WeeBud

You actually as a member own a single share in SMISA IIRC

Away and have a look at yourself.
The majority see this as a massive over reaction.
Sure your brother puts his heart and soul into the club, nobody is denying that, but this is a massive joke.
PS This could be the biggest "I've made an arse of myself" thread since some joker wanted a Killie player done for child abuse for celebrating a goal in front of a ball boy.

I pay for a season ticket, £12/month to SMISA and I'm not a grumpy bastard threatening to give up his season ticket over a 3 year old £15 plaque

Or it's people who can find a way of being upset about literally anything and are never happy.

Many would argue that it's nowhere near "contentious'.  

This seems like a huge over-reaction though, so basically you paid £15 for a plague, you got 3 years out of it rather than the year it was supposed to be, and you are annoyed that the club now want to remove the plagues that you admit are faded and worn. Seems like a reasonable decision to remove them since they are on a drive to clean up the stadium. What did you expect for £15, the plague to remain forever even when people have moved seats and the thing is completely faded?

to all those bawbags who say the players don't care, just have a look at this superb picture.
More than a thousand words.

Sorry, unless Saints are on a cup run or pushing for promotion you’re not allowed to use that phrase. It’s only when things are good not when they’re bad. When things are bad and you use the phrase “Keep the Faith” and attempt to foster an atmosphere of encouragement and support you are, quite rightly, ridiculed and referred to as a “happy clapper”. When things ARE bad the correct phrase to use is one of the following:- 
“(Insert name of manager here) must go!”

“(Insert name of manager here) is tactically naïve!”

“Get tae f*** (insert name of manager here), ya clueless arsehole”

“Sack the board!”

“F*** off happy clappers!”

“I’m not a pessimist, I’m a realist and the reality is Saint Murn are shite an’ you can ram yer KTF pish up yer hole!” 
I hope this helps for future reference... 

I got to know what Hugh Stevenson was like when I was about thirteen. I played for Camphill and Hugh was a FP who took interest in the teams. My sister had just left Camphill and she told me that loads of girls were crazy about him. To be fair he was a good looking bloke back then. I got to know what he was like in 1960 when I was 13. Camphill used Anchor Rec for sports day back then and Hugh always turned up. That day there was an absolute downpour and we all rushed under the trees for shelter and Hugh was standing right behind me and he groped me. His hand was right inside my PE shorts and I simply didn't know how to react. It was more innocent times back then for teenagers and I didn't know what the hell was going on. The rain soon stopped thankfully but from then on I stayed well away. Hugh was also a BB officer in the 2nd. Paisley I think and that summer he went to my BB camp at North Berwick. I stayed well clear but there was an incident with a young boy who shall be nameless but his family name is well known in football circles. I have mentioned on here before that I grew up with Archie but I stress it wasn't him. Archie never went to camp. Fortunately for the lad, his older brother was at the camp too and I think Hugh got a bit of a hiding. Didn't change him though and nothing ever got reported. The years rolled on and I was vaguely aware that Hugh was still involved with youth teams even although by that time he was pretty well known as a referee. And I'll now go on to my part in his downfall as a referee. Can't remember when it was - possibly the late 70's or early 80's. I was having lunch with a surveyor pal and we were joined by Tom Gray, the manager of the Northern Rock Building Society. He was also the secretary of the Professional Referees Association of Scotland. We got chatting about football and I asked him if he knew Hugh and Tom said yes, he thought Hugh was a good guy. I asked him if he knew Hugh was into young boys. He was stunned but before we parted he took me aside and asked me if I was absolutely sure about what I had said. I promised him I was. Never thought anything of it but a few years later I was at a dinner at Clandeboye Golf Club here in Bangor and I was sitting at a table with two Scottish guys who had been invited over by the club captain. Turned out they were both referees at one time and one of then was at that time the Chairman or some such. Can't remember his name but he walked with a stick following a stroke . I asked him did he know Hugh and he went damed near apopleptic. He told me that Tom Gray told the committee that he had been informed that Hugh was keen on wee boys. A lot present apparently didn't believe it but Hugh was called in and apparently he admitted everything straight off. They could hardly get Hugh out the door as he kept apologising. Again rolling on the years, I was at a Camphill reunion about five years ago and over a few beers a few of us got talking about Hugh. We virtually all had been interfered with by him to some degree or another. Four of our former teachers who had been involved with the school teams were there but we didn't mention it to them. They must have had an inkling about what was going on.
It seems that Hugh was able to carry on in Youth football despite having been found out. Damnable. And yet we are now hearing that the same has being going on all over the the UK.
Just want to add that  I'm not mentally scarred by what happened. Maybe from time to time I should have seen a shrink. Mainly about the mental damage supporting St.Mirren has caused me.
 
