2007–08 St Mirren F.C. season

February 2016 September 2020 St Mirren 2007–08 Gus McPherson Stewart Gilmour Scottish Premier League 10th Scottish Cup Quarter-finals League Cup 2nd Round Billy Mehmet (8) Billy Mehmet (6) _blackshoulders _blackstripes3 _blackshoulders _blacksides 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: PlayerFromFeeSCO Will Haining Oldham Athletic Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/6251146.stm BBC Sport website St Mirren sign up striker Dargo 28 June 2007SCO Gary Mason Dunfermline Athletic FreeSCO Craig Dargo Inverness CT FreeEngland Mark Howard Cardiff City FreeArgentina Franco Miranda Helsingborgs IF Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/6941159.stm Miranda completes move to Buddies 10 August 2007 BBC Sport 4 January 2010SCO Paul Mathers East Fife UndisclosedTrinidad and Tobago Chris Birchall Coventry City Loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/6972783.stm Buddies complete Birchall signing 31 August 2007 31 August 2007 BBC SportEngland Andy Dorman New England Revolution FreeSaints secure Revolution's Dorman https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/7159652.stm BBC 30 December 2007 23 January 2013SCO Jim Hamilton Dunfermline Freehttp://msnsport.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11797_3093146,00.html https://archive.today/20120710093728/http://msnsport.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11797_3093146,00.html dead 10 July 2012 Hamilton joins St Mirren 30 January 2008 Sky Sports Out: PlayerToFeeSCO Kirk Broadfoot Rangers Pre-Contracthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/6415587.stm BBC Sport Rangers sign Buddies' Broadfoot 6 March 2007England John Sutton Wycombe Free Wycombe sign St Mirren's Sutton https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/wycombe_wanderers/6248210.stm BBC Sport 28 June 2007 28 June 2007England Tony Bullock Ross County Freehttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/r/ross_county/6704539.stm BBC Sport 1 June 2007 Golabek & Bullock back at CountySCO Craig Hinchliffe Partick Thistle Free SCO David McKenna Stirling Albion FreeStirling Albion sign up McKenna https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/stirling_albion/6255112.stm BBC Sport 29 June 2007 20 November 2013SCO John Baird Montrose FreeSeason ending suits Jim http://www.montrosereview.co.uk/sport/football/season-ending-suits-jim-1-340596 Montrose Review 2 May 2007 15 February 2014 https://archive.today/20140216005404/http://www.montrosereview.co.uk/sport/football/season-ending-suits-jim-1-340596 16 February 2014 deadSCO Kevin McGowne Montrose FreeMcGowne heading out to Montrose https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/st_mirren/6601545.stm BBC Sport 27 April 2007 4 May 2015SCO Scott Gemmill Berwick Rangers Contract Expiredhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/berwick_rangers/6721243.stm Buddie Gemmill heads for Berwick 25 July 2008 BBC News 4 June 2007 SCO Paul Lawson Celtic Loan ReturnSCO Eddie Malone Dundee On Loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dundee/7075532.stm Buddies' Malone heads for Dens 2 November 2007 3 November 2007 BBC SportTrinidad and Tobago Chris Birchall Coventry City Loan ReturnSCO Eddie Malone Dundee Undisclosedhttp://www.thedees.co.uk/news_detail.asp?ID=2212 Eddie signs up Dundee FC usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200116/http://www.thedees.co.uk/news_detail.asp?ID=2212 14 July 2014SCO Alex Burke Dunfermline Loanhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/dunfermline_athletic/7230385.stm Buddie Burke joins Pars on loan 6 February 2008 BBC Sport Players Squad 1 Scotland Chris Smith GK 2 Republic of Ireland David van Zanten DF 3 Scotland Alan Reid DF 4 Scotland Gary Mason MF 5 Scotland Will Haining DF 6 Scotland John Potter DF 7 Scotland Hugh