St Mirren's first-team return from the international break with a home match against Livingston in the cinch Premiership. 

Saints host the Lions at the SMiSA Stadium in a big match in the race for top six. Stephen Robinson's side currently sit in seventh - a point behind Livingston who are in sixth with just four matches remaining until the split. 

A win for the Buddies would move us back into the top six at the expense of Livingston. However, the Lions know that three points would strengthen their own top six hopes.  

Saints drew 1-1 away at Dundee United prior to the international break with Mark O'Hara's second-half penalty seeing Stephen Robinson's men take a point at Tannadice. Livingston defeated Ross County 2-1 at the Tony Macaroni Arena in their last match before the break. 

Match Details

St Mirren v Livingston
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 1st April 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium

Ticket Info

Season tickets are valid for Saturday's match. Non-season ticket holders can buy home end tickets at stmirren.com/matchtickets or at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription. There is no PPV available.

Livingston supporters can buy tickets online at stmirren.com/awaysupporters. 

Previous

A late Alex Greive goal saw 10-men St Mirren defeat Livingston 2-1 at the SMiSA Stadium in October. In a dramatic final 20 minutes of the match, Keanu Baccus gave Saints the lead before Jonah Ayunga was sent off for a handball. Sean Kelly missed the resulting penalty for Livingston but, with just four minutes of normal time remaining, David Martindale's side equalised through Bruce Anderson. The drama wasn't done there with Greive scoring in the 90th minute to give Saints all the points. 

Both sides were reduced to 10-men the last time we faced Livingston back in December at the Tony Macaroni Arena. Scott Pittman was shown red in the first-half for the hosts before Mark O'Hara was given his marching orders 10 minutes into the second-half. Cristian Montano gave Livingston the lead, but Curtis Main levelled soon after to give us a share of the spoils. 

Alex Greive scored a dramatic late winner when we hosted Livingston in October (Image: Allan Picken)

The officials

John Beaton is the referee on Saturday. He'll be assisted by Douglas Ross and Gordon Crawford. Ross Hardie is the Fourth Official. 

Gavin Duncan is the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) and he'll be assisted by Alan Mulvanny. 

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match away to Rangers on Saturday 15th April are now on sale online for collection or postage. 

Tickets will also be available in person at the St Mirren Ticket Office from tomorrow (Wednesday 29th March) at 10am. 

Online orders made selecting standard post will be available up until 10am on Tuesday 11th April. Online orders for pick up will be available to purchase until 10am on Thursday 13th April and pick ups must be collected from the St Mirren Ticket Office by 12pm on Friday 14th April. There will be no sale of tickets on the day of the match. 

Rangers v St Mirren 
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 15th April 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Ibrox Stadium

Rangers Ticket Info

Adults - £31
Concession* - £24
Junior** - £13

*Over 65s, 16/17-year-olds
**Under 16s

Ambulant disabled tickets will be charged at the age-appropriate rate. If a carer is required, and proof of this is provided, the carer's ticket will be free of charge.

There are seven wheelchair & companion pairs available. These are only available at the St Mirren Ticket Office.

Wheelchair Prices

Adults - £18
Concessions - £14
Juniors - £9

There will be no sale of tickets on the day of the match. 

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

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

The next St Mirren Business Club networking event takes place at The SMiSA Stadium on Wednesday 29th March 2023.  

Our guest speaker on the night will be ex-St Mirren defender Lee Mair. Lee is currently Senior Funding Partner at TSF Finance. 

Event details as follows:

Wednesday 29th March 2023
The SMiSA Stadium

5.30pm – 6.15pm - Tea & coffee and refreshments served
6.15pm - Introduction – Campbell Kennedy, St Mirren Commercial Manager
6.20pm - Individual company introduction by attendees
6.30pm – 7pm - Presentation by Lee Mair, Senior Funding Partner at TSF Finance
7pm – 8pm - Networking

The Business Club, offers the chance for our sponsors and business partners the opportunity to network in unique surroundings. Events are held frequently, taking different formats and with a selection of quality guest speakers covering a wide range of themes.

The Business Club is completely free to join with members receiving invites to a series of exclusive events throughout the year.

Interested in attending the event or looking for more details?

Please forward your full name and company contact details to commercial@stmirren.com or phone St Mirren Commercial Manager, Campbell Kennedy on 0141-840-1337.

Alex Greive created a piece of Saints history as he overtook Iain Munro and the late Billy Thomson to become the most capped player while at St Mirren.

The 23-year-old forward was a second-half substitute for the All Whites in their 0-0 draw against China in Auckland. That took Greive to eight caps for New Zealand - all of which have come during his time at Saints – beating Munro and Thomson’s record of seven for Scotland.

