2014–15 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2014–15 season
Chairman	Steve Brown
Manager	Tommy Wright
Stadium	McDiarmid Park
Premiership	4th
Scottish Cup	Fifth round; lost to Queen of the South
League Cup	Quarter-finals; lost to Rangers
Europa League	Third qualifying round; lost to Spartak Trnava
Top goalscorer	League: ; Brian Graham; Michael O'Halloran; (9 each); All: ; Brian Graham; Michael O'Halloran; (10 each)
Highest home attendance	8,486 vs FC Luzern; UEFA Europa League; 24 July 2014
Lowest home attendance	2,383 vs Ross County; Scottish Cup; 29 November 2014
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The 2014–15 season was St Johnstone's sixth-consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and their second in the newly established Scottish Premiership. St Johnstone also competed in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Europa League. They also went into the season the holders of the Scottish Cup, having won it for the first time in their history the previous year.

Summary

St Johnstone kept manager Tommy Wright for the season with Callum Davidson assistant. They went into the 2014–15 Season as Scottish Cup holders after winning it for the first time in their history the previous year. However, they were unable to retain the trophy after losing to Queen of the South in the Fifth Round.

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season/friendlies

9 July 2014 Friendly	East Fife	0–4	St Johnstone	Bayview Stadium, Levenmouth, Methil
		saints	O'Halloran May MacLean Kane

12 July 2014 Friendly	Raith Rovers	1–1	St Johnstone	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
	Nadé	saints	Wotherspoon	Attendance: 1,103

19 July 2014 Friendly	St Johnstone	0–0	York City	McDiarmid Park, Perth
		saints		Attendance: 994

3 August 2014 Steven Anderson Testimonial	St Johnstone	0–4	Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00		saints Hearts Report	Sow 31' Holt 33' Oliver 54', 67'	Attendance: 2,182 Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish Premiership

10 August 2014 1	Ross County	1–2	St Johnstone	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00	Jervis 55'	BBC saints	O'Halloran 31' MacLean 48'	Attendance: 3,287 Referee: Kevin Clancy

13 August 2014 2	St Johnstone	0–3	Celtic	McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45		BBC saints	Stokes 55' Bitton 76' (pen.) McGregor 83'	Attendance: 6,890 Referee: John Beaton

16 August 2014 3	Hamilton Academical	1–0	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	MacKinnon 16'	BBC saints		Attendance: 1,577 Referee: Bobby Madden

23 August 2014 4	St Johnstone	1–0	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	MacLean 80'	BBC saints		Attendance: 6,377 Referee: Craig Thomson

30 August 2014 5	Motherwell	0–1	St Johnstone	Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00		BBC saints	Graham 86'	Attendance: 3,700 Referee: Alan Muir

13 September 2014 6	St Johnstone	0–1	Dundee	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00		BBC saints	Harkins 28'	Attendance: 6,562 Referee: Willie Collum

20 September 2014 7	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	St Johnstone	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Watkins 61' Christie 66'	BBC saints	Graham 78'	Attendance: 2,770 Referee: Calum Murray

27 September 2014 8	Dundee United	2–0	St Johnstone	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00	Erskine 23' Paton 72'	BBC saints		Attendance: 7,161 Referee: Bobby Madden

4 October 2014 9	St Johnstone	1–2	St Mirren	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Anderson 68'	BBC saints	Naismith 28' Drury 87'	Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Don Robertson

18 October 2014 10	St Johnstone	1–2	Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Murray Davidson 10'	BBC saints	Magennis 19', 22'	Attendance: 3,115 Referee: Craig Thomson

25 October 2014 11	Partick Thistle	0–0	St Johnstone	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00		BBC saints		Attendance: 3,090 Referee: Calum Murray

31 October 2014 12	St Johnstone	2–1	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45	O'Halloran 40', 80'	BBC saints	Ainsworth 13'	Attendance: 2,531 Referee: Kevin Clancy

