2018–19 St Johnstone F.C. season
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]
2018–19 season | |
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Chairman | Steve Brown |
Manager | Tommy Wright |
Stadium | McDiarmid Park Perth, Scotland (Capacity: 10,696) |
Scottish Premiership | Seventh place |
Scottish League Cup | Quarter finals |
Scottish Cup | Fifth round |
Top goalscorer | League: Kennedy (6) All: Watt (8) |
Highest home attendance | League: 7,086 vs Rangers 23 December 2018 Cup: 5,635 vs Celtic League Cup 26 September 2018 |
Lowest home attendance | League: 1,946 vs Livingston 23 January 2019 Cup: 1,687 vs East Fife League Cup 14 July 2018 |
Average home league attendance | 3,938 |
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 Hurst |
Report | May Wright |
Attendance: 1,554 Referee: Alan Muir |
10 July 2018 Friendly | Berwick Rangers | 0–4 | St Johnstone | Shielfield Park |
19:30 BST | Report | Watt McMillan Craig McClean |
Referee: Gavin Ross |
Scottish Premiership
5 August 2018 1 | Kilmarnock | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Rugby Park |
15:00 | S. Boyd Ndjoli |
Report | Attendance: 4,644 Referee: John Beaton |
12 August 2018 2 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Hibernian | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Watt |
Report | Shaw |
Attendance: 4,637 Referee: Willie Collum |
25 August 2018 3 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Watt |
Report | Attendance: 4,259 Referee: Steven McLean |
1 September 2018 4 | Hamilton Academical | 1–2 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park |
Bingham McMann |
Report | Alston McMillan Clark |
Attendance: 1,791 Referee: Bobby Madden |
15 September 2018 5 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Aberdeen | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 BST | McMillan Craig Alston Swanson |
Report | Considine McGinn Lowe |
Attendance: 4,880 Referee: Willie Collum |
23 September 2018 6 | Rangers | 5–1 | St Johnstone | Ibrox Stadium |
15:00 BST | Tavernier Morelos Arfield Lafferty Candeias |
Report | Foster Kerr Alston |
Attendance: 48,729 Referee: [[[Steven McLean]] |
29 September 2018 7 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–1 | St Johnstone | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Haring Dunne |
BBC Report | Callachan |
Attendance: 17,240 Referee: Nick Walsh |
7 October 2018 8 | St Johnstone | 0–6 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park |
Swanson Wotherspoon Anderson |
Report | Forrest Édouard McGregor |
Attendance: 5,993 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
20 October 2018 9 | Motherwell | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Fir Park |
15:00 BST | Bowman Hartley |
Report | Kerr |
Attendance: 3,752 Referee: Bobby Madden |
27 October 2018 10 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | St Mirren | McDiarmid Park |
Davidson Wotherspoon Kennedy |
Report | Mullen S McGinn P McGinn Baird |
Attendance: 2,716 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
31 October 2018 11 | Livingston | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Almondvale Stadium |
19:45 GMT | Pittman Menga Halkett |
Report | Kennedy Foster Tanser |
Attendance: 1,476 Referee: John Beaton |
3 November 2018 12 | Hibernian | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Easter Road |
15:00 GMT | Stevenson Bartley McGregor |
Report | Shaughnessy |
Attendance: 17,307 Referee: Nick Walsh |
10 November 2018 13 | St Johnstone | 4–0 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park |
Davidson Wright Kennedy Wotherspoon |
Report | Imrie McGowan Martin MacKinnon |
Attendance: 2,175 Referee: Steven McLean |
24 November 2018 14 | St Johnstone | 0–0 | Kilmarnock | McDiarmid Park |
Report | Taylor |
Attendance: 3,559 Referee: Willie Collum |
2 December 2018 15[N 1] | Celtic | P–P | St Johnstone | Celtic Park |
15:00 |
5 December 2018 16 | St Johnstone | 2–2 | Heart of Midlothian | McDiarmid Park |
Alston Wotherspoon Kennedy Craig Foster |
Report | Djoum Bozanic Haring Clare Berra |
Attendance: 3,040 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
8 December 2018 17 | Aberdeen | 0–2 | St Johnstone | Pittodrie Stadium |
15:00 GMT | Shinnie |
Report | Craig Tanser Shaughnessy Alston Davidson |
Attendance: 13,304 Referee: Don Robertson |
15 December 2018 18 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Motherwell | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 GMT (UTC) | Kennedy Watt Kerr |
Report | Aldred Johnson Dunne Campbell Main McHugh |
Attendance: 2,302 Referee: Alan Muir |
23 December 2018 19 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Rangers | McDiarmid Park |
12:15 GMT | Kennedy Craig Alston Watt |
Report | Goldson Morelos |
Attendance: 7,086 Referee: Nick Walsh |
26 December 2018 20 | St Mirren | 0–1 | St Johnstone | St Mirren Park |
15:00 GMT | Report | Callachan Watt |
Attendance: 4,891 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
29 December 2018 21 | Dundee | 0–2 | St Johnstone | Dens Park |
15:00 GMT | Boyle Woods Curran |
Report | Tanser Craig |
Attendance: 6,868 Referee: Don Robertson |
23 January 2019 22 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Livingston | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 GMT | Foster Davidson Wotherspoon |
Report | Halkett Pittman |
Attendance: 1,946 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
26 January 2019 23 | Heart of Midlothian | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Tynecastle Park |
15:00 | Godinho Morrison Djoum |
BBC Report | Callachan Foster Swanson |
Attendance: 16,672 Referee: Thomson |
30 January 2019 15 | Celtic | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Celtic Park |
19:45 | McGregor Christie |
Report | Attendance: 54,563 Referee: Greg Aitken |
3 February 2019 24 | St Johnstone | 0–2 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park |
12:30 | Report | Forrest Weah |
Attendance: 6,242 Referee: Willie Collum |
6 February 2019 25 | Hamilton Academical | 2–1 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park |
19:45 | Oakley |
Report | Craig |
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 Kerr Foster |
Report | Shinnie |
Attendance: 5,092 Referee: Euan Anderson |
27 February 2019 28 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Hibernian | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 GMT | Kane |
BBC Sport | McNulty |
Attendance: 4,136 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
9 March 2019 29 | Livingston | 3–1 | St Johnstone | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Halkett Sibbald Pittman |
