2020–21 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2020–21 St Johnstone F.C. season is the club's eighth season in the Scottish Premiership and their eleventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone will also compete in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

St Johnstone
2020–21 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerCallum Davidson
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Top goalscorerLeague: 3 players (1)
All: 3 players (1)

Season Summary

After the resignation of Tommy Wright, Alec Cleland took over as interim manager.[1] After sixteen years at the club Steven Anderson left before the season began along with Danny Swanson, Ross Callachan and David McMillan.[2] Former player and assistant manager Callum Davidson was appointed manager.[3] Former striker Steven MacLean retired to become a coach alongside Cleland who returns to his former role.[4]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
21 July 2020 FriendlyAberdeen1–2St JohnstoneAberdeen
Anderson [5] Tanser  75' (pen), 80' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 0
25 July 2020 FriendlySt MirrenCancelledSt JohnstonePaisley
[6] Stadium: St Mirren Park
Note: Match cancelled after positive COVID-19 tests

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2020–21 Scottish Premiership
1 August 2020[7] 1Dundee United1–1St JohnstoneTannadice Park
15:00 BST Clark  6' (pen.) Report Craig  55' Referee: Kevin Clancy
8 August 2020 2St JohnstoneP – P[8]AberdeenMcDiarmid Park
12:30 BST
Note: Rearranged for 20 August
12 August 2020 3Rangers3–0St JohnstoneIbrox Stadium
19:45 BST Barisic  21'
Kent  45+2'
Aribo  49'		 Report Referee: Euan Anderson
15 August 2020 4Kilmarnock1–2St JohnstoneRugby Park
15:00 BST Tshibola  61'
Millen  63'		 Report Wotherspoon  85'
O'Halloran  90+4'		 Referee: Andrew Dallas
20 August 2020 2St JohnstonevAberdeenMcDiarmid Park
19:30 BST
Note: Rearranged after postponement, live on Sky Sports
For upcoming Scottish Premiership fixtures, see the official St Johnstone F.C. website

Squad statistics

Appearances
As of 15 August 2020
No.PosPlayerPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2DF Wallace Duffy 000000 00
3DF Scott Tanser 1+200000 30
4DF Jamie McCart 200000 20
5DF Jason Kerr (c) 300000 30
6DF Liam Gordon 300000 30
7MF Craig Conway 2+100000 30
10MF David Wotherspoon 2+110000 31
11FW Michael O'Halloran 210000 21
12GK Elliot Parish 300000 30
14FW Stevie May 0+100000 10
15DF Danny McNamara 300000 30
16FW Isaac Olaofe 0+100000 10
18MF Ali McCann 300000 30
19DF Shaun Rooney 1+100000 20
20FW John Robertson 0+200000 20
22FW Callum Hendry 300000 30
23MF Cammy Ballantyne 000000 00
24DF Callum Booth 2+100000 30
26MF Liam Craig 310000 31
45GK Ross Sinclair 000000 00

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
5 St Mirren 3 2 0 1 2 3 −1 6
6 Celtic 2 1 1 0 6 2 +4 4
7 St Johnstone 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4
8 Kilmarnock 4 0 2 2 5 7 −2 2
9 Motherwell 4 0 2 2 2 4 −2 2
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2020. Source: BBC SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[9]
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).

League Cup table
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BRE DUN KEL PET STJ
1 Brechin City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Second Round — — —
2 Dundee United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Second Round — — —
3 Kelty Hearts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — —
4 Peterhead 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — —
5 St Johnstone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — —
First match(es) will be played on 6 October 2020. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[10]

Transfers
Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2020 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2020–21
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See also

List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

References
  1. McFarlane, Jonathan. "Alec Cleland appointed St Johnstone caretaker boss after Tommy Wright exit". Daily Record. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. Lewis, Jane (27 May 2020). "St Johnstone's Steven Anderson eyes 'next chapter' after 16 years". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. McLauchlin, Brian (18 June 2020). "Callum Davidson: St Johnstone appoint former player as boss". BBC Sport.
  4. "St Johnstone: former player Steven MacLean appointed coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  5. https://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/news/post/pre-season-aberdeen-1-2-saints
  6. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/st-johnstone/1464464/st-johnstone-st-mirren-friendly-covid-19-tests-positive/
  7. "2020/21 Fixtures Announced". perthstjohnstone.co.uk. 6 July 2020.
  8. McLauchlin, Brian (7 August 2020). "Sturgeon criticises Aberdeen players after the game is called off following positive tests". BBC Scotland.
  9. "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  10. "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  11. "Caley Thistle full back will not join St Johnstone until contract runs out". Inverness Courier. 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  12. "St Johnstone: Millwall's Isaac Olaofe and Danny McNamara sign on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 July 2020.
  13. https://www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/news/post/craig-conway-im-buzzing-get-started
  14. McGilvray, Andy (2020-06-29). "Hamilton Accies confirm double signing swoop, with more to come". Daily Record. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  15. "Drey Wright: Winger to leave St Johnstone after rejecting new deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  16. "Hibernian sign Kevin Nisbet, Drey Wright & Alex Gogic". BBC Sport. 10 July 2020.
  17. "St Johnstone release Danny Swanson as playmaker's third spell at McDiarmid Park comes to an end". www.thecourier.co.uk. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  18. https://eastfifefc.info/latest-news/830-danny-swanson-agrees-terms-to-join-east-fife
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