| 2014–15 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Steve Brown | ||
| Manager | Tommy Wright | ||
| Stadium | McDiarmid Park | ||
| Premiership | 4th | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fifth round lost toQueen of the South | ||
| League Cup | Quarter-finals lost toRangers | ||
| Europa League | Third qualifying round lost toSpartak Trnava | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Brian Graham Michael O'Halloran (9 each) All: Brian Graham Michael O'Halloran (10 each) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 8,486 vsFC Luzern UEFA Europa League 24 July 2014 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 2,383 vsRoss County Scottish Cup 29 November 2014 | ||
The2014–15 season wasSt Johnstone's sixth-consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and their second in the newly establishedScottish Premiership. St Johnstone also competed in theLeague Cup, theScottish Cup and theEuropa League. They also went into the season the holders of theScottish Cup, having won it for the first time in their history the previous year.
St Johnstone kept managerTommy Wright for the season withCallum Davidson assistant. They went into the2014–15 Season asScottish 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 toQueen of the South in theFifth Round.
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 9 July 2014Friendly | East Fife | 0–4 | St Johnstone | Bayview Stadium,Levenmouth,Methil |
| saints | O'Halloran May MacLean Kane |
| 12 July 2014Friendly | Raith Rovers | 1–1 | St Johnstone | Stark's Park,Kirkcaldy |
| Nadé | saints | Wotherspoon | Attendance: 1,103 |
| 19 July 2014Friendly | St Johnstone | 0–0 | York City | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| saints | Attendance: 994 |
| 3 August 2014Steven Anderson Testimonial | St Johnstone | 0–4 | Heart of Midlothian | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | saints Hearts Report | Sow Holt Oliver | Attendance: 2,182 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 10 August 20141 | Ross County | 1–2 | St Johnstone | Victoria Park,Dingwall |
| 15:00 | Jervis | BBC saints | O'Halloran MacLean | Attendance: 3,287 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 13 August 20142 | St Johnstone | 0–3 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 19:45 | BBC saints | Stokes Bitton McGregor | Attendance: 6,890 Referee:John Beaton |
| 16 August 20143 | Hamilton Academical | 1–0 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park,Hamilton |
| 15:00 | MacKinnon | BBC saints | Attendance: 1,577 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 23 August 20144 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Aberdeen | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | MacLean | BBC saints | Attendance: 6,377 Referee:Craig Thomson |
| 30 August 20145 | Motherwell | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Fir Park,Motherwell |
| 15:00 | BBC saints | Graham | Attendance: 3,700 Referee:Alan Muir |
| 13 September 20146 | St Johnstone | 0–1 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | BBC saints | Harkins | Attendance: 6,562 Referee:Willie Collum |
| 20 September 20147 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–1 | St Johnstone | Caledonian Stadium,Inverness |
| 15:00 | Watkins Christie | BBC saints | Graham | Attendance: 2,770 Referee:Calum Murray |
| 27 September 20148 | Dundee United | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Tannadice Park,Dundee |
| 15:00 | Erskine Paton | BBC saints | Attendance: 7,161 Referee:Bobby Madden |
| 4 October 20149 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | St Mirren | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | Anderson | BBC saints | Naismith Drury | Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 18 October 201410 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Kilmarnock | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | Murray Davidson | BBC saints | Magennis | Attendance: 3,115 Referee:Craig Thomson |
| 25 October 201411 | Partick Thistle | 0–0 | St Johnstone | Firhill Stadium,Glasgow |
| 15:00 | BBC saints | Attendance: 3,090 Referee:Calum Murray |
| 31 October 201412 | St Johnstone | 2–1 | Motherwell | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 19:45 | O'Halloran | BBC saints | Ainsworth | Attendance: 2,531 Referee:Kevin Clancy |
| 8 November 201413 | Dundee | 1–1 | St Johnstone | Dens Park,Dundee |
| 15:00 | Clarkson | BBC saints | Graham | Attendance: 6,931 Referee:Bobby Madden |
| 22 November 201414 | St Johnstone | 2–1 | Ross County | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | McFadden O'Halloran | BBC saints | Jervis | Attendance: 2,776 Referee:Steven McLean |
