2001–02 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2001–02 season saw St Johnstone compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 12th position with 21 points, suffering relegation.[1]

St Johnstone

Scottish Premier League	12th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Third Round

Results

St Johnstone's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	28 July 2001	Celtic	A	0–3	58,002
2	4 August 2001	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–2	4,701
3	11 August 2001	Dundee United	H	0–1	5,156
4	18 August 2001	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	6,480	Falconer 90'
5	25 August 2001	Aberdeen	H	1–1	5,459	Weir 46'
6	8 September 2001	Dundee	A	1–1	7,050	Jackson 73'
7	15 September 2001	Livingston	H	2–2	3,812	Falconer 16', MacDonald 50'
8	23 September 2001	Hibernian	A	0–4	10,404
9	29 September 2001	Motherwell	H	2–3	3,269	Connolly 13', MacDonald 55'
10	13 October 2001	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–3	10,735
11	21 October 2001	Rangers	H	0–2	8,331
12	27 October 2001	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–2	4,494	Hartley 4'
13	3 November 2001	Celtic	H	1–2	9,041	Dods 26'
14	10 November 2001	Kilmarnock	A	1–0	6,008	Falconer 39'
15	17 November 2001	Dundee United	A	1–2	6,624	Connolly 65'
16	24 November 2001	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	3,771	Russell 12'
17	1 December 2001	Aberdeen	A	0–1	17,396
18	8 December 2001	Dundee	H	0–2	5,229
19	15 December 2001	Livingston	A	1–2	4,563	Hartley 48'
20	22 December 2001	Hibernian	H	0–0	4,056
21	26 December 2001	Motherwell	A	2–1	4,659	Murray 9', MacDonald 38'
22	29 December 2001	Rangers	A	0–1	48,827
23	2 January 2002	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–2	5,413
24	12 January 2002	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–1	3,459
25	19 January 2002	Celtic	A	1–2	58,587	Dods 6'
26	22 January 2002	Dundee United	H	1–4	3,771	Youssouf 65'
27	2 February 2002	Aberdeen	H	0–1	4,305
28	9 February 2002	Dundee	A	0–1	6,344
29	16 February 2002	Livingston	H	3–0	3,784	Hartley 44', Parker 80', Jones 90'
30	2 March 2002	Hibernian	A	0–3	13,731
31	6 March 2002	Rangers	H	0–2	6,382
32	9 March 2002	Motherwell	H	0–2	3,282
33	23 March 2002	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–1	10,672	Løvenkrands 21', 31', McBride 39'
34	6 April 2002	Motherwell	A	1–1	3,418	Hartley 22'
35	13 April 2002	Dundee	H	0–1	3,055
36	20 April 2002	Kilmarnock	H	0–3	2,285
37	27 April 2002	Dundee United	A	0–0	5,190
38	12 May 2002	Hibernian	H	0–1	3,372

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	8 January 2002	Aberdeen	H	0–2	4,070

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2001–02 Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	26 September 2001	Clyde	A	2–1	911	MacDonald 25', 86'
R3	9 October 2001	Dundee United	A	2–3	5,851	Hartley 9', Dods 36'

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8	Dundee United	38	12	10	16	38	59	−21	46
9	Dundee	38	12	8	18	41	55	−14	44
10	Hibernian	38	10	11	17	51	56	−5	41
11	Motherwell	38	11	7	20	49	69	−20	40
12	St Johnstone	38	5	6	27	24	62	−38	21	Relegation to the First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

References

1. "Scotland 2001/02". RSSSF.

External links

• St Johnstone 2001–02 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)