2018–19 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2018–19 season
Chairman	Steve Brown
Manager	Tommy Wright
Stadium	McDiarmid Park; Perth, Scotland; (Capacity: 10,696)
Scottish Premiership	Seventh place
Scottish League Cup	Quarter finals
Scottish Cup	Fifth round
Top goalscorer	League: Kennedy (6); All: Watt (8)
Highest home attendance	League: 7,086 vs Rangers 23 December 2018 ; Cup: 5,635 vs Celtic; League Cup; 26 September 2018
Lowest home attendance	League: 1,946 vs Livingston 23 January 2019 ; Cup: 1,687 vs East Fife; League Cup; 14 July 2018
Average home league attendance	3,938

The 2018–19 season was the club's sixth season in the Scottish Premiership and their tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, where they were knocked out of both by Celtic.[1][2]

Season Summary

Tommy Wright remained as manager for the season. After getting through the Group stages of the League Cup (and losing to Kilmarnock in the first match of the season), Saints had a 4 match unbeaten run, although by the end of September they went on a 4 match win less run, which included being knocked out of the League Cup by Celtic. They were then unbeaten in the League through much of October, November and into December. They ended the year with a couple of home defeats and a couple of away wins. After losing to Hearts in league at the end of January however, the Saints went on an 8 match win less run, which included being knocked out of the Scottish Cup, again by Celtic. The win less run came to an end in a rearranged match at home to St. Mirren. They ended the regular season in seventh, therefore in the bottom six for the post-split for the second season in a row. Tony Watt announced he rejected a deal and would be leaving the club at the end of the season.[3] The Saints finished the League season in Seventh place, claiming the best of the bottom six.[4]

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

8 July 2018[5] Chris Millar Testimonial match	St Johnstone	2–2	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
14:00 BST	Wotherspoon 5' Hurst 73'	Report	May 8' Wright 28'	Attendance: 1,554 Referee: Alan Muir

10 July 2018 Friendly	Berwick Rangers	0–4	St Johnstone	Shielfield Park
19:30 BST		Report	Watt 8' McMillan 11' Craig 16' McClean 68'	Referee: Gavin Ross

Scottish Premiership

5 August 2018 1	Kilmarnock	2–0	St Johnstone	Rugby Park
15:00	S. Boyd 59' Ndjoli 85'	Report		Attendance: 4,644 Referee: John Beaton

12 August 2018 2	St Johnstone	1–1	Hibernian	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Watt 22'	Report	Shaw 51'	Attendance: 4,637 Referee: Willie Collum

25 August 2018 3	St Johnstone	1–0	Dundee	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Watt 51'	Report		Attendance: 4,259 Referee: Steven McLean

1 September 2018 4	Hamilton Academical	1–2	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
	Bingham 29', 69' McMann 36'	Report	Alston 37' McMillan 45+1' Clark 90'	Attendance: 1,791 Referee: Bobby Madden

15 September 2018 5	St Johnstone	1–1	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST	McMillan 13' Craig 18' Alston 66' Swanson 89'	Report	Considine 47' McGinn 69' Lowe 70'	Attendance: 4,880 Referee: Willie Collum

23 September 2018 6	Rangers	5–1	St Johnstone	Ibrox Stadium
15:00 BST	Tavernier 9' Morelos 34' Arfield 52' Lafferty 74' Candeias 79'	Report	Foster 30' Kerr 70' Alston 77' (pen.)	Attendance: 48,729 Referee: Steven McLean

29 September 2018 7	Heart of Midlothian	2–1	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Haring 25' Dunne 65'	BBC Report	Callachan 77'	Attendance: 17,240 Referee: Nick Walsh

7 October 2018 8	St Johnstone	0–6	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
	Swanson 48' Wotherspoon 75' Anderson 77'	Report	Forrest 15', 30', 38', 45' Édouard 22' McGregor 84'	Attendance: 5,993 Referee: Kevin Clancy

20 October 2018 9	Motherwell	0–1	St Johnstone	Fir Park
15:00 BST	Bowman 63' Hartley 85'	Report	Kerr 90+2'	Attendance: 3,752 Referee: Bobby Madden

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 10	St Johnstone	2–0	St Mirren	McDiarmid Park
	Davidson 54' Wotherspoon 60' Kennedy 84', 85'	Report	Mullen 23' S McGinn 72' P McGinn 82' Baird 85'	Attendance: 2,716 Referee: Andrew Dallas

