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After the pessimism and darkness of Brown and Levein, an absolutely beautiful evening and season. Webb, Simo and this group of players have taken this city and shire back to where we belong. A COMPLETE BREATH OF FRESH AIR. So great to see so many people with so many happy faces. A collective effort, but the work of Webb, Smith and Simo has been truly magnificent. COYS!

I've been generally supportive of the new regime since they arrived, but to me this feels like a real own goal, for multiple reasons: - The whole pricing structure is really confusing and offputting, and it doesn't help that the price chart on the website is of really poor quality which makes it difficult to zoom in on and read properly. - Am I right in thinking this limits how many season tickets the club can sell, because everyone needs to be able to fit into the non-padded seats of the Geoff Brown Stand (I'm assuming fans being moved from other stands won't be able to choose the padded seats) - so that puts the limit at somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000? I thought the aim was to grow the home support, not restrict it. - The new arrangements also limit the number of away fans who can come to games. If we end up with a crucial game this season against someone like Aberdeen, Dundee or Dundee United, who could conceivably bring a big support, there will no longer be an area of the Main Stand to put them in. I don't see how this benefits us as a club that is trying to maximise income? - I currently sit in what I think are pretty good seats, towards the back of the Main Stand, fairly close to the padded seats. It looks like my ticket is going to go up from £395 to £415 (a 5% increase). That's fine. I can live with that. But my Dad, who sits in the seat right next to me, is seeing his seniors ticket go up from £250 to £300 (a 20% increase). And what's really crazy is that a seat in the middle of the East Stand will now cost £425. So a ticket in the East Stand, with the sun in your eyes and significantly less leg room, will now cost more than a pretty good Main Stand ticket. Surely that makes no sense? - Why do the confusing price variants not apply to the walk-up prices? It looks like a walk-up fan can just go to the East Stand or the Main, and sit in any section they like, and just pay a flat price for it. Is that fair? - What is the club going to do to prevent people from simply buying seats in cheaper areas and moving to more expensive areas once the game starts? In a full stadium it's difficult to do that, but McDiarmid is rarely full which means people can basically sit where they like. It seems to me that this is going to create friction among fans, especially as we no longer have 'reserved' stickers. - There are all sorts of reasons why people choose to sit where they sit, but it's always been the case at McDiarmid that the fans who want to make some noise during the game tend to gravitate towards the north end of the East Stand. This pre-dates the FCU by many years and means our singing fans are close to the away fans, which helps the home support to drown out the away support. I assume that's why the FCU ended up where they ended up. But now, the away fans are going to be at the other end of the ground with nothing to drown them out. Does that really help the atmosphere from a Saints perspective? - Is the north stand really better for families? It's further away from the car park, and it'll often mean fans having the sun in their eyes. I'm fairly sure that's why it was made the away stand in the first place. Plus, our fans will now be in a nameless stand while the Ormond Stand - named after a St Johnstone legend - will house visiting supporters. At the very least, this change should see the north stand given a proper name (the Tommy Wright Stand please). - Most disappointing of all is the decision to give the Old Firm three stands. In the past I've understood the club's desire to cash in on these games as much as possible, but it really felt to me that this was the ideal time to make a big concerted effort to change that. Do a big, positive push on getting home fans to come to these games. Use the feel-good factor built up by our promotion and really try to fill as much of the stadium as possible with St Johnstone fans. If it doesn't work, then they could at least say they'd tried, and that would justify reverting to filling the ground with the OF later in the season. But this just feels like we're chucking in the towel without even trying, and that's a major disappointment. I wanted to see us try a new approach to these games - not just do the same things that everyone already hated and we know was keeping our own fans away. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if we see another home fan boycott of one of these games, and the Geoff Brown Stand ends up sitting largely empty. If that happens, Adam Webb and co will be entirely deserving of it, and they're also deserving of the criticism they're going to take over this, because countless fans have told them how they feel about this issue and they quite simply have not listened. - Those of you who chipped in to raise money for the safe standing section - how are you feeling about knowing you've chipped in for an area for the Union Bears and the Green Brigade to come here and have a great little time in? Not great, is it? Just a thought, but maybe someone at the club who was involved in all of that might have communicated that this was on the cards before people started asking for money? If they wanted to completely kill the promotion buzz, they've done a wonderful job of it. Just like many of us on here, I've done what the new regime asked of me as a fan. I've spent my money on tickets, on merch, I even bought club shares (which, let's face it, were vastly overpriced) for myself and my Dad . What they're doing now honestly just feels like a bit of a kick in the teeth.

