St Mirren
201112 season
ChairmanStewart Gilmour
ManagerDanny Lennon
StadiumSt Mirren Park
SPL8th
Scottish CupQuarter-Final
lost to Hearts
League CupQuarter-Final
lost to Ayr United
Top goalscorerLeague:
Steven Thompson (13)

All:
Steven Thompson (16)
Highest home attendance6,711 v Rangers
(24 December 2011)
Lowest home attendance3,305 v Hibernian
(29 April 2012)
Average home league attendance4,493

The 201112 season was St Mirren's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in the league since their promotion in the 2005–06 season.[1] St Mirren also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

St Mirren finished eight in the Scottish Premier League.[2] They reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup where they were beaten by eventual winners Hearts.[3] They also reached the League Cup quarter-finals but were beaten by lower league opposition Ayr United.[4]

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies

9 July 2011 Friendly Ayr United 1 0 St Mirren Somerset Park, Ayr
Patterson 80' Ayr Report Attendance: 1,004
Referee: Steven McLean
19 July 2011 Friendly Cowdenbeath 3 1 St Mirren Central Park
Robertson 18'
Stewart 60', 85'
St Mirren Report McGowan 27' Attendance: 221
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish Premier League

25 July 2011 SPL Round 1 Dunfermline 0 0 St Mirren East End Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 5,035
Referee: O'Reilly
30 July 2011 SPL Round 2 St Mirren 1 0 Aberdeen St Mirren Park
Hasselbaink 50' BBC Sport Attendance: 5,011
Referee: Norris
6 August 2011 SPL Round 3 Dundee United 1 1 St Mirren Tannadice Park
Daly 67' BBC Sport Thompson 11' Attendance: 6,594
Referee: Allan
13 August 2011 SPL Round 4 St Mirren 0 1 Motherwell St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Hateley 92' Attendance: 5,105
Referee: Brines
20 August 2011 SPL Round 5 Hibernian 1 2 St Mirren Easter Road Stadium
O'Connor 25' BBC Sport Thompson 42'
Thomson 45+1'
Attendance: 8,886
Referee: Alan Muir
28 August 2011 SPL Round 6 St Mirren 0 2 Celtic St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Hooper 6', 12' Attendance: 6,223
Referee: Willie Collum
10 September 2011 SPL Round 7 St Mirren 0 0 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,855
Referee: Mclean
17 September 2011 SPL Round 8 Heart of Midlothian 2 0 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
Hamill 43' (pen.)
Mair 70' (o.g.)
BBC Sport Attendance: 12,572
Referee: Richmond
24 September 2011 SPL Round 9 St Mirren 3 0 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
McGowan 32', 45' (pen.)
Hasselbaink 85'
BBC Sport Attendance: 5,013
Referee: Stephen Finnie
1 October 2011 SPL Round 10 Inverness CT 2 1 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
Shinnie 31'
Tade 78'
BBC Sport McAusland 23' Attendance: 3,249
Referee: Salmond
15 October 2011 SPL Round 11 Rangers 1 1 St Mirren Ibrox Stadium
Jelavić 48' BBC Sport Thompson 90+5' Attendance: 47,034
Referee: Allan
22 October 2011 SPL Round 12 St Mirren 2 3 Hibernian St Mirren Park
McGowan 32', 34' BBC Sport Griffiths 6', 41'
O'Hanlon 37'
Attendance: 4,273
Referee: Madden
29 October 2011 SPL Round 13 St Johnstone 0 1 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
BBC Sport McLean 81' Attendance: 2,939
Referee: Norris
19 November 2011 SPL Round 15 St Mirren 2 1 Dunfermline St Mirren Park
Mclean 25'
Hasselbaink 45'
BBC Sport Cardle 63' Attendance: 4,363
Referee: Allan
26 November 2011 SPL Round 16 Celtic 5 0 St Mirren Celtic Park
