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Cherie Sivignon11:19, May 29 2021 Braden Fastier/Stuff Aspiring footballers with Nelson Suburbs may get the opportunity to sign a contract with Scottish Premiership side St Mirren under a new partnership between the two clubs. Talented footballers with Nelson Suburbs have a chance to get their foot in the door of the European leagues via a new partnership with Scottish Premiership club St Mirren. “It is massive for not only football in Nelson and our region but football in New Zealand,” Nelson Suburbs Football Club president Gary Booth said on Saturday as the news broke. In announcing the partnership with Nelson Suburbs and another with fellow New Zealand club Birkenhead United, St Mirren said the contracts would involve the exchange of players and coaches as well as the sharing of resources and expertise. ....