2008–09 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren
200809 season
Chairman Stewart Gilmour
Manager Gus McPherson
SPL 10th
Scottish Cup Semi Finals
lost to Rangers
League Cup Third Round
lost to Dunfermline Athletic
Top goalscorer League:
Andy Dorman (10)
All:
Andy Dorman (12)
Billy Mehmet (12)
Highest home attendance 10,189 vs Motherwell
(3 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance 3,364 vs
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
(13 December 2008)
Average home league attendance 5,411

St Mirren will compete once again in the Scottish Premier League after finishing in tenth place for season 200708. It will also mark the end of their stay at the current St Mirren Park or "Love Street", their home since 1894. They will be moving to their new stadium in Greenhill Road after playing each team home and away.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee Source
20 June 2008 Argentina Franco Miranda Argentina CAI Loan BBC[1]
30 June 2008 Scotland Dennis Wyness Scotland Inverness CT Free Transfer BBC[2]
30 June 2008 Scotland Jack Ross Scotland Falkirk Free Transfer BBC[3]
30 June 2008 Scotland Steven Robb Scotland Dundee United Free Transfer BBC[4]
30 June 2008 Scotland Tom Brighton England Millwall Free Transfer BBC
4 August 2008 Spain Tonet Unattached Free Transfer BBC[5]
14 August 2008 Scotland Scott Cuthbert Scotland Celtic Loan BBC[6]
1 January 2009 Scotland Steve Thomson England Brighton & Hove Albion Free Transfer BBC[7]

Out

Date Player To Fee Source
30 June 2008 Scotland Stewart Kean Scotland Queen of the South Free Transfer BBC[8]
30 June 2008 Scotland Ian Maxwell Scotland Partick Thistle Free Transfer BBC[9]
30 June 2008 Scotland Mark Corcoran Scotland Hamilton Academical Free Transfer BBC[10]
30 June 2008 Republic of Ireland David van Zanten Scotland Hibernian Free Transfer BBC[11]
30 June 2008 Scotland Richard Brittain Scotland Ross County Free Transfer BBC[12]
30 June 2008 Scotland Alan Reid Released BBC

Results

Scottish Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result[13] Attendance St Mirren Scorer(s)
10/08/08 Celtic Celtic Park 0157,441
16/08/08 Kilmarnock Love Street 004,176
23/08/08 Hearts Tynecastle 1213,357 Mehmet
30/08/08 Aberdeen Love Street 014,680
13/09/08 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium 213,501 Mehmet, Brady
20/09/08 Falkirk Love Street 114,134 Mehmet (pen.)
27/09/08 Motherwell Fir Park 124,786 Mehmet
5/10/08 Rangers Love Street 107,520 McGinn
18/10/08 Hamilton New Douglas Park 213,397 Miranda, Mehmet
25/10/08 Dundee United Tannadice 0211,378
1/11/08 Hibernian Love Street 004,588
8/11/08 Hearts Love Street 014,192
11/11/08 Aberdeen Pittodrie 029,452
15/11/08 Rangers Ibrox 1249,321 Miranda
22/11/08 Celtic Love Street 137,433 Hamilton
29/11/08 Dundee United Love Street 024,013
6/12/08 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 214,828 Hamilton, Wyness
13/12/08 Inverness CT Love Street 203,364 Dorman, Brady
20/12/08 Kilmarnock Rugby Park 105,183 Dorman
27/12/08 Hamilton Love Street 104,794 Dargo
3/01/09 Motherwell Love Street 0010,189
17/01/09 Hibernian Easter Road 0210,317
24/01/09 Dundee United Tannadice 236,556 Ross, Mehmet (pen.)
31/01/09 Kilmarnock New St Mirren Park 117,542 Wyness
14/02/09 Falkirk New St Mirren Park 225,504 Dorman (2)
21/02/09 Hearts Tynecastle 1113,609 Dorman
28/02/09 Celtic Celtic Park 0752,500
4/03/09 Aberdeen New St Mirren Park 114,383 Dargo
21/03/09 Hamilton New Douglas Park 003,072
4/04/09 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium 123,794 Dorman
8/04/09 Rangers New St Mirren Park 126,231 Dorman
13/04/09 Hibernian New St Mirren Park 115,151 Dorman
18/04/09 Motherwell Fir Park 206,626 Thomson, Dorman
02/05/09 Inverness CT New St Mirren Park 124,171 Hamilton
09/05/09 Motherwell New St Mirren Park 134,002 O'Donnell
13/05/09 Kilmarnock Rugby Park 125,927 Wyness
16/05/09 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 206,744 Mehmet, Dorman
23/05/09 Hamilton New St Mirren Park 016,747

