2016–17 St Johnstone F.C. season

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]

St Johnstone
2016–17 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Perth, Scotland
(Capacity: 10,696)
Scottish PremiershipFourth place
Scottish League CupQuarter Final
lost to Aberdeen
Scottish CupFifth Round
lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorerLeague: Danny Swanson (10)
All: Danny Swanson (15)
Highest home attendance7,979 vs Rangers
Scottish Premiership
28 December 2016
Lowest home attendance2,549 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Scottish Premiership
3 December 2016
Average home league attendance4,368[1]

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 club's 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
9 July 2016 1Glentoran1 - 2St JohnstoneThe Oval
Chris Lavery Report MacLean
Kane
12 July 2016 2Livingston1 - 1St JohnstoneTony Macaroni Arena
Josh Mullin  56' Report Coulson  10' Referee: Beaton
19 July 2016 3St Johnstone2 - 0Bradford CityMcDiarmid Park
Cummins  33'
McKay  37'		 Report Attendance: 1,177
Referee: Collum

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership
7 August 2016 1St Johnstone0 - 0AberdeenMcDiarmid Park
12:15 Craig  34'
Cummins  37'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Attendance: 5,728
Referee: Collum
13 August 2016 2Motherwell1 - 2St JohnstoneFir Park
15:00 Cadden  47'
Tait  39'
Clay  74'
McDonald  82'		 BBC
SPFL		 Swanson  56'
MacLean  75'
Kane  42'
Swanson  50'
Davidson  90'		 Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Euan Anderson
20 August 2016 3St Johnstone2 - 4CelticMcDiarmid Park
12:15 Swanson  83' (pen.)
MacLean  89'
Paton  45'
Davidson  58'
MacLean  86'		 BBC
SPFL		 Griffiths  28'
Sinclair  40'
Forrest  44'
Christie  90'
Griffiths  38'
Janko  43'
Bitton  59'		 Attendance: 6,823
Referee: Craig Thomson
27 August 2016 4Inverness Caledonian Thistle2 - 1St JohnstoneCaledonian Stadium
15:00 Draper  59'
Meekings  90'
Draper  66'		 BBC
SPFL		 Foster  79'
Wotherspoon  57'		 Attendance: 2,729
Referee: Stephen Finnie
10 September 2016 5Partick Thistle0 - 2St JohnstoneFirhill Stadium
15:00 BBC
SPFL		 Anderson  21'
MacLean  64'
Swanson  70'		 Attendance: 2,885
Referee: Nick Walsh
17 September 2016 6St Johnstone1 - 0Heart of MidlothianMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Cummins  57'
Cummins  15'
Foster  33'
Davidson  49'
MacLean  75'
Kane  85'
Craig  90'		 BBC
SPFL		 Rossi  75' Attendance: 5,456
Referee: John Beaton
25 September 2016 7Hamilton Academical1 - 1St JohnstoneNew Douglas Park
15:00 Docherty  37'
Donati  58'
Doherty  63'
MacKinnon  70'
Seaborne  78'
Crawford  90'		 BBC
SPFL		 Craig  82'
Davidson  33'		 Attendance: 1,705
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 October 2016 8Ross County0 - 2St JohnstoneVictoria Park
15:00 BBC
SPFL		 Swanson  42' (pen.)
Kane  73'		 Attendance: 3,299
Referee: Crawford Allan
15 October 2016 9St Johnstone0 - 1KilmarnockMcDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC
SPFL		 S Boyd  76' Attendance: 2,930
Referee: Steven McLean
23 October 2016 10St Johnstone2 - 1DundeeMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson  62'
Swanson  75' (pen.)		 BBC
SPFL		 Loy  88' (pen.) Attendance: 3,646
Referee: Andrew Dallas
26 October 2016 11Rangers1 - 1St JohnstoneIbrox Stadium
19:45 Garner  62' BBC
SPFL		 Alston  5' Attendance: 46,563
Referee: Kevin Clancy
29 October 2016 12St Johnstone1 - 2Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean  18' BBC
SPFL		 Doolan  17'
Osman  90'		 Attendance: 3,096
Referee: Barry Cook
5 November 2016 13Heart of Midlothian2 - 2St JohnstoneTynecastle Stadium
15:00 Buaben  25'  61'
Igor Rossi  77'
Paterson  87'
Muirhead  89'		 Report Alston  7'
Swanson  41'
Kane  85'
Easton  90+3'		 Attendance: 16,421
Referee: Don Robertson
19 November 2016 14St Johnstone2 - 4Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson  4'
Paton  55'
Foster  62'
Swanson  65' (pen.)
MacLean  80'		 Report McEveley  24'  65'
Routis  38'
van der Weg  45+4'
Curran  63'
Boyce  83'		 Attendance: 2,554
Referee: John Beaton
3 December 2016 15St Johnstone3 - 0Inverness Caledonian ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig  14'
Coulson  57'
Davidson  62'
Wotherspoon  75'
Swanson  81'		 Report Draper  45+1'
Doumbouya  51'
Warren  60' 		 Attendance: 2,549
Referee: Euan Anderson
10 December 2016 16Aberdeen0 - 0St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium
