2017–18 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was the club's fifth season in the Scottish Premiership and their ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, and after a years absence they competed in qualifying for the Europa League.[2] They were knocked out by FK Trakai in the First qualifying round and finished Eighth place in the League.[3] This was the final season at the club for legends Alan Mannus, Steven MacLean, and Chris Millar,[4] with the latter being rewarded with a testimonial.[5]

St Johnstone
2017–18 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Perth, Scotland
(Capacity: 10,696)
Scottish PremiershipEighth place
Scottish League CupSecond round, lost to Partick Thistle
Scottish CupFifth round, lost to Hearts
Europa LeagueFirst qualifying round, lost to FK Trakai
Top goalscorerLeague: Steven MacLean (9)
All: Steven MacLean (9)
Highest home attendance6,887 vs. Rangers
13 October 2017
Lowest home attendance2,037 vs. Hamilton Academical
28 March 2018
Average home league attendance3,809[1]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
22 June 2017 FriendlyRangers0−0St JohnstoneAuchenhowie
15:00 Report Stadium: Rangers Training Centre
1 July 2017[6] FriendlySt Johnstone0–3AberdeenMcDiarmid Park
15:00 BST AFC Report Rooney  32'
Christie  43'
Anderson  85'		 Attendance: 1,939[7]
15 July 2017[8] FriendlySt Johnstone3−0SunderlandMcDiarmid Park
14:00 BST MacLean  19'
Wotherspoon  21', 24'		 Report
Highlights		 Attendance: 2,032
Referee: Nick Walsh
18 July 2017 FriendlyRangers0−1St JohnstoneAuchenhowie
14:30 Hendry  80' Stadium: Rangers Training Centre

