Box-office bookends & daunting December - Buddies' standout games
As starts - and ends - to a season go, St Mirren are in for a stiff test.Stephen Robinson's side face last season's Scottish Premiership top three in the first four games of the new term, and the top two and Scottish Cup winners, in the final four. After lifting the curtain on the campaign away to champions Celtic, the Buddies welcome Motherwell to Paisley on Saturday, 9 August.Russell Martin's Rangers come to town two weeks later, before St Mirren wrap up August in the capital against Hibernian.A jam-packed, six-game December sees festive trips to Aberdeen (6 December), Hearts (13 December) and Rangers (30 December).Fast forward to the end of the pre-split campaign and it's equally eye-opening. The Buddies wrap up the season where they started it at Celtic Park on Saturday, 11 April. The week before, the Dons are at the SMISA after Rangers visit two matchdays before.It's quite the start, middle and end for the Buddies... what do you make of it?Looking at the fixture list, where do you think St Mirren will be after 10 games? Tell us here.
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