31-527: Hilson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Dale Hilson (born 1992), Scottish footballer Jeff Hilson (born 1966), contemporary British poet Keri Hilson (born 1982), American singer, songwriter and actress Marie Hilson Katzenbach (1882–1970), American educator, president of the New Jersey State Board of Education Archibald Hilson Ross (1821–1900), Member of Parliament from
62-549: 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 had a total seating capacity of 8,023 which was reduced in 2017 to 7,937 following the installation of a new disabled access platform. The stadium
93-481: A deal with kit manufacturers Macron. St Mirren has had several main sponsors, mainly in the transport industry, with several local bus companies and car dealerships like Arriva and Phoenix Honda sponsoring in the club. St Mirren were sponsored by Braehead Shopping Centre , a local shopping centre four miles away in Renfrew from 2005 to 2017. They are currently sponsored by Consilium Contracting Services. In August 2010,
124-446: A fierce rivalry with neighbours Greenock Morton , a rivalry which sees a large amount of animosity between the two sets of fans. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Robert Mitchell of St Mirren F.C. won
155-605: A substitute in the Scottish Premier League match versus Hamilton Academical . Hilson won the Under-19 Scottish Premier League player of the season for 2009–10. In August 2010, Hilson then joined Forfar Athletic on loan, scoring on his league debut and was again loaned out to the Sky Blues in 2012. On 28 April 2012, Hilson was sent-off for foul and abusive language. In December 2012, Hilson started
186-500: A supermarket chain, 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 their debts. In April 2007 it was announced that a deal had been struck with supermarket giant Tesco and on 15 January 2009 St Mirren moved to a new 8,000-seat stadium, also called St Mirren Park. The opening game finished as
217-547: A third loan spell at Station Park and then in August 2013, he returned for a fourth loan spell, joining until the end of January 2014. The loan deal was then extended until the end of the season, as he finished joint-top goalscorer with Gavin Swankie with 13 goals. During his fourth loan spell, Hilson made his 100th appearance for the Loons , making 113 appearances in total during his time at
248-545: Is also a street in Paisley named St Mirren Street. The team's first strip was scarlet and blue but, after one season, the club changed to the current black and white striped shirts, which have been worn every season bar one in the 1900s, when cream tops were used. St Mirren played their first match on 6 October 1877, defeating Johnstone Britannia 1–0 at Shortroods. Two years later, the club moved to another ground named Thistle Park at Greenhills. St Mirren's first Scottish Cup match
279-637: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Dale Hilson Dale Hilson (born 23 December 1992, in Stirling ) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Stirling Albion , having previously played for Dundee United , Forfar Athletic , Queen of the South , St Mirren and Arbroath . Hilson, who had featured a handful of times for the Terrors Under-19s, debuted in October 2009 as
310-559: Is that the stripes represent the Black and White Cart rivers which run through Paisley. In recent years there has been evidence unearthed that the Monks in the local abbey wore black and white striped habits. The team strips have varied very little in the long history of the club, however the thickness of the stripes have often varied. Some years have seen horizontal stripes used. Having first played in black and white vertical stripes in 1884, Saints were
341-471: The Anglo-Scottish Cup , beating Bristol City 5–1 over two legs in 1979–80. The club's home ground since 2009 is St Mirren Park , an all-seater stadium on Greenhill Road, Paisley. It has a capacity of 7,937. The club's former home from 1894 until 2009 was also officially named St Mirren Park, but was more commonly known as Love Street . St Mirren Football Club was originally a gentlemen's club which
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#1733107167316372-533: The Loons for his sixth spell with the club. On 18 January 2020, Hilson signed for Arbroath . St Mirren F.C. St Mirren Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire , that competes in the Scottish Premiership after winning the 2017–18 Scottish Championship . Founded in 1877, the team has two nicknames: The Buddies and The Saints . St Mirren have won
403-673: The Scottish Cup three times, in 1926 , 1959 and 1987 , and the Scottish League Cup in 2013 . They have played in European competition four times: in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1987–88 and the UEFA Cup in 1980–81 , 1983–84 and 1985–86 . The club will return to Europe for the first time in 37 years in the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League . They are the only Scottish team to win
434-690: The Scottish League Cup beating Heart of Midlothian 3–2 at Hampden to win their first cup since 1987. 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 SFA in 2017) including Stevie Mallan , Jack Baird , Kyle Magennis , Jason Naismith , Kyle McAllister , Sean Kelly and full Scotland internationals Kenny McLean , Lewis Morgan and John McGinn . St Mirren played at four different venues before moving to their ground at St Mirren Park, or Love Street, in 1894. The record attendance for
465-401: 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 while the largest stand, the steeply raked West Stand, housed a sporting facility underneath. On 24 May 2005, Renfrewshire Council granted permission for the club to develop their old ground. This involved the sale of the ground to
496-660: The Otago Region of New Zealand See also [ edit ] Hillson Hillsong (disambiguation) Hilston Pilson [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Hilson . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hilson&oldid=1112762061 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
