2018–19 St Johnstone F.C. season
The 2018–19 season was the club's sixth season in the Scottish Premiership and their tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, where they were knocked out of both by Celtic.[1][2]
2018–19 season | |||
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Chairman | Steve Brown | ||
Manager | Tommy Wright | ||
Stadium | McDiarmid Park Perth, Scotland (Capacity: 10,696) | ||
Scottish Premiership | 7th | ||
Scottish Cup | Fifth round | ||
Scottish League Cup | Quarter finals | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Matty Kennedy (6) All: Tony Watt (8) | ||
Highest home attendance | League: 7,086 vs Rangers 23 December 2018 Cup: 5,635 vs Celtic League Cup 26 September 2018 | ||
Lowest home attendance | League: 1,946 vs Livingston 23 January 2019 Cup: 1,687 vs East Fife League Cup 14 July 2018 | ||
Average home league attendance | 3,938 | ||
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Season Summary
Tommy Wright remained as manager for the season. After getting through the Group stages of the League Cup (and losing to Kilmarnock in the first match of the season), Saints had a 4 match unbeaten run, although by the end of September they went on a 4 match win less run, which included being knocked out of the League Cup by Celtic. They were then unbeaten in the League through much of October, November and into December. They ended the year with a couple of home defeats and a couple of away wins. After losing to Hearts in league at the end of January however, the Saints went on an 8 match win less run, which included being knocked out of the Scottish Cup, again by Celtic. The win less run came to an end in a rearranged match at home to St. Mirren. They ended the regular season in seventh, therefore in the bottom six for the post-split for the second season in a row. Tony Watt announced he rejected a deal and would be leaving the club at the end of the season.[3] The Saints finished the League season in Seventh place, claiming the best of the bottom six.[4]
Results & fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season
8 July 2018[5] Chris Millar Testimonial match | St Johnstone | 2–2 | Aberdeen | McDiarmid Park |
14:00 BST | Wotherspoon 5' Hurst 73' |
Report | May 8' Wright 28' |
Attendance: 1,554 Referee: Alan Muir |
10 July 2018 Friendly | Berwick Rangers | 0–4 | St Johnstone | Shielfield Park |
19:30 BST | Report | Watt 8' McMillan 11' Craig 16' McClean 68' |
Referee: Gavin Ross |
Scottish Premiership
5 August 2018 1 | Kilmarnock | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Rugby Park |
15:00 | S. Boyd 59' Ndjoli 85' |
Report | Attendance: 4,644 Referee: John Beaton |
12 August 2018 2 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Hibernian | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Watt 22' | Report | Shaw 51' | Attendance: 4,637 Referee: Willie Collum |
25 August 2018 3 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Watt 51' | Report | Attendance: 4,259 Referee: Steven McLean |
1 September 2018 4 | Hamilton Academical | 1–2 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park |
Bingham 29', 69' McMann 36' |
Report | Alston 37' McMillan 45+1' Clark 90' |
Attendance: 1,791 Referee: Bobby Madden |
15 September 2018 5 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Aberdeen | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 BST | McMillan 13' Craig 18' Alston 66' Swanson 89' |
Report | Considine 47' McGinn 69' Lowe 70' |
Attendance: 4,880 Referee: Willie Collum |
23 September 2018 6 | Rangers | 5–1 | St Johnstone | Ibrox Stadium |
15:00 BST | Tavernier 9' Morelos 34' Arfield 52' Lafferty 74' Candeias 79' |
Report | Foster 30' Kerr 70' Alston 77' (pen.) |
Attendance: 48,729 Referee: Steven McLean |
29 September 2018 7 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | St Johnstone | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Haring 25' Dunne 65' |
BBC Report | Callachan 77' | Attendance: 17,240 Referee: Nick Walsh |
7 October 2018 8 | St Johnstone | 0–6 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park |
Swanson 48' Wotherspoon 75' Anderson 77' |
Report | Forrest 15', 30', 38', 45' Édouard 22' McGregor 84' |
Attendance: 5,993 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
20 October 2018 9 | Motherwell | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Fir Park |
