munoz 7,205 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 St Mirren have been awarded gold standard status by the SFA. https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/celtic-rated-scotland-best-by-sfa-in-licence-report-rangers-marked-down-on-legal-admin-finance-and-codes-1-4945165 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sweeper07 3,979 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 22 minutes ago, munoz said: St Mirren have been awarded gold standard status by the SFA. https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/celtic/celtic-rated-scotland-best-by-sfa-in-licence-report-rangers-marked-down-on-legal-admin-finance-and-codes-1-4945165 For a minute there I thought that we had won something OTHER than the Renfrewshire cup... but see we are joint 2nd... Never mind, it looks like those who manage the club are doing a great job . . . 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bud the Baker 7,467 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 A percentage of that gold standard comes from the Brinks-Mat blag! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Russian Saint 991 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 For a minute there I thought that we had won something OTHER than the Renfrewshire cup... but see we are joint 2nd... Never mind, it looks like those who manage the club are doing a great job . . .Your last sentence may upset a few forum members 🤣 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pod 6,548 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 15 minutes ago, Sweeper07 said: For a minute there I thought that we had won something OTHER than the Renfrewshire cup... but see we are joint 2nd... Never mind, it looks like those who manage the club are doing a great job . . . Some might disagree. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TPAFKATS 7,819 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 A bit more info in the article on the criteria and reasons for the grades would be good e.g. why were we refused a uefa licence award. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rabuddies 1,275 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, TPAFKATS said: A bit more info in the article on the criteria and reasons for the grades would be good e.g. why were we refused a uefa licence award. Is it not to do with financials? I seem to remember that we needed to bung a shedload at it a couple of seasons ago with no guarantees. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sweeper07 3,979 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 38 minutes ago, Russian Saint said: Your last sentence may upset a few forum members 🤣 It generally doesn't matter what you write on this forum, some agree and some don't - some get upset for all kinds of reasons too . . . (Hope my punctuation is right on this one? (I was dying to use write instead of right and visa versa though) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elvis 2,553 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 Does that mean we wouldn't be allowed to play in Europe not having the license from them I know it will be a very long time before we play in European competition again but was just curious. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TPAFKATS 7,819 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 Does that mean we wouldn't be allowed to play in Europe not having the license from them I know it will be a very long time before we play in European competition again but was just curious. Strange that our national team can play at our ground but we couldn't. Actually, it's not strange, it's uefa. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TPAFKATS 7,819 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 Is it not to do with financials? I seem to remember that we needed to bung a shedload at it a couple of seasons ago with no guarantees.Thanks. Could be. Poor journalism or editing. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guinness 658 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 Is the uefa thing not to do with having less than 10,000 seats? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wilbur 2,668 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, guinness said: Is the uefa thing not to do with having less than 10,000 seats? Has anyone ever suggested filling in the corners ? 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yflab 2,199 Report post Posted June 11, 2019 8 minutes ago, cockles1987 said: Less than 8000. Tony Fitz better be planning to fill the corners if he wants back in Europe. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
