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2012–13 St Johnstone F.C. season

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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

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Season

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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

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

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8 July 2012 Friendly (Closed Door) St Johnstone 4–0 Romania 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

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11 August 2012 Scottish Premier League Motherwell 1–1 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 Hammell Red card 57'
McHugh 78'
BBC Report Davidson 58'
Vine Yellow card 80' Red card
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 Red card 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 Red card 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 Red card 38'
Millar Yellow card 68' Yellow-red card
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 Red card 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

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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 Red card 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

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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

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19 July 2012 Second qualifying round Turkey 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.)
Turkey Eskişehirspor McDiarmid Park
19:45 Tadé 35' BBC Report Sarı 51' Attendance: 6,024
Referee: Gumienny

Player statistics

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Captains

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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

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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 Northern Ireland NIR Alan Mannus 43 0 38+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Dave Mackay 36 3 32+0 3 0+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Callum Davidson 23 0 20+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Patrick Cregg 28 1 19+5 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Frazer Wright 38 1 35+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Steven Anderson 33 0 28+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Chris Millar 30 0 25+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Murray Davidson 37 8 31+1 7 2+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
9 FW France FRA Grégory Tadé 41 6 25+11 4 1+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 1
10 MF Scotland SCO Liam Craig 43 8 37+0 7 2+0 0 1+1 1 2+0 0
11 FW Netherlands NED Nigel Hasselbaink 42 7 15+21 7 1+1 0 1+1 0 1+1 0
12 MF Scotland SCO David Robertson 9 2 1+6 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Kevin Moon 4 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW Wales WAL Gwion Edwards 7 0 0+6 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
15 GK Northern Ireland NIR Jonathan Tuffey 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Craig Beattie 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
16 MF Wales WAL Michael Doughty 6 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
17 FW Scotland SCO Sean Higgins 5 0 1+2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Scotland SCO Steve MacLean 35 8 27+4 5 0+0 0 1+1 2 2+0 1
18 DF Scotland SCO David McCracken 22 1 15+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1
19 DF Scotland SCO Gary Miller 21 0 13+4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Adams 5 0 0+4 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Algeria ALG Mehdi Abeid 13 0 9+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Peter Pawlett 9 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW England ENG Rowan Vine 37 7 28+7 7 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Liam Caddis 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 FW Scotland SCO Stevie May 5 0 0+3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Tam Scobbie 21 0 11+7 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 19 May 2013
Number Nation Position Name Premier League Europa League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 Northern Ireland GK Alan Mannus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Scotland DF Dave Mackay 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
3 Scotland DF Callum Davidson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Republic of Ireland MF Patrick Cregg 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
5 Scotland DF Frazer Wright 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
6 Scotland DF Steven Anderson 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 1
7 Scotland MF Chris Millar 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
8 Scotland MF Murray Davidson 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
9 France FW Grégory Tadé 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Scotland MF Liam Craig 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
11 Netherlands FW Nigel Hasselbaink 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
12 Scotland MF David Robertson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Scotland MF Kevin Moon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Wales FW Gwion Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Northern Ireland GK Jonathan Tuffey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Scotland FW Craig Beattie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Wales MF Michael Doughty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
17 Scotland FW Sean Higgins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Scotland FW Steve MacLean 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
18 Scotland DF David McCracken 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Scotland DF Gary Miller 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
20 Scotland MF Jamie Adams 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 Algeria MF Mehdi Abeid 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 Scotland MF Peter Pawlett 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
23 England FW Rowan Vine 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
26 Scotland MF Liam Caddis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 Scotland FW Stevie May 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Scotland DF Tam Scobbie 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Team statistics

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League table

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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

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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

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

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