2020–21 St Johnstone F.C. season

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St Johnstone
2020–21 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerCallum Davidson
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Premiership5th
Scottish CupWinners
League CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Guy Melamed (5)
All: Stevie May (9)

The 2020–21 St Johnstone F.C. season was the club's eighth season in the Scottish Premiership and their eleventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, winning both competitions. St Johnstone became only the fourth Scottish team, and only the second outwith the Old Firm, to win a Scottish cup double.

Season summary[]

After the resignation of Tommy Wright, Alec Cleland took over as interim manager.[1] After sixteen years at the club Steven Anderson left before the season began along with Danny Swanson, Ross Callachan and David McMillan.[2] Former player and assistant manager Callum Davidson was appointed manager.[3] Former striker Steven MacLean retired to become a coach alongside Cleland who returns to his former role.[4] The Saints dropped to the bottom of the table after four games without a goal,[5] but after a 5–3 away win at Hamilton they moved off it.[6]

The Saints reached the final of the League Cup with a 3–0 win against Hibernian.[7] On 28 February 2021, St Johnstone defeated Livingston in the final thanks to a single goal from Shaun Rooney.[8] In doing so, the club won their first League Cup title, their second ever major honour, and ended Celtic's dominating run of having won the last 12 major honours at stake in Scotland.[8]

On 22 May 2021, St Johnstone won the Scottish Cup, defeating Hibs by a score of 1–0 in the final, with Shaun Rooney again netting the winning goal. With the victory, St Johnstone became just the fourth club in Scottish history to win the cup double after Aberdeen, Celtic, and Rangers.[9][10][11]

Results[]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season[]

21 July 2020 Friendly Aberdeen 1–2 St Johnstone Aberdeen
Anderson Goal [12] Tanser Goal 75' (pen), 80' Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 0
25 July 2020 Friendly St Mirren Cancelled St Johnstone Paisley
[13] Stadium: St Mirren Park
Note: Match cancelled after positive COVID-19 tests

Scottish Premiership[]

