List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

St Johnstone Football Club is a Scottish professional association football club based in Perth. The club was officially formed in 1884 and the team played its first game in February 1885. St Johnstone first appeared in the Scottish Cup in the 1886–87 season and they joined the Scottish Football League in 1911–12. The club has had three home grounds, the current one since 1989 is McDiarmid Park.[1]

McDiarmid Park

St Johnstone have won only one major honour which was the Scottish Cup with a 2–0 win against Dundee United in 2014.[2] Their highest placing in the league is third place (three times, most recently in 2013). St Johnstone have qualified for either the UEFA Cup or the Europa League in six seasons; these include four consecutive seasons from 2013 to 2016. They have reached two Scottish League Cup finals: 1969 and 1998, losing both.[3]

Including the 2016–17 season, the team have spent 46 seasons in the top tier of the Scottish football league system, 44 in the second and 4 in the third. The table summarises their seasons from 1886–87 in Scottish and European football. It highlights the club's achievements in senior first team competitions, lists their managers and, where known, the top goalscorer(s) in each season. Some seasons to 1921–22 and the wartime seasons 1915–19 and 1939–45, in which the club did not compete in top-level football (e.g., Scottish Football League, Scottish Cup), are excluded.

Key

Seasons

The table is correct to the end of the 2019–20 season.

Seasons in which the team were promoted have the league position in green. Seasons in which the team were relegated have the league position in red.[A][B]

