2009–10 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren competed for their fourth successive season in the Scottish Premier League after finishing 11th place for season 2008–09, narrowly avoiding relegation on goal difference. It will also be their first full season in their new home ground, since moving from Love Street in January. Saints won their first league match at their new home with a 2–1 victory over Heart of Midlothian on 3 October 2009.

St Mirren
2009–10 season
ChairmanStewart Gilmour
ManagerGus MacPherson
Scottish Premier League10th
Scottish CupFifth Round Replay (v Rangers)
League CupRunners-Up (v Rangers)
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andy Dorman (6)

All:
Billy Mehmet (12)
Highest home attendance6,164 vs Celtic
(26 September 2009)
Lowest home attendance3,009 vs St Johnstone
(10 February 2010)
Average home league attendance4,414

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee Source
29 June 2009Scotland Paul GallacherScotland DunfermlineUndisclosedBBC
1 July 2009Scotland Lee MairScotland AberdeenFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009Scotland Michael HigdonScotland FalkirkFree TransferBBC
4 July 2009Scotland Chris InnesScotland Livingston / Free AgentFree TransferBBC
21 September 2009Scotland Allan JohnstonUnattachedSignedBBC

Out

Date Player To Fee Source
1 July 2009Scotland Mark McAuslandScotland Queen of the SouthFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009Scotland Jim HamiltonScotland Partick ThistleFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009Scotland Will HainingEngland MorecambeFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009Scotland Gary MasonScotland HamiltonFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009Argentina Franco MirandaArgentina Chacarita JuniorsFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009Scotland Scott GairScotland ClydeFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009Scotland Sean CrightonScotland MontroseFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009Spain TonetSpain Villajoyosa CFFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009Scotland Scott CuthbertScotland CelticLoan EndsBBC
15 January 2010Scotland Stephen McGinnEngland WatfordUndisclosed feeBBC
26 January 2010Scotland Dennis WynessScotland DumbartonReleasedBBC
27 January 2010Guinea Mo CamaraEngland Torquay UnitedReleasedBBC

Loan in

Date Player To Fee Source
29 January 2010Scotland Rory LoyScotland RangersLoanBBC
1 February 2010Republic of Ireland Graham CareyScotland CelticLoanBBC

Source[1]

Loan out

Date Player To Fee Source
25 September 2009Scotland Dennis WynessScotland Queen of the SouthLoanBBC
October 2009Scotland Paul QuinnScotland Queen's ParkLoanBBC
December 2009Scotland Chris SmithScotland DunfermlineLoanBBC

Source[1]

