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]

St Johnstone
2018–19 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Perth, Scotland
(Capacity: 10,696)
Scottish Premiership7th
Scottish CupFifth round
Scottish League CupQuarter finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Matty Kennedy (6)

All:
Tony Watt (8)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 7,086 vs Rangers 23 December 2018
Cup: 5,635 vs Celtic
League Cup
26 September 2018
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 1,946 vs Livingston 23 January 2019
Cup: 1,687 vs East Fife
League Cup
14 July 2018
Average home league attendance3,938

Season Summary

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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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

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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 (2018-10-27) 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 (2018-10-31) 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 (2018-11-03) 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 (2018-11-10) 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 (2018-11-24) 14 St Johnstone 0–0 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
Report Taylor   61' Attendance: 3,559
Referee: Willie Collum
2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 15[N 1] Celtic P–P St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00
5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) 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 (2018-12-08) 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

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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

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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

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Appearances

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As of 18 May 2019
No. Pos Player Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
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

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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
Source: Soccerway BBC
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 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

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Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ FAL MON FOR EFI
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
Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[8]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Transfers

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See also

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List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Match postponed due to Celtic involvement in League Cup Final. Re-scheduled for 30 Jan 19

References

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  1. ^ "Griffiths goal edges Celtic into semis". BBC Sport.
  2. ^ "Sinclair treble helps Celtic to quarters". BBC Sport.
  3. ^ "Watt to leave St Johnstone in summer". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ "Saints beat Well to secure seventh place". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "2018/19 Pre-Season Schedule". afc.co.uk. 4 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Premiership 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group B". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  9. ^ "St Johnstone recruit midfielder Drey Wright from Colchester". BBC Sport. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Tony Watt: St Johnstone sign Scotland striker on one year deal". BBC Sport. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Winger Kennedy joins on two-year deal". St Johnstone FC. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Conor Mitchell: St Johnstone sign goalkeeper on loan from Burnley". BBC Sport. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Tristan Nydam: St Johnstone take midfielder on loan from Ipswich". BBC Sport. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Callachan Signs on two-year deal". St Johnstone FC. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Callachan Signs on two-year deal". St Johnstone FC. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  16. ^ "St Johnstone's Steven Anderson joins Partick Thistle, with Niall Keown switching to Perth". BBC Sport. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  17. ^ "St Johnstone sign QPR's Sean Goss and Partick Thistle's Cammy Bell on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  18. ^ "St Johnstone sign QPR's Sean Goss and Partick Thistle's Cammy Bell on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Chris Millar Returns Home". Greenock Morton FC. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Ross County sign defenders Callum Morris & Keith Watson". BBC Sport. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  21. ^ "Steven MacLean: St Johnstone striker to join Hearts on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  22. ^ "Big Al Loves Rovers". BBC Sport. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Callum Hendry". Brechin City. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  24. ^ "St Johnstone's Steven Anderson joins Partick Thistle, with Niall Keown switching to Perth". BBC Sport. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  25. ^ "New Signing: David McMillan". Hamilton Academical FC. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  26. ^ "Stefan Scougall: Carlisle United sign Scottish midfielder on short-term deadline day deal". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.