Seasons of St Johnstone F.C.
Season Manager(s) Div P W D L F A Pts Pos Scottish Cup League Cup Europa League Name Goals
League Top league scorer(s)
1886–87[C] committee[D] – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1887–88 committee – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1888–89 committee – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1889–90 committee – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1890–91 committee – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1895–96 committee – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1900–01 committee – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1902–03 committee – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1903–04 committee – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1904–05 committee – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1906–07 committee – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1907–08 committee – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1908–09 committee – – – – – – – – – R1 – –
1911–12 committee D2[E] 22 10 4 8 29 27 24 5th R1 – –
1912–13 committee D2 26 7 7 12 29 38 21 11th R3 – –
1913–14 committee D2 22 9 5 8 48 38 23 5th – – –
1914–15 committee D2 26 10 6 10 56 53 26 8th – – –
1919–20[F] Peter Grant – – – – – – – – – R2 – –
1921–22 Jimmy Buchan D2 38 12 11 15 41 52 35 13th R1 – –
1922–23 committee D2 38 19 12 7 60 39 48 3rd R1 – –
1923–24 committee D2 38 22 12 4 79 33 56 1st R2 – –
1924–25[G] David Taylor D1[H] 38 12 11 15 57 72 35 11th R1 – –
1925–26 David Taylor D1 38 9 10 19 43 78 28 18th R3 – –
1926–27 David Taylor D1 38 13 9 16 55 69 35 14th R1 – –
1927–28 David Taylor D1 38 14 8 16 66 67 36 11th R1 – –
1928–29 David Taylor D1 38 14 10 14 57 70 38 9th R2 – –
1929–30 David Taylor D1 38 6 7 25 48 96 19 20th R2 – –
1930–31 David Taylor D2 38 19 6 13 76 61 44 5th R2 – –
1931–32 Tommy Muirhead D2 38 24 7 7 102 52 55 2nd R2 – –
1932–33 Tommy Muirhead D1 38 17 10 11 70 55 44 5th R3 – –
1933–34 Tommy Muirhead D1 38 17 6 15 74 53 40 9th SF – –
1934–35 Tommy Muirhead D1 38 18 10 10 66 46 46 5th R4 – –
1935–36 Tommy Muirhead D1 38 15 7 16 70 81 37 7th R3 – –
1936–37 David Rutherford D1 38 14 8 16 74 68 36 12th R2 – –
1937–38 David Rutherford D1 38 16 7 15 78 81 39 8th R2 – –
1938–39 David Rutherford D1 38 17 6 15 85 82 40 8th R1 – –
1945–46 David Rutherford DB[I] 26 12 6 8 66 60 30 6th – – –
1946–47 David Rutherford DB 26 9 4 13 45 47 22 9th R1 Grp –
1947–48 Jimmy Crapnell DB 30 11 5 14 69 63 27 9th R2 Grp –
1948–49 Jimmy Crapnell DB 30 14 4 12 58 51 32 6th R1 Grp –
1949–50 Jimmy Crapnell DB 30 15 6 9 64 56 36 4th R2 Grp –
1950–51 Jimmy Crapnell DB 30 14 5 11 68 53 33 5th R2 Grp –
1951–52 Jimmy Crapnell DB 30 9 7 14 62 68 25 11th R2 QF –
1952–53 Jimmy Crapnell DB 30 8 6 16 41 63 22 14th R2 QF –
1953–54 Johnny Pattillo DB 30 14 3 13 80 71 31 6th R1 Grp –
1954–55 Johnny Pattillo DB 30 15 2 13 60 51 32 7th R6 QF –
1955–56 Johnny Pattillo D2 36 21 7 8 86 45 49 3rd R5 QF –
1956–57 Johnny Pattillo D2 36 14 6 16 79 80 34 12th R5 Grp –
1957–58 Johnny Pattillo D2 36 12 9 15 67 85 33 11th R2 Grp –
1958–59 Bobby Brown D2 36 15 10 11 54 44 40 6th R3 Grp –
1959–60 Bobby Brown D2 36 24 5 7 87 47 53 1st R1 Grp –
1960–61 Bobby Brown D1 34 10 9 15 47 63 29 15th R1 Grp – Matthew McVitie 08
1961–62 Bobby Brown D1 34 9 7 18 35 61 25 17th R2 SF – Alex Ferguson 05
1962–63 Bobby Brown D2 36 25 5 6 83 37 55 1st R2 SF –
1963–64 Bobby Brown D1 34 11 6 17 54 70 28 13th R2 PO –
1964–65 Bobby Brown D1 34 9 11 14 57 62 29 13th R2 Grp –
1965–66 Bobby Brown D1 34 9 8 17 58 81 26 14th R3 Grp –
1966–67 Bobby Brown[J] D1 34 10 5 19 53 73 25 15th R2 Grp –
1967–68 Willie Ormond D1 34 10 7 17 43 52 27 14th SF SF –
1968–69 Willie Ormond D1 34 16 5 13 66 59 37 6th R3 Grp –
1969–70 Willie Ormond D1 34 11 9 14 50 62 31 13th R1 RU – Henry Hall 15
