2020–21 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren
2020–21 season
Chairman	Gordon Scott
Manager	Jim Goodwin
Stadium	St Mirren Park
Premiership	5th
League Cup	TBA
Scottish Cup	TBA
Top goalscorer	League: Richard Tait ; (1 goal); All: Richard Tait ; (1 goal)
Highest home attendance	0
Lowest home attendance	0
Average home league attendance	0
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2020–21 season is the club's third consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football since being promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2017–18 season. St Mirren will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Month by month review

June

2 June - the club announced that 13 players will leave the club when their contracts shortly expire. Captain Stephen McGinn, Václav Hladký, Gary MacKenzie, Oan Djorkaeff, Ross Wallace, Tony Andreu, Danny Mullen and Cody Cooke wont have their contractors renewed - while loanees Lee Hodson, Calum Waters, Akin Famewo, Seifedin Chabbi and Alex Jakubiak all return to their parent clubs.^[1]

8 June - midfielder Ryan Flynn signed a one-year extension to his contract.^[2]

18 June - defender Richard Tait signed from Motherwell on a two-year deal.^[3]

22 June - Rangers goalkeeper Jak Alnwick signed on a two-year deal, after being released by his former club.^[4]

July

7 July - Fleetwood Town midfielder Nathan Sheron joined the club on a season long loan.^[5]

20 July - defender Joe Shaughnessy signed on a two-year deal from Southend United, and Icelandic midfielder Ísak Þorvaldsson joined the club on a season long loan from Norwich City.^[6]

28 July - Ex-Ross County defender Marcus Fraser signed a one-year deal with the club.^[7]

Squad list

As of 2 August 2020^[8]

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From	Signed in	Signed until	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Jak Alnwick	GK	(1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 31)	Rangers	2020	2022	1	0
26	Dean Lyness	GK	(1991-07-20) 20 July 1991 (age 32)	Raith Rovers	2019	2021	4	0
27	Peter Urminský	GK	(1999-05-24) 24 May 1999 (age 25)	Spartak Trnava	2020	2021	0	0
Defenders
2	Richard Tait	DF	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 34)	Motherwell	2020	2022	1	1
4	Joe Shaughnessy	DF	(1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 32)	Southend United	2020	2022	1	0
5	Conor McCarthy	DF	(1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 26)	Cork City	2020	2022	14	1
15	Jack Baird	DF	(1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 28)	St Mirren youth team	2014	2021	166	6
22	Marcus Fraser	DF	(1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30)	Ross County	2020	2021	1	0
Midfielders
6	Nathan Sheron	MF	(1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 26)	Fleetwood Town (loan)	2020	2021	0	0
7	Kyle Magennis	MF	(1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 25)	St Mirren youth team	2016	2021	107	8
8	Ryan Flynn	MF	(1988-09-04) 4 September 1988 (age 35)	Oldham Athletic	2018	2021	74	2
10	Kyle McAllister	MF	(1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 (age 27)	Derby County	2019	2022	55	4
11	İlkay Durmuş	MF	(1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 30)	Wacker Innsbruck	2019	2021	33	4
14	Cameron MacPherson	MF	(1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 (age 25)	St Mirren youth team	2015	2022	48	3
16	Sam Foley	MF	(1986-10-17) 17 October 1986 (age 37)	Northampton Town	2019	2021	32	2
17	Jamie McGrath	MF	(1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 27)	Dundalk	2020	2022	12	0
23	Ísak Þorvaldsson	MF	(2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 (age 23)	Norwich City (loan)	2020	2021	1	0
25	Ethan Erhahon	MF	(2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 23)	St Mirren youth team	2017	2022	28	1
Forwards
9	Jonathan Obika	FW	(1990-09-12) 12 September 1990 (age 33)	Oxford United	2019	2021	35	12
19	Junior Morias	FW	(1995-07-04) 4 July 1995 (age 29)	Northampton Town	2019	2021	30	2

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies

11 July 2020 Friendly	Hibernian	1 – 1	St Mirren	Hibernian Training Centre
	Gullan		Jay Henderson

18 July 2020 Friendly	Hamilton Academical	2 – 1	St Mirren	New Douglas Park
	Moyo 1' Smith 31'		Obika	Attendance: 0

Scottish Premiership

1 August 2020 1	St Mirren	1 – 0	Livingston	St Mirren Park
15:00	Tait 30'	BBC Report		Attendance: 0

9 August 2020 2	Rangers	–	St Mirren	Ibrox Stadium
15:00

Scottish League Cup

Fixtures will be added when announced.

Scottish Cup

Fixtures will be added when announced.

Player statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 2 August 2020

No.	Pos	Player	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Jak Alnwick	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
2	DF	Richard Tait	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	1
4	DF	Joe Shaughnessy	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
5	DF	Conor McCarthy	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
6	MF	Nathan Sheron	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
7	MF	Kyle Magennis	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
8	MF	Ryan Flynn	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
9	FW	Jonathan Obika	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
10	MF	Kyle McAllister	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
11	MF	İlkay Durmuş	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
14	MF	Cameron MacPherson	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
15	DF	Jack Baird	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
16	MF	Sam Foley	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
17	MF	Jamie McGrath	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
19	FW	Junior Morias	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
22	DF	Marcus Fraser	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
23	MF	Ísak Þorvaldsson	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1	0
25	MF	Ethan Erhahon	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
26	GK	Dean Lyness	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
27	GK	Peter Urminský	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

As of match played 2 August 2020^[9]

Place	Position	Nation	Name	Total	Scottish Premiership	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup
1	DF		Richard Tait	1	1
Total				1	1	0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 2 August 2020

