2010–11 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren are competing in their fifth successive season in the Scottish Premier League after finishing in tenth place for season 2009–10. The most notable change at the club during the close season was the replacement of both manager Gus MacPherson and assistant manager Andy Millen after 7 seasons of managing the club. This was the longest period any manager had spent in charge of the club since the 1950s and at the time of MacPherson's sacking he was the longest serving manager of a Scottish League Club. They were replaced by the former Cowdenbeath management partnership of Danny Lennon and Iain Jenkins.

St Mirren
2010–11 season
ChairmanStewart Gilmour
ManagerDanny Lennon
StadiumSt Mirren Park
SPL11th
Scottish CupQuarter Finals
lost to Aberdeen
League CupSecond round
lost to Ross County
Top goalscorerLeague:
Michael Higdon (13)

All:
Michael Higdon (14)
Highest home attendance6,118 vs Kilmarnock
(3 January 2011)
Lowest home attendance2,701 vs St Johnstone
(11 December 2010)
Average home league attendance4,450

St Mirren started the SPL campaign with a home fixture against the 2010 Scottish Cup holders, Dundee United at St Mirren Park on 14 August 2010.

Transfers

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Manager Danny Lennon has been active in signing new players during the close season after 9 players left the club over the summer. Lennon recruited many players from Scotland's Division 1 and 2 including the acquisition of 4 players from his former club, Cowdenbeath. 2 former players, David Van Zanten and Marc McAusland also rejoined St Mirren.

The most notable departures from the club were that of first team regulars, Andy Dorman, Billy Mehmet and vice-captain Jack Ross after their contracts expired.

Influential Welsh international midfielder Andy Dorman has moved to English Championship side Crystal Palace, managed by the former Scotland boss George Burley. Dorman had spent two and a half years in Paisley, during which time he won his first international cap against Croatia[1] and was joint top goalscorer in his first full season at the club.

Billy Mehmet moved to Gençlerbirliği S.K. in the Turkish Süper Lig. Mehmet was St Mirren's top scorer in all competitions during the 2009–10 season with 12 goals, most having been scored in cup competitions, including the winning goal versus Heart of Midlothian in the League Cup semi-final.[2]

Jack Ross left the club having spent the latter part of the season out with an ankle injury[3] and joined SPL rivals Hamilton Academical.

Date Player From Fee Source
1 July 2010 David Van Zanten Hamilton Academical Free Transfer BBC Sport[4]
1 July 2010 Darren McGregor Cowdenbeath Free Transfer BBC Sport[5]
1 July 2010 Paul McQuade Cowdenbeath Free Transfer BBC Sport[6]
1 July 2010 Peter Bradley Cowdenbeath Undisclosed Fee BBC Sport[7]
13 July 2010 Craig Samson Ayr United Free Transfer BBC Sport[8]
14 July 2010 Gareth Wardlaw Cowdenbeath Nominal Fee BBC Sport[9]
16 July 2010 Marc McAusland Queen of the South Free Transfer BBC Sport[10]
27 July 2010 Sean Lynch Falkirk Free Transfer BBC Sport[11]
31 August 2010 Nick Hegarty Grimsby Town Free Transfer BBC Sport[12]
25 September 2010 Jamie McCluskey Wrexham Free Transfer BBC Sport[13]
1 October 2010 Patrick Cregg Hibernian Free Transfer BBC Sport[14]
22 October 2010 Aaron Mooy Bolton Wanderers Undisclosed Fee St Mirren F.C. Official Website[15]
Date Player To Fee Source
1 July 2010 Billy Mehmet Gençlerbirliği S.K. Free (End of Contract) BBC Sport
1 July 2010 Tom Brighton Unattached Released BBC
1 July 2010 Chris Innes Inverness C.T. Free (End of Contract) BBC Sport
1 July 2010 Jack Ross Hamilton Free (End of Contract) BBC Sport
1 July 2010 Stephen O'Donnell Dundee Free (End of Contract) BBC Sport
1 July 2010 Andy Dorman Crystal Palace Free (End of Contract) BBC Sport
1 July 2010 Allan Johnston Queen of the South Free (End of Contract) BBC Sport
1 July 2010 Graham Carey Celtic Loan Ends BBC Sport
1 July 2010 Rory Loy Rangers Loan Ends BBC Sport
8 July 2010 Chris Smith Dunfermline Athletic Free Transfer BBC Sport
13 July 2010 Mark Howard Aberdeen Free Transfer BBC Sport

