Stephen Robinson today confirmed that the prognosis of Alex Greive's injury is more positive than first thought and the forward may only face three to four weeks out following a scan result yesterday. 

The New Zealand striker was substituted in the first-half of our Scottish Cup tie against Celtic with an ankle injury and it was feared he may miss the rest of the season. 

We are hoping it will not be quite so serious but it will still be three weeks. We were fearing it could maybe be an end-of-season job.

"But we are looking at three to four weeks with Alex. So that is a huge boost for us considering we don't have loads and loads of options."

The manager also told press this afternoon that Alex Gogic, Keanu Baccus and Curtis Main are all doubts for tomorrow's cinch Premiership match against Ross County, with Scott Tanser is also ruled out after a hamstring injury at Motherwell on Wednesday night.

With Richard Tait and Jonah Ayunga on the sidelines options are limited for Saints, but the manager was keen to stress he will still have an experienced starting eleven tomorrow with youthful enthusiasm on the substitutes bench. 

I have a lot of belief in the younger players.

"We haven't given them that game time yet but there's players in the building waiting on chances. Players with real experience waiting for chances and I have belief in them as well.

"Any team that potentially has six or seven starters potentially out – even the top teams – are going to find that a difficult situation.

"But I am not in the habit of making excuses. We deal with it, we get on with it, we make the very best of it and we will put out a very competitive team."

Williamsburgh Primary School were the latest Paisley Primary School to receive a visit from St Mirren with Tony Watt and Thierry Small visiting pupils ahead of our cinch Premiership match at home to Ross County.

After a day of footballing coaching from our Street Stuff coaches, the Saints loanees took part in a Q&A with pupils from all year groups and got the chance to meet a number of young St Mirren supporters who came dressed for the occasion. 

Pupils received 30 tickets for this weekend's match and we look forward to welcoming them to the SMiSA Stadium on Saturday. We thank all at Williamsburgh for their hospitality. 

Primary school visits are a vital part of our ongoing community engagement efforts with the club arranging more player visits to local schools as well as offering additional match day tickets for other matches throughout the season.

If your school would be interested in a visit by our first-team players then please contact info@stmirren.com.

Tickets for our cinch Premiership match away to St Johnstone on Saturday 25th February are available online. 

Click HERE to buy your tickets. 

Please be aware that tickets are only available online, there will be none available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. 

St Johnstone v St Mirren 
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 25th February 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
Venue: McDiarmid Park

St Johnstone Ticket Info

Adult - £24
Family Adult* - £17
Concession** - £14
U12*** - £0

*One Adult with max two U12. 
**65 and over, U20. 
*** No admission without an adult. 

Please note for the £17 family deal, all ticket holders must enter via turnstile five which will be monitored by stewards – strictly one adult + max two U12 only. These will only be available to purchase online.

Ambulant Disabled Adult* - £24
Ambulant Disabled Concession* - £14
PA** - £0

*Must be in receipt of PIP/DLA - PA free. 
**No admission without ambulant disabled supporter

Wheelchair & PA tickets can be purchased directly from St Johnstone by calling 01738 455000. Adult/concession wheelchair tickets are £24/£14 respectively. The personal assistant ticket is included in the ticket price.

St Johnstone have a limited amount of accessible parking bays for disabled visiting supporters to book in advance (£5 – payable on the day). Please email dao@perthsaints.co.uk with your name and vehicle registration to book.

General parking is available on a first come, first served basis to the west side of St Johnstone's all-weather pitch. Enter the carpark via the away support entrance to the north of the stadium. 

St Mirren are back at the SMiSA Stadium as Stephen Robinson's side get set to host Ross County in cinch Premiership action.

St Mirren vs Ross County
cinch Premiership
Venue: The SMiSA Stadium, Paisley
Date: Saturday 18th February 2023
Kick-off: 3pm

The match day officials for Saturday's match against Ross County are as follows:

Referee: Graham Grainger
Assistant Referee: Alan Mulvanny
Assistant Referee: Colin Drummond
Fourth Official: Greg Aitken
VAR: Gavin Duncan
Assistant VAR: Frank Connor

Match Details

The game kicks-off at 3pm. Please note there will be a minute's applause prior to kick-off to mark the passing of former St Mirren goalkeeper Billy Thomson. 