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) 11	Livingston	0–1	St Johnstone	Almondvale Stadium
19:45 GMT	Pittman 33' Menga 57' Halkett 84'	Report	Kennedy 5' Foster 21' Tanser 90+2'	Attendance: 1,476 Referee: John Beaton

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 12	Hibernian	0–1	St Johnstone	Easter Road
15:00 GMT	Stevenson 55' Bartley 82' McGregor 88'	Report	Shaughnessy 90'	Attendance: 17,307 Referee: Nick Walsh

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 13	St Johnstone	4–0	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park
	Davidson 20' Wright 36' Kennedy 54' 62' Wotherspoon 74'	Report	Imrie 20' McGowan 39' Martin 51' MacKinnon 76'	Attendance: 2,175 Referee: Steven McLean

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 14	St Johnstone	0–0	Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park
		Report	Taylor 61'	Attendance: 3,559 Referee: Willie Collum

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 15[N 1]	Celtic	P–P	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
15:00

5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) 16	St Johnstone	2–2	Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
	Alston 20' Wotherspoon 54' Kennedy 69' (pen.) Craig 79' Foster 90+3'	Report	Djoum 6' Bozanic 41' Haring 47' Clare 61' Berra 86'	Attendance: 3,040 Referee: Andrew Dallas

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 17	Aberdeen	0–2	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 GMT	Shinnie 30'	Report	Craig 36' Tanser 56' Shaughnessy 71' Alston 74' Davidson 77'	Attendance: 13,304 Referee: Don Robertson

15 December 2018 18	St Johnstone	1–2	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kennedy 26' Watt 46' Kerr 83'	Report	Aldred 2' Johnson 17' Dunne 26' Campbell 44' Main 82' McHugh 90+5'	Attendance: 2,302 Referee: Alan Muir

23 December 2018 19	St Johnstone	1–2	Rangers	McDiarmid Park
12:15 GMT	Kennedy 45' Craig 54' Alston 87' Watt 90+3'	Report	Goldson 62' Morelos 65', 88' 89'	Attendance: 7,086 Referee: Nick Walsh

26 December 2018 20	St Mirren	0–1	St Johnstone	St Mirren Park
15:00 GMT		Report	Callachan 53' Watt 89'	Attendance: 4,891 Referee: Kevin Clancy

29 December 2018 21	Dundee	0–2	St Johnstone	Dens Park
15:00 GMT	Boyle 64' Woods 76' Curran 81'	Report	Tanser 1' Craig 58' 76'	Attendance: 6,868 Referee: Don Robertson

23 January 2019 22	St Johnstone	1–0	Livingston	McDiarmid Park
19:45 GMT	Foster 44' Davidson 78' 88' Wotherspoon 90'	Report	Halkett 30' Pittman 68'	Attendance: 1,946 Referee: Andrew Dallas

26 January 2019 23	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Godinho 52' Morrison 90+1' Djoum 68'	BBC Report	Callachan 26' Foster 47' Swanson 90+3'	Attendance: 16,672 Referee: Thomson

30 January 2019 15	Celtic	2–0	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
19:45	McGregor 53' Christie 55'	Report		Attendance: 54,563 Referee: Greg Aitken

3 February 2019 24	St Johnstone	0–2	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
12:30		Report	Forrest 78' Weah 89'	Attendance: 6,242 Referee: Willie Collum

6 February 2019 25	Hamilton Academical	2–1	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
19:45	Oakley 68', 79'	Report	Craig 76'	Attendance: 1,174 Referee: Gavin Duncan

16 February 2019 26	Rangers	0–0	St Johnstone	Ibrox Stadium
15:00		Report		Attendance: 49,549 Referee: Steven McLean

23 February 2019 27	St Johnstone	0–2	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Kane 32' Kerr 71' Foster 79'	Report	Shinnie 16', 75' 67'	Attendance: 5,092 Referee: Euan Anderson

27 February 2019 28	St Johnstone	1–2	Hibernian	McDiarmid Park
19:45 GMT	Kane 15'	BBC Sport	McNulty 65' (pen.), 84'	Attendance: 4,136 Referee: Gavin Duncan

9 March 2019 29	Livingston	3–1	St Johnstone	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Halkett 38' Sibbald 46', 62' Pittman 90+2'	Report	Shaughnessy 14' Goss 63'	Attendance: 1,615 Referee: John Beaton

16 March 2019 30	St Johnstone	P–P	St Mirren	McDiarmid Park
15:00 GMT		Report
Note: Match postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

27 March 2019 30	St Johnstone	1–0	St Mirren	McDiarmid Park
19:45 GMT	Kane 13'	Report	Hladký 38' Erhahon 88'	Attendance: 2,888 Referee: Steven McLean
Note: Rearranged match after postponement.

