UEFA CUP 1st Round, 2nd Leg
22nd October 1980
St. Mirren Park, Paisley

St. Mirren 0-0 St. Etienne

ATT: 11,471

Referee: H Forensen (Denmark)

• Saints produce a fine battling performance to secure a draw against the French giants during monsoon like conditions in Paisley.
• Despite missing Michel Platini through injury, the French side is packed with quality. Of the 12 players used during the match, 6 are current French internationalists and one a Dutch great, Johnny Rep. Of the five players that aren’t capped at that time, 3 would play for France within 2 seasons. On the flip side, only Billy Thomson and Peter Weir had been capped by Scotland a few months earlier.
• The best chances of the match fall to exactly the person Saints would want, Doug Somner, but his second half headeris expertly turned over by Jean Castenda from a Weir corner, and as Saints increased the pressure, the big forward wriggled clear but his placed shot is tipped wide by the French international keeper.
• John McCormack has one last chance for Saints from a corner, but heads straight at the St. Etienne number one who was then booked for time-wasting, underlining Saints good performance.