"It wasn't our night but we'll take stock and look back with pride on the season."
Stephen Robinson reflects on defeat at Pittodrie.
"It wasn't our night but we'll take stock and look back with pride on the season."
Stephen Robinson reflects on defeat at Pittodrie.
St Mirren will travel to Belfast once again this summer for a pre-season training camp in preparation for season 2023/24.
Stephen Robinson’s men visited Belfast last summer and return to Northern Ireland as we aim to build on a successful 2022/23 campaign.
As well as the training camp, Saints will face off against NIFL Premiership clubs Glentoran and Linfield in two friendly matches.
The Buddies will face Glentoran on Wednesday 28th June at Blanchflower Stadium as part of Glentoran player Marcus Kane's testimonial. It's then a testimonial for Linfield player Niall Quinn when we face the Blues at Windsor Park on Saturday 1st July.
Match tickets for the two matches will be priced each at £10 for adults and £5 for kids/concessions with full details on how to purchase announced in due course.
Glentoran v St Mirren
Wednesday 28th June 2023
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: Blanchflower Stadium, Belfast
Linfield v St Mirren
Saturday 1st July 2023
Kick-off: 1pm
Venue: Windsor Park, Belfast
It's our final away match of the 2022/23 season as Saints travel to Pittodrie on Wednesday night to face Aberdeen in the cinch Premiership.
Stephen Robinson's men picked up a well-deserved point at Celtic Park on Saturday with Curtis Main's double seeing us draw 2-2 with the champions. That put the Buddies within two points of fifth place Hibernian going into the final two matches.
Aberdeen sit in third place in the cinch Premiership and sit two points above Hearts despite a 2-1 defeat to the Jambos at Tynecastle on Saturday.
Match Details
Aberdeen v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: Pittodrie Stadium
Ticket Info
Tickets for Wednesday's match are available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. Full ticket info is available HERE. There will be no sale of tickets at Pittodrie on the night.
International subscribers to St Mirren TV can watch the match live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription.
Aberdeen will be offering PPV for this match at a cost of £13.99 for anyone in the UK and Ireland. PPV passes can be purchased HERE.
Previous
St Mirren have won two of the three meetings between the sides this season, winning 3-1 at The SMiSA Stadium in December and by the same scoreline at Pittodrie in February.
A Kelle Roos own goal, as well as goals from Mark O'Hara and Greg Kiltie saw us come from behind to defeat the Dons in Paisley on Christmas Eve.
Curtis Main scored twice when Saints visited Pittodrie in February with Declan Gallagher rounding off the 3-1 victory.
Aberdeen won the first meeting of the two teams this season at Pittodrie in August, with the Dons winning 4-1.
Curtis Main celebrates his second goal in our 3-1 win at Pittodrie in February
The officials
The referee on Wednesday is Don Robertson and he'll be assisted by Steven Traynor and Paul O'Neill. Chris Fordyce is the Fourth Official.
The Virtual Assistant Referee (VAR) is Euan Anderson with Sean Carr the Assistant VAR.
As we approach season 2023/24, we do so in the strongest position we have been in since 1985 with a guaranteed top six finish. We want to thank and reward our loyal season ticket holders for the ongoing support in what has been an exciting season of football.
We have witnessed our biggest attendances since The SMiSA Stadium opened its doors in 2009, with record numbers in many of our fixtures and only our third sell out since we moved from Love Street. We want to continue to maintain these numbers and hope to achieve record season ticket holders for the season ahead.
For your continued invaluable support we are offering you exclusive access to our loyalty period to allow you to renew your ticket and secure your seat for a three-week period before all seats are released for general sale.
Our loyalty period runs from Monday 22nd May to Sunday 11th June giving you three weeks to renew your ticket and retain your seat at our early bird prices. Please note on Monday 12th June all seats will be released into general early bird sale, and these will go on sale to all from Wednesday 14th June, so now is the time to renew!
Once your ticket order is complete you will receive a confirmation email. Please ensure all details are correct and contact the ticket office if you have any issues. This season we are offering an alternative to a printed card, you will have access to a free app which will hold your season ticket. You will have the option to purchase a physical card for a small fee of £3, including postage.
