Manager John McGlynn says St Mirren are “the benchmark” for Falkirk as he looks to establish the Bairns as a Premiership club.
St Mirren, who travel to the Falkirk Stadium on Saturday, are in their eighth consecutive Premiership campaign and have finished in the top half of the table for the past three years under Stephen Robinson.
“St Mirren are the benchmark as a football club for us,” McGlynn said.
“They got promoted in 2017-18 and they've been in the league ever since.
“In that time they've been able to grow the football club, they've got a great youth system going. They've got their own training ground that's probably been built on a little bit over the years with more money, and that's exactly where we want to be.
“Obviously the manager has got top six the last three seasons and got them into Europe. If we can be in the Premiership seven years from now, then this football club will be in an amazing place, so they are the benchmark.”
Looking ahead to Saturday's Premiership clash, McGlynn feels his squad are in a great place to challenge the Buddies.
Kyrell Wilson, who scored on his debut against Aberdeen last time out, misses the game with an ankle knock but Falkirk's four other recent signings are all in contention.
“We brought five players in in the last few days of the window, all players that were kind of pigeon-holed for exactly what we required,” McGlynn added.
“Kyrell certainly hit the ground running and it was good to get Ethan [Williams], Sam [Hart] and big Trey [Ogunsuyi] in the door, and Filip [Lissah] looks a very good player.
“We got all the positions that we wanted, so the squad's really, really strong now.”
