
Previously (to Saturday, 6th February 2010):
Know the Ref - Rangers home	Thu 04 Feb
Saturday sees another cup game, and another game against Rangers. This time it's Iain Brines who'll be in charge, and his only Saints game so far this season was also against the Gers.


Older articles:
Know the Ref - Hearts semi-final	Sun 31 Jan
Tuesday's big game has been handed to one of Scotland's most experienced referees in the form of Charlie Richmond. It's perhaps a good omen as last season he was in charge of a rather unexpected cup victory.

Know the Ref - Hibs away	Thu 28 Jan
It's only a few weeks since we last had Willie Collum in charge of one of our games, but we'll be meeting up with him again on Saturday when he referees our game against Hibs at Easter Road.

Know the Ref - Rangers home	Mon 25 Jan
It's not often you can rely on the referee to give you a few favours when you face one of the Old Firm, but that might chance on Wednesday night when Craig Thomson takes charge of Rangers' trip to Paisley.

Know the Ref - Motherwell away	Wed 20 Jan
After a run of games with relatively inexperienced officials, Saturday's live TV game against Motherwell will see one of Scotland's most experienced referees take charge in the form of Dougie McDonald.

Know the Ref - Hearts away	Wed 13 Jan
We have a habit of scoring goals when Saturday's official, Stevie O'Reilly, is in charge of one of our games, as with him we've had hauls of three, six and seven goals!

Know the Ref - Aberdeen home	Mon 11 Jan
Willie Collum will be the referee for tomorrow night's game against Aberdeen. He would have been the man in charge if it had gone ahead as planned on Boxing Day, so here's the original article again for those who missed it.

Know the Ref - Alloa Athletic home	Wed 06 Jan
Stephen Finnie will be the referee for Saturday's Scottish Cup tie against Alloa - and the last time he took charge of one of our cup games we went all the way to Hampden.

Know the Ref - Kilmarnock home	Thu 31 Dec
2010 starts exactly the same way as 2009 did - a home game refereed by Alan Muir. This time it's Kilmarnock, rather than Motherwell, who provide the opposition and the game will be at Greenhill Road, not Love Street.

Know the Ref - Hamilton away	Mon 28 Dec
As 2009 comes to an end, it looks like we can use a familiar excuse if things don't go our was against Hamilton on Tuesday as referee Euan Norris is a pretty inexperienced official.

Know the Ref - St. Johnstone away	Wed 16 Dec
Our season will shortly be reaching the stage where it needs a miracle if it is to turn into anything other than another relegation battle. Just as well Mike Tumilty, Saturday's referee, once oversaw just such an occasion.

Know the Ref - Falkirk home	Wed 09 Dec
As we look to end our barren run, it's pleasing to note that Craig Thomson will be the referee in charge of Saturday's match as his only previous visit to the new St. Mirren Park saw us take a victory.

Know the Ref - Dundee United away	Wed 02 Dec
If you want an omen for Saturday's trip to Tannadice, look no further, for the official for the game against Dundee United - Brian Winter - was the man in charge of the last SPL game we won.

Know the Ref - Celtic away	Wed 25 Nov
We don't often get decisions in our favour when we play against one half of the Old Firm, especially on their own patch. Will that be the case on Saturday when Steve Conroy takes charge of our trip to Parkhead?

Know the Ref - Hibs home	Wed 18 Nov
Craig Dargo could be back for Saturday's game against Hibs, but he might want to give it a miss considering the referee is Willie Collum.

Know the Ref - Rangers away	Wed 04 Nov
After all the complaints this season about inexperienced referees, we find ourselves with a relative veteran for the trip to Ibrox. However, Iain Brines is rather inconsistent at times.

Know the Ref - Hamilton home	Wed 28 Oct
The last few games have been relatively free scoring by our standards, but that may come to a shuddering halt on Saturday. We've yet to score a league goal in games where this weekend's ref, Stephen Finnie, has been in charge.

Know the Ref - Motherwell home (part two)	Sun 25 Oct
There's no time to pause for breath this week as we've a Co-operative Insurance Cup game against Motherwell on Tuesday night. Craig Dargo is probably quite pleased he's not involved as the referee is Willie Collum.

Know the Ref - Motherwell home (part one)	Wed 21 Oct
The double header with Motherwell gets underway on Saturday and we have that rarest of things - a referee who was involved in games in which we've scored six and seven goals! So let's here it for Stevie O'Reilly.

Know the Ref - Falkirk away	Wed 14 Oct
After a fortnight off, we're back in action against Falkirk this weekend. The referee is Crawford Allan, and to say things didn't go well when we had him last season would be an understatement.

Know the Ref - Hearts home	Wed 30 Sep
We desperately need a win on Saturday, so news of the official for Hearts' trip to Paisley is not good. It's Brian Winter - and we've lost every game in which he's been the man in the middle.

Know the Ref - Aberdeen away	Wed 16 Sep
Gus MacPherson's prayers have been answered. After moaning about the inexperienced officials we keep getting, we've been given grade one referee Craig Thomson for Saturday's trip to Aberdeen.

Know the Ref - St. Johnstone home	Wed 09 Sep
Never heard of Saturday's official Steven Nicholls? That's because he's done just one SPL game and it didn't involve us. Still, he knows where his red card is, which is handy for this fixture.

Know the Ref - Kilmarnock away	Thu 27 Aug
After having experienced officials for the last few games, we now have a relatively new one for Saturday's game at Kilmarnock. Euan Norris has been in charge of just four games involving the sides that will meet at Rugby Park this weekend.

Know the Ref - Ayr United away	Mon 24 Aug
We often struggle against lower league sides in the cup, so who better to take of Wednesday's game than a referee who was in the middle when we produced a cup shock of our own? Step forward Charlie Richmond.