# 2001–02 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2001–02 season saw St Johnstone compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 12th position with 21 points, suffering relegation.

## Results

St Johnstone's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Scottish Premier League

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 1 | 28 July 2001 | Celtic | A | 0–3 | 58,002 | |
| 2 | 4 August 2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–2 | 4,701 | |
| 3 | 11 August 2001 | Dundee United | H | 0–1 | 5,156 | |
| 4 | 18 August 2001 | Kilmarnock | A | 1–2 | 6,480 | Falconer 90' |
| 5 | 25 August 2001 | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | 5,459 | Weir 46' |
| 6 | 8 September 2001 | Dundee | A | 1–1 | 7,050 | Jackson 73' |
| 7 | 15 September 2001 | Livingston | H | 2–2 | 3,812 | Falconer 16', MacDonald 50' |
| 8 | 23 September 2001 | Hibernian | A | 0–4 | 10,404 | |
| 9 | 29 September 2001 | Motherwell | H | 2–3 | 3,269 | Connolly 13', MacDonald 55' |
| 10 | 13 October 2001 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–3 | 10,735 | |
| 11 | 21 October 2001 | Rangers | H | 0–2 | 8,331 | |
| 12 | 27 October 2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–2 | 4,494 | Hartley 4' |
| 13 | 3 November 2001 | Celtic | H | 1–2 | 9,041 | Dods 26' |
| 14 | 10 November 2001 | Kilmarnock | A | 1–0 | 6,008 | Falconer 39' |
| 15 | 17 November 2001 | Dundee United | A | 1–2 | 6,624 | Connolly 65' |
| 16 | 24 November 2001 | Kilmarnock | H | 1–0 | 3,771 | Russell 12' |
| 17 | 1 December 2001 | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | 17,396 | |
| 18 | 8 December 2001 | Dundee | H | 0–2 | 5,229 | |
| 19 | 15 December 2001 | Livingston | A | 1–2 | 4,563 | Hartley 48' |
| 20 | 22 December 2001 | Hibernian | H | 0–0 | 4,056 | |
| 21 | 26 December 2001 | Motherwell | A | 2–1 | 4,659 | Murray 9', MacDonald 38' |
| 22 | 29 December 2001 | Rangers | A | 0–1 | 48,827 | |
| 23 | 2 January 2002 | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–2 | 5,413 | |
| 24 | 12 January 2002 | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 0–1 | 3,459 | |
| 25 | 19 January 2002 | Celtic | A | 1–2 | 58,587 | Dods 6' |
| 26 | 22 January 2002 | Dundee United | H | 1–4 | 3,771 | Youssouf 65' |
| 27 | 2 February 2002 | Aberdeen | H | 0–1 | 4,305 | |
| 28 | 9 February 2002 | Dundee | A | 0–1 | 6,344 | |
| 29 | 16 February 2002 | Livingston | H | 3–0 | 3,784 | Hartley 44', Parker 80', Jones 90' |
| 30 | 2 March 2002 | Hibernian | A | 0–3 | 13,731 | |
| 31 | 6 March 2002 | Rangers | H | 0–2 | 6,382 | |
| 32 | 9 March 2002 | Motherwell | H | 0–2 | 3,282 | |
| 33 | 23 March 2002 | Heart of Midlothian | A | 3–1 | 10,672 | Løvenkrands 21', 31', McBride 39' |
| 34 | 6 April 2002 | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | 3,418 | Hartley 22' |
| 35 | 13 April 2002 | Dundee | H | 0–1 | 3,055 | |
| 36 | 20 April 2002 | Kilmarnock | H | 0–3 | 2,285 | |
| 37 | 27 April 2002 | Dundee United | A | 0–0 | 5,190 | |
| 38 | 12 May 2002 | Hibernian | H | 0–1 | 3,372 | |

### Scottish Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R3 | 8 January 2002 | Aberdeen | H | 0–2 | 4,070 | |

### Scottish League Cup

| Match | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| R2 | 26 September 2001 | Clyde | A | 2–1 | 911 | MacDonald 25', 86' |
| R3 | 9 October 2001 | Dundee United | A | 2–3 | 5,851 | Hartley 9', Dods 36' |

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Dundee United | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 46 | |
| 9 | Dundee | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 55 | −14 | 44 | |
| 10 | Hibernian | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 41 | |
| 11 | Motherwell | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 49 | 69 | −20 | 40 | |
| 12 | St Johnstone (R) | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 62 | −38 | 21 | Relegation to the First Division |
* ↑ 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.