8 November 2014 13	Dundee	1–1	St Johnstone	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00	Clarkson 41'	BBC saints	Graham 53' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,931 Referee: Bobby Madden

22 November 2014 14	St Johnstone	2–1	Ross County	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	McFadden 39' O'Halloran 73'	BBC saints	Jervis 75'	Attendance: 2,776 Referee: Steven McLean

6 December 2014 15	St Mirren	0–1	St Johnstone	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00		BBC saints	O'Halloran 8'	Attendance: 2,720 Referee: Kevin Clancy

13 December 2014 16	Kilmarnock	0–1	St Johnstone	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00		BBC saints	Graham 82' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,220 Referee: Don Robertson

20 December 2014 17	St Johnstone	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Graham 62' (pen.)	BBC saints	Draper 67'	Attendance: 2,891 Referee: Brian Colvin

27 December 2014 18	St Johnstone	2–1	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	O'Halloran 76' Millar 86'	BBC saints	Butcher 43'	Attendance: 7,384 Referee: Alan Muir

1 January 2015 19	Aberdeen	2–0	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00	Goodwillie 6' Smith 93'	BBC saints		Attendance: 15,263 Referee: Craig Thomson

4 January 2015 20	St Johnstone	0–1	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	McFadden 41' 84'	BBC saints	Andreu 34'	Attendance: 3,202 Referee: Andrew Dallas

17 January 2015 21	St Johnstone	2–0	Partick Thistle	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Mackay 4' Anderson 49'	BBC saints		Attendance: 2,994 Referee: Greg Aitken

20 January 2015 22	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–0	St Johnstone	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
19:45	Billy McKay 34' Marley Watkins 41'	BBC saints		Attendance: 3,161 Referee: Kevin Clancy

23 January 2015 23	St Johnstone	1–1	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45	Lappin 30'	BBC saints	Rooney 57'	Attendance: 4,845 Referee: Bobby Madden

31 January 2015 24	Motherwell	1–1	St Johnstone	Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00	Laing 25' Sutton 75'	BBC saints	Davidson 8'	Attendance: 3,449 Referee: Willie Collum

14 February 2015 25	St Johnstone	1–2	Celtic	McDiarmid Park, Perth
	O'Halloran 72'	BBC saints	Griffiths 1' Johansen 52'	Attendance: 6,727 Referee: Kevin Clancy

21 February 2015 26	Dundee United	0–2	St Johnstone	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00		BBC saints	O'Halloran 9', 44'	Attendance: 7,623 Referee: Willie Collum

28 February 2015 27	St Johnstone	0–0	Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00		BBC saints		Attendance: 3,170 Referee: Euan Anderson

4 March 2015 28	Celtic	0–1	St Johnstone	Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45		BBC saints	Swanson 54'	Attendance: 41,849 Referee: Calum Murray

14 March 2015 29	Partick Thistle	3–0	St Johnstone	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Doolan 3' Balatoni 9' Bannigan 65'	BBC		Attendance: 3,196 Referee: Willie Collum

21 March 2015 30	St Johnstone	2–0	St Mirren	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Graham 33' Anderson 62'	BBC		Attendance: 3,166 Referee: John Beaton

4 April 2015 31	Hamilton Academical	1–1	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Crawford 7' Canning 58'	BBC	Graham 72'	Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Greg Aitken

7 April 2015 32	Ross County	1–0	St Johnstone	Victoria Park, Dingwall
19:45	Boyce 84'	BBC		Attendance: 3,319 Referee: Kevin Clancy

11 April 2015 33	St Johnstone	1–0	Dundee	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Graham 26'	BBC		Attendance: 6,386 Referee: Steven McLean

25 April 2015 34	Dundee	0–2	St Johnstone	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00	Stewart 40' 63'	BBC	Swanson 53' Davidson 67' (o.g.)	Attendance: 6,530 Referee: Craig Thomson