| 6 December 201415 | St Mirren | 0–1 | St Johnstone | St Mirren Park,Paisley |
| 15:00 | BBC saints | O'Halloran | Attendance: 2,720 Referee:Kevin Clancy |
| 13 December 201416 | Kilmarnock | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Rugby Park,Kilmarnock |
| 15:00 | BBC saints | Graham | Attendance: 3,220 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 20 December 201417 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | Graham | BBC saints | Draper | Attendance: 2,891 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 27 December 201418 | St Johnstone | 2–1 | Dundee United | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | O'Halloran Millar | BBC saints | Butcher | Attendance: 7,384 Referee:Alan Muir |
| 1 January 201519 | Aberdeen | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Pittodrie Stadium,Aberdeen |
| 15:00 | Goodwillie Smith | BBC saints | Attendance: 15,263 Referee:Craig Thomson |
| 4 January 201520 | St Johnstone | 0–1 | Hamilton Academical | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | McFadden | BBC saints | Andreu | Attendance: 3,202 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 17 January 201521 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Partick Thistle | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | Mackay Anderson | BBC saints | Attendance: 2,994 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 20 January 201522 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Caledonian Stadium,Inverness |
| 19:45 | Billy McKay Marley Watkins | BBC saints | Attendance: 3,161 Referee:Kevin Clancy |
| 23 January 201523 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Aberdeen | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 19:45 | Lappin | BBC saints | Rooney | Attendance: 4,845 Referee:Bobby Madden |
| 31 January 201524 | Motherwell | 1–1 | St Johnstone | Fir Park,Motherwell |
| 15:00 | Laing Sutton | BBC saints | Davidson | Attendance: 3,449 Referee:Willie Collum |
| 14 February 201525 | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| O'Halloran | BBC saints | Griffiths Johansen | Attendance: 6,727 Referee:Kevin Clancy |
| 21 February 201526 | Dundee United | 0–2 | St Johnstone | Tannadice Park,Dundee |
| 15:00 | BBC saints | O'Halloran | Attendance: 7,623 Referee:Willie Collum |
| 28 February 201527 | St Johnstone | 0–0 | Kilmarnock | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | BBC saints | Attendance: 3,170 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 4 March 201528 | Celtic | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Celtic Park,Glasgow |
| 19:45 | BBC saints | Swanson | Attendance: 41,849 Referee:Calum Murray |
| 14 March 201529 | Partick Thistle | 3–0 | St Johnstone | Firhill Stadium,Glasgow |
| 15:00 | Doolan Balatoni Bannigan | BBC | Attendance: 3,196 Referee:Willie Collum |
| 21 March 201530 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | St Mirren | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | Graham Anderson | BBC | Attendance: 3,166 Referee: John Beaton |
| 4 April 201531 | Hamilton Academical | 1–1 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park,Hamilton |
| 15:00 | Crawford Canning | BBC | Graham | Attendance: 2,032 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 7 April 201532 | Ross County | 1–0 | St Johnstone | Victoria Park,Dingwall |
| 19:45 | Boyce | BBC | Attendance: 3,319 Referee:Kevin Clancy |
| 11 April 201533 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Dundee | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | Graham | BBC | Attendance: 6,386 Referee:Steven McLean |
| 25 April 201534 | Dundee | 0–2 | St Johnstone | Dens Park,Dundee |
| 15:00 | Stewart | BBC | Swanson Davidson | Attendance: 6,530 Referee:Craig Thomson |
| 2 May 201535 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | Graham | BBC | Doran Raven | Attendance: 2,986 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 9 May 201536 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Dundee United | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | Davidson | BBC | Rankin | Attendance: 4,862 Referee:Kevin Clancy |
| 15 May 201537 | St Johnstone | 0–0 | Celtic | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 19:45 | BBC | Attendance: 6,984 Referee: Crawford Allan |
| 24 May 201538 | Aberdeen | 1–0 | St Johnstone | Pittodrie Stadium,Aberdeen |
| 12:30 | BBC | Chris Kane | Attendance: 16,389 Referee:Willie Collum |
| 17 July 2014Second qualifying round | Luzern | 1–1 | St Johnstone | Lucerne, Switzerland |
