2016–17 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
2016–17 season
Chairman	Steve Brown
Manager	Tommy Wright
Stadium	McDiarmid Park; Perth, Scotland; (Capacity: 10,696)
Scottish Premiership	4th
Scottish Cup	Fifth round; lost to Partick Thistle
Scottish League Cup	Quarter final; lost to Aberdeen
Top goalscorer	League: Danny Swanson (10); All: ; Danny Swanson (15)
Highest home attendance	7,979 vs Rangers; Scottish Premiership; 28 December 2016
Lowest home attendance	2,549 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle; Scottish Premiership; 3 December 2016
Average home league attendance	4,368
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

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.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

9 July 2016	Glentoran	1 – 2	St Johnstone	The Oval
	Chris Lavery	Report	MacLean Kane

12 July 2016	Livingston	1 – 1	St Johnstone	Tony Macaroni Arena
	Josh Mullin 56'	Report	Coulson 10'	Referee: Beaton

19 July 2016	St Johnstone	2 – 0	Bradford City	McDiarmid Park
	Cummins 33' McKay 37'	Report		Attendance: 1,177 Referee: Collum

Scottish Premiership

7 August 2016 1	St Johnstone	0 – 0	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
12:15	Craig 34' Cummins 37'	BBC Report SPFL Report		Attendance: 5,728 Referee: Collum

13 August 2016 2	Motherwell	1 – 2	St Johnstone	Fir Park
15:00	Cadden 47' Tait 39' Clay 74' McDonald 82'	BBC SPFL	Swanson 56' MacLean 75' Kane 42' Swanson 50' Davidson 90'	Attendance: 3,739 Referee: Euan Anderson

20 August 2016 3	St Johnstone	2 – 4	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
12:15	Swanson 83' (pen.) MacLean 89' Paton 45' Davidson 58' MacLean 86'	BBC SPFL	Griffiths 28' Sinclair 40' Forrest 44' Christie 90' Griffiths 38' Janko 43' Bitton 59'	Attendance: 6,823 Referee: Craig Thomson

27 August 2016 4	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 1	St Johnstone	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Draper 59' Meekings 90' Draper 66'	BBC SPFL	Foster 79' Wotherspoon 57'	Attendance: 2,729 Referee: Stephen Finnie

10 September 2016 5	Partick Thistle	0 – 2	St Johnstone	Firhill Stadium
15:00		BBC SPFL	Anderson 21' MacLean 64' Swanson 70'	Attendance: 2,885 Referee: Nick Walsh

17 September 2016 6	St Johnstone	1 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Cummins 57' Cummins 15' Foster 33' Davidson 49' MacLean 75' Kane 85' Craig 90'	BBC SPFL	Rossi 75'	Attendance: 5,456 Referee: John Beaton

25 September 2016 7	Hamilton Academical	1 – 1	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
15:00	Docherty 37' Donati 58' Doherty 63' MacKinnon 70' Seaborne 78' Crawford 90'	BBC SPFL	Craig 82' Davidson 33'	Attendance: 1,705 Referee: Euan Anderson

1 October 2016 8	Ross County	0 – 2	St Johnstone	Victoria Park
15:00		BBC SPFL	Swanson 42' (pen.) Kane 73'	Attendance: 3,299 Referee: Crawford Allan

15 October 2016 9	St Johnstone	0 – 1	Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park
15:00		BBC SPFL	S Boyd 76'	Attendance: 2,930 Referee: Steven McLean

23 October 2016 10	St Johnstone	2 – 1	Dundee	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Anderson 62' Swanson 75' (pen.)	BBC SPFL	Loy 88' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,646 Referee: Andrew Dallas

26 October 2016 11	Rangers	1 – 1	St Johnstone	Ibrox Stadium
19:45	Garner 62'	BBC SPFL	Alston 5'	Attendance: 46,563 Referee: Kevin Clancy

29 October 2016 12	St Johnstone	1 – 2	Partick Thistle	McDiarmid Park
15:00	MacLean 18'	BBC SPFL	Doolan 17' Osman 90'	Attendance: 3,096 Referee: Barry Cook

5 November 2016 13	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 2	St Johnstone	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Buaben 25' 61' Igor Rossi 77' Paterson 87' Muirhead 89'	Report	Alston 7' Swanson 41' Kane 85' Easton 90+3'	Attendance: 16,421 Referee: Don Robertson

19 November 2016 14	St Johnstone	2 – 4	Ross County	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Anderson 4' Paton 55' Foster 62' Swanson 65' (pen.) MacLean 80'	Report	McEveley 24' 65' Routis 38' van der Weg 45+4' Curran 63' Boyce 83'	Attendance: 2,554 Referee: John Beaton

3 December 2016 15	St Johnstone	3 – 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Craig 14' Coulson 57' Davidson 62' Wotherspoon 75' Swanson 81'	Report	Draper 45+1' Doumbouya 51' Warren 60'	Attendance: 2,549 Referee: Euan Anderson

10 December 2016 16	Aberdeen	0 – 0	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McLean 87'	Report	Davidson 58' Kane 67' MacLean 68'	Attendance: 11,501 Referee: Kevin Clancy

17 December 2016 17	St Johnstone	1 – 1	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Kane 62' Foster 90'	Report	Clark 12' (o.g.) Moult 77'	Attendance: 2,836 Referee: Willie Collum

23 December 2016 18	Kilmarnock	0 – 1	St Johnstone	Rugby Park
19:45	Dicker 88' Hendrie 90+2'	Report	Davidson 43' 62' Wotherspoon 57'	Attendance: 3,056 Referee: Stephen Finnie