15:00 BST | Bowman 63' Hartley 85' |
Report | Kerr 90+2' | Attendance: 3,752 Referee: Bobby Madden |
27 October 2018 10 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | St Mirren | McDiarmid Park |
Davidson 54' Wotherspoon 60' Kennedy 84', 85' |
Report | Mullen 23' S McGinn 72' P McGinn 82' Baird 85' |
Attendance: 2,716 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
31 October 2018 11 | Livingston | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Almondvale Stadium |
19:45 GMT | Pittman 33' Menga 57' Halkett 84' |
Report | Kennedy 5' Foster 21' Tanser 90+2' |
Attendance: 1,476 Referee: John Beaton |
3 November 2018 12 | Hibernian | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Easter Road |
15:00 GMT | Stevenson 55' Bartley 82' McGregor 88' |
Report | Shaughnessy 90' | Attendance: 17,307 Referee: Nick Walsh |
10 November 2018 13 | St Johnstone | 4–0 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park |
Davidson 20' Wright 36' Kennedy 54' 62' Wotherspoon 74' |
Report | Imrie 20' McGowan 39' Martin 51' MacKinnon 76' |
Attendance: 2,175 Referee: Steven McLean |
24 November 2018 14 | St Johnstone | 0–0 | Kilmarnock | McDiarmid Park |
Report | Taylor 61' | Attendance: 3,559 Referee: Willie Collum |
2 December 2018 15[N 1] | Celtic | P–P | St Johnstone | Celtic Park |
15:00 |
5 December 2018 16 | St Johnstone | 2–2 | Heart of Midlothian | McDiarmid Park |
Alston 20' Wotherspoon 54' Kennedy 69' (pen.) Craig 79' Foster 90+3' |
Report | Djoum 6' Bozanic 41' Haring 47' Clare 61' Berra 86' |
Attendance: 3,040 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
8 December 2018 17 | Aberdeen | 0–2 | St Johnstone | Pittodrie Stadium |
15:00 GMT | Shinnie 30' | Report | Craig 36' Tanser 56' Shaughnessy 71' Alston 74' Davidson 77' |
Attendance: 13,304 Referee: Don Robertson |
15 December 2018 18 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Motherwell | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 GMT (UTC) | Kennedy 26' Watt 46' Kerr 83' |
Report | Aldred 2' Johnson 17' Dunne 26' Campbell 44' Main 82' McHugh 90+5' |
Attendance: 2,302 Referee: Alan Muir |
23 December 2018 19 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Rangers | McDiarmid Park |
12:15 GMT | Kennedy 45' Craig 54' Alston 87' Watt 90+3' |
Report | Goldson 62' Morelos 65', 88' 89' |
Attendance: 7,086 Referee: Nick Walsh |
26 December 2018 20 | St Mirren | 0–1 | St Johnstone | St Mirren Park |
15:00 GMT | Report | Callachan 53' Watt 89' |
Attendance: 4,891 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
29 December 2018 21 | Dundee | 0–2 | St Johnstone | Dens Park |
15:00 GMT | Boyle 64' Woods 76' Curran 81' |
Report | Tanser 1' Craig 58' 76' |
Attendance: 6,868 Referee: Don Robertson |
23 January 2019 22 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Livingston | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 GMT | Foster 44' Davidson 78' 88' Wotherspoon 90' |
Report | Halkett 30' Pittman 68' |
Attendance: 1,946 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
26 January 2019 23 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Godinho 52' Morrison 90+1' Djoum 68' |
BBC Report | Callachan 26' Foster 47' Swanson 90+3' |
Attendance: 16,672 Referee: Thomson |
30 January 2019 15 | Celtic | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Celtic Park |
19:45 | McGregor 53' Christie 55' |
Report | Attendance: 54,563 Referee: Greg Aitken |
3 February 2019 24 | St Johnstone | 0–2 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park |
12:30 | Report | Forrest 78' Weah 89' |
Attendance: 6,242 Referee: Willie Collum |
6 February 2019 25 | Hamilton Academical | 2–1 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park |
19:45 | Oakley 68', 79' | Report | Craig 76' | Attendance: 1,174 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
16 February 2019 26 | Rangers | 0–0 | St Johnstone | Ibrox Stadium |
15:00 | Report | Attendance: 49,549 Referee: Steven McLean |
23 February 2019 27 | St Johnstone | 0–2 | Aberdeen | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Kane 32' Kerr 71' Foster 79' |
Report | Shinnie 16', 75' 67' | Attendance: 5,092 Referee: Euan Anderson |
27 February 2019 28 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Hibernian | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 GMT | Kane 15' | BBC Sport | McNulty 65' (pen.), 84' | Attendance: 4,136 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
