Club Statement

St Mirren ParkSt Mirren Football Club were extremely disappointed to learn that the Scottish Football League (SFL) made a decision on Friday to allocate the final 3,500 West Stand tickets for the Scottish Communities League Cup Final to Hearts without our knowledge, 9 days before the Final and, especially when we understand that Hearts have not yet sold their full allocation of 25,000 tickets. These tickets had been earmarked for St Mirren supporters.

Since day one we have always requested the best for our fans, from asking for tickets in the North Stand to fair pricing for both adult and child tickets.

Since tickets went on sale we have been in regular contact with the SFL over our ticket sales. We were advised earlier this week that the SFL were considering an option to split the remaining 3,500 West Stand tickets between the two Clubs and also allocating more South Stand tickets to ourselves to make up some of the shortfall.

The decision was made to allocate the full 3,500 to Hearts without our knowledge. This information was only found out when we updated the SFL that we had just 100 tickets left late on Friday afternoon. We are bitterly disappointed that this decision has been made when there were still 9 days to go to The Final and also while Hearts do not appear to have sold their full allocation. We feel strongly that any decision on these tickets should have been delayed until closer to the Final.

We have now been informed that we are being given a further 1,200 initial allocation of debenture seats in the South Stand (Upper) but unfortunately these are priced at £30 with no child concessions. There is also a further 900 tickets in this area that will be made available should these be required.

However considering all parties felt this would be ‘The Family Final’ we are being left with no further child tickets.

Therefore anyone buying a ticket in this section for a Child should retain the ticket and we will give them a free Child ticket for the SPL match with Celtic on 31st March. Those buying Adult tickets in this section will get an adult ticket for the Celtic match for £10 to make up for the extra cost.

We would like to thank the 14,000 St Mirren fans who have bought tickets so far and apologise to those who planned to purchase tickets this week but this has been completely outwith our control as all the organisation for the match is done by The SFL.