2013–14_St_Mirren_F.C._season

2013–14 St Mirren F.C. season

2013–14 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren 2013–14 football 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.

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Summary

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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

Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Premiership
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
7 December 2013 14 St Mirren 0–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 3,305
Referee: Murray
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

Main article: 2013–14 Scottish League Cup
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

Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Cup
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

Captains

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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

Last updated 10 May 2014[5]
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Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 10 May 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1WalesGKDavid Cornell 00000000
2Republic of IrelandDFDavid van Zanten 31100041
4ScotlandDFDarren McGregor 00000000
5ScotlandDFLee Mair 10000010
6Republic of IrelandMFJim Goodwin 1300020150
7ScotlandMFJohn McGinn 70002090
8ScotlandMFGary Harkins 00100010
9ScotlandFWSteven Thompson 50001060
10ScotlandFWPaul McGowan 40000040
11ScotlandMFKenny McLean 20001030
12EnglandFWAdam Campbell 10000010
14ScotlandDFMarc McAusland 41100051
15ScotlandMFJon Robertson 00000000
16EnglandDFJake Caprice 00000000
16Northern IrelandFWJosh Magennis 00000000
17ScotlandFWThomas Reilly 10000010
18ScotlandMFSean Kelly 10000010
19FranceFWStéphane Bahoken 00000000
20Republic of IrelandMFKealan Dillon 00000000
21ScotlandMFGary Teale 00000000
22ScotlandDFJason Naismith 30001040
23ScotlandDFDavid Barron 00000000
24EnglandMFConor Newton 30000030
25ScotlandMFMo Yaqub 00000000
26ScotlandMFAnthony Brady 00000000
27EnglandDFDanny Grainger 21000021
28SlovakiaGKMarián Kello 00000000
29ScotlandGKKieran Hughes 00000000
30FranceGKChristopher Dilo 00000000
39ScotlandMFGregg Wylde 00000000
99CameroonMFEric Djemba-Djemba 10001020

Team statistics

League table

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

Transfers

Main article: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2013
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See also

References

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