15:00 McLean  87' Report Davidson  58'
Kane  67'
MacLean  68'		 Attendance: 11,501
Referee: Kevin Clancy
17 December 2016 17St Johnstone1 - 1MotherwellMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Kane  62'
Foster  90'		 Report Clark  12' (o.g.)
Moult  77'		 Attendance: 2,836
Referee: Willie Collum
23 December 2016 18Kilmarnock0 - 1St JohnstoneRugby Park
19:45 Dicker  88'
Hendrie  90+2' 		 Report Davidson  43'  62'
Wotherspoon  57'		 Attendance: 3,056
Referee: Stephen Finnie
28 December 2016 19St Johnstone1 - 1RangersMcDiarmid Park
19:45 MacLean  28'  89'
Paton  69'
Foster  69'		 Report McKay  23'
Holt  35'
Hill  55'
Halliday  67'		 Attendance: 7,979
Referee: Crawford Allan
31 December 2016 20Dundee3 - 0St JohnstoneDens Park
14:00 Bakhtaoui  15'
Kerr  23'
Gadzhalov  42'
Anderson  57' (o.g.)		 Report Paton  41'
Swanson  90'		 Attendance: 6,492
Referee: Don Robertson
25 January 2017 21Celtic1 - 0St JohnstoneCeltic Park
19:45 Boyata  72'
Gordon  81'		 Report Craig  17'
Paton  76'		 Attendance: 51,057
Referee: Andrew Dallas
28 January 2017 22St Johnstone3 - 0Hamilton AcademicalMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Swanson  30'
Cummins  53'  59'
Davidson  74'		 Report Redmond  34' Attendance: 3,279
Referee: Nick Walsh
1 February 2017 23Partick Thistle0 - 1St JohnstoneFirhill Stadium
19:45 Edwards  70'
Elliott  90+2'		 Report MacLean  40'
Swanson  60'
Anderson  69'		 Attendance: 2,257
Referee: Crawford Allan
5 February 2017 24St Johnstone2 - 5CelticMcDiarmid Park
12:30 Watson  31'
Boyata  43' (o.g.)
Paton  58'
Foster  60'
Craig  90+3'		 Report Henderson  6'
Dembélé  61' (pen.)  75'  85'
Sinclair  81'
Lustig  90+3'		 Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Craig Thomson
18 February 2017 25Ross County1 - 2St JohnstoneVictoria Park
15:00 Curran  73'
O'Brien  76'		 Report McEveley  31' (o.g.)
Kane  90+1'		 Attendance: 3,187
Referee: John Beaton
25 February 2017 26St Johnstone0 - 2KilmarnockMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Kane  54'
Anderson  81'		 Report McKenzie  11'
Sammon  71'		 Attendance: 2,933
Referee: Don Robertson
1 March 2017 27Rangers3 - 2St JohnstoneIbrox Stadium
19:45 McKay  22'
Waghorn  48'
Hyndman  90+1'
Kiernan  78'		 Report Wotherspoon  74'
Anderson  87'		 Attendance: 46,800
Referee: Kevin Clancy
11 March 2017 28St Johnstone2 - 0DundeeMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Paton  12'
Alston  19'
MacLean  89'		 Report O'Hara  26'
El Bakhtaoui  69'
Williams  84'		 Attendance: 4,195
Referee: Andrew Dallas
18 March 2017 29Motherwell1 - 2St JohnstoneFir Park
15:00 McDonald  44' Report Craig  8'  66'
Davidson  78'		 Attendance: 3,588
Referee: Greg Aitken
1 April 2017 30Hamilton Academical1 - 0St JohnstoneNew Douglas Park
15:00 Devlin  23'
Crawford  45+3'
D'Acol  89'		 Report Foster  45+3'
Swanson  45+3'
Cummins  83'		 Attendance: 1,662
Referee: Don Robertson
5 April 2017 31St Johnstone1 - 0Heart of MidlothianMcDiarmid Park
19:45 Shaughnessy  73' Report Nicholson  83' Attendance: 4,197
Referee: Nick Walsh
8 April 2017 32Inverness Caledonian Thistle0 - 3St JohnstoneTulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Cole  81'  Report MacLean  40'
Alston  65'
Craig  88' (pen.)
Cummins  90+1'		 Attendance: 2,961
Referee: Stephen Finnie
15 April 2017 33St Johnstone1 - 2AberdeenMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig  22'
Swanson  48' (pen)
Wotherspoon  67'
MacLean  84'		 Report Christie  19'
Scobbie  32' (o.g.)
Lewis  57'		 Attendance: 5,132
Referee: Bobby Madden
29 April 2017 34Aberdeen1 - 2St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium
15:00 Logan  18'
Hayes  19'
Stockley  90+3'		 Report Anderson  28'
Shaughnessy  33'
Swanson  80'
Thomson  80'
Craig  90+3'		 Attendance: 10,606
Referee: Alan Muir
6 May 2017 35Celtic4 - 1St JohnstoneCeltic Park
15:00 Roberts  47', 62'
Boyata  52'
McGregor  71'		 Report MacLean  49' Attendance: 52,796
Referee: Nick Walsh
13 May 2017 36St Johnstone1 - 0Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 Swanson  33' (pen.) 83'
MacLean  60'
Craig  67'		 Report Devine  17'
Edwards  24'
Elliott  82'		 Attendance: 3,630
Referee: Stephen Finnie
17 May 2017 37St Johnstone1 - 0Heart Of MidlothianMcDiarmid Park
19:45 Kane  26' Report Attendance: 3,141
Referee: Don Robertson
21 May 2017 38St Johnstone1 - 2RangersMcDiarmid Park
12:30 Cummins  76' Report Miller  40'
Toral  53'		 Attendance: 6,799
Referee: Andrew Dallas

