2016–17 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren
201617 season
Chairman Gordon Scott
Manager Alex Rae (until 18 September)
Allan McManus (interim from 19 September–8 October)
Jack Ross (from 9 October–)
Stadium St Mirren Park
Championship 10th (ongoing)
Challenge Cup Semi Finals vs. The New Saints (ongoing)
League Cup Group Stage (Eliminated)
Scottish Cup Fourth Round vs. Dundee (ongoing)
Top goalscorer League: Ryan Hardie, John Sutton and Tom Walsh
(3 goals)

All: John Sutton
(7 goals)
Highest home attendance 4,997 vs Greenock Morton
(6 August 2016)
Lowest home attendance 2,126 vs Dunfermline Athletic
(19 November 2016)
Average home league attendance 3,351

The 201617 season is the club's second season in the Scottish Championship. St Mirren will also compete in the Challenge Cup, the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Month by month review

May

3 May - The club announced the departure of 13 players from last seasons playing squad. The players leaving at the end of their contracts are Sean Kelly, Jim Goodwin, Alan Gow, Stuart Carswell, Cameron Howieson, Scott Agnew, Barry Cuddihy, Jaison McGrath and Alex Cooper. Saints icon Steven Thompson has retired, Keith Watson has signed a pre-contract agreement with St Johnstone, and loanees David Clarkson and Lawrence Shankland return to their parent clubs.[1]

9 May - Midfielder, Jordan Stewart, signed a one-year professional contract with the club.[2]

10 May - Kyle Hutton signed a two-year contract with the club, after leaving Queen of the South.[3]

13 May - forward Calum Gallagher signed a one-year contract extension, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2017.[4]

19 May - after being released by Motherwell, forward David Clarkson returned to Saints after signing a one-year deal.[5]

20 May - Andy Webster, who was club captain for most of last season, signed a one-year contract extension with the club.[6]

June

2 June - 30-year-old defender Ben Gordon signed for Saints after leaving relegated Livingston. Gordon was a former youth player with Saints, and signed a one-year deal.[7]

21 June - defender Gary MacKenzie signed a one-year deal with Saints after being released by Doncaster Rovers.[8]

23 June - goalkeeper Scott Gallacher signed a one-year deal with the club, after leaving Alloa Athletic.[9]

28 June - former Saints striker, John Sutton, returned to the club after signing a two-year deal.[10]

July

17 July - midfielder Tom Walsh joined the club on a six-month loan deal from Rangers.[11]

19 July - Aberdeen striker Lawrence Shankland returned to the club on a season-long loan deal, after having a success spell with the club last season.[12]

22 July - Gordon Scott became the new chairman of the club, after a takeover was completed today. Scott and the St Mirren Independent Supporters Association (SMISA) bought out former chairman Stewart Gilmour.[13]

26 July - striker Ryan Hardie joined on loan from Rangers until January 2017.[14]

August

4 August - Lewis Morgan signed a one-year contract extension, tying him to the club until 2018.[15]

September

16 September - Defender Ben Gordon, joined Alloa Athletic on loan until January 2017, a week after making his debut for Saints.[16]

18 September - after a winless start to the season, manager Alex Rae and his assistant manager David Farrell, were sacked. The head of the Saints academy, Allan McManus, takes over as interim boss.[17]

October

4 October - Alloa Athletic manager, Jack Ross, was appointed new Saints manager.[18]

7 October - James Fowler was appointed new Saints Assistant manager.[19]

November

14 November - Saints were drawn at home to Welsh side, The New Saints, in the Semi Finals of the Scottish Challenge Cup.[20]

29 November - midfielder Kyle Hutton moved to Scottish League One side Airdrieonians on an emergency loan deal until January 2017.[21]

