Jim Goodwin delighted to see goal-shy St Mirren finally posting big numbers

Rangers earlier this month. Now the Buddies boss is hoping to guide his side to a second victory over the Ibrox club when Steven Gerrard’s men return to Paisley this afternoon.

Jim Goodwin has called on referees to be "brave" when assessing penalty shouts against Rangers. Steven Gerrard 's side have yet to have a spot kick given against them in the Premiership this season, the only team not to concede a penalty.

Jim Goodwin finally accepted something was wrong. The St Mirren boss suffered a fractured skull in 2006 in a season-opener between Scunthorpe and Bristol City after clashing heads with Liam Fontaine.

St Mirren player's Christmas list.But for Jim Goodwin the difficult away day got even more complicated when the Scottish Government revealed the country would be plunging into tier four from today.That threw the club's already tricky pre-match plans into disarray, with the Saints now left munching on leftover sandwiches on their trip up to Dingwall this morning.Goodwin hopes his side can use their recent experience of dealing with adversity to help them come back down the road with a haul of three points.He told Express Sport: “Ross County is always a really difficult away day.

Hibs tonight.St Mirren suffered a painful 3-0 hammering from Jack Ross’ side in September after coronavirus denied the hosts their three first choice goalkeepers.Emergency loan signing Zdenek Zlamal was unable to stop the Leith side dishing out a heavy beating in Paisley, but Saints captain Shaughnessy believes his side are a different animal heading to Easter Road this evening.The experienced defender also revealed Jim Goodwin’s side always had belief they could turn their ill-fortune, with the coronavirus outbreak in camp eventually bringing them closer together as a squad.Shaughnessy told Express Sport: “We’re getting the whole squad together now and we were always confident in ourselves when we were going through that bad run.“We knew

St Mirren may yet see their SPFL ruling overturned.The Buddies were dished out two 3-0 forfeits after postponing games with Motherwell and Hamilton for breaching covid protocols.The Paisley club have appealed against the decision alongside Kilmarnock, with a decision still yet to be made on the final outcome.Goodwin told Express Sport: “I don’t want to speculate on the outcome. We feel that we’ve put a really strong case forward.“It’s important to have a look around at the rest of the world and see how other associations are dealing with things.“There’s games being cancelled in the English Football League and the understanding is there from the leaders within the game that it’s a global pandemic.

Jim Goodwin despite Hibs repeatedly pillaging Paisley. Ross raided the Buddies on deadline day to complete the six-figure capture of their captain Kyle Magennis.That resulted in a somewhat frosty statement being released by the Saints, citing the player’s desire to move away as the reason they allowed the fans’ favourite to head east.Hibs also signed Paul McGinn from St Mirren in January, with the right-back emerging as one of the capital club’s most consistent performers this calendar year, earning a Scotland call-up in October.

Jim Goodwin revealed the club expect to wrap up an extended deal for Jake Doyle-Hayes.The former Aston Villa midfielder has been a revelation since joining in November, with the 21-year-old a driving force behind the club’s current 11-match unbeaten run.Doyle-Hayes has yet to taste defeat while donning the stripes, and delighted boss Goodwin is over the moon he’ll be able to call on his services for much longer having only initially agreed a deal until the end of this season when he joined last month.Goodwin told Express Sport: “Jake was one of those unfortunate youngsters who, due to covid and the financial restrictions in England, saw clubs reducing the size of their squads and he was overlooked.“However, that worked to our advantage

Want the latest Scottish sport news sent straight to your inbox? Join thousands of others who have signed up to our Record Sport newsletter.It’s one thing to beat one of the Old Firm, but it’s another pick yourselves up from that challenge and win another battle just three days later.The emotional and physical task of toppling Rangers last Wednesday night must surely have hit the Buddies players hard, and it was no surprise to see Jim Goodwin make a couple of changes to try and freshen his starting XI up to face St Johnstone.If anything it might have been wiser to have made even more, with the visitors from Perth going on to dominate the first half and take a 2-1 lead into half-time after two poor and uncharacteristic defensive errors from

Want the latest Scottish sport news sent straight to your inbox? Join thousands of others who have signed up to our Record Sport newsletter.Scott Tanser admits St Johnstone need to take better care of “basic defending” following pain in Paisley on Saturday.The Perth side, reduced to 10 men before half-time when skipper Jason Kerr was sent off, conceded two late goals to lose 3-2.Lee Erwin and Jon Obika were both afforded too much space to net free headers in the box.“I didn’t really see much of Jason’s sending off,” Tanser said. “I just saw the referee running over.“At first I thought he took out a yellow and that’s what I was expecting.

