2014–15 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was St Johnstone's sixth-consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and their second in the newly established Scottish Premiership. St Johnstone also competed in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Europa League. They also went into the season the holders of the Scottish Cup, having won it for the first time in their history the previous year.

St Johnstone
2014–15 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Premiership4th
Scottish CupFifth round
lost to Queen of the South
League CupQuarter-finals
lost to Rangers
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
lost to Spartak Trnava
Top goalscorerLeague:
Brian Graham
Michael O'Halloran
(9 each)

All:
Brian Graham
Michael O'Halloran
(10 each)
Highest home attendance8,486 vs FC Luzern
UEFA Europa League
24 July 2014
Lowest home attendance2,383 vs Ross County
Scottish Cup
29 November 2014

Summary

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St Johnstone kept manager Tommy Wright for the season with Callum Davidson assistant. They went into the 2014–15 Season as Scottish Cup holders after winning it for the first time in their history the previous year. However, they were unable to retain the trophy after losing to Queen of the South in the Fifth Round.

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season/friendlies

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9 July 2014 Friendly East Fife 0–4 St Johnstone Bayview Stadium, Levenmouth, Methil
saints O'Halloran  
May  
MacLean  
Kane  
12 July 2014 Friendly Raith Rovers 1–1 St Johnstone Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Nadé   saints Wotherspoon   Attendance: 1,103
19 July 2014 Friendly St Johnstone 0–0 York City   McDiarmid Park, Perth
saints Attendance: 994
3 August 2014 Steven Anderson Testimonial St Johnstone 0–4 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 saints
Hearts Report
Sow   31'
Holt   33'
Oliver   54', 67'
Attendance: 2,182
Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish Premiership

