The 2017–18 season was the club's fifth season in the Scottish Premiership and their ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, and after a years absence they competed in qualifying for the Europa League.[2] They were knocked out by FK Trakai in the First qualifying round and finished Eighth place in the League.[3] This was the final season at the club for legends Alan Mannus, Steven MacLean, and Chris Millar,[4] with the latter being rewarded with a testimonial.[5]
| 2017–18 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Steve Brown | ||
| Manager | Tommy Wright | ||
| Stadium | McDiarmid Park Perth, Scotland (Capacity: 10,696) | ||
| Scottish Premiership | 8th | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fifth round, lost to Hearts | ||
| Scottish League Cup | Second round, lost to Partick Thistle | ||
| Europa League | First qualifying round, lost to FK Trakai | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Steven MacLean (9) All: Steven MacLean (9) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 6,887 vs. Rangers 13 October 2017 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 2,037 vs. Hamilton Academical 28 March 2018 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,809[1] | ||
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Results & fixtures edit
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season edit
| 22 June 2017 Friendly | Rangers | 0−0 | St Johnstone | Auchenhowie |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: Rangers Training Centre |
| 1 July 2017[6] Friendly | St Johnstone | 0–3 | Aberdeen | McDiarmid Park |
| 15:00 BST | AFC Report | Rooney  32'Christie 43'Anderson 85' |
Attendance: 1,939[7] |
| 15 July 2017[8] Friendly | St Johnstone | 3−0 | Sunderland | McDiarmid Park |
| 14:00 BST | MacLean 19' Wotherspoon 21', 24' |
Report Highlights |
Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 18 July 2017 Friendly | Rangers | 0−1 | St Johnstone | Auchenhowie |
| 14:30 | Hendry 80' |
Stadium: Rangers Training Centre |
Scottish Premiership edit
| 5 August 2017 1 | Kilmarnock | 1–2 | St Johnstone | Rugby Park, Kilmarnock |
| 15:00 | Boyd 59' |
Report | Wotherspoon 10' O'Halloran 89' |
Attendance: 3,935 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 12 August 2017 2 | St Johnstone | 4–1 | Motherwell | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | MacLean 8' O'Halloran 18', 74'Davidson 90' |
Report | Rose 28' McHugh  36'  76' Carson  63' Dunne 89' |
Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 19 August 2017 3 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | O'Halloran 33' |
Report | Attendance: 3,470 Referee: Barry Cook |
| 26 August 2017 4 | Celtic | 1–1 | St Johnstone | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | McGregor 79' |
Report | MacLean 39' |
Attendance: 58,466 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 9 September 2017 5 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Hibernian | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | O'Halloran 48' |
Report | Paton 61' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 5,591 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 16 September 2017 6 | Dundee | 3–2 | St Johnstone | Dens Park, Dundee |
| 15:00 | Leitch-Smith 9', 65' Moussa 78' (pen.)O'Dea 80' 83' |
Report | Craig 75' (pen.), 84' (pen.) |
Attendance: 6,001 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 23 September 2017 7 | St Johnstone | 2–1 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | MacLean 49' Davidson 84' |
Report | Docherty 24' MacKinnon 90' |
Attendance: 2,880 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 30 September 2017 8 | Aberdeen | 3–0 | St Johnstone | Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen |
| 15:00 | Rooney 7', 18', 81' (pen.) |
Report | Attendance: 14,879 Referee: John Beaton |
| 13 October 2017 9 | St Johnstone | 0–3 | Rangers | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 19:45 | Anderson 65' 71' |
BBC Report | Peña 27', 78' Dorrans 86' |
Attendance: 6,887 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 21 October 2017 10 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | St Johnstone | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh |
| 15:00 | Lafferty 74' |
Report | Attendance: 18,534 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 25 October 2017 11 | St Johnstone | 0–0 | Ross County | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 19:45 | BBC Report | Attendance: 2,267 Referee: Barry Cook |
| 28 October 2017 12 | Partick Thistle | 1–0 | St Johnstone | Firhill Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Storey 74' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,870 Referee: John Beaton |
| 4 November 2017 13 | St Johnstone | 0–4 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 12:30 | BBC Sport | Sinclair 28' Dembélé 72'Anderson 75' (o.g.)Ntcham 89' |
Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 18 November 2017 14 | Hibernian | 1–2 | St Johnstone | Easter Road, Edinburgh |
| 15:00 | Stokes 90+1' (pen.) |
BBC Report | Davidson 74' MacLean 90+3' |
Attendance: 17,044 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee) |
| 25 November 2017 15[N 1] | Motherwell | P–P | St Johnstone | Fir Park, Motherwell |
| 15:00 |
| 2 December 2017 16 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Kilmarnock | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | MacLean 43' |
BBC Report | Findlay 10' Brophy 66' |
Attendance: 2.950 Referee: John Beaton |
| 9 December 2017 17 | Hamilton Academical | 0–1 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Scougall 66' |
