St Mirren Football Club is a

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professional football club based in Paisley,

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, that competes in the

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after winning the 2017–18 Scottish Championship. Founded in 1877, the team has two nicknames, ''the Buddies'' and ''the Saints''. St Mirren have won the

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and

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, and the

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. The club has played in European competition four times: in the

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in 1987–88 and the

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in 1980–81, 1983–84 and 1985–86. They are also the only Scottish team to win the

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, beating Bristol City 5–1 over two legs in 1979–1980. The club's home ground since 2009 is

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, a 7,937 capacity all seater ground on Greenhill Road, Paisley. The club's former ground from 1894 until 2009 was also officially named St Mirren Park, but was more commonly known as

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History

St Mirren were formed as a gentlemen's club which included, among other sports, cricket and rugby in the second half of the 19th century. The increasing popularity of football ensured that by 1877 the members had decided to play association football and 1877 is the football club's official foundation date. They are named after

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, the founder of a church at the site of Paisley Abbey and Patron Saint of Paisley. There is also a street in Paisley named St Mirren Street. The club originally wore scarlet and blue strips, but after one season changed to the current black and white striped shirts, which have been worn every season bar one in the 1900s, when cream tops were used. St Mirren FC League Performance

St Mirren played their first match on 6 October 1877, defeating Johnstone Britannia 1–0 at Shortroods. Two years later, the club moved to another ground named Thistle Park at Greenhills. St Mirren's first

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in the

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. In 1883 however the scores were reversed with the Saints winning the Renfrewshire Cup, 3–1 against Thornliebank. It was in 1883 that they moved to their third home, that of West March (early maps indicate the area as West March rather than the commonly used Westmarch), defeating Queen's Park in the first game there. In 1885, St Mirren played their first match against Morton, resulting in a defeat. The 1890 season was a historic season for St Mirren, as they became founder members of the

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along with fellow Paisley club

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. Of the 11 founder clubs, only 5 survive in the current league system. It was during the match against Morton at Cappielow in this year that St Mirren played one of the first night games under light from oil lamps. St Mirren moved to Love Street in 1894 and reached their first

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Celtic. The Buddies went on to lift the trophy in 1926, 1959 and 1987. In 1922, St Mirren were invited to play in the Barcelona Cup invitational tournament to celebrate the inauguration of Les Corts, the then home of

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. They won the tournament by beating

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in the final. In the 1979–80 season, St Mirren achieved their equal highest-ever finish in the top-flight finishing third behind

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and Celtic. That season Saints also became the first and last Scottish club to win the

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, defeating

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in a two-legged final. The following season, St Mirren competed in European competition for the first time and won their initial game 2–1 vs.

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in Sweden, followed by a 0–0 draw in the second leg. The next round saw them play French team

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. Although St Mirren's home leg ended up a 0–0 draw,

pulled off a 2–0 victory in the second leg to put St Mirren out of the cup. The club have been relegated from the

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twice (2000–01) and (2014–15) and the Premier Division of the

once (1991–92) having escaped relegation from the latter in 1991 after league re-construction. In 2001, St Mirren finished bottom of the Premier League despite losing only one of their final seven matches. The Saints however managed promotion after clinching the First Division title in 2005–06, a season which also saw St Mirren win the

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2–1 in the final at

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's ground, the Shyberry Excelsior Stadium, with goals from Simon Lappin and John Sutton. In 2010, they reached the final of the

where they were defeated 0–1 by

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despite having a two-man advantage. However, three days later, they recorded a famous win over Celtic, a match that ''The Buddies'' won 4–0 with doubles from

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and Steven Thomson. In March 2013, St Mirren won the

beating Heart of Midlothian 3–2 at Hampden to win their first cup since 1987. In the 2010s the club drew praise for their youth development, bringing through several players from their academy (despite it not being listed among the 'elite' group assessed by the SFA in 2017) including Stevie Mallan,

Jack Baird Jack Baird (born 7 February 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Greenock Morton. Career Baird made his first team debut for St Mirren on 22 November 2014, in a 3–0 defeat to Hamilton Academical. On 1 ...

