2009–10 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren
2009–10 season
Chairman	Stewart Gilmour
Manager	Gus MacPherson
Scottish Premier League	10th
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round Replay (v Rangers)
League Cup	Runners-Up (v Rangers)
Top goalscorer	League: ; Andy Dorman (6); All: ; Billy Mehmet (12)
Highest home attendance	6,164 vs Celtic; (26 September 2009)
Lowest home attendance	3,009 vs St Johnstone; (10 February 2010)
Average home league attendance	4,414
	← 2008–09 2010–11 →

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.

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee	Source
29 June 2009	Scotland Paul Gallacher	Scotland Dunfermline	Undisclosed	BBC
1 July 2009	Scotland Lee Mair	Scotland Aberdeen	Free Transfer	BBC
1 July 2009	Scotland Michael Higdon	Scotland Falkirk	Free Transfer	BBC
4 July 2009	Scotland Chris Innes	Scotland Livingston / Free Agent	Free Transfer	BBC
21 September 2009	Scotland Allan Johnston	Unattached	Signed	BBC

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee	Source
1 July 2009	Scotland Mark McAusland	Scotland Queen of the South	Free Transfer	BBC
1 July 2009	Scotland Jim Hamilton	Scotland Partick Thistle	Free Transfer	BBC
1 July 2009	Scotland Will Haining	England Morecambe	Free Transfer	BBC
1 July 2009	Scotland Gary Mason	Scotland Hamilton	Free Transfer	BBC
1 July 2009	Argentina Franco Miranda	Argentina Chacarita Juniors	Free Transfer	BBC
1 July 2009	Scotland Scott Gair	Scotland Clyde	Free Transfer	BBC
1 July 2009	Scotland Sean Crighton	Scotland Montrose	Free Transfer	BBC
1 July 2009	Spain Tonet	Spain Villajoyosa CF	Free Transfer	BBC
1 July 2009	Scotland Scott Cuthbert	Scotland Celtic	Loan Ends	BBC
15 January 2010	Scotland Stephen McGinn	England Watford	Undisclosed fee	BBC
26 January 2010	Scotland Dennis Wyness	Scotland Dumbarton	Released	BBC
27 January 2010	Guinea Mo Camara	England Torquay United	Released	BBC

Loan in

Date	Player	To	Fee	Source
29 January 2010	Scotland Rory Loy	Scotland Rangers	Loan	BBC
1 February 2010	Republic of Ireland Graham Carey	Scotland Celtic	Loan	BBC

Source^[1]

Loan out

Date	Player	To	Fee	Source
25 September 2009	Scotland Dennis Wyness	Scotland Queen of the South	Loan	BBC
October 2009	Scotland Paul Quinn	Scotland Queen's Park	Loan	BBC
December 2009	Scotland Chris Smith	Scotland Dunfermline	Loan	BBC

Source^[1]

Results

Scottish Premier League

15 August 2009 SPL Round 1	Hibernian	2 – 1	St Mirren	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Wotherspoon File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Benjelloun File:Soccerball shade.svg 83'	BBC Sport	McGinn File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 4'	BBC Sport	McGinn File:Soccerball shade.svg 48', File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Attendance: 5,645 Referee: Norris

12 September 2009 SPL Round 4	St Mirren	1 – 1	St Johnstone	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Mehmet File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' (pen)	BBC Sport	Morris File:Soccerball shade.svg 37'	Attendance: 4,543 Referee: Nicholls

19 September 2009 SPL Round 5	Aberdeen	1 – 0	St Mirren	Pittodrie, Aberdeen
	Mulgrew File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Maloney File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Attendance: 6,164 Referee: Richmond

3 October 2009 SPL Round 7	St Mirren	2 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Thomson File:Soccerball shade.svg 38' Dargo File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'	BBC Sport	Goncalves File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'	Attendance: 4,652 Referee: Winter

17 October 2009 SPL Round 8	Falkirk	1 – 3	St Mirren	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
	McLean File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'	BBC Sport	Dargo File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Mehmet File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Brighton File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Attendance: 5,084 Referee: Allen

24 October 2009 SPL Round 9	St Mirren	3 – 3	Motherwell	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Murray File:Soccerball shade.svg 42', File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Dorman File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'	BBC Sport	Forbes File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' (pen) Jutkiewicz File:Soccerball shade.svg 74', File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Canning File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'	Attendance: 4,022 Referee: Finnie

