2018–19 St Mirren F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is the club's first season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football since 2015, having been promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the previous season.[1] The club had been relegated from the Premiership at the end of the 2014–15 season.[2] St Mirren will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

St Mirren
2018–19 season
ChairmanGordon Scott
ManagerAlan Stubbs
(until 3 September 2018)
Oran Kearney
(from 7 September 2018)
StadiumSt Mirren Park
Premiership11th
League CupSecond Round
lost to Aberdeen
Scottish CupFifth Round
lost to Dundee United
Top goalscorerLeague:
Simeon Jackson
(6 goals)
All: Danny Mullen
(7 goals)
Highest home attendance7,288 vs Celtic
(14 September 2018)
Lowest home attendance4,001 vs Motherwell
(31 October 2018)
Average home league attendance5,381

Month by month review

April

May
  • 2 May – young midfielder Cameron MacPherson signed a six-month contract extension until January 2019, after becoming a regular in the development squad.[4]
  • 4 May – goalkeeper Craig Samson signed a contract extension, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2020.[5]
  • 9 May – experienced defender Gary MacKenzie signed a one-year contract extension, tying him to the club until 2019.[6]
  • 11 May – defender Harry Davis left the club, after rejecting a new contract offer. The popular Englishman cited family reasons for wanting to move back down South. In total Davis played 31 games for Saints, netting 6 goals.[7]
  • 14 May – manager Jack Ross was awarded the Scottish Championship Manager of the Year award for season 2017–18.[8]
  • 22 May – midfielder Jim Kellerman signed a two-year deal with Saints, after leaving National League side Aldershot Town.[9]
  • Also on this day, youth academy player Ben Cameron signed for the club on a two-year development contract.[9]
  • 25 May – Saints announced that manager Jack Ross and his assistant James Fowler had left the club to become the new management team at Sunderland. The pair signed two-year deals with the League One side.[10]

Also on this day, Saints signed defender Paul McGinn on a two-year deal from relegated Partick Thistle. McGinn is the brother of Saints captain Stephen McGinn, and previously left Saints in 2013 without playing a game for the club.[11]

Also on this day, Saints were drawn against Kilmarnock, Dumbarton, Queen's Park and Spartans in the group stage of the Betfred Cup.[12]

June
  • 8 June – Alan Stubbs was appointed as the club's new manager, signing a three-year deal.[13]
  • 21 June – Saints made a double signing, with defender Josh Heaton and forward Cody Cooke joining the club. Highly rated Heaton signed on a three-year-deal from Darlington for a reported fee of £75,000. Cooke signed a two-year contract, and joined from Truro City.[14]
  • 22 June – midfielder Jeff King signed on a two-year deal from Bolton Wanderers.[15]
  • 23 June – young midfielder Kyle Magennis signed a one-year extension to his current deal, keeping him contracted to the club until 2021. Also on this day Brian Rice was appointed as the club's new Assistant Manager.[16]

July

August

Also on this day, youngster Ethan Erhahon signed a three-year extension with the club.[28]

September
  • 3 September – after less than three months in charge, manager Alan Stubbs was sacked following a poor start to the season.[31]
  • 7 September – Saints appoint Northern Irishman, Oran Kearney, as the new club manager. The former Coleraine boss signs on a three-year contract.[32]
  • 10 September – following the sacking of Alan Stubbs, first team coach Darren Jackson also left the club.[33]
  • 14 September – experienced defender, Anton Ferdinand, signed for the club until the end of the season. Ferdinand most recently played for Southend United, and is Oran Kearney's first signing for the club.[34]
  • 18 September – former Saints boss, Gus MacPherson, resigned as manager of Queens Park to become the club's new Technical Director.[35]
  • 21 September – young midfielder, Cammy MacPherson signed a new contract extension – keeping him at the club until the summer of 2020, with a further one-year option.[36]
  • 27 September – goalkeeper Dean Lyness signed a short term deal until January 2019 as cover for the injured Danny Rogers. Lyness was a free agent after leaving Nuneaton Borough in the summer.[37]
  • 28 September – Canadian striker Simeon Jackson signed on a short term deal until January 2019. Jackson has played for several English clubs, and most recently left Walsall in the summer. He becomes Oran Kearney's third signing in three weeks.[38]