2 May 2015 35	St Johnstone	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Graham 82'	BBC	Doran 55' Raven 45' 85'	Attendance: 2,986 Referee: Andrew Dallas

9 May 2015 36	St Johnstone	1–1	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Davidson 77'	BBC	Rankin 68'	Attendance: 4,862 Referee: Kevin Clancy

15 May 2015 37	St Johnstone	0–0	Celtic	McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45		BBC		Attendance: 6,984 Referee: Crawford Allan

24 May 2015 38	Aberdeen	1–0	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
12:30		BBC	Chris Kane 70'	Attendance: 16,389 Referee: Willie Collum

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

v St Johnstone

17 July 2014 Second qualifying round	Luzern	1–1	St Johnstone	Lucerne, Switzerland
18:30 BST	Schneuwly 67'	BBC saints	MacLean 47'	Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 8,902 Referee: Benoît Bastien

Luzern

24 July 2014 Second qualifying round	St Johnstone	1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (5–4 p)	Luzern	Perth, Scotland
19:45 BST	May 22' (pen.)	BBC saints	Schneuwly 60'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 8,486 Referee: Jonathan Lardot
	Penalties
	MacLean Caddis Mackay May Scobbie		Freuler Schneuwly Thiesson Wiss Winter

Spartak Trnava

31 July 2014 Third qualifying round	St Johnstone	1–2	Spartak Trnava	Perth, Scotland
19:45 BST	Mackay 90+3'	BBC saints	Schranz 34', 63'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 7,001 Referee: Mattias Gestranius

v St Johnstone

7 August 2014 Third qualifying round	Spartak Trnava	1–1 (3–2 agg.)	St Johnstone	Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia
18:30 BST	Mikovič 82'	BBC saints	May 42'	Stadium: Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: 3,884 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández

Scottish League Cup

23 September 2014 Third Round	Kilmarnock	0–1	St Johnstone	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
19:45	Eremenko 71'	BBC saints	Graham 78'	Attendance: 2,550 Referee: Steven McLean

28 October 2014 Quarter-Final	Rangers	1–0	St Johnstone	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
19:15	Macleod 86'	BBC saints		Attendance: 13,023 Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

29 November 2014 Fourth Round	St Johnstone	2–1	Ross County	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	O'Halloran 7' McFadden 12'	BBC saints	Jervis 63'	Attendance: 2,383 Referee: John Beaton

7 February 2015 Fifth Round	Queen of the South	2–0	St Johnstone	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	Lyle 48' Reilly 90'	BBC saints		Attendance: 3,043 Referee: Steven McLean

Squad statistics

During the 2014–15 season, St Johnstone have used twenty three different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

Includes all competitive matches. Alan Mannus is the only player to have played every minute of every game in this season

As of match played 24 May 2015

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NIR	Alan Mannus	46	0	38	0	4	0	2	0	2	0
2	DF	SCO	Dave Mackay	42	2	34	1	4	1	2	0	2	0
3	DF	SCO	Tam Scobbie	24	0	17+3	0	1+2	0	0	0	1	0
4	DF	SCO	Simon Lappin	31	1	19+8	1	0	0	2	0	2	0
5	DF	SCO	Frazer Wright	29	0	23+1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF	SCO	Steven Anderson	41	3	37	3	0	0	2	0	2	0
7	MF	SCO	Chris Millar	38	1	31	1	4	0	2	0	1	0
9	FW	SCO	Steve MacLean	28	3	23+1	2	4	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF	SCO	David Wotherspoon	42	0	30+5	0	4	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
11	MF	SCO	Danny Swanson	12	2	8+3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW	SCO	Brian Graham	27	10	16+7	9	0	0	2	1	1+1	0
16	MF	SCO	Liam Caddis	20	0	5+10	0	2+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
17	FW	SCO	James McFadden	20	2	8+9	1	0	0	0+1	0	2	1
18	MF	SCO	Murray Davidson	27	3	17+6	3	0	0	2	0	1+1	0
19	DF	SCO	Gary Miller	25	0	8+11	0	4	0	1	0	0+1	0
20	MF	SCO	Scott Brown	12	0	7+2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Lee Croft	34	0	17+10	0	3+1	0	2	0	1	0
24	DF	SCO	Brian Easton	40	0	31+1	0	4	0	2	0	2	0
25	FW	SCO	Chris Kane	17	1	4+11	1	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
29	FW	SCO	Michael O'Halloran	46	10	29+9	9	3+1	0	2	0	1+1	1
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
8	MF	SCO	Gary McDonald	19	0	10+6	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	FW	ENG	Adam Morgan	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	SCO	Stevie May	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0

