Alex Dillon
FinanceStrategy & Planning
SMiSA
About Us
A Supporters' Trust is a democratic, not-for-profit organisation of supporters, committed to strengthening the voice for supporters in the decision making process at a club, and strengthening the links between the club and the community it serves.
Introduction
SMiSA (The St Mirren Independent Supporters Association) is a football trust founded in 2002 by a mandate of Saints fans. We became an official supporters trust in October 2003 under the name The 1877 Society Ltd. Over the years we have supported St Mirren Football Club in various ways including loaning the club £50,000 for the development of the AirDome behind the North Stand.
In 2016 we launched our campaign #BuyTheBuds to purchase a majority shareholding in St Mirren Football club. Phase 1 consisted of a joint bid to buy the the Club with former director Gordon Scott, which was successfully completed in summer 2016. Phase 2 would have seen the Trust buy out Gordon's majority shareholding to allow St Mirren to become a majority fan-owned football club by 2026 at the latest.
In early 2020 we put forward a revised proposal that would see St Mirren become majority-owned by the fans by the end of 2021.
This would be achieved in conjunction with Paisley-based social enterprise Kibble.
The first phase would see Kibble immediately buy a 27% share in the club from Gordon.
The second phase would see SMiSA then buy out the remainder of Gordon's stake, taking our shareholding to 51%.
In February 2020, this was voted through by 92% of the membership, setting us on the path to become majority owners which was completed in July 2021.
You can download a copy of our current constitution below.
SMiSA Constitution ↓The current board of SMiSA were elected by the members and are profiled below.
The Team
SMiSA Board Members
David Mackenzie
GovernanceCommunications & Fan EngagementStrategy & Planning
Paul Gilligan
Communications & Fan EngagementYouth Academy
Stuart Hamilton
Strategy & Planning
Board Helpers
The elected board members profiled above are regularly assisted in their work by various hard working supporters as well as our four SMISA-appointed St Mirren directors, John Needham, Alex White, Paul McNeil and Jim Irvine.
Transparency
Board Meeting Minutes
Minutes from every SMiSA board meeting, so members can follow the progress being made on the issues that matter. Newest first.
Minutes are hosted externally and open in a new tab.
Be part of it.
Fans own St Mirren. Join SMiSA from just £5 a month and help shape our club's future.