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Hi the results of the auction are on the club web site. Seems the Celtic top did not sell.

Hi, Chill man. How's the weather in Arbroath ? Been to any games or dinners recently😄 ?

I would not touch either. I do not support sectarian sports clubs. I support the club in many ways including owning shares, SMISA membership, several season tickets, corporate hospitality, player sponsorship., shop income, regular contributions to 1877 club bar income. 😄😄😄

LIVE UPDATE Here we have our General Manager wearing a RANGERS TOP and someone else in the CELTIC top. Have we no respect for ourselves ? Will Rangers and Celtic be auctioning a St. Mirren top anytime soon? What message does this send to our young players and their families. Welcoming the Bigot brothers strips to our event. How about a wee sing song of the hits from both sides of 1690 after the auction. Up to our knees in ....... etc etc etc. Money is not everything. A new take on "selling the jerseys" for sure.

https://www.ibroxinsider.com/2024/09/12/gillespie-drops-out-of-ceo-race-bevington-steps-forward/

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-transfer-news/rangers-chief-executive-jim-gillespie-33484211 Rangers are reportedly set to name St Mirren vice-chairman Jim Gillespie as the new chief executive at the club.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/renfrewshire/charities-regulator-assess-paisleys-kibble-30893311

A director has resigned. Can you guess which one? Chairman John Needham Vice Chairman Jim Gillespie Directors Gordon Scott, Mark MacMillan, Alex White, Paul McNeill

Kibble’s activities * Report club to inland revenue * Long term St Mirren supporting staff made redundant * Kibble employee David Jamieson put in place as general manager * David Jamieson replaced with another Kibble employee as general manager - L McLean * Jim Gillespie interview on SMTV promises Kibble will bring greater financial expertise * After the services of two Kibble general managers and Kibble’s improved financial expertise , club makes record loss in history, oddly close to the £1.5 million loss at Kibble’s failed Experience at Hillington that was managed by these two managers * Kibble connected companies - Asigura Ltd, Renderworks awarded stadium security, stadium catering . * Ticketing fiasco. Claims database has to be rebuilt. In reality contract broken with supplier. All fans asked to re-apply and chaos follows as does an inadequate system * Covid blamed for no catering at stadium v Hearts. In reality all serveries stripped of catering equipment as owners refuse to deal with Kibble’s preferred ‘company’ * Fans told to bring own drinks etc to next match * Fans then told not to bring controlled drinks containers to following matches as this is illegal * Kibble connected companies Asigura Ltd, Asigura Facilities Management and Renderworks(now all shut down!) awarded work at academy. Academy remedial works over a year late and massively over budget, contributing to record loss Installed domestic kitchen amongst errors and shoddy workmanship as it is ripped out and replaced with the necessary commercial version at a loss of thousands. Building work issues prevail to this day. What recourse does the club have? None * Kibble (Allegedly) go to press re John Needham comments about Rangers supporters * Kibble then go back to press to call for John Needham’s resignation * St Mirren reach out of court settlement with dismissed employee - compensation paid and legal fees incurred * Jim Gillespie put in charge of academy (his son by now attends) * Redundancies at academy * Second offer to avoid court action to senior academy employee only just reached in April. Legal fees and compensation paid * Kibble employees/children in ticket office wearing Kibble branded shirts not St Mirren * Ticket office manager made redundant * Senior Kibble management figure’s wife given job running ticket office * Kibble paid £144,000 by club last year for catering etc services. So Kibble takes from the club * Kibble applies for Government funding to build a well being centre claiming it's a joint bid with St Mirren Charitable Foundation and with Renfrewshire Council. Bid reaches stage two * Kibble directors on club board do not tell their SMISA nominated co-directors. St Mirren Charitable Foundation has no knowledge of this and only find out by accident. * Kibble directors on club board assure shareholders at AGM that proposed well-being centre is not and has never been connected to club owned land but is on adjacent land * Jim Gillespie pulls microphone away from Mark McMillian to inform that it does not matter they lied because project did not go further. (Think about that) * Club issues statement (through Kibble PR agency) to explain further. * Explanation then changed by Kibble’s Jim Gillespie who says forget all that, it was a Renfrewshire Council error * Renfrewshire Council deny this * Team manager who has bemoaned lack of funds throughout the year backs Kibble in press * Former board member, a true St Mirren supporter, AW who left due to Kibble’s actions calls both old firm supporting Kibble directors out for lying to the club’s supporters/SMISA members/SMISA nominated club directors * Kibble PR ups a gear and tries to deflect * AW banned from SMISA Stadium for speaking out against the Kibble not St Mirren which can only further suggest boardroom bullying and Kibble calling the shots. It’s always the whistle blower who gets the blame (but only at first). If Kibble directors who claim now to be Saints fans (how daft do they think Saints fans are) ever paid into SMISA STADIUM it was to support their teams, not ours. Kibble achievements * Hospitality entrance painted by unpaid children.

I feel I must vote for Alan Wardrop who has already proved himself to put St Mirren first. This of the utmost importance for the following reasons. This situation must be properly investigated (the chairman categorically assured a number of questioners at the club AGM that this application was NOT on St Mirren’s land, but on ‘adjacent’ land, which is in itself a possible issue depending on how this all pans out) and the application details and plans provided for SMISA members to see. If the accusation is without foundation then the matter ends. However, If this does turn out to be an attempt to take club property for Kibble’s use and profit without the knowledge of the directors or the SM Charitable foundation, then it amounts to St Mirren directors putting their own organisation first instead of the club’s interests (a clear violation of their duty in law to the club and its shareholders) by attempting to take a club asset from the people that own it without their knowledge. Those people are the St Mirren shareholders, both independents and SMISA collectively. If so this can only be a fraudulent application to achieve Government funding by using St Mirren’s good name. If my memory is correct Mr Gillespie did tell shareholders at the AGM when he took the mic that it didn’t matter because the application did not get beyond the second stage. A strange thing to say as it’s not the outcome but the intention that really matters. To protect the club I’ll be voting for Alan Wardrop.

I saw the new chair of SMISA but at the far end of the room from me. I think at one point he indicated when asked he was taking notes. I did not receive any requests for questions prior to the meeting. I suspect the answer is that this was an AGM meeting for the club's direct shareholders not SMISA members.

In a word NO.

Thanks for that info. I did not hear exactly what they were intending to build. I need to sit at the front next time. All I heard was conflict of interest over some land with no mention of who was set to "gain" anything. It did not look like all the board agreed. Some suddenly seemed very interested in looking at the carpet.