2016–17 St Johnstone F.C. season


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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 Premiership4th
Scottish CupFifth round
lost to Partick Thistle
Scottish League CupQuarter final
lost to Aberdeen
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]

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]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership

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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

As of 21 May 2017 [5]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NIR Alan Mannus 17 0 12+2 0 3 0 0 0
2 DF   SCO Dave Mackay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   SCO Tam Scobbie 20 0 14+2 0 4 0 0 0
4 MF   SCO Blair Alston 42 3 25+10 2 4+1 0 1+1 1
6 DF   SCO Steven Anderson 34 4 26 3 6 1 2 0
7 MF   SCO Chris Millar 22 0 14+3 0 3 0 2 0
8 MF   SCO Murray Davidson 26 3 19+4 3 2 0 1 0
9 FW   SCO Steven MacLean 39 12 30+2 9 4+1 2 2 1
10 MF   SCO David Wotherspoon 38 2 20+13 1 2+1 1 2 0
11 MF   SCO Danny Swanson 38 15 28+2 10 5+1 5 2 0
12 GK   SCO Zander Clark 31 0 26 0 3 0 2 0
14 DF   IRL Joe Shaughnessy 46 2 38 1 6 1 2 0
15 DF   WAL Clive Smith 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW   SCO Michael Coulson 18 0 7+7 0 1+3 0 0 0
18 MF   NIR Paul Paton 34 1 22+6 1 3+3 0 0 0
19 DF   SCO Richard Foster 34 1 33 1 0 0 1 0
22 DF   SCO Keith Watson 6 1 3+1 1 1 0 1 0
24 DF   SCO Brian Easton 45 0 37 0 6 0 2 0
25 FW   SCO Chris Kane 32 6 14+11 5 2+3 1 0+2 0
26 MF   SCO Liam Craig 44 6 27+9 5 5+1 1 0+2 0
27 MF   SCO Craig Thomson 11 1 2+7 1 1+1 0 0 0
28 DF   SCO Ally Gilchrist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 FW   IRL Graham Cummins 36 6 17+13 5 3+1 1 2 0
31 MF   SCO Greg Hurst 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
33 FW   SCO George Hunter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 DF   SCO Cameron Thompson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 MF   ENG Daniel Jardine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
15 DF   SCO Brad McKay (joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 3 1 2 0 0+1 1 0 0
20 FW   NIR Joe Gormley (joined Cliftonville) 2 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season
23 DF   SCO Liam Gordon (on loan to Peterhead) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
32 MF   SCO Connor McLaren (on loan to Stirling Albion) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF   SCO Aaron Comrie (on loan to Peterhead) 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0

As of 21 May 2017

Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1   11 Danny Swanson 10 5 0 15
2   10 Steven MacLean 9 2 1 12
3   25 Chris Kane 5 1 0 6
  26 Liam Craig 5 1 0 6
  29 Graham Cummins 5 1 0 6
6   10 Steven Anderson 3 1 0 4
7   4 Blair Alston 2 0 1 3
  8 Murray Davidson 3 0 0 3
9   10 David Wotherspoon 1 1 0 2
  14 Joe Shaughnessy 1 1 0 2
11   15 Brad McKay 0 1 0 1
  18 Paul Paton 1 0 0 1
  19 Richard Foster 1 0 0 1
  22 Keith Watson 1 0 0 1
  27 Craig Thomson 1 0 0 1
Own Goal 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 39 14 2 55
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
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.

List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

  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. ^ "St Johnstone sign up goalkeeper Elliott Parish & defender Wallace Duffy". BBC Sport. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  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. ^ "Joe Gormley: St Johnstone sign Peterborough striker on loan". 31 August 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. ^ "St. Johnstone - News Item". Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  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. ^ "St. Johnstone - News Item". Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  19. ^ Moir, Glenn. "Perth Saints aid Blue Toon recruitment - Peterhead F.C." Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  20. ^ Moir, Glenn. "Perth Saints aid Blue Toon recruitment - Peterhead F.C." Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  21. ^ "McLaren joins on loan – Stirling Albion". www.stirlingalbionfc.co.uk.