Season tickets are valid for Saturday's match. 

The turnstiles will open to supporters from 2pm. The St Mirren Ticket Office is open between 11am until just after kick-off. 

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.

Ross County supporters can buy their tickets (subject to availability) online HERE. 

Live Streaming

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.

There will be no PPV available for this match. 

Ticket Information

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

Car Parking

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

St Mirren Football Club can confirm that Dylan Reid's move to English Premier League Crystal Palace has now been finalised. 

With his contract at Saints due to expire in the summer, the 17-year-old has moved to the Eagles on a three-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee with significant add-ons and sell-on.

A product of our Youth Academy, Dylan became the youngest ever player for St Mirren when he made his first-team debut at just 16 years and five days old in a cinch Premiership match away to Rangers in March 2021. It was an appearance which also saw Dylan become the youngest ever player to play in the SPFL Premiership. 

He subsequently made a further seven appearances for the first-team with his last coming against Hearts at Tynecastle in January.

Manager Stephen Robinson said: "Dylan is a kid with great potential and someone who I would have liked to have worked with more, but it was a very good deal for the football club and an ongoing deal that could rise.

It’s huge credit to the Academy and Allan McManus and his staff. We’re producing good players and that’s the lifeblood of the football club – bringing in players, developing them and selling them.

"Clubs in the English Premier League are paying for potential now and he has that. Crystal Palace have conducted themselves very well throughout the transfer as well which has to be credited."

We thank Dylan for his time at St Mirren and wish him the very best of luck in his future career. 

Saints are straight back to it on Saturday with Ross County the visitors to the SMiSA Stadium. 

The Buddies go into Saturday's match following a narrow loss to Motherwell at Fir Park on Wednesday night. Two early Motherwell goals gave St Mirren too much to do despite Ryan Strain pulling a goal back. Stephen Robinson's side still sit in sixth place in the cinch Premiership following Wednesday night's match. 

Ross County are in 11th place - one point ahead of bottom side Dundee United. Malky Mackay's side weren't in action at the weekend having been knocked out the Scottish Cup at the Fourth Round stage.

The Staggies have won one (3-0 v Kilmarnock), drawn one (1-1 v Hibernian) and lost one (1-2 v Rangers) of their last three league matches. 

Match Details

St Mirren v Ross County
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Saturday 18th February 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.

Ross County supporters can buy tickets online at stmirren.com/awaysupporters. 

Previous

A stunning Richard Tait goal was enough to give St Mirren a 1-0 win over Ross County when the Staggies visited the SMiSA Stadium in August. 

County came on top by the odd goal in five when we last faced them at the Global Energy Stadium in November. Goals from Ryan Strain and Mark O'Hara had us 2-1 ahead at the break, but two second-half goals saw the Staggies win 3-2. 

Saints are unbeaten in five against Ross County at the SMiSA Stadium - a run that goes back to 2015. 

Richard Tait scored a goal of the season contender the last time we faced Ross County at the SMiSA Stadium (Image: Allan Picken)

The officials

The referee on Saturday is Graham Grainger. He'll be assisted by Alan Mulvanny and Colin Drummond. Greg Aitken is the Fourth Official.

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

The manager said Saints didn't do what they are good at and admitted he was disappointed with the performance and result against Motherwell.

St Mirren were beaten by Motherwell at Fir Park after a quick start from the hosts gave the Buddies too much to do to take anything from the game. 

Stephen Robinson made one change from the side that lost to Celtic in the Scottish Cup on Saturday with Tony Watt making his first Saints start in place of the injured Alex Greive. Motherwell were led by interim manager Stuart Kettlewell following the sacking of Steven Hammell at the weekend. 

The home side took an early lead when Kevin Van Veen opened the scoring after just eight minutes. Blair Spittal slid the ball through with the Motherwell forward beating Richard Taylor to it and holding off the defender to slide beyond Trevor Carson. 

