2008–09 St. Mirren F.C. season

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St. Mirren
2008–09 season
Chairman Stewart Gilmour
Manager Gus McPherson
SPL 10th
Scottish Cup Semi Finals
lost to Rangers
League Cup Third Round
lost to Dunfermline Athletic
Top goalscorer League:
Andy Dorman (10)
All:
Andy Dorman (12)
Billy Mehmet (12)
Highest home attendance 10,189 vs Motherwell
(3 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance 3,364 vs
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
(13 December 2008)
Average home league attendance 5,411
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

St. Mirren will compete once again in the Scottish Premier League after finishing in 10th 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 Argentina Franco Miranda Argentina CAI Loan BBC[1]
30 June 2008 Scotland Dennis Wyness Scotland Inverness CT Free Transfer BBC[2]
30 June 2008 Scotland Jack Ross Scotland Falkirk Free Transfer BBC[3]
30 June 2008 Scotland Steven Robb Scotland Dundee United Free Transfer BBC[4]
30 June 2008 Scotland Tom Brighton England Millwall Free Transfer BBC
4 August 2008 Spain Tonet Unattached Free Transfer BBC[5]
14 August 2008 Scotland Scott Cuthbert Scotland Celtic Loan BBC[6]
1 January 2009 Scotland Steve Thomson England Brighton & Hove Albion Free Transfer BBC[7]

Out

Date Player To Fee Source
30 June 2008 Scotland Stewart Kean Scotland Queen of the South Free Transfer BBC[8]
30 June 2008 Scotland Ian Maxwell Scotland Partick Thistle Free Transfer BBC[9]
30 June 2008 Scotland Mark Corcoran Scotland Hamilton Academical Free Transfer BBC[10]
30 June 2008 Republic of Ireland David van Zanten Scotland Hibernian Free Transfer BBC[11]
30 June 2008 Scotland Richard Brittain Scotland Ross County Free Transfer BBC[12]
30 June 2008 Scotland 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] Attendance 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 38 12 5 21 30 53 −23 41
10 Falkirk 38 9 11 18 37 52 −15 38 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 2
11 St Mirren 38 9 10 19 33 52 −19 37
12 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 Scottish Cup 2008–09, 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

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  11. ↑ Hibs snatch defender Van Zanten, BBC Sport, 6 May 2008.
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