2017–18 St Johnstone F.C. season
Appearance
Top goalscorer | League: Steven MacLean (9) All: Steven MacLean (9) | ||
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Highest home attendance | 6,887 vs. Rangers 13 October 2017 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 2,037 vs. Hamilton Academical 28 March 2018 | ||
Average home league attendance | 3,809[1] | ||
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The
Results & fixtures
Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre-season
22 June 2017 Auchenhowie | ||||
15:00 | Report | Stadium: Rangers Training Centre |
1 July 2017 Friendly | St Johnstone | 0–3 | Aberdeen | McDiarmid Park |
15:00 BST | AFC Report | Rooney ![]() Christie ![]() Anderson ![]() |
Attendance: 1,939[7] |
15 July 2017 Friendly | St Johnstone | 3−0 | Sunderland | McDiarmid Park |
14:00 BST | MacLean ![]() Wotherspoon ![]() |
Report Highlights |
Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Nick Walsh |
18 July 2017 Auchenhowie | ||||
14:30 | Hendry ![]() |
Stadium: Rangers Training Centre |
Scottish Premiership
5 August 2017 1 | Kilmarnock | |||
15:00 | Boyd ![]() |
Report | Wotherspoon ![]() O'Halloran ![]() |
Attendance: 3,935 Referee: Steven McLean |
12 August 2017 2 | St Johnstone | 4–1 | Motherwell | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | MacLean ![]() O'Halloran ![]() Davidson ![]() |
Report | Rose ![]() McHugh ![]() ![]() Carson ![]() Dunne ![]() |
Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Craig Thomson |
19 August 2017 3 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | O'Halloran ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 3,470 Referee: Barry Cook |
26 August 2017 4 | Glasgow | |||
15:00 | McGregor ![]() |
Report | MacLean ![]() |
Attendance: 58,466 Referee: Willie Collum |
9 September 2017 5 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Hibernian | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | O'Halloran ![]() |
Report | Paton ![]() |
Attendance: 5,591 Referee: Nick Walsh |
16 September 2017 6 | Dundee | |||
15:00 | Leitch-Smith ![]() Moussa ![]() O'Dea ![]() ![]() |
Report | Craig ![]() |
Attendance: 6,001 Referee: Alan Muir |
23 September 2017 7 | St Johnstone | 2–1 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | MacLean ![]() Davidson ![]() |
Report | MacKinnon ![]() |
Attendance: 2,880 Referee: Willie Collum |
30 September 2017 8 | Aberdeen | |||
15:00 | Rooney ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 14,879 Referee: John Beaton |
13 October 2017 9 | St Johnstone | 0–3 | Rangers | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
19:45 | Anderson ![]() ![]() |
BBC Report | Peña ![]() Dorrans ![]() |
Attendance: 6,887 Referee: Don Robertson |
21 October 2017 10 | Edinburgh | |||
15:00 | Lafferty ![]() |
Report | Attendance: 18,534 Referee: Nick Walsh |
25 October 2017 11 | St Johnstone | 0–0 | Ross County | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
19:45 | BBC Report | Attendance: 2,267 Referee: Barry Cook |
28 October 2017 12 | Glasgow | |||
15:00 | Storey ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,870 Referee: John Beaton |
4 November 2017 13 | St Johnstone | 0–4 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
12:30 | BBC Sport | Sinclair ![]() Dembélé ![]() Anderson ![]() Ntcham ![]() |
Attendance: 6,800 Referee: Bobby Madden |
18 November 2017 14 | Edinburgh | |||
15:00 | Stokes ![]() |
BBC Report | Davidson ![]() MacLean ![]() |
Attendance: 17,044 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee) |
25 November 2017 15 Motherwell | ||||
15:00 |
2 December 2017 16 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Kilmarnock | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | MacLean ![]() |
BBC Report | Findlay ![]() Brophy ![]() |
Attendance: 2.950 Referee: John Beaton |
9 December 2017 17 | Hamilton | |||
15:00 | BBC Report | Scougall ![]() |
Attendance: 1,451 Referee: Craig Thomson |
13 December 2017 18 | St Johnstone | 0–3 | Aberdeen | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
19:45 | BBC Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,911 Referee: Alan Muir |
16 December 2017 19 | Rangers | 1–3 | St Johnstone | Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow |
15:00 | Morelos ![]() |
BBC Report | Alston ![]() Johnstone ![]() Cummins ![]() |
Attendance: 47,923 Referee: Don Robertson |
23 December 2017 20 | St Johnstone | 0–0 | Heart of Midlothian | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | BBC Report | Cochrane ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 4,975 Referee: Clancy |
