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Ben Ramage

St Mirren Celtic clash gets green light as Scottish football set to return ahead of Queen's funeral

St Mirren will welcome Celtic to Paisley this Sunday as planned after the SFA announced the Premiership will kick-off again this weekend.

The Buddies trip to Edinburgh to face Hearts yesterday was postponed in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II's passing on Thursday.

That saw the majority of football across the UK temporarily halted, with the 10-day national mourning period also calling into doubt the coming weekend's fixtures.

With the late Monarch's funeral now confirmed for Monday, September 19, the SFA have announced that the Premiership games scheduled for this weekend will go ahead as scheduled.

That includes the Hoops trip to the SMISA Stadium on Sunday to take on St Mirren.

An SFA statement read: "Following confirmation of the postponement of all fixtures in the professional game across Scotland last weekend as a mark of respect for the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, we can confirm the intention for the professional game to resume as normal.

"Fixtures will go ahead, subject to Police Scotland resourcing, with the caveat that any fixtures under the professional banner be rescheduled if they fall on Monday September 19, the day of Her Majesty’s funeral.

"This week, as a mark of respect and in keeping with the period of National Mourning, home clubs may wish to hold a period of silence and/or play the National Anthem just ahead of kick-off, and players may wish to wear black armbands.

"We thank clubs and league organisations for the mark of respect shown at the weekend and for their efforts in resuming the professional game fixture schedule."

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