Stu Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 St Mirren Official @saintmirrenfc 2m2 minutes ago St Mirren are delighted to announce the signing of Ben Gordon on a one-year contract. https://twitter.com/saintmirrenfc/status/738320243387432960 Played with Livi last season, started off his career with us if I remember correctly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
div Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 30 year old centre half, 6ft 3, formerly with Dumbarton, Alloa and Livingston after starting his youth career with us. Can't say I can ever remember seeing him play but signing a big centre half with plenty of Championship experience sounds like a good idea to me! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Always got him and the ex Killie Ben Gordon mixed up. Don't really know much about him but welcome aboard,Ben. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Good signing. Nice one AR 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie88 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 St Mirren Official @saintmirrenfc 2m2 minutes ago St Mirren are delighted to announce the signing of Ben Gordon on a one-year contract. https://twitter.com/saintmirrenfc/status/738320243387432960 Played with Livi last season, started off his career with us if I remember correctly. Yeah, he was with us as a youth player. I don't remember him but that's what his wiki page says. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garf Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Again, don't remember him with us, but he's been around long enough at this level, decent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulysses Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) Left sided centre half (which we have been crying out for), who's experienced in this league. Perfect. Seems to be highly rated by Livi and Alloa fans. Good deal. Dumbarton fans opinion: Ben came to us from amateur football in 2008, and pretty instantly made the step up the the 3rd Division look easy. He played a massive role in our 2008/09 title winning team whilst doing a degree in (iirc) Maths or Statistics or something like that at Uni. He was made our captain in 2010 after Mick Dunlop left, before leaving the club at the end of the season having had a disagreement with Jim Chapman (I believe). He joined Alloa and was a hero there, before signing for Livingston last summer and looking decent in a shambles of a team. He's a cracking, old fashioned centre-half. Strong, intimidating, dominant in the air and alright on the deck. As FF says I'm pleased to see him joining a 'big club' and I hope he does well for you lot. He'll be a solid 7 or 8/10 every week. Edited June 2, 2016 by ulysses 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billymehmet1 Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Decent signing. I'm Sure he is a lawyer and gave it up for football but intends to go back to it in a few years Was a price on bbc alba about him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Fits the profile - he has a beard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pod Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Decent signing. I'm Sure he is a lawyer and gave it up for football but intends to go back to it in a few years Was a price on bbc alba about him. Didn't he give up the football to be a lawyer (Glasgow Uni) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxbar_bud Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) 6ft 3 left sided right sided centre half...what's not to like Good signing on paper Edited June 2, 2016 by foxbar_bud 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulysses Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Apparently he's right sided, not left. My bad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepaisleypanda Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Remember the days we used to sign players from La Liga & Bundesliga? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottd Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Remember the days we used to sign players from La Liga & Bundesliga? Yeah, and it almost put the club out of business. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Entire career in 2nd or 3rd division. Cant say I am over enthusiastic. Hope I am wrong. No-one on here seems to remember him and we must have seen him. Cant have made much of an impression. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Entire career in 2nd or 3rd division. Cant say I am over enthusiastic. Hope I am wrong. No-one on here seems to remember him and we must have seen him. Cant have made much of an impression. Played in the Championship for the last three years. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) Sorry still use old terminology. Meant Championship/ 1st division. Old duffer not caught up with the new terms. Still call the Premiership the 1st Division. Still use Love Street instead of new name Edited June 2, 2016 by guinness 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 All with lesser teams 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulysses Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 He had a fairly good job before he went to Livi, hence why he stuck with part-time teams. Decided to give full-time a go last year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Welcome to the best football club in the world, Ben. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrshire Saints Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) He always caught my eye when we played Livi in the season just past. A decent aquisition. Still a tad disappointed the BG wasn't Boaby Grubber though ! Edited June 2, 2016 by Ayrshire Saints 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle Of Bute Saint Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Welcome to the mad house Ben. Only advise I can give you is make this the first and last time you read the forum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevo_smfc Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Entire career in 2nd or 3rd division. Cant say I am over enthusiastic. Hope I am wrong. No-one on here seems to remember him and we must have seen him. Cant have made much of an impression.Darren McGregor turned out not too bad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Sorry still use old terminology. Meant Championship/ 1st division. Old duffer not caught up with the new terms. Still call the Premiership the 1st Division. Still use Love Street instead of new name The second tier in Scotland hasn't been called the second division for over 40 years Looks a decent enough signing, plenty of experience at this level and seems to be well liked at his previous clubs. Our centre back pairing will be 2 from Gordon, Webster and Baird. Nice to have a bit of competition in that area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosferatu Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 The general consensus seems to be that no-one can remember him ever playing but that he's a good signing.... Most of our previous centre half signings from lesser clubs have turned out not bad. Scott Walker, Darren McGregor, John Potter, Chris Innes. The odd one not so good. Ronnie McQuilter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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