2013–14 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2013–14 season
Chairman Steve Brown
Manager Tommy Wright
Stadium McDiarmid Park
Premiership 6th
Europa League Third qualifying round
League Cup Semi-finals
Scottish Cup Winners
Top goalscorer League:
Stevie May (20)
All:
Stevie May (27)
Highest home attendance 8,594 vs. Minsk
Europa Third QF Round
8 August 2013
Lowest home attendance 1,892 vs. Motherwell
Premiership
25 February 2014

The 2013–14 season was St Johnstone's fifth-consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and their first in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 2008–09 season.[2] St Johnstone competed in the Europa League, losing to FC Minsk in the Third qualifying round.[3] They also reached the semi-finals of the League Cup, losing to Aberdeen and won the Scottish Cup for the first time in their history.[4]

It was Tommy Wright's first season as manager.

Results

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish Premiership

UEFA Europa League

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 17 May 2014[7][8]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Northern Ireland Alan Mannus 44 0 34+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
2 DF Scotland Dave Mackay 48 3 36+0 3 4+0 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
3 DF Scotland Tam Scobbie 27 0 18+3 0 4+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
4 MF Republic of Ireland Patrick Cregg 28 0 13+7 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF Scotland Frazer Wright 36 3 25+1 1 4+0 1 3+0 0 3+0 1
6 DF Scotland Steven Anderson 39 4 29+0 2 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 2
7 MF Scotland Chris Millar 42 0 26+7 0 1+1 0 3+0 0 3+1 0
8 MF Scotland Gary McDonald 40 2 26+3 0 4+0 0 3+0 1 3+1 1
9 FW Scotland Steve MacLean 29 10 18+3 8 4+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 1
10 MF Scotland David Wotherspoon 50 1 32+6 1 4+0 0 2+1 0 4+1 0
11 FW Netherlands Nigel Hasselbaink 39 6 20+10 5 4+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 1
12 MF Scotland David Robertson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 MF England James Dunne 17 1 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 1
14 FW Wales Gwion Edwards 17 1 4+9 0 0+3 0 0+1 1 0+0 0
15 GK England Steve Banks 6 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
16 MF Scotland Liam Caddis 10 1 0+8 1 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
17 FW Scotland Stevie May 49 27 34+4 20 2+1 1 3+0 2 5+0 4
18 MF Scotland Murray Davidson 24 1 18+3 1 0+1 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
19 DF Scotland Gary Miller 29 1 18+5 1 0+2 0 1+2 0 1+0 0
20 MF Scotland Scott Brown 5 1 2+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 MF England Lee Croft 23 0 10+9 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
23 DF Republic of Ireland Tim Clancy 4 1 3+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF Scotland Brian Easton 32 0 22+1 0 0+1 0 3+0 0 5+0 0
25 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanel Jahić 6 1 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
25 FW Scotland Chris Iwelumo 8 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 FW New Zealand Rory Fallon 12 1 1+7 1 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
29 FW Scotland Michael O'Halloran 19 2 9+5 1 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+1 1
30 GK Scotland Zander Clark 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 FW Scotland Dylan Easton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 FW Scotland Chris Kane 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
44 MF Scotland Craig Thomson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 17 May 2014
Number Nation Position Name Premiership Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 Northern Ireland GK Alan Mannus 0100000001
2Scotland DF Dave Mackay 5010100070
3Scotland DF Tam Scobbie 2000000020
4Republic of IrelandMFPatrick Cregg 6100000061
5Scotland DF Frazer Wright 6110000071
6Scotland DF Steven Anderson 4110000051
7Scotland MF Chris Millar 5000000050
9Scotland MF Steve MacLean 4100001051
10ScotlandMFDavid Wotherspoon 4010100060
11NetherlandsFWNigel Hasselbaink 3000100040
12Scotland MF David Robertson 0000000000
12England MF James Dunne 4000001050
14Wales FW Gwion Edwards 2000000020
16Scotland MF Liam Caddis 1000000010
17Scotland FW Stevie May 4000002060
18Scotland MF Murray Davidson 4010000050
19Scotland DF Gary Miller 2000000020
22England MF Lee Croft 3000001040
23Republic of Ireland DF Tim Clancy 1000000010
24Scotland DF Brian Easton 1000101030
25Scotland FW Chris Iwelumo 1000000010
27New Zealand FW Rory Fallon 0110000011

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 31 6 1 102 25+77 99 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 22 4 12 64 60+4 70 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Aberdeen 38 20 8 10 53 38+15 68 2014–15 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Dundee United 38 16 10 12 65 50+15 58
5 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 16 9 13 44 440 57
6 St Johnstone 38 15 8 15 48 42+6 53 2014–15 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
7 Ross County 38 11 7 20 44 6218 40
8 St Mirren 38 10 9 19 39 5819 39
9 Kilmarnock 38 11 6 21 45 6621 39
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 14 16 46 6519 38
11 Hibernian (R) 38 8 11 19 31 5120 35 Scottish Premiership play-offs
12 Heart of Midlothian (R) 38 10 8 20 45 6520 0231 Relegation to 2014–15 Scottish Championship

Source: ESPN
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Heart of Midlothian were deducted 15 points for entering administration
2 St Johnstone, as winners of the 2013–14 Scottish Cup, qualify to second qualifying round of Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Division summary

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Result W D W L D L L D W L W W W L L D L W L L W D W L L W L W L W W D W W D L D L
Position 5 4 2 3 5 5 8 8 6 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Last updated: 17 May 2014.
Source: [9]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Wales Gwion Edwards Wales Swansea City Loan[10]
Scotland David Wotherspoon Scotland Hibernian Free[11]
New Zealand Rory Fallon Scotland Aberdeen Free[12]
England Steve Banks Scotland Dundee United Free[13]
Scotland Brian Easton Scotland Dundee Free[13]
Scotland Gary McDonald England Morecambe Free[14]
Scotland Scott Brown England Bradford City Free[15]
England Alex Kitchen England Newcastle United Free[16]
Scotland Michael O'Halloran England Bolton Wanderers Free[17]
Scotland Chris Iwelumo England Scunthorpe United Free[18]
England James Dunne England Stevenage Loan[19]
Republic of Ireland Tim Clancy Scotland Hibernian Free[20]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Liam Craig Scotland Hibernian Free[21]
England Rowan Vine Scotland Hibernian Free[22]
France Grégory Tadé Romania CFR Cluj Free[23]
Scotland David McCracken Scotland Falkirk Free[24]
Scotland Zander Clark Scotland Queen of the South Loan[25]
Scotland Gareth Rodger Scotland Montrose Loan[26]
Scotland Liam Caddis Scotland Alloa Athletic Loan[27]
Scotland David Robertson Scotland Greenock Morton[28] Free[29]
Scotland Chris Kane Scotland Dumbarton Loan[30]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sanel Jahić Switzerland Grasshopper[31] Free[32]

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