buddies win 2-1 away to Hibernian at in our last outing. That victory came after a 0-0 draw against Ross County and a 3-1 win against St Johnstone both at The SMiSA Stadium the previous week.  

Stephen Robinson's currently side sit in sixth place in the William Hill Premiership with 15 points from 13 matches. 

Match Details

St Mirren v Aberdeen
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 23rd November 2024
Kick-off: 3pm 
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

The Opposition

Aberdeen have had a terrific start to their season with the Dons currently sitting joint top of the William Hill Premiership and unbeaten in the league so far this season.

Manager Jimmy Thelin has lost just one match in charge of the Granite City side, losing 6-0 to Celtic in the Premier Sports Cup at the start of the month. But despite that setback, the Dons bounced back to win 4-1 at home to Dundee before the international break.

Aberdeen have won 10 of their 11 William Hill Premiership matches, their only dropped points coming away to Celtic where they battled back from 2-0 to draw 2-2 at Celtic Park. 

The Dons were victorious in the only meeting between the two sides this season, winning 3-1 at Pittodrie in August. Toyosi Olusanya levelled for Saints heading into half-time, but two second-half goals saw Aberdeen pick up the points. 

Saints won in dramatic fashion on Aberdeen's last visit to Paisley. Two goals in the space of a minute deep into injury-time from Mark O'Hara and Olusanya sparked wild scenes at The SMiSA Stadium as the Buddies came from behind to win 2-1 in March. 

The Officials

John Beaton takes charge of Saturday's match and will be assisted by David McGeachie and Ross Nelson. Grant Irvine is the fourth official. 

The video assistant referee (VAR) is Matthew MacDermid. 

Tickets for our William Hill Premiership match away to Dundee United on Saturday 30th November are now on sale.

Saints travel to Dundee to face the Arabs for the third time this season and tickets are available online through Dundee United's ticketing platform.

Dundee United v St Mirren
Competition: William Hill Premiership
Date: Saturday 30th November 2024
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Tannadice Park, Dundee

Dundee United Ticket Prices

Adult - £26
Concessions* - £15
U12** - £5

*65 and over, U21 or full-time student
**Only with a full paying adult

Ambulant - £15 (PA free of charge)

Wheelchair Tickets

Any wheelchair Users requiring tickets please contact the Dundee United Ticket Office directly tickets@dundeeunitedfc.co.uk or call 01382 833 166 option 1.

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

St Mirren Ticket Office email: tickets@stmirren.com 

St Mirren will once again be taking donations of winter clothing ahead of our William Hill Premiership match against Aberdeen on Saturday 23rd November following phenomenal response in recent years. 

Across the last two years, the club launched a winter clothes appeal which asked Saints supporters and the local community to donate warm clothing and jackets for those in need and we were overwhelmed with donations. The doors of the SMiSA Stadium were then opened for those who were in need of warm clothing with excess donated to charities in Renfrewshire. 

After terrific support for the campaign, it will return again ahead of our match against Aberdeen with all items distributed throughout Renfrewshire to those most in need. We are hoping to collect as many winter jackets, jumpers, scarves, hats, gloves, boots and blankets.

Donation points will be in place at each turnstile from 1:30pm on matchday, with another available at the club's reception that will be in place until the following week. Thank you for your ongoing support. 

Our fantastic volunteer group are driving this important initiative after a successful campaign in November 2022.

The St Mirren Youth Academy is hosting an Academy Celebration evening at the Glynhill Hotel this Friday (15th November). 

The sold-out event is once again kindly sponsored by Kibble as we celebrate the achievements of academy players & staff as well as raising funds to facilitate our ongoing commitment to our successful youth programme.

Last year's dinner was a tremendous success with players from every Academy age group presented with a player's player of the year award in recognition of their hard work throughout the year. We also raised a substantial amount of money from our auctions and raffle that went directly into the running of the academy.