27 December 2017 21 | Ross County | 1–1 | St Johnstone | Victoria Park, Dingwall |
19:45 | Schalk ![]() |
BBC Report | Johnstone ![]() |
Attendance: 3,3636 Referee: Greg Aitken |
30 December 2017 22 | St Johnstone | 0–2 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | Foster ![]() |
BBC Report | Haber ![]() Leitch-Smith ![]() |
Attendance: 4,679 Referee: Willie Collum |
27 January 2018 24 | St Johnstone | 1–3 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | Craig ![]() |
BBC Report | Edwards ![]() |
Attendance: 2,848 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
31 January 2018 25[N 2] | St Johnstone | P–P | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
Report |
3 February 2018 26 | Edinburgh | |||
15:00 | Milinković ![]() |
BBC Report | Wotherspoon ![]() ![]() |
Attendance: 16,197 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
6 February 2018 15 Motherwell | ||||
19:45 | Campbell ![]() Main ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 3,227 Referee: Don Robertson |
17 February 2018 27 | Glasgow | |||
15:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 56,867 Referee: John Beaton |
24 February 2018 28 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Ross County | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | Davidson ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,533 Referee: Willie Collum |
28 February 2018 29 | St Johnstone | 1–4 | Rangers | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
19:45 | Kerr ![]() |
BBC Report | Tavernier ![]() Windass ![]() Goss ![]() Morelos ![]() |
Attendance: 5,737 Referee: Steven McLean |
7 March 2018 23 | Kilmarnock | |||
19:45 | Boyd ![]() Erwin ![]() |
BBC Report | Kerr ![]() |
Attendance: 3,807 Referee: Willie Collum |
10 March 2018 30 | Dundee | |||
15:00 | BBC Report | Piggott ![]() Kane ![]() Alston ![]() |
Attendance: 5,336 Referee: Craig Thomson |
16 March 2018 31 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Hibernian | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
19:45 | Kane ![]() |
BBC Report | Ambrose ![]() Marciano ![]() |
Attendance: 3,652 Referee: John Beaton |
28 March 2018 25[N 4] | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
19:45 | McMann ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,037 Referee: Euan Anderson |
31 March 2018 32 | Aberdeen | |||
15:00 | Christie ![]() May ![]() Stewart ![]() |
BBC Report | Davidson ![]() Anderson ![]() Willock ![]() |
Attendance: 14,161 Referee: Bobby Madden |
7 April 2018 33 | St Johnstone | 0–0 | Motherwell | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | Foster ![]() Davidson ![]() |
BBC Report | Kipré ![]() Rose ![]() |
Attendance: 2,409 Referee: Willie Collum |
21 April 2018 34 | Dundee | 2–1 | St Johnstone | Dens Park, Dundee |
15:00 | Moussa ![]() |
BBC Report | MacLean ![]() |
Attendance: 5,592 Referee: Don Robertson |
28 April 2018 35 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | Shaughnessy ![]() |
BBC Report | Sammon ![]() |
Attendance: 2,925 Referee: Alan Muir |
5 May 2018 36 | Motherwell | 1–5 | St Johnstone | Fir Park, Motherwell |
15:00 | Bigirimana ![]() ![]() Çiftçi ![]() |
BBC Report | MacLean ![]() Anderson ![]() Davidson ![]() McMillan ![]() |
Attendance: 3,524 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
8 May 2018 37 | Hamilton | |||
19:45 | Imrie ![]() |
BBC Report | McMillan ![]() Wotherspoon ![]() |
Attendance: 2,367 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
12 May 2018 38 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Ross County | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
15:00 | Wotherspoon ![]() |
BBC Report | Curran ![]() |
Attendance: Nick Walsh Referee: 3,279 |
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying phase
6 July 2017 | 1–0 (3–1 agg.) | St Johnstone | LFF Stadium, Vilnius | |
17:00 | Maksimov ![]() |
BBC Report | Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria) |
Scottish League Cup
8 August 2017 Second round | St Johnstone | 0–3 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
19:45 | Report | ![]() |
Attendance: 2,619 Referee: Euan Anderson |
Scottish Cup
20 January 2018 Fourth round | Albion Rovers | P–P | St Johnstone | Coatbridge |
15:00 | Report | Stadium: Cliftonhill |
23 January 2018 Fourth round | Albion Rovers | P–P | St Johnstone | Coatbridge |
19:45 | Report | Stadium: Cliftonhill |
29 January 2018 Fourth round | Albion Rovers | 0–4 | St Johnstone | Coatbridge |
19:45 | BBC Report | Kane ![]() McClean ![]() |
