2013–14 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was St Johnstone's fifth-consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and their first in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[2] St Johnstone competed in the Europa League, losing to FC Minsk in the Third qualifying round.[3] They also reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, losing to Aberdeen and won the Scottish Cup for the first time in their history.[4]

St Johnstone
2013–14 season
St Johnstone players celebrating their victory in the 2014 Scottish Cup Final
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Premiership6th
Scottish CupWinners
League CupSemi-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stevie May (20)

All:
Stevie May (27)
Highest home attendance8,594 vs. Minsk
Europa Third QF Round
8 August 2013
Lowest home attendance1,892 vs. Motherwell
Premiership
25 February 2014

It was Tommy Wright's first season as manager.

Results edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season edit

10 July 2013[5] Friendly Cowdenbeath 0–1 St Johnstone Central Park
19:45 Wotherspoon   2'
13 July 2013[5] Friendly Greenock Morton 0–1 St Johnstone Cappielow
15:00 Mackay   73' Attendance: 1,014
21 July 2013[5] Friendly Dundee 1–1 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 Monti   20' Report May   8' Attendance: 1,766

Scottish Premiership edit

11 August 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 4–0 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Hasselbaink   14'
Wotherspoon   18'
May   50'
MacKay   62'
Report Attendance: 2,833
Referee: Brian Colvin
14 September 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 1–2 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
15:00 May   17' Report Heffernan   35'
Collins   59'
Attendance: 4,095
Referee: Bobby Madden
21 September 2013 Scottish Premiership Celtic 2–1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 Pukki   11'
Mulgrew   26'
Report Caddis   81' Attendance: 45,220
Referee: Alan Muir
19 October 2013 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 4–3 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 McLean   8', 76 pen'
McGowan   60'
Thompson   89'
Report MacLean   17'
Hasselbaink   61'
Fallon   84'
Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Willie Collum
27 October 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 2–0 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 May   49'
Hasselbaink   64'
Report Attendance: 2,449
Referee: Calum Murray
8 November 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
Hasselbaink   24'
May   31', 54' (pen.)
BBC Report Irvine   52'  
Clohessy   69'
Barr   86'  
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Finnie
7 December 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 0–2 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Pawlett   17'
McGinn   85'
Attendance: 4,741
Referee: Collum
21 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 0–0 St Johnstone Easter Road
BBC Report Cregg   31' Attendance: 8,776
Referee: Muir
26 December 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 0–1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
BBC Report van Dijk   5' Attendance: 7,034
Referee: Thomson
29 December 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3–0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
May   20' (pen.), 57', 87' BBC Report Butcher   20' Attendance: 7,231
Referee: Finnie
1 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 4–0 St Johnstone Fir Park
Sutton   22'
Vigurs   49'
Ainsworth   73'
McFadden   87'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,763
Referee: Beaton
11 January 2014 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 2–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
Davidson   71'
May   74'
BBC Report Attendance: 2,329
Referee: Murray
18 January 2014 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3–3 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson   21'
May   39' (pen.), 49', 62' (pen.)
Mannus   90'
BBC Report Carrick   58'
Nicholson   89'
Stevenson   89'
Wilson   91'
Attendance: 3,395
Referee: Colvin
27 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United P – P St Johnstone Tannadice Park
19:45 BBC Report Referee: Allan
Note: Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch[6]
16 February 2014 Scottish Premiership Celtic 3–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 Stokes   16', 64', 66' BBC Report Attendance: 45,239
Referee: McLean
25 February 2014 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3–0 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
MacLean   6', 35'
Miller   87'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,892
Referee: Clancy
1 March 2014 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 1–0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Jack   8' BBC Report Attendance: 11,487
Referee: Collum
22 March 2014 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 2–0 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
MacLean   18'
McGivern   55' (own goal)
BBC Report Attendance: 3,553
Referee: McLean
25 March 2014 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 0–1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report MacLean   39' Attendance: 2,817
Referee: Muir
5 April 2014 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 1–2 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Muirhead   5' BBC Report Wright   31'
Anderson   44'
Attendance: 3,665
Referee: McLean
19 April 2014 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 2–0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson   32'
May   76'
BBC Report Attendance: 5,223
Referee: Beaton
26 April 2014 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 1–1 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney   31' BBC Report May   8' Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Muir
3 May 2014 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 2–1 St Johnstone Fir Park
Ainsworth   21'
McManus   36'
BBC Report Mackay   27' Attendance: 7,201
Referee: Clancy
7 May 2014 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3–3 Celtic McDiarmid Park
Clancy   9'
Brown   84'
O'Halloran   86'
BBC Report Commons   53' (pen.)
Pukki   73'
Van Dijk   77'
Attendance: 4,624
Referee: McLean

UEFA Europa League edit

18 July 2013 Second QF Round Leg 1 Rosenborg BK 0–1 St Johnstone Lerkendal Stadion, Norway
19:45 Report Wright   19' Attendance: 5,952
Referee: Halis Özkahya
25 July 2013 Second QF Round Leg 2 St Johnstone 1–1
(2–1 agg.)
Rosenborg BK McDiarmid Park
19:45 May   21' Report Soderlund   4' Attendance: 7,850
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka
8 August 2013 Third QF Round Leg 2 St Johnstone 0–1
(1–1 agg.)
(2–3 p)
Minsk McDiarmid Park
19:45 Report Rnić   75' Attendance: 8,594
Referee: Pavle Radovanović
Penalties
Mackay  
Cregg  
Fallon  
Edwards  
MacLean  
  Vasilyuk
  Razin
  Sverchinskiy
  Kibuk
  Kazeka