30 March 2019 31	Motherwell	3–0	St Johnstone	Fir Park
15:00 GMT	Frear 70' Turnbull 80' Aldred 87' Tait 90+2'	Report	Craig 14' Davidson 29'	Attendance: 4,083 Referee: Euan Anderson

3 April 2019 32	St Johnstone	2–0	Dundee	McDiarmid Park
19:45 BST	Hendry 16' Kennedy 60' Callachan 90'	Report	O'Dea 13'	Attendance: 3,767 Referee: Greg Aitken

6 April 2019 33	Kilmarnock	2–0	St Johnstone	Rugby Park
15:00 BST	Kane 17' (o.g.) K. Boyd 43' (pen.) Power 74'	Report	Hendry 12' Callachan 36' Kerr 43' 68' Foster 65' Craig 73'	Attendance: 4,685 Referee: Bobby Madden

20 April 2019 34	St Johnstone	2–0	Dundee	McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST	Tanser 54' Craig 61' Hendry 68'	Report	O'Dea 53' Curran 55' McGowan 83'	Attendance: 3,946 Referee: Alan Muir

27 April 2019 35	St Mirren	1–1	St Johnstone	St Mirren Park
15:00 BST	Lyons 45+1' Flynn 55' Popescu 64' Mullen 90'	Report	O'Halloran 32' Davidson 33' Tanser 54' Kane 79'	Attendance: 5,213 Referee: Steven McLean

4 May 2019 36	St Johnstone	1–1	Livingston	McDiarmid Park
15:00	O'Halloran 4'	Report	Halkett 51' 84' Gallagher 86'	Attendance: 2,222 Referee: David Munro

11 May 2019 37	St Johnstone	2–0	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Davidson 29' Tanser 34' (pen.) Davidson 47' Wotherspoon 90+2'	Report	Ariyibi 21' Gillespie 34' Aldred 70'	Attendance: 3,051 Referee: Colin Steven

18 May 2019 38	Hamilton Academical	2–0	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
12:30	Gordon 11' Davies 57' McMann 72' Martin 77' MacKinnon 88'	Report	Craig 6'	Attendance: 2,553 Referee: Steven McLean

League Cup

14 July 2018 Group	St Johnstone	0–0 (5–4 p)	East Fife	McDiarmid Park
15:00		Report		Attendance: 1,687 Referee: Steven Kirkland
	Penalties
	Craig Kane Watt Alston Wright		Watson Court Slattery Davidson Thomson

21 July 2018 Group	Montrose	0–1	St Johnstone	Links Park
15:00		Report	Watt 34'	Attendance: 1,160 Referee: Barry Cook

24 July 2018 Group	St Johnstone	1–0	Falkirk	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Scougall 31'	Report		Attendance: 2,379 Referee: Craig Thomson

28 July 2018 Group	Forfar Athletic	1–3	St Johnstone	Station Park
15:00	Baird 15'	Report	Watt 42' McMillan 51' Kennedy 62'	Attendance: 1,087 Referee: Gavin Duncan

18 August 2018 Second Round	Queen of the South	2–4 (a.e.t.)	St Johnstone	Palmerston Park
15:00 BST	Dykes 45+1' Dobbie 116' (pen.)	Report	Watt 27', 105' Wright 95' Hendry 120+1'	Attendance: 1,652 Referee: Don Robertson

26 September 2018 Quarter finals	St Johnstone	0–1	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
19:45		Report	Griffiths 83' Tierney 86' Boyata 90'	Attendance: 5,635 Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Cup

19 January 2019 Fourth round	St Johnstone	2–0	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Kerr 1' Watt 26' Craig 55'	Report	Gogic 35'	Attendance: 2,363 Referee: John Beaton

10 February 2019 Fifth round	Celtic	5–0	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
13:30	Sinclair 3', 54', 89' Brown 9' Forrest 52'	Report		Attendance: 28,404 Referee: Nick Walsh
Note: Game televised on Premier Sports

