2010–11 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2010–11 season
ChairmanGeoff Brown
ManagerDerek McInnes
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Scottish Premier LeagueEighth place
Scottish CupSemi-final
League CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Sam Parkin (4)
All: Sam Parkin (5)
Highest home attendance6,886 vs. Celtic,
SPL, 30 October 2010
Lowest home attendance1,530 vs. Morton,
League Cup, 24 August 2010

The 2010–11 season for St Johnstone is the club's second back in the Scottish Premier League. They will compete in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup during the campaign.

Results and fixtures

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Premier League
14 August 2010 SPL Heart of Midlothian 1–1 St Johnstone Tynecastle Park
Elliot 45' BBC Sport Parkin 45'
Anderson Red card 73'		 Attendance: 14,562
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
21 August 2010 SPL St Johnstone 0–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
BBC Sport Mackie 86' Attendance: 6,523
Referee: Steven McLean
28 August 2010 SPL Rangers 2–1 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
Papac 33'
Miller 79'		 BBC Sport Grainger 25' Attendance: 46,109
Referee: Calum Murray
11 September 2010 SPL St Johnstone 0–2 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
BBC Sport Blackman 3'
Rutkiewicz 39' (Og.)		 Attendance: 3,254
Referee: Iain Brines
18 September 2010 SPL St Johnstone 2–1 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
Jackson 3'
Parkin 33'		 BBC Sport Lynch 37' Attendance: 3,349
Referee: John McKendrick
25 September 2010 SPL Dundee United 1–0 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
Goodwillie 33' BBC Sport Attendance: 7,397
Referee: Brian Winter
2 October 2010 SPL St Johnstone 2–0 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
Craig 76'
Haber 90+1'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 3,819
Referee: Dougie McDonald
16 October 2010 SPL Inverness CT 1–1 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
Hayes 71' BBC SPORT Samuel 8' Attendance: 4,883
Referee: Alan Muir
23 October 2010 SPL Hamilton Academical 1–2 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
Mensing 68 pen.' BBC Sport Parkin 19'
Grainger 86'		 Attendance: 2,431
Referee: Mike Tumilty
30 October 2010 SPL St Johnstone 0–3 Celtic McDiarmid Park
Grainger Yellow card 87' Red card BBC Sport McGinn 2', 89'
Izaguirre 41'		 Attendance: 6,866
Referee: Calum Murray
6 November 2010 SPL St Johnstone 0–3 Kilamrnock McDiarmid Park
BBC Sport Duberry 37 o.g.'
Sammon 83'
Kelly 90+4'		 Attendance: 3,230
Referee: Iain Brines
10 November 2010 SPL Motherwell 4–0 St Johnstone Fir Park
Blackman 12' (24), 45+1'
Sutton 88'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 3,361
Referee: Crawford Allan
13 November 2010 SPL St Johnstone 0–2 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
BBC Sport Kyle 64 pen.'
Stevenson 90+4'		 Attendance: 4,156
Referee: Mike Tumilty
20 November 2010 SPL Aberdeen 0–1 St Johnstone Pittodrie
McArdle Red card 47' BBC Sport Diamond 83 o.g.' Attendance: 7,841
Referee: William Collum
27 November 2010 SPL Hibernian 0–0 St Johnstone Easter Road
BBC SPORT Attendance: 10,248
Referee: Christian Lautiar
11 December 2010 SPL St Mirren 1–2 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
Higdon 62' BBC Sport Parkin 53'
Craig 90'		 Attendance: 2,701
Referee: Stephen Finnie
26 December 2010 SPL Celtic 2–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
Du-Ri 90+1'
Ki 90+3'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 41,522
Referee: Calum Murray
2 January 2011 SPL St Johnstone 1–0 Inverness CT McDiarmid Park
Samuel 85' BBC Sport Attendance: 3,126
Referee: George Salmond
15 January 2011 SPL Kilmarnock 1–1 St Johnstone Rugby Park
Sammon 16' BBC SPORT Taylor 86' Attendance: 4,885
Referee: Steven McLean
22 January 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,009
Referee: William Collum
26 January 2011 SPL St Johnstone 1–0 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
Craig 62' (pen.) BBC Sport Attendance: 2,268
Referee: Calum Murray
29 January 2011 SPL Heart of Midlothian 1–0 St Johnstone Tynecastle Park
Skácel 3' BBC Sport Attendance: 14,250
Referee: Crawford Allan
1 February 2011 SPL St Johnstone 2–0 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
May 4', 46' BBC Sport Attendance: 2,631
Referee: Euan Norris
19 February 2011 SPL Inverness CT 2–0 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
Tokely 28'
Duncan 62'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 3,942
Referee: William Collum
22 February 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0–0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,507
Referee: John McKendrick
27 February 2011 SPL Rangers 4–0 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
Jelavić 5', 90+2'
Lafferty 41'
Papac 62'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 43,125
Referee: Steven McLean
2 March 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0–0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
BBC SPORT Attendance: 2,909
Referee: Craig Thomson
5 March 2011 SPL St Johnstone 1–1 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
Towell 46' BBC SPORT Wotherspoon 80' Attendance: 4,446
Referee: Crawford Allan
19 March 2011 SPL Hamilton Academical 0–0 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
STfc Attendance: 2,111
Referee: Bobby Madden
2 April 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0–0 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,083
Referee: Stephen Finnie
5 April 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0–2 Rangers McDiarmid Park
BBC SPORT Lafferty 20'
Naismith 83'		 Attendance: 5,820
Referee: Crawford Allan
9 April 2011 SPL Dundee United 2–0 St Johnstone Tannadice
Russell 45'
Robertson 85'		 BBC SPORT Anderson Yellow card 15' Red card Attendance: 6,398
Referee: Mike Tumilty
12 April 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0–1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
BBC SPORT Kayal 45' Attendance: 6,338
Referee: Iain Brines
25 April 2011 SPL St Johnstone 0–3 Inverness CT McDiarmid Park
BBC SPORT Innes 36'
Doran 57'
Foran 70'		 Attendance: 2,395
Referee: Bobby Madden
30 April 2011 SPL Hibernian 1–2 St Johnstone Easter Road
Sodje 23' BBC SPORT Craig 74'
Moon 90'		 Attendance: 7,492
Referee: Crawford Allan
7 May 2011 SPL Aberdeen 0–2 St Johnstone Pittodrie
BBC SPORT Smith 8' (o.g.)
Adams 60'		 Attendance: 6,361
Referee: John McKendrick
10 May 2011 SPL St Johnstone 1–0 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
Craig 29 pen.' BBC SPORT McLaughlin Red card 28' Attendance: 2,253
Referee: Steve Conroy
14 May 2011 SPL St Mirren 0–0 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
BBC SPORT Attendance: 4,230
Referee: Calum Murray

