The Co-operative Insurance Cup semi-final between Rangers and Saints will take place at Hampden Park in Glasgow on Wednesday 3rd February 2010.

The match will kick off at 7.35pm and be screened live on BBC Scotland television.

Ticket selling arrangements will be made available in due course

For those who feel that the celebrations which heralded the new millennium seem like only a few years ago it’s hard to believe the end of the first decade of the 2000s is now in sight.

With that in mind, supporters are now on the search for the player who can be crowned the star man of the period 2000 – 2009.

Saints fans hailed goalgetters John Brogan and Roddy Grant as their favourite stars of the 80s and 90s.

A previous fans’ poll held by the now defunct fanzine ‘Wendy Who?’ saw prolific goalscorer John Brogan topping the charts in a vote for the best players of the eighties and a similar exercise by fanzine ‘Blue Heaven’ for the 1990’s saw cult hero Roddy Grant secure the title.

Now in the age of the internet, the ‘noughties’ poll has been booted up by the forum at www.weareperth.co.uk

A website spokesman said: "We are keen to get as many Saints fans involved in the poll as possible. There are a wide range of candidates already emerging and the vote won’t close until December 31."

Votes can be cast at saintspoty2000s@hotmail.com and the winner will be announced in mid-January. Voters are invited to name their top three players from the last decade, with their favourite receiving three points, second choice two points etc...

A full list of all the players who played a game during the relevant period can be found at www.weareperth.co.uk

A delighted Derek McInnes admitted that yesterday’s performance didn’t reach the level of previous SPL games but it mattered little as Saints secured their first win of the season with a 2-0 win at Hamilton.

“It was probably our least polished performance of the season” admitted the Perth gaffer, “but I’m not going to be too critical of display particularly given the conditions.

“The result was mammoth and I am delighted for players and fans – in terms of working hard and digging out the result the players deserve great credit.”

Del said the timings of the goals helped coming as they did right at the end of the first half and then just six minutes before the end of the game and he praised the ability and confidence shown by defender Danny Grainger who capped an impressive opening couple of months for the club with a great striker.

“I think Danny will struggle to score a better goal than that – particularly with his right foot.” said Derek