October
  • 2 October – Saints signed experienced English midfielder Adam Hammill on a short term deal. After leaving Barnsley in the summer, Hammill agreed to sign with Saints until January 2019.[39]
  • 16 October – loan signing Nicolai Brock-Madsen returned to Birmingham City before the end of his contract, after an unsuccessful time at the club. The Danish striker played five matches, and failed to find the net.[40]
  • 17 October – young loanee Hayden Coulson left the club, and returned to Middlesbrough when his stay was cut short. The defender made eleven appearances during his time at the club, scoring once.[41]

November
  • 2 November – striker Simeon Jackson extended his contract, keeping him at the club until the end of the season.[42]
  • 9 November – goalkeeper Dean Lyness joined Airdrie on an emergency loan deal.[43] It was then announced that the deal fell through a few days later due to the unexpected retirement of Craig Samson, and Lyness remained with Saints.[44]
  • 12 November – former Saints striker Junior Mendes joined the club as new Sports Scientist.[45]
  • 13 November – first choice goalkeeper Craig Samson announced his retirement from playing, and left the club to take up a role as goalkeeping coach at Sunderland. Samson made a total of 162 appearances for the club, over two separate spells in Paisley.[46]
  • 25 November – Saints were drawn at home to Scottish Championship side Alloa Athletic in the Fourth Round of the Scottish Cup.[47]
  • 29 November – the club appointed Jimmy Nicholl as new first-team coach.[48]

December

January
  • 1 January – Jordan Kirkpatrick left the club and returned to Alloa Athletic, the side he left to join Saints. Kirkpatrick suffered injuries during his time at the club, and made only 20 appearances.[50]
  • 3 January – two more players left the club, with midfielder Ian McShane joining Falkirk on an 18-month deal,[50] and Adam Hammill joining Scunthorpe United after his short-term deal expired.[51]
  • 4 January – defender Josh Heaton joined Kidderminster Harriers on loan until the end of the season. Heaton joined in the summer for £75,000, but has failed to break into the first team.[52]
  • 7 January – Oran Kearney continued to reshape the squad by terminating the loan deals of defender Alfie Jones, and midfielder Ryan Edwards. Jones returns to Southampton having played 15 games for the club, and Edwards returns to Heart of Midlothian after making 14 appearances.[53]
  • 8 January – midfielder Greg Tansey signed for the club on an 18-month deal, after being released by Aberdeen.[54]
  • 9 January – goalkeeper Dean Lyness and youth player Connor O'Keefe left the club after their contracts expired. Summer signing Jeff King was also released early from his two-year contract by mutual agreement.[55]
  • 10 January – Saints signed Romanian defender Mihai Popescu on a six-month loan deal from Dinamo București, with an option to buy the player in the summer.[56]

Also on this day midfielder Cammy Smith joined Dundee United for an undisclosed fee, after stating that he wanted to play first team football,[57] and defender Adam Eckersley joined Scottish League One side Forfar Athletic on loan until the end of the season.[56]

Also on this day, defender Anton Ferdinand extends his contract until the end of the season.[60]

Also on this day the club signed Haitian striker Duckens Nazon from Belgian side Sint-Truiden and Romanian defender Laurențiu Corbu from Dinamo Bucureșt, both on loans until the end of the season.[67]

February
  • 1 February – defender Jack Baird signed a two-year contract extension, keeping him tied to the club until 2021.[68]
  • 12 February – Adam Eckersley signed a pre-contract with Forfar Athletic, who he is currently on loan with until the end of the season. Eckersley's Saints career is effectively over, having made 42 appearances and scoring once.[70]

March

April

May
  • 2 May – Danish midfielder Anders Dreyer returned to Brighton & Hove Albion and missed the end of the season, after picking up a knee injury. Dreyer scored one goal in his eleven appearances for the club.[74]

