Season 1915-16

By 1915, War was taking its toll and football was becoming disjointed. Teams were very inconsistent as they struggled to retain players, many who had enlisted and many who had returned south to be with families.

As a result the League decided to revert to a single division again as some clubs could not maintain a full squad of players. As a result many clubs went into hibernation during the war years and those existing were allowed to field ‘guest’ players to make up a team. Many guest players were those serving in the forces and stationed nearby senior football teams, although they all required the permission of their commanding officers to play!

1915-16 was a fairly forgettable season for Saints with thirteenth place the best they could achieve.

In light of this, Hugh Law decided that he would resign before the start of the following season and his place was taken by John Cochrane, who was to remain at love Street for the next 12 seasons and lead the club in some of its most memorable days.

As a result of this managerial change, Saints posted their best performance of the decade finishing in seventh place. Still the results were varied with good wins over Kilmarnock (4-1) and Falkirk (5-0) being cancelled out by heavy defeats from Celtic (0-7) and Airdrie (1-5)!

At the end of the season, St.Mirren juniors won the Junior Cup in the first year of their existence. They defeated Renfrew 1-0 in a replay after a 0-0 draw.