2013–14 St Mirren F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was the club's first season in the newly formed Scottish Premiership and their eighth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. St Mirren also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

St Mirren
2013–14 season
ChairmanStewart Gilmour
ManagerDanny Lennon
StadiumSt Mirren Park
Premiership8th
League CupSecond Round
lost to Queen of the South
Scottish CupFifth Round
lost to Dundee United
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steven Thompson (13)
All:
Steven Thompson (16)
Highest home attendance6,311 vs Heart of Midlothian
(10 May 2014)
Lowest home attendance2,817 vs St Johnstone
(25 March 2014)
Average home league attendance4,511

Summary

St Mirren finished eighth in the inaugural Scottish Premiership season.[1] They reached the Fifth Round of the Scottish Cup,[2] and crashed out as holders of the League Cup in the Second Round.[3]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season
13 July 2013 FriendlyCharlton Athletic4–0St MirrenMarbella
10:00 Jackson  13'
Hollands  50'
Kermorgant  65'
Green  86'		 Report
17 July 2013 Renfrewshire Cup Semi-finalSt Mirren16–0Port Glasgow OBURalston Training Complex
19:30 Reilly  3 pen', 13', 36', 59'
Brady  12', 25', 72'
McGregor  19', 68'
Yaqub  38'
Cuddihy  46'
Kelly  56'
Stewart  85'
Scullion 		Report
20 July 2013 Renfrewshire Cup FinalSt Mirren2–4Greenock MortonSt Mirren Park
15:00 McGowan  20'
Teale  44'		 Report O'Brien  21'
Cham  36', 65'
Hands  46'		 Attendance: 3,703
Referee: Aitken
24 July 2013 FriendlyQueen of the South4–2St MirrenPalmerston Park
19:45 McKenna  23'
Paton  51' (pen.)
Lyle  72', 88'		 Report Harkins  47'
Teale  67'		 Attendance: 750
Referee: Murray
27 July 2013 FriendlyStockport County0–1St MirrenEdgeley Park
15:00 Report Harkins  86' Attendance: 1,171
Referee: Copeland
30 July 2013 FriendlySt Mirren0–2Newcastle UnitedSt Mirren Park
19:45 Report Cissé  19'
Debuchy  26'		 Attendance: 4,216
Referee: Beaton

