Another St Mirren match called off

A second consecutive St Mirren match has been postponed.

Hamilton’s trip to Paisley has been called off after St Mirren informed the SPFL they could not play following another round of positive Covid-19 tests this week.

Three positive cases – plus orders for some other players to self isolate–saw Motherwell’s visit to the Simple Digital Arena shelved at late notice last weekend.

St Mirren were already under investigation and now face the potential prospect of having two 3-0 defeats imposed on them.

This week’s St Mirren game was called off following talks between the club and public health officials.

An SPFL statement read: “St Mirren have informed the SPFL that, due to a number of positive tests for Covid-19 amongst their playing squad and coaching staff – and a number of other players who are isolating – they have only 11 registered fit players available for tomorrow’s game against Hamilton Academical and, as a result, St Mirren are unable to fulfil tomorrow’s fixture.

“In line with standard procedure, the SPFL has postponed the fixture pending the ongoing investigation into the events at St Mirren.”

Saints said Public Health Scotland had placed their entire first- team squad and coaching staff in self-isolation.

Tony Fitzpatrick, the Pa isle y club’s chief executive, added: “We appreciate this is a frustrating situation for all connected to the club and also those involved at Hamilton Academical.

“This continues to be a challenging time for the club, but the health and wellbeing of our players and staff remains our utmost concern.”