What we should have got and still could is an open letter from Adam Webb along the lines off. Following on from a fantastic season in the Championship we welcome SPFL football back to Perth. With a substancially increased home support in the past season we have decided that for the first OF game at least the East Stand will remain for home fans only. We anticipate increased season ticket sales and with an average of 1,400 walk ins at each home game last season we expect our home attendances to increase. While we could have given the OF 3 stands to increase our revenue we are giving our own support priority over away fans. We need you to support us at these OF games to help us increase our revenue which will directly support the playing budget. The 3 stands will be reviewed after the first OF game so we need as many of our supporters to attend this fixture as possible. C.O.Y.S Adam.

The biggest disappointment for me is the manner in which this whole situation has been handled and the negativity that it has placed on the mood around the club. I genuinely thought the days of poor communication from the club were over. At the end of the Raith game it felt like we were a club reborn after a few seasons of struggles, but now we are almost back to square one. Perhaps in time the arrivals of new players and some good early season performances will help alleviate some of the mood around the club, but at the moment I just feel so disappointed and annoyed at the manner in which this has been handled. I get the arguments about the need to generate more income so that we can remain competitive, but football is not like a normal business in many ways. Finances are vital, but so are the feelings of supporters who are loyal and the people that stand by the club through thick and thin. Hopefully the club can reflect and see that just putting the season ticket information out there in the manner in which they did was a massive error. The video update provided by Fran Smith was reactionary. The club should have had Adam Webb or Fran Smith provide an update either via Saints TV or on the clubs website prior to the season ticket launch detailing their thought process and setting supporters a target to ensure that we dont need to give up three stands. The line from Smith yesterday about consulting 40 fans regarding changes was farcical. We had the best part of 3000 season ticket holders last season and we only consulted with 40 people and from what I have seen it looks like they have ignored most of the feedback that they received.

Happy clapper IMO. Simo out.

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Braw night , now a honorary member o the Muirton sweeties. Had a wee chat wae Josh who says tae thank the exiles fir his one o many awards, though Jami wisnae far behind him, certainly a favourite o the Ladies. An straight fae the horses mouth Sam hasnae signed anything wae Falkirk, get him signed up Simo. Had tae laugh ane o the directors gied a wee speach at the end o it he said tae the players match on Tuesday awa tae your beds an they aw scuttled oot like school kids.

Oh good. I was really eager to hear what David Brent had to say on things.

Most wins, most points, most goals, most clean sheets, fewest losses and top since game 1. Absolutely glorious 😍

A dvd? The heck am I going to play a dvd on? They would be as well putting it on vhs or wax cylinder.

If anyone from the club is reading, today's event was perfect, nothing overblown but great opertunity to chat to fellow fans and players/staff and a huge thanks must go to the players, coaching staff and their families (many of them with small kids) for making the effort to come out again after a busy week and spend time with fans. My boys are over the moon having chatted with so many of the team/coaches and have pictures with them. The 2 games this week would have been enough but whoever thought today would be a good idea just gets our club and what makes it tick. Scottish Cup next season please 😁

I’ve tried thinking about where Webb and Smith have come from with their proposals over the past few days and tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, but a few days on and I genuinely can’t get my head around what they are thinking with of these plans. A perfect example of a board and a CEO that have no understanding of supporters or it seems football in general. Different pricing in a stand which hardly sells out and the views are not that much different, making it more difficult for families to watch the club, making it more difficult for supporters to pay for a season ticket and conceding three stands without so much as a fight. It amazes me that there is not much more uproar about this. It’s really dented my trust in our owners and the CEO.