Scottish Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result[13] Attendance St Mirren Scorer(s)
13/01/2009 R4Brechin CityGlebe Park 311,026 Hamilton (2), Wyness
07/02/2009 R5MotherwellFir Park11 5,695 Dorman
17/02/2009 R5 (Replay)MotherwellSt Mirren Park10 4,555 Mehmet
07/03/2009 Quarter-FinalCelticSt Mirren Park10 5,925 Mehmet (pen.)
25/04/2009 Semi-FinalRangersHampden Park03 32,431

League Cup

Date Round Opponent Venue Result[13] Attendance St Mirren Scorer(s)
26/08/08R2DumbartonLove Street 701,747Robb, Mehmet (3), Dorman, Dargo, Mason
23/09/08R3Dunfermline AthleticEast End Park022,186

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result[13] Attendance St Mirren Scorer(s)
22/07/2008Dumbarton Strathclyde Homes Stadium22 Brady, Molloy
23/07/2008Stirling Albion Forthbank Stadium31 Hamilton (2), Dorman
26/07/2008Morton (Renfrewshire Cup) Cappielow11 (54 on penalties) McAusland
29/07/2008Blackpool Bloomfield Road20 Tonet, Wyness
02/08/2008Darlington TFM Darlington Arena10 Mehmet

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Scottish Premier League 11 18 August 200823 May 2009
League Cup 3rd Round 3rd Round 26 August 200823 September 2008
Scottish Cup 4th Round Semi-finals 13 January 200925 April 2009

Source: Competitions

SPL

Classification

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
9 Hamilton Academical 38 12 5 21 30 5323 41
10 Falkirk 38 9 11 18 37 5215 38 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 2
11 St Mirren 38 9 10 19 33 5219 37
12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) 38 10 7 21 37 5821 37 Relegation to Scottish First Division 2009–10

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
2 Since Rangers, the winners of the 2008–09 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2009–10, Falkirk, being the losing finalist, earned a spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 9 10 19 33 52 −19 37 3 8 8 14 21 −7 6 2 11 19 31 −12

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAAHHAAHHAHAHHAAHHAAHAAHHAHHAAH
Result L D L L W D L W W L D L L L L L W W W W D L L D D D L D D L L D W L L L W L

Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

References

  1. "New Saints loan deal for Miranda". BBC Sport. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  2. "Striker Wyness heading to Saints". BBC News. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  3. "St Mirren snap up Bairns player". BBC News. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  4. "Robb leaves United to join Saints". BBC Sport website. 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  5. St Mirren sign Spanish midfielder; BBC Sport, 4 August 2008
  6. "St Mirren seal Cuthbert loan deal". BBC Sport. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  7. "Buddies to bag Brighton's Thomson". BBC Sport. 30 December 2008.
  8. Buddies' Kean to join with Queens BBC Sport, 14 May 2008
  9. "Maxwell completes Thistle switch". BBC News. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
  10. "Corcoran going back to Hamilton". BBC News. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
  11. Hibs snatch defender Van Zanten, BBC Sport, 6 May 2008.
  12. "Brittain joins up at Ross County". 5 June 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  13. 1 2 3 4 St Mirren's Score is shown first
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