2016–17 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2016–17 season
Chairman Steve Brown
Manager Tommy Wright
Stadium McDiarmid Park
Perth, Scotland
(Capacity: 10,696)
Scottish Premiership Fourth place
Scottish League Cup Quarter Final
lost to Aberdeen
Scottish Cup Fifth Round
lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorer League: Danny Swanson (10)
All: Danny Swanson (15)
Highest home attendance 7,979 vs Rangers
Scottish Premiership
28 December 2016
Lowest home attendance 2,549 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Premiership
3 December 2016
Average home league attendance 4,368[1]
Home colours
Away colours

The 2016–17 season was the club's fourth season in the Scottish Premiership and their eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.[2]

Season summary

Tommy Wright was kept as manager and remained for the season. The Saints again finished in Fourth place but qualified for European Football.[3] Danny Swanson was the clubs Top League and Season scorer, but a few weeks before the end of the season, he signed for a pre-contract agreement with Hibernian.[4]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

Scottish Premiership

League Cup

Group B

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ FAL STI BRE ELG
1 St Johnstone (Q) 4 3 0 1 0 11 2 +9 10 Qualification to the Second Round 3–0 4–0
2 Falkirk (X) 4 2 0 0 2 5 4 +1 6 Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up 2–0 3–0
3 Stirling Albion 4 2 0 0 2 6 7 1 6 1–0 4–1
4 Brechin City 4 1 1 0 2 5 8 3 5 1–1
(4–2 p)
2–1
5 Elgin City 4 1 0 0 3 6 12 6 3 1–3 4–2
Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 21 May 2017 [5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Northern Ireland Alan Mannus 17012+203000
2 DF Scotland Dave Mackay 00000000
3 DF Scotland Tam Scobbie 20014+204000
4 MF Scotland Blair Alston 42325+1024+101+11
6 DF Scotland Steven Anderson 3442636120
7 MF Scotland Chris Millar 22014+303020
8 MF Scotland Murray Davidson 26319+432010
9 FW Scotland Steven MacLean 391230+294+1221
10 MF Scotland David Wotherspoon 38220+1312+1120
11 MF Scotland Danny Swanson 381528+2105+1520
12 GK Scotland Zander Clark 3102603020
14 DF Republic of Ireland Joe Shaughnessy 4623816120
15 DF Wales Clive Smith 20200000
17 FW Scotland Michael Coulson 1807+701+3000
18 MF Northern Ireland Paul Paton 34122+613+3000
19 DF Scotland Richard Foster 3413310010
22 DF Scotland Keith Watson 613+111010
24 DF Scotland Brian Easton 4503706020
25 FW Scotland Chris Kane 32614+1152+310+20
26 MF Scotland Liam Craig 44627+955+110+20
27 MF Scotland Craig Thomson 1112+711+1000
28 DF Scotland Ally Gilchrist 00000000
29 FW Republic of Ireland Graham Cummins 36617+1353+1120
31 MF Scotland Greg Hurst 100+100000
33 FW Scotland George Hunter 00000000
36 DF Scotland Cameron Thompson 00000000
49 MF England Daniel Jardine 00000000
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
15 DF Scotland Brad McKay (joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 31200+1100
20 FW Northern Ireland Joe Gormley (joined Cliftonville) 200+101000
Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season
23 DF Scotland Liam Gordon (on loan to Peterhead) 10001000
32 MF Scotland Connor McLaren (on loan to Stirling Albion) 00000000
39 DF Scotland Aaron Comrie (on loan to Peterhead) 100+100000

Goalscorers

As of 21 May 2017

Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1Scotland11Danny Swanson105015
2Scotland10Steven MacLean92112
3Scotland25Chris Kane5106
Scotland26Liam Craig5106
Republic of Ireland29Graham Cummins5106
6Scotland10Steven Anderson3104
7Scotland4Blair Alston2013
Scotland8Murray Davidson3003
9Scotland10David Wotherspoon1102
Republic of Ireland14Joe Shaughnessy1102
11Scotland15Brad McKay0101
Northern Ireland18Paul Paton1001
Scotland19Richard Foster1001
Scotland22Keith Watson1001
Scotland27Craig Thomson1001
Own Goal2002
TOTALS 3914255

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
2 Aberdeen 38 24 4 10 74 35 +39 76 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Rangers 38 19 10 9 56 44 +12 67 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 St Johnstone 38 17 7 14 50 46 +4 58
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 10 16 55 52 +3 46
6 Partick Thistle 38 10 12 16 38 54 16 42
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
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 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.

Club season transfers

In

Out

See also

List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

References

  1. "Premiership 2016/2017 - Attendance". worldfootball.net.
  2. "Betfred Cup - Group B preview - SPFL". spfl.co.uk.
  3. "St Johnstone 1-0 Partick Thistle". 13 May 2017 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "HIBERNIAN SIGN DANNY SWANSON ON PRE-CONTRACT". www.hibernianfc.co.uk.
  5. "St Johnstone FC Player Appearances - Past & Present - Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
  6. "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  7. https://www.saintmirren.net/pages/?p=55088/%5Bdead+link%5D
  8. "Blair Alston: Midfielder moves to St Johnstone from Falkirk". 26 May 2016 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  9. "St Johnstone sign Paul Paton following his exit from Dundee Utd". 7 June 2016 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. "Michael Coulson: St Johnstone to sign York City winger". 17 March 2016 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. https://perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/news/post/richard-forster-signs-saints%5Bdead+link%5D
  12. "Joe Gormley: St Johnstone sign Peterborough striker on loan". 31 August 2016 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  13. "Tommy Wright adds loan player Clive Smith to St Johnstone squad". 8 October 2018 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  14. "Edinburgh City sign former Hibs kid Neil Martyniuk".
  15. "St Johnstone striker John Sutton joins St Mirren - The Courier".
  16. "Brechin City Football Club". www.brechincity.com.
  17. "Inverness Caley Thistle sign Brad McKay and Larnell Cole". 31 August 2016 via www.bbc.co.uk.
  18. https://perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk/news/post/cup-tie-calls-time-his-playing-days%5Bdead+link%5D
  19. Moir, Glenn. "Perth Saints aid Blue Toon recruitment - Peterhead F.C."
  20. "McLaren joins on loan – Stirling Albion". www.stirlingalbionfc.co.uk.
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