2014–15 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was St Johnstone's sixth-consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and their second in the newly established Scottish Premiership. St Johnstone also competed in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Europa League. They also went into the season the holders of the Scottish Cup, having won it for the first time in their history the previous year.

St Johnstone
2014–15 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
PremiershipFourth place
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
lost to Spartak Trnava
League CupQuarter finals
lost to Rangers
Scottish CupFifth round
lost to Queen of the South
Top goalscorerLeague: Brian Graham (9)
Michael O'Halloran (9)

All: Brian Graham (10)
Michael O'Halloran (10)
Highest home attendance8,486 vs FC Luzern
UEFA Europa League
24 July 2014
Lowest home attendance2,383 vs Ross County
Scottish Cup
29 November 2014

Summary

St Johnstone kept manager Tommy Wright for the season with Callum Davidson assistant. They went into the 2014–15 Season as Scottish Cup holders after winning it for the first time in their history the previous year. However, they were unable to retain the trophy after losing to Queen of the South in the Fifth Round.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season/friendlies

9 July 2014 FriendlyEast Fife0–4St JohnstoneBayview Stadium, Levenmouth, Methil
saints O'Halloran
May
MacLean
Kane
12 July 2014 FriendlyRaith Rovers1–1St JohnstoneStark's Park, Kirkcaldy
Nadé saints Wotherspoon Attendance: 1,103
19 July 2014 FriendlySt Johnstone0–0York City McDiarmid Park, Perth
saints Attendance: 994
3 August 2014 Steven Anderson TestimonialSt Johnstone0–4Heart of MidlothianMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 saints
Hearts Report
Sow  31'
Holt  33'
Oliver  54', 67'
Attendance: 2,182
Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish Premiership

