2016–17 St Johnstone F.C. season

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]

Season summary

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]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

9 July 2016 Glentoran 1 – 2 St Johnstone The Oval
Chris Lavery Report MacLean
Kane
12 July 2016 Livingston 1 – 1 St Johnstone Tony Macaroni Arena
Josh Mullin 56' Report Coulson 10' Referee: Beaton
19 July 2016 St Johnstone 2 – 0 Bradford City McDiarmid Park
Cummins 33'
McKay 37'
Report Attendance: 1,177
Referee: Collum

Scottish Premiership

7 August 2016 1 St Johnstone 0 – 0 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
12:15 Craig  34'
Cummins  37'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Attendance: 5,728
Referee: Collum
13 August 2016 2 Motherwell 1 – 2 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 Cadden 47'
Tait  39'
Clay  74'
McDonald  82'
BBC
SPFL
Swanson 56'
MacLean 75'
Kane  42'
Swanson  50'
Davidson  90'
Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Euan Anderson
20 August 2016 3 St Johnstone 2 – 4 Celtic McDiarmid Park
12:15 Swanson 83' (pen.)
MacLean 89'
Paton  45'
Davidson  58'
MacLean  86'
BBC
SPFL
Griffiths 28'
Sinclair 40'
Forrest 44'
Christie 90'
Griffiths  38'
Janko  43'
Bitton  59'
Attendance: 6,823
Referee: Craig Thomson
27 August 2016 4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 – 1 St Johnstone Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Draper 59'
Meekings 90'
Draper  66'
BBC
SPFL
Foster 79'
Wotherspoon  57'
Attendance: 2,729
Referee: Stephen Finnie
10 September 2016 5 Partick Thistle 0 – 2 St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC
SPFL
Anderson 21'
MacLean 64'
Swanson  70'
Attendance: 2,885
Referee: Nick Walsh
17 September 2016 6 St Johnstone 1 – 0 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
15:00 Cummins 57'
Cummins  15'
Foster  33'
Davidson  49'
MacLean  75'
Kane  85'
Craig  90'
BBC
SPFL
Rossi  75' Attendance: 5,456
Referee: John Beaton
25 September 2016 7 Hamilton Academical 1 – 1 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
15:00 Docherty 37'
Donati  58'
Doherty  63'
MacKinnon  70'
Seaborne  78'
Crawford  90'
BBC
SPFL
Craig 82'
Davidson  33'
Attendance: 1,705
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 October 2016 8 Ross County 0 – 2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 BBC
SPFL
Swanson 42' (pen.)
Kane 73'
Attendance: 3,299
Referee: Crawford Allan
15 October 2016 9 St Johnstone 0 – 1 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 BBC
SPFL
S Boyd 76' Attendance: 2,930
Referee: Steven McLean
23 October 2016 10 St Johnstone 2 – 1 Dundee McDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson 62'
Swanson 75' (pen.)
BBC
SPFL
Loy 88' (pen.) Attendance: 3,646
Referee: Andrew Dallas
26 October 2016 11 Rangers 1 – 1 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
19:45 Garner 62' BBC
SPFL
Alston 5' Attendance: 46,563
Referee: Kevin Clancy
29 October 2016 12 St Johnstone 1 – 2 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean 18' BBC
SPFL
Doolan 17'
Osman 90'
Attendance: 3,096
Referee: Barry Cook
5 November 2016 13 Heart of Midlothian 2 – 2 St Johnstone Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Buaben 25'  61'
Igor Rossi  77'
Paterson 87'
Muirhead  89'
Report Alston  7'
Swanson 41'
Kane 85'
Easton  90+3'
Attendance: 16,421
Referee: Don Robertson
19 November 2016 14 St Johnstone 2 – 4 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Anderson  4'
Paton  55'
Foster  62'
Swanson 65' (pen.)
MacLean 80'
Report McEveley 24'  65'
Routis 38'
van der Weg  45+4'
Curran 63'
Boyce 83'
Attendance: 2,554
Referee: John Beaton
3 December 2016 15 St Johnstone 3 – 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig 14'
Coulson  57'
Davidson 62'
Wotherspoon  75'
Swanson 81'
Report Draper  45+1'
Doumbouya  51'
Warren  60' 
Attendance: 2,549
Referee: Euan Anderson
10 December 2016 16 Aberdeen 0 – 0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McLean  87' Report Davidson  58'
Kane  67'
MacLean  68'
Attendance: 11,501
Referee: Kevin Clancy
17 December 2016 17 St Johnstone 1 – 1 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 Kane 62'
Foster  90'
