2008–09 St Mirren F.C. season

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St Mirren
2008–09 season
ChairmanStewart Gilmour
ManagerGus McPherson
SPL10th
Scottish CupSemi-finals
(lost to Rangers)
League CupThird round
(lost to Dunfermline Athletic)
Top goalscorerLeague: Andy Dorman (10)
All: Andy Dorman (12)
Billy Mehmet (12)
Highest home attendance10,189 vs Motherwell
(3 January 2009)
Lowest home attendance3,364 vs
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
(13 December 2008)
Average home league attendance5,411

St Mirren competed in the Scottish Premier League, after finishing in tenth place in 2007–08. The 2008–09 season also saw the club leave Love Street for the new St Mirren Park in Greenhill Road.

Transfers

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In

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Date Player From Fee Source
20 June 2008 Argentina Franco Miranda Argentina CAI Loan BBC[1]
30 June 2008 Scotland Dennis Wyness Scotland Inverness CT Free Transfer BBC[2]
30 June 2008 Scotland Jack Ross Scotland Falkirk Free Transfer BBC[3]
30 June 2008 Scotland Steven Robb Scotland Dundee United Free Transfer BBC[4]
30 June 2008 Scotland Tom Brighton England Millwall Free Transfer BBC
4 August 2008 Spain Tonet Unattached Free Transfer BBC[5]
14 August 2008 Scotland Scott Cuthbert Scotland Celtic Loan BBC[6]
1 January 2009 Scotland Steven Thomson England Brighton & Hove Albion Free Transfer BBC[7]

Out

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Date Player To Fee Source
30 June 2008 Scotland Stewart Kean Scotland Queen of the South Free Transfer BBC[8]
30 June 2008 Scotland Ian Maxwell Scotland Partick Thistle Free Transfer BBC[9]
30 June 2008 Scotland Mark Corcoran Scotland Hamilton Academical Free Transfer BBC[10]
30 June 2008 Republic of Ireland David van Zanten Scotland Hibernian Free Transfer BBC[11]
30 June 2008 Scotland Richard Brittain Scotland Ross County Free Transfer BBC[12]
30 June 2008 Scotland Alan Reid Released BBC

Results

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Scottish Premier League

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Date Opponent Venue Result[13] Attendance St Mirren Scorer(s)
10 August 2008 Celtic Celtic Park 0–1 57,441
16 August 2008 Kilmarnock Love Street 0–0 4,176
23 August 2008 Hearts Tynecastle 1–2 13,357 Mehmet
30 August 2008 Aberdeen Love Street 0–1 4,680
13 September 2008 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium 2–1 3,501 Mehmet, Brady
20 September 2008 Falkirk Love Street 1–1 4,134 Mehmet (pen.)
27 September 2008 Motherwell Fir Park 1–2 4,786 Mehmet
5 October 2008 Rangers Love Street 1–0 7,520 McGinn
18 October 2008 Hamilton New Douglas Park 2–1 3,397 Miranda, Mehmet
25 October 2008 Dundee United Tannadice 0–2 11,378
1 November 2008 Hibernian Love Street 0–0 4,588
8 November 2008 Hearts Love Street 0–1 4,192
11 November 2008 Aberdeen Pittodrie 0–2 9,452
15 November 2008 Rangers Ibrox 1–2 49,321 Miranda
22 November 2008 Celtic Love Street 1–3 7,433 Hamilton
29 November 2008 Dundee United Love Street 0–2 4,013
6 December 2008 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 2–1 4,828 Hamilton, Wyness
13 December 2008 Inverness CT Love Street 2–0 3,364 Dorman, Brady
20 December 2008 Kilmarnock Rugby Park 1–0 5,183 Dorman
27 December 2008 Hamilton Love Street 1–0 4,794 Dargo
3 January 2009 Motherwell Love Street 0–0 10,189
17 January 2009 Hibernian Easter Road 0–2 10,317
24 January 2009 Dundee United Tannadice 2–3 6,556 Ross, Mehmet (pen.)
31 January 2009 Kilmarnock New St Mirren Park 1–1 7,542 Wyness
14 February 2009 Falkirk New St Mirren Park 2–2 5,504 Dorman (2)
21 February 2009 Hearts Tynecastle 1–1 13,609 Dorman
28 February 2009 Celtic Celtic Park 0–7 52,500
4 March 2009 Aberdeen New St Mirren Park 1–1 4,383 Dargo
21 March 2009 Hamilton New Douglas Park 0–0 3,072
4 April 2009 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium 1–2 3,794 Dorman
8 April 2009 Rangers New St Mirren Park 1–2 6,231 Dorman
13 April 2009 Hibernian New St Mirren Park 1–1 5,151 Dorman
18 April 2009 Motherwell Fir Park 2–0 6,626 Thomson, Dorman
2 May 2009 Inverness CT New St Mirren Park 1–2 4,171 Hamilton
9 May 2009 Motherwell New St Mirren Park 1–3 4,002 O'Donnell
13 May 2009 Kilmarnock Rugby Park 1–2 5,927 Wyness
16 May 2009 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium 2–0 6,744 Mehmet, Dorman
23 May 2009 Hamilton New St Mirren Park 0–1 6,747

