2011–12 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren
201112 season
Chairman Stewart Gilmour
Manager Danny Lennon
Stadium St Mirren Park
SPL 8th
Scottish Cup Quarter-Final
lost to Hearts
League Cup Quarter-Final
lost to Ayr United
Top goalscorer League:
Steven Thompson (13)
All:
Steven Thompson (16)
Highest home attendance 6,711 v Rangers
(24 December 2011)
Lowest home attendance 3,305 v Hibernian
(29 April 2012)
Average home league attendance 4,493
Home colours
Away colours

The 201112 season was St Mirren's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in the league since their promotion in the 2005–06 season.[1] St Mirren also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

St Mirren finished eight in the Scottish Premier League.[2] They reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup where they were beaten by eventual winners Hearts.[3] They also reached the League Cup quarter-finals but were beaten by lower league opposition Ayr United.[4]

Matches

      Win       Draw       Loss

Friendlies

Scottish Premier League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Squad information

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 MF Jim Goodwin Republic of Ireland 38 Club captain

Last updated: 13 May 2012
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.

Players

Last updated 13 May 2012[5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSPL Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Craig Samson 47 0 38 0 6 0 3 0
2 DF Republic of Ireland David van Zanten 43 0 35 0 5 0 3 0
3 DF Scotland David Barron 21 0 17 0 4 0 0 0
4 DF Scotland Darren McGregor 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Scotland Lee Mair 43 1 34 1 6 0 3 0
6 MF Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin 38 2 31 1 4 0 3 1
7 MF Scotland Hugh Murray 9 0 7 0 2 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland Steven Thomson 31 2 24 2 4 0 3 0
9 FW Scotland Steven Thompson 44 16 36 13 5 1 3 2
10 FW Scotland Paul McGowan 45 8 37 8 5 0 3 0
11 FW Netherlands Nigel Hasselbaink 42 8 34 6 5 1 3 1
12 GK Scotland Graeme Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 MF Scotland Joe McKee 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF Scotland Marc McAusland 40 1 32 1 5 0 3 0
15 MF Australia Aaron Mooy 12 1 8 1 4 0 0 0
16 FW Scotland Paul McQuade 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland Kenny McLean 33 4 28 4 3 0 2 0
18 MF Scotland Jamie McKernon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW Scotland Jon McShane 14 0 10 0 1 0 3 0
20 DF Scotland Dominic Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Scotland Gary Teale 43 2 34 0 6 1 3 1
22 DF Netherlands Jeroen Tesselaar 41 0 33 0 5 0 3 0
23 MF Republic of Ireland Graham Carey 36 4 29 2 6 2 1 0
24 MF Netherlands Ilias Haddad 11 0 10 0 0 0 1 0
25 GK England Adam McHugh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Scotland Dougie Imrie 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF Scotland Jason Naismith 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
39 FW Scotland Thomas Reilly 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2012
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 Scotland GK Craig Samson 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 Republic of Ireland DF David van Zanten 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
3 Scotland DF David Barron 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
4 Scotland DF Darren McGregor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Scotland DF Lee Mair 6 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
6 Republic of Ireland MF Jim Goodwin 12 0 2 0 0 0 14 0
7 Scotland MF Hugh Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Scotland MF Steven Thomson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Scotland FW Steven Thompson 6 0 0 0 1 1 7 1
10 Scotland FW Paul McGowan 9 0 1 0 1 0 11 0
11 Netherlands FW Nigel Hasselbaink 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 1
12 Scotland GK Graeme Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Scotland MF Joe McKee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Scotland DF Marc McAusland 8 1 1 0 0 0 9 1
15 Australia MF Aaron Mooy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Scotland FW Paul McQuade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Scotland MF Kenny McLean 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Scotland MF Jamie McKernon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Scotland FW Jon McShane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Scotland DF Dominic Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Scotland MF Gary Teale 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Netherlands DF Jeroen Tesselaar 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
23 Republic of Ireland MF Graham Carey 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
24 Netherlands MF Ilias Haddad 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
25 England GK Adam McHugh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Scotland FW Dougie Imrie 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
39 Scotland FW Thomas Reilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Scotland DF Jason Naismith 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Top scorer

