2012–13 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2012–13 season
Chairman Steve Brown
Manager Steve Lomas
Stadium McDiarmid Park
Premier League Third place
Europa League Second qualifying round, lost to
Eskişehirspor
League Cup Quarter-final, lost to
Celtic
Scottish Cup Fifth round, lost to
St Mirren
Top goalscorer League:
Liam Craig (7)
Murray Davidson (7)
Nigel Hasselbaink (7)
Rowan Vine (7)
All:
Liam Craig (8)
Murray Davidson (8)
Steve MacLean (8)
Highest home attendance 6,700 vs. Celtic, 15 September 2012
Lowest home attendance 2,167 vs. Aberdeen, 30 December 2013
Average home league attendance League: 3,712[1]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was St Johnstone's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[2] St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League,[3] League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Saint Johnstone finished third in the Scottish Premier League.[4] They reached the Second qualifying round of the Europa League,[5] the Quarter-final of the League Cup[6] and the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.[7]

Results & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Premier League

UEFA Europa League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
2 DF Mackay[11] Scotland 34 Club captain
8 MF Davidson[12] Scotland 8 Vice-captain

Last updated: 19 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 19 May 2013[13][14]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremier League Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Northern Ireland Alan Mannus 43 0 38+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Scotland Dave Mackay 36 3 32+0 3 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Scotland Callum Davidson 23 0 20+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Republic of Ireland Patrick Cregg 28 1 19+5 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF Scotland Frazer Wright 38 1 35+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Scotland Steven Anderson 33 0 28+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Scotland Chris Millar 30 0 25+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland Murray Davidson 37 8 31+1 7 2+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
9 FW France Grégory Tadé 41 6 25+11 4 1+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 1
10 MF Scotland Liam Craig 43 8 37+0 7 2+0 0 1+1 1 2+0 0
11 FW Netherlands Nigel Hasselbaink 42 7 15+21 7 1+1 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
12 MF Scotland David Robertson 9 2 1+6 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland Kevin Moon 4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW Wales Gwion Edwards 7 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
15 GK Northern Ireland Jonathan Tuffey 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Scotland Craig Beattie 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
16 MF Wales Michael Doughty 6 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW Scotland Sean Higgins 5 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Scotland Steve MacLean 35 8 27+4 5 0+0 0 1+1 2 2+0 1
18 DF Scotland David McCracken 22 1 15+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1
19 DF Scotland Gary Miller 21 0 13+4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF Scotland Jamie Adams 5 0 0+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Algeria Mehdi Abeid 13 0 9+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 MF Scotland Peter Pawlett 9 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW England Rowan Vine 37 7 28+7 7 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF Scotland Liam Caddis 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 FW Scotland Stevie May 5 0 0+3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF Scotland Tam Scobbie 21 0 11+7 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Premier League Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 Northern Ireland GK Alan Mannus 0000000000
2Scotland DF Dave Mackay 4100100051
3Scotland DF Callum Davidson 1000000010
4Republic of IrelandMFPatrick Cregg 90000010100
5Scotland DF Frazer Wright 8000000080
6Scotland DF Steven Anderson 3100100041
7Scotland MF Chris Millar 7100000071
8Scotland MF Murray Davidson 90100000100
9FranceFWGrégory Tadé 0100000001
10Scotland MF Liam Craig 8000001090
11NetherlandsFWNigel Hasselbaink 2000100030
12Scotland MF David Robertson 0000000000
14Scotland MF Kevin Moon 0000000000
14Wales FW Gwion Edwards 0000000000
15Northern IrelandGKJonathan Tuffey 0000000000
16Scotland FW Craig Beattie 0000000000
16WalesMFMichael Doughty 1000000010
17Scotland FW Sean Higgins 0000000000
17Scotland FWSteve MacLean 5000000050
18Scotland DF David McCracken 0000000000
19Scotland DF Gary Miller 2010100040
20Scotland MF Jamie Adams 0000000000
21Algeria MF Mehdi Abeid 1000000010
22Scotland MF Peter Pawlett 3000000030
23England FW Rowan Vine 7200000072
26Scotland MF Liam Caddis 0000000000
27Scotland FW Stevie May 0000000000
33Scotland DF Tam Scobbie 0000001010

