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2015–16 St Mirren F.C. season

The 2015–16 season is the club's first season in the Scottish Championship and their first appearance in the second tier of Scottish football since 2005–06 season. St Mirren will also compete in the Challenge Cup, the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

St Mirren
2015–16 season
ChairmanStewart Gilmour
ManagerIan Murray
(until 12 December)
Alex Rae
(from 19 December)
StadiumSt Mirren Park
Championship6th
Challenge CupSemi-final
lost to Rangers
League CupSecond round
lost to Livingston
Scottish CupFourth round
lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stevie Mallan
(11 goals)
All:
Stevie Mallan
(14 goals)
Highest home attendance5,933 vs Rangers
(1 May 2016)
Lowest home attendance2,321 vs Falkirk
(1 March 2016)
Average home league attendance3,549

Month by month review

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May

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On 29 May 2015, new manager Ian Murray announced the departure of Yoann Arquin, Marián Kello, Jeroen Tesselaar, Mark Williams and Mo Yaqub. Loan signings James Dayton and Emmanuel Sonupe also left the club today.[1]

June

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On 1 June, former manager Gary Teale left the club by 'mutual consent'. Teale played for the club for four seasons, and managed for a six-month period.[2]

On 8 June, it was confirmed that Gregg Wylde, Viktor Genev and youngster Adam Brown have now left the club. Along with the other recent departures, it means eleven players have now left the club following relegation.[3]

On 14 June, chairman Stewart Gilmour confirmed that midfielder John McGinn has started legal action against the club, following a previous training ground incident in which he was 'speared' by teammate Steven Thompson.[4]

On 16 June, midfielder Alan Gow signed a new one-year deal with the club.[5]

On 25 June, midfielder Scott Agnew signed a new one-year deal with the club, after leaving Dumbarton when his contract expired.[6]

On 26 June, club captain Steven Thompson signed a new one-year deal with the club.[7]

On 29 June, midfielder Stuart Carswell signed a one-year deal with the club, after leaving Motherwell in the summer.[8]

July

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On 3 July, Saints signed 19-year-old Paul McMullan on a one-year loan deal from Celtic. McMullan can play as a forward or as a wide player.[9]

On 20 July, the club announced the departure of Thomas Reilly after he failed to win a new contract during pre-season. Reilly leaves Saints after four years, having made 47 appearances and scoring once.[10]

On 23 July, defender Luke Conlan signed for the club on a one-year loan deal from Burnley.[11]

On 24 July, the club signed former Burnley midfielder Cameron Howieson on a one-year deal. The 20-year-old is a New Zealand international.[12]

On 31 July, midfielder John McGinn left the club, joining Hibernian on a four-year deal.[13]

August

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On 3 August, Saints were drawn at home to Livingston in the 2nd Round of the Scottish League Cup.[14]

On 4 August, striker Calum Gallagher signed on a one-year contract from Rangers. The 20-year-old will wear the number 22 shirt.[15]

On 13 August, Saints signed goalkeeper Jamie Langfield on a two-year contract from Aberdeen. Langfield takes up a player-coach role.[16]

On 19 August, it was confirmed that defender Jason Naismith had suffered serious knee ligament damage in the recent 2–1 home defeat to Dumbarton in the Scottish Championship. He is expected to be out for a period of six-months.[17]

On 20 August. former Dundee United defender Keith Watson signed a six-month deal with the club. He was assigned squad number 20.[18]

Also on this day, Saints were drawn at home to League One side Dunfermline Athletic in the Quarter-finals of the Challenge Cup. The tie will be played on 10 October 2015.[19]

On 26 August, Saints signed 20-year-old striker Lawrence Shankland on a one-year loan deal from Aberdeen.[20]

On 28 August, veteran defender Andy Webster signed a one-year deal with Saints with the option of a further year.[21]

September

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On 2 September, Saints signed 19-year-old striker Jaison McGrath after he was released by Celtic.[22]

On 22 September, goalkeeper Mark Ridgers joined Kilmarnock on an emergency loan deal until January 2016. This was due to a goalkeeping crisis at the Ayrshire club, leaving them with no available stopper for their upcoming matches.[23]