Squad list

As of 4 December 2016[22]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed From Signed in Signed until Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Jamie Langfield Scotland GK 22 December 1979 Aberdeen 2015 2017 51 0
12 Scott Gallacher Scotland GK 15 July 1989 Alloa Athletic 2016 2017 8 0
Defenders
2 Jason Naismith Scotland DF 25 June 1994 St Mirren youth team 2012 2017 99 4
3 Gary Irvine Scotland DF 17 March 1985 Dundee 2016 2017 37 0
4 Andy Webster (c) Scotland DF 23 April 1982 England Coventry City 2015 2017 46 0
5 Ben Gordon Scotland DF 7 October 1985 Livingston 2016 2017 6 1
6 Gary MacKenzie Scotland DF 15 October 1985 Doncaster Rovers 2016 2017 11 0
15 Jack Baird Scotland DF 7 February 1996 St Mirren youth team 2014 2017 64 3
Midfielders
8 Rocco Quinn Scotland MF 7 September 1986 Ross County 2016 2018 21 1
10 Stevie Mallan Scotland MF 25 March 1996 St Mirren youth team 2014 2018 87 21
14 Kyle Hutton Scotland MF 5 February 1991 Queen of the South 2016 2018 17 0
16 Tom Walsh Scotland MF 11 July 1996 Rangers (loan) 2016 2017 16 4
17 Lewis Morgan Scotland MF 30 September 1996 Rangers 2014 2018 51 4
18 Lewis McLear Scotland MF 26 May 1996 St Mirren youth team 2014 2018 19 0
19 Jordan Stewart Scotland MF 5 March 1996 St Mirren youth team 2015 2017 26 1
Forwards
7 David Clarkson Scotland FW 10 September 1985 Motherwell 2016 2017 30 4
9 John Sutton England FW 26 December 1983 St Johnstone 2016 2018 97 37
11 Calum Gallagher Scotland FW 13 September 1994 Rangers 2016 2017 52 8
20 Ryan Hardie Scotland FW 17 March 1997 Rangers (loan) 2016 2017 14 3
25 Lawrence Shankland Scotland FW 10 August 1995 Aberdeen (loan) 2016 2017 51 14

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

Scottish Championship

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
3 DF Gary Irvine Scotland 12
4 DF Andy Webster Scotland 10

Last updated: 4 December 2016
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.

Appearances and goals

Last updated 4 December 2016[24]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Jamie Langfield 12 0 8+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Scotland Jason Naismith 21 0 14+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Scotland Gary Irvine 21 0 14+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF Scotland Andy Webster 11 0 5+1 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Scotland Ben Gordon 6 1 4+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Scotland Gary MacKenzie 11 0 7+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
7 FW Scotland David Clarkson 18 3 6+5 0 2+1 1 4+0 2 0+0 0
8 MF Scotland Rocco Quinn 8 0 4+0 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
9 FW England John Sutton 22 7 10+4 3 3+0 3 3+1 0 1+0 1
10 MF Scotland Stevie Mallan 22 3 14+0 0 3+0 2 4+0 0 1+0 1
11 FW Scotland Calum Gallagher 11 0 2+4 0 0+1 0 3+1 0 0+0 0
12 GK Scotland Scott Gallagher 10 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF Scotland Kyle Hutton 16 0 11+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Scotland Jack Baird 19 2 12+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 2 0+1 0
16 FW Scotland Tom Walsh 16 4 4+6 3 2+1 0 1+2 1 0+0 0
17 MF Scotland Lewis Morgan 21 3 13+0 1 3+0 1 4+0 1 1+0 0
18 MF Scotland Lewis McLear 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF Scotland Jordan Stewart 7 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
20 FW Scotland Ryan Hardie 14 3 8+5 3 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
25 FW Scotland Lawrence Shankland 19 4 5+7 0 0+3 1 1+2 1 1+0 2
29 MF Scotland Kyle McAllister 6 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 1
34 MF Scotland Kalvin Orsi 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
35 MF Scotland Darren Whyte 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 DF Scotland Andrew McDonald 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
42 FW Scotland Kyle Magennis 7 0 3+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 4 December 2016
Number Nation Position Name Total Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
14Scotland MF Kyle Hutton 7050101000
15Scotland DF Jack Baird 4131001000
6Scotland DF Gary MacKenzie 4020200000
10Scotland MF Stevie Mallan 4030001000
25Scotland FW Lawrence Shankland 4030100000
3Scotland MF Gary Irvine 3030000000
2Scotland DF Jason Naismith 2020000000
4Scotland DF Andy Webster 2010100000
19Scotland DF Jordan Stewart 2020000000
7Scotland FW David Clarkson 1000001000
5Scotland DF Ben Gordon 1010000000
8Scotland MF Rocco Quinn 1010000000
9England FW John Sutton 1010000000
39Scotland DF Andrew McDonald 1000100000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hibernian 15 9 4 2 26 8 +18 31 Promotion to Scottish Premiership
2 Dundee United 15 9 4 2 24 12 +12 31 Qualification to Premiership play-off semi-finals
3 Falkirk 15 7 4 4 21 16 +5 25 Qualification to Premiership play-off quarter-finals
4 Greenock Morton 14 6 5 3 21 15 +6 23
5 Raith Rovers 14 6 5 3 19 14 +5 23
6 Queen of the South 14 5 3 6 16 21 5 18
7 Ayr United 15 4 4 7 13 22 9 16
8 Dumbarton 15 3 5 7 14 21 7 14
9 Dunfermline Athletic 15 3 4 8 17 25 8 13 Qualification to Championship play-offs
10 St Mirren 14 0 4 10 11 28 17 4 Relegation to Scottish League One
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundHAHAHAAHHAAHHA
Result D L L D L D L D L L L L L L
Position 7 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10

