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Thanks for all the memories Love Street

MORE than 10,000 fans filed through the doors of Love Street on Saturday to say goodbye to the old stadium. Read

Saints legends take a bow

FORMER St Mirren boss Jimmy Bone has pleaded with the Saints fans who turned out in their droves for Love Street’s final game to continue supporting the club once the flit to their new home. Read

Love Street legend Barry Lavety has a wealth of memories of the old ground

From his first game on the terraces as a kid to making his debut as a raw 17 year old and the success that followed. Read

I loved it when the North Bank chanted ‘Aber’s gonna get you!’

CUP final captain Billy Abercromby revealed his favourite Love Street memory was the North Bank’s famous “Aber’s Gonna Get You” chant – before being treated to the ditty one last time. Read

Macca’s soft spot

FRANK McAvennie’s reputation for scoring – both on and off the park – knows no bounds. Read

A look back at 2008: Jan - June

IT’S a happy start to the New Year for grand old lady Janet Cairney as she celebrates her 108th birthday with a special message from her hero Daniel O’Donnell. Read

Budding young artists wanted

IS your offspring a Picasso or Van Gogh in the making – or simply keen on drawing and painting? Read

Old Firm favourite returns to arts centre

THE Old Firm divide is explored in a play that’s returning to Paisley. Read

Highlanders stage ceilidh

AN evening of toe-tapping music and dance is guaranteed when the Paisley Highlanders hold a ceilidh on Saturday, January 10. Read

Mum saved up for ages for that pram and, you know what, my sister Marion was hardly ever in it. She was always crying to get out!

MEMORIES came flooding back to one eagle-eyed Buddie when she spotted her mum and her sister in one of our old photographs. Read

Rockers pick up Buddie’s award

BUDDIE Tommy McGrory drummed up support for a new music award – and rockers Status Quo picked up the trophy. Read

Braveheart squaddies are helping our allies

PAISLEY squaddie Robert Smith has been helping Polish and Ukrainian soldiers brush up on their war skills. Read

How's about that Ben?

A BIG-HEARTED fundraiser has followed in her dad’s footsteps to raise a rucksack full of cash for charity. Read

It was a wrench to leave for the last time but I knew I couldn’t stay there all night...

WHEN was the last time you saw a grown man cry? Read

It was just a fan-tastic day

AS emotional Saints fans prepared to say goodbye to Love Street some took time to dress up for the historic occasion. Read

A moving experience

BIDDING farewell to Love Street will be an emotional experience for Stewart Gilmour – but the St Mirren chairman admits there was a time when he feared he would be waving goodbye to the club itself. Read

Time of our lives

BUDDIES boss Gus MacPherson has racked up more than a few happy memories of Love Street during his five years in charge at St Mirren. Read

The upper hand

THESE days, a goalkeeper who spends four-and-a-half years at the same club playing second fiddle to his glove rival would be considered barking mad. Read

Love Street generation game

SAYING a fond farewell to Love Street will be a family affair for the McIntosh clan. Read

Love at first sight

AT the tender age of 13, Tony Fitzpatrick clambered up the steep terracing at the east end of Love Street, turned around and surveyed the scene. Read

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