2018–19 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2018–19 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Perth, Scotland
(Capacity: 10,696)
Scottish Premiership7th
Scottish CupFifth round
Scottish League CupQuarter finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Matty Kennedy (6)
All:
Tony Watt (8)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 7,086 vs Rangers 23 December 2018
Cup: 5,635 vs Celtic
League Cup
26 September 2018
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 1,946 vs Livingston 23 January 2019
Cup: 1,687 vs East Fife
League Cup
14 July 2018
Average home league attendance3,938

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

Main article: 2018–19 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 Yellow card 29', 69'
McMann Yellow card 36'		 Report Alston 37'
McMillan 45+1'
Clark Yellow card 90'		 Attendance: 1,791
Referee: Bobby Madden
15 September 2018 5 St Johnstone 1–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST McMillan 13'
Craig Yellow card 18'
Alston Yellow card 66'
Swanson Yellow card 89'		 Report Considine Yellow card 47'
McGinn 69'
Lowe Yellow card 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 Yellow card 30'
Kerr Yellow card 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 Red card 48'
Wotherspoon Yellow card 75'
Anderson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 63'
Hartley Yellow card 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 Yellow card 54'
Wotherspoon 60'
Kennedy 84',Yellow card 85'		 Report Mullen Yellow card 23'
S McGinn Yellow card 72'
P McGinn Yellow card 82'
Baird Yellow card 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 Yellow card 33'
Menga Yellow card 57'
Halkett Yellow card 84'		 Report Kennedy 5'
Foster Yellow card 21'
Tanser Yellow card 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 Yellow card 55'
Bartley Yellow card 82'
McGregor Yellow card 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' Yellow card 62'
Wotherspoon 74'		 Report Imrie Yellow card 20'
McGowan Yellow card 39'
Martin Yellow card 51'
MacKinnon Yellow card 76'		 Attendance: 2,175
Referee: Steven McLean
24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 14 St Johnstone 0–0 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
Report Taylor Yellow card 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 Yellow card 54'
Kennedy 69' (pen.)
Craig Yellow card 79'
Foster Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Djoum 6'
Bozanic 41'
Haring Yellow card 47'
Clare Yellow card 61'
Berra Yellow card 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 Yellow card 30' Report Craig Yellow card 36'
Tanser Yellow card 56'
Shaughnessy 71'
Alston 74'
Davidson Yellow card 77'		 Attendance: 13,304
Referee: Don Robertson
15 December 2018 18 St Johnstone 1–2 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 GMT (UTC) Kennedy soccer ball with red X 26'
Watt Yellow card 46'
Kerr 83'		 Report Aldred 2'
Johnson 17'
Dunne Yellow card 26'
Campbell Yellow card 44'
Main Yellow card 82'
McHugh Yellow card 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 Yellow card 54'
Alston Yellow card 87'
Watt Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Goldson Yellow card 62'
Morelos 65', 88' Yellow card 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 Yellow card 53'
Watt 89'		 Attendance: 4,891
Referee: Kevin Clancy
29 December 2018 21 Dundee 0–2 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 GMT Boyle Yellow card 64'
Woods Yellow card 76'
Curran Yellow card 81'		 Report Tanser 1'
Craig 58' Yellow card 76'		 Attendance: 6,868
Referee: Don Robertson
23 January 2019 22 St Johnstone 1–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
19:45 GMT Foster Yellow card 44'
Davidson 78' Yellow card 88'
Wotherspoon Yellow card 90'		 Report Halkett Yellow card 30'
Pittman Yellow card 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 Yellow card 68'		 BBC Report Callachan Yellow card 26'
Foster Yellow card 47'
Swanson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 32'
Kerr Yellow card 71'
Foster Yellow card 79'		 Report Shinnie 16', 75' Yellow card 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', Yellow card 62'
Pittman 90+2'		 Report Shaughnessy 14'
Goss Yellow card 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 Yellow card 38'
Erhahon Red card 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 Yellow card 80'
Aldred Yellow card 87'
Tait 90+2'		 Report Craig soccer ball with red X 14'
Davidson Yellow card 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 Yellow card 90'		 Report O'Dea Yellow card 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 Yellow card 74'		 Report Hendry Yellow card 12'
Callachan Yellow card 36'
Kerr Yellow card 43' Yellow-red card 68'
Foster Yellow card 65'
Craig Yellow card 73'		 Attendance: 4,685
Referee: Bobby Madden
20 April 2019 34 St Johnstone 2–0 Dundee McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Tanser 54'
Craig Yellow card 61'
Hendry 68'		 Report O'Dea Yellow card 53'
Curran Yellow card 55'
McGowan Yellow card 83'		 Attendance: 3,946
Referee: Alan Muir
27 April 2019 35 St Mirren 1–1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 BST Lyons Yellow card 45+1'
Flynn Yellow card 55'
Popescu Yellow card 64'
Mullen 90'		 Report O'Halloran Yellow card 32'
Davidson Yellow card 33'
Tanser Yellow card 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 Yellow card 51' 84'
Gallagher Yellow card 86'		 Attendance: 2,222
Referee: David Munro
11 May 2019 37 St Johnstone 2–0 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 Davidson Yellow card 29'
Tanser 34' (pen.)
Davidson 47'
Wotherspoon Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Ariyibi Yellow card 21'
Gillespie Yellow card 34'
Aldred Yellow card 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 Yellow card 72'
Martin Yellow card 77'
MacKinnon Yellow card 88'		 Report Craig Yellow card 6' Attendance: 2,553
Referee: Steven McLean

League Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish 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
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 Yellow card 86'
Boyata Red card 90'		 Attendance: 5,635
Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish Cup
19 January 2019 Fourth round St Johnstone 2–0 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 Kerr 1'
Watt 26'
Craig Yellow card 55'		 Report Gogic Yellow card 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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Zander Clark 34 0 6 0 2 0 42 0
3 DF England Scott Tanser 37 3 5 0 2 0 44 3
4 MF Scotland Blair Alston 10+11 4 4+2 0 0 0 27 4
5 DF Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy (c) 32+1 3 2 0 2 0 37 3
7 FW England Drey Wright 13+1 1 6 1 0 0 20 2
8 MF Scotland Murray Davidson 26+2 2 5 0 1 0 34 2
9 FW Scotland Chris Kane 14+16 3 0+2 0 2 0 34 3
10 MF Canada David Wotherspoon 20+9 2 4 0 2 0 35 2
11 MF Scotland Danny Swanson 6+17 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 25 0
12 GK Scotland Cammy Bell 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 DF Scotland Aaron Comrie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 DF Scotland Jason Kerr 37 2 5 0 2 1 44 3
17 MF Scotland Michael O'Halloran 9+5 1 0 0 0 0 14 1
18 MF Scotland Ali McCann 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0
19 DF Scotland Ricky Foster 37 0 6 0 2 0 45 0
20 MF Northern Ireland Kyle McClean 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 2 0
22 FW England Callum Hendry 5+7 2 0+2 1 0 0 14 3
23 DF Scotland Liam Gordon 9+3 0 4 0 0 0 16 0
24 DF Scotland Brian Easton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 MF Scotland Liam Craig 33+3 2 5 0 2 0 43 2
27 MF England Sean Goss 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
28 MF Scotland Ross Callachan 17+7 1 1 0 1+1 0 27 1
30 GK Scotland Mark Hurst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF Republic of Ireland Niall Keown 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
32 FW Scotland Tony Watt 22+7 3 5+1 4 1+1 1 37 8
33 MF Northern Ireland Matty Kennedy 34+2 6 2+1 1 2 0 41 7
45 GK Scotland Ross Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 FW Scotland Oliver Hamilton 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
50 MF Scotland Jordan Northcott 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Player who left the club during the season
6 DF Scotland Steven Anderson 2+1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
12 GK Northern Ireland Conor Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Republic of Ireland David McMillan 7+5 2 3+3 1 0+1 0 19 3
17 MF England Tristan Nydam 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
21 MF Scotland 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 Qualification or relegation[a]
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:
  1. ^ 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

Main article: 2018–19 Scottish League Cup § Group B
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

See also

List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

Footnotes

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

References

  1. ^ "Griffiths goal edges Celtic into semis". BBC Sport.
  2. ^ "Sinclair treble helps Celtic to quarters". BBC Sport.
  3. ^ "Watt to leave St Johnstone in summer". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ "Saints beat Well to secure seventh place". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "2018/19 Pre-Season Schedule". afc.co.uk. 4 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Premiership 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group B". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  9. ^ "St Johnstone recruit midfielder Drey Wright from Colchester". BBC Sport. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Tony Watt: St Johnstone sign Scotland striker on one year deal". BBC Sport. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Winger Kennedy joins on two-year deal". St Johnstone FC. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Conor Mitchell: St Johnstone sign goalkeeper on loan from Burnley". BBC Sport. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Tristan Nydam: St Johnstone take midfielder on loan from Ipswich". BBC Sport. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Callachan Signs on two-year deal". St Johnstone FC. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Callachan Signs on two-year deal". St Johnstone FC. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  16. ^ "St Johnstone's Steven Anderson joins Partick Thistle, with Niall Keown switching to Perth". BBC Sport. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  17. ^ "St Johnstone sign QPR's Sean Goss and Partick Thistle's Cammy Bell on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  18. ^ "St Johnstone sign QPR's Sean Goss and Partick Thistle's Cammy Bell on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Chris Millar Returns Home". Greenock Morton FC. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Ross County sign defenders Callum Morris & Keith Watson". BBC Sport. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  21. ^ "Steven MacLean: St Johnstone striker to join Hearts on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  22. ^ "Big Al Loves Rovers". BBC Sport. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Callum Hendry". Brechin City. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  24. ^ "St Johnstone's Steven Anderson joins Partick Thistle, with Niall Keown switching to Perth". BBC Sport. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  25. ^ "New Signing: David McMillan". Hamilton Academical FC. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  26. ^ "Stefan Scougall: Carlisle United sign Scottish midfielder on short-term deadline day deal". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.