October

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On 12 October, Saints were drawn away to either Rangers or Livingston in the Semi-finals of the Scottish Challenge Cup.[24]

On 30 October, defender Craig Reid signed an emergency three-month loan with the club, after it was confirmed that defender Keith Watson had suffered ankle ligament damage.[25]

November

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On 2 November, assistant manager Mark Spalding left the club by mutual consent, following Saints poor run of form since the start of the season.[26]

On 3 November, former Saints manager Alex Miller was appointed new assistant manager to Ian Murray.[27]

December

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On 1 December, Saints were drawn at home to Partick Thistle in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup. The tie will be played 9/10 January 2016[28]

On 12 December, manager Ian Murray resigned after a 1–0 defeat to Dumbarton. Saints had won just two league matches since Murray was appointed in the summer.[29]

On 19 December, Saints appointed Alex Rae as new club manager. He was given an initial 18-month contract, tying him to the club until the summer of 2017.[30]

On 29 December, defender Keith Watson extended his short term deal until the end of the season.[31]

January

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On 1 January, the club named David Farrell as assistant manager to Alex Rae.[32]

On 2 January, manager Alex Rae confirmed that loanees Luke Conlan and Craig Reid had returned to their parent clubs.[33][34]

On 14 January, goalkeeper Mark Ridgers left the club by mutual consent, after his loan at Kilmarnock expired.[35]

On 15 January, midfielder Rocco Quinn signed for Saints from Ross County, until the end of the season. He was assigned squad number 27.[36]

On 27 January, striker David Clarkson signed on loan for the club until the end of the season from Motherwell.[37] He has been assigned squad number 24.

On 29 January, midfielder Alex Cooper signed until the end of the season after being released by Falkirk.[38]

On the same day defender Gary Irvine signed until the summer of 2017, after being released by Dundee.[38]

Also on this day, youngster Lewis McLear joined Scottish League Two side Stirling Albion on loan until the end of the season.[38]

February

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On 1 February, Celtic loanee Paul McMullan returned to his parent club, as Saints ended his loan spell early. In total he played 22 games for the club, scoring once.[39]

April

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On 30 April, Rocco Quinn signed a two-year contract extension, tying him to the club until the summer of 2018.[40]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

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7 July 2015 Friendly (Closed Doors) St Mirren 0–1 Ayr United Ralston Training Complex
19:00 Trouten   pen'
11 July 2015 Friendly Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–1 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Tansey   11' Report Gow   29' Referee: Stephen Finnie
15 July 2015 Friendly (Closed Doors) St Mirren 1–0 Oldham Athletic Stirling University Training Complex
19:00 McLear   58' Oldham Athletic report
18 July 2015 Friendly St Mirren 0–1 Bradford City St Mirren Park
14:00 Report Clarke   14' Attendance: 1,965
Referee: Colin Steven
22 July 2015 Friendly (Closed Doors) St Mirren 0–3 Burnley St Mirren Park
13:00 Report O'Neill    
Taylor  
1 August 2015 Friendly Sheffield Wednesday 5–0 St Mirren Hillsborough Stadium
15:00 Sasso   21'
Nuhiu   30', 49'
McGugan   40'
Vermijl   83'		 Report Attendance: 9,330
Referee: Craig Pawson