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Premiership
5 August 2017 1Kilmarnock1–2St JohnstoneRugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00 Boyd  59' Report Wotherspoon  10'
O'Halloran  89'		 Attendance: 3,935
Referee: Steven McLean
12 August 2017 2St Johnstone4–1MotherwellMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 MacLean  8'
O'Halloran  18', 74'
Davidson  90'		 Report Rose  28'
McHugh  36'  76'
Carson  63'
Dunne  89'		 Attendance: 3,451
Referee: Craig Thomson
19 August 2017 3St Johnstone1–0Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 O'Halloran  33' Report Attendance: 3,470
Referee: Barry Cook
26 August 2017 4Celtic1–1St JohnstoneCeltic Park, Glasgow
15:00 McGregor  79' Report MacLean  39' Attendance: 58,466
Referee: Willie Collum
9 September 2017 5St Johnstone1–1HibernianMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 O'Halloran  48' Report Paton  61' (o.g.) Attendance: 5,591
Referee: Nick Walsh
16 September 2017 6Dundee3–2St JohnstoneDens Park, Dundee
15:00 Leitch-Smith  9', 65'
Moussa  78' (pen.)
O'Dea  80'  83'		 Report Craig  75' (pen.), 84' (pen.) Attendance: 6,001
Referee: Alan Muir
23 September 2017 7St Johnstone2–1Hamilton AcademicalMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 MacLean  49'
Davidson  84'		 Report Docherty  24'
MacKinnon  90'		 Attendance: 2,880
Referee: Willie Collum
30 September 2017 8Aberdeen3–0St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Rooney  7', 18', 81' (pen.) Report Attendance: 14,879
Referee: John Beaton
13 October 2017 9St Johnstone0–3RangersMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 Anderson  65'  71' BBC Report Peña  27', 78'
Dorrans  86'		 Attendance: 6,887
Referee: Don Robertson
21 October 2017 10Heart of Midlothian1–0St JohnstoneMurrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00 Lafferty  74' Report Attendance: 18,534
Referee: Nick Walsh
25 October 2017 11St Johnstone0–0Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 BBC Report Attendance: 2,267
Referee: Barry Cook
28 October 2017 12Partick Thistle1–0St JohnstoneFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Storey  74' BBC Report Attendance: 2,870
Referee: John Beaton
4 November 2017 13St Johnstone0–4CelticMcDiarmid Park, Perth
12:30 BBC Sport Sinclair  28'
Dembélé  72'
Anderson  75' (o.g.)
Ntcham  89'		 Attendance: 6,800
Referee: Bobby Madden
18 November 2017 14Hibernian1–2St JohnstoneEaster Road, Edinburgh
15:00 Stokes  90+1' (pen.) BBC Report Davidson  74'
MacLean  90+3'		 Attendance: 17,044
Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)
25 November 2017 15[N 1]MotherwellP–PSt JohnstoneFir Park, Motherwell
15:00
2 December 2017 16St Johnstone1–2KilmarnockMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 MacLean  43' BBC Report Findlay  10'
Brophy  66'		 Attendance: 2.950
Referee: John Beaton
9 December 2017 17Hamilton Academical0–1St JohnstoneNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 BBC Report Scougall  66' Attendance: 1,451
Referee: Craig Thomson
13 December 2017 18St Johnstone0–3AberdeenMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 BBC Report Rooney  20'
Arnason  33'
Christie  60'		 Attendance: 2,911
Referee: Alan Muir
16 December 2017 19Rangers1–3St JohnstoneIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Morelos  5' BBC Report Alston  10'
Johnstone  61'
Cummins  71'		 Attendance: 47,923
Referee: Don Robertson
23 December 2017 20St Johnstone0–0Heart of MidlothianMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 BBC Report Cochrane  56'  78' Attendance: 4,975
Referee: Clancy
27 December 2017 21Ross County1–1St JohnstoneVictoria Park, Dingwall
19:45 Schalk  54' (pen.) BBC Report Johnstone  2' Attendance: 3,3636
Referee: Greg Aitken
30 December 2017 22St Johnstone0–2DundeeMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Foster  22' BBC Report Haber  3'
Leitch-Smith  90'		 Attendance: 4,679
Referee: Willie Collum
27 January 2018 24St Johnstone1–3Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Craig  74' (pen.) BBC Report Lawless  13'
Sammon  64'
Edwards  90+4'		 Attendance: 2,848
Referee: Gavin Duncan
31 January 2018 25[N 2]St JohnstoneP–PHamilton AcademicalMcDiarmid Park, Perth
Report
3 February 2018 26Heart of Midlothian1–0St JohnstoneTynecastle Park, Edinburgh
15:00 Milinković  46' BBC Report Wotherspoon  57'  62' Attendance: 16,197
Referee: Andrew Dallas
6 February 2018 15[N 3]Motherwell2–0St JohnstoneFir Park, Motherwell
19:45 Campbell  64'
Main  70'		 BBC Report Attendance: 3,227
Referee: Don Robertson
17 February 2018 27Celtic0–0St JohnstoneCeltic Park, Glasgow
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 56,867
Referee: John Beaton
24 February 2018 28St Johnstone2–0Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Davidson  29', 40' BBC Report Attendance: 2,533
Referee: Willie Collum
28 February 2018 29St Johnstone1–4RangersMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 Kerr  62' BBC Report Tavernier  12' (pen.)
Windass  25'
Goss  40'
Morelos  56'		 Attendance: 5,737
Referee: Steven McLean
7 March 2018 23Kilmarnock2–0St JohnstoneRugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45 Boyd  30' (pen.)
Erwin  58'		 BBC Report Kerr  42' Attendance: 3,807
Referee: Willie Collum
10 March 2018 30Dundee0–4St JohnstoneDens Park, Dundee
15:00 BBC Report Piggott  24' (o.g.)
Kane  37', 66'
Alston  64'		 Attendance: 5,336
Referee: Craig Thomson
16 March 2018 31St Johnstone1–1HibernianMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 Kane  83' BBC Report Ambrose  2'
Marciano  14'		 Attendance: 3,652
Referee: John Beaton
28 March 2018 25[N 4]St Johnstone1–0Hamilton AcademicalMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 McMann  61' (o.g.) BBC Report Attendance: 2,037
Referee: Euan Anderson
31 March 2018 32Aberdeen4–1St JohnstonePittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Christie  34'
May  41'
Stewart  51', 82'		 BBC Report Davidson  19'
Anderson  65'
Willock  68'		 Attendance: 14,161
Referee: Bobby Madden
7 April 2018 33St Johnstone0–0MotherwellMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Foster  62'
Davidson  80'		 BBC Report Kipré  51'
Rose  75'		 Attendance: 2,409
Referee: Willie Collum
21 April 2018 34Dundee2–1St JohnstoneDens Park, Dundee
15:00 Moussa  1', 88' BBC Report MacLean  85' Attendance: 5,592
Referee: Don Robertson
28 April 2018 35St Johnstone1–1Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Shaughnessy  39' BBC Report Sammon  89' (pen.) Attendance: 2,925
Referee: Alan Muir
5 May 2018 36Motherwell1–5St JohnstoneFir Park, Motherwell
15:00 Bigirimana  78' 84'
Çiftçi  83'		 BBC Report MacLean  31', 40', 56'
Anderson  36'
Davidson  79'
McMillan  81'		 Attendance: 3,524
Referee: Gavin Duncan
8 May 2018 37Hamilton Academical1–2St JohnstoneNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Imrie  82' BBC Report McMillan  65' (pen.)
Wotherspoon  80'		 Attendance: 2,367
Referee: Kevin Clancy
12 May 2018 38St Johnstone1–1Ross CountyMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Wotherspoon  90+2' BBC Report Curran  3' Attendance: Nick Walsh
Referee: 3,279

