# 2017–18 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was the club's fifth season in the Scottish Premiership and their ninth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup, the League Cup, and after a years absence they competed in qualifying for the Europa League. They were knocked out by FK Trakai in the First qualifying round and finished Eighth place in the League. This was the final season at the club for legends Alan Mannus, Steven MacLean, and Chris Millar, with the latter being rewarded with a testimonial.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics
### Appearances

    As of 12 May 2018
| No. | Pos | Player | Premiership | Premiership | Europa League | Europa League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Alan Mannus | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Tanser | 24+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Blair Alston | 17+7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 29 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Joe Shaughnessy (c) | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Steven Anderson | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Chris Millar | 13+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Murray Davidson | 29 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 5 |
| 9 | FW | Steven MacLean | 26+4 | 9 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 |
| 10 | MF | David Wotherspoon | 25+10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | George Williams | 10+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Zander Clark | 16+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Aaron Comrie | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Jason Kerr | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | David McMillan | 2+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | Denny Johnstone | 8+12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | Richard Foster | 22+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Kyle McClean | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Stefan Scougall | 18+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| 22 | DF | Keith Watson | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Liam Gordon | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Brian Easton | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Chris Kane | 10+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 6 |
| 26 | MF | Liam Craig | 17+10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 3 |
| 27 | MF | Craig Thomson | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Matty Willock | 6+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| 30 | GK | Mark Hurst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | Ali McCann | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | John Robertson | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 50 | FW | Callum Hendry | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | Michael O'Halloran (signed for Rangers) | 12+4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 |
| 18 | MF | Paul Paton (signed for Plymouth Argyle) | 16+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Ally Gilchrist (signed for Shamrock Rovers) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Graham Cummins (signed for Cork City) | 6+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| 31 | FW | Greg Hurst (loaned to East Fife & Forfar Athletic) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Cameron Thompson (loaned to Stirling Albion) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 49 |
| 7 | Motherwell | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 49 | −6 | 48 |
| 8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 46 |
| 9 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 39 |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 47 | 68 | −21 | 33 |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).