Scottish Championship

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Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Championship
7 August 2015 1 Rangers 3–1 St Mirren Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Wallace   4', 26'
Shiels   90'		 BBC Report Howieson   28' Attendance: 49,216
Referee: Kevin Clancy
15 August 2015 2 St Mirren 1–2 Dumbarton St Mirren Park
15:00 Agnew   63' BBC Report Gibson   26'
Fleming   85' (pen)		 Attendance: 3,806
Referee: John Beaton
21 August 2015 3 Greenock Morton 0–0 St Mirren Cappielow
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 5,343
Referee: Greg Aitken
29 August 2015 4 St Mirren 1–1 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 McMullan   4' BBC Report Buchanan   22' (pen) Attendance: 3,018
Referee: John McKendrick
5 September 2015 5 Queen of the South 0–2 St Mirren Palmerston Park
15:00 BBC Report Kelly   7'
Thompson   29'		 Attendance: 2,001
Referee: Stephen Finnie
12 September 2015 6 St Mirren 2–3 Falkirk St Mirren Park
15:00 Agnew   3'
Mallan   38'		 BBC Report Leahy   55'
Baird   72' (pen), 90'		 Attendance: 3,412
Referee: John Beaton
18 September 2015 7 St Mirren 1–2 Raith Rovers St Mirren Park
19:45 Shankland   45' BBC Report Craigen   12'
Daly   87'		 Attendance: 2,877
Referee: Euan Anderson
26 September 2015 8 Hibernian 1–1 St Mirren Easter Road
15:00 Boyle   42' BBC Report Gallagher   18' Attendance: 8,911
Referee: Crawford Allan
3 October 2015 9 St Mirren 1–1 Alloa Athletic St Mirren Park
15:00 Shankland   68' BBC Report Marr   75' Attendance: 2,994
Referee: Craig Charleston
17 October 2015 10 Livingston 0–1 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Mallan   12' Attendance: 1,199
Referee: Don Robertson
25 October 2015 11 St Mirren 0–1 Rangers St Mirren Park
12:30 BBC Report Holt   25' Attendance: 5,477
Referee: Steven McLean
31 October 2015 12 Falkirk 3–0 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Sibbald   18'
Baird   43'
Vaulks   76'		 BBC Report Attendance: 4,239
Referee: Greg Aitken
7 November 2015 13 St Mirren 1–4 Hibernian St Mirren Park
15:00 Kelly   8' BBC Report Cummings   10'
Keatings   37', 41', 78' (pen)
20 November 2015 14 St Mirren 1–1 Greenock Morton St Mirren Park
19:45 Baird   11' BBC Report Samuel   90' Attendance: 4,163
Referee: John Beaton
24 November 2015 15 Raith Rovers 1–1 St Mirren Stark's Park
19:45 Stewart   39' BBC Report Mallan   88' Attendance: 1,264
Referee: John McKendrick
5 December 2015 St Mirren P – P Queen of the South St Mirren Park
15:00
12 December 2015 16 Dumbarton 1–0 St Mirren Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium
15:00 Fleming   50' BBC Report Attendance: 1,142
Referee: Nick Walsh
19 December 2015 17 Alloa Athletic 0–2 St Mirren Indodrill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Shankland   13'
Gallagher   59'		 Attendance: 912
Referee: Alan Muir
26 December 2015 18 St Mirren 1–4 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 Shankland   41' BBC Report Buchanan   23', 66'
Gordon   32'
Glen   54'		 Attendance: 2,952
Referee: Stephen Finnie
2 January 2016 19 Greenock Morton 0–1 St Mirren Cappielow
15:00 BBC Report Shankland   39' Attendance: 4,736
Referee: Andrew Dallas
16 January 2016 St Mirren P – P Raith Rovers St Mirren Park
15:00
23 January 2016 20 Hibernian 3–1 St Mirren Easter Road
15:00 Henderson   10'
McGinn   44'
Stokes   90'		 BBC Report Mallan   45+2' Attendance: 10,160
Referee: Don Robertson
30 January 2016 21 St Mirren 3–1 Alloa Athletic St Mirren Park
15:00 Watson   37'
Gallagher   59'
Mallan   90+3'		 BBC Report Layne   9' (pen) Attendance: 2,589