7 November 2009 SPL Round 11	Rangers	2 – 1	St Mirren	Ibrox Park, Glasgow
	Boyd File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'	BBC Sport	O'Donnell File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Attendance: 45,750 Referee: Brines

21 November 2009 SPL Round 12	St Mirren	1 – 1	Hibernian	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Innes File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'	BBC Sport	Riordan File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'	Attendance: 4,681 Referee: Collum

28 November 2009 SPL Round 13	Celtic	3 – 1	St Mirren	Celtic Park, Glasgow
	Innes File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' (o.g.) Samaras File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' McDonald File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	BBC Sport	Higdon File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'	Attendance: 41,000 Referee: Conroy

5 December 2009 SPL Round 14	Dundee United	3 – 2	St Mirren	Tannadice Park, Dundee
	Casalinuovo File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Conway File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Myrie-Williams File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Gomis Red card 59'	BBC Sport	Dods File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' (o.g.) O'Donnell File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'	Attendance: 6,259 Referee: Conroy

12 December 2009 SPL Round 15	St Mirren	1 – 1	Falkirk	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Higdon File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	BBC Sport	Finnigan File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Attendance: 4,033 Referee: Thomson

19 December 2009 SPL Round 16	St Johnstone	1 – 0	St Mirren	McDiarmid Park, Perth
	Millar File:Soccerball shade.svg 19'	BBC Sport	Higdon Yellow card 53' Red card	Attendance: 2,993 Referee: Tumilty

26 December 2009 SPL Round 17

St Mirren

P – P

Aberdeen

St Mirren Park, Paisley

30 December 2009 SPL Round 18

Hamilton Academical

P – P

St Mirren

New Douglas Park, Hamilton

2 January 2010 SPL Round 19	St Mirren	1 – 0	Kilmarnock	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Innes File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Sutton File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 2' Novo File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Attendance: 5,260 Referee: Thomson

30 January 2010 SPL Round 23	Hibernian	2 – 1	St Mirren	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Miller File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Ross File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (+3), o.g.'	BBC Sport	Bamba File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	BBC Sport	MacKay File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	Attendance: 3,009 Referee: Tumilty

13 February 2010 SPL Round 25	St Mirren	1 – 2	Dundee United	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Higdon File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'	BBC Sport	Swanson File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Goodwillie File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (+4)	Attendance: 3,944 Referee: Norris

20 February 2010 SPL Round 26	Kilmarnock	1 – 1	St Mirren	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
	Maguire File:Soccerball shade.svg 33'	BBC Sport	Mehmet File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 32', File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Novo File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	BBC Sport	Carey File:Soccerball shade.svg 30'	Attendance: 47,474 Referee: Richmond

9 March 2010 SPL Round 29	St Mirren	0 – 0	Motherwell	St Mirren Park, Paisley
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,154 Referee: McDonald

13 March 2010 SPL Rearranged Round 18	Hamilton Academical	1 – 0	St Mirren	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
	F.Paixão File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,179 Referee: Norris

24 March 2010 SPL Round 30	St Mirren	4 – 0	Celtic	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Dorman File:Soccerball shade.svg 38', File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' Thomson File:Soccerball shade.svg 58', File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 5,018 Referee: Richmond

27 March 2010 SPL Round 31	Aberdeen	2 – 1	St Mirren	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
	Diamond File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Aluko File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'	BBC Sport	Robb File:Soccerball shade.svg 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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 44'	BBC Sport	Žaliūkas File:Soccerball shade.svg 47'	Attendance: 4,204 Referee: Iain Brines

10 April 2010 SPL Round 33	Falkirk	2 – 1	St Mirren	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
	Moutinho File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Higdon File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' (o.g.)	BBC Sport	Dorman File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Attendance: 5,671 Referee: Dougie McDonald

17 April 2010 SPL Round 34	St Johnstone	2 – 2	St Mirren	McDiarmid Park, Perth
	Duberry File:Soccerball shade.svg 79' Sheerin File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Carey File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Dorman File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'	Attendance: 3,557 Referee: Charlie Richmond

24 April 2010 SPL Round 35	St Mirren	1 – 0	Kilmarnock	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Dorman File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 5,639 Referee: Craig Thomson