Report Clark 12' (o.g.)
Moult  77'
Attendance: 2,836
Referee: Willie Collum
23 December 2016 18 Kilmarnock 0 – 1 St Johnstone Rugby Park
19:45 Dicker  88'
Hendrie  90+2' 
Report Davidson 43'  62'
Wotherspoon  57'
Attendance: 3,056
Referee: Stephen Finnie
28 December 2016 19 St Johnstone 1 – 1 Rangers McDiarmid Park
19:45 MacLean 28'  89'
Paton  69'
Foster  69'
Report McKay 23'
Holt  35'
Hill  55'
Halliday  67'
Attendance: 7,979
Referee: Crawford Allan
31 December 2016 20 Dundee 3 – 0 St Johnstone Dens Park
14:00 Bakhtaoui 15'
Kerr  23'
Gadzhalov 42'
Anderson 57' (o.g.)
Report Paton  41'
Swanson  90'
Attendance: 6,492
Referee: Don Robertson
25 January 2017 21 Celtic 1 – 0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
19:45 Boyata 72'
Gordon  81'
Report Craig  17'
Paton  76'
Attendance: 51,057
Referee: Andrew Dallas
28 January 2017 22 St Johnstone 3 – 0 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park
15:00 Swanson  30'
Cummins 53' 59'
Davidson 74'
Report Redmond  34' Attendance: 3,279
Referee: Nick Walsh
1 February 2017 23 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
19:45 Edwards  70'
Elliott  90+2'
Report MacLean 40'
Swanson  60'
Anderson  69'
Attendance: 2,257
Referee: Crawford Allan
5 February 2017 24 St Johnstone 2 – 5 Celtic McDiarmid Park
12:30 Watson 31'
Boyata 43' (o.g.)
Paton  58'
Foster  60'
Craig  90+3'
Report Henderson 6'
Dembélé 61' (pen.) 75' 85'
Sinclair 81'
Lustig  90+3'
Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Craig Thomson
18 February 2017 25 Ross County 1 – 2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Curran 73'
O'Brien  76'
Report McEveley 31' (o.g.)
Kane 90+1'
Attendance: 3,187
Referee: John Beaton
25 February 2017 26 St Johnstone 0 – 2 Kilmarnock McDiarmid Park
15:00 Kane  54'
Anderson  81'
Report McKenzie 11'
Sammon 71'
Attendance: 2,933
Referee: Don Robertson
1 March 2017 27 Rangers 3 – 2 St Johnstone Ibrox Stadium
19:45 McKay 22'
Waghorn 48'
Hyndman 90+1'
Kiernan  78'
Report Wotherspoon 74'
Anderson 87'
Attendance: 46,800
Referee: Kevin Clancy
11 March 2017 28 St Johnstone 2 – 0 Dundee McDiarmid Park
15:00 Paton 12'
Alston 19'
MacLean  89'
Report O'Hara  26'
El Bakhtaoui  69'
Williams  84'
Attendance: 4,195
Referee: Andrew Dallas
18 March 2017 29 Motherwell 1 – 2 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 McDonald 44' Report Craig 8' 66'
Davidson  78'
Attendance: 3,588
Referee: Greg Aitken
1 April 2017 30 Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
15:00 Devlin  23'
Crawford  45+3'
D'Acol 89'
Report Foster  45+3'
Swanson  45+3'
Cummins  83'
Attendance: 1,662
Referee: Don Robertson
5 April 2017 31 St Johnstone 1 – 0 Heart of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
19:45 Shaughnessy 73' Report Nicholson  83' Attendance: 4,197
Referee: Nick Walsh
8 April 2017 32 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 – 3 St Johnstone Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Cole  81'  Report MacLean 40'
Alston  65'
Craig 88' (pen.)
Cummins 90+1'
Attendance: 2,961
Referee: Stephen Finnie
15 April 2017 33 St Johnstone 1 – 2 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
15:00 Craig  22'
Swanson 48' (pen)
Wotherspoon  67'
MacLean  84'
Report Christie 19'
Scobbie 32' (o.g.)
Lewis  57'
Attendance: 5,132
Referee: Bobby Madden
29 April 2017 34 Aberdeen 1 – 2 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Logan  18'
Hayes  19'
Stockley  90+3'
Report Anderson  28'
Shaughnessy  33'
Swanson 80'
Thomson 80'
Craig  90+3'
Attendance: 10,606
Referee: Alan Muir
6 May 2017 35 Celtic 4 – 1 St Johnstone Celtic Park
15:00 Roberts 47', 62'
Boyata 52'
McGregor 71'
Report MacLean 49' Attendance: 52,796
Referee: Nick Walsh
13 May 2017 36 St Johnstone 1 – 0 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 Swanson 33' (pen.) 83'
MacLean  60'
Craig  67'
Report Devine  17'
Edwards  24'
Elliott  82'
Attendance: 3,630
Referee: Stephen Finnie
17 May 2017 37 St Johnstone 1 – 0 Heart Of Midlothian McDiarmid Park
19:45 Kane 26' Report Attendance: 3,141
Referee: Don Robertson
21 May 2017 38 St Johnstone 1 – 2 Rangers McDiarmid Park
12:30 Cummins 76' Report Miller 40'
Toral 53'
Attendance: 6,799
Referee: Andrew Dallas

