St Mirren manager Stephen Robinson insists European football is his next target after leading the Buddies to their first top-six finish since 1985.

The Paisley side faltered in their final game before the split – losing 2-0 at home to Kilmarnock on Saturday – but still made the cut thanks to Livingston's loss at Dundee United.

The top five in the cinch Premiership will qualify for European football unless either Falkirk or Inverness win the Scottish Cup, with Robinson urging his players to aim high.

He said: "We have done what we set out to do at the start of the season.

"A club of our size has to stay in the division and we did that quite a while ago. We have now achieved top six and we have beaten everyone outside of Rangers, so there's no reason why we can't get into Europe.

"I'm never satisfied. I want more."

Securing a place in the top six will also bring St Mirren a much-needed cash boost, having posted a concerning loss of £1.6million in their latest annual financial report.

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Robinson added: "This has been the toughest challenge of my career, in terms of dealing with the finances and what I believed the club was going to do before we were hit with news of losses.

"We have had to strip the club bare and everyone stuck together. This group of boys have been amazing.

"We have a lot of talented players but, more importantly, we have 22 good people and it's nice to see the good guys do well in football for once."

Robinson also insisted there were no mixed emotions after his team were handed just a fourth home league defeat of an otherwise impressive campaign.

"I've got to cup finals, worked at the European Championship and got into the last 16 but this has been the toughest challenge of my career," he said.

"I won't be taking anything away from this group of players. They've worked under difficult circumstances.

"The club has been stripped right back down to the bare bones and now we are trying to build it up again, so you won't have any negativity from me.

"It's been a terrific 33 games. That's as poor as we've played in the 33 games but obviously the other 32 must have been very, very good."