Squad list
As of 26 May 2019[75]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of Birth (Age) Signed From Signed in Signed until Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Václav Hladký GK (1990-11-14) 14 November 1990 Slovan Liberec 2019 2020 21 0
25 Danny Rogers GK (1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 Aberdeen (loan) 2018 2019 5 0
26 Jordan Holmes GK (1997-05-08) 8 May 1997 Bournemouth (loan) 2019 2019 0 0
Defenders
2 Paul McGinn DF (1990-10-22) 22 October 1990 Partick Thistle 2018 2020 44 3
3 Mateo Mužek DF (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 Shakhter Karagandy 2019 2019 16 0
5 Josh Heaton DF (1996-09-16) 16 September 1996 Darlington 2018 2021 2 0
6 Gary MacKenzie DF (1985-10-15) 15 October 1985 Doncaster Rovers 2016 2019 62 6
15 Jack Baird DF (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 St Mirren youth team 2014 2021 162 6
16 Mihai Popescu DF (1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 Dinamo București (loan) 2019 2019 21 0
21 Lee Hodson DF (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 Rangers (loan) 2018 2019 23 0
33 Laurențiu Corbu DF (1994-05-10) 10 May 1994 Dinamo București (loan) 2019 2019 3 0
35 Anton Ferdinand DF (1985-02-18) 18 February 1985 Southend United 2018 2019 19 0
44 Adam Eckersley DF (1985-09-07) 7 September 1985 FC Edmonton 2017 2019 42 2
Midfielders
4 Stephen McGinn (c) MF (1988-12-02) 2 December 1988 Wycombe Wanderers 2017 2020 190 15
7 Kyle Magennis MF (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 St Mirren youth team 2016 2021 80 7
8 Ryan Flynn MF (1988-09-04) 4 September 1988 Oldham Athletic 2018 2020 47 2
14 Brad Lyons MF (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 Blackburn Rovers (loan) 2019 2019 17 1
17 Jim Kellerman MF (1997-11-10) 10 November 1997 Aldershot Town 2018 2020 6 1
22 Greg Tansey MF (1988-11-21) 21 November 1988 Aberdeen 2019 2020 8 0
23 Kyle McAllister MF (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 Derby County (loan) 2019 2019 36 4
28 Cameron MacPherson MF (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 St Mirren youth team 2015 2020 23 1
39 Ethan Erhahon MF (2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 St Mirren youth team 2017 2022 24 1
Forwards
9 Duckens Nazon FW (1994-04-07) 7 April 1994 Sint-Truiden (loan) 2019 2019 12 2
11 Simeon Jackson FW (1987-03-28) 28 March 1987 Walsall 2018 2019 32 6
18 Danny Mullen FW (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 Livingston 2017 2020 50 10
20 Cody Cooke FW (1993-03-02) 2 March 1993 Truro City 2018 2020 17 4
36 Sam Jamieson FW (1999-03-14) 14 March 1999 Rangers 2018 TBC 2 0
40 Cameron Breadner FW (2000-10-13) 13 October 2000 St Mirren youth team 2018 TBC 2 0

