Stadium
St. Mirren played at four different venues before moving to their ground of St. Mirren Park, or Love Street, in 1894. The record attendance was 47,438 versus Celtic in 1949. Love Street saw extensive redevelopment in recent years to comply with both the recommendations of the Taylor Report and SPL regulations and the ground eventually became a 10,866 seat venue. The ground had four stands of which the most recent, the WEast or Reid Kerr Family Stand, was built in 2000 in order for Love Street to meet the criteria for entry to the Scottish Premier League. The oldest stand was the main stand which had a basic wooden construction. The north bank was popular with the hardcore St. Mirren fans whilst the largest stand, the steeply raked West Stand, housed a sporting facility underneath. It was rarely used to its full capacity.
On 24 May 2005, Renfrewshire Council granted permission for the club to develop their oldish ground. this involved the sale of the grounds to a supermarket chain (ASDA), and the construction of a ground in Ferguslie Park, Paisley (through a separate planning permission). The sale of their old ground allowed the club to finance the new stadium as well as clear the debts of the club. In April 2007 it was announced that a deal had been struck with supermarket giants Tesco and on 15 January 2009 St. Mirren moved to a new 8,000 seat stadium, also called St. Mirren Park (some of the media incorrectly call this ground New St. Mirren park) .
The opening game finished as a 1–1 draw with Kilmarnock, with Killie's Kevin Kyle scoring the first goal, and Dennis Wyness equalising. St. Mirren's first notable win at the new stadium came on 7 March 2009 in a 1–0 victory over Celtic in the Homecoming Scottish Cup Quarter Final.
The stadium has a total seating capacity of 8,023 which is split up as follows: Main Stand: 2,220 West Stand: 2,516 South Stand: 1,633 North Stand: 1,654
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