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✍️ Paisley Daily Express | Cover all things St Mirren & West of Scotland Football League | Formerly of Glasgow Times and Renfrewshire Gazette | View are me, myself and I’s ➡️ https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/authors/taylor-murray/

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McGinn urges young St Mirren players to learn from cup semi-final agony St Mirren's Under-18s lost out to Dundee at the SMiSA Stadium on Monday night in the last four of the Youth Cup.

🗣️”For the boys, that’s the ultimate – for them to improve and get to the first team and play senior football. Use the disappointment and remember what it felt like..”

Stephen McGinn urges young St Mirren players to learn from cup semi-final agony 💪🏼

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11.03.2025 19:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Marcus Fraser outlines 'key' St Mirren session that helps him stay injury free The Buddies defender has played virtually every minute in the league this season and looking to continue his impressive playing run towards the end of the season.

🗣️"I got quite a bad injury when I was 17-18 and that’s when I realised you have to keep on top of things"

Marcus Fraser says that he takes the little things in training more seriously after injuring his ACL when he was a teenager.

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06.03.2025 16:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stephen Robinson takes inspiration from old Bournemouth side in defying odds The Saints manager says his old side have shown that putting the right building blocks in place can allow a club to compete at the top level

Stephen Robinson once scored two goals to ensure that Bournemouth survived - now they are Premier League regulars.

Now, as St Mirren boss, the Northern Irishman wants to use the Cherries' 'never-give-up' attitude to fuel a third top-six finish in a row.

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05.03.2025 18:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Toyosi Olusanya and Richard Taylor set to reject new deals at St Mirren The Buddies duo have become key players over the course of the last two season's but are now likely to move on when their contracts expire in the summer.

🚨 Bit of breaking news last week.

Toyosi Olusanya and Richard Taylor set to reject new deals at St Mirren

Stephen Robinson says the duo had been offered the “best deals” by the club.

Work is already underway looking for their replacements.

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05.03.2025 15:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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St Mirren Women head coach Kate Cooper welcomes return to form The team recorded their first win since the end of January in SWF League One.

St Mirren Women returned to winning ways last week with a stunning 8-2 victory against Giffnock.

Head coach Kate Cooper praised the young Saints for taking every game in their stride with several senior players still on the injury table.

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25.02.2025 17:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mikael Mandron had 'no doubts' goal would stand in Saints win over Rangers The French forward had his opener against ruled out for a foul before VAR intervened and referee Kevin Clancy overturned his decision.

🗣️"The goal is up there, really, but I would have to take time and think about it."

Mikael Mandron has put his strike at Ibrox up there with some of his best.

The French forward netted the 1st of the 2 goals at Ibrox in St Mirren's 2-0 win.

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24.02.2025 18:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Saints Women striker hails goal at SMiSA Stadium as 'best moment' of career Nikki Lavery has been reflecting on her time in the black-and-white stripes.

Nikki Lavery has been in fine form for St Mirren Women.

The young attacker has been scoring for fun but netting at the SMiSA Stadium earlier this season has proved to be the highlight so far.

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18.02.2025 12:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Scott Tanser hopes to replicate St Johnstone Scottish Cup success at St Mirren The Buddies wing-back was part of the legendary 2021 Perth Saints team that went all the way to collect their second trophy of the campaign.

Scott Tanser is hoping that he can replicate his Scottish Cup success with St Johnstone at St Mirren 🏆

The Saints wing-back won the cup in 2021 with the Perth Saints but is now looking to get back to Hampden - with St Mirren fans in attendance.

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06.02.2025 16:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Talented St Mirren are spot on in Scottish Youth Cup semi-finals quest The young Buddies went all the way to penalties in Sunday's quarter-final clash with Queen's Park at Lochinch.

St Mirren Under 18s progressed into the semi-final of the Scottish Youth Cup winning 3-2 in penalties after the game finished 1-1.

Evan Mooney was on target during the match after converting from the spot in the first half.

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28.01.2025 16:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Killian Phillips opens up on role Crystal Palace play during his stay in Paisley The on-loan midfielder from Premier League side Crystal Palace has been in regular contact with coaches down south.

🗣️"It helps when you’re playing as well. The gaffer [Stephen Robinson] really put faith and trust in me."

Killian Phillips puts down his improvement to Stephen
Robinson and says that coaches at Crystal Palace are still in regular contact with him.

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14.01.2025 18:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stephen McGinn opens up on buzz and love for St Mirren coaching role The club's Under-18s coach has been loving life with the young Saints and admits that it was the right time to move into coaching when he did.

🚨 Excl: Stephen McGinn has opened up on how he is loving life as a coach.

The St Mirren Under-18s coach has overseen players such as Evan Mooney and Callum Penman go on and make their senior debut.

More from the former Saints captain⤵️

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10.01.2025 16:57 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Renfrew TikTok star running 186 miles for mental health charity Adam Donnelly is running 10k a day, for 30 days, in a bid to generate money for Scottish Action for Mental Health (SAMH) as well as raise awareness around mental health amongst men.

Running from Paisley to Preston seems crazy but for Adam Donnelly that is a reality 👏

The personal trainer has undertaken the challenge to run 10k every day for 30 days as he looks to raise money for
@SAMHtweets.

Story on why he is doing it 👇
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07.01.2025 17:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“The next step is building a sustainable pathway. One of the challenges for us is the upkeep in the sport. Most of us are volunteers.”

