2016–17 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was the club's fourth season in the Scottish Premiership and their eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.[2]

St Johnstone
2016–17 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Perth, Scotland
(Capacity: 10,696)
Scottish Premiership4th
Scottish CupFifth round
lost to Partick Thistle
Scottish League CupQuarter final
lost to Aberdeen
Top goalscorerLeague: Danny Swanson (10)
All:
Danny Swanson (15)
Highest home attendance7,979 vs Rangers
Scottish Premiership
28 December 2016
Lowest home attendance2,549 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Premiership
3 December 2016
Average home league attendance4,368[1]

Season summary

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Tommy Wright was kept as manager and remained for the season. The Saints again finished in Fourth place but qualified for European Football.[3] Danny Swanson was the club's Top League and Season scorer, but a few weeks before the end of the season, he signed for a pre-contract agreement with Hibernian.[4]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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9 July 2016 Glentoran 1 – 2 St Johnstone The Oval
Chris Lavery   Report MacLean  
Kane  
12 July 2016 Livingston 1 – 1 St Johnstone Tony Macaroni Arena
Josh Mullin   56' Report Coulson   10' Referee: Beaton
19 July 2016 St Johnstone 2 – 0 Bradford City McDiarmid Park
Cummins   33'
McKay   37'
Report Attendance: 1,177
Referee: Collum