All of these changes have really all been made with the end goal being the club being in a position to give Rangers and Celtic 3 stands. The two tier pricing in East is a joke, I actually sit in lower tier and my family are grown up so cost wise doesn’t affect me, its where I chose to sit anyway though, there was tickets higher up if I’d chose to do that last year and I wouldn’t have thought I was getting anything better. Only once since I moved to there was the rain blowing in so heavy that we moved to empty seats nearer the back, going forward if that happens again, even if the stand is half full there will be people moaning that we ve moved to seats more expensive. The pricing though forces families to either pay more or move to family stand. I wonder if the board see the irony of the title celebrations, where did the players and management recieve the trophy, facing the Main Stand, not facing the Premium Ticket section. Then where did they set up the sign and wanted to take all the photos, in front of the safe standing section of course, where most of the players went to celebrate every goal. That same safe standing section they now want to fill with Rangers and Celtic fans. I emailed them and got a standard reply that they’d take points on board. For me personally, it’s not being able to pick a seat in Main Stand that’s stopped me buying my season ticket yet, I don’t really want to but a ticket where I don’t know where I’ll be sitting for up to 4 games. Id also want clarification on where in Main Stand they’re going to allow FCU and like minded fans to stand as I’d prefer to be away from that and sit.

Don't know if the new pricing is higher for me , I suspect higher but it is giving 3 stands to OF that annoys me. I don't see them changing the pricing structure now but they could change the OF allocation without trouble and placate most of the fans. I can't see how giving them North , Ormond and half the GB would bring in much less than 3 stands and the PR would be worth more currency with the loyal fans.

Get a lucrative contract in front of Stanton ASAP. Simply outstanding for weeks now. Reminds me a lot of Murry Davidson, so often gets to a ball first.

We are in a really fortunate position now to have secured the league and can now start building the squad ahead of our return to the Premiership. Hopefully Simo, Gus and others can be as successful in the summer window as they were last summer. Of the current players, would hope we can get Diabate, Stanton, Holt and Smith signed up on new contracts soon. Diabate is still relatively young (24) and if he is able to eradicate some of his lapses of concentration, I think he will become an even stronger asset for us and could see him moving on to a higher level. I have some reservations about Jason Holt being a starter in our midfield every week in the Premiership, but he has been an outstanding captain this season and deserves another year. I think Liam Smith can do a job for us next season as well. He is always solid enough and has started to show more in an attacking sense in recent months. Goalkeeper is going to the key signing for us in pre season. There will be clamour for Toby to return again, but I would rather we don't get drawn into having to wait all summer for Portsmouth to make a decision on whether they are loaning him out again and look to get someone in permanently for the start of pre season. Ideally looking for two keepers in the summer. In defence, Tumility will move on, so we will need another right back and at least one other centre back. Will also be interesting to see what we do at left back. Would like to see some more physicality in the middle of the park. MacAlear more than capable of playing up a league and have already given my thoughts on Holt. Ideally looking for two wingers. Stating the obvious by saying it will be really difficult to replace McPake and the creativity that he has brought to the team. Stanton and Gullan more than capable of doing a job next season. Up front, I think we will look to sign Paton permanently. He is the type of striker that Simo likes in his team and if he can replicate his performances over the past few weeks into next season then he will do well. Been really impressed with his hold up play, he is not afraid to get into a battle with defenders and has also shown he get amongst the goals as well. Will be interesting to see what market the club look to sign players from. I wouldn't be surprised if we looked to sign some of the players from some of our rivals this season.

Nice way to spend an afternoon. Lot of talent in the squad. Hopefully they play the remaining games with the same confidence. Hoping Diabate not being there is not because he was injured....Tumilty was missing too. Interesting one of the drills focused heavily on wide overloads and balls into the box....dae that on Tuesday please. Also interested to see what Adam's exciting plans for the future are. Nice touch for him to acknowledge the work/support the older generation did to build the basis of what we are now. Anyway well done to the club for offering something different to fans and looks like they tied it in with the youth team awards so lots of kids having a great time. Airdrie goal cherry on the top. Couldn't have done it last season....players would have got pelters 🤣

Sven back and in midfield

I'm quite astounded by any Saints supporters who are saying things like, 'Stop moaning. The club have told us what we need to do. If we buy more season tickets, we won't be giving the three stands away.' As far as I'm concerned, the fundamental issue is that supporters are being seen as ATM machines instead of valued customers. These ticketing decisions collectively show that no consideration has been given to the long-term health of our own fanbase, prioritising short-term cash grabs over anything else. Being told that the only way we can avoid something unpleasant happening is by giving more money to the club... That's just a further extension of the fundamental issue, not a reason to back down and think 'Oh OK then, let's do it'.