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Premiership
3 August 2013 1Inverness Caledonian Thistle3–0St MirrenCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Vincent  47 pen.'
Doran  49'
McKay  57'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,215
Referee: Clancy
17 August 2013 2St Mirren1–1KilmarnockSt Mirren Park
15:00 Harkins  65' BBC Report Boyd  49' Attendance: 4,625
Referee: Beaton
24 August 2013 3Ross County3–0St MirrenVictoria Park
15:00 Kettlewell  9'
Brittain  24', 57'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,142
Referee: Murray
31 August 2013 4St Mirren1–2Partick ThistleSt Mirren Park
15:00 McLean  50' BBC Report Higginbotham  81'
Forbes  84'		 Attendance: 5,601
Referee: Collum
14 September 2013 5St Mirren0–1MotherwellSt Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Sutton  38' Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Thomson
21 September 2013 6Hibernian2–0St MirrenEaster Road
15:00 Collins  10'
Heffernan  61'		 BBC Report Attendance: 9,417
Referee: McLean
30 September 2013 7St Mirren1–1AberdeenSt Mirren Park
19:45 Thompson  54' BBC Report Pawlett  85' Attendance: 4,051
Referee: Murray
5 October 2013 8Heart of Midlothian0–2St MirrenTynecastle Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McGinn  42'
McGowan  58'		 Attendance: 14,769
Referee: Craig Thomson
19 October 2013 9St Mirren4–3St JohnstoneSt Mirren Park
15:00 McLean  8', 76 pen'
McGowan  60'
Thompson  89'		 BBC Report MacLean  17'
Hasselbaink  61'
Fallon  84'		 Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Collum
26 October 2013 10Dundee United4–0St MirrenTannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi  27', 34 pen'
Gauld  59'
Erskine  83'		 BBC Report Attendance: 6,331
Referee: Brines
9 November 2013 11Partick Thistle0–3St MirrenFirhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Thompson  15', 90'
Newton  72'		 Attendance: 4,946
Referee: Graham Beaton
17 November 2013 12St Mirren2–1Ross CountySt Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson  35'
Newton  51'		 BBC Report Saunders  67' Attendance: 4,205
Referee: Collum
23 November 2013 13St Mirren0–0HibernianSt Mirren Park
12:45 BBC Report Attendance: 4,451
Referee: McLean
7 December 2013 14St Mirren0–0Inverness Caledonian ThistleSt Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 3,305
Referee: Murray
14 December 2013 15Aberdeen2–0St MirrenPittodrie Stadium
15:00 Vernon  20'
Robson  66'		 BBC Report Attendance: 9,332
Referee: Thomson
21 December 2013 16Motherwell3–0St MirrenFir Park
15:00 Anier  31', 64'
Ainsworth  42'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,867
Referee: Collum
26 December 2013 17St Mirren4–1Dundee UnitedSt Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson  12', 88'
McGinn  35'
Naismith  71'		 BBC Report Çiftçi  36' Attendance: 4,780
Referee: Madden
29 December 2013 18St Mirren1–1Heart of MidlothianSt Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson  3' BBC Report Hamill  48' Attendance: 4,568
Referee: Clancy
2 January 2014 19Kilmarnock2–1St MirrenRugby Park
15:00 McKenzie  29'
Boyd  90'		 BBC Report Campbell  18' Attendance: 5,410
Referee: Brian Colvin
5 January 2014 20St Mirren0–4CelticSt Mirren Park
12:45 BBC Report Mulgrew  53'
Stokes  58'
Commons  70', 72'		 Attendance: 5,778
Referee: Beaton
11 January 2014 21St Johnstone2–0St MirrenMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Davidson  71'
May  74'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,329
Referee: Murray
18 January 2014 22Hibernian2–3St MirrenEaster Road
15:00 Collins  63', 89' BBC Report Williams  5' (Own goal)
Campbell  24'
Thompson  26'		 Attendance: 9,610
Referee: Collum
25 January 2014 23St Mirren0–0Partick ThistleSt Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,660
Referee: Beaton
29 January 2014 24Heart of Midlothian2–1St MirrenTynecastle Stadium
19:45 Paterson  5'
Hamill  52' (pen)		 BBC Report Thompson  1' Attendance: 12,422
Referee: McLean
2 February 2014 25Celtic1–0St MirrenCeltic Park
15:00 Commons  6' BBC Report Attendance: 45,014
Referee: Muir
15 February 2014 26St Mirren0–1AberdeenSt Mirren Park
12:30 BBC Report Rooney  80' (pen) Attendance: 4,073
Referee: Murray
22 February 2014 27Ross County2–1St MirrenVictoria Park
15:00 Arquin  38'
de Leeuw  83'		 BBC Report McGinn  66' Attendance: 3,394
Referee: Collum
1 March 2014 28St Mirren2–0KilmarnockSt Mirren Park
15:00 Newton  79'
Wylde  88'		 BBC Report Attendance: 4,650
Referee: Allan
15 March 2014 29Dundee United3–2St MirrenTannadice Park
15:00 Graham  79'
Armstrong  84'
Ciftci  90+3'		 BBC Report McGowan  20'
Thompson  40'		 Attendance: 6,524
Referee: Thomson
22 March 2014 30Celtic3–0St MirrenCeltic Park
15:00 Johansen  44'
Griffiths  61'
Stokes  90+2'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 46,536
Referee: Finnie
25 March 2014 31St Mirren0–1St JohnstoneSt Mirren Park
19:45 BBC Report MacLean  39' Attendance: 2,817
Referee: Muir
29 March 2014 32Inverness Caledonian Thistle2–2St MirrenCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Draper  16'
Tansey  34'		 BBC Report Naismith  3'
Kelly  62'		 Attendance: 3,032
Referee: Collum
5 April 2014 33St Mirren3–2MotherwellSt Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson  42', 87'
McLean  86' (pen)		 BBC Report Anier  17'
Sutton  27'		 Attendance: 4,377
Referee: Norris
19 April 2014 34St Mirren2–0HibernianSt Mirren Park
15:00 McLean  1'
McGowan  15'		 BBC Report Attendance: 5,287
Referee: Clancy
25 April 2014 35Partick Thistle1–1St MirrenFirhill Stadium
19:45 Doolan  26' BBC Report McLean  45' (pen) Attendance: 5,971
Referee: Murray
3 May 2014 36St Mirren1–0Ross CountySt Mirren Park
15:00 Wylde  79' BBC Report Attendance: 4,414
Referee: Thomson
7 May 2014 37Kilmarnock1–0St MirrenRugby Park
19:45 Boyd  21' BBC Report Attendance: 4,911
Referee: Muir
10 May 2014 38St Mirren1–1Heart of MidlothianSt Mirren Park
12:15 Newton  28' BBC Report Carrick  48' Attendance: 6,311
Referee: Finnie