Scottish League Cup edit

24 September 2013 Third round Hamilton 0–3 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
19:45 Report May   4', 90'
Edwards   86'
Attendance: 1,059
Referee: John Beaton
30 October 2013 Quarter Final Greenock Morton 0–1 St Johnstone Cappielow Park
19:45 Report McDonald Attendance: 2,619
Referee: John McKendrick
1 February 2014 Semi Final Aberdeen 4–0 St Johnstone Easter Road
15:00 Hayes   3', 79'
Pawlett   32'
Rooney   63'
BBC Report Attendance: 16,761
Referee: Madden

Scottish Cup edit

30 November 2013 Scottish Cup round 4 St Johnstone 2–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 May   24'
Jahic   62'
BBC Report Attendance: 2,294
Referee: Dallas
8 February 2014 Scottish Cup round 5 Forfar Athletic 0–4 St Johnstone Station Park
15:00 BBC Report Croft   27'
Wright   42'
O'Halloran   64'
Dunne   80'
Attendance: 1,803
Referee: Beaton
8 March 2014 Quarter Final Raith Rovers 1–3 St Johnstone Stark's Park
12:15 Cardle   21' BBC Report McDonald   4'
Hasselbaink   49'
Anderson   79'
Attendance: 3,767
Referee: Thomson
13 April 2014 Semi Final St Johnstone 2–1 Aberdeen Ibrox Stadium
12:45 May   61', 84' BBC Report McGinn   15' Attendance: 19,057
Referee: Collum
17 May 2014 Final St Johnstone 2–0 Dundee United Celtic Park
15:00 Anderson   45+1'
MacLean   84'
BBC Report Attendance: Thomson
Referee: 47,345

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

Last updated 17 May 2014[7][8]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NIR Alan Mannus 44 0 34+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF   SCO Dave Mackay 48 3 36+0 3 4+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
3 DF   SCO Tam Scobbie 27 0 18+3 0 4+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
4 MF   IRL Patrick Cregg 28 0 13+7 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF   SCO Frazer Wright 36 3 25+1 1 4+0 1 3+0 0 3+0 1
6 DF   SCO Steven Anderson 39 4 29+0 2 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 2
7 MF   SCO Chris Millar 42 0 26+7 0 1+1 0 3+0 0 3+1 0
8 MF   SCO Gary McDonald 40 2 26+3 0 4+0 0 3+0 1 3+1 1
9 FW   SCO Steve MacLean 29 10 18+3 8 4+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 1
10 MF   SCO David Wotherspoon 50 1 32+6 1 4+0 0 2+1 0 4+1 0
11 FW   NED Nigel Hasselbaink 39 6 20+10 5 4+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 1
12 MF   SCO David Robertson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF   ENG James Dunne 17 1 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 1
14 FW   WAL Gwion Edwards 17 1 4+9 0 0+3 0 0+1 1 0+0 0
15 GK   ENG Steve Banks 6 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF   SCO Liam Caddis 10 1 0+8 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
17 FW   SCO Stevie May 49 27 34+4 20 2+1 1 3+0 2 5+0 4
18 MF   SCO Murray Davidson 24 1 18+3 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
19 DF   SCO Gary Miller 29 1 18+5 1 0+2 0 1+2 0 1+0 0
20 MF   SCO Scott Brown 5 1 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 MF   ENG Lee Croft 23 0 10+9 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
23 DF   EIR Tim Clancy 4 1 3+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF   SCO Brian Easton 32 0 22+1 0 0+1 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
25 FW   BIH Sanel Jahić 6 1 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
25 FW   SCO Chris Iwelumo 8 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 FW   NZL Rory Fallon 12 1 1+7 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
29 FW   SCO Michael O'Halloran 19 2 9+5 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+1 1
30 GK   SCO Zander Clark 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 FW   SCO Dylan Easton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 FW   SCO Chris Kane 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
44 MF   SCO Craig Thomson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 17 May 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
1   GK Alan Mannus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2   DF Dave Mackay 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
3   DF Tam Scobbie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4   MF Patrick Cregg 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
5   DF Frazer Wright 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
6   DF Steven Anderson 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
7   MF Chris Millar 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
9   MF Steve MacLean 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
10   MF David Wotherspoon 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
11   FW Nigel Hasselbaink 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
12   MF David Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12   MF James Dunne 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
14   FW Gwion Edwards 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16   MF Liam Caddis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17   FW Stevie May 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
18   MF Murray Davidson 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
19   DF Gary Miller 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22   MF Lee Croft 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
23   DF Tim Clancy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24   DF Brian Easton 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
25   FW Chris Iwelumo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27   FW Rory Fallon 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 99 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38 +15 68 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50 +15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 −18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 −19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 −21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65 −19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51 −20 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65 −20 23[b] Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. ^ Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration


Division summary edit

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GroundHAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHHHAHAHAAHA
ResultWDWLDLLDWLWWWLLDLWLLWDWLLWLWLWWDWWDLDL
Position54235588676556666667666666666666666666
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2014. Source: [9]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

References edit

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