2012–13 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2012–13 season
ChairmanSteve Brown
ManagerSteve Lomas
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Premier LeagueThird place
Scottish CupFifth round
League CupQuarter-finals
UEFA Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Liam Craig
Murray Davidson
Nigel Hasselbaink
Rowan Vine
(7 each)

All:
Liam Craig
Murray Davidson
Steve MacLean
(8 each)
Highest home attendance6,700 vs. Celtic, 15 September 2012
Lowest home attendance2,167 vs. Aberdeen, 30 December 2013
Average home league attendanceLeague: 3,712[1]

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

St 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 and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

8 July 2012 Friendly (Closed Door) St Johnstone 4–0 Concordia Chiajna Grangemouth Stadium
Higgins 28'
Wright 70'
Hasselbaink 72'
Craig 74'
St Johnstone Report
Concordia Report
Attendance: 0
11 July 2012[8] Friendly East Fife 0–4 St Johnstone Bayview Stadium
19:30 St Johnstone Report Higgins 6'
Hasselbaink 61'
Trialist 68'
Trialist 77'
Attendance: 566
14 July 2012[9] Friendly (Closed Door) Partick Thistle 1–2 St Johnstone Firhill Stadium
Elliott 22' Partick Report Craig 6'
McCracken 86'
Attendance: 0
21 July 2012[10] Friendly Cowdenbeath 1–1 St Johnstone Central Park
15:00 McKenzie 42' Report Hasselbaink 86'
28 July 2012[8] Friendly St Johnstone 2–1 Bristol City McDiarmid Park
15:00 Vine 3', 37' Report
St Johnstone Report
Stead 45' Attendance: 1,564
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish Premier League

11 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 1–1 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 Hammell  57'
McHugh 78'
BBC Report Davidson 58'
Vine  80' 
Attendance: 4,490
Referee: Brines
25 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 2–0 St Johnstone Easter Road
15:00 Hanlon 45'
Doyle 53'
BBC Report Attendance: 9,639
Referee: Clancy
15 September 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
12:30 Tadé 18'
Vine 80'
BBC Report Commons 4' Attendance: 6,700
Referee: Norris
22 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Ross County 1–2 St Johnstone Victoria Park
15:00 Morrow 68' BBC Report Craig 30'
Vine  30'
Wright 86'
Attendance: 4,094
Referee: Allan
29 September 2012 Scottish Premier League Dundee 1–3 St Johnstone Dens Park
15:00 Conroy 22' (Penalty) BBC Report Tade 16'
Craig 27'
MacLean 52'
Attendance: 6,158
Referee: Muir
3 November 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–3 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
15:00 Robertson 88' BBC Report Murphy 1', 38'
Law 73'
Attendance: 3,112
Referee: Colvin
17 November 2012 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–1 Ross County McDiarmid Park
15:00 Mackay 51' BBC Report Craig 70' (Own goal) Attendance: 3,037
Referee: Collum
25 November 2012 Scottish Premier League Kilmarnock 1–2 St Johnstone Rugby Park
15:00 Pascali  5'
Nelson 85'
BBC Report Davidson 31'
Vine 89'
Attendance: 4,208
Referee: O'Reilly
8 December 2012 Scottish Premier League St Mirren 1–1 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Dummett 69' BBC Report Davidson 15'
Anderson  38'
Millar  68' 
Attendance: 3,702
Referee: Madden
22 December 2012 Scottish Premier League Aberdeen 2–0 St Johnstone Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn 63', 81' BBC Report Attendance: 7,051
Referee: Finnie
2 January 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–0 Dundee McDiarmid Park
14:00 Craig 33' BBC Report Attendance: 5,055
Referee: McKendrick
20 January 2013 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 3–2 St Johnstone Fir Park
14:15 Higdon 8', 20', 69' BBC Report Hasselbaink 77'
Craig 79'
Attendance: 3,649
Referee: Collum
30 January 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 3–1 Aberdeen McDiarmid Park
19:30 Tadé 33'
Vine 68'
Mackay 70'
BBC Sport McGinn 44' Attendance: 2,167
Referee: McLean
11 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Hibernian 1–3 St Johnstone Easter Road
19:30 Griffiths 82' BBC Report Vine 23', 26'
Cregg 58'
Attendance: 8,735
Referee: Clancy
19 February 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–1 Celtic McDiarmid Park
19:45 Hasselbaink 82' BBC Report Ambrose 36' Attendance: 5,352
Referee: Norris
23 February 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 1–0 St Mirren McDiarmid Park
15:00 Vine 52' BBC Report Attendance: 2,816
Referee: Mclean
27 February 2013 Scottish Premier League Dundee 2–2 St Johnstone Dens Park
19:45 Baird 42'
Gallagher  66'
Stewart 89'
BBC Report MacLean 36'
MacKay 68'
Attendance: 5,224
Referee: Collum
11 May 2012 Scottish Premier League Celtic 4–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
12:15 Ledley 2'
Mulgrew 36'
Forrest 51'
Wright 90+1' (Own goal)
BBC Report Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Muir
19 May 2013 Scottish Premier League St Johnstone 2–0 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
12:45 Craig 36'
Hasselbaink 47'
BBC Report Attendance: 5,025
Referee: Mclean