 
 
 

^not at all. Saints were a joy to watch at times in the first half with some great passages of play. Not enough cutting edge but being behind at ht was an injustice. Second half Saints did most of the pressing but queens were always dangerous. Fully deserved the win and a great strike to win it and sent the fans mental.
Every single player came over at the end with clenched fists raised. What a huge win to get the monkey off our backs and a great performance from the boys especially in the trying circumstances

I'm delighted at the win, it sounds like quite a tousy affair but that is the kind of game we need to be in rather than the sterile and gutless trash of the last two years.
 
To use a boxing analogy for our season, this win is the same as losing the first three rounds, getting knocked down in the fourth and getting off the canvas to get back into the fight in the fifth.  Still more than half of the bout to go but at least we are connecting rather than slugging and missing, even if we take a few more punches.
 
Getting goals from midfield and set-pieces is key to any success-it gets the opponents attention and creates space for attackers to exploit, if they are able.  It's great to see this happening for us.  Time to be positive and support both the manager and the team

First of all well done all the fans who made the trip last night
I spoke to my grandson this morning and said I would show him the FB live done by Mr McGennis ,I thank you sir.
We will be in our usual seats on Saturday and bellowing support to anyone who pulls on the stripes
Would like to say the photos of the players left everyone in no doubt of their endeavours and unbridled joy and the fans.
Oh what a roller coaster ride we can be on from now till MAY 
We may not be in Europe but I bet it felt like that I was up late watching the live feed 
My illness make it difficult to type things out sorry for poor grammar etc

I absolutely love how we all (almost all) moan like hell in the days after a defeat, then we show this reluctant optimism on the day of the game in hope as much as anything else as we begin to remember , come what may , we still love St Mirren

This time , your optimism will be rewarded.

COYS

I don't know about that
Like many others who have played the game at any level there's always challenges to make people lose the heid
Like yourself have said i have had all above happened to me add punched as well
The only time i hit back was when someone spat into my face
I didn't regret it and never have and would do so again if it came to pass
Everyone has different levels of tolerance that's human nature

The difference between winning football and losing football can often be a bit of luck, certainly when the games are tight, as the majority have been. Langfield's calamity, McKenzie's horrow show against Utd, Baird's red card. These could all have led to a different result had the incident not happened. 
Sometimes when you aren't winning you can feel as though everything is against you, and that creates extra pressure, lowers morale.
Queens are in the same way as us, so the team that has the most fight, is most motivated and organised will win the game.
Like you, I can't make it tonight - work commitments. I'll be there in spirit though, and following the match on twitter, or periscope if anyone can do that, or St Mirren Radio if that's a goer.
How would it feel to win a league game? Hopefully remember that feeling tonight.

all sorted support team contacted me so i will be up and running. one of the local lads in the office is giving me his laptop. it will be 5pm here kick off time. so a few tins of chillex Sakara larger will be had hopefully celebration at the end of the game. 

Johannes Edvaldsson disagrees 

You wish WB...
dae yir ain fumbling!

Nope...............swing and a miss!!
They said it to me in a conversation we had discussing the game, we do it every week.

I couldn't agree more, it's the accusation that the club have deliberately "leaked" ( a very deliberate action) info as opposed to someone mentioning something. As it goes, I also heard the same thing from someone very involved at the club but it was relayed because the person was angry and frustrated by what had happened. That is very different from "leaking" information.

Doesn't really matter where the information came from mate but it was a very good source let's put it that way.
I published that on Sat night without having seen any photos at all of the incident. I wasn't even at the game!
All whataboutery now, folk will need to believe what they want. Makes no odds now, the game is over and we lost.
On to Dumfries tomorrow night.

Admittedly I've not seen or heard all the reports and unfortunately was unable to attend on Saturday to see it first hand............could you point me in the direction of the leaked story as I'd like to read/hear the clubs side of it.
Thanks in advance
 
 

Have the club said anything, I haven't seen anything on the OS? I thought the allegation came via div on this site.
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The pictures don't provide anything conclusive to back Baird's version. I can see both sides of the argument but I don't see what is to be gained by going public although I presume the club will back him in private.

