St Mirren FC is a Scottish professional football club based in Paisley, Renfrewshire. They are named after Saint Mirin, the founder of a church at the site of Paisley Abbey and Patron Saint of Paisley. They were formed as a gentlemen's club which included amongst other sports, cricket and rugby in the late nineteenth century. The increasing popularity of football ensured that by 1877 the members had decided to switch codes and play association football. St. Mirren, became founder members of the Scottish League along with fellow Paisley club Abercorn. Their career did not start well and they had to seek re-election at the end of their first two seasons but in 1893 they finished third. In 1894 they moved into Love St, their current home. In 1908 they reached the Scottish Cup final for the first time but were trounced 1-5 by Celtic. In 1922, St. Mirren were invited to play in the Barcelona Cup invitational tournament to celebrate the inauguration of the Les Corts, the then home of FC Barcelona. They won the tournament by beating Notts County in the final. In 1926, St Mirren won their first major trophy, beating Celtic 2-0 to win the Scottish FA Cup.  In 1935, a year after reaching the Scottish Cup final once more (beaten 0-5 by Rangers), the Saints were relegated for the first time in their history but bounced back immediately. Despite mediocre pre-war performances, St Mirren were placed in Division A (the top level) after the Second World War but enjoyed little success until 1959 when they won the Scottish Cup for the second time (beating Aberdeen 3-1 in the final). In 1967 they were relegated after a series of poor seasons but such was the gulf between the two divisions at the time, they had no difficulty in regaining their status, winning the Second Division championship at the first time of asking. They continued to struggle and in 1971 they went down again.