2015–16 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2015–16 season
Chairman	Steve Brown
Manager	Tommy Wright
Stadium	McDiarmid Park
Premiership	4th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round; lost to Kilmarnock
League Cup	Semi-final; lost to Hibernian
Europa League	First qualifying round, lost to Alashkert
Top goalscorer	League: ; Steve MacLean (14); All: ; Steve MacLean (15)
Highest home attendance	6,418 vs Celtic; Scottish Premiership; 13 December 2015
Lowest home attendance	2,157 Inverness Caledonian Thistle; Scottish Premiership; 9 March 2016
Average home league attendance	3,880
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was the club's third season in the Scottish Premiership and their seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre season friendlies

23 June 2015 Friendly	Linfield	1–2	St Johnstone	Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 GMT	Ross Clarke 80'	St Johnstone Report Linfield Report	Sutton 10' Shaughnessy 44'	Stadium: Windsor Park Attendance: Behind closed doors

24 June 2015 Friendly	Glenavon	1–1	St Johnstone	Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
19:45 GMT	Braniff 90' (pen.)	St Johnstone Report	Kane 72'	Stadium: Mourneview Park

28 June 2015 Friendly	St Johnstone	0–1	Aberdeen	Brechin
13:00 GMT		St Johnstone Report Aberdeen Report	Rooney 71' (pen.)	Stadium: Glebe Park Attendance: 1,248 Referee: Dallas

12 July 2015 Friendly	St Johnstone	0–0	Real Sociedad	Methil, Fife
13:30 GMT		St Johnstone Report		Stadium: Bayview Stadium Attendance: Unknown Referee: Beaton

25 July 2015 Friendly	St Johnstone	0–1	Blackpool	Tulloch
15:00 GMT		St Johnstone Report	McAlister	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 1,305 Referee: Salmond

Scottish Premiership

2 August 2015^[1] Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	4–3	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Stadium
12:30	Juanma 4' Walker 53' Paterson 62' Nicholson 80'	BBC Report	Lappin 56' Sutton 75' Cummins 78'	Attendance: 16,334 Referee: McLean

8 August 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	1–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Cummins 90'	BBC Report	Christie 9'	Attendance: 2,959 Referee: Collum

11 August 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	1–1	Ross County	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Cummins 52'	BBC Report	Curran 17'	Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Muir

15 August 2015 Premiership	Dundee	2–1	St Johnstone	Dens Park
15:00	McPake 16' Hemmings 39'	BBC Report	MacLean 54'	Attendance: 6,176 Referee: Clancy

22 August 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	2–1	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
15:00	MacLean 62', 79'	BBC Report	Moult 11' Taylor 86'	Attendance: 3,361 Referee: Thomson

29 August 2015 Premiership	Celtic	3–1	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
	Griffiths 18' Rogić 45+1' Mulgrew 67'	BBC Report	Boyata 11' (o.g.)	Attendance: 42,507 Referee: Beaton

12 September 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	4–1	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Craig 22' MacLean 25' (pen.), 43', 54'	BBC Report	Tagliapietra 67'	Attendance: 2,648 Referee: Dallas

19 September 2015 Premiership	Kilmarnock	2–1	St Johnstone	Rugby Park
15:00	Magennis 40' Easton 60' (Own goal)	BBC Report	Wotherspoon 17'	Attendance: 3,165 Referee: Collum

26 September 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	2–1	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Mannus 23' Cummins 63' Lappin 80'	BBC Report	McKay 24' (pen.)	Attendance: 4,634 Referee: Madden

3 October 2015 Premiership	Aberdeen	1–5	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Magennis 12'	BBC Report	Easton 5' Shaughnessy 10' Craig 30' MacLean 47', 51'	Attendance: 13,405 Referee: Muir

17 October 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	1–2	Partick Thistle	McDiarmid Park
15:00	MacLean 48'	BBC Report	Miller 28' Lawless 34'	Attendance: 3414 Referee: Beaton

24 October 2015 Premiership	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–1	St Johnstone	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Meekings 86' Devine 90+4'	Report	Mackay 47' Scobbie 66' Craig 90+3' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,471 Referee: Robertson