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season / Friendlies
7 July 2018 Friendly St Mirren Cancelled[76] Bolton Wanderers St Mirren Park
15:00
21 July 2018 Friendly St Mirren 0–6 Sunderland St Mirren Park
15:00 St Mirren report Maja  22', 71'
Gooch  33' (pen.), 56'
Honeyman  77'
Luke Molyneux  86'		 Attendance: 3,133
Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Premiership
4 August 2018 1 St Mirren 2–1 Dundee St Mirren Park
15:00 Mullen  8', 83' BBC Report Ngwatala  12' Attendance: 5,470
Referee: Alan Muir
12 August 2018 2 Rangers 2–0 St Mirren Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Morelos  14'
Goldson  24'		 BBC Report Attendance: 49,680
Referee: Don Robertson
25 August 2018 3 St Mirren 0–2 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Hamilton  14'
Lithgow  36'		 Attendance: 4,347
Referee: John Beaton
1 September 2018 4 Heart of Midlothian 4–1 St Mirren Tynecastle Park
15:00 Naismith  4' (pen), 41', 43'
Lee  30'		 BBC Report Dunne  19' (Own goal) Attendance: 17,714
Referee: Kevin Clancy
14 September 2018 5 St Mirren 0–0 Celtic St Mirren Park
19:45 Report Attendance: 7,288
Referee: Andrew Dallas
22 September 2018 6 Hamilton Academical 3–0 St Mirren New Douglas Park
15:00 Brustad  36'
Miller  40' (pen), 66'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,830
Referee: Greg Aitken
29 September 2018 7 St Mirren 0–1 Hibernian St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Sport Gray  14' Attendance: 6,082
Referee: Euan Anderson
6 October 2018 8 Aberdeen 4–1 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Cosgrove  26', 65'
McLennan  30'
Lowe  41'		 BBC Report Jackson  76' Attendance: 14,003
Referee: Alan Muir
20 October 2018 9 St Mirren 1–2 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
15:00 Hammill  14' BBC Report Power  56'
Tshibola  68'		 Attendance: 5,889
Referee: William Collum
27 October 2018 10 St Johnstone 2–0 St. Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon  60'
Kennedy  84'		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,716
Referee: Andrew Dallas
31 October 2018 11 St Mirren 0–2 Motherwell St Mirren Park
19:45 BBC Report Turnbull  30'
Cadden  47'		 Attendance: 4,001
Referee: Kevin Clancy
3 November 2018 12 St Mirren 0–2 Rangers St Mirren Park
12:30 BBC Report Candeias  80'
Morelos  90+2'		 Attendance: 6,033
Referee: Willie Collum
10 November 2018 13 Dundee 1–1 St Mirren Dens Park
15:00 K. Miller  33' BBC Report Jackson  21' (pen) Attendance: 5,552
Referee: Bobby Madden
24 November 2018 14 St Mirren 2–0 Heart of Midlothian St Mirren Park
15:00 Hammill  46', 55' BBC Report Attendance: 5,727
Referee: Craig Napier
1 December 2018 15 St Mirren 1–3 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park
15:00 S McGinn  45' BBC Report Imrie  21'
Gordon  42'
Keatings  55'		 Attendance: 4,334
Referee: Kevin Clancy
5 December 2018 16 Hibernian 2–2 St Mirren Easter Road
19:45 Shaw  56'
Porteous  73'		 BBC Sport Hammill  6'
P McGinn  67'		 Attendance: 15,096
Referee: Euan Anderson
8 December 2018 17 Livingston 3–1 St Mirren
15:00 Pittman  50'
Hardie  64'
Sibbald  88'		 BBC Report Jones  36' Attendance: 1,727
Referee: Andrew Dallas
15 December 2018 18 St Mirren 1–2 Aberdeen St Mirren Park
15:00 MacPherson  35' BBC Report May  30' (pen)
Cosgrove  61'		 Attendance: 4,699
Referee: Greg Aitken
22 December 2018 19 Motherwell 0–1 St Mirren Fir Park
15:00 BBC Report Jackson  68' Attendance: 4,540
Referee: Don Robertson
26 December 2018 20 St Mirren 0–1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
14:00 BBC Report Watt  89' Attendance: 4,891
Referee: Kevin Clancy
29 December 2018 21 Kilmarnock 2–1 St Mirren Rugby Park
15:00 Findlay  4'
Jones  11'		 BBC Report Jackson  22' Attendance: 7,131
Referee: Willie Collum
23 January 2019 22 Celtic 4–0 St Mirren Celtic Park
19:45 Burke  11', 55'
Sinclair  18' (pen.)
Weah  86'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 54,821
Referee: Euan Anderson
27 January 2019 23 St Mirren 1–3 Hibernian St Mirren Park
13:30 Jackson  24' BBC Report Shaw  61'
McGregor  70'
Mallan  87'		 Attendance: 5,650
Referee: Steven McLean
2 February 2019 24 Rangers 4–0 St Mirren Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Tavernier  3' (pen), 55' (pen)
Defoe  80' (pen)
Kent  81'		 BBC Report Attendance: 49,463
Referee: Andrew Dallas
6 February 2019 25 St Mirren 1–2 Motherwell St Mirren Park
19:45 P. McGinn  74' BBC Report Hastie  10'
Campbell  77'		 Attendance: 4,383
Referee: Nick Walsh
16 February 2019 26 Aberdeen 2–2 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Ferguson  32'
Cosgrove  77'		 BBC Report Nazon  20' (pen)
McAllister  61'		 Attendance: 14,701
Referee: Craig Thomson
23 February 2019 27 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 St. Mirren Tynecastle Park
15:00 Dikamona  56' BBC Report Clare  66' (o.g.) Attendance: 16,705
Referee: Don Robertson
2 March 2019 28 St Mirren 1–0 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 Flynn  89' BBC Report Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Nick Walsh
11 March 2019 29 St Mirren 0–1 Kilmarnock St Mirren Park
19:45 BBC Report Millar  87' Attendance: 4,458
Referee: Don Robertson
16 March 2019 30 St Johnstone P–P St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 GMT Report
Note: Match postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.
27 March 2019 30 St Johnstone 1–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
19:45 Kane  13' BBC Report Attendance: 2,888
Referee: Steven McLean
30 March 2019 31 St Mirren 2–1 Dundee St Mirren Park
15:00 Mullen  12'
Lyons  57'		 BBC Report Robson  1' Attendance: 6,733
Referee: Willie Collum
3 April 2019 32 St Mirren 0–2 Celtic St Mirren Park
19:45 BBC Report Weah  15'
Christie  85'		 Attendance: 6,597
Referee: Don Robertson
6 April 2019 33 Hamilton Academical 1–1 St Mirren New Douglas Park
15:00 Davies  63' BBC Report Dreyer  66' (pen) Attendance: 3,096
Referee: John Beaton
20 April 2019 34 Livingston 1–3 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Robinson  20' BBC Report P. McGinn  26'
Mullen  78'
Jackson  80'		 Attendance: 2,347
Referee: Willie Collum
27 April 2019 35 St Mirren 1–1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Mullen  90' BBC Report Kane  79' Attendance: 5,213
Referee: Steven McLean
4 May 2019 36 Motherwell 1–1 St Mirren Fir Park
15:00 Turnbull  74' BBC Report McAllister  90+4' Attendance: 5,274
Referee: Alan Muir
13 May 2019 37 St Mirren 2–0 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park
19:45 McAllister  75'
Magennis  90+6'		 BBC Report Attendance: 6,421
Referee: Willie Collum
18 May 2019 38 Dundee 2–3 St Mirren Dens Park
12:30 Kerr  14'
Wright  74'		 BBC Report Cooke  51', 58', 76' Attendance: 5,595
Referee: Alan Muir