Let's just hope the unfortunate group of home supporters wedged in amongst thousands of Old Firm fans arent women or children. Let's not forget its not even 2 years since Rangers fans attacked our female SLO, and then not even a month since Celtic fans attacked women and children against St Mirren. But hey, lets "take their money", as thats all that really matters here.

Mental a wee island of saints fans surrounded by filth cookoo cookoo

This meeting should, if possible, be held before the closing date for ST renewals. It is an urgent matter. It is the only way for fans to have a say. Delighted that a meeting is imminent and Forum have actively sounded out club about one. This is what we want from the Forum. Well done.

Radio silence from our Fans Forum Steering Commitee………

This, for me, is the crucial point that always gets ignored when this subject comes up. The Browns never addressed it, and now the new lot aren't addressing it either. And that's basically because, when it comes down to it, growing the home support in that way would take a lot of hard work and success, whereas filling stands with OF morons is easy money. But it does become infuriating that there's never an acknowledgement of the fact that those OF morons are a big part of why the home fans stay away in the first place, so the whole thing becomes self-defeating. When it comes down to it, would the overall attendance at these games really be all that different if they gave the OF the two end stands plus the north end of the Main Stand, and gave Saints fans the whole East Stand and the south end of the Main Stand? I'd have thought that would be a pretty good compromise, as you're still giving the OF a lot of tickets, without having to disrupt the East Stand. And whatever "loss" came from that could be made up by going back to giving bigger allocations to Aberdeen, Hibs, Dundee United etc throughout the season. (The "loss", incidentally, seems to change every time they speak about it.) Personally I feel a bit gaslighted by all this and it's undoubtedly damaged my trust in the new regime. Some of their reasoning seems to be sound, but some of it really doesn't and it's also tone-deaf to the views of their own supporters (who are of course their primary customers). This is really not the way this summer should have gone, and it's really depressing that they weren't able to see that, even with numerous people telling them exactly what would happen. This club seems to be building a pretty firm history of messing things up by upsetting the fans every single time there's a bit of success on the pitch that could be built on and taken advantage of. I know an adult who was stopped at the turnstile when they tried to use a concession ticket, so the system does allow them to do that. How often that gets used, in practice, is anyone's guess. Perhaps that's a part of why some fans cover their faces at games these days?

Hats off to the poor guy for sitting in front of the camera and trying to justify the hugely unpopular decisions the club have made.The argument that last years figure of 2,600 season tickets will fit in the GSB stand will probably hold water now but I’m pretty sure we would have sold many more for next season without this PR debacle.Whatever the crowd numbers are I personally don’t want to be in a stadium with 3 stands occupied by OF fans. I was buzzing for the new season but due to the 3 stand policy I am now seriously considering not renewing after having been a season ticket holder for several decades as I’m sure are many others, it would have been easier for the club to look after the existing season ticket holders now than lose them forever. I can understand the financial benefits of maximising income from other teams fans but to do so whilst giving no consideration to your own fans is appalling. I’m sure the club would like to increase the home support but their actions this week will have exactly the opposite effect.

I have never heard this level of crap from the club before... Madness. I get the financial benefits - just charge away fans more! How does this increase home support Mr Webb &Stan? Huh? We'll get pummeled 5-0 because it's effectively a home game for them. You applaud the support and you rape our culture. SHAME ON YOU... BOYCOTT ! May as well make the whole stadium there's.

3,000 saints fans in the East on derby day leaving at the same time as 1,800 Dundee fans exciting the new away end at the same time is utter madness Theres a reason away fans were in the North, simply it was to help keep fans apart. The souvenier shop has always been a meeting point for saints fans pre match. Thats now in the away end. Fancy a pint after the game. Those in the East stand will have walk through the away fans to get to the Muirton Suite or fanzone. For a pre match pint folk will leave the fanzone and have to walk through the away fans. This has not been well thought through. Away fans should be in the North stand.

