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
Chairman Stewart Gilmour
Manager Gus 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 2009 Paul Gallacher DunfermlineUndisclosedBBC
1 July 2009 Lee Mair AberdeenFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009 Michael Higdon FalkirkFree TransferBBC
4 July 2009 Chris Innes Livingston / Free AgentFree TransferBBC
21 September 2009 Allan JohnstonUnattachedSignedBBC

Out
Date Player To Fee Source
1 July 2009 Mark McAusland Queen of the SouthFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009 Jim Hamilton Partick ThistleFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009 Will Haining MorecambeFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009 Gary Mason HamiltonFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009 Franco Miranda Chacarita JuniorsFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009 Scott Gair ClydeFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009 Sean Crighton MontroseFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009 Tonet Villajoyosa CFFree TransferBBC
1 July 2009 Scott Cuthbert CelticLoan EndsBBC
15 January 2010 Stephen McGinn WatfordUndisclosed feeBBC
26 January 2010 Dennis Wyness DumbartonReleasedBBC
27 January 2010 Mo Camara Torquay UnitedReleasedBBC

Loan in
Date Player To Fee Source
29 January 2010 Rory Loy RangersLoanBBC
1 February 2010 Graham Carey CelticLoanBBC

Source[1]

Loan out
Date Player To Fee Source
25 September 2009 Dennis Wyness Queen of the SouthLoanBBC
October 2009 Paul Quinn Queen's ParkLoanBBC
December 2009 Chris Smith DunfermlineLoanBBC

Source[1]

Squad

Most frequent starting line-up

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4-4-2. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Captains
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 CB John Potter 43 Club captain
2 RB Jack Ross 4 Vice-captain

Last updated: 14 December 2009
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Results

