Season 1916-17

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.