2016–17 St Johnstone F.C. season: Difference between revisions

St Johnstone
2016–17 season
Chairman	Steve Brown
Manager	Tommy Wright
Stadium	McDiarmid Park; Perth, Scotland; (Capacity: 10,696)
Scottish League Cup	Quarter Final ; lost to Aberdeen
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round ; lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorer	League: Steven MacLean (7); Danny Swanson (7); All: Danny Swanson (12)
Highest home attendance	7,979 vs Rangers; Scottish Premiership; 28 December 2016
Lowest home attendance	2,549 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle; Scottish Premiership; 3 December 2016
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2016–17 season is 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.^[1]

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

9 July 2016 1	Glentoran	1 - 2	St Johnstone	The Oval
	Chris Lavery	Report	MacLean Kane

12 July 2016 2	Livingston	1 - 1	St Johnstone	Tony Macaroni Arena
	Josh Mullin 56'	Report	Coulson 10'	Referee: Beaton

19 July 2016 3	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	0 - 2	Dundee	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Paul 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	v	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
15:00

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
	Hill Dyer Graham Trouten Love		Swanson Kane Cummins Coulson

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 18 March 2017 ^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NIR	Alan Mannus	9	0	4+2	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF	SCO	Tam Scobbie	13	0	7+2	0	4	0	0	0
4	MF	SCO	Blair Alston	33	3	19+7	2	4+1	0	1+1	1
6	DF	SCO	Steven Anderson	32	4	24	3	6	1	2	0
7	MF	SCO	Chris Millar	16	0	11	0	3	0	2	0
8	MF	SCO	Murray Davidson	23	3	17+3	3	2	0	1	0
9	FW	SCO	Steven MacLean	33	10	24+2	7	4+1	2	2	1
10	MF	SCO	David Wotherspoon	31	2	15+11	1	2+1	1	2	0
11	MF	SCO	Danny Swanson	32	12	23+1	7	5+1	5	2	0
12	GK	SCO	Zander Clark	30	0	25	0	3	0	2	0
14	DF	EIR	Joe Shaughnessy	37	1	29	0	6	1	2	0
17	FW	SCO	Michael Coulson	15	0	5+6	0	1+3	0	0	0
18	MF	NIR	Paul Paton	27	1	16+5	1	3+3	0	0	0
19	DF	SCO	Richard Foster	27	1	26	1	0	0	1	0
22	DF	SCO	Keith Watson	6	1	3+1	1	1	0	1	0
24	DF	SCO	Brian Easton	36	0	28	0	6	0	2	0
25	FW	SCO	Chris Kane	29	5	12+10	4	2+3	1	0+2	0
26	MF	SCO	Liam Craig	35	5	19+8	4	5+1	1	0+2	0
27	MF	SCO	Craig Thomson	4	0	0+2	0	1+1	0	0	0
29	FW	EIR	Graham Cummins	28	4	10+12	3	3+1	1	2	0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
15	DF	SCO	Brad McKay (joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle)	3	1	2	0	0+1	1	0	0
20	FW	NIR	Joe Gormley (joined Cliftonville)	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season
23	DF	SCO	Liam Gordon (on loan to Peterhead)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
32	MF	SCO	Connor McLaren (on loan to Stirling Albion)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	DF	SCO	Aaron Comrie (on loan to Peterhead)	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 18 March 2017

Ranking	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	11	Danny Swanson	7	5	0	12
2	10	Steven MacLean	7	2	1	10
3	25	Chris Kane	4	1	0	5
3	26	Liam Craig	4	1	0	5
5	6	Steven Anderson	3	1	0	4
5	29	Graham Cummins	3	1	0	4
7	4	Blair Alston	2	0	1	3
7	8	Murray Davidson	3	0	0	3
9	10	David Wotherspoon	1	1	0	2
10	14	Joe Shaughnessy	0	1	0	1
	15	Brad McKay	0	1	0	1
	18	Paul Paton	1	0	0	1
	19	Richard Foster	1	0	0	1
	22	Keith Watson	1	0	0	1
		Own Goal	2	0	0	2
TOTALS			39	14	2	55

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
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	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
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).^[3]
Notes:

^ 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.

Results by opponent

St Johnstone score first

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen					0
Celtic					0
Dundee					0
Hamilton Academical					0
Heart of Midlothian					0
Inverness C.T.					0
Kilmarnock					0
Motherwell					0
Partick Thistle					0
Rangers					0
Ross County					0

Source: 2016–17 Scottish Premier League Results Table

References

^ http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/betfred-cup--group-b-preview/
^ http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2472&comp_id=12&teamTabs=stats
^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[3] 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.

[1] ttp://spfl.co.uk/news/article/betfred-cup--group-b-preview/

[2] ttp://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2472&comp_id=12&teamTabs=stats

[4] "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

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