Attendance: 1,451 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 13 December 2017 18 | St Johnstone | 0–3 | Aberdeen | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 19:45 | BBC Report | Rooney 20' Arnason 33'Christie 60' |
Attendance: 2,911 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 16 December 2017 19 | Rangers | 1–3 | St Johnstone | Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Morelos 5' |
BBC Report | Alston 10' Johnstone 61'Cummins 71' |
Attendance: 47,923 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 23 December 2017 20 | St Johnstone | 0–0 | Heart of Midlothian | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Cochrane 56' 78' |
Attendance: 4,975 Referee: Clancy |
| 27 December 2017 21 | Ross County | 1–1 | St Johnstone | Victoria Park, Dingwall |
| 19:45 | Schalk 54' (pen.) |
BBC Report | Johnstone 2' |
Attendance: 3,3636 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 30 December 2017 22 | St Johnstone | 0–2 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | Foster 22' |
BBC Report | Haber 3' Leitch-Smith 90' |
Attendance: 4,679 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 27 January 2018 24 | St Johnstone | 1–3 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | Craig 74' (pen.) |
BBC Report | Lawless 13' Sammon 64'Edwards 90+4' |
Attendance: 2,848 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 31 January 2018 25[N 2] | St Johnstone | P–P | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| Report |
| 3 February 2018 26 | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | St Johnstone | Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh |
| 15:00 | Milinković 46' |
BBC Report | Wotherspoon 57' 62' |
Attendance: 16,197 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 6 February 2018 15[N 3] | Motherwell | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Fir Park, Motherwell |
| 19:45 | Campbell 64' Main 70' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,227 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 17 February 2018 27 | Celtic | 0–0 | St Johnstone | Celtic Park, Glasgow |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 56,867 Referee: John Beaton |
| 24 February 2018 28 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Ross County | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | Davidson 29', 40' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,533 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 28 February 2018 29 | St Johnstone | 1–4 | Rangers | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 19:45 | Kerr 62' |
BBC Report | Tavernier 12' (pen.) Windass 25'Goss 40'Morelos 56' |
Attendance: 5,737 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 7 March 2018 23 | Kilmarnock | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Rugby Park, Kilmarnock |
| 19:45 | Boyd 30' (pen.) Erwin 58' |
BBC Report | Kerr 42' |
Attendance: 3,807 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 10 March 2018 30 | Dundee | 0–4 | St Johnstone | Dens Park, Dundee |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Piggott 24' (o.g.) Kane 37', 66'Alston 64' |
Attendance: 5,336 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 16 March 2018 31 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Hibernian | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 19:45 | Kane 83' |
BBC Report | Ambrose 2' Marciano 14' |
Attendance: 3,652 Referee: John Beaton |
| 28 March 2018 25[N 4] | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 19:45 | McMann 61' (o.g.) |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,037 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 31 March 2018 32 | Aberdeen | 4–1 | St Johnstone | Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen |
| 15:00 | Christie 34' May 41'Stewart 51', 82' |
BBC Report | Davidson 19' Anderson 65'Willock 68' |
Attendance: 14,161 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 7 April 2018 33 | St Johnstone | 0–0 | Motherwell | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | Foster 62' Davidson 80' |
BBC Report | Kipré 51' Rose 75' |
Attendance: 2,409 Referee: Willie Collum |
| 21 April 2018 34 | Dundee | 2–1 | St Johnstone | Dens Park, Dundee |
| 15:00 | Moussa 1', 88' |
BBC Report | MacLean 85' |
Attendance: 5,592 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 28 April 2018 35 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | Shaughnessy 39' |
BBC Report | Sammon 89' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 5 May 2018 36 | Motherwell | 1–5 | St Johnstone | Fir Park, Motherwell |
| 15:00 | Bigirimana 78' 84' Çiftçi 83' |
BBC Report | MacLean 31', 40', 56' Anderson 36' Davidson 79' McMillan 81' |
Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 8 May 2018 37 | Hamilton Academical | 1–2 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
| 19:45 | Imrie 82' |
BBC Report | McMillan 65' (pen.) Wotherspoon 80' |
Attendance: 2,367 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 12 May 2018 38 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Ross County | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 15:00 | Wotherspoon 90+2' |
BBC Report | Curran 3' |
Attendance: Nick Walsh Referee: 3,279 |
UEFA Europa League edit
Qualifying phase edit
| 29 June 2017 First qualifying round 1st leg | St Johnstone | 1–2 |  Trakai | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 19:45 | Shaughnessy 32' |
UEFA Report BBC Report |
Maksimov 14' Šilėnas 36' |
Attendance: 5,636 Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia) |
| 6 July 2017 First qualifying round 2nd leg | Trakai | 1–0 (3–1 agg.) | St Johnstone | LFF Stadium, Vilnius |