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish League Cup
27 August 2013 Round 2Queen of the South2–1 (a.e.t.)St MirrenPalmerston Park
19:45 McKenna  103'
Paton  115'		 BBC Report Thompson  95' Attendance: 2,073
Referee: Charleston

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Cup
30 November 2013 Round 4Queen of the South2–2St MirrenPalmerston Park
15:00 Russell  35'
Paton  72'		 BBC Report Newton  9'
Thompson  51'		 Attendance: 2,176
Referee: Clancy
10 December 2013 Round 4 ReplaySt Mirren3–0Queen of the SouthSt Mirren Park
19:45 Harkins  19'
Thompson  74'
Kelly  87'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,775
Referee: Allan
9 January 2014 Round 5Dundee United2–1St MirrenTannadice Park
12:00 Gauld  21'
Çiftçi  51'		 BBC Report McLean  26' (pen) Attendance: 4,952
Referee: Thomson

Player statistics

Captains
No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 MF Jim Goodwin[4] 36 Club captain

Last updated: 28 August 2013
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.

Squad information
Last updated 10 May 2014[5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK David Cornell 605+001+000+00
2 DF David van Zanten 1808+801+001+00
4 DF Darren McGregor 38035+000+003+00
5 DF Lee Mair 605+100+000+00
6 MF Jim Goodwin 36031+101+003+00
7 MF John McGinn 38231+421+002+00
8 MF Gary Harkins 1727+811+001+01
9 FW Steven Thompson 411637+0131+013+02
10 FW Paul McGowan 38432+340+102+00
11 MF Kenny McLean 34728+261+003+01
12 FW Adam Campbell 1227+420+000+10
14 DF Marc McAusland 36030+201+003+00
15 MF Jon Robertson 100+100+000+00
16 DF Jake Caprice 700+600+100+00
16 FW Josh Magennis 1307+600+000+00
17 FW Thomas Reilly 1001+700+000+20
18 DF Sean Kelly 36232+110+002+11
19 FW Stéphane Bahoken 502+300+000+00
20 MF Kealan Dillon 000+000+000+00
21 MF Gary Teale 1806+1001+000+10
22 DF Jason Naismith 29226+120+002+00
23 DF David Barron 000+000+000+00
24 MF Conor Newton 41536+141+003+01
25 MF Mo Yaqub 000+000+000+00
26 MF Anthony Brady 200+100+000+10
27 DF Danny Grainger 15010+301+001+00
28 GK Marián Kello 24021+000+003+00
29 GK Kieran Hughes 000+000+000+00
30 GK Christopher Dilo 13012+100+000+00
39 MF Gregg Wylde 1727+1020+000+00
99 MF Eric Djemba-Djemba 302+000+001+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 10 May 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKDavid Cornell 00000000
2DFDavid van Zanten 31100041
4DFDarren McGregor 00000000
5DFLee Mair 10000010
6MFJim Goodwin 1300020150
7MFJohn McGinn 70002090
8MFGary Harkins 00100010
9FWSteven Thompson 50001060
10FWPaul McGowan 40000040
11MFKenny McLean 20001030
12FWAdam Campbell 10000010
14DFMarc McAusland 41100051
15MFJon Robertson 00000000
16DFJake Caprice 00000000
16FWJosh Magennis 00000000
17FWThomas Reilly 10000010
18MFSean Kelly 10000010
19FWStéphane Bahoken 00000000
20MFKealan Dillon 00000000
21MFGary Teale 00000000
22DFJason Naismith 30001040
23DFDavid Barron 00000000
24MFConor Newton 30000030
25MFMo Yaqub 00000000
26MFAnthony Brady 00000000
27DFDanny Grainger 21000021
28GKMarián Kello 00000000
29GKKieran Hughes 00000000
30GKChristopher Dilo 00000000
39MFGregg Wylde 00000000
99MFEric Djemba-Djemba 10001020

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 99 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38 +15 68 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50 +15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 −18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 −19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 −21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65 −19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51 −20 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65 −20 23[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration

Division summary
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GroundAHAHHAHAHAAHHHAAHHAHAAHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAH
ResultLDLLLLDWWLWWDDLLWDLLLWDLLLLWLLLDWWDWLD
Position111011111111111010119888888899989999119111111111087788
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2014. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers
Main article: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2013
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gollark: I have a better way. Make your game AIs have human-level intelligence, and have them communicate and trade items! That way you get all the nice emergent behavior with the simple ease of implementing human-level AI.
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See also

References
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