2011–12 St Mirren F.C. season

St Mirren
2011–12 season
Chairman	Stewart Gilmour
Manager	Danny Lennon
Stadium	St Mirren Park
SPL	8th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-Final; lost to Hearts
League Cup	Quarter-Final; lost to Ayr United
Top goalscorer	League: ; Steven Thompson (13); All: ; Steven Thompson (16)
Highest home attendance	6,711 v Rangers; (24 December 2011)
Lowest home attendance	3,305 v Hibernian; (29 April 2012)
Average home league attendance	4,493
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was St Mirren's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in the league since their promotion in the 2005–06 season.^[1] St Mirren also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

St Mirren finished eight in the Scottish Premier League.^[2] They reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup where they were beaten by eventual winners Hearts.^[3] They also reached the League Cup quarter-finals but were beaten by lower league opposition Ayr United.^[4]

Matches

Win Draw Loss

Friendlies

5 July 2011 Friendly	Queen's Park	1 – 1	St Mirren	Hampden Park, Glasgow
	Watt		Trialist

9 July 2011 Friendly	Ayr United	1 – 0	St Mirren	Somerset Park, Ayr
	Patterson 80'	Ayr Report		Attendance: 1,004 Referee: Steven McLean

12 July 2011 Friendly	Dumbarton	0 – 2	St Mirren	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
		St Mirren Report	Teale 4' Thomson 24'	Referee: Gary Hilland

16 July 2011 Renfrewshire Cup Final 2011	St Mirren	4 – 2	Greenock Morton	St Mirren Park
	Thompson Thomson McGowan	St Mirren Report	Weatherson	Referee: Steve Conroy

19 July 2011 Friendly	Cowdenbeath	3 – 1	St Mirren	Central Park
	Robertson 18' Stewart 60', 85'	St Mirren Report	McGowan 27'	Attendance: 221 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish Premier League

25 July 2011 SPL Round 1	Dunfermline	0 – 0	St Mirren	East End Park
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 5,035 Referee: O'Reilly

30 July 2011 SPL Round 2	St Mirren	1 – 0	Aberdeen	St Mirren Park
	Hasselbaink 50'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 5,011 Referee: Norris

6 August 2011 SPL Round 3	Dundee United	1 – 1	St Mirren	Tannadice Park
	Daly 67'	BBC Sport	Thompson 11'	Attendance: 6,594 Referee: Allan

13 August 2011 SPL Round 4	St Mirren	0 – 1	Motherwell	St Mirren Park
		BBC Sport	Hateley 92'	Attendance: 5,105 Referee: Brines

20 August 2011 SPL Round 5	Hibernian	1 – 2	St Mirren	Easter Road Stadium
	O'Connor 25'	BBC Sport	Thompson 42' Thomson 45+1'	Attendance: 8,886 Referee: Alan Muir

28 August 2011 SPL Round 6	St Mirren	0 – 2	Celtic	St Mirren Park
		BBC Sport	Hooper 6', 12'	Attendance: 6,223 Referee: Willie Collum

10 September 2011 SPL Round 7	St Mirren	0 – 0	St Johnstone	St Mirren Park
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,855 Referee: Mclean

17 September 2011 SPL Round 8	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 0	St Mirren	Tynecastle Stadium
	Hamill 43' (pen.) Mair 70' (o.g.)	BBC Sport		Attendance: 12,572 Referee: Richmond

24 September 2011 SPL Round 9	St Mirren	3 – 0	Kilmarnock	St Mirren Park
	McGowan 32', 45' (pen.) Hasselbaink 85'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Stephen Finnie

1 October 2011 SPL Round 10	Inverness CT	2 – 1	St Mirren	Caledonian Stadium
	Shinnie 31' Tade 78'	BBC Sport	McAusland 23'	Attendance: 3,249 Referee: Salmond

15 October 2011 SPL Round 11	Rangers	1 – 1	St Mirren	Ibrox Stadium
	Jelavić 48'	BBC Sport	Thompson 90+5'	Attendance: 47,034 Referee: Allan

22 October 2011 SPL Round 12	St Mirren	2 – 3	Hibernian	St Mirren Park
	McGowan 32', 34'	BBC Sport	Griffiths 6', 41' O'Hanlon 37'	Attendance: 4,273 Referee: Madden

29 October 2011 SPL Round 13	St Johnstone	0 – 1	St Mirren	McDiarmid Park
		BBC Sport	McLean 81'	Attendance: 2,939 Referee: Norris

