2013–14 St Mirren F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was the club's first season in the newly formed Scottish Premiership and their eighth consecutive appearance in the top flight of Scottish football. St Mirren also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

St Mirren
2013–14 season
ChairmanStewart Gilmour
ManagerDanny Lennon
StadiumSt Mirren Park
Premiership8th
League CupSecond round
lost to Queen of the South
Scottish CupFifth round
lost to Dundee United
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steven Thompson (13)

All:
Steven Thompson (16)
Highest home attendance6,311 vs Heart of Midlothian
(10 May 2014)
Lowest home attendance2,817 vs St Johnstone
(25 March 2014)
Average home league attendance4,511

Summary

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St Mirren finished eighth in the inaugural Scottish Premiership season.[1] They reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup,[2] and crashed out as holders of the League Cup in the second round.[3]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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13 July 2013 Friendly Charlton Athletic 4–0 St Mirren Marbella
10:00 Jackson   13'
Hollands   50'
Kermorgant   65'
Green   86'
Report
17 July 2013 Renfrewshire Cup Semi-final St Mirren 16–0 Port Glasgow OBU Ralston Training Complex
19:30 Reilly   3 pen', 13', 36', 59'
Brady   12', 25', 72'
McGregor   19', 68'
Yaqub   38'
Cuddihy   46'
Kelly   56'
Stewart       85'
Scullion  
Report
20 July 2013 Renfrewshire Cup Final St Mirren 2–4 Greenock Morton St Mirren Park
15:00 McGowan   20'
Teale   44'
Report O'Brien   21'
Cham   36', 65'
Hands   46'
Attendance: 3,703
Referee: Aitken
24 July 2013 Friendly Queen of the South 4–2 St Mirren Palmerston Park
19:45 McKenna   23'
Paton   51' (pen.)
Lyle   72', 88'
Report Harkins   47'
Teale   67'
Attendance: 750
Referee: Murray
27 July 2013 Friendly Stockport County 0–1 St Mirren Edgeley Park
15:00 Report Harkins   86' Attendance: 1,171
Referee: Copeland
30 July 2013 Friendly St Mirren 0–2 Newcastle United St Mirren Park
19:45 Report Cissé   19'
Debuchy   26'
Attendance: 4,216
Referee: Beaton