| 18:30BST | Schneuwly | BBC saints | MacLean | Stadium:Swissporarena Attendance: 8,902 Referee: Benoît Bastien |
| 24 July 2014Second qualifying round | St Johnstone | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (2–2agg.) (5–4p) | Perth, Scotland | |
| 19:45 BST | May | BBC saints | Schneuwly | Stadium:McDiarmid Park Attendance: 8,486 Referee:Jonathan Lardot |
| Penalties | ||||
| MacLean Caddis Mackay May Scobbie | ||||
| 31 July 2014Third qualifying round | St Johnstone | 1–2 | Perth, Scotland | |
| 19:45 BST | Mackay | BBC saints | Schranz | Stadium:McDiarmid Park Attendance: 7,001 Referee:Mattias Gestranius |
| 7 August 2014Third qualifying round | Spartak Trnava | 1–1 (3–2agg.) | St Johnstone | Zlaté Moravce,Slovakia |
| 18:30 BST | Mikovič | BBC saints | May | Stadium:Štadión FC ViOn Attendance: 3,884 Referee: Javier Estrada Fernández |
| 23 September 2014Third Round | Kilmarnock | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Rugby Park,Kilmarnock |
| 19:45 | Eremenko | BBC saints | Graham | Attendance: 2,550 Referee:Steven McLean |
| 28 October 2014Quarter-Final | Rangers | 1–0 | St Johnstone | Ibrox Stadium,Glasgow |
| 19:15 | Macleod | BBC saints | Attendance: 13,023 Referee:McLean |
| 29 November 2014Fourth Round | St Johnstone | 2–1 | Ross County | McDiarmid Park,Perth |
| 15:00 | O'Halloran McFadden | BBC saints | Jervis | Attendance: 2,383 Referee:John Beaton |
| 7 February 2015Fifth Round | Queen of the South | 2–0 | St Johnstone | Palmerston Park,Dumfries |
| 15:00 | Lyle Reilly | BBC saints | Attendance: 3,043 Referee:Steven McLean |
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.
Includes all competitive matches.Alan Mannus is the only player to have played every minute of every game in this season
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premiership | Europa League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Alan Mannus | 46 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Dave Mackay | 42 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Tam Scobbie | 24 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Simon Lappin | 31 | 1 | 19+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Frazer Wright | 29 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Steven Anderson | 41 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Chris Millar | 38 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Steve MacLean | 28 | 3 | 23+1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | David Wotherspoon | 42 | 0 | 30+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | Danny Swanson | 12 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | FW | Brian Graham | 27 | 10 | 16+7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Liam Caddis | 20 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | James McFadden | 20 | 2 | 8+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 18 | MF | Murray Davidson | 27 | 3 | 17+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| 19 | DF | Gary Miller | 25 | 0 | 8+11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 20 | MF | Scott Brown | 12 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Lee Croft | 34 | 0 | 17+10 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 24 | DF | Brian Easton | 40 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 25 | FW | Chris Kane | 17 | 1 | 4+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 29 | FW | 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 | Gary McDonald | 19 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | FW | Adam Morgan | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | FW | Stevie May | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ranking | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Europa League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Brian Graham | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |
| 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 | |||
Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 24 May 2015
| 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 | |||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Aberdeen | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 75 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 65 | Qualification for theEuropa League second qualifying round[a] |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 57 | Qualification for theEuropa 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 |
St Johnstone score first
| Team | Results | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 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
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