We congratulate Alex on writing himself into the history books of the club.

With six caps, Alex Gogic could also overtake Munro and Thomson if he makes appearances for Cyprus against Scotland on Saturday and Armenia on Tuesday. Keanu Baccus - currently away on international duty with Australia - would go level with Munro and Thomson if he plays in both of the Socceroos' "Welcome Home" matches against Ecuador. 

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match away to Hearts on Saturday 8th April are on sale online HERE. Tickets for this match are also available at St Mirren Ticket Office. 

Online orders made selecting standard post will be available up until 10am on Tuesday 4th April. Online orders for pick up will be available to purchase until 10 am on Thursday 6th April and pick ups must be collected from the St Mirren Ticket Office by 2pm on Friday 7th April. There will be no sale of tickets on the day of the match. 

As of this article (Tuesday 21st March), there are around 400 tickets still available. 

Hearts v St Mirren 
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 8th April 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: Tynecastle Park

Hearts Ticket Info

Adults - £27
Over 65/FTE* - £19
Under 18 - £14
Under 16 - £7
Under 13 - £5

*Full time education. Valid student matriculation card required as proof. 

A limited number of wheelchair and carer pairs are available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. These are priced at £15 for the wheelchair user, with the carer ticket free of charge. 

Ambulant disabled tickets will be charged at the age-appropriate rate. If a carer is required, and proof of this is provided, the carer's ticket will be free of charge.

Wheelchair and ambulant disabled tickets are only available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. 

The ticket office hours for the remainder of the week are follows:

Tue, 21st March - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Wed, 22nd March - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Thu, 23rd March - 10:00am - 2:00pm
Fri, 24th March- 10:00am - 2:00pm
Sat, 25th March - CLOSED
Sun, 26th March - CLOSED

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

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

St Mirren will be represented across the globe this international week with a number of players given the call by their country.

We take a look at those who will be away with their national teams this week. 

Scotland

Murray Campbell was selected for Scotland U17s for their EURO elite round. The U17s will compete in Group 2 alongside Iceland, Montenegro, and Wales with the matches taking place in Wales. 

The U17s face Wales on Wednesday (22nd March), Montenegro on Saturday (25th March) and Iceland on Tuesday (28th March). 

Australia

Keanu Baccus and Ryan Strain will represent the Socceroos in their "Welcome Home" matches against Ecuador.

Keanu was named in the initial 26-man squad after impressing during their FIFA World Cup 2022 campaign in Qatar. He'll be looking to add to the five caps he's received for the Socceroos since making his debut in September 2022.

Ryan was given the nod to join up with the national team following the withdrawal of ex-Saint Aaron Mooy due to injury. The Saints full-back received his only cap to date in September in a win over New Zealand. Speaking on Ryan's late call-up, Australia boss Graham Arnold said: "Ryan has been playing well for St Mirren and deserves this call-up." 

Australia host Ecuador in Sydney on Friday before facing them against on Tuesday in Melbourne. 

Cyprus

Alex Gogic could face off against Scotland on Saturday after being called up by Cyprus. 

The Cypriots face Scotland at Hampden Park on Saturday in the first match of Group A in UEFA Euro 2024 qualification. 

Cyprus then face Armenia in a friendly on Tuesday 28th March.  

New Zealand

Alex Greive is away with New Zealand for their two home games against China in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.

The 23-year-old forward has been capped seven times for the All Whites and scored twice. 

Alex Greive in New Zealand action against Saints teammate Ryan Strain in September (Image: photosportNZ) 

Northern Ireland

While not a player, St Mirren assistant manager Diarmuid O'Carroll joins up with the Northern Ireland national team after being announced as a Senior Coach in Michael O'Neill's new look backroom staff. 

Northern Ireland face San Marino on Thursday night before hosting Finland at Windsor Park on Sunday in UEFA Euro 2024 qualification. 

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

Toyosi Olusanya and Jay Henderson were both in cinch Championship action at the weekend. Toyosi played 45 minutes for Arbroath as they drew 1-1 with Morton at Gayfield - a result that moved the Red Lichties off the bottom of the league on goal difference. Jay Henderson played the full 90 minutes for Inverness who, despite holding a half-time lead, lost 2-1 to league leaders Queen's Park. 

Dean McMaster started for Airdrieonians and played 65 minutes in their emphatic 7-0 win over Peterhead. That win came on the back of a 6-1 victory over Kelty Hearts the previous week and moved the Diamonds into the play-off spots at the expense of FC Edinburgh. 

