2011–12 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone F.C.
2011–12 season
Manager Derek McInnes (Until 19 October 2011)
Steve Lomas (From 3 November 2011)
Stadium McDiarmid Park
SPL Sixth
Scottish Cup Fifth round, lost to Heart of Midlothian
League Cup Third round, lost to
St Mirren
Top goalscorer League:
Francisco Sandaza (15)
All:
Francisco Sandaza (18)
Highest home attendance 6,759 v Celtic, 18 December 2011
Lowest home attendance 1,607 v Aberdeen, 13 December 2011
Average home league attendance 4,170
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 season was St Johnstone's third consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in the league since their promotion in the 2008–09 season.[1] St Johnstone also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

St Johnstone finished sixth in the Scottish Premier League securing a place in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 Europa League.[2] They reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup where they were beaten by eventual winners Hearts.[3] They were beaten in the League Cup by fellow SPL side St Mirren in the third round.[4]

Results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season

Scottish Premier League

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Player statistics

Squad information

Last updated 14 May 2012[5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalSPL Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Finland Peter Enckelman 29 0 25+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Scotland Dave Mackay 40 4 36+0 4 2+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Scotland Callum Davidson 27 1 26+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF England Jody Morris 32 1 28+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Scotland Frazer Wright 26 1 23+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
6 DF Scotland Steven Anderson 34 1 26+3 1 3+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF Scotland Chris Millar 33 0 27+3 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland Murray Davidson 30 4 24+2 2 3+0 2 1+0 0
9 FW England Sam Parkin 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
9 MF England Lee Croft 13 3 10+1 3 1+1 0 0+0 0
10 MF Scotland Liam Craig 41 7 36+0 7 3+0 0 2+0 0
11 FW Republic of Ireland Cillian Sheridan 32 5 25+3 4 1+1 1 2+0 0
12 DF Republic of Ireland Alan Maybury 26 0 15+7 0 2+0 0 1+1 0
14 MF Scotland Kevin Moon 19 0 14+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 GK Northern Ireland Alan Mannus 14 0 13+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Scotland David Robertson 20 0 10+6 0 2+0 0 0+2 0
17 FW Scotland Sean Higgins 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 DF Scotland David McCracken 32 1 27+1 1 3+0 0 0+1 0
19 FW England Carl Finnigan 12 0 3+8 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
20 MF Scotland Jamie Adams 9 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
21 FW Spain Francisco Sandaza 34 18 28+1 15 3+0 1 2+0 2
22 MF Scotland Willie Gibson 13 0 1+10 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
22 FW England Kudus Oyenuga 2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
23 FW Canada Marcus Haber 34 2 15+16 2 1+1 0 0+1 0
24 DF Republic of Ireland Graham Gartland 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF England Jack Compton 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Scotland Liam Caddis 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW Scotland Stevie May 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
45 DF Scotland Michael Hart 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
46 FW Scotland James Keatings 5 0 0+4 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
47 FW Scotland Derek Riordan 4 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 14 May 2012
Number Nation Position Name Scottish Premier League League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
1 Finland GK Peter Enckelman 00000000
2Scotland DF Dave Mackay 20111041
3Scotland DF Callum Davidson 40000040
4England MF Jody Morris 70100080
5Scotland DF Frazer Wright 60000060
6Scotland DF Steven Anderson 50000050
7Scotland MF Chris Millar 50000050
8Scotland MF Murray Davidson 6020008'0
9Scotland FW Sam Parkin 00000000
9England MF Lee Croft 20100030
10Scotland MF Liam Craig 70000070
11Republic of Ireland FW Cillian Sheridan 31200051
12Republic of Ireland DF Alan Maybury 50100060
14Scotland MF Kevin Moon 20000020
15 Northern Ireland GK Alan Mannus 00000000
16Scotland MF David Robertson 10000010
17Scotland FW Sean Higgins 00000000
18Scotland DF David McCracken 30000030
19England FW Carl Finnigan 20000020
20Scotland MF Jamie Adams 40001050
21Spain FW Francisco Sandaza 71001081
22Scotland MF Willie Gibson 00001010
22England FW Kudus Oyenuga 00000000
23Canada FWMarcus Haber 10000010
24Republic of Ireland DFGraham Gartland 00000000
24England MFJack Compton 00000000
26Scotland MF Liam Caddis 00000000
27Scotland FW Stevie May 00000000
45Scotland DF Michael Hart 00000000
46Scotland FW James Keatings 00000000
47Scotland FW Derek Riordan 00000000

