# 2020–21 St Mirren F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was the club's third consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football since being promoted from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2017–18 season. St Mirren also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Month by month review
### June

* 2 June – the club announced that 13 players will leave the club when their contracts shortly expire. Captain Stephen McGinn, Václav Hladký, Gary MacKenzie, Oan Djorkaeff, Ross Wallace, Tony Andreu, Danny Mullen and Cody Cooke won't have their contractors renewed – while loanees Lee Hodson, Calum Waters, Akin Famewo, Seifedin Chabbi and Alex Jakubiak all return to their parent clubs.
* 8 June – midfielder Ryan Flynn signed a one-year extension to his contract.
* 18 June – defender Richard Tait signed from Motherwell on a two-year deal.
* 22 June – Rangers goalkeeper Jak Alnwick signed on a two-year deal, after being released by his former club.

### July

* 7 July – Fleetwood Town midfielder Nathan Sheron joined the club on a season long loan.
* 20 July – defender Joe Shaughnessy signed on a two-year deal from Southend United, and Icelandic midfielder Ísak Þorvaldsson joined the club on a season long loan from Norwich City.
* 28 July – Ex-Ross County defender Marcus Fraser signed a one-year deal with the club.

## Squad list

    As of 16 May 2021
| No. | Name | Position | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed From | Signed in | Signed until | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Jak Alnwick | GK | (1993-06-17) 17 June 1993 (age 31) | Rangers | 2020 | 2022 | 45 | 0 |
| 26 | Dean Lyness | GK | (1991-07-20) 20 July 1991 (age 33) | Raith Rovers | 2019 | 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Peter Urminský | GK | (1999-05-24) 24 May 1999 (age 25) | Spartak Trnava | 2020 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Jamie Langfield | GK | (1979-12-22) 22 December 1979 (age 45) | Aberdeen | 2015 | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Zdeněk Zlámal | GK | (1985-11-05) 5 November 1985 (age 39) | Heart of Midlothian | 2020 | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Richard Tait | DF | (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 35) | Motherwell | 2020 | 2022 | 43 | 2 |
| 3 | Brandon Mason | DF | (1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 27) | Coventry City | 2020 | 2021 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Joe Shaughnessy | DF | (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 32) | Southend United | 2020 | 2022 | 41 | 2 |
| 5 | Conor McCarthy | DF | (1998-04-11) 11 April 1998 (age 26) | Cork City | 2020 | 2022 | 55 | 3 |
| 15 | Jack Baird | DF | (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 29) | St Mirren Youth Team | 2014 | 2021 | 166 | 6 |
| 15 | Daniel Finlayson | DF | (2001-01-19) 19 January 2001 (age 24) | Rangers | 2020 | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Marcus Fraser | DF | (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 30) | Ross County | 2020 | 2021 | 46 | 3 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Nathan Sheron | MF | (1997-10-04) 4 October 1997 (age 27) | Fleetwood Town (loan) | 2020 | 2021 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | Kyle Magennis | MF | (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 26) | St Mirren Youth Team | 2016 | 2021 | 107 | 8 |
| 7 | Jake Doyle-Hayes | MF | (1998-12-30) 30 December 1998 (age 26) | Aston Villa | 2020 | 2021 | 28 | 1 |
| 8 | Ryan Flynn | MF | (1988-09-04) 4 September 1988 (age 36) | Oldham Athletic | 2018 | 2021 | 89 | 2 |
| 10 | Kyle McAllister | MF | (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 (age 27) | Derby County | 2019 | 2022 | 93 | 4 |
| 11 | İlkay Durmuş | MF | (1994-05-01) 1 May 1994 (age 30) | Wacker Innsbruck | 2019 | 2021 | 68 | 8 |
| 14 | Cameron MacPherson | MF | (1998-12-29) 29 December 1998 (age 26) | St Mirren Youth Team | 2015 | 2022 | 84 | 5 |
| 16 | Sam Foley | MF | (1986-10-17) 17 October 1986 (age 38) | Northampton Town | 2019 | 2021 | 43 | 2 |
| 17 | Jamie McGrath | MF | (1996-09-30) 30 September 1996 (age 28) | Dundalk | 2020 | 2022 | 52 | 17 |
| 19 | Dylan Reid | MF | (2005-03-01) 1 March 2005 (age 19) | St Mirren Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Dylan Connolly | MF | (1995-05-02) 2 May 1995 (age 29) | AFC Wimbledon | 2020 | 2021 | 38 | 2 |
| 23 | Ísak Þorvaldsson | MF | (2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 (age 23) | Norwich City (loan) | 2020 | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Ethan Erhahon | MF | (2001-05-09) 9 May 2001 (age 23) | St Mirren Youth Team | 2017 | 2022 | 62 | 2 |
| 30 | Jay Henderson | MF | (2002-02-21) 21 February 2002 (age 23) | St Mirren Youth Team | 2021 | 2021 | 7 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Jonathan Obika | FW | (1990-09-12) 12 September 1990 (age 34) | Oxford United | 2019 | 2021 | 74 | 19 |
| 19 | Junior Morias | FW | (1995-07-04) 4 July 1995 (age 29) | Northampton Town | 2019 | 2021 | 41 | 2 |
| 20 | Kristian Dennis | FW | (1990-03-11) 11 March 1990 (age 34) | Notts County | 2020 | 2022 | 24 | 5 |
| 23 | Lee Erwin | FW | (1994-03-19) 19 March 1994 (age 30) | Ross County | 2020 | 2022 | 35 | 3 |
| 33 | Lewis Jamieson | FW | (2002-04-17) 17 April 2002 (age 22) | St Mirren Youth Team | 2020 | 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Eamonn Brophy | FW | (1996-03-10) 10 March 1996 (age 28) | Kilmarnock | 2021 | 2021 | 8 | 0 |
| 45 | Collin Quaner | FW | (1991-06-18) 18 June 1991 (age 33) | Huddersfield Town | 2021 | 2021 | 8 | 1 |