OK I've bitten the bullet and emailed ticketsales at the club with the following - hopefully get some answers for here or on their FAQ I'm currently a Premium season ticket holder in the East Stand. Given the announcement today about 2026/27 season tickets can you please answer the following: 1. For Category A games against the Old Firm as an East Stand ST holder am I guaranteed a seat in the GB stand for these games? 2. Given the extra I am now expected to pay for a "Premium" view in the East Stand, if I am moved to the GB stand for these games do I get the same view or am I expected to put up with a reduced match experience? 3. Looking at the puchase options on the GB stand it seems that there are no Premium+ tickets available - is this the case or is it a glitch with Fanbase? 4. What steps are the club going to take to ensure that someone with a walkup Entry level ticket doesn't occupy a seat in one of the more expensive categories?

Ma boy, Newports Manager player o the Year.😁. Get him back Simo.

For those who thought Gallagher was a good signing for County , he is now available 😅.

Holt is the most important cog in this team. The improvement from last season is vast. I don't know if it's because he is captain or if it's because he has the responsibility but he has been tremendous this season and but for McPake and Gullen he would have been player of the year.

Think Sven will end up wae ane, was virtually first name on team sheet first time roond, an Exiles poty, deserves tae see oot his contract.

Jason Holt been superb.

Nice to see the HOF board updated with latest inductees in reception at McDiarmid.

I really hope not. Call me a killjoy but I’d find it very small time if we release a DVD/season review for winning The Championship considering what was achieved in the sixteen seasons previous. We should see ourselves as a top flight club not some plucky upstarts who’ve just achieved something miraculous.

What I’ve loved about Simo is that he has refused to engage in slagging off the opposition, referees, other managers. What a breath of fresh air… sadly he won’t be given the credit he deserves despite the achievement 😇

Brilliant achievement from all involved at the club. Nobody would have predicted that we would sit at the top of the table since day one and won the league with games to spare. Its been a really refreshing season that has reignited much of our supports passion for supporting the club after a dismal few years. Some of the quality of football and goals that we have scored have been brilliant.

It’s a 445am kick off Wednesday morning down here for me, hopefully I’m going to work in a great mood

That my team…the one I first followed after my mum suggested it would be a better idea than following either of the Bigot Bros. So there was me and Alex Stuart…the only Saints supporters in our Glasgow Secondary school…and we were proud of that.

For those of a certain vintage - many thanks to my VT Editor... 😉 WA_1776865555215.mp4 WA_1776865537632.mp4

Just shy of 1.1 million for winning the Championship, nothing like SPFL money but still a decent sum to go help the finances.

Biggest difference is we've not got a bunch of wage theives on the books.

There it is... Sven in there too!

Worst decision of the season making him play on that bog.

That's an absolute joke. Regardless of if he meant it or not, the ref was happy with it at the time. Had the game not been televised and probably had it not been against the Thistle media diamonds, we would of heard no more about it. Trial by sportscene once again, made even worse as not every game in the league is televised to the same degree like before in the premier. Therefore not an even playing field for retrospective action and as such no way should any compliance officer be looking at any footage in that instance. Just being punished for being successful and being the chosen game. We really should tell the BBC to ram their next two live games. They can **** off and have the thistle games, who they seem to be trying their best to engineer a title win for. It won't come to pass but, being flippant, would love an overly litigant American type lawyer to sue them for millions in lost revenue should this cost us promotion.

Tickets seem to be selling very well for this one

I think most would consider the kit in that photo to be the definitive, iconic St Johnstone home kit and I don't really understand why the club has never really tried to do a modern version of it. I'm sure it would be a big seller if Puma gave us a kit that followed that general template for next season. Those socks are just bloody beautiful.

A good starting point for the transfer window opening would be: Goalkeepers 1. Toby Steward on loan from Portsmouth Defenders/wing backs 3. Cheick Diabate 5. Bozo Mikulic 4. Morgan Boyes 15. Jack Baird Midfielders/wingers 7. Jason Holt 11. Sam Stanton 19. Taylor Steven 42. Reece McAlear Forwards 18. Ruari Paton 10. Jamie Gullan 9. Josh Fowler 17. Louis Lloyd