Want the latest Scottish sport news sent straight to your inbox? Join thousands of others who have signed up to our Record Sport newsletter.Ten-man St Johnstone watched points agonisingly slip from their grasp late on in Paisley.Battling Perth players were required to dig in after the break following skipper Jason Kerr’s sending off.Reliable Stevie May had given Saints the lead from the spot in the 22nd minute before Ethan Erhahon levelled the game.Scott Tanser then netted a rare right-footed goal just shy of half-time to restore the lead.With the whistle for the interval seconds away, Kerr lunged in on Ilkay Durmus and was quickly given his marching orders.Determination was shining through but late headers from Lee Erwin and Jon Obika

Rangers’ late equaliser and still produce a knockout winner.And now he’s backing his battle-weary troops to rally themselves and take the fight to St Johnstone to lift themselves up the Premiership table and away from the drop zone.The Saints produced a massive League Cup upset on Wednesday night to stop Steven Gerrard’s runaway team in their tracks in Paisley, inflicting the Ibrox side’s first defeat this season.Goodwin is hoping his boys can back up the monumental win by toppling the Perthshire Saints this afternoon, with a win potentially lifting St Mirren up as high as seventh.He told Express Sport: “When it goes 2-2 that late you fear the worst as you look at the players that Rangers have got on the bench.“It was scary when they made

"We spoke about it before the game - make the most of the opportunity because it might not happen again. This is the sort of opportunity that potentially only comes around once in a career for teams like Livingston.

Rangers captain James Tavernier heading into this quarter-final, and rightly so.The English full-back was posting the sort of goals and assists stats that most Premiership strikers would be proud of.Saints boss Jim Goodwin knew that shutting down the classy defender was pivotal to their chances of success on Wednesday night, and he turned to Brandon Mason who pulled that off with aplomb.It was a big call to make any changes to the side that had done so well to leave Fir Park with all three points last Saturday, but Goodwin knew that he couldn't risk playing winger Ilkay Durmus on the left flank due to the danger posed by Tavernier.While Durmus is excellent going forward, his strength does not lie in defending and on-loan Coventry City

Jim Goodwin paid tribute to his incredible Buddies and insisted they deserved their moment in the sun after putting in a “monumental” effort. The Saints were understandably underdogs heading into their League Cup quarter-final clash against Steven Gerrard’s Rangers, with the Ibrox side unbeaten in 27 games ahead of last night’s clash.

St Mirren face Livingston in the semi-final early next year and Goodwin said: “I said to the players after the game they have beaten two big clubs in Scotland in Aberdeen and Rangers and there is no point doing that if you are not going to go all the way. “I am not saying we are going to win the cup but we genuinely believe we can.

Rangers wore a vintage blue kit but if the history of success imbued in those colours scared St Mirren it didn't show. Jim Goodwin's side fell behind early to a Connor Goldson strike but refused to accept the inevitable as they rallied to secure a huge Betfred Cup shock.

Betfred Cup showdown. Andrew Dallas was poised to be the man in the middle but has been forced into a late withdrawal through injury.Dickinson, who was originally appointed as fourth official, will now take over from the injured whistler.It's a huge turn of events for the rookie whistler, who has taken charge of mainly League One and Two clashes this season.Rangers visit Paisley to face the Buddies for a place in the last four draw, set to take place later on Wednesday night.

Betfred Cup quarter-final showdown in Paisley. Rangers are in town as the Premiership leaders step up their hunt for a first major trophy under Steven Gerrard.

Jim Goodwin is desperate to finally get the better of Rangers when they visit Paisley tonight.The St Mirren manager has lost all three games he has played against the Ibrox side since taking over the reins in June last year.He is hoping he can upset the odds at the fourth time of asking when Steven Gerrard’s on-form side roll into the SMISA Stadium tonight for their League Cup quarter-final clash.Goodwin told Express Sport: “When the draw was made I can’t say I was overly pleased when I saw Rangers come out.“But you play them now or in the final. You are going to have to play them at some point if you’re to win the cup, so let’s bring it on.

Steven Gerrard believes the form of both his side and St Mirren will make their League Cup quarter-final clash one to savour. While the Ibrox side are currently unbeaten in 27 matches, the Buddies are also on a streak of their own as they head into the tie looking to make it 10 games without tasting defeat.