The silent auction for this year's event is now live with some incredible prizes up for grabs including lunch with first-team players & staff, a round of golf for four at Gleneagles and much more! To see what fantastic prizes are available and to bid please click HERE.

This season we have seen the U18s play twice at The SMiSA Stadium in the Scottish Youth Cup, while 16-year-old Academy graduate Evan Mooney made his first-team debut last month. 

The deadline for applications to become a director representing SMiSA on the board of St Mirren Football Club is this Friday (15th November) at 5pm. 

SMiSA need to appoint a new director to represent the society on the board of St Mirren as Alex White has confirmed he will step down at the December St Mirren FC AGM, meaning a position to be one of our four SMiSA nominated directors on the club board has become available. Alex has made a significant contribution during his three years as a Director, and SMiSA would once again like to thank him for all he has done during his tenure for both SMiSA and St Mirren Football Club.

SMiSA are now calling for anyone interested in becoming a candidate for this position to apply. You can do this by emailing applications@smisa.net to declare your interest. Applicants who declare interest will receive an application pack containing informative documents about the process and role. They will also receive an application form. The closing date for applications to be submitted is Friday 15th November at 5pm.

New SMiSA appointments to the club board are subject to the formal recruitment process SMiSA has put in place. This will see the SMiSA board shortlist and interview those who best fit the job description, and select a preferred candidate who the members will then be asked to approve. It is preferred that candidates are already SMiSA members, however all applications will be considered. Interview dates and timings will be further discussed with candidates who are successful in the sifting process relating to their application and progress to the interview stage.

The successful candidate will be expected to act as the link between the club and SMiSA boards, ensure member views are considered in club decisions and have the skills and experience to make a positive contribution to the running of the football club.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with: jackmc@smisa.net. 

St Mirren Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of Declan John on a short-term contract subject to clearance. 

The Welsh international joins up with Saints until January 2025.

Capped seven times by Wales, Declan was most recently with Bolton Wanderers and spent last season on loan at Salford City.

The 29-year-old began his career at Cardiff City and had loan spells at Barnsley, Chesterfield and Rangers before signing with the Ibrox club on a permanent basis. He would return down south, moving to Swansea City with loans at both Sunderland and Bolton before joining Wanderers permanently in 2021.

Speaking to stmirren.com, Declan said: "I’m absolutely delighted to be here.

"It’s been a crazy few days. I came up on Thursday, trained on Friday and went to watch the game on Saturday which was a great win for the boys. I’ve enjoyed it and I’m really looking forward to getting back into training.

From walking in, everything has been so positive and you can feel that in the changing room. It feels like a really good place to be."

Manager Stephen Robinson added: "Declan is here on a short-term deal with a view to extending depending on how it goes.

"The circumstances we find ourselves in means we’re very short of defence cover. Declan comes in with a vast amount of experience. He’s played at some very high levels and obviously been up in Scotland before as well so we’re very lucky that we’ve been able to get him in.

We’ve seen his quality in his first couple of days in training. He’s a talented boy, is very good technically but he hasn’t played a lot of football in recent months so that’s something we need to look at and try to get him up to speed.

"To add to the squad with the quality and background Declan has, I believe we are very lucky at this stage of the season."

St Mirren Football Club can confirm that Jaden Brown has left the club by mutual consent. 

Jaden will now return to England to be closer to his family. 

The club will make no further comment. 

Supporters should note that the St Mirren Ticket Office will be closed on Thursday (14th Nov) due to essential staff training. 

The Ticket Office will re-open on Friday (15th Nov) at 10am.

A first-half double from Conor McMenamin saw St Mirren pick up a thoroughly deserved three points away from home in the William Hill Premiership.

The Northern Ireland international's brace was enough to ensure a 2-1 victory over Hibernian at Easter Road. But contrary to what the narrow scoreline may have suggested, it was dominant performance from Stephen Robinson's men. 