Referee: Craig Charleston
6 February 2016 22 St Mirren 1–0 Queen of the South St Mirren Park
15:00 Mallan   25' BBC Report Attendance: 2,706
Referee: Crawford Allan
13 February 2016 23 Queen of the South 1–0 St Mirren Palmerston Park
15:00 Harris   65' BBC Report Attendance: 1,923
Referee: Barry Cook
20 February 2016 24 St Mirren 1–0 Dumbarton St Mirren Park
15:00 Shankland   63' BBC Report Attendance: 2,792
Referee: John Beaton
27 February 2016 25 Rangers 1–0 St Mirren Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Forrester   86' BBC Report Attendance: 46,366
Referee: John McKendrick
1 March 2016 26 St Mirren 0–0 Falkirk St Mirren Park
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Euan Anderson
5 March 2016 27 Raith Rovers 4–3 St Mirren Stark's Park
15:00 Hardie   3', 53', 55'
Stewart   24'		 BBC Report Watson   41', 76'
Clarkson   61'		 Attendance: 1,888
Referee: John Beaton
12 March 2016 28 St Mirren 2–1 Queen of the South St Mirren Park
15:00 Mallan   30' (pen)
Tapping   63' (o.g)		 BBC Report Oliver   62' Attendance: 3,888
Referee: Alan Muir
19 March 2016 29 Livingston 2–3 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan   16'
White   53'		 BBC Report Mallan   15' (pen)
Shankland   35', 72'		 Attendance: 1,228
Referee: Crawford Allan
22 March 2016 30 St Mirren 1–2 Raith Rovers St Mirren Park
19:45 Cooper   43' BBC Report Connolly   22'
Callachan   36'		 Attendance: 2,381
Referee: Barry Cook
26 March 2016 31 Alloa Athletic 0–1 St Mirren Indodrill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Watson   85' Attendance: 753
Referee: Mat Northcroft
2 April 2016 32 St Mirren 2–2 Hibernian St Mirren Park
15:00 Quinn   35'
Shankland   57'		 BBC Report Cummings   27'
El Alagui   89'		 Attendance: 3,765
Referee: Craig Charleston
9 April 2016 33 Falkirk 3–2 St Mirren Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Lee Miller   9'
McHugh   70'
Alston   90'		 BBC Report Mallan   56', 82' Attendance: 4,331
Referee: Andrew Dallas
16 April 2016 34 St Mirren 3–1 Greenock Morton St Mirren Park
15:00 Shankland   7'
Gallagher   62'
Mallan   90+2'		 BBC Report Johnstone   59' Attendance: 4,299
Referee: Willie Collum
23 April 2016 35 Dumbarton 2–1 St Mirren Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium
15:00 Watson   40' (o.g)
Fleming   54'		 BBC Report Gallagher   10' Attendance: 1,387
Referee: Kevin Graham
1 May 2016 36 St Mirren 2–2 Rangers St Mirren Park
12:30 Gallagher   40'
Morgan   90+2'		 BBC Report Miller   54'
Holt   88'		 Attendance: 5,933
Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup
25 July 2015 First round St Mirren 3–1 Berwick Rangers St Mirren Park
15:00 Thompson   19' (pen)
Agnew   50', 61'		 BBC Report Henderson   6' Attendance: 2,394
Referee: Alan Muir
18 August 2015 Second round Annan Athletic 1–2 St Mirren Galabank
19:45 Weatherson   1' (pen) BBC Report Stewart   50'
Gow   66'		 Attendance: 794
Referee: Don Robertson
10 October 2015 Quarter-final St Mirren 4–0 Dunfermline Athletic St Mirren Park
15:00 Gallagher   10'
Mallan   23', 88'
Agnew   37'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,339
Referee: George Salmond
28 November 2015 Semi-final Rangers 4–0 St Mirren Ibrox Stadium
12:15 Holt   34'
Miller   77'
Waghorn   84'
Kelly   90' (o.g.)		 BBC Report Attendance: 22,369
Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup
25 August 2015 Second round St Mirren 2–3 Livingston St Mirren Park
19:45 Gallagher   16'
Mallan   45'		 BBC Report Buchanan   41'
Mullen   45'
Gallagher   84'		 Attendance: 1,568
Referee: Brian Colvin