31 October 2015 Premiership	Hamilton Academical	2–4	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
15:00	Garcia Tena 81', 89' (pen.)	BBC Report	Cummins 40', 49' Wotherspoon 63' O'Halloran 67'	Attendance: 2,216 Referee: Clancy

7 November 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	2–1	Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park
15:00	O'Halloran 23' Kane 49' Craig 86'	BBC Report	Smith 2'	Attendance: 3,475 Referee: Allan

21 November 2015 Premiership	Dundee United	1–2	St Johnstone	Tannadice Park
15:00	McKay 33'	BBC Report	Kane 43' Davidson 45+1'	Attendance: 7,020 Referee: Thomson

27 November 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	1–1	Dundee	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Wotherspoon 13'	BBC Report	Hemmings 3'	Attendance: 4,598 Referee: Muir

5 December 2015 Premiership	Ross County	2–3	St Johnstone	Victoria Park
15:00	Boyce 68' Davidson 88' (Own goal)	BBC Report	Wotherspoon 3', 43' Mackay 88'	Attendance: 3,229 Referee: Clancy

13 December 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	0–3	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
15:00		BBC Report	Çiftçi 35', 67' Boyata 49'	Attendance: 6,418 Referee: Allan

19 December 2015 Premiership	St Johnstone	0–0	Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
15:00		BBC Report	Juanma 28'	Attendance: 4,780 Referee: Clancy

26 December 2015 Premiership	Partick Thistle	P – P	St Johnstone	Firhill Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Referee: Beaton
Note: Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

30 December 2015 Premiership	Motherwell	2–0	St Johnstone	Fir Park
	Hall 38' Pearson 45'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,055 Referee: Allan

3 January 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	P – P	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
15:00		BBC Report		Referee: Madden

16 January 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	0–0	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 2,685 Referee: Dallas

23 January 2016 Premiership	Celtic	3–1	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
	Mackay-Steven 9', 55' Armstrong 43'	BBC Report	MacLean 12'	Attendance: 43,948 Referee: Kevin Clancy

6 February 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	3–4	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Wotherspoon 52' Anderson 79' Scobbie 89'	BBC Report	Rooney 5', 77' Pawlett 20' McGinn 71'	Attendance: 5,712 Referee: Don Robertson

12 February 2016 Premiership	Dundee	2 - 0	St Johnstone	Dens Park
19:45	Hemmings 21' 51' O'Dea 66' Stewart 90'	Report	Fisher 58' Cummins 66' Davidson 76' Swanson 76'	Attendance: 4,876 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

20 February 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	2 - 1	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Wotherspoon 43' Fisher 60' Scobbie 84' 90+1'		Moult 33' Hall 90'	Attendance: 3,006 Referee: Bobby Madden

23 February 2016 Premiership	Partick Thistle	2 - 0	St Johnstone	Firhill Stadium
19:45	Doolan 72' Amoo 87'	Report	Anderson 75' Wotherspoon 90'	Attendance: 2,320 Referee: John Beaton

27 February 2016 Premiership	Aberdeen	1 - 1	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Church 35' Jack 41' Shinnie 80'	Report	Brown 7' Wotherspoon 17' Swanson 41' Craig 88' (pen.) Kane 90'	Attendance: 12,563 Referee: Steven McLean (referee)

2 March 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	1 - 2	Partick Thistle	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Kane 67' Craig 90'	Report	Booth 6' Lawless 13' Welsh 42'	Attendance: 2,569 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

9 March 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	1 - 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Kane 84'	Report	Warren 35' Tansey 90' Vigurs 90'	Attendance: 2,157 Referee: Don Robertson

16 March 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	1 - 1	Ross County	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Wotherspoon 11' Lappin 66'	Report	Graham 65' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,501 Referee: Steven McLean (referee)

19 March 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	0 - 3	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Augustyn 26'	Report	Davidson 11' 21' Fisher 52' 88'	Attendance: 16,295 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

2 April 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	0 - 1	Dundee United	McDiarmid Park
15:00			Dow 22' Morris 25' Donaldson 60'	Attendance: 5,784 Referee: Willie Collum