Results

Scottish Premier League

15 August 2009 SPL Round 1 Hibernian 2 – 1 St Mirren Easter Road, Edinburgh
Wotherspoon 39'
Benjelloun 83'
BBC Sport McGinn 38' Attendance: 13,426
Referee: Muir
22 August 2009 SPL Round 2 St Mirren 0 – 0 Dundee United St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Attendance: 4,775
Referee: McDonald
29 August 2009 SPL Round 3 Kilmarnock 1 – 2 St Mirren Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Sammon 4' BBC Sport McGinn 48', 69' Attendance: 5,645
Referee: Norris
12 September 2009 SPL Round 4 St Mirren 1 – 1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park, Paisley
Mehmet 33' (pen) BBC Sport Morris 37' Attendance: 4,543
Referee: Nicholls
19 September 2009 SPL Round 5 Aberdeen 1 – 0 St Mirren Pittodrie, Aberdeen
Mulgrew 88' BBC Sport MairYellow card 88' Red card Attendance: 10,103
Referee: Thomson
26 September 2009 SPL Round 6 St Mirren 0 – 2 Celtic St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport McCourt 27'
Maloney 78'
Attendance: 6,164
Referee: Richmond
3 October 2009 SPL Round 7 St Mirren 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park, Paisley
Thomson 38'
Dargo 65'
BBC Sport Goncalves 31' Attendance: 4,652
Referee: Winter
17 October 2009 SPL Round 8 Falkirk 1 – 3 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
McLean 55' BBC Sport Dargo 67'
Mehmet 71'
Brighton 88'
Attendance: 5,084
Referee: Allen
24 October 2009 SPL Round 9 St Mirren 3 – 3 Motherwell St Mirren Park, Paisley
Murray 42', 72'
Dorman 59'
BBC Sport Forbes 49' (pen)
Jutkiewicz 74', 81'
Attendance: 4,327
Referee: O'Reilly
31 October 2009 SPL Round 10 St Mirren 0 – 2 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park, Paisley
MairRed card 67' BBC Sport M Paixao 3'
Canning 41'
Attendance: 4,022
Referee: Finnie
7 November 2009 SPL Round 11 Rangers 2 – 1 St Mirren Ibrox Park, Glasgow
Boyd 1', 57' BBC Sport O'Donnell 88' Attendance: 45,750
Referee: Brines
21 November 2009 SPL Round 12 St Mirren 1 – 1 Hibernian St Mirren Park, Paisley
Innes 45' BBC Sport Riordan 29' Attendance: 4,681
Referee: Collum
28 November 2009 SPL Round 13 Celtic 3 – 1 St Mirren Celtic Park, Glasgow
Innes 39' (o.g.)
Samaras 42'
McDonald 61'
BBC Sport Higdon 45' Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Conroy
5 December 2009 SPL Round 14 Dundee United 3 – 2 St Mirren Tannadice Park, Dundee
Casalinuovo 29'
Conway 44'
Myrie-Williams 79'
Gomis Red card 59'
BBC Sport Dods 61' (o.g.)
O'Donnell 85'
Attendance: 6,259
Referee: Conroy
12 December 2009 SPL Round 15 St Mirren 1 – 1 Falkirk St Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon 53' BBC Sport Finnigan 88' Attendance: 4,033
Referee: Thomson
19 December 2009 SPL Round 16 St Johnstone 1 – 0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park, Perth
Millar 19' BBC Sport Higdon Yellow card 53' Red card Attendance: 2,993
Referee: Tumilty
2 January 2010 SPL Round 19 St Mirren 1 – 0 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park, Paisley
Innes 81' BBC Sport Attendance: 4,917
Referee: Muir
12 January 2010 SPL Rearranged Round 17 St Mirren 1 – 0 Aberdeen St Mirren Park, Paisley
Innes 74' BBC Sport Attendance: 3,867
Referee: Collum
16 January 2010 SPL Round 20 Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Stewart 24' (pen.) BBC Sport Attendance: 12,821
Referee: O'Reilly
23 January 2010 SPL Round 21 Motherwell 2 – 0 St Mirren Fir Park, Motherwell
Murphy 56'
Sutton 76'
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,621
Referee: McDonald
27 January 2010 SPL Round 22 St Mirren 0 – 2 Rangers St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Davis 2'
Novo 86'
Attendance: 5,260
Referee: Thomson
30 January 2010 SPL Round 23 Hibernian 2 – 1 St Mirren Easter Road, Edinburgh
Miller 33'
Ross 90' (+3), o.g.'
BBC Sport Bamba 9' (o.g.) Attendance: 11,476
Referee: Collum
10 February 2010 SPL Round 24 St Mirren 1 – 1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon 71' BBC Sport MacKay 33' Attendance: 3,009
Referee: Tumilty
13 February 2010 SPL Round 25 St Mirren 1 – 2 Dundee United St Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon 66' BBC Sport Swanson 83'
Goodwillie 90' (+4)
Attendance: 3,944
Referee: Norris
20 February 2010 SPL Round 26 Kilmarnock 1 – 1 St Mirren Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Maguire 33' BBC Sport Mehmet 82' Attendance: 5,501
Referee: Muir
27 February 2010 SPL Round 27 St Mirren 0 – 0 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,628
Referee: Allan
6 March 2010 SPL Round 28 Rangers 3 – 1 St Mirren Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
McCulloch 32', 46'
Novo 78'
BBC Sport Carey 30' Attendance: 47,474
Referee: Richmond
24 March 2010 SPL Round 30 St Mirren 4 – 0 Celtic St Mirren Park, Paisley
Dorman 38', 84'
Thomson 58', 87'
BBC Sport Attendance: 5,018
Referee: Richmond
27 March 2010 SPL Round 31 Aberdeen 2 – 1 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Diamond 37'
Aluko 56'
BBC Sport Robb 80' Attendance: 8,764
Referee: Brian Winter
3 April 2010 SPL Round 32 St Mirren 1 – 1 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park, Paisley
Carey 44' BBC Sport Žaliūkas 47' Attendance: 4,204
Referee: Iain Brines
10 April 2010 SPL Round 33 Falkirk 2 – 1 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Moutinho 45'
Higdon 67' (o.g.)
BBC Sport Dorman 90' Attendance: 5,671
Referee: Dougie McDonald
1 May 2010 SPL Round 36 Falkirk 1 – 1 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Arfield 45' (pen.) BBC Sport Innes Red card 45'
O'Donnell 86'
Attendance: 5,919
Referee: William Collum
8 May 2010 SPL Round 38 St Mirren 0 – 1 Aberdeen St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Mair 27' (o.g.) Attendance: 4,022
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