Scottish Premiership

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3 August 2013 1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–0 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Vincent   47 pen.'
Doran   49'
McKay   57'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,215
Referee: Clancy
17 August 2013 2 St Mirren 1–1 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
15:00 Harkins   65' BBC Report Boyd   49' Attendance: 4,625
Referee: Beaton
24 August 2013 3 Ross County 3–0 St Mirren Victoria Park
15:00 Kettlewell   9'
Brittain   24', 57'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,142
Referee: Murray
31 August 2013 4 St Mirren 1–2 Partick Thistle St Mirren Park
15:00 McLean   50' BBC Report Higginbotham   81'
Forbes   84'
Attendance: 5,601
Referee: Collum
14 September 2013 5 St Mirren 0–1 Motherwell St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Sutton   38' Attendance: 4,012
Referee: Thomson
21 September 2013 6 Hibernian 2–0 St Mirren Easter Road
15:00 Collins   10'
Heffernan   61'
BBC Report Attendance: 9,417
Referee: McLean
30 September 2013 7 St Mirren 1–1 Aberdeen St Mirren Park
19:45 Thompson   54' BBC Report Pawlett   85' Attendance: 4,051
Referee: Murray
5 October 2013 8 Heart of Midlothian 0–2 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McGinn   42'
McGowan   58'
Attendance: 14,769
Referee: Craig Thomson
19 October 2013 9 St Mirren 4–3 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 McLean   8', 76 pen'
McGowan   60'
Thompson   89'
BBC Report MacLean   17'
Hasselbaink   61'
Fallon   84'
Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Collum
26 October 2013 10 Dundee United 4–0 St Mirren Tannadice Park
15:00 Çiftçi   27', 34 pen'
Gauld   59'
Erskine   83'
BBC Report Attendance: 6,331
Referee: Brines
9 November 2013 11 Partick Thistle 0–3 St Mirren Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Thompson   15', 90'
Newton   72'
Attendance: 4,946
Referee: Graham Beaton
17 November 2013 12 St Mirren 2–1 Ross County St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson   35'
Newton   51'
BBC Report Saunders   67' Attendance: 4,205
Referee: Collum
23 November 2013 13 St Mirren 0–0 Hibernian St Mirren Park
12:45 BBC Report Attendance: 4,451
Referee: McLean
14 December 2013 15 Aberdeen 2–0 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Vernon   20'
Robson   66'
BBC Report Attendance: 9,332
Referee: Thomson
21 December 2013 16 Motherwell 3–0 St Mirren Fir Park
15:00 Anier   31', 64'
Ainsworth   42'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,867
Referee: Collum
26 December 2013 17 St Mirren 4–1 Dundee United St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson   12', 88'
McGinn   35'
Naismith   71'
BBC Report Çiftçi   36' Attendance: 4,780
Referee: Madden
29 December 2013 18 St Mirren 1–1 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson   3' BBC Report Hamill   48' Attendance: 4,568
Referee: Clancy
2 January 2014 19 Kilmarnock 2–1 St Mirren Rugby Park
15:00 McKenzie   29'
Boyd   90'
BBC Report Campbell   18' Attendance: 5,410
Referee: Brian Colvin
5 January 2014 20 St Mirren 0–4 Celtic St Mirren Park
12:45 BBC Report Mulgrew   53'
Stokes   58'
Commons   70', 72'
Attendance: 5,778
Referee: Beaton
11 January 2014 21 St Johnstone 2–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Davidson   71'
May   74'
BBC Report Attendance: 2,329
Referee: Murray
18 January 2014 22 Hibernian 2–3 St Mirren Easter Road
15:00 Collins   63', 89' BBC Report Williams   5' (Own goal)
Campbell   24'
Thompson   26'
Attendance: 9,610
Referee: Collum
25 January 2014 23 St Mirren 0–0 Partick Thistle St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 4,660
Referee: Beaton
29 January 2014 24 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
19:45 Paterson   5'
Hamill   52' (pen)
BBC Report Thompson   1' Attendance: 12,422
Referee: McLean
2 February 2014 25 Celtic 1–0 St Mirren Celtic Park
15:00 Commons   6' BBC Report Attendance: 45,014
Referee: Muir
15 February 2014 26 St Mirren 0–1 Aberdeen St Mirren Park
12:30 BBC Report Rooney   80' (pen) Attendance: 4,073
Referee: Murray
22 February 2014 27 Ross County 2–1 St Mirren Victoria Park
15:00 Arquin   38'
de Leeuw   83'
BBC Report McGinn   66' Attendance: 3,394
Referee: Collum
1 March 2014 28 St Mirren 2–0 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
15:00 Newton   79'
Wylde   88'
BBC Report Attendance: 4,650
Referee: Allan
15 March 2014 29 Dundee United 3–2 St Mirren Tannadice Park
15:00 Graham   79'
Armstrong   84'
Ciftci   90+3'
BBC Report McGowan   20'
Thompson   40'
Attendance: 6,524
Referee: Thomson
22 March 2014 30 Celtic 3–0 St Mirren Celtic Park
15:00 Johansen   44'
Griffiths   61'
Stokes   90+2'
BBC Sport Attendance: 46,536
Referee: Finnie
25 March 2014 31 St Mirren 0–1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
19:45 BBC Report MacLean   39' Attendance: 2,817
Referee: Muir
29 March 2014 32 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–2 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Draper   16'
Tansey   34'
BBC Report Naismith   3'
Kelly   62'
Attendance: 3,032
Referee: Collum
5 April 2014 33 St Mirren 3–2 Motherwell St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson   42', 87'
McLean   86' (pen)
BBC Report Anier   17'
Sutton   27'
Attendance: 4,377
Referee: Norris
19 April 2014 34 St Mirren 2–0 Hibernian St Mirren Park
15:00 McLean   1'
McGowan   15'
BBC Report Attendance: 5,287
Referee: Clancy
25 April 2014 35 Partick Thistle 1–1 St Mirren Firhill Stadium
19:45 Doolan   26' BBC Report McLean   45' (pen) Attendance: 5,971
Referee: Murray
3 May 2014 36 St Mirren 1–0 Ross County St Mirren Park
15:00 Wylde   79' BBC Report Attendance: 4,414
Referee: Thomson
7 May 2014 37 Kilmarnock 1–0 St Mirren Rugby Park
19:45 Boyd   21' BBC Report Attendance: 4,911
Referee: Muir
10 May 2014 38 St Mirren 1–1 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
12:15 Newton   28' BBC Report Carrick   48' Attendance: 6,311
Referee: Finnie