Last updated: 4 December 2016.
Source: [25]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Management statistics

Last updated on 4 December 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Rae, AlexAlex Rae[26] 3 May 2016 18 September 2016 11 4 3 4 36.36
Allan McManus (interim)Allan McManus[27] 19 September 2016 8 October 2016 3 1 1 1 33.33
Jack RossJack Ross[28] 9 October 2016 Present 8 2 0 6 25.00

Transfers

Players in

Position Nationality Name From Transfer Window Ends Fee Source
MF Scotland Kyle Hutton Queen of the South Summer 2018 Free [3]
FW Scotland David Clarkson Motherwell Summer 2017 Free [5]
DF Scotland Ben Gordon Livingston Summer 2017 Free [7]
DF Scotland Gary MacKenzie Doncaster Rovers Summer 2017 Free [8]
GK Scotland Scott Gallagher Alloa Athletic Summer 2017 Free [9]
FW England John Sutton St Johnstone Summer 2018 Free [10]
FW Scotland Tom Walsh Rangers Summer 2017 (January) Loan [11]
FW Scotland Lawrence Shankland Aberdeen Summer 2017 Loan [12]
FW Scotland Ryan Hardie Rangers Summer 2017 (January) Loan [14]

Players out

Position Nationality Name To / Type Transfer Window Fee Source
DF Scotland Sean Kelly End of contract Summer Free [1]
MF Republic of Ireland Jim Goodwin Alloa Athletic Summer Free [1]
MF Scotland Alan Gow End of contract Summer Free [1]
MF Scotland Stuart Carswell End of contract Summer Free [1]
MF New Zealand Cameron Howieson End of contract Summer Free [1]
MF Scotland Scott Agnew Stranraer Summer Free [1]
MF Scotland Barry Cuddihy End of contract Summer Free [1]
FW Scotland Jaison McGrath End of contract Summer Free [1]
MF England Alex Cooper End of contract Summer Free [1]
FW Scotland Steven Thompson Retired Summer Free [1]
DF Scotland Keith Watson St Johnstone Summer Free [1]
FW Scotland David Clarkson End of loan Summer Loan [1]
FW Scotland Lawrence Shankland End of loan Summer Loan [1]
DF Scotland Ben Gordon Alloa Athletic Winter Loan [16]
MF Scotland Kyle Hutton Airdrieonians Winter Loan [21]

Notes

  1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

References

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  2. "Jordan Stewart – 1 Year Pro Contract". Official St Mirren website. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "New Signing: Kyle Hutton". Official St Mirren website. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
  4. "Calum Gallagher: Contract Extension". Official St Mirren website. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Clarkson staying with St Mirren". Scottish Professional Football League. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  6. "Andy Webster: Contract Extension". Official St Mirren website. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
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