| 17:00 | Maksimov 88' |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria) |
Scottish League Cup edit
| 8 August 2017 Second round | St Johnstone | 0–3 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
| 19:45 | Report | Lawless 50' (pen.) Edwards 62'Erskine 90' |
Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Euan Anderson |
Scottish Cup edit
| 20 January 2018 Fourth round | Albion Rovers | P–P | St Johnstone | Coatbridge |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: Cliftonhill |
| 23 January 2018 Fourth round | Albion Rovers | P–P | St Johnstone | Coatbridge |
| 19:45 | Report | Stadium: Cliftonhill |
| 29 January 2018 Fourth round | Albion Rovers | 0–4 | St Johnstone | Coatbridge |
| 19:45 | BBC Report | Kane 3', 57', 70' McClean 51' |
Stadium: Cliftonhill Attendance: 1,130 Referee: Mat Northcroft |
| 10 February 2018 Fifth round | Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | St Johnstone | Edinburgh |
| 15:00 | Lafferty 7', 58' Mitchell 54' |
BBC Report | Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 12,393 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
Squad statistics edit
Appearances edit
- As of 12 May 2018[9]
| No. | Pos | Player | Premiership | Europa League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 1 | GK |  Alan Mannus
|
22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 3 | DF |  Scott Tanser
|
24+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 4 | MF |  Blair Alston
|
17+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 5 | DF |  Joe Shaughnessy (c)
|
38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Steven Anderson
|
34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Chris Millar
|
13+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Murray Davidson
|
29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Steven MacLean
|
26+4 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| 10 | MF | David Wotherspoon
|
25+10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 11 | MF |  George Williams
|
10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Zander Clark
|
16+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Aaron Comrie
|
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Jason Kerr
|
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | David McMillan
|
2+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | Denny Johnstone
|
8+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | Richard Foster
|
22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Kyle McClean
|
0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Stefan Scougall
|
18+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Keith Watson
|
1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Liam Gordon
|
5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Brian Easton
|
12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Chris Kane
|
10+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 6 |
| 26 | MF | Liam Craig
|
17+10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| 27 | MF | Craig Thomson
|
0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Matty Willock
|
6+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | Mark Hurst
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Ali McCann
|
1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | John Robertson
|
0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | Callum Hendry
|
1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season | ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | Michael O'Halloran (signed for Rangers)
|
12+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| 18 | MF | Paul Paton (signed for Plymouth Argyle)
|
16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Ally Gilchrist (signed for Shamrock Rovers)
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Graham Cummins (signed for Cork City)
|
6+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | Greg Hurst (loaned to East Fife & Forfar Athletic)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Cameron Thompson (loaned to Stirling Albion)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team statistics edit
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 49 | |
| 7 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 48 | |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 46 | |
| 9 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 39 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 33 |
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).[10]
Notes:
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).[10]
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
See also edit
Footnotes edit
References edit
- ^ "St Johnstone Performance Stats". ESPN.
- ^ Online, Record Sport (14 May 2017). "When Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone play their first Euro qualifiers".
- ^ GB, Sports Media. "St. Johnstone - News Item". www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk.
- ^ "St Johnstone 1-1 Ross County". May 12, 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ GB, Sports Media. "St. Johnstone - News Item". www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk.
- ^ "2017-18 Pre-Season fixtures announced". afc.co.uk. 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Today's official attendance at McDiarmid Park was 1939 including 1075 Dons fans! Thanks again for your support! #StandFree". Aberdeen FC. 1 July 2017.
- ^ "St Johnstone - Fixtures". perthstjohnstone. 8 July 2017.
- ^ "St Johnstone FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
- ^ "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.