Scottish Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result[13] Attendance St Mirren Scorer(s)
13 January 2009 R4 Brechin City Glebe Park 3–1 1,026 Hamilton (2), Wyness
7 February 2009 R5 Motherwell Fir Park 1–1 5,695 Dorman
17 February 2009 R5 (Replay) Motherwell St Mirren Park 1–0 4,555 Mehmet
7 March 2009 Quarter-final Celtic St Mirren Park 1–0 5,925 Mehmet (pen.)
25 April 2009 Semi-final Rangers Hampden Park 0–3 32,431

League Cup

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Date Round Opponent Venue Result[13] Attendance St Mirren Scorer(s)
26/08/08 R2 Dumbarton Love Street 7–0 1,747 Robb, Mehmet (3), Dorman, Dargo, Mason
23/09/08 R3 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park 0–2 2,186

Friendlies

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Date Opponent Venue Result[13] Attendance St Mirren Scorer(s)
22 July 2008 Dumbarton Strathclyde Homes Stadium 2–2 Brady, Molloy
23 July 2008 Stirling Albion Forthbank Stadium 3–1 Hamilton (2), Dorman
26 July 2008 Morton (Renfrewshire Cup) Cappielow 1–1 (5–4 on penalties) McAusland
29 July 2008 Blackpool Bloomfield Road 2–0 Tonet, Wyness
2 August 2008 Darlington TFM Darlington Arena 1–0 Mehmet

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Scottish Premier League — 11 18 August 2008 23 May 2009
League Cup 3rd Round 3rd Round 26 August 2008 23 September 2008
Scottish Cup 4th Round Semi-finals 13 January 2009 25 April 2009

Source: Competitions

SPL

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Main article: 2008–09 Scottish Premier League

Classification

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Kilmarnock 38 12 8 18 38 48 −10 44
9 Hamilton Academical 38 12 5 21 30 53 −23 41
10 Falkirk 38 9 11 18 37 52 −15 38 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
11 St Mirren 38 9 10 19 33 52 −19 37
12 Inverness Caledonian Thistle (R) 38 10 7 21 37 58 −21 37 Relegation to the First Division
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ Since Rangers, the winners of the Scottish Cup, already qualified for the Champions League via their league position, Falkirk, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the Europa League.

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 9 10 19 33 52  −19 37 3 8 8 14 21  −7 6 2 11 19 31  −12

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

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ResultLDLLWDLWWLDLLLLLWWWWDLLDDDLDDLLDWLLLWL
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New Saints loan deal for Miranda". BBC Sport. 20 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
  2. ^ "Striker Wyness heading to Saints". BBC News. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  3. ^ "St Mirren snap up Bairns player". BBC News. 30 April 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Robb leaves United to join Saints". BBC Sport website. 27 May 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  5. ^ St Mirren sign Spanish midfielder; BBC Sport, 4 August 2008
  6. ^ "St Mirren seal Cuthbert loan deal". BBC Sport. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Buddies to bag Brighton's Thomson". BBC Sport. 30 December 2008.
  8. ^ Buddies' Kean to join with Queens BBC Sport, 14 May 2008
  9. ^ "Maxwell completes Thistle switch". BBC News. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2008.
  10. ^ "Corcoran going back to Hamilton". BBC News. 28 April 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2008.
  11. ^ Hibs snatch defender Van Zanten, BBC Sport, 6 May 2008.
  12. ^ "Brittain joins up at Ross County". 5 June 2008. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  13. ^ a b c d St Mirren's Score is shown first
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