Scottish Premiership

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7 August 2016 1 St Johnstone 0 – 0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
12:15 Craig   34'
Cummins   37'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Attendance: 5,728
Referee: Collum
13 August 2016 2 Motherwell 1 – 2 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 Cadden   47'
Tait   39'
Clay   74'
McDonald   82'
BBC
SPFL
Swanson   56'
MacLean   75'
Kane   42'
Swanson   50'
Davidson   90'
Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Euan Anderson
20 August 2016 3 St Johnstone 2 – 4 Celtic McDiarmid Park
12:15 Swanson   83' (pen.)
MacLean   89'
Paton   45'
Davidson   58'
MacLean   86'
BBC
SPFL
Griffiths   28'
Sinclair   40'
Forrest   44'
Christie   90'
Griffiths   38'
Janko   43'
Bitton   59'
Attendance: 6,823
Referee: Craig Thomson
27 August 2016 4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Draper   59'
Meekings   90'
Draper   66'
BBC
SPFL
Foster   79'
Wotherspoon   57'
Attendance: 2,729
Referee: Stephen Finnie
10 September 2016 5 Partick Thistle 0 – 2 St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC
SPFL
Anderson   21'
MacLean   64'
Swanson   70'
Attendance: 2,885
Referee: Nick Walsh
17 September 2016 6 St Johnstone 1 – 0 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
15:00 Cummins   57'
Cummins   15'
Foster   33'
Davidson   49'
MacLean   75'
Kane   85'
Craig   90'
BBC
SPFL
Rossi   75' Attendance: 5,456
Referee: John Beaton
25 September 2016 7 Hamilton Academical 1 – 1 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
15:00 Docherty   37'
Donati   58'
Doherty   63'
MacKinnon   70'
Seaborne   78'
Crawford   90'
BBC
SPFL
Craig   82'
Davidson   33'
Attendance: 1,705
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 October 2016 8 Ross County 0 – 2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 BBC
SPFL
Swanson   42' (pen.)
Kane   73'
Attendance: 3,299
Referee: Crawford Allan
15 October 2016 9 St Johnstone 0 – 1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC
SPFL
S Boyd   76' Attendance: 2,930
Referee: Steven McLean
23 October 2016 10 St Johnstone 2 – 1 Dundee McDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson   62'
Swanson   75' (pen.)
BBC
SPFL
Loy   88' (pen.) Attendance: 3,646
Referee: Andrew Dallas
26 October 2016 11 Rangers 1 – 1 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Garner   62' BBC
SPFL
Alston   5' Attendance: 46,563
Referee: Kevin Clancy
29 October 2016 12 St Johnstone 1 – 2 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean   18' BBC
SPFL
Doolan   17'
Osman   90'
Attendance: 3,096
Referee: Barry Cook
5 November 2016 13 Heart of Midlothian 2 – 2 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Buaben   25'   61'
Igor Rossi   77'
Paterson   87'
Muirhead   89'
Report Alston   7'
Swanson   41'
Kane   85'
Easton   90+3'
Attendance: 16,421
Referee:   Don Robertson
19 November 2016 14 St Johnstone 2 – 4 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson   4'
Paton   55'
Foster   62'
Swanson   65' (pen.)
MacLean   80'
Report McEveley   24'   65'
Routis   38'
van der Weg   45+4'
Curran   63'
Boyce   83'
Attendance: 2,554
Referee:   John Beaton
3 December 2016 15 St Johnstone 3 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig   14'
Coulson   57'
Davidson   62'
Wotherspoon   75'
Swanson   81'
Report Draper   45+1'
Doumbouya   51'
Warren   60'  
Attendance: 2,549
Referee:   Euan Anderson
10 December 2016 16 Aberdeen 0 – 0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McLean   87' Report Davidson   58'
Kane   67'
MacLean   68'
Attendance: 11,501
Referee:   Kevin Clancy
17 December 2016 17 St Johnstone 1 – 1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 Kane   62'
Foster   90'
Report Clark   12' (o.g.)
Moult   77'
Attendance: 2,836
Referee:   Willie Collum
23 December 2016 18 Kilmarnock 0 – 1 St Johnstone Rugby Park
19:45 Dicker   88'
Hendrie   90+2'  
Report Davidson   43'   62'
Wotherspoon   57'
Attendance: 3,056
Referee:   Stephen Finnie
28 December 2016 19 St Johnstone 1 – 1 Rangers McDiarmid Park
19:45 MacLean   28'   89'
Paton   69'
Foster   69'
Report McKay   23'
Holt   35'
Hill   55'
Halliday   67'
Attendance: 7,979
Referee:   Crawford Allan
31 December 2016 20 Dundee 3 – 0 St Johnstone Dens Park
14:00 Bakhtaoui   15'
Kerr   23'
Gadzhalov   42'
Anderson   57' (o.g.)
Report Paton   41'
Swanson   90'
Attendance: 6,492
Referee:   Don Robertson
25 January 2017 21 Celtic 1 – 0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
19:45 Boyata   72'
Gordon   81'
Report Craig   17'
Paton   76'
Attendance: 51,057
Referee:   Andrew Dallas
28 January 2017 22 St Johnstone 3 – 0 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 Swanson   30'
Cummins   53'   59'
Davidson   74'
Report Redmond   34' Attendance: 3,279
Referee:   Nick Walsh
1 February 2017 23 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
19:45 Edwards   70'
Elliott   90+2'
Report MacLean   40'
Swanson   60'
Anderson   69'
Attendance: 2,257
Referee:   Crawford Allan
5 February 2017 24 St Johnstone 2 – 5 Celtic McDiarmid Park
12:30 Watson   31'
Boyata   43' (o.g.)
Paton   58'
Foster   60'
Craig   90+3'
Report Henderson   6'
Dembélé   61' (pen.)   75'   85'
Sinclair   81'
Lustig   90+3'
Attendance: 6,548
Referee:   Craig Thomson
18 February 2017 25 Ross County 1 – 2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Curran   73'
O'Brien   76'
Report McEveley   31' (o.g.)
Kane   90+1'
Attendance: 3,187
Referee:   John Beaton
25 February 2017 26 St Johnstone 0 – 2 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 Kane   54'
Anderson   81'
Report McKenzie   11'
Sammon   71'
Attendance: 2,933
Referee:   Don Robertson
1 March 2017 27 Rangers 3 – 2 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
19:45 McKay   22'
Waghorn   48'
Hyndman   90+1'
Kiernan   78'
Report Wotherspoon   74'
Anderson   87'
Attendance: 46,800
Referee:   Kevin Clancy
11 March 2017 28 St Johnstone 2 – 0 Dundee McDiarmid Park
15:00 Paton   12'
Alston   19'
MacLean   89'
Report O'Hara   26'
El Bakhtaoui   69'
Williams   84'
Attendance: 4,195
Referee:   Andrew Dallas
18 March 2017 29 Motherwell 1 – 2 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 McDonald   44' Report Craig   8'   66'
Davidson   78'
Attendance: 3,588
Referee:   Greg Aitken
1 April 2017 30 Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
15:00 Devlin   23'
Crawford   45+3'
D'Acol   89'
Report Foster   45+3'
Swanson   45+3'
Cummins   83'
Attendance: 1,662
Referee:   Don Robertson
5 April 2017 31 St Johnstone 1 – 0 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
19:45 Shaughnessy   73' Report Nicholson   83' Attendance: 4,197
Referee: Nick Walsh
8 April 2017 32 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 3 St Johnstone Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Cole   81'   Report MacLean   40'
Alston   65'
Craig   88' (pen.)
Cummins   90+1'
Attendance: 2,961
Referee: Stephen Finnie
15 April 2017 33 St Johnstone 1 – 2 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig   22'
Swanson   48' (pen)
Wotherspoon   67'
MacLean   84'
Report Christie   19'
Scobbie   32' (o.g.)
Lewis   57'
Attendance: 5,132
Referee: Bobby Madden
29 April 2017 34 Aberdeen 1 – 2 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Logan   18'
Hayes   19'
Stockley   90+3'
Report Anderson   28'
Shaughnessy   33'
Swanson   80'
Thomson   80'
Craig   90+3'
Attendance: 10,606
Referee: Alan Muir
6 May 2017 35 Celtic 4 – 1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 Roberts   47', 62'
Boyata   52'
McGregor   71'
Report MacLean   49' Attendance: 52,796
Referee: Nick Walsh
13 May 2017 36 St Johnstone 1 – 0 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 Swanson   33' (pen.)  83'
MacLean   60'
Craig   67'
Report Devine   17'
Edwards   24'
Elliott   82'
Attendance: 3,630
Referee: Stephen Finnie
17 May 2017 37 St Johnstone 1 – 0 Heart Of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
19:45 Kane   26' Report Attendance: 3,141
Referee: Don Robertson
21 May 2017 38 St Johnstone 1 – 2 Rangers McDiarmid Park
12:30 Cummins   76' Report Miller   40'
Toral   53'
Attendance: 6,799
Referee: Andrew Dallas

