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St Mirren Park, more commonly known as Love Street, is a football stadium located on Love Street in Paisley, Scotland. The home ground of St Mirren FC, the stadium has an all seated capacity of 10,800. The club had previously played at Shortroods Estate [1877-78], Abingdon Park [1878-1879], Thistle Park, Greenhill Road [1879-1882], and Westmarch Estate, Greenhill Road [1882-1894].

The Grounds on Love Street were registered as ‘Fullerton Park’ for St Mirren’s first season there as they were being rented from a Mr Fullerton, after whom, presumably, Fullerton Street and Fullerton Terrace in the neighbouring Shortroods area of Paisley were named.

When St Mirren began to play its sport on Love Street in the mid-1890s football clubs were still very much in their infancy and moved from ground to ground renting from local landowners. The best deal available was commonly a 10-year lease but, by the time it had arrived at Love Street, St Mirren was only 17 years old and playing on its 5th rented ground.

It was also the case that towns were a long way distant from developing into what we know today. So, the Shortroods Estate cricket ground where St Mirren players kicked their

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