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10 August 2014 1 Ross County 1–2 St Johnstone Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Jervis   55' BBC
saints
O'Halloran   31'
MacLean   48'
Attendance: 3,287
Referee: Kevin Clancy
13 August 2014 2 St Johnstone 0–3 Celtic McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 BBC
saints
Stokes   55'
Bitton   76' (pen.)
McGregor   83'
Attendance: 6,890
Referee: John Beaton
16 August 2014 3 Hamilton Academical 1–0 St Johnstone New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 MacKinnon   16' BBC
saints
Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Bobby Madden
23 August 2014 4 St Johnstone 1–0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 MacLean   80' BBC
saints
Attendance: 6,377
Referee: Craig Thomson
30 August 2014 5 Motherwell 0–1 St Johnstone Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00 BBC
saints
Graham   86' Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Alan Muir
13 September 2014 6 St Johnstone 0–1 Dundee McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 BBC
saints
Harkins   28' Attendance: 6,562
Referee: Willie Collum
20 September 2014 7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–1 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00 Watkins   61'
Christie   66'
BBC
saints
Graham   78' Attendance: 2,770
Referee: Calum Murray
27 September 2014 8 Dundee United 2–0 St Johnstone Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Erskine   23'
Paton   72'
BBC
saints
Attendance: 7,161
Referee: Bobby Madden
4 October 2014 9 St Johnstone 1–2 St Mirren McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Anderson   68' BBC
saints
Naismith   28'
Drury   87'
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Don Robertson
18 October 2014 10 St Johnstone 1–2 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Murray Davidson   10' BBC
saints
Magennis   19', 22' Attendance: 3,115
Referee: Craig Thomson
25 October 2014 11 Partick Thistle 0–0 St Johnstone Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 BBC
saints
Attendance: 3,090
Referee: Calum Murray
31 October 2014 12 St Johnstone 2–1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 O'Halloran   40', 80' BBC
saints
Ainsworth   13' Attendance: 2,531
Referee: Kevin Clancy
8 November 2014 13 Dundee 1–1 St Johnstone Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Clarkson   41' BBC
saints
Graham   53' (pen.) Attendance: 6,931
Referee: Bobby Madden
22 November 2014 14 St Johnstone 2–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 McFadden   39'
O'Halloran   73'
BBC
saints
Jervis   75' Attendance: 2,776
Referee: Steven McLean
6 December 2014 15 St Mirren 0–1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00 BBC
saints
O'Halloran   8' Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Kevin Clancy
13 December 2014 16 Kilmarnock 0–1 St Johnstone Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00 BBC
saints
Graham   82' (pen.) Attendance: 3,220
Referee: Don Robertson
20 December 2014 17 St Johnstone 1–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Graham   62' (pen.) BBC
saints
Draper   67' Attendance: 2,891
Referee: Brian Colvin
27 December 2014 18 St Johnstone 2–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 O'Halloran   76'
Millar   86'
BBC
saints
Butcher   43' Attendance: 7,384
Referee: Alan Muir
1 January 2015 19 Aberdeen 2–0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Goodwillie   6'
Smith   93'
BBC
saints
Attendance: 15,263
Referee: Craig Thomson
4 January 2015 20 St Johnstone 0–1 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 McFadden   41'   84' BBC
saints
Andreu   34' Attendance: 3,202
Referee: Andrew Dallas
17 January 2015 21 St Johnstone 2–0 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Mackay   4'
Anderson   49'
BBC
saints
Attendance: 2,994
Referee: Greg Aitken
20 January 2015 22 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2–0 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
19:45 Billy McKay   34'
Marley Watkins   41'
BBC
saints
Attendance: 3,161
Referee: Kevin Clancy
23 January 2015 23 St Johnstone 1–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 Lappin   30' BBC
saints
Rooney   57' Attendance: 4,845
Referee: Bobby Madden
31 January 2015 24 Motherwell 1–1 St Johnstone Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00 Laing   25'
Sutton   75'
BBC
saints
Davidson   8' Attendance: 3,449
Referee: Willie Collum
14 February 2015 25 St Johnstone 1–2 Celtic McDiarmid Park, Perth
O'Halloran   72' BBC
saints
Griffiths   1'
Johansen   52'
Attendance: 6,727
Referee: Kevin Clancy
21 February 2015 26 Dundee United 0–2 St Johnstone Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 BBC
saints
O'Halloran   9', 44' Attendance: 7,623
Referee: Willie Collum
28 February 2015 27 St Johnstone 0–0 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 BBC
saints
Attendance: 3,170
Referee: Euan Anderson
4 March 2015 28 Celtic 0–1 St Johnstone Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45 BBC
saints
Swanson   54' Attendance: 41,849
Referee: Calum Murray
14 March 2015 29 Partick Thistle 3–0 St Johnstone Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Doolan   3'
Balatoni   9'
Bannigan   65'
BBC Attendance: 3,196
Referee: Willie Collum
21 March 2015 30 St Johnstone 2–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Graham   33'
Anderson   62'
BBC Attendance: 3,166
Referee: John Beaton
4 April 2015 31 Hamilton Academical 1–1 St Johnstone New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Crawford   7'
Canning   58'
BBC Graham   72' Attendance: 2,032
Referee: Greg Aitken
7 April 2015 32 Ross County 1–0 St Johnstone Victoria Park, Dingwall
19:45 Boyce   84' BBC Attendance: 3,319
Referee: Kevin Clancy
11 April 2015 33 St Johnstone 1–0 Dundee McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Graham   26' BBC Attendance: 6,386
Referee: Steven McLean
25 April 2015 34 Dundee 0–2 St Johnstone Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Stewart   40'   63' BBC Swanson   53'
Davidson  67' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,530
Referee: Craig Thomson
2 May 2015 35 St Johnstone 1–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Graham   82' BBC Doran   55'
Raven   45'   85'
Attendance: 2,986
Referee: Andrew Dallas
9 May 2015 36 St Johnstone 1–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Davidson   77' BBC Rankin   68' Attendance: 4,862
Referee: Kevin Clancy
15 May 2015 37 St Johnstone 0–0 Celtic McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 BBC Attendance: 6,984
Referee: Crawford Allan
24 May 2015 38 Aberdeen 1–0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
12:30 BBC Chris Kane   70' Attendance: 16,389
Referee: Willie Collum