Scottish League Cup

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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ FAL STI BRE ELG
1 St Johnstone (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 11 2 +9 10 Qualification to the Second Round 3–0 4–0
2 Falkirk (X) 4 2 0 0 2 5 4 +1 6 Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up 2–0 3–0
3 Stirling Albion 4 2 0 0 2 6 7 −1 6 1–0 4–1
4 Brechin City 4 1 1 0 2 5 8 −3 5 1–1
(4–2 p)
2–1
5 Elgin City 4 1 0 0 3 6 12 −6 3 1–3 4–2
Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up
16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Group B Elgin City 1 – 3 St Johnstone Borough Briggs, Elgin
15:00 Duff   48'
MacLeod   43'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Swanson   16'
Cummins   71'
MacLean   79'
Attendance: 1,046
Referee: Alan Muir
23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Group B St Johnstone 3 – 0 Falkirk McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Swanson   25' (pen.), 38' (pen.)
MacLean   68'
Craig   16'
SPFL Report
Watson   24'
Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Bobby Madden
26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Group B Brechin City 1 – 1
(4–2 p)
St Johnstone Glebe Park, Brechin
19:45 Jackson   35'
Graham   73'
SPFL Report Kane   86' Attendance: 912
Referee: John McKendrick
Penalties
30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Group B St Johnstone 4 – 0 Stirling Albion McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Anderson   4'
MacLean   33'
Craig   43'
Wotherspoon   90+2'
SPFL Report
Ferns   56'
McKenzie   90+3'
Attendance: 2,858
Referee: Barry Cook
10 August 2016 Second Round St Johnstone 3 – 2 Hearts McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 Swanson   10'   75' (pen.)
McKay   80'
Paton   45'
Swanson   71'
Alston   76'
SPFL Report Paterson   43'
Walker   45' (pen.)
Cowie   9'
Murihead   54'
Ozturk   74'
Rossi   81'
Attendance: 4,214
Referee: Crawford Allan
22 September 2016 Quarter final Aberdeen 1 – 0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
19:45 Rooney   90'
Maddison   7'
Shinnie   34'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Shaughnessy   11'
Wotherspoon   45'
Paton   51'
Swanson   67'
Davidson   80'
Attendance: 8,829
Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

Scottish Cup

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21 January 2017 Fourth Round St Johnstone 2 – 0 Stenhousemuir McDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean   6'
Alston   32'
Report Kerr   52'
McMenamin   64'
Ciaran Summers   82'
Attendance: 2,441
Referee:   Euan Anderson
11 February 2017 Fifth Round St Johnstone 0 – 1 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean   40'
Swanson   75'
Report Barton   7'
Welsh   65'
Devine   72'
Attendance: 2,884
Referee:   Steven McLean