9 March 2019 29 | Livingston | 3–1 | St Johnstone | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Halkett 38' Sibbald 46', 62' Pittman 90+2' |
Report | Shaughnessy 14' Goss 63' |
Attendance: 1,615 Referee: John Beaton |
16 March 2019 30 | St Johnstone | P–P | St Mirren | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 GMT | Report | |||
Note: Match postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. |
27 March 2019 30 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | St Mirren | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 GMT | Kane 13' | Report | Hladký 38' Erhahon 88' |
Attendance: 2,888 Referee: Steven McLean |
Note: Rearranged match after postponement. |
30 March 2019 31 | Motherwell | 3–0 | St Johnstone | Fir Park |
15:00 GMT | Frear 70' Turnbull 80' Aldred 87' Tait 90+2' |
Report | Craig 14' Davidson 29' |
Attendance: 4,083 Referee: Euan Anderson |
3 April 2019 32 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 BST | Hendry 16' Kennedy 60' Callachan 90' |
Report | O'Dea 13' | Attendance: 3,767 Referee: Greg Aitken |
6 April 2019 33 | Kilmarnock | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Rugby Park |
15:00 BST | Kane 17' (o.g.) K. Boyd 43' (pen.) Power 74' |
Report | Hendry 12' Callachan 36' Kerr 43' 68' Foster 65' Craig 73' |
Attendance: 4,685 Referee: Bobby Madden |
20 April 2019 34 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 BST | Tanser 54' Craig 61' Hendry 68' |
Report | O'Dea 53' Curran 55' McGowan 83' |
Attendance: 3,946 Referee: Alan Muir |
27 April 2019 35 | St Mirren | 1–1 | St Johnstone | St Mirren Park |
15:00 BST | Lyons 45+1' Flynn 55' Popescu 64' Mullen 90' |
Report | O'Halloran 32' Davidson 33' Tanser 54' Kane 79' |
Attendance: 5,213 Referee: Steven McLean |
4 May 2019 36 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Livingston | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | O'Halloran 4' | Report | Halkett 51' 84' Gallagher 86' |
Attendance: 2,222 Referee: David Munro |
11 May 2019 37 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Motherwell | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Davidson 29' Tanser 34' (pen.) Davidson 47' Wotherspoon 90+2' |
Report | Ariyibi 21' Gillespie 34' Aldred 70' |
Attendance: 3,051 Referee: Colin Steven |
18 May 2019 38 | Hamilton Academical | 2–0 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park |
12:30 | Gordon 11' Davies 57' McMann 72' Martin 77' MacKinnon 88' |
Report | Craig 6' | Attendance: 2,553 Referee: Steven McLean |
League Cup
14 July 2018 Group | St Johnstone | 0–0 (5–4 p) | East Fife | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Report | Attendance: 1,687 Referee: Steven Kirkland | ||
Penalties | ||||
21 July 2018 Group | Montrose | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Links Park |
15:00 | Report | Watt 34' | Attendance: 1,160 Referee: Barry Cook |
24 July 2018 Group | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Falkirk | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 | Scougall 31' | Report | Attendance: 2,379 Referee: Craig Thomson |
28 July 2018 Group | Forfar Athletic | 1–3 | St Johnstone | Station Park |
15:00 | Baird 15' | Report | Watt 42' McMillan 51' Kennedy 62' |
Attendance: 1,087 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
18 August 2018 Second Round | Queen of the South | 2–4 (a.e.t.) | St Johnstone | Palmerston Park |
15:00 BST | Dykes 45+1' Dobbie 116' (pen.) |
Report | Watt 27', 105' Wright 95' Hendry 120+1' |
Attendance: 1,652 Referee: Don Robertson |
26 September 2018 Quarter finals | St Johnstone | 0–1 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 | Report | Griffiths 83' Tierney 86' Boyata 90' |
Attendance: 5,635 Referee: John Beaton |
Scottish Cup
19 January 2019 Fourth round | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Kerr 1' Watt 26' Craig 55' |
Report | Gogic 35' | Attendance: 2,363 Referee: John Beaton |
10 February 2019 Fifth round | Celtic | 5–0 | St Johnstone | Celtic Park |
13:30 | Sinclair 3', 54', 89' Brown 9' Forrest 52' |
Report | Attendance: 28,404 Referee: Nick Walsh | |
Note: Game televised on Premier Sports |
Squad statistics
Appearances
- As of 18 May 2019
No. | Pos | Player | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||||||
1 | GK | Zander Clark | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||||||