1970–71 Willie Ormond D1 34 19 6 9 59 44 44 3rd R3 Grp –
1971–72 Willie Ormond D1 34 12 8 14 52 58 32 8th R3 QF 3QR
1972–73 Willie Ormond[J] D1 34 10 9 15 52 67 29 11th R3 QF –
1973–74 Jackie Stewart D1 34 9 10 15 41 60 28 12th R4 R2 –
1974–75 Jackie Stewart D1 34 11 12 11 41 44 34 10th[K] R4 Grp –
1975–76 Jackie Stewart PD[L] 36 3 5 28 29 79 11 10th R3 Grp – Jim O'Rourke 08
1976–77 Jim Storrie FD[M] 39 8 13 18 42 64 29 11th R3 Grp – Iain Anderson 08
1977–78 Jim Storrie FD 39 15 6 18 52 64 36 8th R4 R2 – Derek O'Connor 19
1978–79 Alex Stuart FD 39 10 11 18 57 66 31 12th R3 R1 – John Brogan 14
1979–80 Alex Stuart FD 39 12 10 17 57 74 34 11th R3 R3 – John Brogan 22
1980–81 Alex Rennie FD 39 20 11 8 64 45 51 3rd R4 R1 – Ally McCoist 22
1981–82 Alex Rennie FD 39 17 8 14 69 60 42 5th R4 Grp – Jim Morton 17
1982–83 Alex Rennie FD 39 25 5 9 59 37 55 1st R4 Grp – John Brogan 26
1983–84 Alex Rennie PD 36 10 3 23 36 81 23 9th R3 Grp – John Brogan 09
1984–85 Alex Rennie FD 39 10 5 24 51 78 25 14th R3 QF – Joe Reid 09
1985–86 Ian Gibson SD[N] 39 18 6 15 63 55 42 6th R3 R3 – Willie Brown 11
1986–87 Ian Gibson SD 39 16 13 10 59 49 45 5th R3 R4 – Willie Brown 25
1987–88 Alex Totten SD 39 25 9 5 74 24 59 2nd R3 R3 – Willie Watters 19
1988–89 Alex Totten FD 39 14 12 13 51 42 40 6th SF R2 – Steve Maskrey 12
1989–90[O] Alex Totten FD 39 25 8 6 81 39 58 1st R3 R2 – Roddy Grant 19
1990–91 Alex Totten PD 36 11 9 16 41 54 31 7th SF R2 – Harry Curran 09
1991–92 Alex Totten PD 44 13 10 21 52 73 36 8th R5 R3 – Paul Wright 18
1992–93 John McClelland PD 44 10 20 14 52 66 40 6th R5 SF – Paul Wright 14
1993–94 John McClelland
Paul Sturrock		 PD 44 10 20 14 35 47 40 10th R5 R3 – Paul Wright 07
1994–95 Paul Sturrock FD 36 14 14 8 59 39 56 5th R3 QF – George O'Boyle 19
1995–96 Paul Sturrock FD 36 19 8 9 60 36 65 4th R5 R2 – George O'Boyle 21
1996–97 Paul Sturrock FD 36 24 8 4 74 23 80 1st R3 R3 – Roddy Grant 19
1997–98 Paul Sturrock PD 36 13 9 14 38 42 48 5th R5 R3 – George O'Boyle 10
1998–99 Sandy Clark PL[P] 36 15 12 9 39 38 57 3rd SF RU – Gary Bollan
Roddy Grant
Miguel Simão		 4
1999–2000 Sandy Clark PL 36 10 12 14 36 44 42 5th R3 R3 1QR Nathan Lowndes 10
2000–01 Sandy Clark PL 38 9 13 16 40 56 40 10th R3 R3 – Keigan Parker 10
2001–02 Sandy Clark
Billy Stark		 PL 38 5 6 27 24 62 21 12th R3 R3 – Paul Hartley 04
2002–03 Billy Stark FD 36 20 7 9 49 29 67 3rd R4 R3 – Chris Hay 09
2003–04 Billy Stark FD 36 15 12 9 59 45 57 3rd R3 QF – Mixu Paatelainen 11
2004–05 John Connolly
Owen Coyle		 FD 36 12 10 14 38 39 46 8th R3 R1 – Peter MacDonald 11
2005–06 Owen Coyle FD 36 18 12 6 59 34 66 2nd R3 R2 – Jason Scotland 15
2006–07 Owen Coyle FD 36 19 8 9 65 42 65 2nd SF SF – Jason Scotland 18
2007–08
 Owen Coyle
Sandy Stewart
Derek McInnes		 FD 36 15 13 8 60 45 58 3rd SF R2 – Andy Jackson 14
2008–09
 Derek McInnes FD 36 17 14 5 55 35 65 1st R4 R2 – Steve Milne 14
2009–10
 Derek McInnes PL 38 12 11 15 57 61 47 8th R5 SF – Liam Craig 08
2010–11
 Derek McInnes PL 38 11 11 16 23 43 44 8th R5 R3 – Liam Craig 06
2011–12
 Derek McInnes
Steve Lomas		 PL 38 14 8 16 43 50 50 6th R3 R2 – Francisco Sandaza 14
2012–13
 Steve Lomas PL 38 14 14 10 45 44 56 3rd R5 QF 2QR Liam Craig
Murray Davidson
Nigel Hasselbaink
Rowan Vine		 07
2013–14
 Tommy Wright SP[Q] 38 15 8 15 48 42 53 6th Won SF 3QR Stevie May 20
2014–15
 Tommy Wright SP 38 16 9 13 34 34 57 4th R5 QF 3QR Brian Graham
Michael O'Halloran		 09
2015–16
 Tommy Wright SP 38 16 8 14 58 55 56 4th R4 SF 1QR Steve MacLean 14
2016–17
 Tommy Wright SP 38 17 7 14 50 46 58 4th R5 QF – Danny Swanson 10
2017–18
 Tommy Wright SP 38 12 10 16 42 53 46 8th R5 R2 1QR Steve MacLean 9
2018–19
 Tommy Wright SP 38 15 7 16 38 48 52 7th R5 QF – Matty Kennedy 6
2019–20
 Tommy Wright SP 30 8 12 9 28 46 45 6th QF Grp – Callum Hendry 7