, Kyle Magennis, Jason Naismith, Kyle McAllister, Sean Kelly and full Scotland internationals

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, Lewis Morgan and

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Stadium

St Mirren played at four different venues before moving to their ground at St Mirren Park, or Love Street, in 1894. The record attendance for the ground was 47,438 versus Celtic in 1949. Love Street saw extensive redevelopment in the late 90s to comply with both the recommendations of the

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and SPL regulations and the ground eventually became a 10,866 seater venue. The ground had four stands of which the most recent, the West or Reid Kerr Family Stand, was built in 2000 in order for Love Street to meet the criteria for entry to the

. The oldest stand was the main stand which had a basic wooden construction. The north bank was popular with the hardcore St Mirren fans while the largest stand, the steeply raked West Stand, housed a sporting facility underneath. On 24 May 2005,

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granted permission for the club to develop their old ground. This involved the sale of the ground to a supermarket chain, and the construction of a ground in

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, Paisley (through a separate planning permission). The sale of their old ground allowed the club to finance the new stadium as well as clear their debts. In April 2007 it was announced that a deal had been struck with supermarket giant

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and on 15 January 2009 St Mirren moved to a new 8,000 seat stadium, also called St Mirren Park. The opening game finished as a 1–1 draw with Kilmarnock, with Killie's

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scoring the first goal, and Dennis Wyness equalising. St Mirren's first notable win at the new stadium came on 7 March 2009 in a 1–0 victory over Celtic in the Homecoming Scottish Cup Quarter Final. The stadium had a total seating capacity of 8,023 which was reduced in 2017 to 7,937 following the installation of a new disabled access platform. The stadium was known as The Simple Digital Arena after the club agreed a four-year, six-figure deal with Simple Digital Solutions on 13 June 2018. It is currently known as The SMiSA Stadium.

Colours and sponsors

The traditional home colours of St Mirren are black and white stripes, however for the first season the colours were scarlet and blue. There is some dispute as to why the colours black and white were chosen. A popular theory is that the stripes represent the Black and White Cart rivers which run through Paisley. In recent years there has been evidence unearthed that the Monks in the local abbey wore black and white striped habits. The team strips have varied very little in the long history of the club, however the thickness of the stripes have often varied. Some years have seen horizontal stripes used. Having first played in black and white vertical stripes in 1884, Saints were the first club in the world to do so, six years before Notts County. Away tops are traditionally red or all black, but in some cases strips have varied from orange to light blue, as seen on the 2010–11 strip. From 2007–2011, the Danish firm,

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, replaced Xara as kit manufacturers. After spells with Carbrini (2011-2012, 2015–2017) and Diadora (2012–2014) the club signed a deal with kit manufacturers Joma. St Mirren has had several main sponsors, mainly in the transport industry, with several local bus companies and car dealerships like

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from 2005–2017. They are currently sponsored by Skyview Capital. In August 2010, the club confirmed Barrhead company Compass Private Hire would have their name displayed on the back of the first team players' shirts as well as on their shorts. Compass Private Hire were co-owned by former St Mirren player, captain and manager, Tony Fitzpatrick.

Mascots

In recent years, St Mirren have been represented by three mascots, the Pandas. They are Paisley Panda, Junior P and Mrs Panda. The regular mascots are Paisley Panda and Junior P.

Honours

Major honours

Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1925–26, 1958–59, 1986–87 **Runners-up: 1907–08, 1933–34, 1961–62 *

: **Winners (1):

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**Runners-up: 1955–56, 2009–10

Minor honours

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, second tier (5):From 1893 to 1975, Division Two was the second tier of league football. With the introduction of the

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in 1975, the second tier became known as the First Division. Since 2013, the second tier has been named the

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. 1967–68, 1976–77, 1999–00, 2005–06, 2017–18 *

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(55): 1882–83, 1883–84, 1887–88, 1890–91, 1893–94, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1903–04, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15 * Victory Cup: 1919 *

: 1979–80 * Summer Cup: 1943 *Epson Invitational Tournament: 1986–87 *Barcelona Cup Winners: 1922

Rivalries

The club has a fierce rivalry with neighbours

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, a rivalry which sees a large amount of animosity between the two sets of fans.

Club records

*Highest home

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: 47,438 v. Celtic on 20 August 1949 *Highest average home attendance: 17,333, 1949–50 (15 games) *Biggest victory: 15–0 v.

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and Billy Thomson: 7 appearances for

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*Most capped international player: Mo Camara: 79 appearances for Guinea *Youngest Player:

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: 16 years & 6 days – vs.