Scottish Premier League
15 August 2009 SPL Round 1Hibernian2 – 1St MirrenEaster Road, Edinburgh
Wotherspoon  39'
Benjelloun  83'		 BBC Sport McGinn  38' Attendance: 13,426
Referee: Muir
22 August 2009 SPL Round 2St Mirren0 – 0Dundee UnitedSt Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Attendance: 4,775
Referee: McDonald
29 August 2009 SPL Round 3Kilmarnock1 – 2St MirrenRugby Park, Kilmarnock
Sammon  4' BBC Sport McGinn  48',  69' Attendance: 5,645
Referee: Norris
12 September 2009 SPL Round 4St Mirren1 – 1St JohnstoneSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Mehmet  33' (pen) BBC Sport Morris  37' Attendance: 4,543
Referee: Nicholls
19 September 2009 SPL Round 5Aberdeen1 – 0St MirrenPittodrie, Aberdeen
Mulgrew  88' BBC Sport Mair 88'  Attendance: 10,103
Referee: Thomson
26 September 2009 SPL Round 6St Mirren0 – 2CelticSt Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport McCourt  27'
Maloney  78'		 Attendance: 6,164
Referee: Richmond
3 October 2009 SPL Round 7St Mirren2 – 1Heart of MidlothianSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Thomson  38'
Dargo  65'		 BBC Sport Goncalves  31' Attendance: 4,652
Referee: Winter
17 October 2009 SPL Round 8Falkirk1 – 3St MirrenFalkirk Stadium, Falkirk
McLean  55' BBC Sport Dargo  67'
Mehmet  71'
Brighton  88'		 Attendance: 5,084
Referee: Allen
24 October 2009 SPL Round 9St Mirren3 – 3MotherwellSt 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 10St Mirren0 – 2Hamilton AcademicalSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Mair 67' BBC Sport M Paixao  3'
Canning  41'		 Attendance: 4,022
Referee: Finnie
7 November 2009 SPL Round 11Rangers2 – 1St MirrenIbrox Park, Glasgow
Boyd  1',  57' BBC Sport O'Donnell  88' Attendance: 45,750
Referee: Brines
21 November 2009 SPL Round 12St Mirren1 – 1HibernianSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Innes  45' BBC Sport Riordan  29' Attendance: 4,681
Referee: Collum
28 November 2009 SPL Round 13Celtic3 – 1St MirrenCeltic Park, Glasgow
Innes  39' (o.g.)
Samaras  42'
McDonald  61'		 BBC Sport Higdon  45' Attendance: 41,000
Referee: Conroy
5 December 2009 SPL Round 14Dundee United3 – 2St MirrenTannadice Park, Dundee
Casalinuovo  29'
Conway  44'
Myrie-Williams  79'
Gomis  59'		 BBC Sport Dods  61' (o.g.)
O'Donnell  85'		 Attendance: 6,259
Referee: Conroy
12 December 2009 SPL Round 15St Mirren1 – 1FalkirkSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon  53' BBC Sport Finnigan  88' Attendance: 4,033
Referee: Thomson
19 December 2009 SPL Round 16St Johnstone1 – 0St MirrenMcDiarmid Park, Perth
Millar  19' BBC Sport Higdon  53'  Attendance: 2,993
Referee: Tumilty
26 December 2009 SPL Round 17St MirrenP – PAberdeenSt Mirren Park, Paisley
30 December 2009 SPL Round 18Hamilton AcademicalP – PSt MirrenNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
2 January 2010 SPL Round 19St Mirren1 – 0KilmarnockSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Innes  81' BBC Sport Attendance: 4,917
Referee: Muir
12 January 2010 SPL Rearranged Round 17St Mirren1 – 0AberdeenSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Innes  74' BBC Sport Attendance: 3,867
Referee: Collum
16 January 2010 SPL Round 20Heart of Midlothian1 – 0St MirrenTynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Stewart  24' (pen.) BBC Sport Attendance: 12,821
Referee: O'Reilly
23 January 2010 SPL Round 21Motherwell2 – 0St MirrenFir Park, Motherwell
Murphy  56'
Sutton  76'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 3,621
Referee: McDonald
27 January 2010 SPL Round 22St Mirren0 – 2RangersSt Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Davis  2'
Novo  86'		 Attendance: 5,260
Referee: Thomson
30 January 2010 SPL Round 23Hibernian2 – 1St MirrenEaster 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 24St Mirren1 – 1St JohnstoneSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon  71' BBC Sport MacKay  33' Attendance: 3,009
Referee: Tumilty
13 February 2010 SPL Round 25St Mirren1 – 2Dundee UnitedSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon  66' BBC Sport Swanson  83'
Goodwillie  90' (+4)		 Attendance: 3,944
Referee: Norris
20 February 2010 SPL Round 26Kilmarnock1 – 1St MirrenRugby Park, Kilmarnock
Maguire  33' BBC Sport Mehmet  82' Attendance: 5,501
Referee: Muir
27 February 2010 SPL Round 27St Mirren0 – 0Hamilton AcademicalSt Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,628
Referee: Allan
6 March 2010 SPL Round 28Rangers3 – 1St MirrenIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
McCulloch  32',  46'
Novo  78'		 BBC Sport Carey  30' Attendance: 47,474
Referee: Richmond
9 March 2010 SPL Round 29St Mirren0 – 0MotherwellSt Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,154
Referee: McDonald
13 March 2010 SPL Rearranged Round 18Hamilton Academical1 – 0St MirrenNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
F.Paixão  90' BBC Sport Attendance: 2,179
Referee: Norris
24 March 2010 SPL Round 30St Mirren4 – 0CelticSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Dorman  38',  84'
Thomson  58',  87'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 5,018
Referee: Richmond
27 March 2010 SPL Round 31Aberdeen2 – 1St MirrenPittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Diamond  37'
Aluko  56'		 BBC Sport Robb  80' Attendance: 8,764
Referee: Brian Winter
3 April 2010 SPL Round 32St Mirren1 – 1Heart of MidlothianSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Carey  44' BBC Sport Žaliūkas  47' Attendance: 4,204
Referee: Iain Brines
10 April 2010 SPL Round 33Falkirk2 – 1St MirrenFalkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Moutinho  45'
Higdon  67' (o.g.)		 BBC Sport Dorman  90' Attendance: 5,671
Referee: Dougie McDonald
17 April 2010 SPL Round 34St Johnstone2 – 2St MirrenMcDiarmid Park, Perth
Duberry  79'
Sheerin  90' (pen.)		 BBC Sport Carey  33'
Dorman  50'		 Attendance: 3,557
Referee: Charlie Richmond
24 April 2010 SPL Round 35St Mirren1 – 0KilmarnockSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Dorman  74' BBC Sport Attendance: 5,639
Referee: Craig Thomson
1 May 2010 SPL Round 36Falkirk1 – 1St MirrenFalkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Arfield  45' (pen.) BBC Sport Innes  45'
O'Donnell  86'		 Attendance: 5,919
Referee: William Collum
5 May 2010 SPL Round 37Hamilton Academical0 – 0St MirrenNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,102
Referee: Iain Brines
8 May 2010 SPL Round 38St Mirren0 – 1AberdeenSt 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
Celtic0–21–34–0–3
Dundee United0–02–31–2–1
Falkirk3–11–11–21–15
Hamilton Academical0–20–00–10–02
Heart of Midlothian2–10–11–1–4
Hibernian1–21–11–2–1
Kilmarnock2–11–01–11–010
Motherwell3–30–20–0–2
Rangers1–22–01–2–0
St Johnstone1–10–11–12–23