1 May 2010 SPL Round 36	Falkirk	1 – 1	St Mirren	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
	Arfield File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' (pen.)	BBC Sport	Innes Red card 45' O'Donnell File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	Attendance: 5,919 Referee: William Collum

5 May 2010 SPL Round 37	Hamilton Academical	0 – 0	St Mirren	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,102 Referee: Iain Brines

8 May 2010 SPL Round 38	St Mirren	0 – 1	Aberdeen	St Mirren Park, Paisley
		BBC Sport	Mair File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' (o.g.)	Attendance: 4,022 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

League results by opponent

Team	Result ^[2]				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	3
Celtic	0–2	1–3	4–0	–	3
Dundee United	0–0	2–3	1–2	–	1
Falkirk	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	5
Hamilton Academical	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	2
Heart of Midlothian	2–1	0–1	1–1	–	4
Hibernian	1–2	1–1	1–2	–	1
Kilmarnock	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	10
Motherwell	3–3	0–2	0–0	–	2
Rangers	1–2	2–0	1–2	–	0
St Johnstone	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	3

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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' (o.g.) Mehmet File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' (+1), File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	BBC Sport	Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'	Attendance: 2,587 Referee: Finnie

6 February 2010 Active Nation Scottish Cup round 5	St Mirren	0 – 0	Rangers	St Mirren Park, Paisley
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 4,909 Referee: Brines

17 February 2010 Active Nation Scottish Cup round 5 Replay	Rangers	1 – 0	St Mirren	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
	Boyd File:Soccerball shade.svg 86'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 31,086 Referee: Brines

League Cup

2 August 2009 Co-Operative Insurance Cup round 1	East Stirlingshire	3 – 6	St Mirren	Ochilview, Stenhousemuir
	McGuire File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Rodgers File:Soccerball shade.svg 27', File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	BBC Sport	Mehmet File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', File:Soccerball shade.svg 17', File:Soccerball shade.svg 44', File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' O'Donnell File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'	Attendance: 1,747 Referee: O'Reilly

26 August 2009 Co-Operative Insurance Cup round 2	Ayr United	0 – 2	St Mirren	Somerset Park, Ayr
	Keenan Red card 89'	BBC Sport	Higdon File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Mehmet File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Attendance: 1,652 Referee: Richmond

22 September 2009 Co-Operative Insurance Cup round 3	Kilmarnock	1 – 2	St Mirren	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
	Kyle File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	BBC Sport	McGinn File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Dorman File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' (+3)	Attendance: 3,561 Referee: McDonald

27 October 2009 Co-Operative Insurance Cup Quarter Final	St Mirren	3 – 0	Motherwell	St Mirren Park, Paisley
	Higdon File:Soccerball shade.svg 23' Ross File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Craigan File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' (o.g.)	BBC Sport		Attendance: 4,325 Referee: Collum

2 February 2010 Co-Operative Insurance Cup Semi Final	Heart of Midlothian	0 – 1	St Mirren	Fir Park, Motherwell
		BBC Sport	Mehmet File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'	Attendance: 9,170 Referee: Richmond

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 File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 44,538 Referee: Thomson

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[2]	St Mirren Scorer(s)
14 July 2009	Scotland East Fife	Bayview	2–1	Mehmet, Mair
16 July 2009	Scotland Dumbarton	Strathclyde Homes Stadium	3–0	O'Donnell, Dargo, Mehmet
18 July 2009	Scotland Ayr United	Somerset Park	1–0	Dorman
28 July 2009	Scotland Morton (Renfrewshire Cup)	St Mirren Park	2–1	Dorman, O'Donnell
09/08/2009	England Wigan	DW Stadium	1–3	Dargo

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	—	10th	15 August 2009	8 May 2010
League Cup	1st Round		2 August 2009	21 March 2010
Scottish Cup	4th Round		9 January 2010	17 February 2010

Source: Competitions

SPL

Classification

Pos	Team v t e	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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	D	W	D	D	L

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "SPL ins and outs". 14 August 2009.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 St Mirren's score is shown first.

[news.bbc.co.uk-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "SPL ins and outs". 14 August 2009.

[St_Mirren_score-2] 2.0 ^2.1 St Mirren's score is shown first.

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2009–10 St Mirren F.C. season

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Transfers

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Scottish Cup

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