Saints announce Wigan friendly

While our season begins on Sunday against East Stirling, our first league game isn't until August 15. The club had previously said they were looking to arrange a friendly for the free Saturday to keep things ticking over and now they have, thanks to Wigan's game against a Spanish side being cancelled due to swine flu.

It's a pity this game won't be taking place at St. Mirren Park but I suppose it's better than nothing. The game, on August 8, kicks off at 3pm and entry is just a fiver for adults.

it isn't that long since we faced Wigan in a friendly - in 2001 they won 2-1 at Love Street with Paul Ritchie scoring for us before Tom Hendrie decided he wasn't the sort of striker he was looking for.

Story source: The Official St. Mirren Website