2008–09 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren will compete once again in the Scottish Premier League after finishing in tenth place for season 2007–08. 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	Franco Miranda	CAI	Loan	BBC^[1]
30 June 2008	Dennis Wyness	Inverness CT	Free Transfer	BBC^[2]
30 June 2008	Jack Ross	Falkirk	Free Transfer	BBC^[3]
30 June 2008	Steven Robb	Dundee United	Free Transfer	BBC^[4]
30 June 2008	Tom Brighton	Millwall	Free Transfer	BBC
4 August 2008	Tonet	Unattached	Free Transfer	BBC^[5]
14 August 2008	Scott Cuthbert	Celtic	Loan	BBC^[6]
1 January 2009	Steve Thomson	Brighton & Hove Albion	Free Transfer	BBC^[7]

Out

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

Results

Scottish Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[13]	Attendance	St Mirren Scorer(s)
10/08/08	Celtic	Celtic Park	0–1	57,441
16/08/08	Kilmarnock	Love Street	0–0	4,176
23/08/08	Hearts	Tynecastle	1–2	13,357	Mehmet
30/08/08	Aberdeen	Love Street	0–1	4,680
13/09/08	Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium	2–1	3,501	Mehmet, Brady
20/09/08	Falkirk	Love Street	1–1	4,134	Mehmet (pen.)
27/09/08	Motherwell	Fir Park	1–2	4,786	Mehmet
5/10/08	Rangers	Love Street	1–0	7,520	McGinn
18/10/08	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	2–1	3,397	Miranda, Mehmet
25/10/08	Dundee United	Tannadice	0–2	11,378
1/11/08	Hibernian	Love Street	0–0	4,588
8/11/08	Hearts	Love Street	0–1	4,192
11/11/08	Aberdeen	Pittodrie	0–2	9,452
15/11/08	Rangers	Ibrox	1–2	49,321	Miranda
22/11/08	Celtic	Love Street	1–3	7,433	Hamilton
29/11/08	Dundee United	Love Street	0–2	4,013
6/12/08	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium	2–1	4,828	Hamilton, Wyness
13/12/08	Inverness CT	Love Street	2–0	3,364	Dorman, Brady
20/12/08	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park	1–0	5,183	Dorman
27/12/08	Hamilton	Love Street	1–0	4,794	Dargo
3/01/09	Motherwell	Love Street	0–0	10,189
17/01/09	Hibernian	Easter Road	0–2	10,317
24/01/09	Dundee United	Tannadice	2–3	6,556	Ross, Mehmet (pen.)
31/01/09	Kilmarnock	New St Mirren Park	1–1	7,542	Wyness
14/02/09	Falkirk	New St Mirren Park	2–2	5,504	Dorman (2)
21/02/09	Hearts	Tynecastle	1–1	13,609	Dorman
28/02/09	Celtic	Celtic Park	0–7	52,500
4/03/09	Aberdeen	New St Mirren Park	1–1	4,383	Dargo
21/03/09	Hamilton	New Douglas Park	0–0	3,072
4/04/09	Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium	1–2	3,794	Dorman
8/04/09	Rangers	New St Mirren Park	1–2	6,231	Dorman
13/04/09	Hibernian	New St Mirren Park	1–1	5,151	Dorman
18/04/09	Motherwell	Fir Park	2–0	6,626	Thomson, Dorman
02/05/09	Inverness CT	New St Mirren Park	1–2	4,171	Hamilton
09/05/09	Motherwell	New St Mirren Park	1–3	4,002	O'Donnell
13/05/09	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park	1–2	5,927	Wyness
16/05/09	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium	2–0	6,744	Mehmet, Dorman
23/05/09	Hamilton	New St Mirren Park	0–1	6,747

Scottish Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result^[13]	Attendance	St Mirren Scorer(s)
13/01/2009	R4	Brechin City	Glebe Park	3–1	1,026	Hamilton (2), Wyness
07/02/2009	R5	Motherwell	Fir Park	1–1	5,695	Dorman
17/02/2009	R5 (Replay)	Motherwell	St Mirren Park	1–0	4,555	Mehmet
07/03/2009	Quarter-Final	Celtic	St Mirren Park	1–0	5,925	Mehmet (pen.)
25/04/2009	Semi-Final	Rangers	Hampden Park	0–3	32,431

League Cup

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Result^[13]	Attendance	St Mirren Scorer(s)
26/08/08	R2	Dumbarton	Love Street	7–0	1,747	Robb, Mehmet (3), Dorman, Dargo, Mason
23/09/08	R3	Dunfermline Athletic	East End Park	0–2	2,186

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[13]	St Mirren Scorer(s)
22/07/2008	Dumbarton	Strathclyde Homes Stadium	2–2	Brady, Molloy
23/07/2008	Stirling Albion	Forthbank Stadium	3–1	Hamilton (2), Dorman
26/07/2008	Morton (Renfrewshire Cup)	Cappielow	1–1 (5–4 on penalties)	McAusland
29/07/2008	Blackpool	Bloomfield Road	2–0	Tonet, Wyness
02/08/2008	Darlington	TFM Darlington Arena	1–0	Mehmet

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	—	11	18 August 2008	23 May 2009
League Cup	3rd Round	3rd Round	26 August 2008	23 September 2008
Scottish Cup	4th Round	Semi-finals	13 January 2009	25 April 2009

Source: Competitions

SPL

Classification


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
9	Hamilton Academical !Hamilton Academical	38	12	5	21	30	53	−23	41
10	Falkirk !Falkirk	38	9	11	18	37	52	−15	38	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ²
11	St Mirren !St Mirren	38	9	10	19	33	52	−19	37
12	Inverness Caledonian Thistle !Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R)	38	10	7	21	37	58	−21	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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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

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	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
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

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

Players Managers Records and statistics Honours Notable matches Current season

History	Seasons Europe

Home stadium	Westmarch (1883−1894) Love Street (1894−2009) St Mirren Park (2009−present)

Training ground	Ralston training complex

Rivalries	Renfrewshire derby

2008–09 in Scottish football

« 2007–08 2009–10 »

Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup

Related to national team	Results 2010 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 9)

Club seasons

Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Mirren

First Division	Airdrie United Clyde Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Livingston Queen of the South Partick Thistle Ross County St. Johnstone

Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City East Fife Peterhead Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stirling Albion Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Elgin City Forfar Athletic Montrose Stenhousemuir

List of Scottish football transfers 2008–09 2008–09 in Scottish reserve and youth football

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