UEFA Europa League

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Qualifying phase

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17 July 2014 Second qualifying round Luzern   1–1 St Johnstone Lucerne, Switzerland
18:30 BST Schneuwly   67' BBC
saints
MacLean   47' Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 8,902
Referee: Benoît Bastien  
24 July 2014 Second qualifying round St Johnstone 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
(5–4 p)
  Luzern Perth, Scotland
19:45 BST May   22' (pen.) BBC
saints
Schneuwly   60' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 8,486
Referee: Jonathan Lardot  
Penalties
MacLean  
Caddis  
Mackay  
May  
Scobbie  
  Freuler
  Schneuwly
  Thiesson
  Wiss
  Winter
31 July 2014 Third qualifying round St Johnstone 1–2   Spartak Trnava Perth, Scotland
19:45 BST Mackay   90+3' BBC
saints
Schranz   34', 63' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 7,001
Referee: Mattias Gestranius  
7 August 2014 Third qualifying round Spartak Trnava   1–1
(3–2 agg.)
St Johnstone Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia
18:30 BST Mikovič   82' BBC
saints
May   42' Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn
Attendance: 3,884
Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández  

Scottish League Cup

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23 September 2014 Third Round Kilmarnock 0–1 St Johnstone Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 Eremenko   71'   BBC
saints
Graham   78' Attendance: 2,550
Referee: Steven McLean
28 October 2014 Quarter-Final Rangers 1–0 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:15 Macleod   86' BBC
saints
Attendance: 13,023
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

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29 November 2014 Fourth Round St Johnstone 2–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 O'Halloran   7'
McFadden   12'
BBC
saints
Jervis   63' Attendance: 2,383
Referee: John Beaton
7 February 2015 Fifth Round Queen of the South 2–0 St Johnstone Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00 Lyle   48'
Reilly   90'
BBC
saints
Attendance: 3,043
Referee: Steven McLean

Squad statistics

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During the 2014–15 season, St Johnstone have used twenty three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

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Includes all competitive matches. Alan Mannus is the only player to have played every minute of every game in this season

As of match played 24 May 2015
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 46 0 38 0 4 0 2 0 2 0
2 DF   SCO Dave Mackay 42 2 34 1 4 1 2 0 2 0
3 DF   SCO Tam Scobbie 24 0 17+3 0 1+2 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF   SCO Simon Lappin 31 1 19+8 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
5 DF   SCO Frazer Wright 29 0 23+1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0
6 DF   SCO Steven Anderson 41 3 37 3 0 0 2 0 2 0
7 MF   SCO Chris Millar 38 1 31 1 4 0 2 0 1 0
9 FW   SCO Steve MacLean 28 3 23+1 2 4 1 0 0 0 0
10 MF   SCO David Wotherspoon 42 0 30+5 0 4 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
11 MF   SCO Danny Swanson 12 2 8+3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 FW   SCO Brian Graham 27 10 16+7 9 0 0 2 1 1+1 0
16 MF   SCO Liam Caddis 20 0 5+10 0 2+1 0 0+2 0 0 0
17 FW   SCO James McFadden 20 2 8+9 1 0 0 0+1 0 2 1
18 MF   SCO Murray Davidson 27 3 17+6 3 0 0 2 0 1+1 0
19 DF   SCO Gary Miller 25 0 8+11 0 4 0 1 0 0+1 0
20 MF   SCO Scott Brown 12 0 7+2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   ENG Lee Croft 34 0 17+10 0 3+1 0 2 0 1 0
24 DF   SCO Brian Easton 40 0 31+1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0
25 FW   SCO Chris Kane 17 1 4+11 1 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
29 FW   SCO Michael O'Halloran 46 10 29+9 9 3+1 0 2 0 1+1 1
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
8 MF   SCO Gary McDonald 19 0 10+6 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
11 FW   ENG Adam Morgan 5 0 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW   SCO Stevie May 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0