9 April 2016 Premiership	Kilmarnock	3 - 0	St Johnstone	Rugby Park
15:00	O'Hara 16' Kiltie 23' Boyd 25' 88' (pen.) Magennis 33' Higginbotham 65' Addison 78'	Report	Fisher 23'	Attendance: 3,693 Referee: Crawford Allan

22 April 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	3 - 0	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Wotherspoon 14' MacLean 38' Craig 55'	Report	Hayeas 65' Shinnie 84'	Attendance: 3,990 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

30 April 2016 Premiership	Ross County	0 - 1	St Johnstone	Global Energy Stadium
15:00	Quinn 33'	Report	Craig 25' MacLean 56' Shaughnessy 88'	Attendance: 3,329 Referee: Stephen Finnie

7 May 2016 Premiership	Motherwell	1 - 2	St Johnstone	Fir Park
15:00	McDonald 4' Pearson 67' Leitch 89'	Report	MacLean 34' Darnell Fisher 39' Swanson 45'	Attendance: 4,441 Referee: Greg Aitken

11 May 2016 Premiership	St Johnstone	2 - 1	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
19:30	Anderson 35' MacLean 56' 57' Swanson 61' Cummins 77'	Report	Johansen 28' Griffiths 53'	Attendance: 5,959 Referee: Willie Collum

15 May 2016 Premiership	Heart of Midlothian	2 - 2	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Stadium
12:30	Scouttar 8' Öztürk 13' Djoum 17' 58' Shaughnessy 20' (o.g.) Oshaniwa 29' Dauda 57' Juanma 60'	Report	Craig 9' (pen.) 66' Cummins 12' Kane 56' Darnell Fisher 59' Scobbie 74'	Attendance: 16,046 Referee: Greg Aitken

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

v St Johnstone

2 July 2015 First qualifying round 1st leg	Alashkert	1–0	St Johnstone	Yerevan, Armenia
17:00 CET	Manasyan 59'	BBC UEFA		Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Kehlet

Alashkert
Alashkert won on away goals

9 July 2015 First qualifying round 2nd leg	St Johnstone	2–1 (2–2 agg.)	Alashkert Alashkert won on away goals	Perth, Scotland
19:45	O'Halloran 34' McKay 87'	BBC UEFA	Muradyan 11' Goyozalyan 74'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 5,764 Referee: Fautrel

League Cup

22 September 2015 League Cup third round	Rangers	1–3	St Johnstone	Ibrox Stadium
19:15	Tavernier 62'	BBC Report	Davidson 19' Lappin 29' O'Halloran 46'	Attendance: 27,094 Referee: Clancy

27 October 2015 Quarter Final	Greenock Morton	1–3	St Johnstone	Cappielow
19:30	Johnstone 52'	BBC Report	MacLean 61' (pen.) O'Halloran 63' Kane 83'	Attendance: 2,433 Referee: Thomson

30 January 2016 Semi Final	Hibernian	2–1	St Johnstone	Tynecastle
15:00	Cummings 29' (pen.) McGinn 74'	BBC Report	Shaughnessy 33'	Attendance: 16,971 Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

9 January 2016 Scottish Cup round 4	St Johnstone	0–1	Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park
15:00		BBC Report	Slater 6'	Attendance: 3,147 Referee: Clancy

Squad statistics

During the 2015–16 season, St Johnstone have used twenty-four different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

As of 6 February 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	NIR	Alan Mannus	28	0	22+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	SCO	Dave Mackay	20	1	17+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Tam Scobbie	21	1	15+1	1	2+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
4	MF	SCO	Simon Lappin	17	3	8+5	2	3+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	SCO	Frazer Wright	2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	DF	SCO	Steven Anderson	16	1	11+1	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	SCO	Chris Millar	16	0	13+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	SCO	Murray Davidson	25	2	20+0	1	3+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW	SCO	Steven MacLean	26	11	18+2	10	3+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
10	MF	SCO	David Wotherspoon	25	6	17+3	6	2+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
11	FW	ENG	John Sutton	20	1	5+11	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	2+0	0
12	GK	SCO	Zander Clark	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	EIR	Joe Shaughnessy	28	2	20+2	1	3+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0
15	DF	SCO	Brad McKay	4	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
16	MF	SCO	Liam Caddis	6	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
16	MF	SCO	Danny Swanson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW	EIR	Graham Cummins	21	6	15+2	6	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
20	MF	SCO	Scott Brown	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
22	DF	ENG	Darnell Fisher	10	0	9+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	SCO	Brian Easton	28	1	20+2	1	3+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
25	FW	SCO	Chris Kane	20	3	3+13	2	0+1	1	1+0	0	1+1	0
26	MF	SCO	Liam Craig	24	3	15+6	3	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	SCO	Craig Thomson	7	0	1+5	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
29	FW	SCO	Michael O'Halloran	26	5	19+1	2	3+0	2	1+0	0	2+0	1
31	MF	SCO	Greg Hurst	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Disciplinary record