10 August 2014 1Ross County1–2St JohnstoneVictoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Jervis  55' BBC
saints
O'Halloran  31'
MacLean  48'
Attendance: 3,287
Referee: Kevin Clancy
13 August 2014 2St Johnstone0–3CelticMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 BBC
saints
Stokes  55'
Bitton  76' (pen.)
McGregor  83'
Attendance: 6,890
Referee: John Beaton
16 August 2014 3Hamilton Academical1–0St JohnstoneNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 MacKinnon  16' BBC
saints
Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Bobby Madden
23 August 2014 4St Johnstone1–0AberdeenMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 MacLean  80' BBC
saints
Attendance: 6,377
Referee: Craig Thomson
30 August 2014 5Motherwell0–1St JohnstoneFir Park, Motherwell
15:00 BBC
saints
Graham  86' Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Alan Muir
13 September 2014 6St Johnstone0–1DundeeMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 BBC
saints
Harkins  28' Attendance: 6,562
Referee: Willie Collum
20 September 2014 7Inverness Caledonian Thistle2–1St JohnstoneCaledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00 Watkins  61'
Christie  66'
BBC
saints
Graham  78' Attendance: 2,770
Referee: Calum Murray
27 September 2014 8Dundee United2–0St JohnstoneTannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Erskine  23'
Paton  72'
BBC
saints
Attendance: 7,161
Referee: Bobby Madden
4 October 2014 9St Johnstone1–2St MirrenMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Anderson  68' BBC
saints
Naismith  28'
Drury  87'
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Don Robertson
18 October 2014 10St Johnstone1–2KilmarnockMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Murray Davidson  10' BBC
saints
Magennis  19', 22' Attendance: 3,115
Referee: Craig Thomson
25 October 2014 11Partick Thistle0–0St JohnstoneFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 BBC
saints
Attendance: 3,090
Referee: Calum Murray
31 October 2014 12St Johnstone2–1MotherwellMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 O'Halloran  40', 80' BBC
saints
Ainsworth  13' Attendance: 2,531
Referee: Kevin Clancy
8 November 2014 13Dundee1–1St JohnstoneDens Park, Dundee
15:00 Clarkson  41' BBC
saints
Graham  53' (pen.) Attendance: 6,931
Referee: Bobby Madden
22 November 2014 14St Johnstone2–1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 McFadden  39'
O'Halloran  73'
BBC
saints
Jervis  75' Attendance: 2,776
Referee: Steven McLean
6 December 2014 15St Mirren0–1St JohnstoneSt Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00 BBC
saints
O'Halloran  8' Attendance: 2,720
Referee: Kevin Clancy
13 December 2014 16Kilmarnock0–1St JohnstoneRugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00 BBC
saints
Graham  82' (pen.) Attendance: 3,220
Referee: Don Robertson
20 December 2014 17St Johnstone1–0Inverness Caledonian ThistleMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Graham  62' (pen.) BBC
saints
Draper  67' Attendance: 2,891
Referee: Brian Colvin
27 December 2014 18St Johnstone2–1Dundee UnitedMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 O'Halloran  76'
Millar  86'
BBC
saints
Butcher  43' Attendance: 7,384
Referee: Alan Muir
1 January 2015 19Aberdeen2–0St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Goodwillie  6'
Smith  93'
BBC
saints
Attendance: 15,263
Referee: Craig Thomson
4 January 2015 20St Johnstone0–1Hamilton AcademicalMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 McFadden  41'  84' BBC
saints
Andreu  34' Attendance: 3,202
Referee: Andrew Dallas
17 January 2015 21St Johnstone2–0Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Mackay  4'
Anderson  49'
BBC
saints
Attendance: 2,994
Referee: Greg Aitken
20 January 2015 22Inverness Caledonian Thistle2–0St JohnstoneCaledonian Stadium, Inverness
19:45 Billy McKay  34'
Marley Watkins  41'
BBC
saints
Attendance: 3,161
Referee: Kevin Clancy
23 January 2015 23St Johnstone1–1AberdeenMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 Lappin  30' BBC
saints
Rooney  57' Attendance: 4,845
Referee: Bobby Madden
31 January 2015 24Motherwell1–1St JohnstoneFir Park, Motherwell
15:00 Laing  25'
Sutton  75'
BBC
saints
Davidson  8' Attendance: 3,449
Referee: Willie Collum
14 February 2015 25St Johnstone1–2CelticMcDiarmid Park, Perth
O'Halloran  72' BBC
saints
Griffiths  1'
Johansen  52'
Attendance: 6,727
Referee: Kevin Clancy
21 February 2015 26Dundee United0–2St JohnstoneTannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 BBC
saints
O'Halloran  9', 44' Attendance: 7,623
Referee: Willie Collum
28 February 2015 27St Johnstone0–0KilmarnockMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 BBC
saints
Attendance: 3,170
Referee: Euan Anderson
4 March 2015 28Celtic0–1St JohnstoneCeltic Park, Glasgow
19:45 BBC
saints
Swanson  54' Attendance: 41,849
Referee: Calum Murray
14 March 2015 29Partick Thistle3–0St JohnstoneFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Doolan  3'
Balatoni  9'
Bannigan  65'
BBC Attendance: 3,196
Referee: Willie Collum
21 March 2015 30St Johnstone2–0St MirrenMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Graham  33'
Anderson  62'
BBC Attendance: 3,166
Referee: John Beaton
4 April 2015 31Hamilton Academical1–1St JohnstoneNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Crawford  7'
Canning  58'
BBC Graham  72' Attendance: 2,032
Referee: Greg Aitken
7 April 2015 32Ross County1–0St JohnstoneVictoria Park, Dingwall
19:45 Boyce  84' BBC Attendance: 3,319
Referee: Kevin Clancy
11 April 2015 33St Johnstone1–0DundeeMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Graham  26' BBC Attendance: 6,386
Referee: Steven McLean
25 April 2015 34Dundee0–2St JohnstoneDens Park, Dundee
15:00 Stewart  40'  63' BBC Swanson  53'
Davidson 67' (o.g.)
Attendance: 6,530
Referee: Craig Thomson
2 May 2015 35St Johnstone1–1Inverness Caledonian ThistleMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Graham  82' BBC Doran  55'
Raven  45'  85'
Attendance: 2,986
Referee: Andrew Dallas
9 May 2015 36St Johnstone1–1Dundee UnitedMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Davidson  77' BBC Rankin  68' Attendance: 4,862
Referee: Kevin Clancy
15 May 2015 37St Johnstone0–0CelticMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 BBC Attendance: 6,984
Referee: Crawford Allan
24 May 2015 38Aberdeen1–0St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
12:30 BBC Chris Kane  70' Attendance: 16,389
Referee: Willie Collum

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

17 July 2014 Second qualifying roundLuzern 1–1St JohnstoneLucerne, Switzerland
18:30 BST Schneuwly  67' BBC
saints
MacLean  47' Stadium: Swissporarena
Attendance: 8,902
Referee: Benoît Bastien
24 July 2014 Second qualifying roundSt Johnstone1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
(5–4 p)
LuzernPerth, Scotland
19:45 BST May  22' (pen.) BBC
saints
Schneuwly  60' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 8,486
Referee: Jonathan Lardot
Penalties
MacLean
Caddis
Mackay
May
Scobbie
Freuler
Schneuwly
Thiesson
Wiss
Winter
31 July 2014 Third qualifying roundSt Johnstone1–2 Spartak TrnavaPerth, Scotland
19:45 BST Mackay  90+3' BBC
saints
Schranz  34', 63' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 7,001
Referee: Mattias Gestranius
7 August 2014 Third qualifying roundSpartak Trnava 1–1
(3–2 agg.)
St JohnstoneZlaté Moravce, Slovakia
18:30 BST Mikovič  82' BBC
saints
May  42' Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn
Attendance: 3,884
Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández

Scottish League Cup

23 September 2014 Third RoundKilmarnock0–1St JohnstoneRugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 Eremenko  71'  BBC
saints
Graham  78' Attendance: 2,550
Referee: Steven McLean
28 October 2014 Quarter-FinalRangers1–0St JohnstoneIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:15 Macleod  86' BBC
saints
Attendance: 13,023
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