In the Lowland League, there was no Ewan Thomson for Cowdenbeath as the Blue Brazil lost 4-0 to Berwick Rangers. Dalbeattie Star - who have St Mirren Youth Academy player Gavin Gallagher on loan - weren't in action as their match against Hearts B was called off due to a waterlogged pitch. 

The St Mirren Ticket Office will be closed on Monday 20th March.

The Ticket Office will be opened between 10am-2pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week. 

Tickets for our next two cinch Premiership matches - at home to Livingston and away to Hearts - are on sale online HERE. For full ticket details on the Hearts fixture please click HERE.

St Mirren picked up a point at Tannadice as Mark O'Hara's second-half penalty cancelled out an early Dundee United goal. 

After a sluggish first-half, Saints were worthy of at least a point following an improved second-half performance.

Stephen Robinson made two changes with Charles Dunne suspended and Thierry Small dropping to the bench. They were replaced by Richard Taylor and Scott Tanser. New signing Caolan Boyd-Munce, who signed for Saints on Wednesday, was on the bench, while Tony Watt missed out entirely as he couldn't play against his parent club. 

United started the better and hit the front after just three minutes through Steven Fletcher. The veteran forward was first on to a Richard Taylor headed clearance and volleyed home from 20 yards to give the home side an early lead. 

The hosts went close to a second on 17 minutes when Aziz Behich sent a long-range drive just wide of the right-hand post. Three minutes later, Liam Smith had a decent opportunity when a cross from the left fell to the United full-back at the far post, but he fired into the side-netting. 

After a frustrating start to the match, the Buddies started to take a grip on the game and had their best chance to level on 24 minutes when Loick Ayina's slip allowed Curtis Main to run in behind. The forward burst into the box but struck low into the arms of Mark Birighitti in the United goal. Despite having the better of the possession in the first-half, Saints failed to test Birghitti enough in the opening 45 and went into the break behind.

It would take 10 minutes into the second-half for the first real opportunity and captain O'Hara - fresh from signing a contract extension until 2026 - almost pulled Saints level. The midfielder slid into meet a Greg Kiltie cross and was only denied by a clearance from United skipper Ryan Edwards who cleared away to stop it crossing the line. 

Stephen Robinson's men were pressing for an equaliser and Alex Greive had a decent chance on 63 minutes after a great delivery from Tanser on the left found the New Zealand striker in the United box, but he nodded wide. Saints thought they had levelled on 65 minutes when Richard Taylor headed home Ryan Strain's free-kick. The offside flag was raised and a lengthy VAR check confirmed the defender was off. 

St Mirren were awarded a penalty on 70 minutes when Main went down under the challenge of Ayina after getting in front of the United defender. Another considerable VAR check ensued, but referee Craig Napier stuck with his original decision to award the spot kick. O'Hara stepped up to fire home his eighth goal of the season and draw us level heading into the final stretch of the match.

Mark O'Hara celebrates after scoring from the spot (Image: Andy Barr)

Neither side seemed content with a point with both chasing a winner. Behich missed a big chance for the hosts just minutes after O'Hara's leveller when he blasted over from close range, while Saints substitute Thierry Small sclaffed over from inside the United box. Small looked lively after replacing Scott Tanser and sent a dangerous ball across the face of goal with no takers before crossing for Main who flicked wide. 

United almost snatched it in injury time when Kai Fotheringham cracked the post from the edge of the area. Trevor Carson then made a wonderful save to deny Mathew Cudjoe in the fifth minute of added time and when Saints couldn't clear the danger it allowed Ilmari Niskanen the chance to win it, but he somehow fired over from close range. 

Greive was inches away from a spectacular late winner when he volleyed inches over from the edge of the area as both had to settle for a point. 

Full-Time: Dundee United 1-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Gogic, R Taylor (Boyd-Munce 90), Strain (Flynn 83) ,O'Hara, Baccus, Kiltie (Shaughnessy 89), Tanser (Small 74), Greive, Main
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Kenny, F.Taylor, Offord, Jamieson

Dundee United: Birighitti, Smith (Freeman 90), Ayina, Edwards, McMann (Cudjoe 88), Sibbald, Harkes (Niskanen 88), McGrath (Fotheringham 58), Pawlett (Djoum 59), Behich, Fletcher
Subs Not Used: Newman, Graham, Thomson, McLeod

Referee: Craig Napier
Assistant Referee: David Roome
Assistant Referee: Andy Milne
Fourth Official: Iain Snedden
VAR: Colin Steven
Assistant VAR: Steven Traynor

Attendance: 8,131

Stephen Robinson gives his reaction to our 1-1 draw with Dundee United at Tannadice.