Team statistics

League Table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 30 3 5 84 21+63 93 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 26 5 7 77 28+49 073†
3 Motherwell (Q) 38 18 8 12 49 44+5 62 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4 Dundee United (Q) 38 16 11 11 62 50+12 59 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
5 Heart of Midlothian (TQ) 38 15 7 16 46 43+3 52 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 St Johnstone (Q) 38 14 8 16 42 38+4 50 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
7 Kilmarnock 38 11 14 13 44 61−17 47
8 St Mirren 38 9 16 13 39 51−12 43
9 Aberdeen 38 9 14 15 36 44−8 41
10 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 10 9 19 42 60−18 39
11 Hibernian 38 8 9 21 40 67−27 33
12 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 38 5 10 23 40 82−42 25 Relegation to 2012–13 Scottish First Division

Source: ESPN Soccernet
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
† Rangers were deducted 10 points for entering administration.[6] Qualification to play in a 2012–13 European competition dependent on award of UEFA licence by 31 March 2012.[7]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Transfers

St Johnstone's first significant move in the close season was to release nine first-team players, most of whom were forwards.[8] David Robertson became their first signing during the close season, being brought in from Dundee United.[9] He was followed by Sean Higgins from Dundee and Callum Davidson from Preston North End, all arriving on free transfers.[10] The departures continued, however, with the news that Danny Grainger had joined Hearts and Michael Duberry was leaving to return to England.

Players in

Player From Fee
David Robertson Dundee United Free[11]
Sean Higgins Dundee Free[12]
Callum Davidson Preston North End Free[13]
Frazer Wright Kilmarnock Free[14]
David McCracken Brentford Free[15]
Carl Finnigan Falkirk Free[16]
Cillian Sheridan CSKA Sofia Loan[17]
Alan Mannus Shamrock Rovers Free[18]
Marcus Haber West Bromwich Albion Free[19]
Francisco Sandaza Brighton & Hove Albion Free[20]
Alistair Worby Doncaster Rovers Free[21]
Willie Gibson Crawley Town Loan[22]
Jack Compton Falkirk Loan[23]
Lee Croft Derby County Loan[24]
James Keatings Celtic Loan[25]
Kudus Oyenuga Tottenham Hotspur Loan[26]
Michael Hart Hibernian Free[27]
Derek Riordan Shaanxi Chan-Ba Free[28]

Players out

Player To Fee
Graeme Smith St Mirren Free[29]
Andy Jackson Greenock Morton Free[30]
Peter MacDonald Greenock Morton Free[31]
Kevin Rutkiewicz Dunfermline Athletic Free[32]
Collin Samuel Luton Town Free[33]
Cleveland Taylor Burton Albion Free[34]
Jordan Robertson Scunthorpe United Free[35]
Danny Invincibile Ermis Aradippou Free[36]
Scott Dobie Free agent Free[37]
Danny Grainger Hearts Free[38]
Michael Duberry Oxford United Free[39]
Jonathan Lindsay Partick Thistle Free[40]
Neil Duffy Peterhead Free[41]
Zander Clark Elgin City Loan[42]
Stephen Reynolds Raith Rovers Loan[43]
Mark Durnan Stranraer Loan[44]
Liam Caddis Arbroath Loan[45]
Stevie May St Johnstone Loan[46]
Graham Gartland Shamrock Rovers[47] Free[48]
Mark Durnan Elgin City Loan[49]
Sam Parkin Queen of the South[50] Free[51]
Sean Higgins Ayr United Loan[52]
Stephen Reynolds Free agent Free[53]
Finnigan, CarlCarl Finnigan Dundee Loan[54]

Management

[St Johnstone started the season under Derek McInnes and after eleven games on 19 October McInnes was appointed manager of Bristol City and left St Johnstone along with assistant Tony Docherty.[55] On 3 November 2011 Steve Lomas was appointed as manager.[56]

References

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