If you have requested a physical card it will be printed in the coming weeks; we will update you when they are available, before the season commences.
Below we have included a step-by-step guide in how to renew your tickets.
#OurFamily Following our refresh and modernisation of season ticket categories in the 2022/23 season, we have made no changes to the structure of tickets for this season.
Please ensure that, in renewing your tickets, that you account for any changes in personal circumstance. Our concessions include 65 and over, 13-17 year-olds, full-time students and those who are unemployed. Our 'Family Ticket' proves to be the best value for money for two adults and three children aged 17 and under, and we have our Adult, U12s, Ambulant and Wheelchair tickets. We ask that you select the correct corresponding category when you renew your seat(s).
There is further supportive information outlined below for renewing each type of season ticket. Please note that if you are selecting a concession category, we will ask that you provide proof of this before your new season ticket is validated.
We want to remain competitive on the pitch and give the manager the best resources we possibly can in our quest for another top six finish. There has been a modest price increase to reflect the cost of living, but we have kept this to a minimum in order to continue to provide the best value we can for you to support St Mirren and be an integral part of #OurFamily. We have endeavoured to reduce the impact as much as possible. However, we continue to offer great value for money in comparison with other Scottish Premiership clubs. For the full statement from our Chairman, John Needham, please click HERE.
#OurFamily Our Family ticket includes two adults and three children under the age of 17, offering excellent value for money for a family day out. The ticket works out at approximately £31 per family per match based on our early bird pricing, and £35 at full price, which is a massive saving on walk-up prices, costing up to £100 per visit. More information on purchasing this bundle ticket is outlined below. Please note that Family Ticket renewals, or transfer to a Family Ticket, must be completed at the St Mirren Ticket Office. This is a special ticket bundle and cannot be purchased online.
Please note for all season ticket holders in the Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand, your ticket now includes ALL Scottish Premiership home fixtures, and prices are reflective of this.
#OurSupport we encourage the purchase of season ticket if you regularly attend matches because the savings made on walk-up prices are significant. However, we know season tickets are a big financial commitment and we continue to offer interest free payment plans available for those who may wish to spread the cost of a season ticket. If you wish to renew your season ticket with finance in place, this will be available to from the 28th May with GoCardless. Your seat will be held just the same, no one else can buy your seat unless you do not renew before 12th June. Payment plans will be over a six month period. Please note, season tickets bought with finance will be at full price, not the Early Bird Renewal price.
Discover when you can join #OurFamily.
During our three-week Loyalty Period, commencing on Monday May 22nd, we are holding your seat to allow you time to renew your ticket for next season and guarantee your seat with the added benefit of early bird pricing. You will have until midnight on Sunday 11th June before we release the seats from the Loyalty Period into General Sale. During this period, you will benefit from our early bird pricing, which will also be available when the seats are released, for a further four weeks. Once this period has ended all sales will move to full price.
We have created a guide to support you in renewing your Season Ticket. The step-by-step process is outlined below:
Please visit stmirren.com/seasontickets to start your renewal process.
1. You will be asked for your email address used to place last season’s order, so please ensure you have it ready. If you have bought multiple season tickets in one transaction you will be able to renew online. However, if it was done over multiple orders then you will need to come into the ticket office directly to renew.
2. After you have entered your email, you will be taken to a screen that will highlight the seats in your previous order. Only you will be able to see and select the seats you have previously bought.
3. If you wish to continue without any changes from the previous season, select add to basket and go to checkout where you can make payment for your order.
4. If you wish to amend your order for any reason, just click on the seat you wish to amend:
On behalf of myself and my fellow directors, I want to thank you all for your incredible support throughout what has been a memorable season for our football club. I also wish to praise manager Stephen Robinson, all his staff and the players for making this a season to remember.
We made the decision to retain The Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand at the start of the season for #OurFamily for all HOME matches and it was a decision that paid dividends as we finally achieved our long-stated ambition of finishing in the top six and remain in with a chance of a place in Europe.
