# 2014–15 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was St Johnstone's sixth-consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and their second in the newly established Scottish Premiership. St Johnstone also competed in the League Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Europa League. They also went into the season the holders of the Scottish Cup, having won it for the first time in their history the previous year.

## Summary

St Johnstone kept manager Tommy Wright for the season with Callum Davidson assistant. They went into the 2014–15 Season as Scottish 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 to Queen of the South in the Fifth Round.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics

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.

### Appearances

Includes all competitive matches. Alan Mannus is the only player to have played every minute of every game in this season
    As of match played 24 May 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | Europa League | Europa League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NIR | Alan Mannus | 46 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Dave Mackay | 42 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Tam Scobbie | 24 | 0 | 17+3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Simon Lappin | 31 | 1 | 19+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Frazer Wright | 29 | 0 | 23+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Steven Anderson | 41 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chris Millar | 38 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Steve MacLean | 28 | 3 | 23+1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | David Wotherspoon | 42 | 0 | 30+5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Danny Swanson | 12 | 2 | 8+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | SCO | Brian Graham | 27 | 10 | 16+7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Liam Caddis | 20 | 0 | 5+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | James McFadden | 20 | 2 | 8+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Murray Davidson | 27 | 3 | 17+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | SCO | Gary Miller | 25 | 0 | 8+11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Scott Brown | 12 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ENG | Lee Croft | 34 | 0 | 17+10 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Brian Easton | 40 | 0 | 31+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | SCO | Chris Kane | 17 | 1 | 4+11 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SCO | 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 | SCO | Gary McDonald | 19 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Adam Morgan | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Stevie May | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

    As of 24 May 2015
| Ranking | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Europa League | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total |
| 1 | 14 | Brian Graham | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 1 | 29 | Michael O'Halloran | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | 6 | Steven Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 9 | Steve MacLean | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 18 | Murray Davidson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | Dave Mackay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 11 | Danny Swanson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 17 | Stevie May | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | 17 | James McFadden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | 4 | Simon Lappin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 7 | Chris Millar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 25 | Chris Kane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | Totals | 34 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 41 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
Last updated 24 May 2015
| Number | Position | Name | Premiership | Premiership | Europa League | Europa League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | 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 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Aberdeen | 38 | 23 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 75 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Dundee United | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 56 | |
| 6 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 45 | |
* ↑ Inverness Caledonian Thistle qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League by winning the 2014–15 Scottish Cup.
* ↑ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

### Results by opponent

St Johnstone score first
| Team | Results | Results | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points |
| 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