2015–16 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren
2015–16 season
Chairman Stewart Gilmour
Manager Ian Murray
(until 12 December)
Alex Rae
(from 19 December)
Stadium St Mirren Park
Championship 6th
Challenge Cup Semi Final
lost to Rangers
League Cup Second Round
lost to Livingston
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorer League:
Stevie Mallan
(11 goals)
All:
Stevie Mallan
(14 goals)
Highest home attendance 5,933 vs Rangers
(1 May 2016)
Lowest home attendance 2,321 vs Falkirk
(1 March 2016)
Average home league attendance 3,549
Home colours
Away colours
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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.

Month by month review

May

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

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 team mate 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

On 3 July, Saints signed 19-year-old Paul McMullan on a one-year loan deal from Celtic. McMullan can played 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

Scottish Championship

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

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

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

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 2 May 2016
Number Nation Position Name Championship Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card YC Red card
2Scotland DF Jason Naismith 1000000010
3ScotlandMFSean Kelly 3010000040
4ScotlandDFAndy Webster 4000000040
6Republic of IrelandMF Jim Goodwin 6000100070
8Scotland MF Alan Gow 0000000000
9Scotland FW Steven Thompson 2010000030
10Scotland MF Stuart Carswell 3000100040
11New Zealand MF Cameron Howieson 0000100010
12Scotland GK Jamie Langfield 2000000020
14Scotland MF Stevie Mallan 3110001051
15Scotland DF Jack Baird 6000000060
16Scotland MF Scott Agnew 3000000030
17Scotland MF Lewis Morgan 1000000010
18Scotland MF Lewis McLear 0000000000
19Scotland MF Barry Cuddihy 0000000000
20Scotland DF Keith Watson 7000000070
21Scotland FW Jaison McGrath 0000000000
22Scotland FW Calum Gallagher 2000000020
24Scotland FW David Clarkson 0000000000
25Scotland FW Lawrence Shankland 5000000050
27Scotland MF Rocco Quinn 0000000000
28Scotland DF Gary Irvine 1000000010
29Scotland MF Alex Cooper 1000000010
33Scotland DF Jordan Stewart 2010100040
37Scotland MF Kyle McAllister 1000000010
Players who left the club during the season:
1Scotland GKMark Ridgers 0000000000
5Northern Ireland DF Luke Conlan 0100000001
7Scotland FW Paul McMullan 3000000030
26Scotland DF Craig Reid 0100000001

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C, P) 36 25 6 5 88 34 +54 81 Promotion to Scottish Premiership
2 Falkirk (Q) 36 19 13 4 61 34 +27 70 Qualification to Premiership play-off semi-finals
3 Hibernian (Q) 36 21 7 8 59 34 +25 70 Qualification to Premiership play-off quarter-finals
4 Raith Rovers (Q) 36 18 8 10 52 46 +6 62
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
9 Livingston (Q, R) 36 8 7 21 37 51 −14 31 Qualification to Championship play-offs
10 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 4 9 23 22 67 −45 21 Relegation to Scottish League One
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAAAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Result L L D D W L L D D W L L L D D L W L W L W W L W L D L W W L W D L W L D
Position 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 7 8 8 7 7 8 8 9 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 6

Last updated: 2 May 2016.
Source: [42]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Management statistics

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

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee Source
25 June 2015 Scotland Scott Agnew Scotland Dumbarton Free transfer [6]
29 June 2015 Scotland Stuart Carswell Scotland Motherwell Free transfer [8]
3 July 2015 Scotland Paul McMullan Scotland Celtic Loan [9]
23 July 2015 Northern Ireland Luke Conlan England Burnley Loan [11]
24 July 2015 New Zealand Cameron Howieson England Burnley Free transfer [12]
4 August 2015 Scotland Calum Gallagher Scotland Rangers Free transfer [15]
13 August 2015 Scotland Jamie Langfield Scotland Aberdeen Free transfer [16]
20 August 2015 Scotland Keith Watson Unattached Free transfer [18]
26 August 2015 Scotland Lawrence Shankland Scotland Aberdeen Loan [20]
28 August 2015 Scotland Andy Webster Unattached Free transfer [21]
2 September 2015 Scotland Jaison McGrath Scotland Celtic Free transfer [22]
30 October 2015 Scotland Craig Reid Scotland Motherwell Loan [25]
15 January 2016 Scotland Rocco Quinn Scotland Ross County Free Transfer [36]
27 January 2016 Scotland David Clarkson Scotland Motherwell Loan [37]
29 January 2016 Scotland Gary Irvine Scotland Dundee Free Transfer [38]
29 January 2016 Scotland Alex Cooper Scotland Falkirk Free Transfer [38]

Out

Date Player To Fee Source
29 May 2015 Martinique Yoann Arquin Unattached Free transfer [1]
29 May 2015 Slovakia Marián Kello Unattached Free transfer [1]
29 May 2015 Netherlands Jeroen Tesselaar Unattached Free transfer [1]
29 May 2015 Scotland Mark Williams Unattached Free transfer [1]
29 May 2015 Scotland Mo Yaqub Unattached Free transfer [1]
29 May 2015 England James Dayton England Oldham Athletic Loan expiry [1]
29 May 2015 England Emmanuel Sonupe England Tottenham Hotspur Loan expiry [1]
1 June 2015 Scotland Gary Teale Unattached Free transfer [2]
8 June 2015 Scotland Gregg Wylde Unattached Free transfer [3]
8 June 2015 Bulgaria Viktor Genev Unattached Free transfer [3]
8 June 2015 Scotland Adam Brown Unattached Free transfer [3]
1 July 2015 Republic of Ireland Kieran Sadlier England Peterborough United Free transfer [45]
20 July 2015 Scotland Thomas Reilly Unattached Free transfer [10]
31 July 2015 Scotland John McGinn Scotland Hibernian Undisclosed [13]
22 September 2015 Scotland Mark Ridgers Scotland Kilmarnock Loan [23]
2 January 2016 Northern Ireland Luke Conlan England Burnley Loan expiry [33][34]
2 January 2016 Scotland Craig Reid Scotland Motherwell Loan expiry [33][34]
14 January 2016 Scotland Mark Ridgers Unattached Free transfer [35]
29 January 2016 Scotland Lewis McLear Scotland Stirling Albion Loan [38]
1 February 2016 Scotland Paul McMullan Scotland Celtic Loan expiry [39]

Notes

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

References

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