Saints fell two behind a little over 10 minutes later to a sensational Max Johnston effort. The Motherwell winger got on to a ball over the top and fired over Carson into the top corner from a tight angle to double the Steelmen's lead.

But St Mirren did pull a goal back on 24 minutes when Strain netted his third goal of the season. Watt did well down the left-hand side and cut the ball back into the area where it looked like Keanu Baccus would knock home. He fluffed his lines but it fell invitingly for his countryman Strain who reduced the deficit. Strain wasn't far away from drawing us level on 33 minutes when he volleyed wide from 20 yards. 

Ryan Strain scored his third goal of the season to reduce the deficit (Image: Jeff Holmes)

Saints knew the next goal would be vital and started the second-half quickly with Main blasting over from a tight angle just 20 seconds after the restart. Nine minutes later Watt saw an effort deflected over after a good bit of play down the right-hand side. 

Stephen Robinson made a change on 57 minutes with Alex Gogic making way for Greg Kiltie as we looked for a way back into the match. Saints dominated the possession but were limited to strikes from 20 yards from Strain and O'Hara - both of which were gathered with ease by Liam Kelly. Leiws Jamieson and Ryan Flynn then entered the fray as we headed into the final 10 minutes. 

Motherwell passed up a big chance to put the game beyond doubt with a little over five minutes remaining when their substitute Jack Aitchison fired wide from close-range. It almost proved costly as Saints went straight up the park and had the ball in the net but referee John Beaton had blown for a foul which saw us end the night in defeat.

Full-Time: Motherwell 2-1 St Mirren

St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Gallagher, R.Taylor, Strain (Flynn 79), Baccus, O'Hara (c), Gogic (Kiltie 57), Tanser (Small 31), Watt (Jamieson 79), Main
Subs Not Used: Urminsky, Shaughnessy, Dunne, F.Taylor, Offord

Motherwell: Kelly (c), Johnston, Casey, McGinn, Furlong (O'Donnell 90), Butcher, Goss, Cornelius, Spittal (Slattery 84), Van Veen (Aitchison 78), Obika
Subs Not Used: Oxborough, Crankshaw, Danzaki, McKinstry, Tierney, Dunachie

Referee: John Beaton
Assistant Referee: Alastair Mather
Assistant Referee: Gordon Crawford
Fourth Official: Dan McFarlane
VAR: Euan Anderson
Assistant VAR: Andrew McWilliam

An exciting opportunity has arisen within St Mirren Football Club. We are looking for a new Head of Academy Sports Science, Strength and Conditioning to join our ambitious team.

Reporting to Academy Director, Allan McManus, your role will see you develop and implement a Football Science/Strength and Conditioning strategy in line with Club objectives to deliver a best-in-class Football Science, Strength and Conditioning operation to Youth Academy football squads.

The role will be on a full-time permanent basis. To download the job description please click HERE.

If you’re interested in this exciting & challenging role please send an up-to-date copy of your CV and cover letter to: keith.lasley@stmirren.com by Friday 24th February 2023. 

Interviews will be held at a date to be confirmed and only those invited to interview will receive return notification from us.

Supporter safety is a key priority for all clubs and we at St Mirren Football Club are committed to doing everything we can to ensure that the match day experience is safe and enjoyable.

One of the most dangerous things we have to deal with is pyrotechnic articles such as smoke bombs and flares in the stadium and we'd ask that you assist us to look after you by not bringing such articles with you to any matches home or away. These articles can cause severe burns, damage to hearing or breathing difficulties and the hazardous chemical used is known to be carcinogenic and their use is especially distressing for groups such as small children and those who can't easily move away when pyrotechnics are activated.

Experience shows that when a pyrotechnic is activated in a crowd there is often a movement away from the immediate area which can cause panic and disorientation and which creates a risk of slips and trips or crushing for those nearby.

Please be in no doubt that these articles are unpleasant and potentially life-threatening to be around - they are also illegal at football matches - and being caught with them will result in exclusion from The SMISA Stadium and a possible criminal conviction as well as potential financial penalties for the club.