16th September 1987 1st Round, 1st Leg Love Street Attendance: 7,797 St Mirren 1 Tromso IL 0 McDowall                               Team:- Campbell Money, Robert Dawson, David Winnie, Billy Abercromby, Peter Godfrey, Neil Cooper, Frank McGarvey(Paul Chalmers), Ian Ferguson, Paul Lambert(Norrie McWhirter), Kenny McDowall, Ian Cameron  30 September 1987 1st Round, 2nd Leg Alfheim Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Tromso IL 0 St Mirren 0 Team:- Campbell Money, Tommy Wilson, David Winnie, Billy Abercromby(Tony Fitzpatrick), Peter Godfrey, Neil Cooper, Paul Lambert, Kenny McDowall, Keith Walker (Paul Chalmers), Ian Ferguson, Ian Cameron.

21 October 1987 2nd Round, 1st Leg Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 6,746 KV Mechelen 0 St Mirren 0 Team:-  Campbell Money, Tommy Wilson, David Winnie, Tony Fitzpatrick(Brian Hamilton), Peter Godfrey, Neil Cooper, Paul Lambert, Ian Ferguson, Paul Chalmers, Keith Walker (Robert Dawson), Ian Cameron.    04 November 1987 2nd Round, 2nd Leg Love Street Attendance: 14,368 St Mirren 0 KV Mechelen 2         Ohana 2 Team:-  Campbell Money, Robert Dawson, Tommy Wilson, Tony Fitzpatrick, Peter Godfrey, Neil Cooper, Paul Lambert, Keith Walker (Brian Hamilton), Paul Chalmers, Kenny McDowall (George Shaw), Ian Cameron   This result was seen as a disappointment at the time, but Mechelen went on to win the trophy, defeating Ajax in the final. So maybe it wasn’t such a bad result after all.