Premiership Play-offs
23 May 2019 Final – 1st leg Dundee United 0–0 St Mirren Tannadice Park
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 11,062
Referee: Bobby Madden
26 May 2019 Final – 2nd leg St Mirren 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(1–1 agg.)
(2–0 p)		 Dundee United St Mirren Park
15:00
BBC Report
Attendance: 7,732
Referee: John Beaton
Penalties

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2018–19 Scottish League Cup

Matches
13 July 2018 Group H Kilmarnock 0–0
(2–3 p)		 St Mirren Rugby Park
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 4,026
Referee: Steven McLean
Penalties
Erwin
Dicker
Burke
Broadfoot
Millen 		S. McGinn
P. McGinn
King
Coulson
Mullen
17 July 2018 Group H St Mirren 2–2
(5–3 p)		 Spartans St Mirren Park
19:45 S. McGinn  59'
Mullen  75' (pen)		 BBC Report Jason Stevens  6'
Scott Maxwell  55'		 Attendance: 1,430
Referee: Alan Newlands
Penalties
Stewart
P. McGinn
Flynn
Mullen
Smith		 David Greenhill
Blair Atkinson
Harry Girdwood
Michael Herd
24 July 2018 Group H Queens Park 0–0
(4–5 p)		 St Mirren Hampden Park
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 1,493
Referee: Nick Walsh
Penalties
McKernon
Scott Gibson
William Mortimer
Josh Peters
Calvin McGrory
Ciaran Summers
Brendan Sharpe 		Stewart
P. McGinn
Magennis
Mullen
S. McGinn
Coulson
Flynn
28 July 2018 Group H St Mirren 6–0 Dumbarton St Mirren Park
15:00 Coulson  1'
Smith  35', 84'
Stewart  48'
S. McGinn  53'
Kellerman  82'		 BBC Report Attendance: 1,610
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 August 2018 Second Round Aberdeen 4–0 St Mirren Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Mackay-Steven  16', 57' (pen)
Shinnie  20'
May  26'		 BBC Report Attendance: 9,011
Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Cup
19 January 2019 Fourth Round St Mirren 3–2 Alloa Athletic St Mirren Park
15:00 Cooke  68'
Erhahon  85'
McAllister  87'		 BBC Report Trouten  26'
Cawley  34'		 Attendance: 2,760
Referee: Don Robertson
9 February 2019 Fifth Round St Mirren 1–2 Dundee United St Mirren Park
15:00 Nazon  77' BBC Report Šafranko  15'
Clark  45'		 Attendance: 3,965
Referee: Willie Collum

