2013–14 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was St Johnstone's fifth-consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and their first in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[2] St Johnstone competed in the Europa League, losing to FC Minsk in the Third qualifying round.[3] They also reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, losing to Aberdeen and won the Scottish Cup for the first time in their history.[4]

St Johnstone
2013–14 season
St Johnstone players celebrating their victory in the 2014 Scottish Cup Final
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Premiership6th
Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
League CupSemi-finals
Scottish CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stevie May (20)

All:
Stevie May (27)
Highest home attendance8,594 vs. Minsk
Europa Third QF Round
8 August 2013
Lowest home attendance1,892 vs. Motherwell
Premiership
25 February 2014

It was Tommy Wright's first season as manager.

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

13 July 2013[5] FriendlyGreenock Morton0–1St JohnstoneCappielow
15:00 Mackay  73' Attendance: 1,014
21 July 2013[5] FriendlyDundee1–1St JohnstoneDens Park
15:00 Monti  20' Report May  8' Attendance: 1,766

Scottish Premiership

4 August 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone1–0Heart of MidlothianMcDiarmid Park
15:00 May  25' Report Attendance: 6,174
Referee: Steven McLean
11 August 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone4–0Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Hasselbaink  14'
Wotherspoon  18'
May  50'
MacKay  62'
Report Attendance: 2,833
Referee: Brian Colvin
31 August 2013 Scottish PremiershipAberdeen0–0St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 9,478
Referee: Steven McLean
14 September 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone1–2HibernianMcDiarmid Park
15:00 May  17' Report Heffernan  35'
Collins  59'
Attendance: 4,095
Referee: Bobby Madden
21 September 2013 Scottish PremiershipCeltic2–1St JohnstoneCeltic Park
15:00 Pukki  11'
Mulgrew  26'
Report Caddis  81' Attendance: 45,220
Referee: Alan Muir
28 September 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone1–1Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean  42' Report Doolan  6' Attendance: 3,248
Referee: Craig Thomson
5 October 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone4–0Inverness Caledonian ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 May  18'
Mackay  27'
Steve MacLean  73', 82'
Report Attendance: 3,020
Referee: Steven McLean
19 October 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Mirren4–3St JohnstoneSt Mirren Park
15:00 McLean  8', 76 pen'
McGowan  60'
Thompson  89'
Report MacLean  17'
Hasselbaink  61'
Fallon  84'
Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Willie Collum
2 November 2013 Scottish PremiershipHeart of Midlothian0–2St JohnstoneTynecastle Stadium
15:00 Report Hasselbaink  29'
May  53'
Attendance: 13,175
Referee: Bobby Madden
8 November 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone3–1KilmarnockMcDiarmid Park
Hasselbaink  24'
May  31', 54' (pen.)
BBC Report Irvine  52' 
Clohessy  69'
Barr  86' 
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Finnie
7 December 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone0–2AberdeenMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Pawlett  17'
McGinn  85'
Attendance: 4,741
Referee: Collum
29 December 2013 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone3–0Dundee UnitedMcDiarmid Park
May  20' (pen.), 57', 87' BBC Report Butcher  20' Attendance: 7,231
Referee: Finnie
18 January 2014 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone3–3Heart of MidlothianMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson  21'
May  39' (pen.), 49', 62' (pen.)
Mannus  90'
BBC Report Carrick  58'
Nicholson  89'
Stevenson  89'
Wilson  91'
Attendance: 3,395
Referee: Colvin
27 January 2014 Scottish PremiershipDundee UnitedP – PSt JohnstoneTannadice Park
19:45 BBC Report Referee: Allan
Note: Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch[6]
16 February 2014 Scottish PremiershipCeltic3–0St JohnstoneCeltic Park
15:00 Stokes  16', 64', 66' BBC Report Attendance: 45,239
Referee: McLean
25 February 2014 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone3–0MotherwellMcDiarmid Park
MacLean  6', 35'
Miller  87'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,892
Referee: Clancy
1 March 2014 Scottish PremiershipAberdeen1–0St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Jack  8' BBC Report Attendance: 11,487
Referee: Collum
22 March 2014 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone2–0HibernianMcDiarmid Park
MacLean  18'
McGivern  55' (own goal)
BBC Report Attendance: 3,553
Referee: McLean
25 March 2014 Scottish PremiershipSt Mirren0–1St JohnstoneSt Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report MacLean  39' Attendance: 2,817
Referee: Muir
5 April 2014 Scottish PremiershipKilmarnock1–2St JohnstoneRugby Park
15:00 Muirhead  5' BBC Report Wright  31'
Anderson  44'
Attendance: 3,665
Referee: McLean
26 April 2014 Scottish PremiershipAberdeen1–1St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney  31' BBC Report May  8' Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Muir
7 May 2014 Scottish PremiershipSt Johnstone3–3CelticMcDiarmid Park
Clancy  9'
Brown  84'
O'Halloran  86'
BBC Report Commons  53' (pen.)
Pukki  73'
Van Dijk  77'
Attendance: 4,624
Referee: McLean

