But the big defender admits he is also keen to make amends for the straight red card he received against Stranraer the last time Ton were on the box.

On Friday it was confirmed that two of the Cappielow club’s early-season Ladbrokes Championship clashes had been selected for TV coverage.

The first Renfrewshire derby of the campaign will be shown live by Gaelic language station BBC Alba at 7.45pm on Friday 21 August in a match which was originally scheduled for Cappielow on Saturday 22 August. Ton were set to host Glasgow giants Rangers on Saturday 26 September, but the fixture will now be screened by BT Sport the next day, with a 12.30pm kick off.

Jim Duffy’s men disposed of Dunfermline and Stranraer in matches shown by BBC Alba last season, and Lamie is thrilled they have the chance to perform in front of a national audience again this term.

Speaking exclusively to the Tele, he said: “I was told the games were moved for TV on Friday and that something nice to look forward to.

“That’s what you play football for, to play in the big games, and it’s a wee bonus if they are on the telly as well.

“I don’t think it will make much difference in terms of the games. Obviously they would be big games regardless of whether they were televised or not.

“There will be a lot of importance behind them, and with the St Mirren game being early on, we’ll be looking to get off to a good start, so there will be a wee bit of extra importance.

“It’s at home and will be under the floodlights on a Friday night, so it will be a great atmosphere — not a lot of teams will like coming to Cappielow and we have to take advantage of that.

“We obviously got two victories [on television] last season. The Dunfermline game was a massive game for us and proved pivotal in terms of staying up there and shutting them off.

“From what I can remember it was quite a comfortable game for us.

“Then we went down to Stranraer at the end of the season and managed to get another massive result.

“When the cameras have come we’ve done all right, so touch wood we can continue that next season.” The 22-year-old was given his marching orders for a mistimed tackle on Blues midfielder Danny Stoney, and he is keen to put that to bed by doing himself justice in front of the cameras this term.

He added: “I have fond memories of the Stranraer result, but on a personal level not so much because of the red card.

“It makes it worse if you make a mistake and it’s on the telly, and it’s a shame because personally I thought especially in the second half of the season I had done well. Getting the result was the main thing, but it was a bit of a downer on a personal level and I’ll be looking to make a more positive impression this time around and make up for it a wee bit.” Lamie expects the likes of Rangers and St Mirren to be up challenging for the title and reckons Saturday’s friendly against Rotherham was important preparation for the big matches ahead.

He concluded: “You’re looking at the two teams we are playing in the televised games to be there or thereabouts for the title you would imagine.

“So we know it’s going to be tough. It will be tough every week, but those will be two of our tougher fixtures.

“The Rotherham match was good in that respect. It’s inevitable when you come up against an English team that it’s going to be a tough ask.

“Almost every one of their players were big bears, but they are bears that can play. I can tell you they can definitely play too.

“But I thought we played some decent stuff in terms of our link-up and gave an alright account of ourselves.

“I think we created chances and never took advantage, whereas you give them three chances and you’re three goals down. They have that cutting edge.

“There is a difference in quality — they are a few levels above — but they weren’t cutting us open at will and, personally, I think it was quite encouraging for us ahead of the season starting.”