(Ibrox), 6 March 2021 *Most Competitive Appearances: Hugh Murray, 462 (1997–2012) *Most League appearances: Hugh Murray, 399 (1997–2012) *Most European appearances: Billy Abercromby, 9 (1980–1988) *Most League goals:

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, 221 (1923–1934) *Most League goals in a season: Dunky Walker, 45 ( 1921–22) *Record transfer fee paid: £400,000 to

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for

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(March 1990) *Record transfer fee received: £850,000 from

for Ian Ferguson (February 1988) *Most League wins in a season: 27, Division Two (1967–68) *Most League defeats in a season: 31, Division One ( 1920–21) *Most League draws in a season: 15, Premier League ( 1987–88) *Most consecutive league victories: 16, Division Two (18 November 1967 – 30 March 1968) *Longest unbeaten league run: 34, 18 November 1967 (Division Two) – 16 November 1968 (Division One) *Most Goals Scored in a season: 100, Division Two ( 1967–68) *Most Goals Conceded in a season: 92, Division One ( 1920–21)

Players

First-team squad

On loan

Club staff

Board of directors

Coaching staff

Managers

* John McCartney (June 1904 – January 1910) * Barry Grieve (Feb – June 1910) * Hugh Law (July 1910 – July 1916) *

Johnny Cochrane Johnny Cochrane was a Scottish football manager. Career Cochrane was born in Paisley. As a player, he had a short spell with Johnstone in Scottish Division Two, records showing he also acted as the club's secretary, then was their manager in ...

(July 1916 – April 1928) * Donald Turner (April 1928 – April 1929) * John Morrison (June 1929 – Oct 36) * Sam Blythe (Oct 1936 – Feb 41) * Donald Menzies (Feb 1941 – Dec 42) *

Willie Fotheringham William Cowan Fotheringham (1899 – 1981) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made over 700 first team league and cup appearances during his career with Dundee, Morton, Queen of the South, Airdrieonians and St Mirren, a ...

(Dec 1942 – May 45) *

Bobby Rankin Robert Rankin (7 April 1905 – 25 August 1954) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for hometown club St Mirren over two spells, and for Dundee and Clyde, mainly as an inside left. He gained three caps for Scotland S ...

(May 1945 – Aug 54) * Willie Reid (Aug 1954 – Dec 61) * Bobby Flavell (Dec 1961 – Dec 62) * Jackie Cox (Dec 1962 – May 65) *

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(June 1965 – Dec 66) *

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(Dec 1966 – Oct 70) *

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(Nov 1970 – Jan 72) * Tommy Bryceland (Jan 1972 – May 73) * Willie Cunningham (June 1973 – Oct 74) *

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(Oct 1974 – May 78) *

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(June 1978 – Nov 80) *Rikki McFarlane (November 1980 – Oct 1983) *

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(October 1983 – December 1986) *

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(December 1986 – April 1988) * Tony Fitzpatrick (April 1988 – May 1991) *

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(May 1991 – May 1992) *

Jimmy Bone James Bone (born 22 September 1949) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a striker. Following his playing retirement he moved into coaching and has managed a number of Scottish League clubs. Playing career Early career ...

(May 1992 – August 1996) *

Iain Munro Alexander Iain Fordyce Munro (born 24 August 1951) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager. Playing career Munro was born in Uddingston and began his career at St Mirren making 103 league appearances for the Buddies in ...

(9 September 1996 – 10 September 1996) ''(24 hours)'' * Tony Fitzpatrick (September 1996 – December 1998) * Tom Hendrie (December 1998 – September 2002) * John Coughlin (September 2002 – November 2003) *

Gus MacPherson Angus Ian MacPherson (born 11 October 1968) is a Scottish football former player and coach. MacPherson's playing career saw spells at Rangers, Exeter City, Kilmarnock, Dunfermline Athletic and St Mirren. His management career began at hi ...

(25 November 2003 – 11 May 2010) * Danny Lennon (7 June 2010 – 12 May 2014) * Tommy Craig (13 May 2014 – 9 December 2014) *

Gary Teale Gary Stewart Teale (born 21 July 1978) is a Scottish professional football player and coach. Teale started his career in Scotland in 1995 with Clydebank and Ayr United. He moved to England in 2001 when he signed for Wigan Athletic and played an ...

(9 December 2014 – 23 May 2015) * Ian Murray (24 May 2015 – 12 December 2015) * Alex Rae (18 December 2015 – 18 September 2016) *

Allan McManus Allan William McManus (born 17 November 1974 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish former professional football player and coach. He played for Hearts, Livingston, Alloa Athletic, Ayr United, Airdrie United, St Johnstone, Greenock Mor ...

(18 September 2016 – 10 October 2016) ''(Interim)'' * Jack Ross (10 October 2016 –25 May 2018) * Alan Stubbs (8 June 2018 – 3 September 2018) * Oran Kearney (7 September 2018 – 26 June 2019) * Jim Goodwin (28 June 2019 – 19 February 2022) *

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(22 February 2022 – present)

European record

Notes

References

External links

Official St Mirren F.C. website

'Historical Database' of St Mirren F.C.

The St.Mirren Programme Archive

St Mirren BBC My Club
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