Player statistics

Appearances and goals
As of 26 May 2019
No.PosPlayerPremiershipPremiership Play OffsLeague CupScottish Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK Václav Hladký 17+002+000+002+00 210
2DF Paul McGinn 34+132+005+002+00 443
3DF Mateo Mužek 13+100+100+001+00 160
4MF Stephen McGinn 31+312+004+121+00 423
6DF Gary MacKenzie 5+002+000+000+00 70
7MF Kyle Magennis 11+322+002+100+00 192
8MF Ryan Flynn 20+611+003+102+00 331
9FW Duckens Nazon 6+410+100+001+01 122
11FW Simeon Jackson 22+860+000+001+10 326
14MF Brad Lyons 14+110+000+002+00 171
15DF Jack Baird 31+302+005+002+00 430
16DF Mihai Popescu 17+002+000+002+00 210
17MF Jim Kellerman 1+200+001+210+00 61
18FW Danny Mullen 16+751+114+110+00 307
20FW Cody Cooke 3+832+001+200+11 174
21DF Lee Hodson 19+102+000+001+00 230
22MF Greg Tansey 4+200+000+002+00 80
23MF Kyle McAllister 8+622+000+000+21 183
25GK Danny Rogers 4+000+001+000+00 50
26GK Jordan Holmes 0+000+000+000+00 00
28MF Cameron MacPherson 10+310+002+101+00 171
33DF Laurențiu Corbu 1+200+000+000+00 30
35DF Anton Ferdinand 18+000+100+000+00 190
36FW Sam Jamieson 0+200+000+000+00 20
39MF Ethan Erhahon 19+100+000+001+11 221
40FW Cameron Breadner 0+200+000+000+00 20
Players who left the club during the season:
1GK Craig Samson (retired) 13+000+004+000+00 170
3DF Hayden Coulson (end of loan) 5+100+005+010+00 111
5MF Josh Heaton (on loan to Kidderminster Harriers) 0+000+002+000+00 20
9FW Nicolai Brock-Madsen (end of loan) 3+100+001+000+00 50
10MF Anders Dreyer (end of loan due to injury) 8+210+000+001+00 111
10FW Cammy Smith (transferred to Dundee United) 9+1000+005+020+00 242
14MF Jordan Kirkpatrick (transferred to Alloa Athletic) 0+200+001+000+00 30
16MF Ian McShane (transferred to Falkirk) 4+400+001+000+00 90
17MF Jim Kellerman (on loan to AFC Fylde) 0+100+001+210+00 41
19DF Alfie Jones (end of loan) 14+010+000+100+00 151
19FW Ross Stewart (transferred to Ross County) 1+000+001+210+00 41
22MF Matty Willock (end of loan) 7+500+002+000+00 140
23MF Jeff King (released) 0+000+001+200+00 30
24DF Cole Kpekawa (released) 4+000+004+000+00 80
26GK Dean Lyness (released) 4+000+000+000+00 40
27MF Ryan Edwards (end of loan) 11+300+000+000+00 140
44DF Adam Eckersley (on loan to Forfar Athletic) 0+000+000+000+00 00
77MF Adam Hammill (transferred to Scunthorpe United) 12+140+000+000+00 134

Goal scorers
As of match played 26 May 2019[77]
Place Position Nation Name Total Scottish Premiership Scottish Premiership Play Offs Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
1FWDanny Mullen7511
2FWSimeon Jackson66
3MFAdam Hammill44
FWCody Cooke431
5MFKyle McAllister321
DFPaul McGinn33
MFStephen McGinn312
8MFKyle Magennis22
FWDuckens Nazon211
MFCammy Smith22
11DFHayden Coulson11
MFAnders Dreyer11
MFEthan Erhahon11
MFRyan Flynn11
DFAlfie Jones11
MFJim Kellermann11
MFBrad Lyons11
MFCameron MacPherson11
FWRoss C. Stewart11
—Own goal22
Total 4734148