spankin_panda 693 Report post Posted June 12, 2019 So, to be clear, if by miracle we qualified for Europe, we could play, just in another venue? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madball 494 Report post Posted June 12, 2019 19 hours ago, cockles1987 said: Less than 8000. 8000 is the number for Category 4 stadium, however the rules permit Category 2 as acceptable (which is 1500 seats). So it's not the seats bit, some of the other stuff looks a bit challenging (toilets bizarrely might be a problem around number of cubicles, and things like additional camera gantry - although that could be temporarily added). UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations Quote UEFA Club Licensing and Financial Fair Play Regulations 1The licence applicant must have a stadium available for UEFA club competitions which must be within the territory of the UEFA member association and approved by the UEFA member association. 2 If the licence applicant is not the owner of a stadium, it must provide a written contract with the owner(s) of the stadium(s) it will use. 3 It must be guaranteed that the stadium(s) can be used for the licence applicant’s UEFA home matches during the licence season. 4 The stadium(s) must fulfil the minimum requirements defined in the UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations and be classified at least as a UEFA category 2 stadium. Quote UEFA Stadium Infrastructure Regulations III – Spectator-related Areas Article 17 Spectator capacity 17.01 Stadiums must have the following minimum capacity (including all standard and VIP seating): Category 1 200 spectators 2 1,500 seats 3 4,500 seats 4 8,000 seats 17.02 At least 5% of the total stadium capacity must be in a segregated area of the stadium (for visiting spectators). 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sweeper07 3,979 Report post Posted June 12, 2019 21 hours ago, Yflab said: Tony Fitz better be planning to fill the corners if he wants back in Europe. We had over 8000 in the play-off 2nd leg at our ground ! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stu 3,402 Report post Posted June 12, 2019 21 minutes ago, Sweeper07 said: We had over 8000 in the play-off 2nd leg at our ground ! No we didn't Attendance was 7,732. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sweeper07 3,979 Report post Posted June 12, 2019 4 minutes ago, Stu said: No we didn't Attendance was 7,732. https://www.google.co.uk/search?safe=strict&source=hp&ei=M_sAXfTyO8WQkwXm8KngAQ&q=capacity+of+st+mirren+football+ground&oq=Capacity+of+St.+Mirren+football+&gs_l=psy-ab.1.1.33i22i29i30l10.1051.9928..12575...1.0..0.345.3396.25j7j0j1......0....1..gws-wiz.....0..35i39j0i131j0j0i67j0i70i251j0i20i263j0i22i30j0i13j0i13i10i30j0i13i5i30.v0vF94cEsWU St Mirren Park/Capacity 8,023 https://www.stmirren.com/news/matchday/match-reports/2883-match-report-st-mirren-1-1-dundee-united-st-mirren-win-2-0-on-penalties Have a wee look at the attendance = Full Capacity so all seats were sold and our capacity is over 8000 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stu 3,402 Report post Posted June 12, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Sweeper07 said: https://www.google.co.uk/search?safe=strict&source=hp&ei=M_sAXfTyO8WQkwXm8KngAQ&q=capacity+of+st+mirren+football+ground&oq=Capacity+of+St.+Mirren+football+&gs_l=psy-ab.1.1.33i22i29i30l10.1051.9928..12575...1.0..0.345.3396.25j7j0j1......0....1..gws-wiz.....0..35i39j0i131j0j0i67j0i70i251j0i20i263j0i22i30j0i13j0i13i10i30j0i13i5i30.v0vF94cEsWU St Mirren Park/Capacity 8,023 https://www.stmirren.com/news/matchday/match-reports/2883-match-report-st-mirren-1-1-dundee-united-st-mirren-win-2-0-on-penalties Have a wee look at the attendance = Full Capacity so all seats were sold and our capacity is over 8000 The person who wrote that report is an idiot 😝 All tickets may have been sold but the ground wasn't full. There were empty seats near me and it wouldn't take many for the crowd to dip under 8,000. The attendance on the BBC site was the one I listed earlier and would be the official attendance based on the number of people who turned up rather than tickets sold. The report claims it was capacity because that's what the club said at the time, but if you click line-ups at the bottom you'll see it has an attendance of 7,732: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48324854#tab-2 I'd wager few, if any, stadiums anywhere in the world have ever been full to capacity regardless of what club's claim. There will always be a few empty seats for one reason or another. Doesn't make any difference to how many seats we have though so the stadium would be classed as category four. Edited June 12, 2019 by Stu 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sweeper07 3,979 Report post Posted June 12, 2019 23 minutes ago, cockles1987 said: The capacity got cut to just under 8000 when we correctly installed a platform for some of our supporters. Cheers - lots of info out there, and I knew that I had read it was over 8000 - but had not realised it had been cut... Does not look as if it would be too difficult to make it over 8000 once more though does it? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yflab 2,199 Report post Posted June 12, 2019 I thought when the ground was first built it was designed to meet UEFA regulations which is why we have hosted so many Scotland men (u21s, etc) and Women internationals. So what has changed? Does this mean we will no longer be able to host such matches? Seems odd if we are hosting the European Women’s U19s competition. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