Scottish League Cup

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27 August 2013 Round 2 Queen of the South 2–1 (a.e.t.) St Mirren Palmerston Park
19:45 McKenna   103'
Paton   115'
BBC Report Thompson   95' Attendance: 2,073
Referee: Charleston

Scottish Cup

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30 November 2013 Round 4 Queen of the South 2–2 St Mirren Palmerston Park
15:00 Russell   35'
Paton   72'
BBC Report Newton   9'
Thompson   51'
Attendance: 2,176
Referee: Clancy
10 December 2013 Round 4 replay St Mirren 3–0 Queen of the South St Mirren Park
19:45 Harkins   19'
Thompson   74'
Kelly   87'
BBC Report Attendance: 2,775
Referee: Allan
9 January 2014 Round 5 Dundee United 2–1 St Mirren Tannadice Park
12:00 Gauld   21'
Çiftçi   51'
BBC Report McLean   26' (pen) Attendance: 4,952
Referee: Thomson

Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 MF Jim Goodwin[4]   36 Club captain

Last updated: 28 August 2013
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.

Squad information

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Last updated 10 May 2014[5]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   WAL David Cornell 6 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   IRL David van Zanten 18 0 8+8 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF   SCO Darren McGregor 38 0 35+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
5 DF   SCO Lee Mair 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 MF   IRL Jim Goodwin 36 0 31+1 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
7 MF   SCO John McGinn 38 2 31+4 2 1+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF   SCO Gary Harkins 17 2 7+8 1 1+0 0 1+0 1
9 FW   SCO Steven Thompson 41 16 37+0 13 1+0 1 3+0 2
10 FW   SCO Paul McGowan 38 4 32+3 4 0+1 0 2+0 0
11 MF   SCO Kenny McLean 34 7 28+2 6 1+0 0 3+0 1
12 FW   ENG Adam Campbell 12 2 7+4 2 0+0 0 0+1 0
14 DF   SCO Marc McAusland 36 0 30+2 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
15 MF   SCO Jon Robertson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF   ENG Jake Caprice 7 0 0+6 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
16 FW   NIR Josh Magennis 13 0 7+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW   SCO Thomas Reilly 10 0 1+7 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
18 DF   SCO Sean Kelly 36 2 32+1 1 0+0 0 2+1 1
19 FW   FRA Stéphane Bahoken 5 0 2+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF   IRL Kealan Dillon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   SCO Gary Teale 18 0 6+10 0 1+0 0 0+1 0
22 DF   SCO Jason Naismith 29 2 26+1 2 0+0 0 2+0 0
23 DF   SCO David Barron 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF   ENG Conor Newton 41 5 36+1 4 1+0 0 3+0 1
25 MF   SCO Mo Yaqub 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF   SCO Anthony Brady 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
27 DF   ENG Danny Grainger 15 0 10+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
28 GK   SVK Marián Kello 24 0 21+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
29 GK   SCO Kieran Hughes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 GK   FRA Christopher Dilo 13 0 12+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
39 MF   SCO Gregg Wylde 17 2 7+10 2 0+0 0 0+0 0
99 MF   CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 10 May 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
               
1   GK David Cornell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   DF David van Zanten 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 1
4   DF Darren McGregor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   DF Lee Mair 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
6   MF Jim Goodwin 13 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
7   MF John McGinn 7 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
8   MF Gary Harkins 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
9   FW Steven Thompson 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
10   FW Paul McGowan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11   MF Kenny McLean 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
12   FW Adam Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14   DF Marc McAusland 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 1
15   MF Jon Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16   DF Jake Caprice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16   FW Josh Magennis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17   FW Thomas Reilly 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18   MF Sean Kelly 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
19   FW Stéphane Bahoken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20   MF Kealan Dillon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21   MF Gary Teale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22   DF Jason Naismith 3 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
23   DF David Barron 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24   MF Conor Newton 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
25   MF Mo Yaqub 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26   MF Anthony Brady 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27   DF Danny Grainger 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
28   GK Marián Kello 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29   GK Kieran Hughes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30   GK Christopher Dilo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39   MF Gregg Wylde 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99   MF Eric Djemba-Djemba 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0

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
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 99 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38 +15 68 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50 +15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 −18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 −19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 −21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65 −19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51 −20 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65 −20 23[b] Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. ^ Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration


Division summary

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAAHHHAAHHAHAAHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAH
ResultLDLLLLDWWLWWDDLLWDLLLWDLLLLWLLLDWWDWLD
Position111011111111111010119888888899989999119111111111087788
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2014. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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See also

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References

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