Last updated on 13 May 2012
Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
FWScotland9Steven Thompson 132116
FWNetherlands11Nigel Hasselbaink 6118
FWScotland10Paul McGowan 88
MFRepublic of Ireland23Graham Carey 224
MFScotland17Kenny McLean 44
MFRepublic of Ireland6Jim Goodwin 112
MFScotland21Gary Teale 112
MFScotland8Steven Thomson 22
DFScotland14Marc McAusland 11
MFAustralia15Aaron Mooy 11
MFScotland5Lee Mair 11

Team statistics

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 30 3 5 84 21+63 93 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 26 5 7 77 28+49 073
3 Motherwell (Q) 38 18 8 12 49 44+5 62 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Dundee United (Q) 38 16 11 11 62 50+12 59 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5 Heart of Midlothian (TQ) 38 15 7 16 46 43+3 52 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 St Johnstone (Q) 38 14 8 16 42 38+4 50 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
7 Kilmarnock 38 11 14 13 44 6117 47
8 St Mirren 38 9 16 13 39 5112 43
9 Aberdeen 38 9 14 15 36 448 41
10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 10 9 19 42 6018 39
11 Hibernian 38 8 9 21 40 6727 33
12 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 38 5 10 23 40 8242 25 Relegation to 2012–13 Scottish First Division

Source: ESPN Soccernet
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Rangers were deducted 10 points for entering administration.[6] Qualification to play in a 2012–13 European competition dependent on award of UEFA licence by 31 March 2012.[7]
(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.

Transfers

Players in

Date Player From Fee
1 June 2011 Scotland Steven Thompson England Burnley Free[8]
6 June 2011 Scotland Paul McGowan Scotland Celtic Free[9]
6 June 2011 Netherlands Nigel Hasselbaink Scotland Hamilton Free[9]
9 June 2011 Scotland Graeme Smith Scotland St Johnstone Free[10]
1 July 2011 Scotland Teale, GaryGary Teale England Sheffield Wednesday Free[11]
8 July 2011 Republic of Ireland Graham Carey Scotland Celtic Free[12]
15 July 2011 Netherlands Jeroen Tesselaar Netherlands AZ Alkmaar Free[13]
19 August 2011 Netherlands Ilias Haddad Netherlands AZ Alkmaar Free[14]
23 August 2011 Scotland Joe McKee England Burnley Loan[15]
20 January 2012 Scotland Dougie Imrie Scotland Hamilton Academical £35,000[16]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland John Potter Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[17]
Scotland Craig Dargo Scotland Partick Thistle Free[18]
Scotland Gareth Wardlaw Scotland Ayr United Free[19]
Scotland Garry Brady Scotland Brechin City Free[20]
Republic of Ireland Patrick Cregg England Bury Free[21]
Scotland Sean Lynch Scotland Airdrie United Free[22]
England Nick Hegarty England Mansfield Town Free[23]
Scotland Jamie McCluskey Scotland Dundee Free[24]
Scotland Mark McLennan Scotland Irvine Meadow XI Free[25]
Scotland Ally Love Scotland East Stirlingshire Free[26]
England Michael Higdon Scotland Motherwell Free[27]
Scotland Paul Gallacher Scotland Dunfermline Athletic Free[28]
Scotland Ryan Frances Scotland East Stirlingshire Free[29]
Scotland Conor Ramsay Scotland Greenock Morton Free[30]
Scotland Creag Little Scotland Greenock Morton Free[30]
Scotland Graeme Ramage Scotland Dumbarton Free[31]
Scotland Jamie McKernon Scotland Ayr United Loan[32]
England Adam McHugh Scotland Forfar Athletic Loan[33]
Slovenia Jure Travner Bulgaria Ludogorets Free[34]
Scotland Paul McQuade Scotland East Fife Free[35]
Scotland Dominic Kennedy Scotland Dumbarton Loan[36]
Scotland Bradley Coyne Scotland East Stirlingshire Loan[37]
Scotland Peter Bradley Scotland Queen's Park Free[38]
Scotland Thomas Reilly Scotland Albion Rovers Loan[39]
Scotland Garry Campbell Free agent Free[40]
Netherlands Ilias Haddad Bulgaria CSKA Sofia[41] Free[42]
Scotland Mark Lamont Scotland Dumbarton Loan[43]
Scotland Jon McShane Scotland Hamilton Academical Loan[44]
Scotland Bradley Coyne Scotland Forfar Athletic[45] Free[46]

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