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 26 May 2019
Number Nation Position Name Total Scottish Premiership Scottish Premiership Play Offs League Cup Scottish Cup
2DFPaul McGinn 110101
4MFStephen McGinn 80611
8MFRyan Flynn 61511
27MFRyan Edwards 606
15DFJack Baird 6051
14MFBrad Lyons 50[lower-alpha 1]41
11FWSimeon Jackson 41311
1GKCraig Samson 404
16DFMihai Popescu 4031
39MFEthan Erhahon 3131
3DFHayden Coulson 303
18FWDanny Mullen 3021
10MFCammy Smith 202
21DFLee Hodson 202
22MFMatty Willock 2011
23MFKyle McAllister 2011
35DFAnton Ferdinand 202
77MFAdam Hammill 202
9FWDuckens Nazon 1111
1GKVáclav Hladký 101
3DFMateo Mužek 101
6DFGary MacKenzie 101
7MFKyle Magennis 101
16MFIan McShane 101
19DFAlfie Jones 101
20FWCody Cooke 101
22MFGreg Tansey 101
24DFCole Kpekawa 101
28MFCameron MacPherson 101
33DFLaurențiu Corbu 101
  1. Brad Lyons 2nd yellow card, and thus red card, in match vs. Alloa Athletic was later rescinded following an appeal.

Team statistics

League Cup table
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KIL STM DUM QPA SPA
1 Kilmarnock (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 9 2 +7 10 Qualification for the Second Round — 0–0p — 2–0 —
2 St Mirren (Q) 4 1 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 — — 6–0 — p2–2
3 Dumbarton 4 1 1 0 2 3 10 −7 5 2–4 — — 1–0 —
4 Queen's Park 4 1 0 1 2 2 4 −2 4 — 0–0p — — 2–1
5 Spartans 4 0 0 2 2 3 7 −4 2 0–3 — 0–0p — —
Source: [78]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[79]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Celtic (C) 38 27 6 5 77 20 +57 87 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 23 9 6 82 27 +55 78 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
3 Kilmarnock 38 19 10 9 50 31 +19 67
4 Aberdeen 38 20 7 11 57 44 +13 67
5 Hibernian 38 14 12 12 51 39 +12 54
6 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 6 17 42 50 −8 51
7 St Johnstone 38 15 7 16 38 48 −10 52
8 Motherwell 38 15 6 17 46 56 −10 51
9 Livingston 38 11 11 16 42 44 −2 44
10 Hamilton Academical 38 9 6 23 28 75 −47 33
11 St Mirren (O) 38 8 8 22 34 66 −32 32 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Dundee (R) 38 5 6 27 31 78 −47 21 Relegation to the Championship
Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[80]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
  2. Since the winners of the 2018–19 Scottish Cup, Celtic, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the Scottish Cup winners (Europa League first qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Division summary
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAAHHAHHAAHAHA
ResultWLLLDLLLLLLLDWLDLLWLLLLLLDDWLLWLDWDDWW
Position47101110111111111111111111111111121111111212121212121212121111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2019. Source: [81]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League results by opponent
Team Result Points
Home Away
Aberdeen1–21–42–21/9
Celtic0–00–20–41/9
Dundee2–12–11–13–210/12
Hamilton Academicals1–32–00–31–14/12
Heart of Midlothian2–01–41–14/9
Hibernian0–11–32–21/9
Kilmarnock1–20–11–20/9
Livingston0–21–01–33–16/12
Motherwell0–21–21–01–14/12
Rangers0–20–20–40/9
St Johnstone0–11–10–20–11/12

Management statistics
Last updated on 26 May 2019
Name From To P W D L Win%[nb 1]
Alan Stubbs[82] 8 June 2018 3 September 2018 9 2 3 4 022.22
Oran Kearney[83] 7 September 2018 Present 38 8 10 20 021.05

Transfers
Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2018 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2018–19