UEFA Europa League

25 July 2013 Second QF Round Leg 2St Johnstone1–1
(2–1 agg.)
Rosenborg BKMcDiarmid Park
19:45 May  21' Report Soderlund  4' Attendance: 7,850
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

Scottish League Cup

24 September 2013 Third RoundHamilton0–3St JohnstoneNew Douglas Park
19:45 Report May  4', 90'
Edwards  86'
Attendance: 1,059
Referee: John Beaton
30 October 2013 Quarter FinalGreenock Morton0–1St JohnstoneCappielow Park
19:45 Report McDonald Attendance: 2,619
Referee: John McKendrick
1 February 2014 Semi FinalAberdeen4–0St JohnstoneEaster Road
15:00 Hayes  3', 79'
Pawlett  32'
Rooney  63'
BBC Report Attendance: 16,761
Referee: Madden

Scottish Cup

30 November 2013 Scottish Cup Round 4St Johnstone2–0LivingstonMcDiarmid Park
15:00 May  24'
Jahic  62'
BBC Report Attendance: 2,294
Referee: Dallas
8 March 2014 Quarter FinalRaith Rovers1–3St JohnstoneStark's Park
12:15 Cardle  21' BBC Report McDonald  4'
Hasselbaink  49'
Anderson  79'
Attendance: 3,767
Referee: Thomson
13 April 2014 Semi FinalSt Johnstone2–1AberdeenIbrox Stadium
12:45 May  61', 84' BBC Report McGinn  15' Attendance: 19,057
Referee: Collum
17 May 2014 FinalSt Johnstone2–0Dundee UnitedCeltic Park
15:00 Anderson  45+1'
MacLean  84'
BBC Report Attendance: Thomson
Referee: 47,345

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 17 May 2014[7][8]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipEuropa LeagueLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Alan Mannus 44034+004+002+004+00
2 DF Dave Mackay 48336+034+003+005+00
3 DF Tam Scobbie 27018+304+000+101+00
4 MF Patrick Cregg 28013+704+002+001+10
5 DF Frazer Wright 36325+114+013+003+01
6 DF Steven Anderson 39429+024+002+004+02
7 MF Chris Millar 42026+701+103+003+10
8 MF Gary McDonald 40226+304+003+013+11
9 FW Steve MacLean 291018+384+011+003+01
10 MF David Wotherspoon 50132+614+002+104+10
11 FW Nigel Hasselbaink 39620+1054+003+002+01
12 MF David Robertson 000+000+000+000+00
12 MF James Dunne 17113+000+000+003+11
14 FW Gwion Edwards 1714+900+300+110+00
15 GK Steve Banks 604+000+001+001+00
16 MF Liam Caddis 1010+811+000+000+10
17 FW Stevie May 492734+4202+113+025+04
18 MF Murray Davidson 24118+310+100+101+00
19 DF Gary Miller 29118+510+201+201+00
20 MF Scott Brown 512+210+000+000+10
22 MF Lee Croft 23010+900+001+002+10
23 DF Tim Clancy 413+110+000+000+00
24 DF Brian Easton 32022+100+103+005+00
25 FW Sanel Jahić 613+200+000+001+01
25 FW Chris Iwelumo 800+600+000+100+10
27 FW Rory Fallon 1211+710+200+100+10
29 FW Michael O'Halloran 1929+510+000+103+11
30 GK Zander Clark 000+000+000+000+00
31 FW Dylan Easton 000+000+000+000+00
41 FW Chris Kane 200+200+000+000+00
44 MF Craig Thomson 100+100+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 17 May 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKAlan Mannus 0100000001
2DFDave Mackay 5010100070
3DFTam Scobbie 2000000020
4MFPatrick Cregg 6100000061
5DFFrazer Wright 6110000071
6DFSteven Anderson 4110000051
7MFChris Millar 5000000050
9MFSteve MacLean 4100001051
10MFDavid Wotherspoon 4010100060
11FWNigel Hasselbaink 3000100040
12MFDavid Robertson 0000000000
12MFJames Dunne 4000001050
14FWGwion Edwards 2000000020
16MFLiam Caddis 1000000010
17FWStevie May 4000002060
18MFMurray Davidson 4010000050
19DFGary Miller 2000000020
22MFLee Croft 3000001040
23DFTim Clancy 1000000010
24DFBrian Easton 1000101030
25FWChris Iwelumo 1000000010
27FWRory Fallon 0110000011

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 99 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38 +15 68 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50 +15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65 19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51 20 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65 20 23[lower-alpha 2] Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration

Division summary

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GroundHAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHHHAHAHAAHA
ResultWDWLDLLDWLWWWLLDLWLLWDWLLWLWLWWDWWDLDL
Position54235588676556666667666666666666666666
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2014. Source: [9]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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