You’ve backed us in tremendous numbers with record season ticket sales (3,800) as well as more than 110,000 spectators visiting the SMiSA Stadium in 2022/23 – a new record at Greenhill Road. We’ve also achieved our highest average attendances at the SMiSA Stadium with an average of 6,287 per match and sold out for just the third time ever at this stadium.
We watched on with pride as Keanu Baccus became the first ever St Mirren player to play at the World Cup where he faced off against eventual winner Lionel Messi in the knockout rounds. Alex Greive also wrote his name into the history books by becoming the most capped international player while at St Mirren.
We’ve shown our community spirit with the successes of our 'Help a Buddie' scheme and our school ticket initiatives and we’ll continue to look after our community with these and more schemes next season.
There have been challenges as well, but with your unwavering support, we have made significant progress and achieved so many great things together this season. Without you, #OurFamily, none of this is possible and we are immensely grateful for that loyalty. We hope this season acts as a platform for even greater success next season.
With inflation currently running at over 10% we have taken the decision to limit the increase in Season Ticket prices for 2023/24 to c.5%.
It’s important to note that we remain one of the lowest priced season tickets in the Scottish Premiership. For example, an early bird adult ticket in the Main or West Stand costs just £18.40 per match based on 19 home league matches, while an early bird adult ticket in the Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand works out at just £16.80 per match. Concessions are only £12.40 per match in the Main and West Stand and just £7.60 per match in the Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand. Added to that, our family ticket provides amazing value, working out at just £31 per family of five on early bird. We are keen to be as inclusive as possible and feel this is a really cost effective option for a family day out. Fans in the Tony Fitzpatrick Family Stand will now have all home games included in their Season Ticket price following the successful decision to retain three stands for home fans at all fixtures.
I hope you’ll agree that we have struck the right balance in terms of limiting the price increase whilst we try to cover our increased costs.
There will be a three-week loyalty period to retain your seats and we have compiled all the detailed information you’ll need ahead of season tickets going on sale, this will be provided to you when the tickets go on sale, on Monday 22nd May.
Given the team’s success on the park this season we hope to break even more records in terms of Season Ticket sales for 2023/24 so I urge you to sign up as soon as you can and help us smash the 4,000 sales target we’ve set.
Once again, to #OurFamily, I want to say thank you for your continued support. Let’s build on the success of this season. Together we are determined to give you a football club you can be proud of.
Be part of #OurFamily by purchasing your St Mirren season ticket from 10am on May 22nd 2023.
While there's still lots to play for this season, we are already looking ahead to season 2023/24 as we look to build on a historic season for St Mirren.
Whether you are renewing, buying your first ever season ticket or bringing your whole family together with our family savings, we cannot wait for the new season. Experience the thrill of coming together to create memories and make history.
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"I thought the boys were terrific. It's credit to every single player on the pitch."
The manager gives his reaction to today's 2-2 draw at Celtic Park.
St Mirren picked up what could prove to be a valuable point as a Curtis Main double saw us draw 2-2 at Celtic Park.
The striker's first-half double had us ahead at the break, but a late equaliser from Celtic captain Callum McGregor saw the Scottish Premiership Champions rescue a point.
There were two changes to the side that drew with Hearts at The SMiSA Stadium last weekend. Thierry Small and Keanu Baccus came in for Scott Tanser and the injured Alex Greive. The manager elected for the same shape despite the absence of Greive and that saw Greg Kiltie pushed up alongside Main as the front two.
Saints got off to the perfect start to silence the capacity crowd at Celtic Park. Anthony Ralston collided with Tomoki Iwata which allowed Main to run on to a long kick from Trevor Carson. The striker broke into the box and took a touch to cut inside of Ralston who was trying to recover before firing into the net to put us ahead on just four minutes.
Curtis Main put us ahead on just four minutes (Image: Allan Picken)
Celtic equalised 10 minutes after the opener though when Reo Hatate threaded a ball through for Kyogo Furuhashi who rifled high into the net to make it 1-1.
Saints' reaction was good and the Buddies looked to restore the advantage almost immediately with Main firing over the bar from 20 yards.
The home side were seeing more of the ball as you would expect and Carson was was forced into a smart stop on 19 minutes when he pushed away Matt O'Riley's low shot before Hatate sent a swerving effort over the bar from distance two minutes later.