Players in
Position Nationality Name From Transfer Window Ends Fee Source
MF Ben Cameron St Mirren Youth team Summer 2020 Free [9]
MF Jim Kellerman Aldershot Town Summer 2020 Free [9]
DF Paul McGinn Partick Thistle Summer 2020 Free [11]
DF Josh Heaton Darlington Summer 2021 £75,000 [14]
FW Cody Cooke Truro City Summer 2020 Free [14]
MF Jeff King Bolton Wanderers Summer 2020 Free [15]
DF Hayden Coulson Middlesbrough Summer 2020 Loan [18]
GK Danny Rogers Aberdeen Summer 2019 Loan [20]
DF Cole Kpekawa Colchester United Summer 2020 Free [22]
MF Matty Willock Manchester United Summer 2019 Loan [23]
FW Nicolai Brock-Madsen Birmingham City Summer 2019 Loan [24]
DF Alfie Jones Southampton Summer 2019 Loan [26]
DF Lee Hodson Rangers Summer 2019 Loan [29]
MF Ryan Edwards Heart of Midlothian Summer 2019 Loan [30]
DF Anton Ferdinand Southend United Winter 2019 Free [34]
GK Dean Lyness Nuneaton Borough Winter 2019 Free [37]
FW Simeon Jackson Walsall Winter 2019 Free [38]
MF Adam Hammill Barnsley Winter 2019 Free [39]
MF Greg Tansey Aberdeen Winter 2019 Free [54]
DF Mihai Popescu Dinamo București Winter 2019 Loan [56]
GK Václav Hladký Slovan Liberec Winter 2020 Free [58]
MF Brad Lyons Blackburn Rovers Winter 2019 Loan [59]
MF Kyle McAllister Derby County Winter 2019 Loan [60]
GK Jordan Holmes Bournemouth Winter 2019 Loan [60]
MF Anders Dreyer Brighton & Hove Albion Winter 2019 Loan [64]
DF Mateo Mužek Shakhter Karagandy Winter 2019 Free [65]
FW Duckens Nazon Sint-Truiden Winter 2019 Loan [67]
DF Laurențiu Corbu Dinamo București Winter 2019 Loan [67]

Players out
Position Nationality Name To / Type Transfer Window Fee Source
DF Stelios Demetriou Released Summer Free [3]
MF Massimo Donati Released Summer Free [3]
FW Darryl Duffy Released Summer Free [3]
MF Nathan Flanagan Released Summer Free [3]
MF Mark Hill Celtic Summer Loan end [3]
DF Gary Irvine Released Summer Free [3]
MF Lewis Morgan Celtic Summer Loan end [3]
DF Liam Smith Heart of Midlothian Summer Loan end [3]
FW John Sutton Released Summer Free [3]
MF Josh Todd Released Summer Free [3]
DF Darren Whyte Released Summer Free [3]
DF Harry Davis Released Summer Free [7]
FW Gavin Reilly Bristol Rovers Summer Free [17]
GK Ross M. Stewart Livingston Summer Free [19]
FW Myles Hippolyte Dunfermline Athletic Summer Free [21]
FW Ross C. Stewart Ross County Summer Undisclosed fee [25]
MF Jim Kellerman AFC Fylde Summer Loan [27]
FW Nicolai Brock-Madsen Birmingham City Winter Loan end [40]
DF Hayden Coulson Middlesbrough Winter Loan end [41]
GK Craig Samson Sunderland
as goalkeeping coach		 Winter Retired [46]
MF Matty Willock Manchester United Winter Loan end [49]
MF Jordan Kirkpatrick Alloa Athletic Winter Free [50]
MF Ian McShane Falkirk Winter Free [50]
MF Adam Hammill Scunthorpe United Winter Free [51]
DF Josh Heaton Kidderminster Harriers Winter Free [52]
MF Ryan Edwards Heart of Midlothian Winter Loan end [53]
DF Alfie Jones Southampton Winter Loan end [53]
GK Dean Lyness Released Winter Free [55]
MF Jeff King Released Winter Free [55]
MF Connor O'Keefe Released Winter Free [55]
DF Adam Eckersley Forfar Athletic Winter Loan [56]
MF Cammy Smith Dundee United Winter Undisclosed fee [57]
DF Cole Kpekawa Released Winter Free [62]

See also

Notes
  1. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.

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