# 2011–12 St Johnstone F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was St Johnstone's third consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in the league since their promotion in the 2008–09 season. St Johnstone also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

St Johnstone finished sixth in the Scottish Premier League securing a place in the second qualifying round of the 2012–13 Europa League. They reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup where they were beaten by eventual winners Hearts. They were beaten in the League Cup by fellow SPL side St Mirren in the third round.

### Management

[St Johnstone started the season under Derek McInnes and after eleven games on 19 October McInnes was appointed manager of Bristol City and left St Johnstone along with assistant Tony Docherty. On 3 November 2011 Steve Lomas was appointed as manager.

## Results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Squad information

    Last updated 14 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | SPL | SPL | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | FIN | Peter Enckelman | 29 | 0 | 25+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Dave Mackay | 40 | 4 | 36+0 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Callum Davidson | 27 | 1 | 26+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Jody Morris | 32 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Frazer Wright | 26 | 1 | 23+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Steven Anderson | 34 | 1 | 26+3 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Chris Millar | 33 | 0 | 27+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Murray Davidson | 30 | 4 | 24+2 | 2 | 3+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Sam Parkin | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ENG | Lee Croft | 13 | 3 | 10+1 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Liam Craig | 41 | 7 | 36+0 | 7 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | IRL | Cillian Sheridan | 32 | 5 | 25+3 | 4 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | IRL | Alan Maybury | 26 | 0 | 15+7 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | SCO | Kevin Moon | 19 | 0 | 14+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | NIR | Alan Mannus | 14 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | David Robertson | 20 | 0 | 10+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SCO | Sean Higgins | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | SCO | David McCracken | 32 | 1 | 27+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Carl Finnigan | 12 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SCO | Jamie Adams | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ESP | Francisco Sandaza | 34 | 18 | 28+1 | 15 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 2 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Willie Gibson | 13 | 0 | 1+10 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Kudus Oyenuga | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | CAN | Marcus Haber | 34 | 2 | 15+16 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | IRL | Graham Gartland | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | ENG | Jack Compton | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Liam Caddis | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | SCO | Stevie May | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | SCO | Michael Hart | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | SCO | James Keatings | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | SCO | Derek Riordan | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 14 May 2012
| Number | Position | Name | Scottish Premier League | Scottish Premier League | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Peter Enckelman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Dave Mackay | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Callum Davidson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Jody Morris | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Frazer Wright | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Steven Anderson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Chris Millar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Murray Davidson | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8' | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Sam Parkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Lee Croft | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Liam Craig | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Cillian Sheridan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | Alan Maybury | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Kevin Moon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | GK | Alan Mannus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | David Robertson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Sean Higgins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | David McCracken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Carl Finnigan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Jamie Adams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Francisco Sandaza | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Willie Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Kudus Oyenuga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Marcus Haber | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Graham Gartland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | Jack Compton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Liam Caddis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Stevie May | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | DF | Michael Hart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | FW | James Keatings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | FW | Derek Riordan | 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 |
| 4 | Dundee United | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 62 | 50 | +12 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | St Johnstone | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 44 | 61 | −17 | 47 | |
| 8 | St Mirren | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 39 | 51 | −12 | 43 | |
* 1 2 Hearts qualified for the Europa League as 2011–12 Scottish Cup winners. Since they finished fifth in the league, the sixth-placed team, St Johnstone, also qualified for the Europa League.

## Transfers

St Johnstone's first significant move in the close season was to release nine first-team players, most of whom were forwards. David Robertson became their first signing during the close season, being brought in from Dundee United. He was followed by Sean Higgins from Dundee and Callum Davidson from Preston North End, all arriving on free transfers. The departures continued, however, with the news that Danny Grainger had joined Hearts and Michael Duberry was leaving to return to England.