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 16 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Player | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Jak Alnwick | 34+0 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Richard Tait | 31+2 | 1 | 7+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Brandon Mason | 5+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Joe Shaughnessy | 33+0 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 | 43 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Conor McCarthy | 37+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 46 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | Jake Doyle-Hayes | 21+1 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Ryan Flynn | 8+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jonathan Obika | 26+10 | 5 | 4+3 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 45 | 8 |
| 10 | MF | Kyle McAllister | 11+23 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | İlkay Durmuş | 23+7 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 | 4+0 | 0 | 38 | 4 |
| 14 | MF | Cameron MacPherson | 14+17 | 2 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
| 15 | DF | Daniel Finlayson | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Jamie McGrath | 34+1 | 10 | 6+1 | 4 | 4+0 | 3 | 46 | 17 |
| 19 | MF | Dylan Reid | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Kristian Dennis | 6+11 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 2 | 24 | 5 |
| 21 | MF | Dylan Connolly | 17+11 | 2 | 4+3 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 38 | 3 |
| 22 | DF | Marcus Fraser | 35+0 | 1 | 7+0 | 1 | 4+0 | 1 | 46 | 3 |
| 23 | FW | Lee Erwin | 16+11 | 3 | 2+3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 25 | MF | Ethan Erhahon | 26+3 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 26 | GK | Dean Lyness | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | Peter Urminský | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | Jamie Langfield | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Eamonn Brophy | 4+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Jay Henderson | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Lewis Jamieson | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | Collin Quaner | 2+4 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Players who left the club during the 2020–21 season |||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Nathan Sheron | 5+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Kyle Magennis | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Jack Baird | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Sam Foley | 10+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Junior Morias | 3+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Ísak Þorvaldsson | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Zdeněk Zlámal | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

    As of match played 16 May 2020
| Place | Position | Nation | Name | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish League Cup | Scottish Cup |
| 2 | DF | | Richard Tait | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | DF | | Joe Shaughnessy | 2 | 1 | | 1 |
| 5 | DF | | Conor McCarthy | 2 | | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Jake Doyle-Hayes | 1 | 1 | | |
| 9 | FW | | Jonathan Obika | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| 10 | MF | | Kyle McAllister | 1 | 1 | | |
| 11 | MF | | İlkay Durmuş | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 14 | MF | | Cameron MacPherson | 2 | 2 | | |
| 17 | MF | | Jamie McGrath | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 |
| 21 | MF | | Dylan Connolly | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 20 | FW | | Kristian Dennis | 5 | 3 | | 2 |
| 22 | DF | | Marcus Fraser | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | | Lee Erwin | 3 | 3 | | |
| 25 | DF | | Ethan Erhahon | 2 | 2 | | |
| 45 | FW | | Collin Quaner | 1 | 1 | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 56 | 36 | 12 | 8 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 16 May 2020
| Number | Position | Name | Total | Total | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup |
| 1 | GK | Jak Alnwick | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | | | 1 |
| 2 | DF | Richard Tait | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | | |
| 3 | DF | Brandon Mason | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 4 | DF | Joe Shaughnessy | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | Conor McCarthy | 7 | 0 | 6 | | | | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Nathan Sheron | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | |
| 7 | MF | Jake Doyle-Hayes | 8 | 0 | 4 | | 3 | | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Ryan Flynn | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| 9 | FW | Jonathan Obika | 4 | 0 | 3 | | 1 | | |
| 10 | MF | Kyle McAllister | 4 | 0 | 3 | | | | 1 |
| 11 | MF | İlkay Durmuş | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| 14 | MF | Cameron MacPherson | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | | |
| 15 | DF | Daniel Finlayson | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| 16 | MF | Sam Foley | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| 17 | MF | Jamie McGrath | 5 | 0 | 4 | | 1 | | |
| 19 | FW | Junior Morias | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| 20 | FW | Kristian Dennis | 1 | 0 | | | | | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Dylan Connolly | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | |
| 22 | DF | Marcus Fraser | 4 | 0 | 4 | | | | |
| 25 | DF | Ethan Erhahon | 9 | 0 | 6 | | 2 | | 1 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 38 | 32 | 6 | 0 | 92 | 13 | +79 | 102 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Celtic | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 78 | 29 | +49 | 77 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Hibernian | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | St Johnstone | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Livingston | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 45 | |
| 7 | St Mirren | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 45 | |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 45 | |
| 9 | Dundee United | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 44 | |
| 10 | Ross County | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 39 | |
| 11 | Kilmarnock (R) | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 36 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical (R) | 38 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 67 | −33 | 30 | Relegation to Championship |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
* ↑ St Johnstone qualified as the 2020–21 Scottish Cup winners.

