# 2020–21 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2020–21 St Johnstone F.C. season was the club's eighth season in the Scottish Premiership and their eleventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, winning both competitions. St Johnstone became only the fourth Scottish team, and only the second outwith the Old Firm, to win a Scottish cup double.

## Season summary

After the resignation of Tommy Wright, Alec Cleland took over as interim manager. After sixteen years at the club Steven Anderson left before the season began along with Danny Swanson, Ross Callachan and David McMillan. Former player and assistant manager Callum Davidson was appointed manager. Former striker Steven MacLean retired to become a coach alongside Cleland who returns to his former role. The Saints dropped to the bottom of the table after four games without a goal, but after a 5–3 away win at Hamilton they moved off it.
The Saints reached the final of the League Cup with a 3–0 win against Hibernian. On 28 February 2021, St Johnstone defeated Livingston in the final thanks to a single goal from Shaun Rooney. In doing so, the club won their first League Cup title, their second ever major honour, and ended Celtic's dominating run of having won the last 12 major honours at stake in Scotland.
On 22 May 2021, St Johnstone won the Scottish Cup, defeating Hibs by a score of 1–0 in the final, with Shaun Rooney again netting the winning goal. With the victory, St Johnstone became just the fourth club in Scottish history to win the cup double after Aberdeen, Celtic, and Rangers.

## Results

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

    As of 22 May 2021
| No. | Pos | Player | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Zander Clark | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | James Brown | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Scott Tanser | 21+6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | Jamie McCart | 36 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Jason Kerr (c) | 30 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | Liam Gordon | 35+1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 48 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Craig Conway | 19+8 | 3 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | Murray Davidson | 14+7 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Chris Kane | 17+10 | 4 | 5+3 | 2 | 2+2 | 2 | 39 | 8 |
| 10 | MF | David Wotherspoon | 28+9 | 3 | 7+1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 50 | 6 |
| 11 | FW | Michael O'Halloran | 13+12 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 32 | 2 |
| 12 | GK | Elliot Parish | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Craig Bryson | 12+8 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Stevie May | 17+16 | 4 | 3+5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 44 | 9 |
| 15 | MF | Charlie Gilmour | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Glenn Middleton | 3+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1+3 | 1 | 13 | 3 |
| 17 | FW | Guy Melamed | 11+7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 7 |
| 18 | MF | Ali McCann | 31+2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 42 | 2 |
| 19 | DF | Shaun Rooney | 20+8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 40 | 5 |
| 20 | FW | John Robertson | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Callum Booth | 15+3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Zdeněk Zlámal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Liam Craig | 17+5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| 40 | DF | Samuel Denham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | Alexander Ferguson | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Player who left the club during the season |||||
| 2 | DF | Wallace Duffy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Danny McNamara | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | FW | Isaac Olaofe | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Callum Hendry | 8+8 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 23 | MF | Cammy Ballantyne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | Ross Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Hibernian | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 56 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | St Johnstone | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 46 | −10 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Livingston | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 45 | |
| 7 | St Mirren | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 45 | |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).
* ↑ St Johnstone qualified as the 2020–21 Scottish Cup winners.

#### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | STJ | DUN | PET | KEL | BRE |
| 1 | St Johnstone | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 10 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 0–0p | — | — | 7–0 |
| 2 | Dundee United | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | | — | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
| 3 | Peterhead | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | | 1–3 | — | — | — | 3–1 |
| 4 | Kelty Hearts | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 1–2 | — | 1–1p | — | — |
| 5 | Brechin City | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 | | — | 2–6 | — | 0–2 | — |

## Transfers
### Players in

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 1 June 2020 | Shaun Rooney | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Free |
| 14 July 2020 | Danny McNamara | Millwall | Loan |
| 14 July 2020 | Isaac Olaofe | Millwall | Loan |
| 31 July 2020 | Craig Conway | Salford City | Free |
| 18 September 2020 | Craig Bryson | Aberdeen | Free |
| 5 October 2020 | Guy Melamed | Maccabi Netanya | Free |
| 4 January 2021 | James Brown | Millwall | Loan |
| 25 January 2021 | Glenn Middleton | Rangers | Loan |
| 1 February 2021 | Charlie Gilmour | Norwich City | Free |
| 7 May 2021 | Zdeněk Zlámal | Heart of Midlothian | Loan |

### Players out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| 16 May 2020 | Danny Swanson | East Fife | Free |
| 29 June 2020 | Ross Callachan | Hamilton Academical | Free |
| 10 July 2020 | Drey Wright | Hibernian | Free |
| 11 July 2020 | Euan O'Riley | Airdrieonians | Free |
| 14 July 2020 | Steven Anderson | Forfar Athletic | Free |
| 27 May 2020 | David McMillan | Dundalk | Free |
| 30 July 2020 | Danny Swanson | East Fife | Free |
| 27 May 2020 | Max Johnstone | AFC Fylde | Free |
| 14 September 2020 | Cammy Ballantyne | Montrose | Loan |
| 22 September 2020 | Olly Hamilton | Cowdenbeath | Loan |
| 25 September 2020 | Ross Sinclair | Cowdenbeath | Loan |
| 5 October 2020 | Wallace Duffy | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Free |
| 5 October 2020 | John Robertson | Forfar Athletic | Loan |
| 27 May 2020 | Shaun Struthers | Jeanfield Swifts | Free |
| 1 February 2021 | Callum Hendry | Aberdeen | Loan |