Scottish League Cup

25 September 2012 Third round St Johnstone 4–1 Queen's Park McDiarmid Park
19:45 MacLean 18', 40'
Davidson 76'
Craig 85'
BBC Report
SFL Report
Keenan 30'
Robertson  74'
Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Clancy
30 October 2012 Quarter-finals Celtic 5–0 St Johnstone Celtic Park
19:45 Commons 28', 32', 58' (pen.)
Hooper 38'
Mulgrew 61'
BBC Report Attendance: 14,399
Referee: Madden

Scottish Cup

17 December 2012 Fourth round Cowdenbeath 0–3 St Johnstone Central Park
19:45 BBC Report McCracken 54'
MacLean 76' (pen.)
Tadé 87'
Attendance: 809
Referee: Beaton
2 February 2013 Fifth round St Mirren 2–0 St Johnstone St Mirren Park
15:00 Gonçalves 49, 56' BBC Report Attendance: 3,507
Referee: Thomson

UEFA Europa League

19 July 2012 Second qualifying round Eskişehirspor 2–0 St Johnstone Atatürk Stadium
19:00 Alper Potuk 41'
Wright 65' (o.g.)
UEFA Report
BBC Report
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Vučemilović-Šimunović Jr.
26 July 2012 Second qualifying round St Johnstone 1–1
(1–3 agg.)
Eskişehirspor McDiarmid Park
19:45 Tadé 35' BBC Report Sarı 51' Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Gumienny

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
2 DF Mackay[11] 34 Club captain
8 MF Davidson[12] 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 Total Premier League Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  NIR Alan Mannus 43 0 38+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF  SCO Dave Mackay 36 3 32+0 3 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF  SCO Callum Davidson 23 0 20+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF  IRL Patrick Cregg 28 1 19+5 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF  SCO Frazer Wright 38 1 35+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF  SCO Steven Anderson 33 0 28+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF  SCO Chris Millar 30 0 25+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF  SCO Murray Davidson 37 8 31+1 7 2+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
9 FW  FRA Grégory Tadé 41 6 25+11 4 1+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 1
10 MF  SCO Liam Craig 43 8 37+0 7 2+0 0 1+1 1 2+0 0
11 FW  NED Nigel Hasselbaink 42 7 15+21 7 1+1 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
12 MF  SCO David Robertson 9 2 1+6 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
14 MF  SCO Kevin Moon 4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW  WAL Gwion Edwards 7 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
15 GK  NIR Jonathan Tuffey 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW  SCO Craig Beattie 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
16 MF  WAL Michael Doughty 6 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW  SCO Sean Higgins 5 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW  SCO Steve MacLean 35 8 27+4 5 0+0 0 1+1 2 2+0 1
18 DF  SCO David McCracken 22 1 15+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1
19 DF  SCO Gary Miller 21 0 13+4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF  SCO Jamie Adams 5 0 0+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF  ALG Mehdi Abeid 13 0 9+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 MF  SCO Peter Pawlett 9 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW  ENG Rowan Vine 37 7 28+7 7 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF  SCO Liam Caddis 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 FW  SCO Stevie May 5 0 0+3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF  SCO 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
1 GK Alan Mannus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Dave Mackay 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
3 DF Callum Davidson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 MF Patrick Cregg 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
5 DF Frazer Wright 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6 DF Steven Anderson 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1
7 MF Chris Millar 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
8 MF Murray Davidson 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
9 FW Grégory Tadé 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 MF Liam Craig 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
11 FW Nigel Hasselbaink 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
12 MF David Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Kevin Moon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Gwion Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 GK Jonathan Tuffey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Craig Beattie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Michael Doughty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW Sean Higgins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 FW Steve MacLean 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
18 DF David McCracken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Gary Miller 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
20 MF Jamie Adams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Mehdi Abeid 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF Peter Pawlett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23 FW Rowan Vine 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
26 MF Liam Caddis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Stevie May 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 DF Tam Scobbie 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 Qualification for the 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
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Division summary

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHHAAHHAHHAAH
ResultLDLLDWWWWWDLLDWLDDLDDWLWWLDWDLWDDDWWLW
Position12101211111097424554466567766546545555444443
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2013. Source: [15]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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

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