I've waited til today before commenting, didn't want to criticise the young lad too much for what he did. 
Far more experienced players than Jack have let their team down in a similar fashion (violent conduct) and went on to learn from it. 
He shouldn't have hit out but after hearing his claims of getting bit and seeing the images it does look like he's telling the truth here. 
He's young, he's inexperienced and will learn from this. 
It's easy for us or even some of his fellow pros to say he shouldn't have hit him after this but who knows how any of us would have reacted to a bite like that. 
He may not be the best centre half in the word but he's our centre half and like it or not we will probably need his services before the season's out. 
I'm sure he regrets his actions, time to get behind the lad. 

From the Official Website...
"
After the cancellation of the game against Spartans last Saturday, and the many comments that followed via emails, message boards and on social media I thought it may be of interest to our supporters to know the events that led to the game being called off and what we learned from both this and the aftermath. 
To me this is a perfect example of the challenges involved in trying to satisfy all our supporters in the age of instant media, whilst trying our best to do what is in the best financial interests of the football club. 
Very soon after we took over at the club I was informed by our Groundsman that the undersoil heating was not working properly. As you might appreciate these systems have limited suppliers who know how to maintain and service the system properly and the only company that appears to know how the entire system works is a one man business based in Hull. 
We eventually managed to schedule him in to service the system in early October. At that service call we were told by the engineer that various items were beyond simple repair and that he could not get the system operational during that visit. 
We requested a full report and estimate to see if our insurance would cover the repairs. We eventually received that report and our insurance organised a loss adjuster to come and see if we were covered. That visit took place earlier this week. 
We are now waiting on an answer from the loss adjuster but in the meantime we have had someone local have a look at the system for their thoughts on whether they can maintain it and repair it and are awaiting further information from them. 
It is worthwhile at this point to outline a few facts regarding undersoil heating and its running costs. 
The undersoil heating system costs around £1000 a day to run and in normal circumstances it needs to be on from the Wednesday to the Saturday to ensure that the pitch is perfectly playable. In other words it can cost around £4000 purely in fuel and running costs to make sure the pitch is playable on a match day. The system has three heat settings, two that will keep the pitch from freezing and one that will melt surface snow. 
We have a club meeting on the Wednesday morning before every Saturday home game and at each of the last 3 meetings we discussed whether we would have turned on the heating for each of those games. With very small travelling supports expected in those games, and with TV scheduling affecting the crowds we estimated that we would be lucky to break even for those specific matches, even before factoring in the cost of pitch heating. 
It was therefore agreed that we would not have turned the heating on even had the system been fully functional. As such we unanimously agreed that the best course of action was to follow due process with the insurance company rather than embarking on potentially costly emergency repairs at this time. 
The undersoil heating is of course a valuable asset to the club and one that we need to get fully functional as we cannot afford to risk losing a high earning Saturday game to frost. If the insurance won't cover the cost then we will request that SMiSA ask their members if they would consider this for their next discretionary fund spend. 
So that is a full, transparent summary of where we have been and where we are now with regard the undersoil heating. 
As ever there are lessons to learn from these events. 
We have agreed that we need to dust down the pitch covers that we used successfully for so many years at Love Street. We will evaluate the condition of these and establish if we need to purchase new ones to at least give us an option to try and protect the pitch as best as possible for games like the last 3. Whilst the covers are nowhere near as effective as the undersoil heating in extreme weather they will give us an option where turning the heating on is not financially viable, so at least giving us a chance of getting the game on. 
We have agreed that we will create and agree a clear plan of action in our pre-match team meetings aimed at mitigating the possible effects of inclement weather at the next home game. 
We realise that communication is also key when dealing with possible and actual match cancellations and we will adopt a clear communication policy in this regard using email, social media and of course our own website to give clear advice to all supporters. 
Thank you again for your time, patience and support. As a new board we are learning all the time and trying our level best to improve all aspects of the club both on and off the pitch. We will make mistakes along the way but as you can see things aren't always quite as straightforward as they seem on the surface and we will always take decisions that we think are in the best interests of the club as a whole. 
Hope to see as many of you as possible at Falkirk on Saturday. "