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 18 May 2019

No.	Pos	Player	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Zander Clark	34	0	6	0	2	0	42	0
3	DF	Scott Tanser	37	3	5	0	2	0	44	3
4	MF	Blair Alston	10+11	4	4+2	0	0	0	27	4
5	DF	Joe Shaughnessy (c)	32+1	3	2	0	2	0	37	3
7	FW	Drey Wright	13+1	1	6	1	0	0	20	2
8	MF	Murray Davidson	26+2	2	5	0	1	0	34	2
9	FW	Chris Kane	14+16	3	0+2	0	2	0	34	3
10	MF	David Wotherspoon	20+9	2	4	0	2	0	35	2
11	MF	Danny Swanson	6+17	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	25	0
12	GK	Cammy Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14	DF	Aaron Comrie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	Jason Kerr	37	2	5	0	2	1	44	3
17	MF	Michael O'Halloran	9+5	1	0	0	0	0	14	1
18	MF	Ali McCann	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	2	0
19	DF	Ricky Foster	37	0	6	0	2	0	45	0
20	MF	Kyle McClean	0	0	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
22	FW	Callum Hendry	5+7	2	0+2	1	0	0	14	3
23	DF	Liam Gordon	9+3	0	4	0	0	0	16	0
24	DF	Brian Easton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26	MF	Liam Craig	33+3	2	5	0	2	0	43	2
27	MF	Sean Goss	6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
28	MF	Ross Callachan	17+7	1	1	0	1+1	0	27	1
30	GK	Mark Hurst	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	DF	Niall Keown	0	0	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
32	FW	Tony Watt	22+7	3	5+1	4	1+1	1	37	8
33	MF	Matty Kennedy	34+2	6	2+1	1	2	0	41	7
45	GK	Ross Sinclair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	FW	Oliver Hamilton	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
50	MF	Jordan Northcott	0+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Player who left the club during the season
6	DF	Steven Anderson	2+1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
12	GK	Conor Mitchell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	David McMillan	7+5	2	3+3	1	0+1	0	19	3
17	MF	Tristan Nydam	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
21	MF	Stefan Scougall	0+1	0	2+3	1	0	0	6	1

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Hibernian	38	14	12	12	51	39	+12	54
6	Heart of Midlothian	38	15	6	17	42	50	−8	51

7	St Johnstone	38	15	7	16	38	48	−10	52
8	Motherwell	38	15	6	17	46	56	−10	51
9	Livingston	38	11	11	16	42	44	−2	44

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).[6]
Notes:

Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Group B Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	STJ	FAL	MON	FOR	EFI
1	St Johnstone (Q)	4	3	1	0	0	5	1	+4	11	Qualification for the Second Round	—	1–0	—	—	p0–0
2	Falkirk	4	2	0	0	2	4	3	+1	6		—	—	0–1	2–0	—
3	Montrose	4	2	0	0	2	3	4	−1	6		0–1	—	—	—	1–0
4	Forfar Athletic	4	1	1	0	2	5	7	−2	5		1–3	—	3–1	—	—
5	East Fife	4	0	0	2	2	2	4	−2	2		—	1–2	—	1–1p	—

Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[8]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Transfers

In

Drey Wright, Tony Watt, Matty Kennedy, Conor Mitchell (6 month loan), Tristan Nydam (6 month loan), Danny Swanson, Ross Callachan, Michael O'Halloran, Niall Keown (on loan), Sean Goss (on loan), Cammy Bell (on loan)

Out

Steven MacLean, Chris Millar, Keith Watson, Alan Mannus, Callum Hendry (6 month loan), Steven Anderson (on loan), David McMillan (on loan), Stefan Scougall

Footnotes

Match postponed due to Celtic involvement in League Cup Final. Re-scheduled for 30 Jan 19

References

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45607018
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47106087
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47861667
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48158615
"2018/19 Pre-Season Schedule". afc.co.uk. 4 May 2018.
"Premiership 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
"Summary - League Cup Group B". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
"Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

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[7] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[Postponement2-6] Match postponed due to Celtic involvement in League Cup Final. Re-scheduled for 30 Jan 19

[1] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45607018

[2] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47106087

[3] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47861667

[4] ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48158615

[5] "2018/19 Pre-Season Schedule". afc.co.uk. 4 May 2018.

[8] "Premiership 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

[9] "Summary - League Cup Group B". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[10] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.