Kate Cooper has praised the growth of the women’s game in Scotland but outlines key obstacles facing the sport ⬇️

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24.12.2024 15:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gogic's fitness focus as Saints star says he's in best shape of his life The Buddies enforcer has been the heartbeat of Stephen Robinson's Greenhill Road revolution.

Alex Gogic has paid tribute to St Mirren’s fitness department for keeping him in the best shape of his life.

The Buddies defender has been a mainstay in the side for nearly all of this season.

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23.12.2024 20:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Robinson set for Saints defensive boost ahead of St Johnstone showdown The Buddies boss looks like having a key summer signing available again following an injury lay-off.

Alex Iacovitti is set to return to action for the St Mirren this weekend with Stephen Robinson saying the defender is “close to full fitness”.

It is a welcomed return for the Buddies as they are set to miss Alex Gogic through suspension.

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13.12.2024 23:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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VAR officials 'doing their best' according to Saints boss Robinson The January window opens in less the three weeks time and St Mirren boss Stephen Robinson says he has a "long, long list" that he and the footballing board will be working through.

🗣️: "I believe there are people ahead of him at this moment in time. But Dennis has trained and kept his head down and worked hard."

Stephen Robinson gave an update on Dennis Adeniran who has not featured for the club since October ⤵️

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12.12.2024 17:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stephen Robinson has drawn up his transfer window wishlist The St Mirren boss has been eager for the transfer window to open ever since the summer window closed after losing three key players during the first half of the season.

🗣️: "We also have to consider what we’re bringing in when we’ve got younger players like Evan and Callum and not to block their pathway up as well."

Stephen Robinson is looking to add to his squad, but not at the expense of St Mirren's youngsters✍️

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11.12.2024 17:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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➡️ St Mirren skipper Mark O'Hara salutes Peter Hartley's Paisley performance - dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/r…

➡️ Kate Cooper believes St Mirren Women will learn lessons from first defeat in nine games - dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/r 

10.12.2024 20:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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➡️ Stephen Robinson left with St Mirren defensive headache after Marcus Fraser's red card - dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/r…

➡️ St Mirren No 2 Brian Kerr on 'incredible' experience working with Stephen Robinson - dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/r 

10.12.2024 20:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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➡️ Greg Kiltie hopes VAR decisions fall St Mirren's way after Tannadice torment - dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/r…

➡️ Stephen Robinson 'disappointed' with St Mirren's lack of cutting edge against Dundee United - dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/r 

10.12.2024 20:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

From Tannadice to Paisley, last week was fun (barring the result) covering St Mirren 😄

Plenty of back pages racked up in the Paisley Daily Express bringing all the latest news coming out the club.

Always a pleasure to bring fans the news. Links to this week’s stories ⤵️

10.12.2024 20:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Cooper believes Saints Women will learn lessons from first defeat in nine The Buddies lost to Armadale Thistle in their last game of 2024 and the league is now on a winter hiatus.

St Mirren Women dropped off the top of the table for the first time in 9 weeks after losing to Armadale Thistle

With the winter break now upon @stmirren.com a recruitment drive is in full flow for the start of the second half of the season.

Full report ⬇️⬇️

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06.12.2024 21:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Saints No 2 Kerr on 'incredible' experience working with Robinson The former Motherwell and Hibernian midfielder told how the Northern Irishman helped navigate the club through a tough time.

🗣️: He’s a top manager, a top coach, on the pitch and off the pitch”

Brian Kerr spoke about his relationship with Stephen Robinson and how working with him is “incredible..every single day”

More below ➡️↘️⬇️

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04.12.2024 17:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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04.12.2024 12:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stephen Robinson left with a defensive headache after Marcus Fraser's red card The St Mirren defender saw red on Saturday and with Alex Iacovitti and Charles Dunne still a while away from playing, the Buddies manager is looking to fill the gap in defence

Stephen Robinson maintains that “one person’s misfortune is another person’s chance” after Marcus Fraser is set to miss this weekend’s game.

Full story 👇

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03.12.2024 22:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Greg Kiltie hopes VAR decisions fall St Mirren's way after Tannadice torment The Buddies were involved in plenty of small-screen drama against Dundee United at the weekend.

Spoke to Greg Kiltie after St Mirren's game on Saturday, and the winger hopes VAR decisions even themselves out come the end of the season after a dramatic day against Dundee United at Tannadice 😬

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02.12.2024 16:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Pitched up at Tannadice this afternoon 🏟️

Two inform sides and two good teams out on the park in Dundee United and @stmirren.com

Looking forward to taking this in. Full match report and fall out in the @PDE_Sport 👀

30.11.2024 14:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mark O'Hara hopes St Mirren form can persuade best Buddies to sign new deals The club's skipper has reflected on a four-game unbeaten run ahead of this weekend's clash with Dundee United.

Mark O’Hara hopes that the feel good factor at St Mirren can help persuade players like Toyosi Olusanya and Richard Taylor to stay at the club.

The Buddies skipper spoke ahead of their game against Dundee United today 👇

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30.11.2024 00:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Another impressive display from Evan Mooney who bagged a hat-trick in the Under 18s Scottish Youth Cup against Hearts.

Stephen McGinn believes that if Mooney continues to score goals, more chances in the first team will come.

Full story ⤵️

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28.11.2024 16:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Evan Mooney stealing the show with an impressive hat-trick as Stephen McGinn’s side progress.

St Mirren have a serious talent on their hands

26.11.2024 21:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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