Samaras 4'
Hooper 8', 53', 57'
McGeouch 72'
BBC Sport Attendance: 48,406
Referee: McLean
10 December 2011 SPL Round 18 Aberdeen 2 2 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
Vernon 1'
Fallon 17'
Fyvie Red card 90+2'
BBC Sport McLean 34'
Carey 52'
Attendance: 9,452
Referee: Finnie
17 December 2011 SPL Round 19 Motherwell 1 1 St Mirren Fir Park
Higdon 48' BBC Sport Goodwin 59' Attendance: 4,557
Referee: Murray
24 December 2011 SPL Round 20 St Mirren 2 1 Rangers St Mirren Park
Mooy 44'
McGowan 45+2'
BBC Sport Wallace 11'
McCulloch Red card 24'
Goian Yellow card 87' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 6,711
Referee: McLean
28 December 2011 SPL Round 21 St Mirren 2 2 Dundee United St Mirren Park
Thompson 27'
Carey 32'
BBC Sport Daly 31'
Armstrong 35'
Attendance: 3,811
Referee: Thomson
2 January 2012 SPL Round 22 Kilmarnock 2 1 St Mirren Rugby Park
Heffernan 34'
Racchi 89'
BBC Sport Mair 10' Attendance: 5,986
Referee: Madden
14 January 2012 SPL Round 23 Heart of Midlothian 5 2 St Mirren Tynecastle Stadium
Žaliūkas 1'
Žaliūkas Red card 12'
Skácel 23', 64', 68'
Sutton 90'
BBC Report McGowan 13' (Penalty)
Thompson 19'
Attendance: 12,462
Referee: McLean
21 January 2012 SPL Round 24 St Mirren 0 2 Celtic St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Forrest 71'
Brown 88'
Attendance: 6,129
Referee: Allan
28 January 2012 SPL Round 25 Inverness CT 0 0 St Mirren Caledonian Stadium
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,044
Referee: Finnie
11 February 2012 SPL Round 26 St Mirren 0 0 Motherwell St Mirren Park
BBC Report Attendance: 4,204
Referee: Charleston
18 February 2012 SPL Round 27 Dundee United 0 0 St Mirren Tannadice Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 6,363
Referee: Winter
25 February 2012 SPL Round 28 St Mirren 1 1 Aberdeen St Mirren Park
Vernon 57' BBC Sport Hasselbaink 59' Attendance: 3,627
Referee: Steven McLean
3 March 2012 SPL Round 29 Hibernian 0 0 St Mirren Easter Road
BBC Report Attendance: 9,211
Referee: Collum
31 March 2012 SPL Round 32 St Mirren 4 2 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
Thompson 24', 83'
Thomson 61'
Hasselbaink 66'
BBC Sport Van Tornhout 13'
Shiels 89'
Attendance: 4,365
Referee: Colvin
7 April 2012 SPL Round 33 Rangers 3 1 St Mirren Ibrox Stadium
McCulloch 1'
Little 40'
Lafferty 60' (pen.)
BBC Sport McGowan 49'
Tesselaar Red card 51'
Attendance: 46,998
Referee: Collum
21 April 2012 SPL Round 34 St Mirren 4 4 Dunfermline Athletic St Mirren Park
Hasselbaink 4'
Thompson 43', 48', 67'
BBC Sport McMillan 24'
Graham 56'
Buchanan 71'
Kirk 88'
Attendance: 3,616
Referee: Brines
29 April 2012 SPL Round 35 St Mirren 1 0 Hibernian St Mirren Park
McLean 65'
McAusland Yellow card 78' Red card
BBC Report Stevenson Yellow card 92' Red card Attendance: 3,305
Referee: Finnie
2 May 2012 SPL Round 36 Kilmarnock 0 2 St Mirren Rugby Park
BBC Sport McGowan 9'
Thompson 45'
Attendance: 3,645
Referee: Beaton
12 May 2012 SPL Round 38 Aberdeen 0 0 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
BBC Sport Attendance: 10,716
Referee: Collum

Scottish Cup

4 February 2012 Scottish Cup round 5 St Mirren 1 1 Ross County St Mirren Park
Thompson 43' BBC Sport Brittain 40' (pen.) Attendance: 3,334
Referee: Madden

Scottish League Cup

Squad information

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
6 MF Jim Goodwin Republic of Ireland 38 Club captain

Last updated: 13 May 2012
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.

