2012–13 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was St Johnstone's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[2] St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League,[3] League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

St Johnstone
2012–13 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerSteve Lomas
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Premier LeagueThird place
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round, lost to
Eskişehirspor
League CupQuarter-final, lost to
Celtic
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to
St Mirren
Top goalscorerLeague:
Liam Craig (7)
Murray Davidson (7)
Nigel Hasselbaink (7)
Rowan Vine (7)

All:
Liam Craig (8)
Murray Davidson (8)
Steve MacLean (8)
Highest home attendance6,700 vs. Celtic, 15 September 2012
Lowest home attendance2,167 vs. Aberdeen, 30 December 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 3,712[1]

Summary

Season

St Johnstone finished third in the Scottish Premier League.[4] They reached the Second qualifying round of the Europa League,[5] the Quarter-final of the League Cup[6] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

11 July 2012[8] Friendly East Fife 0–4 St Johnstone Bayview Stadium
19:30 St Johnstone Report Higgins  6'
Hasselbaink  61'
Trialist  68'
Trialist  77'
Attendance: 566
28 July 2012[8] Friendly St Johnstone 2–1 Bristol City McDiarmid Park
15:00 Vine  3', 37' Report
St Johnstone Report
Stead  45' Attendance: 1,564
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish Premier League

11 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 1–1 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 Hammell  57'
McHugh  78'
BBC Report Davidson  58'
Vine  80' 
Attendance: 4,490
Referee: Brines
18 August 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–2 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Hasselbaink  83' BBC Report Osbourne  16'
Hayes  47'
Attendance: 4,857
Referee: Beaton
25 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 2–0 St Johnstone Easter Road
15:00 Hanlon  45'
Doyle  53'
BBC Report Attendance: 9,639
Referee: Clancy
15 September 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
12:30 Tadé  18'
Vine  80'
BBC Report Commons  4' Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Norris
22 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1–2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Morrow  68' BBC Report Craig  30'
Vine  30'
Wright  86'
Attendance: 4,094
Referee: Allan
29 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee 1–3 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 Conroy  22' (Penalty) BBC Report Tade  16'
Craig  27'
MacLean  52'
Attendance: 6,158
Referee: Muir
6 October 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–1 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Hasselbaink  22'
Davidson  37'
BBC Report Guy  49' Attendance: 3,223
Referee: Muir
20 October 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 Davidson  30'
Hasselbaink  90'
BBC Report Fowler  93' Attendance: 3,113
Referee: Colvin
3 November 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–3 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 Robertson  88' BBC Report Murphy  1', 38'
Law  73'
Attendance: 3,112
Referee: Colvin
17 November 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Mackay  51' BBC Report Craig  70' (Own goal) Attendance: 3,037
Referee: Collum
25 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 1–2 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Pascali  5'
Nelson  85'
BBC Report Davidson  31'
Vine  89'
Attendance: 4,208
Referee: O'Reilly
28 November 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 0–1 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
19:45 BBC Report Cairney  82' Attendance: 3,266
Referee: Thomson
8 December 2012 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 1–1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Dummett  69' BBC Report Davidson  15'
Anderson  38'
Millar  68' 
Attendance: 3,702
Referee: Madden
22 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 2–0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn  63', 81' BBC Report Attendance: 7,051
Referee: Finnie
2 January 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–0 Dundee McDiarmid Park
14:00 Craig  33' BBC Report Attendance: 5,055
Referee: McKendrick
20 January 2013 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 3–2 St Johnstone Fir Park
14:15 Higdon  8', 20', 69' BBC Report Hasselbaink  77'
Craig  79'
Attendance: 3,649
Referee: Collum
30 January 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 3–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
19:30 Tadé  33'
Vine  68'
Mackay  70'
BBC Sport McGinn  44' Attendance: 2,167
Referee: McLean
11 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 1–3 St Johnstone Easter Road
19:30 Griffiths  82' BBC Report Vine  23', 26'
Cregg  58'
Attendance: 8,735
Referee: Clancy
16 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1–0 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Sproule  11' BBC Report Attendance: 3,516
Referee: Beaton
19 February 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
19:45 Hasselbaink  82' BBC Report Ambrose  36' Attendance: 5,352
Referee: Norris
23 February 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Vine  52' BBC Report Attendance: 2,816
Referee: Mclean
27 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Dundee 2–2 St Johnstone Dens Park
19:45 Baird  42'
Gallagher  66'
Stewart  89'
BBC Report MacLean  36'
MacKay  68'
Attendance: 5,224
Referee: Collum
9 March 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–0 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 Davidson  58'
Tade  85'
BBC Report Attendance: 2,425
Referee: Colvin
1 April 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–1 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
20:00 Craig  90+3' BBC Report Gauld  24'
Armstrong  79' 
Attendance: 4,613
Referee: Brines
21 April 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–2 Ross County McDiarmid Park
16:00 MacLean  6'
Davidson  25'
BBC Report Brittain  15' (Penalty), 76' (Penalty) Attendance: 2,444
Referee: Collum
11 May 2012 Scottish Premier League Celtic 4–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
12:15 Ledley  2'
Mulgrew  36'
Forrest  51'
Wright  90+1' (Own goal)
BBC Report Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Muir
19 May 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–0 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
12:45 Craig  36'
Hasselbaink  47'
BBC Report Attendance: 5,025
Referee: Mclean