5 November 2011 SPL Round 14	St Mirren	0 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	St Mirren Park
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 4,771 Referee: Conroy

19 November 2011 SPL Round 15	St Mirren	2 – 1	Dunfermline	St Mirren Park
	Mclean 25' Hasselbaink 45'	BBC Sport	Cardle 63'	Attendance: 4,363 Referee: Allan

26 November 2011 SPL Round 16	Celtic	5 – 0	St Mirren	Celtic Park
	Samaras 4' Hooper 8', 53', 57' McGeouch 72'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 48,406 Referee: McLean

3 December 2011 SPL Round 17	St Mirren	1 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St Mirren Park
	Thompson 45+2'	BBC Sport	Shinnie 11' Hayes 69'	Attendance: 3,675 Referee: Norris

10 December 2011 SPL Round 18	Aberdeen	2 – 2	St Mirren	Pittodrie Stadium
	Vernon 1' Fallon 17' Fyvie 90+2'	BBC Sport	McLean 34' Carey 52'	Attendance: 9,452 Referee: Finnie

17 December 2011 SPL Round 19	Motherwell	1 – 1	St Mirren	Fir Park
	Higdon 48'	BBC Sport	Goodwin 59'	Attendance: 4,557 Referee: Murray

24 December 2011 SPL Round 20	St Mirren	2 – 1	Rangers	St Mirren Park
	Mooy 44' McGowan 45+2'	BBC Sport	Wallace 11' McCulloch 24' Goian 87'	Attendance: 6,711 Referee: McLean

28 December 2011 SPL Round 21	St Mirren	2 – 2	Dundee United	St Mirren Park
	Thompson 27' Carey 32'	BBC Sport	Daly 31' Armstrong 35'	Attendance: 3,811 Referee: Thomson

2 January 2012 SPL Round 22	Kilmarnock	2 – 1	St Mirren	Rugby Park
	Heffernan 34' Racchi 89'	BBC Sport	Mair 10'	Attendance: 5,986 Referee: Madden

14 January 2012 SPL Round 23	Heart of Midlothian	5 – 2	St Mirren	Tynecastle Stadium
	Žaliūkas 1' Žaliūkas 12' Skácel 23', 64', 68' Sutton 90'	BBC Report	McGowan 13' (Penalty) Thompson 19'	Attendance: 12,462 Referee: McLean

21 January 2012 SPL Round 24	St Mirren	0 – 2	Celtic	St Mirren Park
		BBC Sport	Forrest 71' Brown 88'	Attendance: 6,129 Referee: Allan

28 January 2012 SPL Round 25	Inverness CT	0 – 0	St Mirren	Caledonian Stadium
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 3,044 Referee: Finnie

11 February 2012 SPL Round 26	St Mirren	0 – 0	Motherwell	St Mirren Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 4,204 Referee: Charleston

18 February 2012 SPL Round 27	Dundee United	0 – 0	St Mirren	Tannadice Park
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 6,363 Referee: Winter

25 February 2012 SPL Round 28	St Mirren	1 – 1	Aberdeen	St Mirren Park
	Vernon 57'	BBC Sport	Hasselbaink 59'	Attendance: 3,627 Referee: Steven McLean

3 March 2012 SPL Round 29	Hibernian	0 – 0	St Mirren	Easter Road
		BBC Report		Attendance: 9,211 Referee: Collum

17 March 2012 SPL Round 30	St Mirren	0 – 3	St Johnstone	St Mirren Park
		BBC Report Guardian Stats	Croft 2' McCracken 76' Sandaza 85'	Attendance: 3,768 Referee: Madden

24 March 2012 SPL Round 31	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 1	St Mirren	East End Park
	Cardle 46'	BBC Sport	Thompson 38'	Attendance: 3,753 Referee: Muir

31 March 2012 SPL Round 32	St Mirren	4 – 2	Kilmarnock	St Mirren Park
	Thompson 24', 83' Thomson 61' Hasselbaink 66'	BBC Sport	Van Tornhout 13' Shiels 89'	Attendance: 4,365 Referee: Colvin

7 April 2012 SPL Round 33	Rangers	3 – 1	St Mirren	Ibrox Stadium
	McCulloch 1' Little 40' Lafferty 60' (pen.)	BBC Sport	McGowan 49' Tesselaar 51'	Attendance: 46,998 Referee: Collum

