2011–12 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was St Johnstone's third consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in the league since their promotion in the 2008–09 season.[1] St Johnstone also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

St Johnstone F.C.
2011–12 season
ChairmanGeoff Brown(Until 3 November 2011)
Steve Brown (From 3 November 2011)
ManagerDerek McInnes (Until 19 October 2011)
Steve Lomas (From 3 November 2011)
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
SPLSixth
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Heart of Midlothian
League CupThird round, lost to
St Mirren
Top goalscorerLeague:
Francisco Sandaza (15)

All:
Francisco Sandaza (18)
Highest home attendance6,759 v Celtic, 18 December 2011
Lowest home attendance1,607 v Aberdeen, 13 December 2011
Average home league attendance4,170

Summary

St Johnstone finished sixth in the Scottish Premier League securing a place in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 Europa League.[2] They reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup where they were beaten by eventual winners Hearts.[3] They were beaten in the League Cup by fellow SPL side St Mirren in the third round.[4]

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

10 July 2011 Friendly UCD 1–4 St Johnstone UCD Bowl, Belfield
O’Sullivan  58' St.Johnstone Report Moon  7'
Trialist  22'
May  45'
M. Davidson  63'
Referee: Derek Tomley
13 July 2011 Friendly Dundee 0–2 St Johnstone Dens Park
St Johnstone Report May  19'
Mackay  50'
Attendance: 2,172
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Premier League

23 July 2011 SPL Aberdeen 0–0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
BBC Report Attendance: 10,001
Referee: Steve Conroy
30 July 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0–2 Rangers McDiarmid Park
BBC Report Naismith  31'
Jelavić  50'
Attendance: 6,459
Referee: Alan Muir
27 July 2011 SPL St Johnstone 3–3 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
Sandaza  34' (pen.), 45'
Craig  37'
BBC Report Douglas  2'
Mackay-Steven  80'
Gunning  83'
Attendance: 4,480
Referee: Richmond
10 September 2011 SPL St Mirren 0–0 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
BBC Sport Attendance: 3,855
Referee: Mclean
17 September 2011 SPL Motherwell 0–3 St Johnstone Fir Park
BBC Sport Clancy  20' (o.g.)
Sandaza  75'
Craig  85'
Attendance: 4,336
Referee: Allan
25 September 2011 SPL St Johnstone 2–0 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
Sheridan  30', 55' BBC Sport Attendance: 2,770
Referee: O'Reilly
28 September 2011 SPL Hibernian 3–2 St Johnstone Easter Road
Sproule  17'
O'Connor  37', 63' (pen.)
BBC Sport Craig  19'
Sheridan  88'
Attendance: 8,323
Referee: Conroy
1 October 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 1–2 St Johnstone Rugby Park
Pascali  36' BBC Sport Sandaza  22'
Sheridan  73'
Attendance: 4,059
Referee: Brines
22 October 2011 SPL Dundee United 0–0 St Johnstone Tannadice Park, Dundee
BBC Sport Attendance: 6,707
Referee: Muir
29 October 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0–1 St Mirren McDiarmid Park, Perth
BBC Sport McLean  81' Attendance: 2,939
Referee: Norris
19 November 2011 SPL Rangers 0–0 St Johnstone Ibrox, Glasgow
BBC Sport Attendance: 45,279
Referee: Norris
26 November 2011 SPL St Johnstone 3–1 Hibernian McDiarmid Park, Perth
Sandaza  38'
Haber  45'
Mackay  47'
BBC Sport Towell  26' Attendance: 3,782
Referee: Madden
3 December 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 1–2 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
Taouil  86' BBC Report Craig  3'
Mackay  79' (Penalty)
Attendance: 12,815
Referee: O'Reilly
10 December 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0–3 Motherwell McDiarmid Park, Perth
BBC Sport Daley  16'
Murphy  28', 68'
Attendance: 2,885
Referee: Muir
13 December 2011 SPL St Johnstone 1–2 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park, Perth
Haber  90+2' BBC Sport Vernon  13'
Jack  79'
Considine  83' 
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: McLean
18 December 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0–2 Celtic McDiarmid Park, Perth
BBC Sport Hooper  60'
Ki  64'
Attendance: 6,759
Referee: Norris
28 December 2011 SPL St Johnstone 2–0 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park, Perth
Sandaza  26', 45+1' BBC Sport Attendance: 2,394
Referee: Brines
14 January 2012 SPL St Johnstone 1–2 Rangers McDiarmid Park, Perth
Bocanegra  68' (o.g.) BBC Sport Jelavić  24', 81' Attendance: 6,577
Referee: Thomson
21 January 2012 SPL Hibernian 2–3 St Johnstone Easter Road, Edinburgh
Griffiths  70' (pen.)
Booth  84'
BBC Sport Croft  30'
Craig  71'
Sandaza  87'
Attendance: 8,772
Referee: Norris
28 January 2012 SPL Motherwell 3–2 St Johnstone Fir Park, Motherwell
Ojamaa  22', 65'
Lasley  75'
BBC Sport Morris  45'
Sandaza  81' (Penalty)
Attendance: 4,520
Referee: Murray
11 February 2012 SPL St Johnstone 1–5 Dundee United McDiarmid Park, Perth
Anderson  66' BBC Sport Anderson  35' (Own goal)
Davidson  61' (Own goal)
Russell  84'
Daly  89'
Lacny  90'
Attendance: 4,319
Referee: Brines
19 February 2012 SPL Aberdeen 0–0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
BBC Sport Attendance: 6,936
Referee: Salmond
25 February 2012 SPL St Johnstone 3–1 Dunfermline McDiarmid Park, Perth
M. Davidson  33'
C. Davidson  35'
Croft  78'
BBC Sport Burns  73' Attendance: 3,732
Referee: Colvin
3 March 2012 SPL Kilmarnock 0–0 St Johnstone Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Shiels  76'  BBC Sport Sheridan  88'  Attendance: 3,768
Referee: Charleston
17 March 2012 SPL St Mirren 0–3 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
BBC Report
Guardian Stats
Croft  2'
McCracken  76'
Sandaza  85'
Attendance: 3,768
Referee: Madden
1 April 2012 SPL Celtic 2–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park, Glasgow
Samaras  66'
Millar  70' (o.g.)
BBC Sport Attendance: 57,848
Referee: Salmond
21 April 2012 SPL St Johnstone 0–2 Dundee United McDiarmid Park, Perth
Sandaza  57'  BBC Sport Robertson  32'
Rankin  90'
Attendance: 5,826
Referee: Norris
28 April 2012 SPL Motherwell 5–1 St Johnstone Fir Park, Motherwell
Higdon  17' (Penalty)
Law  20'
Murphy  52'
Ojamaa  83', 87'
BBC Sport Craig  59' (Penalty) Attendance: 4,743
Referee: Madden
3 May 2012 SPL Celtic 1–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park, Glasgow
Stokes  28' BBC Sport Attendance: 50,297
Referee: Allan
13 May 2012 SPL St Johnstone 0–4 Rangers McDiarmid Park, Perth
BBC Sport McCulloch  23'
Aluko  56', 62', 73'
Attendance: 6,459
Referee: Madden