League results by opponent

Team Result [2] Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen0–11–01–20–13
Celtic0–21–34–03
Dundee United0–02–31–21
Falkirk3–11–11–21–15
Hamilton Academical0–20–00–10–02
Heart of Midlothian2–10–11–14
Hibernian1–21–11–21
Kilmarnock2–11–01–11–010
Motherwell3–30–20–02
Rangers1–22–01–20
St Johnstone1–10–11–12–23

Source: 2009–10 Scottish Premier League article

Scottish Cup

10 January 2010 Active Nation Scottish Cup round 4 St Mirren 3 – 1 Alloa Athletic St Mirren Park, Paisley
Crawford 27' (o.g.)
Mehmet 45' (+1), 87'
BBC Sport Brown 34' Attendance: 2,587
Referee: Finnie

League Cup

2 August 2009 Co-Operative Insurance Cup round 1 East Stirlingshire 3 – 6 St Mirren Ochilview, Stenhousemuir
McGuire 23'
Rodgers 27', 36'
BBC Sport Mehmet 6', 13', 17',
44', 67'
O'Donnell 73'
Attendance: 1,747
Referee: O'Reilly
22 September 2009 Co-Operative Insurance Cup round 3 Kilmarnock 1 – 2 St Mirren Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Kyle 87' BBC Sport McGinn 64'
Dorman 90' (+3)
Attendance: 3,561
Referee: McDonald
21 March 2010 Co-Operative Insurance Cup
Final
Rangers 1 – 0 St Mirren Hampden Park, Glasgow
Thomson Red card 53'
Wilson Red card 71'
Miller 84'
BBC Sport Attendance: 44,538
Referee: Thomson

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result[2] Attendance St Mirren Scorer(s)
14 July 2009Scotland East FifeBayview2–1Mehmet, Mair
16 July 2009Scotland DumbartonStrathclyde Homes Stadium3–0O'Donnell, Dargo, Mehmet
18 July 2009Scotland Ayr UnitedSomerset Park1–0Dorman
28 July 2009Scotland Morton (Renfrewshire Cup)St Mirren Park2–1Dorman, O'Donnell
09/08/2009England WiganDW Stadium1–3Dargo

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Scottish Premier League 10th 15 August 20098 May 2010
League Cup 1st Round 2 August 200921 March 2010
Scottish Cup 4th Round 9 January 201017 February 2010

Source: Competitions

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 St Johnstone 38 12 11 15 57 61 4 47
9 Aberdeen 38 10 11 17 36 52 16 41
10 St Mirren 38 7 13 18 36 49 13 34
11 Kilmarnock 38 8 9 21 29 51 22 33
12 Falkirk (R) 38 6 13 19 31 57 26 31 Relegation to the First Division
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHHAHHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAHAAHAAH
ResultLDWDLLWWDLLDLLDLWLWLLLLDLDDLDWLDLDWDDL
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

See also

References

  1. "SPL ins and outs". 14 August 2009.
  2. St Mirren's score is shown first.
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