21 April 2012 SPL Round 34	St Mirren	4 – 4	Dunfermline Athletic	St Mirren Park
	Hasselbaink 4' Thompson 43', 48', 67'	BBC Sport	McMillan 24' Graham 56' Buchanan 71' Kirk 88'	Attendance: 3,616 Referee: Brines

29 April 2012 SPL Round 35	St Mirren	1 – 0	Hibernian	St Mirren Park
	McLean 65' McAusland 78'	BBC Report	Stevenson 92'	Attendance: 3,305 Referee: Finnie

2 May 2012 SPL Round 36	Kilmarnock	0 – 2	St Mirren	Rugby Park
		BBC Sport	McGowan 9' Thompson 45'	Attendance: 3,645 Referee: Beaton

5 May 2012 SPL Round 37	St Mirren	0 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	St Mirren Park
		BBC Sport	Foran 85'	Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Murray

12 May 2012 SPL Round 38	Aberdeen	0 – 0	St Mirren	Pittodrie Stadium
		BBC Sport		Attendance: 10,716 Referee: Collum

Scottish Cup

7 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	St Mirren	0 – 0	Hamilton Academical	St Mirren Park
		BBC Report		Attendance: 3,091 Referee: Collum

17 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Replay	Hamilton Academical	0 – 1	St Mirren	New Douglas Park
		BBC Report	Carey 21'	Attendance: 1,520 Referee: Collum

4 February 2012 Scottish Cup round 5	St Mirren	1 – 1	Ross County	St Mirren Park
	Thompson 43'	BBC Sport	Brittain 40' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,334 Referee: Madden

14 February 2012 Scottish Cup round 5 Replay	Ross County	1 – 2	St Mirren	Victoria Park
	Morrow 55'	BBC Report	Teale 14' Thompson 37' Hasselbaink 53'	Attendance: 2,334 Referee: Madden

10 March 2012 Scottish Cup QF	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 2	St Mirren	Tynecastle Stadium
	Beattie 37' Skacel 48'	BBC Report	Carey 27' Žaliūkas 84' (Own goal)	Attendance: 8,859 Referee: O'Reilly

21 March 2012 Scottish Cup QF Replay	St Mirren	0 – 2	Heart of Midlothian	St Mirren Park
		BBC Report	Hamill 31' Skacel 86'	Attendance: 5,291 Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish League Cup

23 August 2011 Scottish League Cup round 2	Greenock Morton	3 – 4	St Mirren	Cappielow, Greenock
	Tidser 17' MacDonald 27' Jackson 79'	BBC Sport	Teale 8' Thompson 55', 66' Hasselbaink 60'	Attendance: 4,959 Referee: Calum Murray

20 September 2011 Scottish League Cup round 3	St Johnstone	0 – 2	St Mirren	McDiarmid Park
		BBC Sport	Adams 39' (o.g.) Goodwin 45'	Attendance: 2,296 Referee: Craig Thomson

25 October 2011 Scottish League Cup Quarter-Final	St Mirren	0 – 1	Ayr United	St Mirren Park
		BBC Report	Smith 81'	Attendance: 4,570 Referee: O'Reilly

Squad information

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
6	MF	Jim Goodwin		38	Club captain

Last updated: 13 May 2012
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.

Players

Last updated 13 May 2012^[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		SPL		Scottish Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Craig Samson	47	0	38	0	6	0	3	0
2	DF	IRL	David van Zanten	43	0	35	0	5	0	3	0
3	DF	SCO	David Barron	21	0	17	0	4	0	0	0
4	DF	SCO	Darren McGregor	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	SCO	Lee Mair	43	1	34	1	6	0	3	0
6	MF	IRL	Jim Goodwin	38	2	31	1	4	0	3	1
7	MF	SCO	Hugh Murray	9	0	7	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF	SCO	Steven Thomson	31	2	24	2	4	0	3	0
9	FW	SCO	Steven Thompson	44	16	36	13	5	1	3	2
10	FW	SCO	Paul McGowan	45	8	37	8	5	0	3	0
11	FW	NED	Nigel Hasselbaink	42	8	34	6	5	1	3	1
12	GK	SCO	Graeme Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	SCO	Joe McKee	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	SCO	Marc McAusland	40	1	32	1	5	0	3	0
15	MF	AUS	Aaron Mooy	12	1	8	1	4	0	0	0
16	FW	SCO	Paul McQuade	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	SCO	Kenny McLean	33	4	28	4	3	0	2	0
18	MF	SCO	Jamie McKernon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	SCO	Jon McShane	14	0	10	0	1	0	3	0
20	DF	SCO	Dominic Kennedy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	SCO	Gary Teale	43	2	34	0	6	1	3	1
22	DF	NED	Jeroen Tesselaar	41	0	33	0	5	0	3	0
23	MF	IRL	Graham Carey	36	4	29	2	6	2	1	0
24	MF	NED	Ilias Haddad	11	0	10	0	0	0	1	0
25	GK	ENG	Adam McHugh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	SCO	Dougie Imrie	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF	SCO	Jason Naismith	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
39	FW	SCO	Thomas Reilly	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 13 May 2012

