2013–14 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2013–14 season
St Johnstone players celebrating their victory in the 2014 Scottish Cup Final
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerTommy Wright
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Premiership6th
Scottish CupWinners
League CupSemi-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stevie May (20)

All:
Stevie May (27)
Highest home attendance8,594 vs. Minsk
Europa Third QF Round
8 August 2013
Lowest home attendance1,892 vs. Motherwell
Premiership
25 February 2014

The 2013–14 season was St Johnstone's fifth-consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and their first in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[2] St Johnstone competed in the Europa League, losing to FC Minsk in the Third qualifying round.[3] They also reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, losing to Aberdeen and won the Scottish Cup for the first time in their history.[4]

It was Tommy Wright's first season as manager.

Results

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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10 July 2013[5] Friendly Cowdenbeath 0–1 St Johnstone Central Park
19:45 Wotherspoon 2'
13 July 2013[5] Friendly Greenock Morton 0–1 St Johnstone Cappielow
15:00 Mackay 73' Attendance: 1,014
21 July 2013[5] Friendly Dundee 1–1 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 Monti 20' Report May 8' Attendance: 1,766

Scottish Premiership

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14 September 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 1–2 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
15:00 May 17' Report Heffernan 35'
Collins 59'
Attendance: 4,095
Referee: Bobby Madden
21 September 2013 Scottish Premiership Celtic 2–1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 Pukki 11'
Mulgrew 26'
Report Caddis 81' Attendance: 45,220
Referee: Alan Muir
19 October 2013 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 4–3 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 McLean 8', 76 pen'
McGowan 60'
Thompson 89'
Report MacLean 17'
Hasselbaink 61'
Fallon 84'
Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Willie Collum
8 November 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3–1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
Hasselbaink 24'
May 31', 54' (pen.)
BBC Report Irvine Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card
Clohessy 69'
Barr Yellow card 86' Yellow-red card
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Finnie
7 December 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 0–2 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Pawlett 17'
McGinn 85'
Attendance: 4,741
Referee: Collum
21 December 2013 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 0–0 St Johnstone Easter Road
BBC Report Cregg Red card 31' Attendance: 8,776
Referee: Muir
29 December 2013 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3–0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
May 20' (pen.), 57', 87' BBC Report Butcher Red card 20' Attendance: 7,231
Referee: Finnie
18 January 2014 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 3–3 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson Red card 21'
May 39' (pen.), 49', 62' (pen.)
Mannus Red card 90'
BBC Report Carrick 58'
Nicholson 89'
Stevenson Red card 89'
Wilson 91'
Attendance: 3,395
Referee: Colvin
27 January 2014 Scottish Premiership Dundee United P – P St Johnstone Tannadice Park
19:45 BBC Report Referee: Allan
Note: Match postponed due to waterlogged pitch[6]
16 February 2014 Scottish Premiership Celtic 3–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 Stokes 16', 64', 66' BBC Report Attendance: 45,239
Referee: McLean
22 March 2014 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 2–0 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
MacLean 18'
McGivern 55' (own goal)
BBC Report Attendance: 3,553
Referee: McLean
25 March 2014 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 0–1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report MacLean 39' Attendance: 2,817
Referee: Muir
26 April 2014 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 1–1 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Rooney 31' BBC Report May 8' Attendance: 10,003
Referee: Muir

UEFA Europa League

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25 July 2013 Second QF Round Leg 2 St Johnstone 1–1
(2–1 agg.)
Rosenborg BK McDiarmid Park
19:45 May 21' Report Soderlund 4' Attendance: 7,850
Referee: Miroslav Zelinka

Scottish League Cup

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24 September 2013 Third round Hamilton 0–3 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
19:45 Report May 4', 90'
Edwards 86'
Attendance: 1,059
Referee: John Beaton
30 October 2013 Quarter Final Greenock Morton 0–1 St Johnstone Cappielow Park
19:45 Report McDonald Attendance: 2,619
Referee: John McKendrick
1 February 2014 Semi Final Aberdeen 4–0 St Johnstone Easter Road
15:00 Hayes 3', 79'
Pawlett 32'
Rooney 63'
BBC Report Attendance: 16,761
Referee: Madden