Source: 2009–10 Scottish Premier League article

Scottish Cup
10 January 2010 Active Nation Scottish Cup Round 4St Mirren3 – 1Alloa AthleticSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Crawford  27' (o.g.)
Mehmet  45' (+1),  87'		 BBC Sport Brown  34' Attendance: 2,587
Referee: Finnie
6 February 2010 Active Nation Scottish Cup Round 5St Mirren0 – 0RangersSt Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Attendance: 4,909
Referee: Brines
17 February 2010 Active Nation Scottish Cup Round 5 ReplayRangers1 – 0St MirrenIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
Boyd  86' BBC Sport Attendance: 31,086
Referee: Brines

League Cup
2 August 2009 Co-Operative Insurance Cup Round 1East Stirlingshire3 – 6St MirrenOchilview, Stenhousemuir
McGuire  23'
Rodgers  27',  36'		 BBC Sport Mehmet  6',  13',  17',
 44',  67'
O'Donnell  73'		 Attendance: 1,747
Referee: O'Reilly
26 August 2009 Co-Operative Insurance Cup Round 2Ayr United0 – 2St MirrenSomerset Park, Ayr
Keenan  89' BBC Sport Higdon  25'
Mehmet  90'		 Attendance: 1,652
Referee: Richmond
22 September 2009 Co-Operative Insurance Cup Round 3Kilmarnock1 – 2St MirrenRugby Park, Kilmarnock
Kyle  87' BBC Sport McGinn  64'
Dorman  90' (+3)		 Attendance: 3,561
Referee: McDonald
27 October 2009 Co-Operative Insurance Cup Quarter FinalSt Mirren3 – 0MotherwellSt Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon  23'
Ross  61'
Craigan  81' (o.g.)		 BBC Sport Attendance: 4,325
Referee: Collum
2 February 2010 Co-Operative Insurance Cup
Semi Final		Heart of Midlothian0 – 1St MirrenFir Park, Motherwell
BBC Sport Mehmet  51' Attendance: 9,170
Referee: Richmond
21 March 2010 Co-Operative Insurance Cup
Final		Rangers1 – 0St MirrenHampden Park, Glasgow
Thomson  53'
Wilson  71'
Miller  84'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 44,538
Referee: Thomson

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

SPL

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
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Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
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See also

References
  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8105863.stm
  2. St Mirren's score is shown first.
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