Squad statistics

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Appearances

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As of 21 May 2017 [5]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NIR Alan Mannus 17 0 12+2 0 3 0 0 0
2 DF   SCO Dave Mackay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   SCO Tam Scobbie 20 0 14+2 0 4 0 0 0
4 MF   SCO Blair Alston 42 3 25+10 2 4+1 0 1+1 1
6 DF   SCO Steven Anderson 34 4 26 3 6 1 2 0
7 MF   SCO Chris Millar 22 0 14+3 0 3 0 2 0
8 MF   SCO Murray Davidson 26 3 19+4 3 2 0 1 0
9 FW   SCO Steven MacLean 39 12 30+2 9 4+1 2 2 1
10 MF   SCO David Wotherspoon 38 2 20+13 1 2+1 1 2 0
11 MF   SCO Danny Swanson 38 15 28+2 10 5+1 5 2 0
12 GK   SCO Zander Clark 31 0 26 0 3 0 2 0
14 DF   IRL Joe Shaughnessy 46 2 38 1 6 1 2 0
15 DF   WAL Clive Smith 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW   SCO Michael Coulson 18 0 7+7 0 1+3 0 0 0
18 MF   NIR Paul Paton 34 1 22+6 1 3+3 0 0 0
19 DF   SCO Richard Foster 34 1 33 1 0 0 1 0
22 DF   SCO Keith Watson 6 1 3+1 1 1 0 1 0
24 DF   SCO Brian Easton 45 0 37 0 6 0 2 0
25 FW   SCO Chris Kane 32 6 14+11 5 2+3 1 0+2 0
26 MF   SCO Liam Craig 44 6 27+9 5 5+1 1 0+2 0
27 MF   SCO Craig Thomson 11 1 2+7 1 1+1 0 0 0
28 DF   SCO Ally Gilchrist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW   IRL Graham Cummins 36 6 17+13 5 3+1 1 2 0
31 MF   SCO Greg Hurst 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW   SCO George Hunter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF   SCO Cameron Thompson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 MF   ENG Daniel Jardine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
15 DF   SCO Brad McKay (joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 3 1 2 0 0+1 1 0 0
20 FW   NIR Joe Gormley (joined Cliftonville) 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season
23 DF   SCO Liam Gordon (on loan to Peterhead) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
32 MF   SCO Connor McLaren (on loan to Stirling Albion) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF   SCO Aaron Comrie (on loan to Peterhead) 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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As of 21 May 2017

Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1   11 Danny Swanson 10 5 0 15
2   10 Steven MacLean 9 2 1 12
3   25 Chris Kane 5 1 0 6
  26 Liam Craig 5 1 0 6
  29 Graham Cummins 5 1 0 6
6   10 Steven Anderson 3 1 0 4
7   4 Blair Alston 2 0 1 3
  8 Murray Davidson 3 0 0 3
9   10 David Wotherspoon 1 1 0 2
  14 Joe Shaughnessy 1 1 0 2
11   15 Brad McKay 0 1 0 1
  18 Paul Paton 1 0 0 1
  19 Richard Foster 1 0 0 1
  22 Keith Watson 1 0 0 1
  27 Craig Thomson 1 0 0 1
Own Goal 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 39 14 2 55

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[a]
2 Aberdeen 38 24 4 10 74 35 +39 76 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Rangers 38 19 10 9 56 44 +12 67 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 St Johnstone 38 17 7 14 50 46 +4 58
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 10 16 55 52 +3 46
6 Partick Thistle 38 10 12 16 38 54 −16 42
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
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:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Transfers

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See also

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List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

References

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  1. ^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Attendance". worldfootball.net.
  2. ^ "Betfred Cup - Group B preview - SPFL". spfl.co.uk.
  3. ^ "St Johnstone 1-0 Partick Thistle". 13 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "HIBERNIAN SIGN DANNY SWANSON ON PRE-CONTRACT". www.hibernianfc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "St Johnstone FC Player Appearances - Past & Present - Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
  6. ^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  7. ^ "St Johnstone sign up goalkeeper Elliott Parish & defender Wallace Duffy". BBC Sport. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Blair Alston: Midfielder moves to St Johnstone from Falkirk". 26 May 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ^ "St Johnstone sign Paul Paton following his exit from Dundee Utd". 7 June 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ^ "Michael Coulson: St Johnstone to sign York City winger". 17 March 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. ^ "Joe Gormley: St Johnstone sign Peterborough striker on loan". 31 August 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. ^ "St. Johnstone - News Item". Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  13. ^ "Tommy Wright adds loan player Clive Smith to St Johnstone squad". 8 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. ^ "Edinburgh City sign former Hibs kid Neil Martyniuk".
  15. ^ "St Johnstone striker John Sutton joins St Mirren - The Courier".
  16. ^ "Brechin City Football Club". www.brechincity.com.
  17. ^ "Inverness Caley Thistle sign Brad McKay and Larnell Cole". 31 August 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  18. ^ "St. Johnstone - News Item". Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  19. ^ Moir, Glenn. "Perth Saints aid Blue Toon recruitment - Peterhead F.C." Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  20. ^ Moir, Glenn. "Perth Saints aid Blue Toon recruitment - Peterhead F.C." Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  21. ^ "McLaren joins on loan – Stirling Albion". www.stirlingalbionfc.co.uk.