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2019–20 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2019–20 season was the club's seventh 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.

St Johnstone F.C.
2019–20 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Perth, Scotland
(Capacity: 10,696)
Scottish Premiership6th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
Scottish League CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Callum Hendry (7)
All:
Callum Hendry (9)
Highest home attendance8,743 vs Celtic
Lowest home attendance1,497 vs Brechin City
Average home league attendance4,091

On 13 March, the Scottish football season was suspended with immediate effect due to the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak.[1]
On 18 May, the SPFL declared the end of the season determining on an average points per game with the Saints finishing in sixth place, jumping Hibernian in the final standings.[2][3]

Season Summary edit

Tommy Wright remained as manager for the start of his seventh season in charge. St Johnstone were knocked out of League Cup at the Group Stage after losing three of the four matches played. The Saints were then thrashed 7–0 by Celtic on the opening day of the season. It didn't get much better for the Saints as they slumped to the bottom of the table before the September International break and remained there and were still win-less until mid-October.[4][5] They won both their matches against Hamilton and Hearts to end their win-less run and lift them off the bottom.[6] They went through December with four clean sheets, lifting the club up to ninth in the table.[7] In March, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Celtic, narrowly losing at home. They were seven matches unbeaten and up to seventh in the League but the season was halted due to the Coronavirus pandemic. On 9 April, the Scottish football season was further suspended until at least 10 June.[8] On 2 May, manager Tommy Wright left the club.[9]

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season edit

3 July 2019[10] Friendly Glentoran 1–1 St Johnstone The Oval, Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:30 BST Allen   34' Report Trialist   20'
6 July 2019[11] Friendly Linfield 2–4 St Johnstone Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland
14:00 BST Lavery   3'
Forde   83'		 Report Swanson   20'
Hendry   70'
McCann   80'
Kerr   86'		 Referee: Ian McNabb
9 July 2019[12] Friendly Greenock Morton 2–3 St Johnstone Cappielow
19:45 BST Nesbitt   56'
Sutton   59'		 Report O'Halloran   15'
Tanser   26' (pen.)
Wotherspoon   49'		 Attendance: 635
Referee: Steven Reid
12 July 2019[13] Friendly Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–1 St Johnstone Grant Street Park
19:45 BST Keatings   35'
Todorov   67'
Machado   85'		 Report Tanser   51' (pen.)