Goal scorers

As of 24 May 2015

Ranking	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Europa League	League Cup	Scottish Cup	Total
1	14	Brian Graham	9	0	1	0	10
1	29	Michael O'Halloran	9	0	0	1	10
3	6	Steven Anderson	3	0	0	0	3
	9	Steve MacLean	2	1	0	0	3
	18	Murray Davidson	3	0	0	0	3
5	2	Dave Mackay	1	1	0	0	2
	11	Danny Swanson	2	0	0	0	2
	17	Stevie May	0	2	0	0	2
	17	James McFadden	1	0	0	1	2
10	4	Simon Lappin	1	0	0	0	1
	7	Chris Millar	1	0	0	0	1
	25	Chris Kane	1	0	0	0	1
		Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
		Totals	34	4	1	2	41

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 24 May 2015

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		Europa League		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
2		DF	Dave Mackay	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
3		DF	Tam Scobbie	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Simon Lappin	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
5		DF	Frazer Wright	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
6		DF	Steven Anderson	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
7		MF	Chris Millar	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8		MF	Gary McDonald	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Steve MacLean	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
10		MF	David Wotherspoon	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
11		MF	Danny Swanson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
14		MF	Brian Graham	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
16		MF	Liam Caddis	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		FW	James McFadden	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	1
18		MF	Murray Davidson	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
19		DF	Gary Miller	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
22		MF	Lee Croft	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
24		DF	Brian Easton	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
25		FW	Chris Kane	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
29		FW	Michael O'Halloran	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
			Totals	69	2	11	0	4	0	3	0	87	2

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Aberdeen	38	23	6	9	57	33	+24	75	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	19	8	11	52	42	+10	65	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
4	St Johnstone	38	16	9	13	34	34	0	57	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
5	Dundee United	38	17	5	16	58	56	+2	56
6	Dundee^[b]	38	11	12	15	46	57	−11	45

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:

Results by opponent

St Johnstone score first

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	7
Celtic	0–3	1–2	1–0	0–0	4
Dundee	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	7
Dundee United	0–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	7
Hamilton Academical	0–1	0–1	1–1	X	1
Inverness C.T.	1–2	1–0	0–2	1–1	4
Kilmarnock	1–2	1–0	0–0	X	4
Motherwell	1–0	2–1	1–1	X	7
Partick Thistle	0–0	2–0	0–3	X	4
Ross County	2–1	2–1	0–1	X	6
St Mirren	1–2	1–0	2–0	X	6

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

Players out

Date	Player	To	Fee
22 May 2014	Tim Clancy	Released	Free^[6]
13 June 2014	Scott Gray	Airdrieonians	Free^[7]
30 June 2014	Chris Iwelumo	Chester	Free^[8]^[9]
25 July 2014	Zander Clark	Queen of the South	Loan^[10]
31 July 2014	Nigel Hasselbaink	Veria	Free^[11]
9 August 2014	Stevie May	Sheffield Wednesday	£800,000^[12]
15 August 2014	Patrick Cregg	Shamrock Rovers	Free^[13]^[14]
29 August 2014	Chris Kane	Dumbarton	Loan^[15]
22 January 2015	Dylan Easton	Dumbarton	Loan^[16]
12 February 2015	Gary McDonald	Peterhead	Free^[17]

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