2012–13 St Johnstone F.C. season


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The 2012–13 season was St Johnstone's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[2] St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League,[3] League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

St Johnstone
2012–13 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerSteve Lomas
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Premier LeagueThird place
Scottish CupFifth round
League CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Liam Craig
Murray Davidson
Nigel Hasselbaink
Rowan Vine
(7 each)
All:
Liam Craig
Murray Davidson
Steve MacLean
(8 each)
Highest home attendance6,700 vs. Celtic, 15 September 2012
Lowest home attendance2,167 vs. Aberdeen, 30 December 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 3,712[1]

St Johnstone finished third in the Scottish Premier League.[4] They reached the Second qualifying round of the Europa League,[5] the Quarter-final of the League Cup[6] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premier League

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
2 DF Mackay[11]   34 Club captain
8 MF Davidson[12]   8 Vice-captain

Last updated: 19 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Last updated 19 May 2013[13][14]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NIR Alan Mannus 43 0 38+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   SCO Dave Mackay 36 3 32+0 3 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   SCO Callum Davidson 23 0 20+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF   IRL Patrick Cregg 28 1 19+5 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF   SCO Frazer Wright 38 1 35+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF   SCO Steven Anderson 33 0 28+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF   SCO Chris Millar 30 0 25+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF   SCO Murray Davidson 37 8 31+1 7 2+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
9 FW   FRA Grégory Tadé 41 6 25+11 4 1+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 1
10 MF   SCO Liam Craig 43 8 37+0 7 2+0 0 1+1 1 2+0 0
11 FW   NED Nigel Hasselbaink 42 7 15+21 7 1+1 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
12 MF   SCO David Robertson 9 2 1+6 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
14 MF   SCO Kevin Moon 4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW   WAL Gwion Edwards 7 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
15 GK   NIR Jonathan Tuffey 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW   SCO Craig Beattie 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
16 MF   WAL Michael Doughty 6 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW   SCO Sean Higgins 5 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW   SCO Steve MacLean 35 8 27+4 5 0+0 0 1+1 2 2+0 1
18 DF   SCO David McCracken 22 1 15+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1
19 DF   SCO Gary Miller 21 0 13+4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF   SCO Jamie Adams 5 0 0+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF   ALG Mehdi Abeid 13 0 9+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 MF   SCO Peter Pawlett 9 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW   ENG Rowan Vine 37 7 28+7 7 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF   SCO Liam Caddis 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 FW   SCO Stevie May 5 0 0+3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF   SCO Tam Scobbie 21 0 11+7 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Premier League Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
1   GK Alan Mannus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2   DF Dave Mackay 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
3   DF Callum Davidson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4   MF Patrick Cregg 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
5   DF Frazer Wright 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6   DF Steven Anderson 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1
7   MF Chris Millar 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
8   MF Murray Davidson 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
9   FW Grégory Tadé 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10   MF Liam Craig 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
11   FW Nigel Hasselbaink 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
12   MF David Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14   MF Kevin Moon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14   FW Gwion Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15   GK Jonathan Tuffey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16   FW Craig Beattie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16   MF Michael Doughty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17   FW Sean Higgins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17   FW Steve MacLean 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
18   DF David McCracken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19   DF Gary Miller 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
20   MF Jamie Adams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21   MF Mehdi Abeid 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22   MF Peter Pawlett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23   FW Rowan Vine 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
26   MF Liam Caddis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27   FW Stevie May 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33   DF Tam Scobbie 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

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GroundAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHHAHHAAH
ResultLDLLDWWWWWDLLDWLDDLDDWLWWLDWDLWDDDWWLW
Position12101211111097424554466567766546545555444443

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: [15]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Chris Millar initially turned down a new deal[16] but later re-signed.[17]

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