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup
8 January 2015 Fourth round St Mirren 1–2 Partick Thistle St Mirren Park
19:30 Watson   88' BBC Report Seaborne   62'
Amoo   73'		 Attendance: 4,572
Referee: Craig Thomson

Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
4 DF Andy Webster   24
9 FW Steven Thompson   12 Club captain
6 MF Jim Goodwin   4
2 DF Jason Naismith   1
27 MF Rocco Quinn   1

Last updated: 2 May 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.

Squad information

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Last updated 2 May 2016[41]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF   SCO Jason Naismith 6 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   SCO Sean Kelly 32 2 23+3 2 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF   SCO Andy Webster 35 0 32+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF   IRL Jim Goodwin 20 0 11+5 0 2+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF   SCO Alan Gow 9 1 2+6 0 1+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW   SCO Steven Thompson 34 2 9+20 1 2+1 1 1+0 0 0+1 0
10 MF   SCO Stuart Carswell 24 0 15+5 0 2+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
11 MF   NZL Cameron Howieson 20 1 10+5 1 2+1 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
12 GK   SCO Jamie Langfield 39 0 34+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
14 MF   SCO Stevie Mallan 40 14 32+2 11 4+0 2 1+0 1 1+0 0
15 DF   SCO Jack Baird 37 1 30+1 1 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF   SCO Scott Agnew 28 5 22+1 2 3+1 3 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 MF   SCO Lewis Morgan 21 1 1+16 1 1+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF   SCO Lewis McLear 7 0 1+2 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 MF   SCO Barry Cuddihy 6 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
20 DF   SCO Keith Watson 29 5 26+0 4 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 1
21 FW   SCO Jaison McGrath 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW   SCO Calum Gallagher 41 8 33+3 6 3+0 1 1+0 1 0+1 0
24 FW   SCO David Clarkson 12 1 12+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW   SCO Lawrence Shankland 32 10 27+4 10 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
27 MF   SCO Rocco Quinn 13 1 13+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
28 DF   SCO Gary Irvine 16 0 15+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF   SCO Alex Cooper 12 1 11+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF   SCO Jordan Stewart 18 1 6+7 0 1+2 1 1+0 0 0+1 0
37 MF   SCO Kyle McAllister 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the season:
1 GK   SCO Mark Ridgers 3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF   NIR Luke Conlan 4 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW   SCO Paul McMullan 22 1 12+5 1 2+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
26 DF   SCO Craig Reid 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 2 May 2016
Number Nation Position Name Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
2   DF Jason Naismith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3   MF Sean Kelly 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
4   DF Andy Webster 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6   MF Jim Goodwin 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
8   MF Alan Gow 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9   FW Steven Thompson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
10   MF Stuart Carswell 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
11   MF Cameron Howieson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
12   GK Jamie Langfield 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14   MF Stevie Mallan 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
15   DF Jack Baird 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
16   MF Scott Agnew 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
17   MF Lewis Morgan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18   MF Lewis McLear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19   MF Barry Cuddihy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20   DF Keith Watson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
21   FW Jaison McGrath 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22   FW Calum Gallagher 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
24   FW David Clarkson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25   FW Lawrence Shankland 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
27   MF Rocco Quinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28   DF Gary Irvine 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
29   MF Alex Cooper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
33   DF Jordan Stewart 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
37   MF Kyle McAllister 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players who left the club during the season:
1   GK Mark Ridgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   DF Luke Conlan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7   FW Paul McMullan 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
26   DF Craig Reid 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Raith Rovers 36 18 8 10 52 46 +6 62 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-finals
5 Greenock Morton 36 11 10 15 39 42 −3 43
6 St Mirren 36 11 9 16 44 53 −9 42
7 Queen of the South 36 12 6 18 46 56 −10 42
8 Dumbarton 36 10 7 19 35 66 −31 37
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Division summary

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLLDDWLLDDWLLLDDLWLWLWWLWLDLWWLWDLWLD
Position988888888678877889788777777777777676
Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2016. Source: [42]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

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Last updated on 2 May 2016
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Ian Murray[43] 25 July 2015 12 December 2015 21 5 6 10 023.81
Alex Rae[44] 19 December 2015 Present 21 9 3 9 042.86

Transfers

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Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2015 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2015–16

See also

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Notes

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

References

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