3 | DF | Scott Tanser | 37 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 3 | ||||||
4 | MF | Blair Alston | 10+11 | 4 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | ||||||
5 | DF | Joe Shaughnessy (c) | 32+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 3 | ||||||
7 | FW | Drey Wright | 13+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | ||||||
8 | MF | Murray Davidson | 26+2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||||||
9 | FW | Chris Kane | 14+16 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3 | ||||||
10 | MF | David Wotherspoon | 20+9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||||||
11 | MF | Danny Swanson | 6+17 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
12 | GK | Cammy Bell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
14 | DF | Aaron Comrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
15 | DF | Jason Kerr | 37 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 3 | ||||||
17 | MF | Michael O'Halloran | 9+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||||||
18 | MF | Ali McCann | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
19 | DF | Ricky Foster | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||||||
20 | MF | Kyle McClean | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
22 | FW | Callum Hendry | 5+7 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | ||||||
23 | DF | Liam Gordon | 9+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
24 | DF | Brian Easton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
26 | MF | Liam Craig | 33+3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||||||
27 | MF | Sean Goss | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
28 | MF | Ross Callachan | 17+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | ||||||
30 | GK | Mark Hurst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
31 | DF | Niall Keown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
32 | FW | Tony Watt | 22+7 | 3 | 5+1 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 37 | 8 | ||||||
33 | MF | Matty Kennedy | 34+2 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 7 | ||||||
45 | GK | Ross Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
49 | FW | Oliver Hamilton | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
50 | MF | Jordan Northcott | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Player who left the club during the season | ||||||||||||||||
6 | DF | Steven Anderson | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
12 | GK | Conor Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
16 | FW | David McMillan | 7+5 | 2 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | ||||||
17 | MF | Tristan Nydam | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
21 | MF | Stefan Scougall | 0+1 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Team statistics
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1] |
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5 | Hibernian | 38 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 54 | |
6 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 51 | |
7 | St Johnstone | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 52 | |
8 | Motherwell | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 51 | |
9 | Livingston | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 44 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[6]
Notes:
- Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
Group B Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STJ | FAL | MON | FOR | EFI | |
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1 | St Johnstone (Q) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 11 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 1–0 | — | — | p0–0 | |
2 | Falkirk | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | — | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | ||
3 | Montrose | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | 0–1 | — | — | — | 1–0 | ||
4 | Forfar Athletic | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 | 1–3 | — | 3–1 | — | — | ||
5 | East Fife | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | — | 1–2 | — | 1–1p | — |
Transfers
See also
Footnotes
- Match postponed due to Celtic involvement in League Cup Final. Re-scheduled for 30 Jan 19
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