Report | Shaughnessy Goss |
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 |
Report | Hladký Erhahon |
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 Turnbull Aldred Tait |
Report | Craig Davidson |
Attendance: 4,083 Referee: Euan Anderson |
3 April 2019 32 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 BST | Hendry Kennedy Callachan |
Report | O'Dea |
Attendance: 3,767 Referee: Greg Aitken |
6 April 2019 33 | Kilmarnock | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Rugby Park |
15:00 BST | Kane K. Boyd Power |
Report | Hendry Callachan Kerr Foster Craig |
Attendance: 4,685 Referee: Bobby Madden |
20 April 2019 34 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 BST | Tanser Craig Hendry |
Report | O'Dea Curran McGowan |
Attendance: 3,946 Referee: Alan Muir |
27 April 2019 35 | St Mirren | 1–1 | St Johnstone | St Mirren Park |
15:00 BST | Lyons Flynn Popescu Mullen |
Report | O'Halloran Davidson Tanser Kane |
Attendance: 5,213 Referee: Steven McLean |
4 May 2019 36 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Livingston | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | O'Halloran |
Report | Halkett Gallagher |
Attendance: 2,222 Referee: David Munro |
11 May 2019 37 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Motherwell | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Davidson Tanser Davidson Wotherspoon |
Report | Ariyibi Gillespie Aldred |
Attendance: 3,051 Referee: Colin Steven |
18 May 2019 38 | Hamilton Academical | 2–0 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park |
12:30 | Gordon Davies McMann Martin MacKinnon |
Report | Craig |
Attendance: 2,553 Referee: Steven McLean |
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 |
Attendance: 1,160 Referee: Barry Cook |
24 July 2018 Group | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Falkirk | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 | Scougall |
Report | Attendance: 2,379 Referee: Craig Thomson |
28 July 2018 Group | Forfar Athletic | 1–3 | St Johnstone | Station Park |
15:00 | Baird |
Report | Watt McMillan Kennedy |
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 Dobbie |
Report | Watt Wright Hendry |
Attendance: 1,652 Referee: Don Robertson |
26 September 2018 Quarter finals | St Johnstone | 0–1 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park |
19:45 | Report | Griffiths Tierney Boyata |
Attendance: 5,635 Referee: John Beaton |
Scottish Cup
19 January 2019 Fourth round | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 | Kerr Watt Craig |
Report | Gogic |
Attendance: 2,363 Referee: John Beaton |
10 February 2019 Fifth round | Celtic | 5–0 | St Johnstone | Celtic Park |
13:30 | Sinclair Brown Forrest |
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 | ||||||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||||||
1 | GK | 34 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||||||
3 | DF | 37 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 3 | |||||||
4 | MF | 10+11 | 4 | 4+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 4 | |||||||
5 | DF | 32+1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 3 | |||||||
7 | FW | 13+1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | |||||||
8 | MF | 26+2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |||||||
9 | FW | 14+16 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |||||||
10 | MF | 20+9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |||||||
11 | MF | 6+17 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||||||
12 | GK | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
14 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
15 | DF | 37 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 3 | |||||||
17 | MF | 9+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |||||||
18 | MF | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
19 | DF | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |||||||
20 | MF | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
22 | FW | 5+7 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |||||||
23 | DF | 9+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||||||
24 | DF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
26 | MF | 33+3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |||||||
27 | MF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
28 | MF | 17+7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||||||
30 | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
31 | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
32 | FW | 22+7 | 3 | 5+1 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 37 | 8 | |||||||
33 | MF | 34+2 | 6 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 41 | 7 | |||||||
45 | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
49 | FW | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
50 | MF | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
Player who left the club during the season | ||||||||||||||||
6 | DF | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
12 | GK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
16 | FW | 7+5 | 2 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | |||||||
17 | MF | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
21 | MF | 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[lower-alpha 1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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:
- 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
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 | — |
Transfers
In
Drey Wright, Tony Watt, Matty Kennedy, Conor Mitchell (6 month loan), Tristan Nydam (6 month loan), Danny Swanson, Ross Callachan, Michael O'Halloran, Niall Keown (on loan), Sean Goss (on loan), Cammy Bell (on loan)
Out
Steven MacLean, Chris Millar, Keith Watson, Alan Mannus, Callum Hendry (6 month loan), Steven Anderson (on loan), David McMillan (on loan), Stefan Scougall
See also
Footnotes
- Match postponed due to Celtic involvement in League Cup Final. Re-scheduled for 30 Jan 19
References
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45607018
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47106087
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47861667
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48158615
- "2018/19 Pre-Season Schedule". afc.co.uk. 4 May 2018.
- "Premiership 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- "Summary - League Cup Group B". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
- "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.