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    1. General St. Mirren Discussion

      St. Mirren related chat here...can be on or off-field matters but keep it relevant.

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    2. The Sin Bin

      If you are being particularly annoying or repetitive you're general posting rights will be removed and you'll only be able to post in here.

      Consider it a virtual jail. You can rant away in here as much as you like. Membership of this part of the forum is entirely at the mods discretion.

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    3. Matchday & Travel Club

      Build up to the match, getting there and back and all the post match reaction - rate the players and discuss the tactics...

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    4. SMiSA

      Got a question or point to raise about the St.Mirren Independent Supporters Association ? This is the place to do it. SMiSA members and non-members all welcome. Also visit www.smisa.net for more SMiSA related information. Please send all direct enquiries to [email protected].

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    5. The Rumour Mill

      Heard a St. Mirren based rumour? Not prepared to name your source? Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more? Stick them all in here.

      Read it if you want, steer clear if you don't like rumours.

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    6. St.Mirren Disabled Supporters Asscociation SMDSA

      A section for and about the St.Mirren Disabled Supporters Association. Find out more about the group and how to get involved. Visiting fans can also find some useful information on disabled access to St.Mirren Park.

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    7. General Nonsense

      If you just want to post some nonsense then chuck it in here and we'll see what happens :-)

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    8. Other Football

      If you want to post anything about football that isn't St. Mirren related this is the place to put it.

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    9. St.Mirren For Sale

      The majority shareholding in the club was up for sale for 7 years! Eventually the shareholding was purchased by Gordon Scott and SMiSA in July 2016 with almost 1300 supporters contributing to the successful bid.

      This forum is now really just an archive of some of the threads that took place in that 7 year period.  ps; Anyone mentions the Argies they get banned.

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      A generally all round good guy...  Chris Rea, the Middlesbrough-born singer-songwriter best known for the timeless Christmas classic Driving Home for Christmas, has died aged 74 following a short illness. He passed away peacefully in hospital just days before Christmas, surrounded by his family. While Rea’s career was defined by his gravelly voice and distinctive slide guitar, those closest to him always said his greatest constant was his wife Joan. The couple met as teenagers and spent 57 years together — a partnership that quietly underpinned both his personal life and his music. One of Rea’s most enduring songs was born during one of their bleakest moments. In December 1978, Joan was driving him back to Middlesbrough after a discouraging recording session in London. His management deal had ended, money was scarce, and Rea believed his career might be over. As snow slowed traffic near Nottingham, he looked at the exhausted faces in nearby cars and jokingly sang the line that would later become famous. By the glow of passing streetlights, he began scribbling the lyrics to Driving Home for Christmas. The song did not find immediate success. First released years later as a B-side to Hello Friend, it gradually took on a life of its own. Over time it became a seasonal fixture, returning to the charts year after year and soundtracking Christmases across generations — including major festive advertising campaigns decades after it was written. Rea often said that Joan kept him grounded through both success and serious illness. His long battle with poor health brought them even closer, and at one point — believing he might not survive — he made a remarkable decision. He signed over the rights and royalties to his entire catalogue to his wife. Speaking later with characteristic humour, he joked that he’d given her “all the rights to all the songs” and that she “won’t give them back”. Beyond the Christmas hit, Rea left behind a formidable body of work. Over five decades he released 25 studio albums, with The Road to Hell and Auberge both reaching number one in the UK. Songs such as Fool (If You Think It’s Over), Let’s Dance and The Road to Hell (Part 2) secured his place as one of Britain’s most respected and distinctive musicians. Yet it is Driving Home for Christmas — written during a difficult journey with the woman he loved — that remains the most fitting symbol of his legacy. Simple, honest and rooted in shared experience, it reflects the relationship that sustained him from the age of 16 to the end of his life. Chris Rea is survived by his wife Joan and their daughters Josephine and Julia. His family said they are devastated by his loss, but take comfort in the music and memories he leaves behind — and in the love story that shaped them both.

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