Players

Last updated 13 May 2012[5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSPLScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scotland SCO Craig Samson 4703806030
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL David van Zanten 4303505030
3 DF Scotland SCO David Barron 2101704000
4 DF Scotland SCO Darren McGregor 90900000
5 DF Scotland SCO Lee Mair 4313416030
6 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jim Goodwin 3823114031
7 MF Scotland SCO Hugh Murray 90702000
8 MF Scotland SCO Steven Thomson 3122424030
9 FW Scotland SCO Steven Thompson 441636135132
10 FW Scotland SCO Paul McGowan 4583785030
11 FW Netherlands NED Nigel Hasselbaink 4283465131
12 GK Scotland SCO Graeme Smith 00000000
13 MF Scotland SCO Joe McKee 20200000
14 DF Scotland SCO Marc McAusland 4013215030
15 MF Australia AUS Aaron Mooy 121814000
16 FW Scotland SCO Paul McQuade 10100000
17 MF Scotland SCO Kenny McLean 3342843020
18 MF Scotland SCO Jamie McKernon 00000000
19 FW Scotland SCO Jon McShane 1401001030
20 DF Scotland SCO Dominic Kennedy 00000000
21 MF Scotland SCO Gary Teale 4323406131
22 DF Netherlands NED Jeroen Tesselaar 4103305030
23 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Graham Carey 3642926210
24 MF Netherlands NED Ilias Haddad 1101000010
25 GK England ENG Adam McHugh 00000000
27 FW Scotland SCO Dougie Imrie 1401400000
37 DF Scotland SCO Jason Naismith 20200000
39 FW Scotland SCO Thomas Reilly 40400000

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2012
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Scotland GK Craig Samson 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
2 Republic of Ireland DF David van Zanten 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
3 Scotland DF David Barron 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
4 Scotland DF Darren McGregor 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Scotland DF Lee Mair 6 0 2 0 0 0 8 0
6 Republic of Ireland MF Jim Goodwin 12 0 2 0 0 0 14 0
7 Scotland MF Hugh Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Scotland MF Steven Thomson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Scotland FW Steven Thompson 6 0 0 0 1 1 7 1
10 Scotland FW Paul McGowan 9 0 1 0 1 0 11 0
11 Netherlands FW Nigel Hasselbaink 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 1
12 Scotland GK Graeme Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Scotland MF Joe McKee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Scotland DF Marc McAusland 8 1 1 0 0 0 9 1
15 Australia MF Aaron Mooy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Scotland FW Paul McQuade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Scotland MF Kenny McLean 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Scotland MF Jamie McKernon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Scotland FW Jon McShane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Scotland DF Dominic Kennedy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Scotland MF Gary Teale 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Netherlands DF Jeroen Tesselaar 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
23 Republic of Ireland MF Graham Carey 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
24 Netherlands MF Ilias Haddad 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
25 England GK Adam McHugh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Scotland FW Dougie Imrie 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
39 Scotland FW Thomas Reilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 Scotland DF Jason Naismith 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Top scorer

Last updated on 13 May 2012
Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
FWScotland9Steven Thompson 132116
FWNetherlands11Nigel Hasselbaink 6118
FWScotland10Paul McGowan 88
MFRepublic of Ireland23Graham Carey 224
MFScotland17Kenny McLean 44
MFRepublic of Ireland6Jim Goodwin 112
MFScotland21Gary Teale 112
MFScotland8Steven Thomson 22
DFScotland14Marc McAusland 11
MFAustralia15Aaron Mooy 11
MFScotland5Lee Mair 11

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 St Johnstone 38 14 8 16 43 50 7 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Kilmarnock 38 11 14 13 44 61 17 47
8 St Mirren 38 9 16 13 39 51 12 43
9 Aberdeen 38 9 14 15 36 44 8 41
10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 10 9 19 42 60 18 39
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League.

Transfers

See also

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