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish League Cup
24 August 2010 Second round St Johnstone 2–0 Morton McDiarmid Park
Dobie 22'
Davidson 80'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 1,530
Referee: Crawford Allan
21 September 2010 Third round St Johnstone 3–0 Queen of the South McDiarmid Park
Morris 68'
Haber 72'
Millar 74'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 1,624
Referee: Alan Muir
27 October 2010 Quarter Final St Johnstone 2–3 Celtic McDiarmid Park
Parkin 31'
Davidson 54'		 BBC Sport Stokes 8', 13'
McGinn 12'		 Attendance: 5,151
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2010–11 Scottish Cup
11 January 2011 Fourth round Heart of Midlothian 0–1 St Johnstone Tynecastle Park
BBC Sport MacDonald 86' Attendance: 6,261
Referee: Brines
9 February 2011 Fifth round St Johnstone 2–0 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
Davidson 42'
Craig 57'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 2,441
Referee: Brines
12 March 2011 Quarter Final Brechin City 2–2 St Johnstone Glebe Park
Millar 48'
Invincibile 62'		 BBC Sport McAllister 42 pen.', 78' Attendance: 3,472
Referee: Conroy
22 March 2011 Quarter Final Replay St Johnstone 1–0 Brechin City McDiarmid Park
Samuel 37' BBC SPORT Attendance: 3,891
Referee: Conroy
16 April 2011 Semi Final Motherwell 3–0 St Johnstone Hampden Park
Craigan 5'
Murphy 14'
Sutton 39'		 BBC SPORT Attendance: 11,920
Referee: Brines

Squad statistics

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Finland FIN Peter Enckelman
2 DF Scotland SCO Dave Mackay (vice-captain)
3 DF England ENG Danny Grainger
4 MF England ENG Jody Morris (Club captain)
5 DF Scotland SCO Kevin Rutkiewicz (on loan to Dunfermline Athletic)
6 DF England ENG Michael Duberry
7 MF Scotland SCO Chris Millar
8 MF Lithuania LTU Arvydas Novikovas (on loan from Hearts)
9 FW England ENG Sam Parkin
10 MF Scotland SCO Liam Craig
11 MF Jamaica JAM Cleveland Taylor
12 DF Scotland SCO Steven Anderson
14 MF Scotland SCO Kevin Moon
15 GK Scotland SCO Graeme Smith
16 FW Scotland SCO Peter MacDonald
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Graham Gartland
18 FW Scotland SCO Scott Dobie (on loan to Bradford City)
19 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Maybury
20 MF Scotland SCO Murray Davidson
21 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Collin Samuel
22 FW Australia AUS Danny Invincibile
23 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Jackson
24 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Adams
26 FW Scotland SCO Stephen Reynolds
31 DF Scotland SCO Mark Durnan
32 FW Scotland SCO Stevie May
35 GK Scotland SCO Alexander Clark
36 MF Scotland SCO Ricky McIntosh
37 MF Scotland SCO Liam Caddis
45 GK Scotland SCO Neil Duffy

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Motherwell 38 13 7 18 40 60 −20 46
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 14 11 13 52 44 +8 53
8 St Johnstone 38 11 11 16 23 43 −20 44
9 Aberdeen 38 11 5 22 39 59 −20 38
10 Hibernian 38 10 7 21 39 61 −22 37
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.