2007–08 St. Mirren F.C. season

St. Mirren
2007–08 season
Chairman Scotland Stewart Gilmour
Manager Scotland Gus McPherson
Scottish Premier League 10th
Scottish Cup Quarter-finals
League Cup 2nd Round
Top goalscorer League:
Billy Mehmet (6)
All:
Billy Mehmet (8)
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 season was St. Mirren's second consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, and they were looking to improve on last season's 11th placing ahead of Dunfermline.

They also competed in the Scottish League Cup and the Scottish Cup, however were the subject of a shock defeat in the League Cup by 3rd Division East Fife.

They were knocked out in the 6th Round of the Scottish Cup by First Division side St. Johnstone. The Buddies began 2008 much more positively than 2007 where they won only 2 home games. By 19 January, they had broken this record by winning 3 games in a row.

Transfers

In:

Player From Fee
Scotland Will Haining Oldham Athletic Free[1]
Scotland Gary Mason Dunfermline Athletic Free[1]
Scotland Craig Dargo Inverness CT Free[1]
England Mark Howard Cardiff City Free[1]
Argentina Franco Miranda Helsingborgs IF Free[2]
Scotland Paul Mathers East Fife Undisclosed
Trinidad and Tobago Chris Birchall Coventry City Loan[3]
England Andy Dorman New England Revolution Free[4]
Scotland Jim Hamilton Dunfermline Free[5]

Out:

Player To Fee
Scotland Kirk Broadfoot Rangers Pre-Contract[6]
England John Sutton Wycombe Free[7]
England Tony Bullock Ross County Free[8]
Scotland Craig Hinchcliffe Partick Thistle Free
Scotland David McKenna Stirling Albion Free[9]
Scotland John Baird Montrose Free[10]
Scotland Kevin McGowne Montrose Free[11]
Scotland Scott Gemmill Berwick Rangers Contract Expired[12]
Scotland Paul Lawson Celtic Loan Return
Scotland Eddie Malone Dundee On Loan[13]
Trinidad and Tobago Chris Birchall Coventry City Loan Return
Scotland Eddie Malone Dundee Undisclosed[14]
Scotland Alex Burke Dunfermline Loan[15]

Players

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Chris Smith
2 Republic of Ireland DF David van Zanten
3 Scotland DF Alan Reid
4 Scotland MF Gary Mason
5 Scotland DF Will Haining
6 Scotland DF John Potter
7 Scotland MF Hugh Murray (captain)
8 Scotland DF Eddie Malone
9 Republic of Ireland FW Billy Mehmet
10 Scotland FW Stewart Kean
11 Scotland MF Alex Burke
12 Scotland MF Richard Brittain
14 Scotland MF Garry Brady
No. Position Player
15 Scotland FW Mark Corcoran
16 Scotland DF Ian Maxwell
17 Scotland FW Craig Dargo
18 Wales MF Andy Dorman
19 Argentina DF Franco Miranda
20 Scotland MF Craig Molloy
21 England GK Mark Howard
22 Scotland MF Stephen O'Donnell
23 Scotland DF Ryan McCay
25 Scotland FW David Barron
26 Scotland MF Stephen McGinn
28 Scotland MF Andy Millen
30 Scotland GK Paul Mathers
46 Trinidad and Tobago MF Chris Birchall

Fixtures and results

Fixtures and results for St. Mirren F.C. for season 2007–08.

NOTE: scores are written St. Mirren first

Date Venue Opponents Score Competition St. Mirren Scorers SPL Pos. Match Report
17 July 2007 Forthbank Stadium Stirling Albion 3–0 Friendly Corcoran,

McCay, Kean (pen.)

 N/A Mirren MAD
19 July 2007 The Showgrounds Newry City 0–0 Friendly −- N/A Mirren MAD
21 July 2007 Stangmore Park Dungannon Swifts 4–0 Friendly Mehmet,

Haining, Dargo (x2)

 N/A Mirren MAD
26 July 2007 Strathclyde Homes Stadium Dumbarton 3–0 Friendly Kean (x2),

Corcoran

 N/A Mirren MAD
28 July 2007 Love Street Morton 1–0 RCF Corcoran N/A Mirren MAD
4 August 2007 Love Street Motherwell 0–1 SPL −- 10th BBC Sport
11 August 2007 Ibrox Stadium Rangers 0–2 SPL −- 10th BBC Sport
18 August 2007 Love Street Inverness CT 2–1 SPL Miranda,