Source[16]

Loan In

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Date Player From Length Source
12 July 2010 Jure Travner Watford Season BBC Sport[17]
27 July 2010 Paul McGowan Celtic Season BBC Sport[18]

Loan Out

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Date Player To Length Source
30 July 2010 Jon McShane Dumbarton 5 Months St Mirren Club Website[19]

Results

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Scottish Premier League

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14 August 2010 SPL Round 1 St Mirren 1–1 Dundee United St Mirren Park, Paisley
Lynch   73' BBC Sport Daly   89' Attendance: 5,618
Referee: Brian Winter
22 August 2010 SPL Round 2 Celtic 4–0 St Mirren Celtic Park, Glasgow
Ledley   5'
Maloney   23'
Forrest   69'
Ki   81'
BBC Sport Attendance: 46,812
Referee: Euan Norris
29 August 2010 SPL Round 3 St Mirren 1–0 Hibernian St Mirren Park, Paisley
Dargo   58' BBC Sport Attendance: 4,480
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
11 September 2010 SPL Round 4 Kilmarnock 2–1 St Mirren Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Dayton   29'
Eremenko   56'
BBC Sport Thomson   48'
McGowan   63'
Attendance: 6,064
Referee: Steven McLean
18 September 2010 SPL Round 5 St Johnstone 2–1 St Mirren McDiarmid Park, Perth
Jackson   3'
Parkin   33'
BBC Sport Lynch   37' Attendance: 3,349
Referee: John McKendrick
25 September 2010 SPL Round 6 St Mirren 1–2 Inverness CT St Mirren Park, Paisley
McGowan   77' BBC Sport Odhiambo   45',   50' Attendance: 3,954
Referee: Stephen Finnie
2 October 2010 SPL Round 7 Motherwell 3–1 St Mirren Fir Park, Motherwell
Humphrey   3'
Hateley   87' (pen.)
Murphy   88'
BBC Sport Wardlaw   64' Attendance: 4,384
Referee: Iain Brines
16 October 2010 SPL Round 8 St Mirren 2–2 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon   60',   73' BBC Sport Routledge   39'
Imrie   47'
Attendance: 3,577
Referee: William Collum
23 October 2010 SPL Round 9 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Skácel   2',   24',   90' BBC Sport Attendance: 12,009
Referee: Calum Murray
30 October 2010 SPL Round 10 St Mirren 2–1 Aberdeen St Mirren Park, Paisley
McAusland   28'
Travner   90'
BBC Sport McArdle   57' Attendance: 4,589
Referee: Crawford Allan
7 November 2010 SPL Round 11 St Mirren 1–3 Rangers St Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon   76' (pen.) BBC Sport McAusland   48' (o.g.)
Naismith   58'
Miller   68'
Attendance: 5,674
Referee: Craig Thomson
10 November 2010 SPL Round 12 Dundee United 1–2 St Mirren Tannadice Park, Dundee
Buaben   86' BBC Sport Higdon   41',   65' Attendance: 5,548
Referee: Euan Norris
14 November 2010 SPL Round 13 St Mirren 0–1 Celtic St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Hooper   90' Attendance: 6,073
Referee: Iain Brines
20 November 2010 SPL Round 14 St Mirren 1–1 Motherwell St Mirren Park, Paisley
Wardlaw   37' BBC Sport Blackman   74' Attendance: 4,213
Referee: Alan Muir
27 November 2010 SPL Round 15 Hamilton Academical 0–0 St Mirren New Douglas Park, Hamilton
BBC Sport Attendance: 2,280
Referee: Meir Levy (Israel)
11 December 2010 SPL Round 17 St Mirren 1–2 St Johnstone St Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon   62' BBC Sport Parkin   53'
Craig   90'
Attendance: 2,701
Referee: Stephen Finnie
26 December 2010 SPL Round 19 Inverness CT 1–2 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Cox   8' BBC Sport Thomson   44',   85' Attendance: 3,819
Referee: Craig Thomson
29 December 2010 SPL Round 20 St Mirren 0–2 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park, Paisley
Potter   81' BBC Sport Templeton   63'