Scottish Cup

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30 November 2013 Scottish Cup round 4 St Johnstone 2–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 May 24'
Jahic 62'
BBC Report Attendance: 2,294
Referee: Dallas
13 April 2014 Semi Final St Johnstone 2–1 Aberdeen Ibrox Stadium
12:45 May 61', 84' BBC Report McGinn 15' Attendance: 19,057
Referee: Collum
17 May 2014 Final St Johnstone 2–0 Dundee United Celtic Park
15:00 Anderson 45+1'
MacLean 84'
BBC Report Attendance: Thomson
Referee: 47,345

Player statistics

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Squad

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Last updated 17 May 2014[7][8]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Northern Ireland NIR Alan Mannus 44 0 34+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Dave Mackay 48 3 36+0 3 4+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Tam Scobbie 27 0 18+3 0 4+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
4 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Patrick Cregg 28 0 13+7 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Frazer Wright 36 3 25+1 1 4+0 1 3+0 0 3+0 1
6 DF Scotland SCO Steven Anderson 39 4 29+0 2 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 2
7 MF Scotland SCO Chris Millar 42 0 26+7 0 1+1 0 3+0 0 3+1 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Gary McDonald 40 2 26+3 0 4+0 0 3+0 1 3+1 1
9 FW Scotland SCO Steve MacLean 29 10 18+3 8 4+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 1
10 MF Scotland SCO David Wotherspoon 50 1 32+6 1 4+0 0 2+1 0 4+1 0
11 FW Netherlands NED Nigel Hasselbaink 39 6 20+10 5 4+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 1
12 MF Scotland SCO David Robertson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF England ENG James Dunne 17 1 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 1
14 FW Wales WAL Gwion Edwards 17 1 4+9 0 0+3 0 0+1 1 0+0 0
15 GK England ENG Steve Banks 6 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Liam Caddis 10 1 0+8 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
17 FW Scotland SCO Stevie May 49 27 34+4 20 2+1 1 3+0 2 5+0 4
18 MF Scotland SCO Murray Davidson 24 1 18+3 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
19 DF Scotland SCO Gary Miller 29 1 18+5 1 0+2 0 1+2 0 1+0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Scott Brown 5 1 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 MF England ENG Lee Croft 23 0 10+9 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
23 DF Ireland EIR Tim Clancy 4 1 3+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Brian Easton 32 0 22+1 0 0+1 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
25 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Sanel Jahić 6 1 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
25 FW Scotland SCO Chris Iwelumo 8 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 FW New Zealand NZL Rory Fallon 12 1 1+7 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
29 FW Scotland SCO Michael O'Halloran 19 2 9+5 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+1 1
30 GK Scotland SCO Zander Clark 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 FW Scotland SCO Dylan Easton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 FW Scotland SCO Chris Kane 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
44 MF Scotland SCO Craig Thomson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 17 May 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Northern Ireland GK Alan Mannus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Scotland DF Dave Mackay 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
3 Scotland DF Tam Scobbie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Republic of Ireland MF Patrick Cregg 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
5 Scotland DF Frazer Wright 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
6 Scotland DF Steven Anderson 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
7 Scotland MF Chris Millar 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
9 Scotland MF Steve MacLean 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
10 Scotland MF David Wotherspoon 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
11 Netherlands FW Nigel Hasselbaink 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
12 Scotland MF David Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 England MF James Dunne 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
14 Wales FW Gwion Edwards 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
16 Scotland MF Liam Caddis 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Scotland FW Stevie May 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
18 Scotland MF Murray Davidson 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
19 Scotland DF Gary Miller 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 England MF Lee Croft 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
23 Republic of Ireland DF Tim Clancy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
24 Scotland DF Brian Easton 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
25 Scotland FW Chris Iwelumo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
27 New Zealand FW Rory Fallon 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25 +77 99 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60 +4 70 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38 +15 68 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50 +15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 44 0 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42 +6 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 62 −18 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 58 −19 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 66 −21 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 65 −19 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 51 −20 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 65 −20 23[b] Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualified for the Europa League second qualifying round.
  2. ^ Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration


Division summary

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHHHAHAHAAHA
ResultWDWLDLLDWLWWWLLDLWLLWDWLLWLWLWWDWWDLDL
Position54235588676556666667666666666666666666
Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2014. Source: [9]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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