Mirren

British

/ ˈmɪrən /

noun

Dame Helen , original name Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov , born 1945, English actor; her films include Savage Messiah (1972), The Long Good Friday (1980), The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) and The Queen (2006), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress

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If it seemed Hearts made a statement by winning with 10 men at Dundee on Sunday, they upped the ante against St Mirren four days later.

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St Mirren are circling the drain, an injury crisis in midfield having ripped the heart out of Stephen Robinson's League Cup winners.

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In their only blip in form this season, they were held by St Mirren, Dundee United, Motherwell and Kilmarnock, and lost to a struggling Aberdeen side.

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It could be those encounters that make the difference, but it is one such as the triumphs over Dundee and St Mirren that suggest they won't fall away.

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After retiring as a player, Jenkins forged a new career as a coach, eventually becoming assistant manager at St Mirren - but that too was cut short.

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