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Ground | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |

### League results by opponent

| Team | Result | Result | Result | Result | Points |
| Team | Home | Home | Away | Away | | Points |
| Aberdeen | 1–1 | – | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2/9 |
| Celtic | 1–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | – | 3/9 |
| Dundee United | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 5/12 |
| Hamilton Academicals | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5/12 |
| Hibernian | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | – | 0/9 |
| Kilmarnock | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 5/12 |
| Livingston | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | – | 7/9 |
| Motherwell | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 5/12 |
| Rangers | 0–2 | – | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0/9 |
| Ross County | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 10/12 |
| St Johnstone | 3–2 | – | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3/9 |
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STM | QOS | PAR | GMO | QPK |
| 1 | St Mirren | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 10 | Qualification for the Second round | — | — | 4–1 | p1–1 | — |
| 2 | Queen of the South | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | | 2–2p | — | 0–0p | — | — |
| 3 | Partick Thistle | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7 | | — | — | — | p0–0 | 2–0 |
| 4 | Greenock Morton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | | — | 2–2p | — | — | 1–0 |
| 5 | Queen's Park | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | | 0–1 | 1–3 | — | — | — |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 16 May 2020
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Jim Goodwin | 12 September 2019 | Present | 88 | 27 | 25 | 36 | 030.68 |

## Transfers
### Players in

| Position | Name | From | Transfer Window | Ends | Fee |
| DF | Richard Tait | Motherwell | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| GK | Jak Alnwick | Rangers | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| MF | Nathan Sheron | Fleetwood Town | Summer | 2021 | Loan |
| DF | Joe Shaughnessy | Southend United | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| MF | Ísak Þorvaldsson | Norwich City | Summer | 2021 | Loan |
| DF | Marcus Fraser | Ross County | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| FW | Kristian Dennis | Notts County | Summer | 2022 | Free |
| MF | Dylan Connolly | AFC Wimbledon | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| GK | Zdeněk Zlámal | Heart of Midlothian | Summer | 2021 | Loan |
| DF | Daniel Finlayson | Rangers | Summer | 2021 | Loan |
| DF | Brandon Mason | Coventry City | Summer | 2021 | Loan |
| MF | Jake Doyle-Hayes | Unattached | Summer | 2021 | Free |
| FW | Collin Quaner | Unattached | Winter | 2021 | Free |
| FW | Eamonn Brophy | Kilmarnock | Winter | 2021 | Loan |

### Players out

| Position | Name | To / Type | Transfer Window | Fee |
| MF | Oan Djorkaeff | SC Kriens | Summer | Free |
| MF | Ross Wallace | Released | Summer | Free |
| FW | Seifedin Chabbi | Gaziantep | Summer | Loan ended |
| FW | Alex Jakubiak | Watford | Summer | Loan ended |
| DF | Lee Hodson | Gillingham | Summer | Loan ended |
| DF | Akin Famewo | Norwich City | Summer | Loan ended |
| DF | Calum Waters | Kilmarnock | Summer | Loan ended |
| DF | Gary MacKenzie | Peterhead | Summer | Free |
| FW | Danny Mullen | Dundee | Summer | Free |
| GK | Václav Hladký | Salford City | Summer | Free |
| FW | Cody Cooke | Weymouth | Summer | Free |
| DF | Ísak Þorvaldsson | Norwich City | Summer | Loan ended |
| DF | Jack Baird | Ayr United | Summer | Free |
| MF | Stephen McGinn | Hibernian | Summer | Free |
| MF | Kyle Magennis | Hibernian | Summer | Undisclosed |
| FW | Junior Morias | Boreham Wood | Winter | Loan |
| MF | Tony Andreu | Ross County | Winter | Free |
| MF | Sam Foley | Motherwell | Winter | Free |
| GK | Peter Urminský | Ayr United | Winter | Loan |
| FW | Lewis Jamieson | Clyde | Winter | Loan |