Scottish Cup

7 January 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4 St Johnstone 2–1 Brechin City McDiarmid Park, Perth
M. Davidson  6'
Sandaza  46'
BBC Report McManus  26'
McLauchlan  90' 
Attendance: 2,467
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish League Cup

Player statistics

Squad information

Last updated 14 May 2012[5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSPLScottish CupLeague Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Peter Enckelman 29025+002+002+00
2 DF Dave Mackay 40436+042+002+00
3 DF Callum Davidson 27126+011+000+00
4 MF Jody Morris 32128+013+001+00
5 DF Frazer Wright 26123+001+002+01
6 DF Steven Anderson 34126+313+002+00
7 MF Chris Millar 33027+301+101+00
8 MF Murray Davidson 30424+223+021+00
9 FW Sam Parkin 201+100+000+00
9 MF Lee Croft 13310+131+100+00
10 MF Liam Craig 41736+073+002+00
11 FW Cillian Sheridan 32525+341+112+00
12 DF Alan Maybury 26015+702+001+10
14 MF Kevin Moon 19014+500+000+00
15 GK Alan Mannus 14013+001+000+00
16 MF David Robertson 20010+602+000+20
17 FW Sean Higgins 400+300+001+00
18 DF David McCracken 32127+113+000+10
19 FW Carl Finnigan 1203+801+000+00
20 MF Jamie Adams 906+100+002+00
21 FW Francisco Sandaza 341828+1153+012+02
22 MF Willie Gibson 1301+1000+001+10
22 FW Kudus Oyenuga 201+000+100+00
23 FW Marcus Haber 34215+1621+100+10
24 DF Graham Gartland 000+000+000+00
24 MF Jack Compton 300+300+000+00
26 MF Liam Caddis 000+000+000+00
27 FW Stevie May 100+100+000+00
45 DF Michael Hart 000+000+000+00
46 FW James Keatings 500+400+100+00
47 FW Derek Riordan 402+200+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 14 May 2012
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKPeter Enckelman 00000000
2DFDave Mackay 20111041
3DFCallum Davidson 40000040
4MFJody Morris 70100080
5DFFrazer Wright 60000060
6DFSteven Anderson 50000050
7MFChris Millar 50000050
8MFMurray Davidson 6020008'0
9FWSam Parkin 00000000
9MFLee Croft 20100030
10MFLiam Craig 70000070
11FWCillian Sheridan 31200051
12DFAlan Maybury 50100060
14MFKevin Moon 20000020
15GKAlan Mannus 00000000
16MFDavid Robertson 10000010
17FWSean Higgins 00000000
18DFDavid McCracken 30000030
19FWCarl Finnigan 20000020
20MFJamie Adams 40001050
21FWFrancisco Sandaza 71001081
22MFWillie Gibson 00001010
22FWKudus Oyenuga 00000000
23FWMarcus Haber 10000010
24DFGraham Gartland 00000000
24MFJack Compton 00000000
26MFLiam Caddis 00000000
27FWStevie May 00000000
45DFMichael Hart 00000000
46FWJames Keatings 00000000
47FWDerek Riordan 00000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
4 Dundee United 38 16 11 11 62 50 +12 59 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 7 16 45 43 +2 52 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round[lower-alpha 1]
6 St Johnstone 38 14 8 16 43 50 7 50 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Kilmarnock 38 11 14 13 44 61 17 47
8 St Mirren 38 9 16 13 39 51 12 43
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League.

Transfers

St Johnstone's first significant move in the close season was to release nine first-team players, most of whom were forwards.[6] David Robertson became their first signing during the close season, being brought in from Dundee United.[7] He was followed by Sean Higgins from Dundee and Callum Davidson from Preston North End, all arriving on free transfers.[8] The departures continued, however, with the news that Danny Grainger had joined Hearts and Michael Duberry was leaving to return to England.

Management

[St Johnstone started the season under Derek McInnes and after eleven games on 19 October McInnes was appointed manager of Bristol City and left St Johnstone along with assistant Tony Docherty.[53] On 3 November 2011 Steve Lomas was appointed as manager.

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