St Mirren - as they have done on many occasion this season - were making life difficult for the hosts and forced a couple of corners in quick succession just after the half-hour mark. Richard Taylor didn't get the connection he'd have hoped for after being first on to a Kiltie header which allowed Celtic goalkeeper Joe Hart to gather.
The hosts almost took the lead in fortuitous fashion on 35 minutes when O'Riley's effort deflected off Baccus and nearly sneaked in at the near post. Carson was down quickly to block.
But it was Saints who would go back ahead when Main grabbed his second of the afternoon on 39 minutes. Celtic couldn't deal with the initial danger and Main was there to meet O'Hara's header back into the box. A lengthy VAR check for offside ensued, but the forward was played onside by McGregor. That goal came just a minute after Saints should have retaken the lead when Ryan Strain knocked wide from just a few yards after being first on to a parry from Hart.
The Buddies took a lead into half-time and started the second-half quickly with Main agonisingly close to his hat-trick just a few minutes after the restart. He rose the highest to meet a Strain cross, but nodded inches wide of target. The striker then had another good opportunity for his - and Saints' - third just before the hour mark when he once again was first to a Strain ball from the right only to head over this time.
Celtic almost levelled with 20 minutes of the game remaining when a deep cross from Ralston met Daizen Maeda at the back post. It looked like the Celtic forward was going to sweep into the net, but he miscued and stuck the effort wide.
Saints again came so close to killing the match on 79 minutes when Main pounced on Iwata's mistake and drove into the box. The forward had a go from the angle and his effort cannoned off the far post.
And how frustrating that would prove to be when Celtic equalised on 81 minutes. McGregor's strike from 20 yards found its way into the bottom left corner to restore parity and rescue a point for the hosts.
Full-Time: Celtic 2-2 St Mirren
St Mirren: Carson, Fraser, Shaughnessy (c), R.Taylor, Strain (Gallagher 83), O'Hara, Gogic (Jamieson 90), Baccus, Small (Tanser 61), Kiltie, Main
Subs Not Used: Urminksy, Dunne, Kenny, Boyd-Munce, F.Taylor, Offord
Celtic: Hart, Ralston, Starfelt, Iwata, Taylor, McGregor (c), Hatate (Haksabanovic 72), O'Riley (Oh 72), Jota, Maeda (Abada 72) Kyogo
Subs Not Used: Bain, Bernabei, Kobayashi, Turnbull, Forrest, Summers
Referee: David Munro
Assistant Referee: Ross Macleod
Assistant Referee: David Doig
Fourth Official: Mike Roncone
VAR: Steven Kirkland
Assistant VAR: Andrew McWilliam
St Mirren make the short journey through to Glasgow to face Celtic in cinch Premiership action on Saturday.
Celtic vs St Mirren
cinch Premiership
Venue: Celtic Park
Date: Saturday 20th May 2023
Kick-off: 3pm
There is no match day sale of tickets.
You can follow the action on our Twitter page @saintmirrenfc.
UK subscribers to St Mirren TV can listen to live audio commentary as part of their subscription. St Mirren TV international subscribers can watch live on tv.stmirren.com as part of their subscription. International subscriptions start at £14.99 per month or £149.99 per year for access to all of our cinch Premiership matches.
Please note there is no PPV for Saturday's match.
St Mirren travel to Pittodrie for our final cinch Premiership away game of the 2022/23 season.
Tickets are only available at the St Mirren Ticket Office. There will be no sale of tickets at Pittodrie. The club has received an allocation of around 600 tickets for this match and there are about 400 of these remaining.
Aberdeen v St Mirren
Competition: cinch Premiership
Date: Wednesday 24th May 2023
Kick-off: 7:45pm
Venue: Pittodrie Stadium
Adults - £26
Over 65 - £20
Over 75 - £16
Youth* - £16
Under 18 - £12
Under 12 - £6
*18-21
There are four wheelchair & PA pairs available. These are priced at £12 for the wheelchair user, with the PA ticket free of charge. These are only available at the St Mirren Ticket Office.
Ambulant tickets are charged at the age-appropriate rate and can be issued with a free PA ticket should the supporter require it.