Kyle   82' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,599
Referee: Crawford Allan
3 January 2011 SPL Round 21 St Mirren 0–2 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Kelly   64'
Bryson   79'
Attendance: 6,118
Referee: Brian Winter
15 January 2011 SPL Round 22 Aberdeen 2–0 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Vernon   50',   67' BBC Sport Attendance: 9,740
Referee: Calum Murray
22 January 2011 SPL Round 23 St Johnstone 0–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park, Perth
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,009
Referee: William Collum
26 January 2011 SPL Round 24 St Mirren 1–1 Dundee United St Mirren Park, Paisley
McGregor   38' BBC Sport D.Robertson   88' Attendance: 3,095
Referee: Craig Thomson
2 February 2011 SPL Round 16 (Re-arranged) Hibernian 2–0 St Mirren Easter Road, Edinburgh
Riordan   63'
Wotherspoon   90'
BBC Sport Attendance: 9,436
Referee: Mike Tumilty
12 February 2011 SPL Round 26 St Mirren 3–3 Inverness CT St Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon   28' (pen.)
Thomson   29'
McGregor   74'
BBC Sport Rooney   6', 61'
Doran   33'
Attendance: 3,203
Referee: Bobby Madden
20 February 2011 SPL Round 27 St Mirren 0–1 Hibernian St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Dickoh   87' Attendance: 3,505
Referee: Euan Norris
23 February 2011 SPL Round 25 (Re-arranged) Motherwell 0–1 St Mirren Fir Park, Motherwell
BBC Sport Higdon   82' Attendance: 3,613
Referee: Steve Conroy
26 February 2011 SPL Round 28 Kilmarnock 2–0 St Mirren Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Gros   13'
Eremenko   29'
BBC Sport Attendance: 5,243
Referee: Calum Murray
6 March 2011 SPL Round 29 St Mirren 0–1 Rangers St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Bartley   24' Attendance: 5,405
Referee: William Collum
19 March 2011 SPL Round 30 Heart of Midlothian 3–2 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Skácel   55', 90'
Stevenson   82'
BBC Sport Higdon   15', 69' Attendance: 12,763
Referee: Stephen Finnie
2 April 2011 SPL Round 31 St Mirren 3–1 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon   61', 64' (pen.), 71' BBC Sport Buchanan   43' Attendance: 4,985
Referee: William Collum
6 April 2011 SPL Round 33 (Re-arranged) St Mirren 3–2 Aberdeen St Mirren Park, Paisley
Higdon   6'
Dargo   57'
Thomson   68'
BBC Sport Murray   47' (o.g.)
Milsom   90'
Attendance: 3,489
Referee: George Salmond
9 April 2011 SPL Round 32 Celtic 1–0 St Mirren Celtic Park, Glasgow
Commons   78' BBC Sport Attendance: 50,318
Referee: Calum Murray
16 April 2011 SPL Round 18 (Re-arranged) Rangers 2–1 St Mirren Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
Papac   33'
Whittaker   52' (pen.)
BBC Sport McGregor   38' Attendance: 46,392
Referee: Euan Norris
24 April 2011 SPL Round 34 Hibernian 1–1 St Mirren Easter Road, Edinburgh
Sodje   26' BBC Sport Dargo   39' (pen.) Attendance: 7,238
Referee: Alan Muir
2 May 2011 SPL Round 35 St Mirren 0–1 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park, Paisley
Travner   24'   BBC Sport Antoine-Curier   74'
Neil   80'  
Attendance: 5,037
Referee: Craig Thomson
7 May 2011 SPL Round 36 Inverness CT 1–0 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Duncan   71'
Rooney   85'
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,446
Referee: Bobby Madden
10 May 2011 SPL Round 37 Aberdeen 0–1 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
BBC Sport Wardlaw   65' Attendance: 5,955
Referee: Euan Norris
14 May 2011 SPL Round 38 St Mirren 0–0 St Johnstone St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Attendance: 4,230
Referee: Calum Murray