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Scottish Premier League		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
1		GK	Craig Samson	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	David van Zanten	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
3		DF	David Barron	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
4		DF	Darren McGregor	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Lee Mair	6	0	2	0	0	0	8	0
6		MF	Jim Goodwin	12	0	2	0	0	0	14	0
7		MF	Hugh Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8		MF	Steven Thomson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Steven Thompson	6	0	0	0	1	1	7	1
10		FW	Paul McGowan	9	0	1	0	1	0	11	0
11		FW	Nigel Hasselbaink	4	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
12		GK	Graeme Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13		MF	Joe McKee	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		DF	Marc McAusland	8	1	1	0	0	0	9	1
15		MF	Aaron Mooy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16		FW	Paul McQuade	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		MF	Kenny McLean	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
18		MF	Jamie McKernon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		FW	Jon McShane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		DF	Dominic Kennedy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		MF	Gary Teale	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Jeroen Tesselaar	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1
23		MF	Graham Carey	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
24		MF	Ilias Haddad	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25		GK	Adam McHugh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		FW	Dougie Imrie	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
39		FW	Thomas Reilly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46		DF	Jason Naismith	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Top scorer

Last updated on 13 May 2012

Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
FW	9	Steven Thompson	13	2	1	16
FW	11	Nigel Hasselbaink	6	1	1	8
FW	10	Paul McGowan	8			8
MF	23	Graham Carey	2		2	4
MF	17	Kenny McLean	4			4
MF	6	Jim Goodwin	1	1		2
MF	21	Gary Teale		1	1	2
MF	8	Steven Thomson	2			2
DF	14	Marc McAusland	1			1
MF	15	Aaron Mooy	1			1
MF	5	Lee Mair	1			1

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	St Johnstone	38	14	8	16	43	50	−7	50	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]

7	Kilmarnock	38	11	14	13	44	61	−17	47
8	St Mirren	38	9	16	13	39	51	−12	43
9	Aberdeen	38	9	14	15	36	44	−8	41
10	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	10	9	19	42	60	−18	39

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Transfers

Players out

Player	To	Fee
John Potter	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[15]
Craig Dargo	Partick Thistle	Free^[16]
Gareth Wardlaw	Ayr United	Free^[17]
Garry Brady	Brechin City	Free^[18]
Patrick Cregg	Bury	Free^[19]
Sean Lynch	Airdrie United	Free^[20]
Nick Hegarty	Mansfield Town	Free^[21]
Jamie McCluskey	Dundee	Free^[22]
Mark McLennan	Irvine Meadow XI	Free^[23]
Ally Love	East Stirlingshire	Free^[24]
Michael Higdon	Motherwell	Free^[25]
Paul Gallacher	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[26]
Ryan Frances	East Stirlingshire	Free^[27]
Conor Ramsay	Greenock Morton	Free^[28]
Creag Little	Greenock Morton	Free^[28]
Graeme Ramage	Dumbarton	Free^[29]
Jamie McKernon	Ayr United	Loan^[30]
Adam McHugh	Forfar Athletic	Loan^[31]
Jure Travner	Ludogorets	Free^[32]
Paul McQuade	East Fife	Free^[33]
Dominic Kennedy	Dumbarton	Loan^[34]
Bradley Coyne	East Stirlingshire	Loan^[35]
Peter Bradley	Queen's Park	Free^[36]
Thomas Reilly	Albion Rovers	Loan^[37]
Garry Campbell	Free agent	Free^[38]
Ilias Haddad	CSKA Sofia^[39]	Free^[40]
Mark Lamont	Dumbarton	Loan^[41]
Jon McShane	Hamilton Academical	Loan^[42]
Bradley Coyne	Forfar Athletic^[43]	Free^[44]

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