2012–13 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was St Johnstone's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[2] St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League,[3] League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

St Johnstone
2012–13 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerSteve Lomas
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Premier LeagueThird place
Scottish CupFifth round
League CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Liam Craig
Murray Davidson
Nigel Hasselbaink
Rowan Vine
(7 each)

All:
Liam Craig
Murray Davidson
Steve MacLean
(8 each)
Highest home attendance6,700 vs. Celtic, 15 September 2012
Lowest home attendance2,167 vs. Aberdeen, 30 December 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 3,712[1]

Summary

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Season

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St Johnstone finished third in the Scottish Premier League.[4] They reached the Second qualifying round of the Europa League,[5] the Quarter-final of the League Cup[6] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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8 July 2012 Friendly (Closed Door) St Johnstone 4–0   Concordia Chiajna Grangemouth Stadium
Higgins   28'
Wright   70'
Hasselbaink   72'
Craig   74'
St Johnstone Report
Concordia Report
Attendance: 0
11 July 2012[8] Friendly East Fife 0–4 St Johnstone Bayview Stadium
19:30 St Johnstone Report Higgins   6'
Hasselbaink   61'
Trialist   68'
Trialist   77'
Attendance: 566
14 July 2012[9] Friendly (Closed Door) Partick Thistle 1–2 St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
Elliott   22' Partick Report Craig   6'
McCracken   86'
Attendance: 0
21 July 2012[10] Friendly Cowdenbeath 1–1 St Johnstone Central Park
15:00 McKenzie   42' Report Hasselbaink   86'
28 July 2012[8] Friendly St Johnstone 2–1 Bristol City McDiarmid Park
15:00 Vine   3', 37' Report
St Johnstone Report
Stead   45' Attendance: 1,564
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish Premier League

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4 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Heart of Midlothian 2–0 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Sutton   30' (Penalty)
Templeton   82'
BBC Report Tadé   37' Attendance: 13,022
Referee: O'Reilly
11 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 1–1 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 Hammell   57'
McHugh   78'
BBC Report Davidson   58'
Vine   80'  
Attendance: 4,490
Referee: Brines
18 August 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–2 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Hasselbaink   83' BBC Report Osbourne   16'
Hayes   47'
Attendance: 4,857
Referee: Beaton
25 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 2–0 St Johnstone Easter Road
15:00 Hanlon   45'
Doyle   53'
BBC Report Attendance: 9,639
Referee: Clancy
15 September 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
12:30 Tadé   18'
Vine   80'
BBC Report Commons   4' Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Norris
22 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1–2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Morrow   68' BBC Report Craig   30'
Vine   30'
Wright   86'
Attendance: 4,094
Referee: Allan
29 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee 1–3 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 Conroy   22' (Penalty) BBC Report Tade   16'
Craig   27'
MacLean   52'
Attendance: 6,158
Referee: Muir
6 October 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–1 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Hasselbaink   22'
Davidson   37'
BBC Report Guy   49' Attendance: 3,223
Referee: Muir
20 October 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 Davidson   30'
Hasselbaink   90'
BBC Report Fowler   93' Attendance: 3,113
Referee: Colvin
3 November 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–3 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 Robertson   88' BBC Report Murphy   1', 38'
Law   73'
Attendance: 3,112
Referee: Colvin
17 November 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Mackay   51' BBC Report Craig   70' (Own goal) Attendance: 3,037
Referee: Collum
25 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 1–2 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Pascali   5'
Nelson   85'
BBC Report Davidson   31'
Vine   89'
Attendance: 4,208
Referee: O'Reilly
28 November 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 0–1 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
19:45 BBC Report Cairney   82' Attendance: 3,266
Referee: Thomson
8 December 2012 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 1–1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Dummett   69' BBC Report Davidson   15'
Anderson   38'
Millar   68'  
Attendance: 3,702
Referee: Madden
15 December 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–2 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
15:00 Vine   16'
MacLean   60'
BBC Report Sutton   15'
Driver   38'
Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Collum
22 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 2–0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn   63', 81' BBC Report Attendance: 7,051
Referee: Finnie
2 January 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–0 Dundee McDiarmid Park
14:00 Craig   33' BBC Report Attendance: 5,055
Referee: McKendrick
20 January 2013 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 3–2 St Johnstone Fir Park
14:15 Higdon   8', 20', 69' BBC Report Hasselbaink   77'
Craig   79'
Attendance: 3,649
Referee: Collum
30 January 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 3–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
19:30 Tadé   33'
Vine   68'
Mackay   70'
BBC Sport McGinn   44' Attendance: 2,167
Referee: McLean
11 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 1–3 St Johnstone Easter Road
19:30 Griffiths   82' BBC Report Vine   23', 26'
Cregg   58'
Attendance: 8,735
Referee: Clancy
16 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1–0 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Sproule   11' BBC Report Attendance: 3,516
Referee: Beaton
19 February 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
19:45 Hasselbaink   82' BBC Report Ambrose   36' Attendance: 5,352
Referee: Norris
23 February 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Vine   52' BBC Report Attendance: 2,816
Referee: Mclean
27 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Dundee 2–2 St Johnstone Dens Park
19:45 Baird   42'
Gallagher   66'
Stewart   89'
BBC Report MacLean   36'
MacKay   68'
Attendance: 5,224
Referee: Collum
9 March 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–0 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 Davidson   58'
Tade   85'
BBC Report Attendance: 2,425
Referee: Colvin
1 April 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
20:00 Craig   90+3' BBC Report Gauld   24'
Armstrong   79'  
Attendance: 4,613
Referee: Brines
21 April 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–2 Ross County McDiarmid Park
16:00 MacLean   6'
Davidson   25'
BBC Report Brittain   15' (Penalty), 76' (Penalty) Attendance: 2,444
Referee: Collum
11 May 2012 Scottish Premier League Celtic 4–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
12:15 Ledley   2'
Mulgrew   36'
Forrest   51'
Wright   90+1' (Own goal)
BBC Report Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Muir
19 May 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–0 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
12:45 Craig   36'
Hasselbaink   47'
BBC Report Attendance: 5,025
Referee: Mclean

