St Mirren's 2023/24 preparations began with 0-0 draw against Glentoran in Belfast.
Saints got valuable minutes in the legs against the NIFL Premiership side at the Blanchflower Stadium as part of the Marcus Kane Testimonial.
The Buddies could have had two first-half penalties when Toyosi Olusanya was first fouled by the Glentoran goalkeeper on just four minutes and he was clipped in the box later in the half.
New signing Zach Hemming made a good save early on to hold a low Glentoran strike from the edge of the area on 13 minutes which was the hosts best chance of the half. Mark O'Hara went close when he glanced a header wide from a Lewis Jamieson cross, while Youth Academy player Ethan Sutherland was denied by the goalkeeper after a terrific solo run in the final minutes of the half.
Manager Stephen Robinson made nine changes at half-time to give as many players minutes as possible. But the game felt like a typical pre-season game with little action until the closing stages when Saints would create a number of opportunities for a winner. Alex Greive twice went close with an effort that flew just over on 77 minutes before his strike from 20 yards went just inches wide four minutes later.
Scott Tanser looked like he had won it for the Buddies on 84 minutes when he was found at the back post, but his volley was wonderfully saved by the Glentoran goalkeeper as the game finished goalless.
Full-Time: Glentoran 0-0 St Mirren
St Mirren First-Half XI: Hemming, Kenny, Gallagher, Dunne, Strain, Kiltie, Boyd-Munce, O'Hara, Sutherland, Olusanya, Jamieson
St Mirren Second-Half XI: Urminsky, Fraser, Gogic, R.Taylor, Flynn, Baccus, Boyd-Munce (Gaffney 71), F.Taylor, Tanser, Greive, Olusanya (Gilmartin 60)