29 November 2014 Fourth RoundSt Johnstone2–1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 O'Halloran  7'
McFadden  12'
BBC
saints
Jervis  63' Attendance: 2,383
Referee: John Beaton
7 February 2015 Fifth RoundQueen of the South2–0St JohnstonePalmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00 Lyle  48'
Reilly  90'
BBC
saints
Attendance: 3,043
Referee: Steven McLean

Squad statistics

During the 2014–15 season, St Johnstone have used twenty three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

Includes all competitive matches. Alan Mannus is the only player to have played every minute of every game in this season

As of match played 24 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipEuropa LeagueLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Alan Mannus 460380402020
2 DF Dave Mackay 422341412020
3 DF Tam Scobbie 24017+301+200010
4 DF Simon Lappin 31119+81002020
5 DF Frazer Wright 29023+10301010
6 DF Steven Anderson 413373002020
7 MF Chris Millar 381311402010
9 FW Steve MacLean 28323+12410000
10 MF David Wotherspoon 42030+50400+101+10
11 MF Danny Swanson 1228+32000010
14 FW Brian Graham 271016+7900211+10
16 MF Liam Caddis 2005+1002+100+2000
17 FW James McFadden 2028+91000+1021
18 MF Murray Davidson 27317+6300201+10
19 DF Gary Miller 2508+11040100+10
20 MF Scott Brown 1207+20300000
22 MF Lee Croft 34017+1003+102010
24 DF Brian Easton 40031+10402020
25 FW Chris Kane 1714+1110+100010
29 FW Michael O'Halloran 461029+993+10201+11
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
8 MF Gary McDonald 19010+601+100+1000
11 FW Adam Morgan 501+40000000
17 FW Stevie May 2200220000

Goal scorers

As of 24 May 2015
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
114Brian Graham901010
29Michael O'Halloran900110
36Steven Anderson30003
9Steve MacLean21003
18Murray Davidson30003
52Dave Mackay11002
11Danny Swanson20002
17Stevie May02002
17James McFadden10012
104Simon Lappin10001
7Chris Millar10001
25Chris Kane10001
Own goal10001
Totals 3441241

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 24 May 2015

Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
2DFDave Mackay 5110000061
3DFTam Scobbie 2010000030
4DFSimon Lappin 6000000060
5DFFrazer Wright 1020001040
6DFSteven Anderson 7000100080
7MFChris Millar 4000000040
8MFGary McDonald 2000000020
9FWSteve MacLean 6000000060
10MFDavid Wotherspoon 90200000110
11MFDanny Swanson 4000000040
14MFBrian Graham 4000000040
16MFLiam Caddis 0010000010
17FWJames McFadden 3100001041
18MFMurray Davidson 5000101070
19DFGary Miller 3010000040
22MFLee Croft 3010000040
24DFBrian Easton 3010100050
25FWChris Kane 1010000020
29FWMichael O'Halloran 1000100020
Totals 69 2 11 0 4 0 3 0 87 2

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
2 Aberdeen 38 23 6 9 57 33 +24 75 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 19 8 11 52 42 +10 65 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 St Johnstone 38 16 9 13 34 34 0 57 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5 Dundee United 38 17 5 16 58 56 +2 56
6 Dundee[lower-alpha 2] 38 11 12 15 46 57 11 45
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. Inverness Caledonian Thistle qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.
  2. Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Results by opponent

St Johnstone score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen1–00–21–11–07
Celtic0–31–21–00–04
Dundee0–11–11–02–07
Dundee United0–22–12–01–17
Hamilton Academical0–10–11–1X1
Inverness C.T.1–21–00–21–14
Kilmarnock1–21–00–0X4
Motherwell1–02–11–1X7
Partick Thistle0–02–00–3X4
Ross County2–12–10–1X6
St Mirren1–21–02–0X6

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

Notes and references

  1. "Sheffield Wednesday sign striker Stevie May from St Johnstone". BBC Sport. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  2. "St Johnstone: Simon Lappin agrees deal after Cardiff exit". BBC Sport. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  3. "Brian Graham: St Johnstone sign Dundee United striker on loan". BBC Sport. 28 August 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. "James McFadden: St Johnstone sign ex-Everton player". BBC Sport. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. "Transfer Deadline Day Summary". scottishfa. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  6. "St Johnstone re-sign trio as four exit Scottish Cup winners". BBC Sport. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  7. "Diamonds bring in Gray". SPFL. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  8. "St Johnstone re-sign trio as four exit Scottish Cup winners". BBC Sport. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  9. "Chris Iwelumo: Chester sign ex-Scotland international striker". BBC Sport. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  10. "Zander Clark Rejoins". qosfc. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  11. "St Johnstone re-sign trio as four exit Scottish Cup winners". BBC Sport. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  12. "Stevie May completes move to Sheffield Wednesday from St Johnstone". STV. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  13. "St Johnstone re-sign trio as four exit Scottish Cup winners". BBC Sport. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  14. "Cregg Signs". shamrockrovers. 15 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  15. "Friday signings update". SPFL. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  16. "LOAN SIGNING – DYLAN JOINS FROM SAINTS". SPFL. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  17. "Gary McDonald: Peterhead sign experienced midfielder". BBC Sport. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
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