2010–11 St Mirren F.C. season

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 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 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.

In

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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]

Out

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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 Red card 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 Red card 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
7 May 2011 SPL Round 36 Inverness CT 1–0 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
Duncan Red card 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

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 soccer ball with red X
Monti soccer ball with check mark
Kelbie soccer ball with red X
Tidser soccer ball with check mark
Smyth soccer ball with check mark
St Mirren Official Club Website Higdon soccer ball with check mark
Van Zanten soccer ball with red X
Brady soccer ball with check mark
McGowan soccer ball with check mark
Potter soccer ball with check mark
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
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

SPL

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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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  1. ^ "Croatia 2–0 Wales". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Hearts 0 – 1 St Mirren". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  3. ^ "Ankle injury ends St Mirren defender Jack Ross's season". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  4. ^ Barnes, John (10 June 2010). "Defender David van Zanten seals second St Mirren spell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Cowdenbeath defender Darren McGregor joins St Mirren". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  6. ^ "St Mirren sign Paul McQuade from Cowdenbeath". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  7. ^ "St Mirren sign Cowdenbeath defender Peter Bradley". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 28 June 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  8. ^ "St Mirren sign Craig Samson as Mark Howard replacement". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  9. ^ "Gareth Wardlaw joins St Mirren from Cowdenbeath". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  10. ^ "St Mirren re-sign defender Marc McAusland from Queens". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  11. ^ "St Mirren sign former Falkirk midfielder Sean Lynch". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  12. ^ "St Mirren sign ex-Grimsby midfielder Nick Hegarty". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  13. ^ "St Mirren sign winger Jamie McCluskey". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 September 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  14. ^ "Patrick Cregg rejects Morton for St Mirren". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  15. ^ "Mooy is a Buddie". St Mirren F.C. 22 October 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  16. ^ "SPL ins and outs". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  17. ^ "St Mirren sign Watford left-back Jure Travner". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  18. ^ "St Mirren take Celtic striker Paul McGowan on loan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  19. ^ "Squad Update". St Mirren F.C. 30 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2010.