Stadium: Cliftonhill Attendance: 1,130 Referee: Mat Northcroft |
10 February 2018 Fifth round | Heart of Midlothian | 3–0 | St Johnstone | Edinburgh |
15:00 | Lafferty ![]() Mitchell ![]() |
BBC Report | Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 12,393 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
Squad statistics
Appearances
- As of 12 May 2018[9]
No. | Pos | Player | Premiership | Europa League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
1 | GK | ![]() |
22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() |
24+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
4 | MF | ![]() |
17+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
5 | DF | ![]() |
38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
6 | DF | ![]() |
34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
7 | MF | ![]() |
13+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() |
29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
9 | FW | Steven MacLean
|
26+4 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
10 | MF | ![]() |
25+10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
11 | MF | ![]() |
10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
12 | GK | ![]() |
16+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() |
12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
15 | DF | ![]() |
15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
16 | FW | ![]() |
2+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
17 | FW | ![]() |
8+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
19 | DF | ![]() |
22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
20 | MF | ![]() |
0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
21 | MF | ![]() |
18+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
22 | DF | ![]() |
1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
23 | DF | ![]() |
5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
24 | DF | ![]() |
12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
25 | FW | ![]() |
10+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 6 |
26 | MF | ![]() |
17+10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
27 | MF | ![]() |
0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
28 | MF | ![]() |
6+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
30 | GK | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 | MF | ![]() |
1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
43 | MF | ![]() |
0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
50 | FW | ![]() |
1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season | ||||||||||||
11 | FW | ![]() |
12+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
18 | MF | ![]() |
16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
28 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
29 | FW | ![]() |
6+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
31 | FW | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | DF | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 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] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 49 | |
7 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 48 | |
8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 46 | |
9 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 39 | |
10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 33 |
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).[10]
Notes:
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).[10]
Notes:
- ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
See also
List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons
Footnotes
References
- ^ "St Johnstone Performance Stats". ESPN.
- ^ Online, Record Sport (14 May 2017). "When Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone play their first Euro qualifiers".
- ^ GB, Sports Media. "St. Johnstone - News Item". www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk.
- ^ "St Johnstone 1-1 Ross County". May 12, 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ GB, Sports Media. "St. Johnstone - News Item". www.perthstjohnstonefc.co.uk.
- ^ "2017-18 Pre-Season fixtures announced". afc.co.uk. 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Today's official attendance at McDiarmid Park was 1939 including 1075 Dons fans! Thanks again for your support! #StandFree". Aberdeen FC. 1 July 2017.
- ^ "St Johnstone - Fixtures". perthstjohnstone. 8 July 2017.
- ^ "St Johnstone FC Player Appearances | Past & Present | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
- ^ "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.