UEFA Europa League

19 July 2012 Europa League Second QF Round Leg 1 Eskişehirspor 2–0 St Johnstone Atatürk Stadium
19:00 Alper Potuk  41'
Wright  65' (o.g.)
UEFA Report
BBC Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr.

Scottish League Cup

25 September 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 3 St Johnstone 4–1 Queen's Park McDiarmid Park
19:45 MacLean  18', 40'
Davidson  76'
Craig  85'
BBC Report
SFL Report
Keenan  30'
Robertson  74'
Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Clancy
30 October 2012 Scottish League Cup QF Celtic 5–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
19:45 Commons  28', 32', 58' (pen.)
Hooper  38'
Mulgrew  61'
BBC Report Attendance: 14,399
Referee: Madden

Scottish Cup

17 December 2012 Scottish Cup Round 4 Cowdenbeath 0–3 St Johnstone Central Park
19:45 BBC Report McCracken  54'
MacLean  76' (pen.)
Tadé  87'
Attendance: 809
Referee: Beaton
2 February 2013 Scottish Cup Round 5 St Mirren 2–0 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Gonçalves  49, 56' BBC Report Attendance: 3,507
Referee: Thomson

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
2 DF Mackay[11] 34 Club captain
8 MF Davidson[12] 8 Vice-captain

Last updated: 19 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 19 May 2013[13][14]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier LeagueEuropa LeagueLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Alan Mannus 43038+002+001+002+00
2 DF Dave Mackay 36332+030+101+002+00
3 DF Callum Davidson 23020+102+000+000+00
4 MF Patrick Cregg 28119+512+000+001+10
5 DF Frazer Wright 38135+012+000+001+00
6 DF Steven Anderson 33028+200+002+001+00
7 MF Chris Millar 30025+102+001+001+00
8 MF Murray Davidson 37831+172+002+011+00
9 FW Grégory Tadé 41625+1141+012+002+01
10 MF Liam Craig 43837+072+001+112+00
11 FW Nigel Hasselbaink 42715+2171+101+101+10
12 MF David Robertson 921+620+001+100+00
14 MF Kevin Moon 400+100+102+000+00
14 FW Gwion Edwards 700+600+000+000+10
15 GK Jonathan Tuffey 100+000+001+000+00
16 FW Craig Beattie 400+200+000+100+10
16 MF Michael Doughty 601+400+000+001+00
17 FW Sean Higgins 501+201+100+000+00
17 FW Steve MacLean 35827+450+001+122+01
18 DF David McCracken 22115+102+002+002+01
19 DF Gary Miller 21013+402+002+000+00
20 MF Jamie Adams 500+401+000+000+00
21 MF Mehdi Abeid 1309+300+000+000+10
22 MF Peter Pawlett 907+200+000+000+00
23 FW Rowan Vine 37728+770+001+001+00
26 MF Liam Caddis 400+200+000+100+10
27 FW Stevie May 500+300+200+000+00
33 DF Tam Scobbie 21011+700+001+002+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Premier League Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKAlan Mannus 0000000000
2DFDave Mackay 4100100051
3DFCallum Davidson 1000000010
4MFPatrick Cregg 90000010100
5DFFrazer Wright 8000000080
6DFSteven Anderson 3100100041
7MFChris Millar 7100000071
8MFMurray Davidson 90100000100
9FWGrégory Tadé 0100000001
10MFLiam Craig 8000001090
11FWNigel Hasselbaink 2000100030
12MFDavid Robertson 0000000000
14MFKevin Moon 0000000000
14FWGwion Edwards 0000000000
15GKJonathan Tuffey 0000000000
16FWCraig Beattie 0000000000
16MFMichael Doughty 1000000010
17FWSean Higgins 0000000000
17FWSteve MacLean 5000000050
18DFDavid McCracken 0000000000
19DFGary Miller 2010100040
20MFJamie Adams 0000000000
21MFMehdi Abeid 1000000010
22MFPeter Pawlett 3000000030
23FWRowan Vine 7200000072
26MFLiam Caddis 0000000000
27FWStevie May 0000000000
33DFTam Scobbie 0000001010

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 1 53
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHHAHHAAH
ResultLDLLDWWWWWDLLDWLDDLDDWLWWLDWDLWDDDWWLW
Position12101211111097424554466567766546545555444443
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: [15]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Chris Millar initially turned down a new deal[16] but later re-signed.[17]

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