527-763: The Premier Division of the Scottish Football League once (1991–92) having escaped relegation from the latter in 1991 after league re-construction. In 2001, St Mirren finished bottom of the Premier League despite losing only one of their final seven matches. The Saints however managed promotion after clinching the First Division title in 2005–06 , a season which also saw St Mirren win the Scottish Challenge Cup , defeating Hamilton Academical 2–1 in
558-576: The Scottish 880 yards title five times between 1889 and 1894, missing only in 1893, and shares with Duncan McPhee (West of Scotland H., 1914 to 1923) the most wins in this event in Scottish AAA history. He also set Scottish records at two distances. At the St Mirren FC Sports, at West March , Paisley, on 19 July 1890 he ran 2:00 2/5 to establish a new Scottish All-comers record for 880 yards, beating
589-517: The club confirmed Barrhead company Compass Private Hire would have their name displayed on the back of the first team players' shirts as well as on their shorts. Compass Private Hire were co-owned by former St Mirren player, captain and manager, Tony Fitzpatrick. In recent years, St Mirren have been represented by three mascots, the Pandas. They are Paisley Panda, Junior P and Mrs Panda. The regular mascots are Paisley Panda and Junior P. The club has
620-455: The club. On 27 June 2017, Hilson signed a six-month contract with St Mirren , after successfully spending a week on trial to prove his fitness. On 30 September 2017, Hilson scored his only goal for the club in a 2–1 win versus Brechin City and was then released when his contract expired at the end of the year. On 1 January 2018, Hilson returned to Station Park , signing an 18-month contract with
651-581: The club. On 4 June 2014, Hilson was released by the Tannadice club at the end of his contract and then on 3 July 2014, signed for the Sky Blues on a permanent contract. In June 2015, Hilson then signed for Scottish Championship club Queen of the South . Hilson's contract at the Doonhamers was not renewed in May 2017 having made 38 appearances and scoring seven goals in all competitions during his two seasons with
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#1733107167316682-409: The commonly used Westmarch), defeating Queen's Park in the first game there. In 1885, St Mirren played their first match against Morton , resulting in a defeat. The 1890 season was a historic season for St Mirren, as they became founder members of the Scottish Football League along with fellow Paisley club Abercorn . Of the eleven founder clubs, only five survive in the current league system. It
713-522: The final at Airdrie United 's ground, the Shyberry Excelsior Stadium , with goals from Simon Lappin and John Sutton . In 2010, they reached the final of the Scottish League Cup where they were defeated 0–1 by Rangers despite having a two-man advantage. However, three days later, they recorded a famous win over Celtic , a match that The Buddies won 4–0 with doubles from Andy Dorman and Steven Thomson . In March 2013, St Mirren won
744-463: The first club in the world to do so, six years before Notts County. 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. From 2007 to 2011, the Danish firm, Hummel International , replaced Xara as kit manufacturers. After spells with Carbrini (2011–2012, 2015–2017), Diadora (2012–2014) and Joma (2017–2023) the club signed
775-467: The first time and won their initial game 2–1 vs. IF Elfsborg in Sweden, followed by a 0–0 draw in the second leg. The next round saw them play French team Saint-Étienne . Although St Mirren's home leg ended up a 0–0 draw, Saint-Étienne pulled off a 2–0 victory in the second leg to put St Mirren out of the cup. The club have been relegated from the Scottish Premier League twice (2000–01) and (2014–15) and
806-509: The ground was 47,438 versus Celtic in 1949. Love Street saw extensive redevelopment in the late 90s to comply with both the recommendations of the Taylor Report and SPL regulations and the ground eventually became a 10,866 seater venue. The ground had four stands of which the most recent, the West or Reid Kerr Family Stand, was built in 2000 in order for Love Street to meet the criteria for entry to
837-484: The inauguration of Les Corts , the then home of Barcelona . They won the tournament by beating Notts County in the final. In the 1979–80 season, St Mirren achieved their equal highest-ever finish in the top-flight finishing third behind Aberdeen and Celtic . That season Saints also became the first and last Scottish club to win the Anglo-Scottish Cup , defeating Bristol City in a two-legged final. The following season, St Mirren competed in European competition for
868-506: Was during the match against Morton at Cappielow in 1890 that St Mirren played one of the first night games under light from oil lamps. The club moved to Love Street in 1894 and the team reached their first Scottish Cup final in the 1907–08 season but were defeated 5–1 by Celtic . St Mirren went on to lift the trophy in 1926, 1959 and 1987. In 1922, St Mirren were invited to play in the Barcelona Cup invitational tournament to celebrate
899-406: Was formed in the second half of the 19th century and played, among other sports, cricket and rugby . 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. They are named after Saint Mirin , the founder of a church at the site of Paisley Abbey and Patron Saint of Paisley . There
930-410: Was known as The Simple Digital Arena after the club agreed a four-year, six-figure deal with Simple Digital Solutions on 13 June 2018. It is currently known as The SMiSA Stadium. The traditional home colours of St Mirren are black and white stripes, however for the first season the colours were scarlet and blue. There is some dispute as to why the colours black and white were chosen. A popular theory
961-542: Was on 4 September 1880, a 3–0 victory over Johnstone Athletic. The following year, St Mirren reached their first cup final but were beaten 3–1 by Thornliebank in the Renfrewshire Cup . In 1883, the scores were reversed with St Mirren winning the Renfrewshire Cup, 3–1 against Thornliebank. It was in 1883 that the club moved to its third home, that of West March (early maps indicate the area as West March rather than