Goal scorers

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As of 24 May 2015
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1   14 Brian Graham 9 0 1 0 10
  29 Michael O'Halloran 9 0 0 1 10
3   6 Steven Anderson 3 0 0 0 3
  9 Steve MacLean 2 1 0 0 3
  18 Murray Davidson 3 0 0 0 3
5   2 Dave Mackay 1 1 0 0 2
  11 Danny Swanson 2 0 0 0 2
  17 Stevie May 0 2 0 0 2
  17 James McFadden 1 0 0 1 2
10   4 Simon Lappin 1 0 0 0 1
  7 Chris Millar 1 0 0 0 1
  25 Chris Kane 1 0 0 0 1
Own goal 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 4 1 2 41

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 24 May 2015

Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
2   DF Dave Mackay 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
3   DF Tam Scobbie 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4   DF Simon Lappin 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5   DF Frazer Wright 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
6   DF Steven Anderson 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
7   MF Chris Millar 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8   MF Gary McDonald 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9   FW Steve MacLean 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
10   MF David Wotherspoon 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
11   MF Danny Swanson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14   MF Brian Graham 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
16   MF Liam Caddis 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17   FW James McFadden 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
18   MF Murray Davidson 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 0
19   DF Gary Miller 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
22   MF Lee Croft 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
24   DF Brian Easton 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
25   FW Chris Kane 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
29   FW Michael O'Halloran 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 69 2 11 0 4 0 3 0 87 2

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
2 Aberdeen 38 23 6 9 57 33 +24 75 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 19 8 11 52 42 +10 65 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
4 St Johnstone 38 16 9 13 34 34 0 57 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5 Dundee United 38 17 5 16 58 56 +2 56
6 Dundee[b] 38 11 12 15 46 57 −11 45
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Inverness Caledonian Thistle qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.
  2. ^ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Results by opponent

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St Johnstone score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 7
Celtic 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 4
Dundee 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 7
Dundee United 0–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 7
Hamilton Academical 0–1 0–1 1–1 X 1
Inverness C.T. 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 4
Kilmarnock 1–2 1–0 0–0 X 4
Motherwell 1–0 2–1 1–1 X 7
Partick Thistle 0–0 2–0 0–3 X 4
Ross County 2–1 2–1 0–1 X 6
St Mirren 1–2 1–0 2–0 X 6

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday sign striker Stevie May from St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. ^ "St Johnstone: Simon Lappin agrees deal after Cardiff exit". BBC Sport. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Brian Graham: St Johnstone sign Dundee United striker on loan". BBC Sport. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ^ "James McFadden: St Johnstone sign ex-Everton player". BBC Sport. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Transfer Deadline Day Summary". scottishfa. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. ^ "St Johnstone re-sign trio as four exit Scottish Cup winners". BBC Sport. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Diamonds bring in Gray". SPFL. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  8. ^ "St Johnstone re-sign trio as four exit Scottish Cup winners". BBC Sport. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Chris Iwelumo: Chester sign ex-Scotland international striker". BBC Sport. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Zander Clark Rejoins". qosfc. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  11. ^ "St Johnstone re-sign trio as four exit Scottish Cup winners". BBC Sport. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Stevie May completes move to Sheffield Wednesday from St Johnstone". STV. 9 August 2014. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  13. ^ "St Johnstone re-sign trio as four exit Scottish Cup winners". BBC Sport. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Cregg Signs". shamrockrovers. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Friday signings update". SPFL. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  16. ^ "LOAN SIGNING – DYLAN JOINS FROM SAINTS". SPFL. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  17. ^ "Gary McDonald: Peterhead sign experienced midfielder". BBC Sport. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.