There is some dispute as to why the colours black and white were chosen. St Mirren played their first match on 6 October 1877, defeating Johnstone Britannia 1–0 at Shortroods.

They are Paisley Panda, Junior P and Mrs Panda. The home of St Mirren on BBC Sport online.

Two years later, the club moved to another ground named Thistle Park at Greenhills.

St Mirren ace Jon Obika hails supporters who made trip to Hamilton Glasgow Evening Times 22:31 16-Aug-20. St Mirren's first The 1890 season was a historic season for St Mirren, as they became founder members of the St Mirren moved to Love Street in 1894 and reached their first In 1922, St Mirren were invited to play in the Barcelona Cup invitational tournament to celebrate the inauguration of In the 1979–80 season, St Mirren achieved their equal highest-ever finish in the top-flight finishing third behind In the 2010s the club drew praise for their youth development, bringing through several players from their academy (despite it not being listed among the 'elite' group assessed by the St Mirren played at four different venues before moving to their ground at St Mirren Park, or Love Street, in 1894. The team strips have varied very little in the long history of the club, however the thickness of the stripes have often varied.

2020/21 Betfred Cup Group Stage fixtures St Mirren FC - Official Site 15:08 17-Aug-20. Spirits high at training this week ahead of today's trip to Perth. The regular mascots are Paisley Panda and Junior P. Away tops are traditionally red or all black, but in some cases strips have varied from orange to light blue, as seen on the 2010–11 strip. For the English football club, see 3y PA Sport. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.

The increasing popularity of football ensured that by 1877 the members had decided to play association football and 1877 is the football club's official foundation date. The Official Website of St Mirren Football Club, Paisley. "We have to lick our wounds, work on what we need to work on and put in a better performance against Hibs."

In recent years there has been evidence unearthed that the Monks in the local abbey wore black and white striped habits. St Mirren's Stelios Demetriou was pelted with a chocolate bar as he was about to take a throw-in during a match and reacted accordingly -- he ate it. Sign up to the club newsletter and receive regular updates direct to your inbox Jim Goodwin's reaction on a disappointing afternoon for Saints. St Mirren 2-0 Dundee United. The team has two nicknames, the "Buddies" and the "Saints". St Mirren Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire, founded in 1877. Includes the latest news stories, results, fixtures, video and audio. This site contains syndicated content served via API from YouTube which may contain advertising content.

Some years have seen horizontal stripes used. A popular theory is that the stripes represent the Black and White Cart rivers which run through Paisley. Having first played in black and white vertical stripes in 1884, Saints were the first club in the world to do so, six years before Notts County. From 2007–2011, the Danish firm, St Mirren has had several main sponsors, mainly in the transport industry, with several local bus companies and car dealerships like In recent years, St Mirren have been represented by three mascots, the Pandas.

Jim Goodwin insists St Mirren's win over Hamilton should have been comfier Daily Record 07:02 17-Aug-20.