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 2013–14 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 2013–14 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 2013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
6 Dundee United 38 11 14 13 51 62 −11 47
7 Hibernian2 38 13 12 13 49 52 −3 512013–14 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round
8 Aberdeen2 38 11 15 12 41 43 −2 48
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 12 15 52 53 −1 45
10 Heart of Midlothian 38 11 11 16 40 49 −9 44
11 St. Mirren 38 9 14 15 47 60 −13 41
12 Dundee (R) 38 7 9 22 28 66 −38 30 Relegation to 2013–14 Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Since the winners of 2012–13 Scottish Cup, Celtic are already qualified to 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, the runners–up Hibernian secured a spot in 2013–14 UEFA Europa League in the second qualifying round.
2 Teams in the bottom half at the time of the split may not overtake a team in the top 6 at the time of the split.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHHAHHAAH
Result L D L L D W W W W W D L L D W L D D L D D W L W W L D W D L W D D D W W L W
Position 12 10 12 11 11 10 9 7 4 2 4 5 5 4 4 6 6 5 6 7 7 6 6 5 4 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3

Last updated: 19 May 2013.
Source: [15]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Chris Millar initially turned down a new deal[16] but later re-signed.[17]

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Tam Scobbie Scotland Falkirk Free[18]
Scotland Gary Miller Scotland Ross County Free[19]
France Grégory Tadé Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free[20]
Netherlands Nigel Hasselbaink Scotland St Mirren Free[21]
Northern Ireland Jonathan Tuffey Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free[22]
Republic of Ireland Patrick Cregg England Bury Free[23]
England Rowan Vine England Queens Park Rangers Free[24]
Scotland Craig Beattie Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[25]
Scotland Peter Pawlett Scotland Aberdeen Loan[26]
Scotland Chris Tobin Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[27]
Scotland Steve MacLean England Yeovil Town Free[28]
Wales Michael Doughty England Queens Park Rangers Loan[29]
Algeria Mehdi Abeid England Newcastle United Loan[30]
Wales Gwion Edwards Wales Swansea City Loan[30]

Players out

Player To Fee
Spain Francisco Sandaza Scotland Rangers[31] Free[32]
England Carl Finnigan Scotland Dundee Free[33]
Republic of Ireland Cillian Sheridan Bulgaria CSKA Sofia Loan return[34]
Scotland Willie Gibson England Crawley Town Loan return[35]
England Jack Compton Scotland Falkirk Loan return[36]
England Lee Croft England Derby County Loan return[37]
Scotland James Keatings Scotland Celtic Loan return[38]
England Kudus Oyenuga England Tottenham Hotspur Loan return[39]
Canada Marcus Haber England Stevenage Free[40]
England Jody Morris England Bristol City Free[41]
Scotland Derek Riordan England Bristol Rovers[42] Free[43]
Scotland Michael Hart Scotland Airdrie United[44] Free[45]
Republic of Ireland Alan Maybury Scotland Hibernian[46] Free[47]
Finland Peter Enckelman Scotland Heart of Midlothian[48] Free[49]
Scotland Stevie May Scotland Hamilton Academical Loan[50]
Scotland Ricky McIntosh Scotland Montrose Loan[51]
Scotland Sean Higgins Scotland Falkirk[52] Free[53]
Scotland Mark Durnan Scotland Queen of the South Free[54]
Scotland Liam Caddis Scotland Cowdenbeath Loan[55]
Scotland Craig Beattie England Barnet[56] Free[57]
Scotland Kevin Moon Scotland Alloa Athletic[58] Free[30]

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