Scottish League Cup

Group B

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
16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Group B Elgin City 1 – 3 St Johnstone Borough Briggs, Elgin
15:00 Duff 48'
MacLeod  43'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Swanson 16'
Cummins 71'
MacLean 79'
Attendance: 1,046
Referee: Alan Muir
23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Group B St Johnstone 3 – 0 Falkirk McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Swanson 25' (pen.), 38' (pen.)
MacLean 68'
Craig 16'
SPFL Report
Watson  24'
Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Bobby Madden
26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Group B Brechin City 1 – 1
(4–2 p)
St Johnstone Glebe Park, Brechin
19:45 Jackson 35'
Graham  73'
SPFL Report Kane 86' Attendance: 912
Referee: John McKendrick
Penalties
30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Group B St Johnstone 4 – 0 Stirling Albion McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 Anderson 4'
MacLean 33'
Craig 43'
Wotherspoon 90+2'
SPFL Report
Ferns  56'
McKenzie  90+3'
Attendance: 2,858
Referee: Barry Cook
10 August 2016 Second Round St Johnstone 3 – 2 Hearts McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45 Swanson 10' 75' (pen.)
McKay 80'
Paton  45'
Swanson  71'
Alston  76'
SPFL Report Paterson 43'
Walker 45' (pen.)
Cowie  9'
Murihead  54'
Ozturk  74'
Rossi  81'
Attendance: 4,214
Referee: Crawford Allan
22 September 2016 Quarter final Aberdeen 1 – 0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
19:45 Rooney 90'
Maddison  7'
Shinnie  34'
BBC Report
SPFL Report
Shaughnessy  11'
Wotherspoon  45'
Paton  51'
Swanson  67'
Davidson  80'
Attendance: 8,829
Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

Scottish Cup

21 January 2017 Fourth Round St Johnstone 2 – 0 Stenhousemuir McDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean 6'
Alston 32'
Report Kerr  52'
McMenamin  64'
Ciaran Summers  82'
Attendance: 2,441
Referee: Euan Anderson
11 February 2017 Fifth Round St Johnstone 0 – 1 Partick Thistle McDiarmid Park
15:00 MacLean  40'
Swanson  75'
Report Barton 7'
Welsh  65'
Devine  72'
Attendance: 2,884
Referee: Steven McLean

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 21 May 2017 [5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  NIR Alan Mannus 17012+203000
2 DF  SCO Dave Mackay 00000000
3 DF  SCO Tam Scobbie 20014+204000
4 MF  SCO Blair Alston 42325+1024+101+11
6 DF  SCO Steven Anderson 3442636120
7 MF  SCO Chris Millar 22014+303020
8 MF  SCO Murray Davidson 26319+432010
9 FW  SCO Steven MacLean 391230+294+1221
10 MF  SCO David Wotherspoon 38220+1312+1120
11 MF  SCO Danny Swanson 381528+2105+1520
12 GK  SCO Zander Clark 3102603020
14 DF  IRL Joe Shaughnessy 4623816120
15 DF  WAL Clive Smith 20200000
17 FW  SCO Michael Coulson 1807+701+3000
18 MF  NIR Paul Paton 34122+613+3000
19 DF  SCO Richard Foster 3413310010
22 DF  SCO Keith Watson 613+111010
24 DF  SCO Brian Easton 4503706020
25 FW  SCO Chris Kane 32614+1152+310+20
26 MF  SCO Liam Craig 44627+955+110+20
27 MF  SCO Craig Thomson 1112+711+1000
28 DF  SCO Ally Gilchrist 00000000
29 FW  IRL Graham Cummins 36617+1353+1120
31 MF  SCO Greg Hurst 100+100000
33 FW  SCO George Hunter 00000000
36 DF  SCO Cameron Thompson 00000000
49 MF  ENG Daniel Jardine 00000000
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
15 DF  SCO Brad McKay (joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle) 31200+1100
20 FW  NIR Joe Gormley (joined Cliftonville) 200+101000
Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season
23 DF  SCO Liam Gordon (on loan to Peterhead) 10001000
32 MF  SCO Connor McLaren (on loan to Stirling Albion) 00000000
39 DF  SCO Aaron Comrie (on loan to Peterhead) 100+100000

Goalscorers

As of 21 May 2017

Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
111Danny Swanson105015
210Steven MacLean92112
325Chris Kane5106
26Liam Craig5106
29Graham Cummins5106
610Steven Anderson3104
74Blair Alston2013
8Murray Davidson3003
910David Wotherspoon1102
14Joe Shaughnessy1102
1115Brad McKay0101
18Paul Paton1001
19Richard Foster1001
22Keith Watson1001
27Craig Thomson1001
Own Goal2002
TOTALS 3914255

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
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.

Transfers

See also

List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons

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