The manager made just one change to the side that drew 0-0 with Ross County last weekend with McMenamin coming in for his first start of the season in place of James Scott. 

After a fairly even opening to the match, Saints took the lead with just 16 minutes on the clock. McMenamin did well to hold off the challenge from a Hibs defender before feeding the ball to Mark O'Hara. The captain switched it wide left to Scott Tanser who sent in a terrific low cross that McMenamin turned in from close range.

Conor McMenamin celebrates his opening goal (Image: Paul Byars)

Hibernian came close to a leveller just before the half-hour mark with Elie Youan smashing his effort off the post. The forward played a nice one-two with former Saints midfielder Hyeokkyu Kwon before turning his man and seeing his powerful strike hit the woodwork.

It was Saints who would add to their tally though with McMenamin getting his and The Buddies' second on 31 minutes. The Northern Ireland international robbed Warren O'Hora to steal the ball and charged forward from deep in the Hibernian half. He had Greg Kiltie and Toyosi Olusanya as options but elected to go himself as he slammed beyond Josef Bursik.

McMenamin adds his and St Mirren's second (Image: Paul Byars)

Stephen Robinson's men looked the more likely to extend their advantage before half-time. Killian Phillips met a cushioned header from Kiltie but saw his low effort from inside the area deflected wide.

Hibernian boss David Gray responded to his side's first-half showing by making three changes at the interval. Rocky Bushiri replaced O'Hora, while Nicky Cadden and Dylan Levitt replaced Hyeokkyu Kwon and Nectarios Triantis. An early cross from Nicky Cadden looked primed to meet Martin Boyle at the far post, but Tanser got his head on it to take away from the Hibs forward.

Joe Newell was shown a yellow card for the home side around five minutes after the restarting after a foul on Phillips around 25 yard from the Hibernian goal. After receiving treatment, it was Phillips who stood up to take but he curled a low effort straight into the arms of Bursik. 

Saints should have had a third on the hour mark. Richard Taylor rose the highest to meet a Tanser corner but his header cannoned off the bar. It fell to Alex Gogic with the goal gaping but he headed over. 

It looked like the Buddies would rue the miss almost immediately when Hibernian were awarded a penalty just a minute later. Martin Boyle went down under the challenge of O'Hara and while it looked soft, a VAR check didn't rule it to be a clear and obvious error by referee Iain Snedden. Boyle stepped up to take but Balcombe was equal to the effort, diving low to his right and holding. 

Ellery Balcombe saves Martin Boyle's penalty (Image: Paul Byars)

The manager made three changes with just over 20 minutes remaining when Oisin Smyth, Jonah Ayunga and Mikael Mandron replaced Kiltie, McMenamin and Olusanya. Mandron had a chance almost immediately after his introduction but his effort was tame which allowed Bursik to gather with ease. 

Hibernian started to see more of the ball as they searched for a way back into the match, but Saints were looking threatening on the counter with Ayunga seeing a strike blocked on 76 minutes.

The game looked to be ticking away to a comfortable St Mirren victory. But when do St Mirren ever do things the easy way? A handball from Gogic saw the hosts awarded a penalty in the third minute of added on time which Nicky Cadden despatched to reduce the deficit. And mere moments later, Cadden looked to have given Hibernian the unlikeliest of points when he lashed home from inside the area. Thankfully, VAR intervened with the ball having struck off substitute Dwight Gayle who was in an offside position. 

Full-Time: Hibernian 1-2 St Mirren

Ellery Balcombe and Conor McMenamin celebrate post-match (Image: Paul Byars)

St Mirren: Balcombe, Fraser, Gogic, Taylor, Bwomono, Phillips, O'Hara (c), Tanser, McMenamin (Ayunga 67), Olusanya (Mandron 67), Kiltie (Smyth 67)
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Penman, Adeniran, Idowu, Scott, Mooney

Hibernian: Bursik, C. Cadden, Ekpiteta, O'Hora (Bushiri 46), Obita, Kwon (N.Cadden 46), Triantis (Levitt 46), Newell, Youan, Boyle (Gayle 67), Hoilett (McKirdy 67)
Subs Not Used: Smith, Miller, Doyle-Hayes, Iredale

Referee: Iain Snedden
Assistant Referee: Ross Macleod
Assistant Referee: Andy Milne
Fourth Official: Lloyd Wilson
VAR: Kevin Clancy

Attendance: 15,594

Manager Reaction - "I thought for 80 minutes we were outstanding."