Scottish Cup

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8 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 4 St Mirren 0–0 Peterhead St Mirren Park, Paisley
BBC Sport Attendance: 2,312
Referee: John McKendrick
18 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 4 replay Peterhead 1–6 St Mirren Balmoor, Peterhead
Sharp   89' BBC Sport McGowan   22', 33', 46'
Mooy   31'
McQuade   45', 56'
Attendance: 1,610
Referee: John McKendrick
5 February 2011 Scottish Cup round 5 Ayr United 1–2 St Mirren Somerset Park, Ayr
Roberts   58' (pen.) BBC Sport Dargo   7', 45' Attendance: 5,997
Referee: Euan Norris
12 March 2011 Scottish Cup Quarter-final St Mirren 1–1 Aberdeen St Mirren Park, Paisley
McGowan   77' BBC Sport McArdle   90' Attendance: 4,120
Referee: Euan Norris
16 March 2011 Scottish Cup Quarter-final Replay Aberdeen 2–1 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
Maguire   4'
Vernon   44'
BBC Sport Vujadinović   87' (o.g.) Attendance: 7,330
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish League Cup

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Friendlies

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14 July 2010 Friendly Match Ayr United 1–3 St Mirren Somerset Park, Ayr
Rodgers   35' St Mirren Official Club Website Higdon   5'
Trialist   75'
Potter   89'
Attendance: 625
19 July 2010 Friendly Match Dumbarton 2–2 St Mirren Strathclyde Homes Stadium, Dumbarton
Carcary   36',   72' St Mirren Official Club Website Robb   20'
Higdon   63' (pen.)
Attendance: 953
Referee: Iain Brines
21 July 2010 Friendly Match Brechin City 2–2 St Mirren Glebe Park, Brechin
McAllister  
Paul McLean  
St Mirren Official Club Website Robb  
Love  
Referee: William Collum
27 July 2010 Renfrewshire Cup Final 2010 Greenock Morton 0–0 (3–4) pen. St Mirren Cappielow, Greenock
Holmes  
Monti  
Kelbie  
Tidser  
Smyth  
St Mirren Official Club Website Higdon  
Van Zanten  
Brady  
McGowan  
Potter  
Attendance: 3,422
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
2 August 2010 Friendly Match Crusaders 2–1 St Mirren Seaview, Belfast
Dallas  
Murray   (o.g.)
St Mirren Official Club Website Dargo  
3 August 2010 Friendly Match Derry City 1–1 St Mirren Brandywell Stadium, Derry
Lafferty   St Mirren Official Club Website Dargo  
4 May 2011 Renfrewshire Cup Semi-final 2011 St Mirren 9–1 Gourock Thistle St Mirren Park, Paisley
Hegarty  
Mooy  
Cregg   pen.'
Barron  
McKernon  ,   52' (pen.)
Reilly  
Coyne  ,  
St Mirren Official Club Website McGregor   Referee: Davie Nicol

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Scottish Premier League Round 1 11th Place 14 August 2010 14 May 2011
League Cup Round 2 Round 2 24 August 2010 24 August 2010
Scottish Cup Round 4 Quarter-final 8 January 2011 16 March 2011

Source: Competitions

Classification

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 St Johnstone 38 11 11 16 23 43 −20 44
9 Aberdeen 38 11 5 22 39 59 −20 38
10 Hibernian 38 10 7 21 39 61 −22 37
11 St Mirren 38 8 9 21 33 57 −24 33
12 Hamilton Academical (R) 38 5 11 22 24 59 −35 26 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

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAHAHHAHHAAHAAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAH
ResultDLWLLLLDLWLWLDDLLLWLLLDDWDLLLLWLWDLLWD
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

See also

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References

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