Footnotes

A.  ^ Goal tallies are listed if known and are for the league competitions only. Divisions are not sorted alphabetically, but based on their placing in the Scottish football league system at that time.

B.  ^ In league matches, a win was worth 2 points until the 1993–94 season, after which it has been 3 points for a win.

C:  ^ St Johnstone's home ground from 1885 to 1924 was the Recreation Grounds, Perth.[4]

D:  ^ Prior to Peter Grant's appointment as team manager in 1919, the team was picked by committee – a practice in wide use at the time.

E:  ^ St Johnstone joined Division Two of the Scottish Football League in 1911–12 after Port Glasgow Athletic F.C. declined to apply for re-election.

F:  ^ Division Two was not played in 1919–20 and the club competed in the Scottish Cup only at top-level.

G:  ^ St Johnstone's home ground from 1924 to 1989 was Muirton Park.[5]

H:  ^ St Johnstone first qualified for Division One of the Scottish Football League in 1924–25 after winning Division Two in 1923–24. Between 1890 and 1975, the Division One was the highest tier in Scottish football.

I:  ^ In 1945–46, St Johnstone played in the Southern Football League (Scotland), a wartime regional league that defined the Scottish Football League structure when it recommenced in 1946–47. As St Johnstone were allocated to Division B of the regional league, the club having been inactive during the war, the team was effectively relegated to the lower tier between 1938–39 and 1946–47.

J:  ^ Bobby Brown and Willie Ormond both left St Johnstone to become manager of the Scottish national team.

K:  ^ The top-ten placed teams in 1974–75 formed the new Scottish Football League Premier Division (PD) for next season

L:  ^ The Scottish Football League Premier Division was, from 1975 until 1998, the top division of the Scottish Football League, replacing the old Division One.

M:  ^ The new Scottish Football League First Division (FD) was the second tier in the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013.

N:  ^ The Scottish Football League Second Division (SD) was the third tier of the Scottish football league system between 1975 and 2013.

O:  ^ St Johnstone's home ground since 1989 is McDiarmid Park which currently has an all-seated capacity of 10,696.[1]

P:  ^ The Scottish Premier Division was renamed the Scottish Premier League (PL) in 1998–99.

Q:  ^ The Scottish Premier League was renamed the Scottish Premiership (SP) in 2013–14.

References
General
  • "Soccerbase.com". Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  • "St Johnstone history". Statto.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
Specific
  1. "McDiarmid Park". St Johnstone FC. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. "St Johnstone make Scottish Cup history as MacLean sinks Dundee United". The Observer. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. "Honours and records". St Johnstone FC. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. "History – Recreation Ground". St Johnstone FC. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. "History – Muirton Park". St Johnstone FC. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

Further reading
  • Bannerman, Gordon (1991). Saints Alive! St Johnstone Football Club Five Years on a High. Sportsprint Publishing, Edinburgh. ISBN 0-85976-346-3.
  • Blair, Alastair (2003). St Johnstone FC (Images of Sport). Tempus Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7524-2183-2.
  • Blair A, Doyle B (2015). Manifest Destiny: The History of St Johnstone F.C. Tempus Publishing Limited.
  • Blair A, Doyle B (1997). Bristling with Possibilities: The History of St Johnstone F.C. Tempus Publishing Limited.
  • Slater, Jim (1992). Who's Who of St Johnstone 1946 to 1992. St Johnstone FC.
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