Corcoran

 7th BBC Sport
25 August 2007 Falkirk Stadium Falkirk 1–0 SPL Mehmet 7th BBC Sport
28 August 2007 Love Street East Fife 0–1 League Cup −- N/A BBC Sport
2 September 2007 Love Street Celtic 1–5 SPL Miranda 7th BBC Sport
6 September 2007 Love Street Derby County 1–0 Hugh Murray Testimonial Mehmet N/A Mirren MAD
16 September 2007 Tannadice Dundee United 0–2 SPL −- 8th BBC Sport
22 September 2007 Rugby Park Kilmarnock 0–0 SPL −- 9th BBC Sport
30 September 2007 Love Street Heart of Midlothian 1–3 SPL Corcoran 10th BBC Sport
7 October 2007 Pittodrie Aberdeen 0–4 SPL −- 11th BBC Sport
20 October 2007 Love Street Gretna 1–0 SPL Mehmet 9th BBC Sport
27 October 2007 Easter Road Hibernian 1–0 SPL Mehmet 9th BBC Sport
3 November 2007 Fir Park Motherwell 1–1 SPL Kean 9th BBC Sport
24 November 2007 Caledonian Stadium Inverness CT 0–1 SPL −- 9th BBC Sport
1 December 2007 Love Street Falkirk 1–5 SPL Mehmet 11th BBC Sport
8 December 2007 Celtic Park Celtic 1–1 SPL McGinn 11th BBC Sport
15 December 2007 Love Street Dundee United 0–3 SPL −- 11th BBC Sport
22 December 2007 Love Street Kilmarnock 0–0 SPL −- 11th BBC Sport
26 December 2007 Tynecastle Heart of Midlothian 1–0 SPL McGinn 11th BBC Sport
29 December 2007 Love Street Aberdeen 0–1 SPL −- 11th BBC Sport
5 January 2008 Love Street Hibernian 2–1 SPL Maxwell,

Mason

 10th BBC Sport
12 January 2008 Love Street Dumbarton 3–0 Scottish Cup Corcoran,

Barron, Mehmet

 N/A BBC Sport
19 January 2008 Love Street Motherwell 3–1 SPL Corcoran,

Maxwell (x2)

 9th BBC Sport
26 January 2008 Ibrox Stadium Rangers 0–4 SPL −- 10th BBC Sport
2 February 2008 Love Street Dundee United 0–0 Scottish Cup 5th Round −- N/A BBC Sport
9 February 2008 Love Street Inverness CT 1–1 SPL Mehmet 10th BBC Sport
13 February 2008 Tannadice Dundee United 1–0 Scottish Cup 5th Round Replay Dorman N/A BBC Sport
16 February 2008 Falkirk Stadium Falkirk 0–4 SPL −- 10th BBC Sport
24 February 2008 Love Street Celtic 0–1 SPL −- 10th BBC Sport
27 February 2008 Tannadice Dundee United 1–1 SPL Dorman 10th BBC Sport
1 March 2008 Rugby Park Kilmarnock 0–1 SPL −- 11th BBC Sport
8 March 2008 McDiarmid Park St. Johnstone 1–1 Scottish Cup 6th Round Dorman N/A BBC Sport
15 March 2008 Love Street Heart of Midlothian 1–1 SPL Hamilton 11th BBC Sport
18 March 2008 Love Street St. Johnstone 1–3 Scottish Cup 6th Round Replay Mehmet (pen.) N/A BBC Sport
22 March 2008 Pittodrie Aberdeen 1–1 SPL Dorman 11th BBC Sport
29 March 2008 Love Street Gretna 2–0 SPL Dargo, Mehmet 11th BBC Sport
5 April 2008 Easter Road Hibs 0–2 SPL −- 11th BBC Sport
10 April 2008 Fir Park Gretna 0–0 SPL −- 11th BBC Sport
19 April 2008 Tynecastle Heart of Midlothian 2–3 SPL McCay ; Mason 11th BBC Sport

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "St Mirren sign up striker Dargo". BBC Sport website. 28 June 2007.
  2. ↑ "Miranda completes move to Buddies". BBC Sport. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Buddies complete Birchall signing". BBC Sport. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
  4. ↑ "Saints secure Revolution's Dorman". BBC. 30 December 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hamilton joins St Mirren". Sky Sports. Retrieved 30 January 2008.
  6. ↑ "Rangers sign Buddies' Broadfoot". BBC Sport. 6 March 2007.
  7. ↑ "Wycombe sign St Mirren's Sutton". BBC Sport. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
  8. ↑ "Golabek & Bullock back at County". BBC Sport. 1 June 2007.
  9. ↑ "Stirling Albion sign up McKenna". BBC Sport. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  10. ↑ "Season ending suits Jim". Montrose Review. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  11. ↑ "McGowne heading out to Montrose". BBC Sport. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Buddie Gemmill heads for Berwick". BBC News. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  13. ↑ "Buddies' Malone heads for Dens". BBC Sport. 2 November 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
  14. ↑ "Eddie signs up". Dundee FC.
  15. ↑ "Buddie Burke joins Pars on loan". BBC Sport. 6 February 2008.
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