Scottish Premiership edit

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Premiership
3 August 2019 1 Celtic 7–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 Johnston   9'
Christie   26', 30', 67'
Ntcham   72'
Édouard   80'
Griffiths   86'		 BBC Report Attendance: 58,877
Referee: Kevin Clancy
10 August 2019 2 St Johnstone 2–2 Livingston McDiarmid Park
14:00[14] Kennedy   55'
Hendry   82'		 BBC Report Lawless   13'
Pittman   39'		 Attendance: 2,349
Referee: Andrew Dallas
24 August 2019 3 Hibernian 2–2 St Johnstone Easter Road
15:00 Jackson   25'
Kamberi   69'		 BBC Report O'Halloran   68'
Kerr   90+4'		 Attendance: 15,315
Referee: Don Robertson
31 August 2019 4 St Johnstone 0–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC Report O'Donnell   40' Attendance: 3,427
Referee: David Munro
14 September 2019 5 Aberdeen 1–1 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Hedges   28' Report O'Halloran   43' Attendance: 13,272
Referee: Steven McLean
22 September 2019 6 St Johnstone 0–4 Rangers McDiarmid Park
12:15 Report Morelos   47'
Goldson   61'
Defoe   88', 90'		 Attendance: 6,251
Referee: Andrew Dallas
Note: Game televised on BT Sport
28 September 2019 7 St Johnstone 0–1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Cole   42' Attendance: 2,972
Referee: Gavin Duncan
5 October 2019 8 Ross County 2–2 St Johnstone Global Energy Stadium
15:00 Chalmers   10'
Spittal   68'		 Report May   24'
Kennedy   51'		 Attendance: 4,124
Referee: Euan Anderson
19 October 2019 9 St Mirren 2–0 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Obika   37'
Mullen   61'		 Report Attendance: 4,791
Referee: Nick Walsh
26 October 2019 10 St Johnstone 3–2 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 Wotherspoon   36', 60'
Hendry   88'		 Report Miller   25'
Davies   83' (pen.)		 Attendance: 2,231
Referee: Alan Muir
30 October 2019 11 St Johnstone 1–0 Hearts McDiarmid Park
19:45 Berra   58' (Own goal) Report Attendance: 3,104
Referee: David Munro
2 November 2019 12[N 1] Rangers P–P St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
9 November 2019 13 St Johnstone 1–4 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
15:00 Hendry   51'
May   90'		 Report Doidge   2', 17', 58'
Allan   48'		 Attendance: 3,931
Referee: Andrew Dallas
24 November 2019 14 St Johnstone 1–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Holt   43'
Duffy   45'
Kennedy   71'
Davidson   74'
Hendry   78'
Wotherspoon   90'		 Report Cosgrove   21'
Logan   39'
Bryson   76'		 Attendance: 3,917
Referee: Kevin Clancy
30 November 2019 15 Motherwell 4–0 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 Cole   29'
Hartley   49'
Carroll   72'
Manzinga   89'		 Report McCann   70' Attendance: 4,092
Referee: Euan Anderson
4 December 2019 16 Kilmarnock 0–0 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 4,083
Referee: Bobby Madden
8 December 2019 17[N 2] St Johnstone P–P Celtic McDiarmid Park
Report
14 December 2019 18 Heart of Midlothian 0–1 St Johnstone Tynecastle Park
15:00 Report Hendry   74' Attendance: 16,347
Referee: Alan Newlands
21 December 2019 19 St Johnstone 0–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 3,318
Referee: John Beaton
26 December 2019 20 Hamilton Academical 0−1 St Johnstone Fountain of Youth Stadium
15:00 Easton   83' Report Davidson   59'
McCann   80'
Hendry   81'		 Attendance: 1,536
Referee: Gavin Duncan
29 December 2019 21 St Johnstone 1−1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Hendry   84' Report Vigurs   72'
Graham   68'   90+3'		 Attendance: 2,658
Referee: Bobby Madden
22 January 2020 22 Livingston 1−0 St. Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
19:45 McMillan   40'
Bartley   44'
Pittman   56'		 Report Kane   80' Attendance: 1,140
Referee: Euan Anderson
25 January 2020 23 St Johnstone 2–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 McCann   7'
Wotherspoon   24',   83'
Hendry   89'		 Report Burke   22' (pen.)
Del Fabro   79'
Findlay   89'
Kiltie   90+2'		 Attendance: 2,609
Referee: Alan Muir
29 January 2020 17[N 3] St Johnstone 0–3 Celtic McDiarmid Park
19:45 Report Ntcham   6'
Forrest   20'
Griffiths   26'		 Attendance: 8,743
Referee: John Beaton
1 February 2020 24 St Johnstone 3–3 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
15:00 May   17', 62' (Penalty)
McCann   52'		 BBC Report Boyce   26'
Naismith   31'
Clare   90+1'		 Attendance: 6,002
Referee: Aitken
5 February 2020 25 Aberdeen 0–1 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Report McCann   6' Attendance: 12,552
Referee: Kevin Clancy
12 February 2020 26 St Johnstone 2–1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
19:45 Hendry   27'
Kane   90+3'		 Report Long   32'
Donnelly   69'
Manzinga   77'   82'
Carroll   90+1'		 Attendance: 2,655
Referee: Nick Walsh
15 February 2020 27 Ross County 1–1 St Johnstone Global Energy Stadium
15:00 McKay   90+4' Report May   33' Attendance: 3,569
Referee: Colin Steven
23 February 2020 28 St Johnstone 2–2 Rangers McDiarmid Park
13:30 Hendry   8'
Booth   63'
May   80'		 Report Kamberi   53'
Aribo   71'		 Attendance: 8,286
Referee: Willie Collum
4 March 2020 29 St Mirren 0–0 St Johnstone Simple Digital Arena
19:45 Report Craig   55'   79' Attendance: 4,287
Referee: Euan Anderson
7 March 2020 30 St Johnstone 1–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 Hendry   84' Report Attendance: 3,008
Referee: Kevin Clancy
14 March 2020 31[N 4] Hibernian Cancelled St Johnstone Easter Road
15:00
21 March 2020 32[N 4] Celtic Cancelled St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00
4 April 2020 33[N 4] St Johnstone Cancelled Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00
12[N 4] Rangers Cancelled St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium

League Cup edit

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish League Cup
16 July 2019[15] Group Montrose 1–0 St Johnstone Links Park
19:45 Cregg   40'
Masson   72'		 SPFL Report McClean   75' Attendance: 866
Referee: Barry Cook
21 July 2019 Group St Johnstone 1–2 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Tanser   8' (pen.)
Craig   40'		 BBC Report Mckay   30', 45+1'
Vigurs   40'		 Attendance: 1,648
Referee: Bobby Madden
Note: Game televised on BT Sport
24 July 2019 Group St Johnstone 4–0 Brechin City McDiarmid Park
19:45 Tanser   6' (pen.)
Kane   33'
Hendry   74'
Kennedy   76'		 BBC Report Hill   88' Attendance: 1,497
Referee: Steven McLean
27 July 2019 Group Forfar Athletic 2–1 St Johnstone Station Park
15:00 Tapping   2'
Forbes   53'		 BBC Report Kennedy   65' Attendance: 1,009
Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish Cup
18 January 2020 Fourth Round St Johnstone 3–0 Greenock Morton McDiarmid Park
15:00 Booth   4'
Davidson   57'
May   74'		 Report Attendance: 2,397
Referee: Nick Walsh
8 February 2020 Fifth Round Ayr United 1–2 St Johnstone Somerset Park
15:01 Drinan   4' Report Muirhead   18' (o.g)
Hendry   27'		 Attendance: 2,625
Referee: Steven McLean
1 March 2020 Quarter-finals St Johnstone 0–1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
15:00 Christie   81' Attendance: Bobby Madden
Referee: 8,181

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of 7 March 2020
No. Pos Player Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Zander Clark 29 0 2 0 3 0 34 0
2 DF   Wallace Duffy 11 0 3 0 0+1 0 15 0
3 DF   Scott Tanser 19+2 0 4 2 1+1 0 27 2
4 DF   Jamie McCart 7+1 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
7 MF   Drey Wright 16+6 0 0 0 3 0 25 0
8 MF   Murray Davidson 17 0 3 0 1 1 21 1
9 FW   Chris Kane 11+12 1 2 1 1+2 0 28 2
10 MF   David Wotherspoon 15+6 3 1 0 3 0 25 3
11 MF   Danny Swanson 3+4 0 4 0 0 0 11 0
12 GK   Elliot Parish 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
14 FW   Stevie May 20+4 6 0 0 3 1 27 7
15 DF   Jason Kerr (c) 29 1 4 0 3 0 36 1
16 MF   Matt Butcher 3+3 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
17 FW   Michael O'Halloran 14+10 2 3 0 0+1 0 28 2
18 MF   Ali McCann 26+3 4 2+1 0 3 0 35 4
19 MF   Jason Holt 15+2 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
20 MF   Isaiah Jones 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
21 DF   Anthony Ralston 21+1 0 0 0 2 0 24 0
22 FW   Callum Hendry 5+15 7 2+2 1 2+1 1 27 9
23 DF   Liam Gordon 16 0 0 0 2 0 18 0
24 DF   Callum Booth 12+1 0 0 0 2 1 15 1
26 MF   Liam Craig 9+6 0 2 0 1 0 18 0
50 FW   Jordan Northcott 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 2 0
Player who left the club during the season
4 MF   Ross Callachan 1+1 0 1+1 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF   Madis Vihmann 2+2 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
6 DF   Steven Anderson 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 FW   David McMillan 0 0 0+3 0 0 0 3 0
19 DF   Ricky Foster 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 0
20 MF   Kyle McClean 0 0 2+1 0 0 0 3 0
33 MF   Matty Kennedy 16+2 3 2+1 2 0 0 21 5
38 MF   Cameron Ballantyne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 DF   Samuel Denham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF   Shaun Struthers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 GK   Ross Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification or relegation[a]
4 Aberdeen 30 12 9 9 40 36 +4 45 1.50 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5 Livingston 30 10 9 11 41 39 +2 39 1.30
6 St Johnstone 29 8 12 9 28 46 −18 36 1.24
7 Hibernian 30 9 10 11 42 49 −7 37 1.23
8 Kilmarnock 30 9 6 15 31 41 −10 33 1.10
Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points per game; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[17]
Notes:
  1. ^ All play-off matches were cancelled, as clubs voted to curtail the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]

League Cup table edit

Main article: 2019–20 Scottish League Cup § Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROS FOR MON STJ BRE
1 Ross County 4 4 0 0 0 12 2 +10 12 Qualification for the Second Round — 2–0 4–1 — —
2 Forfar Athletic 4 3 0 0 1 9 4 +5 9 — — — 2–1 3–0
3 Montrose 4 1 1 0 2 4 9 −5 5 — 1–4 — 1–0 —
4 St Johnstone 4 1 0 0 3 6 5 +1 3 1–2 — — — 4–0
5 Brechin City 4 0 0 1 3 1 12 −11 1 0–4 — 1–1p — —
Source: [18]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[19]

Transfers edit

See also edit

List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Match postponed due to Rangers involvement in League Cup. Was not re-scheduled
  2. ^ Match postponed due to Celtic involvement in League Cup. Re-scheduled for 29 Jan 2020
  3. ^ Re-scheduled match after initial postponement
  4. ^ a b c d Match cancelled due to Coronavirus outbreak

References edit

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