While they were below East Stirlingshire in the league, they were a bigger club and although Ferguson felt a degree of loyalty towards East Stirlingshire, he decided to join St Mirren after taking advice from Jock Stein.
Habár az East Stirlingshire alatt voltak a ligában, nagyobb klub volt, bár Ferguson némi lojalitást érzett East Stirlingshire iránt, Jock Stein tanácsára aláírt a St. Mirrenhez.