Stephen Robinson gives his thoughts after our win at Easter Road.

St Mirren are on the road on Saturday with Stephen Robinson's side heading to the capital to face Hibernian in the William Hill Premiership.

Hibernian vs St Mirren
William Hill Premiership
Venue: Easter Road
Date: Saturday 9th November 2024
Kick-off: 3pm

Ticket Info

Tickets for Saturday's match are on sale online direct through Hibernian's own ticketing platform, providing digital tickets only. 

Supporters will need to create an account on Hibernian's single sign on platform, verify your email and then click back through the link again to access matchday tickets. Tickets can be purchased using this link. 

Hibernian will only facilitate online sales for away supporters right up until kick-off. Tickets won't be available from the Hibernian Ticket Office for away supporters. 

Tickets are priced at £26 for adults, £16 for over 65, £14 for U18s and £12 for U13s*

Wheelchair and Ambulant disabled tickets can be purchased by getting in touch with Hibernian's Accessible Tickets Team by email on accessibletickets@hibernianfc.co.uk. Supporters should ensure they have pre-registered on Hibernian's platform before contacting the Accessible Tickets Team to book tickets. 

*With full paying adult

Follow the Action

If you can't make the match on Saturday, you can follow the action with updates on our X page.

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com, while UK subscribers can listen to live audio commentary.

Supporter Info

• There will be a minute's silence before kick-off for Remembrance Day. We ask that all supporters where able, to respect this moment to remember our service men and women who have been involved in conflicts around the world. Please note that the turnstiles will be closed during this moment of remembrance, so please arrive early.
• Coach parking in Regent Road. All convenors are advised to come to Easter Road via Prince's Street due to a political march prior to kick off.
• As always, please check your travel plans before setting off. There are 10-15mins delays at Leith Street and Picardy Place. George Street is closed due to Christmas Market set up.
• Pavement parking fines in place across Edinburgh which will cost £100
• Trams now running every 7mins to and from Leith Walk.
• Turnstiles will open at 2pm. Turnstile numbers 5-6. There will be search lanes at Easter Road for queue management and safety and to prevent any congestion at the turnstiles. Please comply with stewards instructions.
• Kiosks will be card only.
• Please sit in your allocated seats.
• Flags should be within regulations (2m x 1m) and must have a fire certificate. No offensive or political flags will be allowed. Please display all flags/banners to the CCTV cameras before entering the stadium. Please be guided by the stewards on placement of any flags/banners which will be across empty seats and must not cover any advertising within the stadium.
• No balaclavas or face coverings will be allowed on entering or within the stadium. Refusal of entry/ejection will occur if face coverings are seen.
• No pyro! No smoke cannisters! No Megaphones! No surfing banners or telescopic poles allowed.
• Searching will be in place. No bags bigger than 30cm x 30cm allowed. Any bags bigger needed into the stadium for medical purposes please email slo@stmirren.com before the match.
• One drum will be allowed inside stadium and will be required to be searched prior to entry.
• Any inebriated fans will not be allowed to enter the stadium.
• No smoking anywhere inside the stadium and no pass out is allowed.
• Disabled fans who need help to enter the stadium please wait at the ticket office pod at the away end and a steward will kindly assist you.
• There will be a winter clothing appeal if any supporters wish to donate to the Hibernian Charitable Foundation. Please come and see Karin Pointon, SLO, with any items of clothing before entering the search lanes.