1 August 2020[14] 1 Dundee United 1–1 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Clark Goal 6' (pen.) Report Craig Goal 55' Referee: Kevin Clancy
12 August 2020 3 Rangers 3–0 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
19:45 BST Barisic Goal 21'
Kent Goal 45+2'
Aribo Goal 49'
Report Referee: Euan Anderson
15 August 2020 4 Kilmarnock 1–2 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 BST Tshibola Goal 61'
Millen Red card 63'
Report Wotherspoon Goal 85'
O'Halloran Goal 90+4'
Referee: Andrew Dallas
20 August 2020 2 St Johnstone 0–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
19:30 BST Craig Yellow card 88' Report Ferguson Yellow card 53'
Hedges Goal 82', Yellow card 88'
McCrorie Yellow card 89'
Referee: Willie Collum
Note: Rearranged after postponement, live on Sky Sports.
23 August 2020 5 St Johnstone 0–1 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
16:30 BST Craig Red card 90+4' Report Mallan Goal 90+1' (pen.) Referee: John Beaton
Note: Live on Sky Sports, Liam Craig was sent off after the final whistle
29 August 2020 6 St Johnstone 1–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST May Goal 72' Report Referee: Kevin Clancy
12 September 2020 7 Motherwell 1–0 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 BST Campbell Goal 4', Yellow card 87'
O'Hara Yellow card 36'
Watt Yellow card 48'
Carson Yellow card 69'
Report Referee:
19 September 2020 8 St Johnstone 0–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST [1] Vigurs Goal 42' Referee: David Munro
26 September 2020 9 Livingston 2–0 St Johnstone Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Tiffoney Goal 34'
Forrest Goal 35'
Report Referee: Craig Napier
4 October 2020 10 St Johnstone 0–2 Celtic McDiarmid Park
12:00 BST Report Griffiths Goal 90'
Klimala Goal 90+3'
Referee: Nick Walsh
17 October 2020 11 Hamilton Academical 3–5 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
15:00 BST Hughes Goal 40', 79'
Ogkmpoe Goal 44'
Report May Goal 1', 33'
Wotherspoon Goal 14'
Conway Goal 69', 82'
Referee: Alan Muir
24 October 2020 12 St Johnstone 0–0 Dundee United McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrew Dallas
6 November 2020 14 St Johnstone 1–0 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
19:45 McNamara Goal 70' Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Gavin Duncan
21 November 2020 15 St Johnstone 1–1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 May Goal 34 pen.' Report O'Hara Goal 17' Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven Kirkland
24 November 2020 13 Hibernian 2–2 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park
19:45 McGinn Goal 36', 83' Report McCann Goal 35'
Wotherspoon Goal 76'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kevin Clancy
6 December 2020 16 Celtic 1–1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 Elyounoussi Goal 83' Report Kane Goal 79' Attendance: 0
12 December 2020 17 St Johnstone 1–2 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 Kane Goal 54' Report Guthrie Goal 48'
Robinson Goal 65'
Attendance: 0
19 December 2020 18 St Mirren 3–2 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Erhahon Goal 38'
Erwin Goal 82'
Obika Goal 87'
Report May Goal 22 pen.'
Tanser Goal 44'
Kerr Red card 45'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven McLean
23 December 2020 19 St Johnstone 0–3 Rangers McDiarmid Park
18:00 O'Halloran Red card 83' Report Roofe Goal 24'
Kamara Goal 31'
Hagi Goal 47'
Attendance: 0
26 December 2020 20 Aberdeen 2–1 St Johnstone Pittodrie
15:00 Gosgrove Goal 45+2 pen.'
Taylor Goal 54'
Report Gordon Goal 38'
Hendry Red card 90'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Muir
30 December 2020 21 St Johnstone 0–0 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: David Munro
2 January 2021 22 Ross County 1–1 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Draper Goal 21' Report Conway Goal 26 pen.' Attendance: 0
Referee: Willie Collum
12 January 2021 23 Dundee United 2–2 St Johnstone Tannadice Park
18:00 Appéré Goal 9'
Shankland Goal 53'
Report Melamed Goal 16'
Kane Goal 38'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Colin Steven
16 January 2021 24 St Johnstone 1–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Kane Goal 46' Report MacPherson Red card 55' Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven McLean
27 January 2021 26 St Johnstone 0–0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
18:00 GMT Gordon Yellow card 81' Report Considine Yellow card 24' Referee: Don Robertson
30 January 2021 25 Kilmarnock 2–3 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Burke Goal 5'
Tshibola Goal 32'
Report Melamed Goal 53'
Davidson Goal 68'
McCann Goal 72'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Greg Aitken
3 February 2021 27 Rangers 1–0 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Roofe Yellow card 21'
Hagi Goal 52'
Report Kane Yellow card 85' Referee: David Munro
6 February 2021 28 Livingston 1–2 St Johnstone Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 GMT Pittman Goal 83' Report Tanser Goal 45+2'
Rooney Goal 51'
Referee: Euan Anderson
14 February 2021 29 St Johnstone 1–2 Celtic McDiarmid Park
12:00 Rooney Goal 50' Report Édouard Goal 60', 62' Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven McLean
20 February 2021 30 Motherwell 0–3 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 GMT Report Melamed Goal 19', 50 pen.'
Kerr Goal 45'
Attendance: 0
Referee: John Beaton
3 March 2021 31 Hamilton Academical 1–1 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
18:00 GMT Callachan Goal 36' Report Melamed Goal 87' Attendance: 0
Referee: Grant Irvine
6 March 2021 32 St Johnstone 1–0 Hibernian McDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig Goal 16' Report Attendance: 0
Referee: David Dickinson
20 March 2021 33 St Johnstone 1–0 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Middleton Goal 86' Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Napier
10 April 2021 34 St Johnstone 0–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Report Hayes Goal 52' Attendance: 0
Referee: John Beaton
21 April 2021 35 St Johnstone 1–1 Rangers McDiarmid Park
19:45 Craig Goal 90+4 pen.' Report Wright Goal 55' Attendance: 0
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 May 2021 36 Hibernian 0–1 St Johnstone Easter Road
15:00 GMT Report Middleton Goal 22' Attendance: 0
Referee: Greg Aitken
12 May 2021 37 Celtic 4–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 GMT Turnbull Goal 23'
Édouard Goal 24'
Ajer Goal 79'
Dembélé Goal 85'
Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Bobby Madden
15 May 2021 38 St Johnstone 0–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
12:30 Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Napier

Scottish League Cup[]

Group stage[]

6 October 2020 Kelty Hearts 1–2 St Johnstone New Central Park
19:45 Tidser Goal 71' Report Kerr Goal 45+2'
Kane Goal 60'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Newlands
10 October 2020 St Johnstone 7–0 Brechin City McDiarmid Park
15:00 May Goal 3', 58', 62'
Wotherspoon Goal 25', 56'
Hendry Goal 88' (pen.)
Davidson Goal 90'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Napier
10 November 2020 St Johnstone 0–0
(3–4 p)
Dundee United McDiarmid Park
19:45 Report Attendance: 0
14 November 2020 Peterhead 1–3 St Johnstone Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Rooney Goal 78 o.g.' Report May Goal 49 pen.', 60 pen.'
Kane Goal 77'
Attendance: 0

Knockout round[]

