2011–12 St Mirren F.C. season

The 2011–12 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.

St Mirren
2011–12 season
ChairmanStewart Gilmour
ManagerDanny Lennon
StadiumSt Mirren Park
SPL8th
Scottish CupQuarter-Final
lost to Hearts
League CupQuarter-Final
lost to Ayr United
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steven Thompson (13)

All:
Steven Thompson (16)
Highest home attendance6,711 v Rangers
(24 December 2011)
Lowest home attendance3,305 v Hibernian
(29 April 2012)
Average home league attendance4,493

Summary

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies

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9 July 2011 Friendly Ayr United 1 – 0 St Mirren Somerset Park, Ayr
Patterson   80' Ayr Report Attendance: 1,004
Referee: Steven McLean
12 July 2011 Friendly Dumbarton 0 – 2 St Mirren Strathclyde Homes Stadium
St Mirren Report Teale   4'
Thomson   24'
Referee: Gary Hilland
19 July 2011 Friendly Cowdenbeath 3 – 1 St Mirren Central Park
Robertson   18'
Stewart   60', 85'
St Mirren Report McGowan   27' Attendance: 221
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish Premier League

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25 July 2011 SPL Round 1 Dunfermline 0 – 0 St Mirren East End Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 5,035
Referee: O'Reilly
30 July 2011 SPL Round 2 St Mirren 1 – 0 Aberdeen St Mirren Park
Hasselbaink   50' BBC Sport Attendance: 5,011
Referee: Norris
6 August 2011 SPL Round 3 Dundee United 1 – 1 St Mirren Tannadice Park
Daly   67' BBC Sport Thompson   11' Attendance: 6,594
Referee: Allan
13 August 2011 SPL Round 4 St Mirren 0 – 1 Motherwell St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Hateley   92' Attendance: 5,105
Referee: Brines
20 August 2011 SPL Round 5 Hibernian 1 – 2 St Mirren Easter Road Stadium
O'Connor   25' BBC Sport Thompson   42'
Thomson   45+1'
Attendance: 8,886
Referee: Alan Muir
28 August 2011 SPL Round 6 St Mirren 0 – 2 Celtic St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Hooper   6', 12' Attendance: 6,223
Referee: Willie Collum
10 September 2011 SPL Round 7 St Mirren 0 – 0 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,855
Referee: Mclean
17 September 2011 SPL Round 8 Heart of Midlothian 2 – 0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
Hamill   43' (pen.)
Mair   70' (o.g.)
BBC Sport Attendance: 12,572
Referee: Richmond
24 September 2011 SPL Round 9 St Mirren 3 – 0 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
McGowan   32', 45' (pen.)
Hasselbaink   85'
BBC Sport Attendance: 5,013
Referee: Stephen Finnie
1 October 2011 SPL Round 10 Inverness CT 2 – 1 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
Shinnie   31'
Tade   78'
BBC Sport McAusland   23' Attendance: 3,249
Referee: Salmond
15 October 2011 SPL Round 11 Rangers 1 – 1 St Mirren Ibrox Stadium
Jelavić   48' BBC Sport Thompson   90+5' Attendance: 47,034
Referee: Allan
22 October 2011 SPL Round 12 St Mirren 2 – 3 Hibernian St Mirren Park
McGowan   32', 34' BBC Sport Griffiths   6', 41'
O'Hanlon   37'
Attendance: 4,273
Referee: Madden
29 October 2011 SPL Round 13 St Johnstone 0 – 1 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
BBC Sport McLean   81' Attendance: 2,939
Referee: Norris
19 November 2011 SPL Round 15 St Mirren 2 – 1 Dunfermline St Mirren Park
Mclean   25'
Hasselbaink   45'
BBC Sport Cardle   63' Attendance: 4,363
Referee: Allan
26 November 2011 SPL Round 16 Celtic 5 – 0 St Mirren Celtic Park
Samaras   4'
Hooper   8', 53', 57'
McGeouch   72'
BBC Sport Attendance: 48,406
Referee: McLean
10 December 2011 SPL Round 18 Aberdeen 2 – 2 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
Vernon   1'
Fallon   17'
Fyvie   90+2'
BBC Sport McLean   34'
Carey   52'
Attendance: 9,452
Referee: Finnie
17 December 2011 SPL Round 19 Motherwell 1 – 1 St Mirren Fir Park
Higdon   48' BBC Sport Goodwin   59' Attendance: 4,557
Referee: Murray
24 December 2011 SPL Round 20 St Mirren 2 – 1 Rangers St Mirren Park
Mooy   44'
McGowan   45+2'
BBC Sport Wallace   11'
McCulloch   24'
Goian   87'  
Attendance: 6,711
Referee: McLean
28 December 2011 SPL Round 21 St Mirren 2 – 2 Dundee United St Mirren Park
Thompson   27'
Carey   32'
BBC Sport Daly   31'
Armstrong   35'
Attendance: 3,811
Referee: Thomson
2 January 2012 SPL Round 22 Kilmarnock 2 – 1 St Mirren Rugby Park
Heffernan   34'
Racchi   89'
BBC Sport Mair   10' Attendance: 5,986
Referee: Madden
14 January 2012 SPL Round 23 Heart of Midlothian 5 – 2 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
Žaliūkas   1'
Žaliūkas   12'
Skácel   23', 64', 68'
Sutton   90'
BBC Report McGowan   13' (Penalty)
Thompson   19'
Attendance: 12,462
Referee: McLean
21 January 2012 SPL Round 24 St Mirren 0 – 2 Celtic St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Forrest   71'
Brown   88'
Attendance: 6,129
Referee: Allan
28 January 2012 SPL Round 25 Inverness CT 0 – 0 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,044
Referee: Finnie
11 February 2012 SPL Round 26 St Mirren 0 – 0 Motherwell St Mirren Park
BBC Report Attendance: 4,204
Referee: Charleston
18 February 2012 SPL Round 27 Dundee United 0 – 0 St Mirren Tannadice Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 6,363
Referee: Winter
25 February 2012 SPL Round 28 St Mirren 1 – 1 Aberdeen St Mirren Park
Vernon   57' BBC Sport Hasselbaink   59' Attendance: 3,627
Referee: Steven McLean
3 March 2012 SPL Round 29 Hibernian 0 – 0 St Mirren Easter Road
BBC Report Attendance: 9,211
Referee: Collum
17 March 2012 SPL Round 30 St Mirren 0 – 3 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
BBC Report
Guardian Stats
Croft   2'
McCracken   76'
Sandaza   85'
Attendance: 3,768
Referee: Madden
31 March 2012 SPL Round 32 St Mirren 4 – 2 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
Thompson   24', 83'
Thomson   61'
Hasselbaink   66'
BBC Sport Van Tornhout   13'
Shiels   89'
Attendance: 4,365
Referee: Colvin
7 April 2012 SPL Round 33 Rangers 3 – 1 St Mirren Ibrox Stadium
McCulloch   1'
Little   40'
Lafferty   60' (pen.)
BBC Sport McGowan   49'
Tesselaar   51'
Attendance: 46,998
Referee: Collum
21 April 2012 SPL Round 34 St Mirren 4 – 4 Dunfermline Athletic St Mirren Park
Hasselbaink   4'
Thompson   43', 48', 67'
BBC Sport McMillan   24'
Graham   56'
Buchanan   71'
Kirk   88'
Attendance: 3,616
Referee: Brines
29 April 2012 SPL Round 35 St Mirren 1 – 0 Hibernian St Mirren Park
McLean   65'
McAusland   78'  
BBC Report Stevenson   92'   Attendance: 3,305
Referee: Finnie
2 May 2012 SPL Round 36 Kilmarnock 0 – 2 St Mirren Rugby Park
BBC Sport McGowan   9'
Thompson   45'
Attendance: 3,645
Referee: Beaton
12 May 2012 SPL Round 38 Aberdeen 0 – 0 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
BBC Sport Attendance: 10,716
Referee: Collum

