2018–19 St Johnstone F.C. season


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The 2018–19 season was the club's sixth season in the Scottish Premiership and their tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, where they were knocked out of both by Celtic.[1][2]

St Johnstone
2018–19 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Perth, Scotland
(Capacity: 10,696)
Scottish Premiership7th
Scottish CupFifth round
Scottish League CupQuarter finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Matty Kennedy (6)
All:
Tony Watt (8)
Highest home attendanceLeague: 7,086 vs Rangers 23 December 2018
Cup: 5,635 vs Celtic
League Cup
26 September 2018
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 1,946 vs Livingston 23 January 2019
Cup: 1,687 vs East Fife
League Cup
14 July 2018
Average home league attendance3,938

Tommy Wright remained as manager for the season. After getting through the Group stages of the League Cup (and losing to Kilmarnock in the first match of the season), Saints had a 4 match unbeaten run, although by the end of September they went on a 4 match win less run, which included being knocked out of the League Cup by Celtic. They were then unbeaten in the League through much of October, November and into December. They ended the year with a couple of home defeats and a couple of away wins. After losing to Hearts in league at the end of January however, the Saints went on an 8 match win less run, which included being knocked out of the Scottish Cup, again by Celtic. The win less run came to an end in a rearranged match at home to St. Mirren. They ended the regular season in seventh, therefore in the bottom six for the post-split for the second season in a row. Tony Watt announced he rejected a deal and would be leaving the club at the end of the season.[3] The Saints finished the League season in Seventh place, claiming the best of the bottom six.[4]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership

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As of 18 May 2019
No. Pos Player Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Zander Clark 34 0 6 0 2 0 42 0
3 DF   Scott Tanser 37 3 5 0 2 0 44 3
4 MF   Blair Alston 10+11 4 4+2 0 0 0 27 4
5 DF   Joe Shaughnessy (c) 32+1 3 2 0 2 0 37 3
7 FW   Drey Wright 13+1 1 6 1 0 0 20 2
8 MF   Murray Davidson 26+2 2 5 0 1 0 34 2
9 FW   Chris Kane 14+16 3 0+2 0 2 0 34 3
10 MF   David Wotherspoon 20+9 2 4 0 2 0 35 2
11 MF   Danny Swanson 6+17 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 25 0
12 GK   Cammy Bell 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
14 DF   Aaron Comrie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
15 DF   Jason Kerr 37 2 5 0 2 1 44 3
17 MF   Michael O'Halloran 9+5 1 0 0 0 0 14 1
18 MF   Ali McCann 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0
19 DF   Ricky Foster 37 0 6 0 2 0 45 0
20 MF   Kyle McClean 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 2 0
22 FW   Callum Hendry 5+7 2 0+2 1 0 0 14 3
23 DF   Liam Gordon 9+3 0 4 0 0 0 16 0
24 DF   Brian Easton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
26 MF   Liam Craig 33+3 2 5 0 2 0 43 2
27 MF   Sean Goss 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
28 MF   Ross Callachan 17+7 1 1 0 1+1 0 27 1
30 GK   Mark Hurst 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 DF   Niall Keown 0 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
32 FW   Tony Watt 22+7 3 5+1 4 1+1 1 37 8
33 MF   Matty Kennedy 34+2 6 2+1 1 2 0 41 7
45 GK   Ross Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
49 FW   Oliver Hamilton 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
50 MF   Jordan Northcott 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Player who left the club during the season
6 DF   Steven Anderson 2+1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
12 GK   Conor Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW   David McMillan 7+5 2 3+3 1 0+1 0 19 3
17 MF   Tristan Nydam 1+4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
21 MF   Stefan Scougall 0+1 0 2+3 1 0 0 6 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
5 Hibernian 38 14 12 12 51 39 +12 54
6 Heart of Midlothian 38 15 6 17 42 50 −8 51
7 St Johnstone 38 15 7 16 38 48 −10 52
8 Motherwell 38 15 6 17 46 56 −10 51
9 Livingston 38 11 11 16 42 44 −2 44

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).[6]
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).
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ FAL MON FOR EFI
1 St Johnstone (Q) 4 3 1 0 0 5 1 +4 11 Qualification for the Second round — 1–0 — — p0–0
2 Falkirk 4 2 0 0 2 4 3 +1 6 — — 0–1 2–0 —
3 Montrose 4 2 0 0 2 3 4 −1 6 0–1 — — — 1–0
4 Forfar Athletic 4 1 1 0 2 5 7 −2 5 1–3 — 3–1 — —
5 East Fife 4 0 0 2 2 2 4 −2 2 — 1–2 — 1–1p —

Source: [7]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[8]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

  1. ^ Match postponed due to Celtic involvement in League Cup Final. Re-scheduled for 30 Jan 19
  1. ^ "Griffiths goal edges Celtic into semis". BBC Sport.
  2. ^ "Sinclair treble helps Celtic to quarters". BBC Sport.
  3. ^ "Watt to leave St Johnstone in summer". BBC Sport.
  4. ^ "Saints beat Well to secure seventh place". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "2018/19 Pre-Season Schedule". afc.co.uk. 4 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Premiership 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group B". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  9. ^ "St Johnstone recruit midfielder Drey Wright from Colchester". BBC Sport. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Tony Watt: St Johnstone sign Scotland striker on one year deal". BBC Sport. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Winger Kennedy joins on two-year deal". St Johnstone FC. 21 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Conor Mitchell: St Johnstone sign goalkeeper on loan from Burnley". BBC Sport. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Tristan Nydam: St Johnstone take midfielder on loan from Ipswich". BBC Sport. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Callachan Signs on two-year deal". St Johnstone FC. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  15. ^ "Callachan Signs on two-year deal". St Johnstone FC. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  16. ^ "St Johnstone's Steven Anderson joins Partick Thistle, with Niall Keown switching to Perth". BBC Sport. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  17. ^ "St Johnstone sign QPR's Sean Goss and Partick Thistle's Cammy Bell on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  18. ^ "St Johnstone sign QPR's Sean Goss and Partick Thistle's Cammy Bell on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Chris Millar Returns Home". Greenock Morton FC. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  20. ^ "Ross County sign defenders Callum Morris & Keith Watson". BBC Sport. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  21. ^ "Steven MacLean: St Johnstone striker to join Hearts on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  22. ^ "Big Al Loves Rovers". BBC Sport. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Callum Hendry". Brechin City. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  24. ^ "St Johnstone's Steven Anderson joins Partick Thistle, with Niall Keown switching to Perth". BBC Sport. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  25. ^ "New Signing: David McMillan". Hamilton Academical FC. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  26. ^ "Stefan Scougall: Carlisle United sign Scottish midfielder on short-term deadline day deal". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.