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Total		Scottish Premiership	League Cup	Scottish Cup
2		DF	Richard Tait	1	0	1
5		DF	Conor McCarthy	1	0	1
14		MF	Cameron MacPherson	1	0	1

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
1	Rangers (C)	38	32	6	0	92	13	+79	102	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2	Celtic	38	22	11	5	78	29	+49	77	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Hibernian	38	18	9	11	48	35	+13	63	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4	Aberdeen	38	15	11	12	36	38	−2	56
5	St Johnstone	38	11	12	15	36	46	−10	45	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
6	Livingston	38	12	9	17	42	54	−12	45

7	St Mirren	38	11	12	15	37	45	−8	45
8	Motherwell	38	12	9	17	39	55	−16	45
9	Dundee United	38	10	14	14	32	50	−18	44
10	Ross County	38	11	6	21	35	66	−31	39
11	Kilmarnock (R)	38	10	6	22	43	54	−11	36	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Hamilton Academical (R)	38	7	9	22	34	67	−33	30	Relegation to Championship

Source: ^[10]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).^[11]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
^ St Johnstone qualified as the 2020–21 Scottish Cup winners.

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H
Result	W
Position	5

Updated to match(es) played on 2 August 2020. Source: ^[12]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League results by opponent

Team	Result				Points
Team	Home		Away		Points
Aberdeen	–	–	–	–	0/0
Celtic	–	–	–	–	0/0
Dundee United	–	–	–	–	0/0
Hamilton Academicals	–	–	–	–	0/0
Hibernian	–	–	–	–	0/0
Kilmarnock	–	–	–	–	0/0
Livingston	1–0	–	–	–	3/3
Motherwell	–	–	–	–	0/0
Rangers	–	–	–	–	0/0
Ross County	–	–	–	–	0/0
St Johnstone	–	–	–	–	0/0

Management statistics

Last updated on 2 August 2020

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%^{[nb 1]}
Jim Goodwin^[13]	28 June 2019	Present	39	10	12	17	025.64

Transfers

Players in

Position	Name	From	Transfer Window	Ends	Fee	Source
DF	Richard Tait	Motherwell	Summer	2022	Free	^[3]
GK	Jak Alnwick	Rangers	Summer	2022	Free	^[4]
MF	Nathan Sheron	Fleetwood Town	Summer	2021	Loan	^[5]
DF	Joe Shaughnessy	Southend United	Summer	2022	Free	^[6]
MF	Ísak Þorvaldsson	Norwich City	Summer	2021	Loan	^[6]
DF	Marcus Fraser	Ross County	Summer	2021	Free	^[7]

Players out

Position	Name	To / Type	Transfer Window	Fee	Source
MF	Stephen McGinn	Released	Summer	Free	^[1]
GK	Václav Hladký	Released	Summer	Free	^[1]
DF	Gary MacKenzie	Released	Summer	Free	^[1]
MF	Oan Djorkaeff	Released	Summer	Free	^[1]
MF	Ross Wallace	Released	Summer	Free	^[1]
FW	Tony Andreu	Released	Summer	Free	^[1]
FW	Danny Mullen	Released	Summer	Free	^[1]
FW	Cody Cooke	Released	Summer	Free	^[1]
FW	Seifedin Chabbi	Gaziantep	Summer	Loan ended	^[1]
FW	Alex Jakubiak	Watford	Summer	Loan ended	^[1]
DF	Lee Hodson	Gillingham	Summer	Loan ended	^[1]
DF	Akin Famewo	Norwich City	Summer	Loan ended	^[1]
DF	Calum Waters	Kilmarnock	Summer	Loan ended	^[1]

Notes

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "St Mirren: Captain McGinn and goalkeeper Hladky among 13 departures". BBC Sport. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ "St Mirren: Ryan Flynn signs new one-year contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "St Mirren: Richard Tait adds experience to Buddies' defence". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Jak Alnwick: Goalkeeper joins St Mirren on two-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Nathan Sheron: Fleetwood midfielder moves to St Mirren on loan". BBC Sport. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Joe Shaughnessy & Isak Thorvaldsson sign for St Mirren". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Marcus Fraser: St Mirren sign former Ross County captain". BBC Sport. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
^ "St Mirren team". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ "2020–21 St Mirren top scorers". ESPN. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ "Summary - Premiership". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ "St Mirren". Statto. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ "Jim Goodwin Statistics". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

[10] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[table_note_res_ELPO0.28983757099595-11] St Johnstone qualified as the 2020–21 Scottish Cup winners.

[note3-15] Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

[players_released-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ "St Mirren: Captain McGinn and goalkeeper Hladky among 13 departures". BBC Sport. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

[2] "St Mirren: Ryan Flynn signs new one-year contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[tait-3] "St Mirren: Richard Tait adds experience to Buddies' defence". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[alnwick-4] "Jak Alnwick: Goalkeeper joins St Mirren on two-year deal". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

[sheron-5] "Nathan Sheron: Fleetwood midfielder moves to St Mirren on loan". BBC Sport. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[shaughnessy-6] "Joe Shaughnessy & Isak Thorvaldsson sign for St Mirren". BBC Sport. BBC. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[fraser-7] "Marcus Fraser: St Mirren sign former Ross County captain". BBC Sport. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[8] "St Mirren team". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

[Goal_scorers-9] "2020–21 St Mirren top scorers". ESPN. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

[Soccerway2-12] "Summary - Premiership". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[13] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[14] "St Mirren". Statto. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

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European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
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Transfers	Summer 2020 Winter 2020–21
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