Scottish Cup

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4 February 2012 Scottish Cup round 5 St Mirren 1 – 1 Ross County St Mirren Park
Thompson   43' BBC Sport Brittain   40' (pen.) Attendance: 3,334
Referee: Madden
14 February 2012 Scottish Cup round 5 Replay Ross County 1 – 2 St Mirren Victoria Park
Morrow   55' BBC Report Teale   14'
Thompson   37'
Hasselbaink   53'
Attendance: 2,334
Referee: Madden
10 March 2012 Scottish Cup QF Heart of Midlothian 2 – 2 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
Beattie   37'
Skacel   48'
BBC Report Carey   27'
Žaliūkas   84' (Own goal)
Attendance: 8,859
Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish League Cup

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23 August 2011 Scottish League Cup round 2 Greenock Morton 3 – 4 St Mirren Cappielow, Greenock
Tidser   17'
MacDonald   27'
Jackson   79'
BBC Sport Teale   8'
Thompson   55', 66'
Hasselbaink   60'
Attendance: 4,959
Referee: Calum Murray
20 September 2011 Scottish League Cup round 3 St Johnstone 0 – 2 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
BBC Sport Adams   39' (o.g.)
Goodwin   45'
Attendance: 2,296
Referee: Craig Thomson

Squad information

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 MF Jim Goodwin   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

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

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

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

Top scorer

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Last updated on 13 May 2012
Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
FW   9 Steven Thompson 13 2 1 16
FW   11 Nigel Hasselbaink 6 1 1 8
FW   10 Paul McGowan 8 8
MF   23 Graham Carey 2 2 4
MF   17 Kenny McLean 4 4
MF   6 Jim Goodwin 1 1 2
MF   21 Gary Teale 1 1 2
MF   8 Steven Thomson 2 2
DF   14 Marc McAusland 1 1
MF   15 Aaron Mooy 1 1
MF   5 Lee Mair 1 1

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 St Johnstone 38 14 8 16 43 50 −7 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Kilmarnock 38 11 14 13 44 61 −17 47
8 St Mirren 38 9 16 13 39 51 −12 43
9 Aberdeen 38 9 14 15 36 44 −8 41
10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 10 9 19 42 60 −18 39
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League.

Transfers

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See also

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References

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