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase
Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
29 June 2017 First qualifying round 1st legSt Johnstone1–2 TrakaiMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 Shaughnessy  32' UEFA Report
BBC Report		 Maksimov  14'
Šilėnas  36'		 Attendance: 5,636
Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)
6 July 2017 First qualifying round 2nd legTrakai 1–0
(3–1 agg.)		St JohnstoneLFF Stadium, Vilnius
17:00 Maksimov  88' BBC Report Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria)

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Cup
8 August 2017 Second roundSt Johnstone0–3Partick ThistleMcDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 Report Lawless  50' (pen.)
Edwards  62'
Erskine  90'		 Attendance: 2,619
Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Cup
20 January 2018 Fourth roundAlbion RoversP–PSt JohnstoneCoatbridge
15:00 Report Stadium: Cliftonhill
23 January 2018 Fourth roundAlbion RoversP–PSt JohnstoneCoatbridge
19:45 Report Stadium: Cliftonhill
29 January 2018 Fourth roundAlbion Rovers0–4St JohnstoneCoatbridge
19:45 BBC Report Kane  3', 57', 70'
McClean  51'		 Stadium: Cliftonhill
Attendance: 1,130
Referee: Mat Northcroft
10 February 2018 Fifth roundHeart of Midlothian3–0St JohnstoneEdinburgh
15:00 Lafferty  7', 58'
Mitchell  54'		 BBC Report Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 12,393
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Squad statistics

Appearances
As of 12 May 2018[9]
No.PosPlayerPremiershipEuropa LeagueLeague CupScottish Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1GK Alan Mannus 220001020 250
3DF Scott Tanser 24+50100010 310
4MF Blair Alston 17+7220101+10 292
5DF Joe Shaughnessy (c) 381211020 432
6DF Steven Anderson 341001010 361
7MF Chris Millar 13+301+100010 190
8MF Murray Davidson 295101020 335
9FW Steven MacLean 26+491+101000 339
10MF David Wotherspoon 25+103000000 353
11MF George Williams 10+10000000 110
12GK Zander Clark 16+10200000 190
14DF Aaron Comrie 12000000+10 130
15DF Jason Kerr 151000020 171
16FW David McMillan 2+22000000 42
17FW Denny Johnstone 8+12200001+10 222
19DF Richard Foster 22+20201010 280
20MF Kyle McClean 0+50000011 61
21MF Stefan Scougall 18+611+100+1000 271
22DF Keith Watson 1+10000000 20
23DF Liam Gordon 5+20000010 80
24DF Brian Easton 12+10101000 150
25FW Chris Kane 10+231+100+1023 176
26MF Liam Craig 17+103201010 313
27MF Craig Thomson 0+40000000 40
28MF Matty Willock 6+51000010 121
30GK Mark Hurst 00000000 00
37MF Ali McCann 1+2000000+10 40
43MF John Robertson 0+20000000 20
50FW Callum Hendry 1+40000000 50
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
11FW Michael O'Halloran (signed for Rangers) 12+45001000 175
18MF Paul Paton (signed for Plymouth Argyle) 16+10100010 190
28DF Ally Gilchrist (signed for Shamrock Rovers) 00200000 20
29FW Graham Cummins (signed for Cork City) 6+911+100+1000 181
31FW Greg Hurst (loaned to East Fife & Forfar Athletic) 00000000 00
32DF Cameron Thompson (loaned to Stirling Albion) 00000000 00

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
6 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 13 13 39 39 0 49
7 Motherwell 38 13 9 16 43 49 −6 48
8 St Johnstone 38 12 10 16 42 53 −11 46
9 Dundee 38 11 6 21 36 57 −21 39
10 Hamilton Academical 38 9 6 23 47 68 −21 33
Source: Soccerway BBC
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).[10]
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).

See also

List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

Footnotes
  1. Match postponed due to Motherwell involvement in the League Cup.
  2. Match postponed due to Saints involvement in Scottish Cup.
  3. Rearranged game after postponement.
  4. Rearranged game after postponement.

References
  1. "St Johnstone Performance Stats". ESPN.
  2. Online, Record Sport (14 May 2017). "When Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone play their first Euro qualifiers".
  3. GB, Sports Media. "St. Johnstone - News Item". www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk.
  4. "St Johnstone 1-1 Ross County". May 12, 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. GB, Sports Media. "St. Johnstone - News Item". www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk.
  6. "2017-18 Pre-Season fixtures announced". afc.co.uk. 2 June 2017.
  7. "Today's official attendance at McDiarmid Park was 1939 including 1075 Dons fans! Thanks again for your support! #StandFree". Aberdeen FC. 1 July 2017.
  8. "St Johnstone - Fixtures". perthstjohnstone. 8 July 2017.
  9. "St Johnstone FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
  10. "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
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