2009–10 St. Mirren F.C. season

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St. Mirren
2009–10 season
Chairman Scotland Stewart Gilmour
Manager Scotland Gus MacPherson
Scottish Premier League 10th
Scottish Cup Fifth Round Replay (v Rangers)
League Cup Runners-Up (v Rangers)
Top goalscorer League:
Andy Dorman (6)
All:
Billy Mehmet (12)
Highest home attendance 6,164 vs Celtic
(26 September 2009)
Lowest home attendance 3,009 vs St. Johnstone
(10 February 2010)
Average home league attendance 4,414
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

St. Mirren competed for their 4th successive season in the Scottish Premier League after finishing 11th place for season 2008–09, narrowly avoiding relegation on goal difference. It will also be their first full season in their new home ground, since moving from Love Street in January. Saints won their first league match at their new home with a 2-1 victory over Heart of Midlothian on 3 October 2009.

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee Source
29 June 2009 Scotland Paul Gallacher Scotland Dunfermline Undisclosed BBC
1 July 2009 Scotland Lee Mair Scotland Aberdeen Free Transfer BBC
1 July 2009 Scotland Michael Higdon Scotland Falkirk Free Transfer BBC
4 July 2009 Scotland Chris Innes Scotland Livingston / Free Agent Free Transfer BBC
21 September 2009 Scotland Allan Johnston Unattached Signed BBC

Out

Date Player To Fee Source
1 July 2009 Scotland Mark McAusland Scotland Queen of the South Free Transfer BBC
1 July 2009 Scotland Jim Hamilton Scotland Partick Thistle Free Transfer BBC
1 July 2009 Scotland Will Haining England Morecambe Free Transfer BBC
1 July 2009 Scotland Gary Mason Scotland Hamilton Free Transfer BBC
1 July 2009 Argentina Franco Miranda Argentina Chacarita Juniors Free Transfer BBC
1 July 2009 Scotland Scott Gair Scotland Clyde Free Transfer BBC
1 July 2009 Scotland Sean Crighton Scotland Montrose Free Transfer BBC
1 July 2009 Spain Tonet Spain Villajoyosa CF Free Transfer BBC
1 July 2009 Scotland Scott Cuthbert Scotland Celtic Loan Ends BBC
15 January 2010 Scotland Stephen McGinn England Watford Undisclosed fee BBC
26 January 2010 Scotland Dennis Wyness Scotland Dumbarton Released BBC
27 January 2010 Guinea Mo Camara England Torquay United Released BBC

Loan in

Date Player To Fee Source
29 January 2010 Scotland Rory Loy Scotland Rangers Loan BBC
1 February 2010 Republic of Ireland Graham Carey Scotland Celtic Loan BBC

Source[1]

Loan out

Date Player To Fee Source
25 September 2009 Scotland Dennis Wyness Scotland Queen of the South Loan BBC
October 2009 Scotland Paul Quinn Scotland Queen's Park Loan BBC
December 2009 Scotland Chris Smith Scotland Dunfermline Loan BBC

Source[1]

Squad

Most frequent starting line-up

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Gallacher
Ross
Potter (c)
Mair
Barron
Dorman
Thomson
Murray
McGinn
Mehmet
Higdon

Most frequent starting line-up uses the team's most used formation: 4-4-2. The players used are those who have played the most games in each respective position, not necessarily who have played most games out of all the players.

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 CB John Potter Scotland 43 Club captain
2 RB Jack Ross Scotland 4 Vice-captain

Last updated: 14 December 2009
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.

Results

Scottish Premier League

League results by opponent

Team Result [2] Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 3
Celtic 0–2 1–3 4–0 3
Dundee United 0–0 2–3 1–2 1
Falkirk 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 5
Hamilton Academical 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 2
Heart of Midlothian 2–1 0–1 1–1 4
Hibernian 1–2 1–1 1–2 1
Kilmarnock 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 10
Motherwell 3–3 0–2 0–0 2
Rangers 1–2 2–0 1–2 0
St. Johnstone 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 3

Source: Scottish Premier League 2009–10 article

Scottish Cup

League Cup

Friendlies

Date Opponent Venue Result[2] Attendance St. Mirren Scorer(s)
14 July 2009 Scotland East Fife Bayview 2–1 Mehmet, Mair
16 July 2009 Scotland Dumbarton Strathclyde Homes Stadium 3–0 O'Donnell, Dargo, Mehmet
18 July 2009 Scotland Ayr United Somerset Park 1–0 Dorman
28 July 2009 Scotland Morton (Renfrewshire Cup) St Mirren Park 2–1 Dorman, O'Donnell
09/08/2009 England Wigan DW Stadium 1–3 Dargo

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Final
position / round
First match Last match
Scottish Premier League 10th 15 August 2009 8 May 2010
League Cup 1st Round 2 August 2009 21 March 2010
Scottish Cup 4th Round 9 January 2010 17 February 2010

Source: Competitions

SPL

Classification

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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 H A H H A H A A H A H A H A A H A H H A H A H H A H A A H A A H
Result L D W D L L W W D L L D L L D L W L W L L L L D L D D L D W L D L D W D D L

Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

References