28 November 2020 Second round Motherwell 1–2 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 Watt Goal 61' Report Hendry Goal 68'
Wotherspoon Goal 77'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Alan Muir
15 December 2020 Quarter-final Dunfermline Athletic 1–1
(3–4 p)
St Johnstone East End Park
19:45
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Don Robertson
23 January 2021 Semi-final St Johnstone 3–0 Hibernian Hampden Park
17:30
Report Attendance: 0
28 February 2021 Final Livingston 0–1 St Johnstone Hampden Park
14:00 Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish Cup[]

3 April 2021 Third round Dundee 0–1 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 Report Melamed Goal 20' Attendance: 0
Referee: Craig Napier
17 April 2021 Fourth round St Johnstone 2–0 Clyde McDiarmid Park
12:00 Melamed Goal 6'
O'Halloran Goal 21'
Report Attendance: 0
Referee: Steven Kirkland
25 April 2021 Quarter-final Rangers 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 p)
St Johnstone Glasgow
18:30
Report
Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: N/A
Referee: Alan Muir
Penalties
9 May 2021 Semi-final St Mirren 1–2 St Johnstone Glasgow
14:15 McCarthy Goal 86' Report Kane Goal 72'
Middleton Goal 74'
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Willie Collum
22 May 2021 Final St Johnstone 1–0 Hibernian Glasgow
14:00 Rooney Goal 32' Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nick Walsh

Squad statistics[]

Appearances[]

As of 22 May 2021
No. Pos Player Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Zander Clark 27 0 7 0 4 0 38 0
2 DF England James Brown 4+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 7 0
3 DF England Scott Tanser 21+6 1 4 0 2 0 33 1
4 DF Scotland Jamie McCart 36 0 6+1 0 5 0 48 0
5 DF Scotland Jason Kerr (c) 30 1 6 1 5 0 41 2
6 DF Scotland Liam Gordon 35+1 1 7 0 5 0 48 1
7 MF Scotland Craig Conway 19+8 3 5+2 0 0 0 34 3
8 MF Scotland Murray Davidson 14+7 1 4+2 1 0+1 0 28 2
9 FW Scotland Chris Kane 17+10 4 5+3 2 2+2 2 39 8
10 MF Canada David Wotherspoon 28+9 3 7+1 3 5 0 50 6
11 FW Scotland Michael O'Halloran 13+12 1 2+1 0 1+3 1 32 2
12 GK England Elliot Parish 9 0 1 0 1 0 11 0
13 MF Scotland Craig Bryson 12+8 0 2+2 0 2+2 0 28 0
14 FW Scotland Stevie May 17+16 4 3+5 5 3 0 44 9
15 MF Scotland Charlie Gilmour 1+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 3 0
16 MF Scotland Glenn Middleton 3+6 2 0 0 1+3 1 13 3
17 FW Israel Guy Melamed 11+7 5 1 0 4 2 23 7
18 MF Scotland Ali McCann 31+2 2 4 0 4+1 0 42 2
19 DF Scotland Shaun Rooney 20+8 2 8 2 4 1 40 5
20 FW Scotland John Robertson 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
24 DF Scotland Callum Booth 15+3 0 7 0 3+1 0 29 0
25 GK Czech Republic Zdeněk Zlámal 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
26 MF Scotland Liam Craig 17+5 2 7 0 3 0 32 2
40 DF Scotland Samuel Denham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 FW Scotland Alexander Ferguson 0+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 2 0
Player who left the club during the season
2 DF Scotland Wallace Duffy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF Republic of Ireland Danny McNamara 22 1 0 0 0 0 22 1
16 FW England Isaac Olaofe 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
22 FW England Callum Hendry 8+8 0 3+3 2 0 0 22 2
23 MF Scotland Cammy Ballantyne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 GK Scotland Ross Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics[]

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
3 Hibernian 38 18 9 11 48 35 +13 63 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
4 Aberdeen 38 15 11 12 36 38 −2 56
5 St Johnstone 38 11 12 15 36 46 −10 45 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
6 Livingston 38 12 9 17 42 54 −12 45
7 St Mirren 38 11 12 15 37 45 −8 45
Source: [15]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[16]
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).
  2. ^ St Johnstone qualified as the 2020–21 Scottish Cup winners.

League Cup table[]

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STJ DUN PET KEL BRE
1 St Johnstone 4 3 0 1 0 12 2 +10 10 Qualification for the Second Round 0–0p 7–0
2 Dundee United 4 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 8 0–1 1–0
3 Peterhead 4 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 8 1–3 3–1
4 Kelty Hearts 4 1 0 1 2 4 4 0 4 1–2 1–1p
5 Brechin City 4 0 0 0 4 3 18 −15 0 2–6 0–2
Source: [17]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[18]

Transfers[]

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