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.
16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Group BElgin City1 – 3St JohnstoneBorough Briggs, Elgin
15:00 Duff  48'
MacLeod  43'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Swanson  16'
Cummins  71'
MacLean  79'		 Attendance: 1,046
Referee: Alan Muir
23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Group BSt Johnstone3 – 0FalkirkMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Swanson  25' (pen.), 38' (pen.)
MacLean  68'
Craig 16'		 SPFL Report
Watson  24'		 Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Bobby Madden
26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Group BBrechin City1 – 1
(4–2 p)		St JohnstoneGlebe Park, Brechin
19:45 Jackson  35'
Graham  73'		 SPFL Report Kane  86' Attendance: 912
Referee: John McKendrick
Penalties
30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Group BSt Johnstone4 – 0Stirling AlbionMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Anderson  4'
MacLean  33'
Craig  43'
Wotherspoon  90+2'		 SPFL Report
Ferns  56'
McKenzie  90+3'		 Attendance: 2,858
Referee: Barry Cook
10 August 2016 Second RoundSt Johnstone3 – 2HeartsMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 Swanson  10'  75' (pen.)
McKay  80'
Paton  45'
Swanson  71'
Alston  76'		 SPFL Report Paterson  43'
Walker  45' (pen.)
Cowie  9'
Murihead  54'
Ozturk  74'
Rossi  81'		 Attendance: 4,214
Referee: Crawford Allan
22 September 2016 Quarter finalAberdeen1 – 0St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
19:45 Rooney  90'
Maddison  7'
Shinnie  34'		 BBC Report
SPFL Report		 Shaughnessy  11'
Wotherspoon  45'
Paton  51'
Swanson  67'
Davidson  80'		 Attendance: 8,829
Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

Scottish Cup
21 January 2017 Fourth RoundSt Johnstone2 – 0StenhousemuirMcDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean  6'
Alston  32'		 Report Kerr  52'
McMenamin  64'
Ciaran Summers  82'		 Attendance: 2,441
Referee: Euan Anderson
11 February 2017 Fifth RoundSt Johnstone0 – 1Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean  40'
Swanson  75'		 Report Barton  7'
Welsh  65'
Devine  72'		 Attendance: 2,884
Referee: Steven McLean

Squad statistics

Appearances
As of 21 May 2017 [5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Alan Mannus 17012+203000
2 DF Dave Mackay 00000000
3 DF Tam Scobbie 20014+204000
4 MF Blair Alston 42325+1024+101+11
6 DF Steven Anderson 3442636120
7 MF Chris Millar 22014+303020
8 MF Murray Davidson 26319+432010
9 FW Steven MacLean 391230+294+1221
10 MF David Wotherspoon 38220+1312+1120
11 MF Danny Swanson 381528+2105+1520
12 GK Zander Clark 3102603020
14 DF Joe Shaughnessy 4623816120
15 DF Clive Smith 20200000
17 FW Michael Coulson 1807+701+3000
18 MF Paul Paton 34122+613+3000
19 DF Richard Foster 3413310010
22 DF Keith Watson 613+111010
24 DF Brian Easton 4503706020
25 FW Chris Kane 32614+1152+310+20
26 MF Liam Craig 44627+955+110+20
27 MF Craig Thomson 1112+711+1000
28 DF Ally Gilchrist 00000000
29 FW Graham Cummins 36617+1353+1120
31 MF Greg Hurst 100+100000
33 FW George Hunter 00000000
36 DF Cameron Thompson 00000000
49 MF Daniel Jardine 00000000
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
15 DF Brad McKay (joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 31200+1100
20 FW Joe Gormley (joined Cliftonville) 200+101000
Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season
23 DF Liam Gordon (on loan to Peterhead) 10001000
32 MF Connor McLaren (on loan to Stirling Albion) 00000000
39 DF 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
111Danny Swanson105015
210Steven MacLean92112
325Chris Kane5106
26Liam Craig5106
29Graham Cummins5106
610Steven Anderson3104
74Blair Alston2013
8Murray Davidson3003
910David Wotherspoon1102
14Joe Shaughnessy1102
1115Brad McKay0101
18Paul Paton1001
19Richard Foster1001
22Keith Watson1001
27Craig 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
Further information: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2016 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2016–17

In

Out

See also

List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

References
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