# 2016–17 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was the club's fourth season in the Scottish Premiership and their eighth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

## Season summary

Tommy Wright was kept as manager and remained for the season. The Saints again finished in Fourth place but qualified for European Football. Danny Swanson was the club's Top League and Season scorer, but a few weeks before the end of the season, he signed for a pre-contract agreement with Hibernian.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STJ | FAL | STI | BRE | ELG |
| 1 | St Johnstone (Q) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 10 | Qualification to the Second Round | — | 3–0 | 4–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Falkirk (X) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up | — | — | — | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Stirling Albion | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | | — | 1–0 | — | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Brechin City | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 5 | | 1–1 (4–2 p) | — | 2–1 | — | — |
| 5 | Elgin City | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 3 | | 1–3 | — | — | 4–2 | — |

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

    As of 21 May 2017
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NIR | Alan Mannus | 17 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Dave Mackay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Tam Scobbie | 20 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | SCO | Blair Alston | 42 | 3 | 25+10 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Steven Anderson | 34 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chris Millar | 22 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Murray Davidson | 26 | 3 | 19+4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steven MacLean | 39 | 12 | 30+2 | 9 | 4+1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | David Wotherspoon | 38 | 2 | 20+13 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Danny Swanson | 38 | 15 | 28+2 | 10 | 5+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Zander Clark | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | IRL | Joe Shaughnessy | 46 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | WAL | Clive Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Michael Coulson | 18 | 0 | 7+7 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | NIR | Paul Paton | 34 | 1 | 22+6 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Richard Foster | 34 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | SCO | Keith Watson | 6 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Brian Easton | 45 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Chris Kane | 32 | 6 | 14+11 | 5 | 2+3 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Liam Craig | 44 | 6 | 27+9 | 5 | 5+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Craig Thomson | 11 | 1 | 2+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SCO | Ally Gilchrist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | IRL | Graham Cummins | 36 | 6 | 17+13 | 5 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | SCO | Greg Hurst | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | SCO | George Hunter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | SCO | Cameron Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | MF | ENG | Daniel Jardine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season ||||||||||
| 15 | DF | SCO | Brad McKay (joined Inverness Caledonian Thistle) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | NIR | Joe Gormley (joined Cliftonville) | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club on loan during the 2016–17 season ||||||||||
| 23 | DF | SCO | Liam Gordon (on loan to Peterhead) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | SCO | Connor McLaren (on loan to Stirling Albion) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | SCO | Aaron Comrie (on loan to Peterhead) | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

As of 21 May 2017
| Ranking | Nation | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | | 11 | Danny Swanson | 10 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | | 10 | Steven MacLean | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | | 25 | Chris Kane | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | | 26 | Liam Craig | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | | 29 | Graham Cummins | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | | 10 | Steven Anderson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | | 4 | Blair Alston | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | | 8 | Murray Davidson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | | 10 | David Wotherspoon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | 14 | Joe Shaughnessy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | | 15 | Brad McKay | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | 18 | Paul Paton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | 19 | Richard Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | 22 | Keith Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | | 27 | Craig Thomson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Own Goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 39 | 14 | 2 | 55 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 38 | 24 | 4 | 10 | 74 | 35 | +39 | 76 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Rangers | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 58 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 55 | 52 | +3 | 46 | |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 38 | 54 | −16 | 42 | |
* ↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

## Transfers

Players in
Date
Player
From
Fee
3 May 2016
Keith Watson
St Mirren
Free
26 May 2016
Blair Alston
Falkirk
Free
7 June 2016
Paul Paton
Dundee United
Free
1 July 2016
Michael Coulson
York City
Free
1 July 2016
Joe Gormley
Peterborough United
Loan
19 August 2016
Richard Foster
Ross County
Free
31 January 2017
Clive Smith
Preston North End
Loan
Players out
Date
Player
To
Fee
9 June 2016
Neil Martyniuk
Edinburgh City
Free
28 June 2016
John Sutton
St Mirren
Free
13 July 2016
Gareth Rodger
Brechin City
Free
31 August 2016
Brad McKay
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Free
15 September 2016
Dave Mackay
Retired
4 January 2017
Aaron Comrie
Peterhead
Loan
4 January 2017
Liam Gordon
Peterhead
Loan
6 January 2017
Connor McLaren
Stirling Albion
Loan :