As of 6 February 2016

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Europa League		Total
1		GK	Alan Mannus	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
2		DF	Dave Mackay	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
3		DF	Tam Scobbie	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
4		MF	Simon Lappin	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
5		DF	Frazer Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
6		DF	Steven Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
7		MF	Chris Millar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Murray Davidson	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
9		MF	Steve MacLean	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10		MF	David Wotherspoon	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
14		DF	Joe Shaughnessy	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
15		DF	Brad McKay	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
16		MF	Liam Caddis	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16		MF	Danny Swanson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Darnell Fisher	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
24		DF	Brian Easton	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
26		MF	Liam Craig	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
29		FW	Michael O'Halloran	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			Totals	38	3	5	0	1	0	4	0	48	3

Goal scorers

As of 6 February 2016

Ranking	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	League Cup	Europa League	Total
1	9	Steve MacLean	10	1	0	11
2	18	Graham Cummins	6	0	0	6
2	10	David Wotherspoon	6	0	0	6
3	29	Michael O'Halloran	2	2	1	5
4	4	Simon Lappin	2	1	0	3
	26	Liam Craig	3	0	0	3
	25	Chris Kane	2	1	0	3
5	8	Murray Davidson	1	1	0	2
	14	Brad McKay	1	0	1	2
	14	Joe Shaughnessy	1	1	0	2
6	11	John Sutton	1	0	0	1
	24	Brian Easton	1	0	0	1
	6	Steven Anderson	1	0	0	1
	3	Tam Scobbie	1	0	0	1
		Totals	38	7	2	46

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
2	Aberdeen	38	22	5	11	62	48	+14	71	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Heart of Midlothian	38	18	11	9	59	40	+19	65	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	St Johnstone	38	16	8	14	58	55	+3	56
5	Motherwell	38	15	5	18	47	63	−16	50
6	Ross County	38	14	6	18	55	61	−6	48

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway (first phase), Soccerway (second phase)
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).^[2]
Notes:

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	D	L	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	L	D	L	L
Position	9	9	8	10	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2016. Source: ^[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Management statistics

Last updated on 6 February 2016

Name	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%^{[nb 1]}
Tommy Wright^[4]	2 July 2015	Present	29	12	5	12	041.38

Transfers

Out

Player	From	Fee
Gary Miller	Partick Thistle	Free^[15]
Lee Croft	Oldham Athletic	Free^[16]
James McFadden		Free^[17]
Matthew Buchanan		Free^[18]
Rhys Evans		Free^[18]
Mark Hurst	Elgin City	Loan^[19]
Liam Gordon	Elgin City	Loan^[19]
George Hunter	Elgin City	Loan^[19]
Ally Gilchrist	Peterhead	Loan^[19]
Jason Kerr	East Fife	Loan^[20]
Jordan Millar	Montrose	Loan^[21]
Dylan Easton		Free^[22]
Frazer Wright	Dumbarton^[23]	Free^[24]
Connor McLaren	Elgin City	Loan^[25]
George Hunter	Airdrieonians	Loan^[25]
Brad McKay	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan^[26]
Michael O'Halloran	Rangers	Undisclosed^[27]
Liam Caddis		Free^[28]

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2015–16 St Johnstone F.C. season

Contents

Results

Pre season friendlies

Scottish Premiership

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances

Disciplinary record

Goal scorers

Team statistics

League table

Division summary

Management statistics

Transfers

Out

See also

Notes

References