Right! The Liverpool game was the Centenary match in December 1977. It was deffo played under the OLD floodlights!
The 1 & only time I think I saw them - small pylons in each corner with additional lamps suspended from the 2 roofs!
We acquired the "new" pylons from Rangers FC (now defunct) when they replaced theirs!
We played St Ettienne in a UEFA cup match in season 1980/81 along with FC Elfsborg (Swe)
(God I feel old!!!)
Arsenal,who were in Paisley on Sunday 14th February 1981,both clubs having suffered early dismissals from their respective cup competitions. Almost 10,000 spectators saw St.Mirren go into the lead just before half-time when Frank McDougall took full advantage of a beautiful Peter Weir cross. Immediately after the interval Frank Stapleton equalised after some shoddy home defending. Weir,whose trickery caused John Devine no end of trouble,put the home side ahead again,but O'Leary made the scores level twelve minutes later. Sunderland,Rix and Stapleton now began to play very impressively and Arsenal just about deserved the narrow win which was earned by a late goal by Davis. St.Mirren: Thomson,Young,Beckett,Richardson,Fulton,Copland,McDougall (Logan),Stark (McCormack),Somner,Abercromby (Bone),Weir. Arsenal: Jennings (Wood),Devine,Sansom,Talbot (Cox),O'Leary,White,McDemott (Gatling),Sunderland,Stapleton,Davis,Rix.