Murray MF captain 8 Scotland Eddie Malone DF 9 Republic of Ireland Billy Mehmet FW 10 Scotland Stewart Kean FW 11 Scotland Alex Burke MF 12 Scotland Richard Brittain MF 14 Scotland Garry Brady MF 15 Scotland Mark Corcoran FW 16 Scotland Ian Maxwell DF 17 Scotland Craig Dargo FW 18 Wales Andy Dorman MF 19 Argentina Franco Miranda DF 20 Scotland Craig Molloy MF 21 England Mark Howard GK 22 Scotland Stephen O'Donnell MF 23 Scotland Ryan McCay DF 25 Scotland David Barron FW 26 Scotland Stephen McGinn MF 28 Scotland Andy Millen MF 30 Scotland Paul Mathers GK 46 Trinidad Chris Birchall MF Fixtures and results Fixtures and results for St Mirren F.C. for season 2007–08. NOTE: scores are written St Mirren first DateVenueOpponentsScoreCompetitionSt Mirren ScorersSPL Pos.Match Report17 July 2007Forthbank StadiumStirling Albion3–0 Friendly Corcoran, McCay, Kean (pen.)N/A Mirren MAD19 July 2007The ShowgroundsNewry City0–0Friendly−-N/A Mirren MAD21 July 2007Stangmore ParkDungannon Swifts4–0 FriendlyMehmet, Haining, Dargo (x2)N/A Mirren MAD26 July 2007Strathclyde Homes StadiumDumbarton3–0FriendlyKean (x2), CorcoranN/AMirren MAD28 July 2007Love StreetMorton1–0RCFCorcoranN/AMirren MAD4 August 2007Love StreetMotherwell0–1SPL−-10thBBC Sport11 August 2007Ibrox StadiumRangers0–2SPL−-10thBBC Sport18 August 2007Love StreetInverness CT2–1SPLMiranda, Corcoran7thBBC Sport25 August 2007Falkirk StadiumFalkirk1–0SPLMehmet7thBBC Sport28 August 2007Love StreetEast Fife0–1League Cup−-N/ABBC Sport2 September 2007Love StreetCeltic1–5SPLMiranda7thBBC Sport6 September 2007Love StreetDerby County1–0Hugh Murray TestimonialMehmetN/AMirren MAD16 September 2007TannadiceDundee United0–2SPL−-8thBBC Sport22 September 2007Rugby ParkKilmarnock0–0SPL−-9thBBC Sport30 September 2007Love StreetHeart of Midlothian1–3SPLCorcoran10thBBC Sport7 October 2007PittodrieAberdeen0–4SPL−-11thBBC Sport20 October 2007Love StreetGretna1–0SPLMehmet9thBBC Sport27 October 2007Easter RoadHibernian1–0SPLMehmet9thBBC Sport3 November 2007Fir ParkMotherwell1–1SPLKean9thBBC Sport24 November 2007Caledonian StadiumInverness CT0–1SPL−-9thBBC Sport1 December 2007Love StreetFalkirk1–5SPLMehmet11thBBC Sport8 December 2007Celtic ParkCeltic1–1 SPLMcGinn11thBBC Sport15 December 2007Love StreetDundee United0–3SPL−-11thBBC Sport22 December 2007Love StreetKilmarnock0–0SPL−-11thBBC Sport26 December 2007TynecastleHeart of Midlothian1–0SPLMcGinn11thBBC Sport29 December 2007Love StreetAberdeen0–1SPL−-11thBBC Sport5 January 2008Love StreetHibernian2–1SPLMaxwell, Mason10thBBC Sport12 January 2008Love StreetDumbarton3–0Scottish CupCorcoran, Barron, MehmetN/ABBC Sport19 January 2008Love StreetMotherwell3–1SPLCorcoran, Maxwell (x2)9thBBC Sport26 January 2008Ibrox StadiumRangers0–4SPL−-10thBBC Sport2 February 2008Love StreetDundee United0–0Scottish Cup 5th Round−-N/ABBC Sport9 February 2008Love StreetInverness CT1–1SPLMehmet10thBBC Sport13 February 2008TannadiceDundee United1–0Scottish Cup 5th Round ReplayDormanN/ABBC Sport16 February 2008Falkirk StadiumFalkirk0–4SPL−-10thBBC Sport24 February 2008Love StreetCeltic0–1SPL−-10thBBC Sport27 February 2008TannadiceDundee United1–1SPLDorman10thBBC Sport1 March 2008Rugby ParkKilmarnock0–1SPL−-11thBBC Sport8 March 2008McDiarmid ParkSt Johnstone1–1Scottish Cup 6th RoundDormanN/ABBC Sport15 March 2008Love StreetHeart of Midlothian1–1SPLHamilton11thBBC Sport18 March 2008Love StreetSt Johnstone1–3Scottish Cup 6th Round ReplayMehmet (pen.)N/ABBC Sport22 March 2008PittodrieAberdeen1–1SPLDorman11thBBC Sport29 March 2008Love StreetGretna2–0SPLDargo, Mehmet11thBBC Sport5 April 2008Easter RoadHibs0–2SPL−-11thBBC Sport10 April 2008Fir ParkGretna0–0SPL−-11thBBC Sport19 April 2008TynecastleHeart of Midlothian2–3SPLMcCay; Mason11thBBC Sport Competitions SPL 2007–08 Scottish Premier League Classification STM See also List of St Mirren F.C. seasons References 2007-08 Saint Mirren