Scottish League Cup

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25 September 2012 Third round St Johnstone 4–1 Queen's Park McDiarmid Park
19:45 MacLean   18', 40'
Davidson   76'
Craig   85'
BBC Report
SFL Report
Keenan   30'
Robertson   74'
Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Clancy
30 October 2012 Quarter-finals Celtic 5–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
19:45 Commons   28', 32', 58' (pen.)
Hooper   38'
Mulgrew   61'
BBC Report Attendance: 14,399
Referee: Madden

Scottish Cup

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17 December 2012 Fourth round Cowdenbeath 0–3 St Johnstone Central Park
19:45 BBC Report McCracken   54'
MacLean   76' (pen.)
Tadé   87'
Attendance: 809
Referee: Beaton
2 February 2013 Fifth round St Mirren 2–0 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Gonçalves   49, 56' BBC Report Attendance: 3,507
Referee: Thomson

UEFA Europa League

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19 July 2012 Second qualifying round   Eskişehirspor 2–0 St Johnstone Atatürk Stadium
19:00 Alper Potuk   41'
Wright   65' (o.g.)
UEFA Report
BBC Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr.
26 July 2012 Second qualifying round St Johnstone 1–1
(1–3 agg.)
  Eskişehirspor McDiarmid Park
19:45 Tadé   35' BBC Report Sarı   51' Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Gumienny

Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
2 DF Mackay[11]   34 Club captain
8 MF Davidson[12]   8 Vice-captain

Last updated: 19 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

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Last updated 19 May 2013[13][14]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NIR Alan Mannus 43 0 38+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   SCO Dave Mackay 36 3 32+0 3 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   SCO Callum Davidson 23 0 20+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF   IRL Patrick Cregg 28 1 19+5 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF   SCO Frazer Wright 38 1 35+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF   SCO Steven Anderson 33 0 28+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF   SCO Chris Millar 30 0 25+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF   SCO Murray Davidson 37 8 31+1 7 2+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
9 FW   FRA Grégory Tadé 41 6 25+11 4 1+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 1
10 MF   SCO Liam Craig 43 8 37+0 7 2+0 0 1+1 1 2+0 0
11 FW   NED Nigel Hasselbaink 42 7 15+21 7 1+1 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
12 MF   SCO David Robertson 9 2 1+6 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
14 MF   SCO Kevin Moon 4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW   WAL Gwion Edwards 7 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
15 GK   NIR Jonathan Tuffey 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW   SCO Craig Beattie 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
16 MF   WAL Michael Doughty 6 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW   SCO Sean Higgins 5 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW   SCO Steve MacLean 35 8 27+4 5 0+0 0 1+1 2 2+0 1
18 DF   SCO David McCracken 22 1 15+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1
19 DF   SCO Gary Miller 21 0 13+4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF   SCO Jamie Adams 5 0 0+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   ALG Mehdi Abeid 13 0 9+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 MF   SCO Peter Pawlett 9 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW   ENG Rowan Vine 37 7 28+7 7 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF   SCO Liam Caddis 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 FW   SCO Stevie May 5 0 0+3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF   SCO Tam Scobbie 21 0 11+7 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Premier League Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
1   GK Alan Mannus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   DF Dave Mackay 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
3   DF Callum Davidson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4   MF Patrick Cregg 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
5   DF Frazer Wright 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6   DF Steven Anderson 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1
7   MF Chris Millar 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
8   MF Murray Davidson 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
9   FW Grégory Tadé 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10   MF Liam Craig 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
11   FW Nigel Hasselbaink 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
12   MF David Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14   MF Kevin Moon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14   FW Gwion Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15   GK Jonathan Tuffey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16   FW Craig Beattie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16   MF Michael Doughty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17   FW Sean Higgins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17   FW Steve MacLean 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
18   DF David McCracken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19   DF Gary Miller 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
20   MF Jamie Adams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21   MF Mehdi Abeid 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22   MF Peter Pawlett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23   FW Rowan Vine 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
26   MF Liam Caddis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27   FW Stevie May 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33   DF Tam Scobbie 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Division summary

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHHAHHAAH
ResultLDLLDWWWWWDLLDWLDDLDDWLWWLDWDLWDDDWWLW
Position12101211111097424554466567766546545555444443
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: [15]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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Chris Millar initially turned down a new deal[16] but later re-signed.[17]

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