28 December 2016 19	St Johnstone	1 – 1	Rangers	McDiarmid Park
19:45	MacLean 28' 89' Paton 69' Foster 69'	Report	McKay 23' Holt 35' Hill 55' Halliday 67'	Attendance: 7,979 Referee: Crawford Allan

31 December 2016 20	Dundee	3 – 0	St Johnstone	Dens Park
14:00	Bakhtaoui 15' Kerr 23' Gadzhalov 42' Anderson 57' (o.g.)	Report	Paton 41' Swanson 90'	Attendance: 6,492 Referee: Don Robertson

25 January 2017 21	Celtic	1 – 0	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
19:45	Boyata 72' Gordon 81'	Report	Craig 17' Paton 76'	Attendance: 51,057 Referee: Andrew Dallas

28 January 2017 22	St Johnstone	3 – 0	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Swanson 30' Cummins 53' 59' Davidson 74'	Report	Redmond 34'	Attendance: 3,279 Referee: Nick Walsh

1 February 2017 23	Partick Thistle	0 – 1	St Johnstone	Firhill Stadium
19:45	Edwards 70' Elliott 90+2'	Report	MacLean 40' Swanson 60' Anderson 69'	Attendance: 2,257 Referee: Crawford Allan

5 February 2017 24	St Johnstone	2 – 5	Celtic	McDiarmid Park
12:30	Watson 31' Boyata 43' (o.g.) Paton 58' Foster 60' Craig 90+3'	Report	Henderson 6' Dembélé 61' (pen.) 75' 85' Sinclair 81' Lustig 90+3'	Attendance: 6,548 Referee: Craig Thomson

18 February 2017 25	Ross County	1 – 2	St Johnstone	Victoria Park
15:00	Curran 73' O'Brien 76'	Report	McEveley 31' (o.g.) Kane 90+1'	Attendance: 3,187 Referee: John Beaton

25 February 2017 26	St Johnstone	0 – 2	Kilmarnock	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Kane 54' Anderson 81'	Report	McKenzie 11' Sammon 71'	Attendance: 2,933 Referee: Don Robertson

1 March 2017 27	Rangers	3 – 2	St Johnstone	Ibrox Stadium
19:45	McKay 22' Waghorn 48' Hyndman 90+1' Kiernan 78'	Report	Wotherspoon 74' Anderson 87'	Attendance: 46,800 Referee: Kevin Clancy

11 March 2017 28	St Johnstone	2 – 0	Dundee	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Paton 12' Alston 19' MacLean 89'	Report	O'Hara 26' El Bakhtaoui 69' Williams 84'	Attendance: 4,195 Referee: Andrew Dallas

18 March 2017 29	Motherwell	1 – 2	St Johnstone	Fir Park
15:00	McDonald 44'	Report	Craig 8' 66' Davidson 78'	Attendance: 3,588 Referee: Greg Aitken

1 April 2017 30	Hamilton Academical	1 – 0	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
15:00	Devlin 23' Crawford 45+3' D'Acol 89'	Report	Foster 45+3' Swanson 45+3' Cummins 83'	Attendance: 1,662 Referee: Don Robertson

5 April 2017 31	St Johnstone	1 – 0	Heart of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Shaughnessy 73'	Report	Nicholson 83'	Attendance: 4,197 Referee: Nick Walsh

8 April 2017 32	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0 – 3	St Johnstone	Tulloch Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Cole 81'	Report	MacLean 40' Alston 65' Craig 88' (pen.) Cummins 90+1'	Attendance: 2,961 Referee: Stephen Finnie

15 April 2017 33	St Johnstone	1 – 2	Aberdeen	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Craig 22' Swanson 48' (pen) Wotherspoon 67' MacLean 84'	Report	Christie 19' Scobbie 32' (o.g.) Lewis 57'	Attendance: 5,132 Referee: Bobby Madden

29 April 2017 34	Aberdeen	1 – 2	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Logan 18' Hayes 19' Stockley 90+3'	Report	Anderson 28' Shaughnessy 33' Swanson 80' Thomson 80' Craig 90+3'	Attendance: 10,606 Referee: Alan Muir

6 May 2017 35	Celtic	4 – 1	St Johnstone	Celtic Park
15:00	Roberts 47', 62' Boyata 52' McGregor 71'	Report	MacLean 49'	Attendance: 52,796 Referee: Nick Walsh

13 May 2017 36	St Johnstone	1 – 0	Partick Thistle	McDiarmid Park
15:00	Swanson 33' (pen.) 83' MacLean 60' Craig 67'	Report	Devine 17' Edwards 24' Elliott 82'	Attendance: 3,630 Referee: Stephen Finnie

17 May 2017 37	St Johnstone	1 – 0	Heart Of Midlothian	McDiarmid Park
19:45	Kane 26'	Report		Attendance: 3,141 Referee: Don Robertson

21 May 2017 38	St Johnstone	1 – 2	Rangers	McDiarmid Park
12:30	Cummins 76'	Report	Miller 40' Toral 53'	Attendance: 6,799 Referee: Andrew Dallas

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	—

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified; (X) Advances to Best runners-up

16 July 2016 (2016-07-16) Group B	Elgin City	1 – 3	St Johnstone	Borough Briggs, Elgin
15:00	Duff 48' MacLeod 43'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Swanson 16' Cummins 71' MacLean 79'	Attendance: 1,046 Referee: Alan Muir

23 July 2016 (2016-07-23) Group B	St Johnstone	3 – 0	Falkirk	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Swanson 25' (pen.), 38' (pen.) MacLean 68' Craig 16'	SPFL Report	Watson 24'	Attendance: 2,725 Referee: Bobby Madden

26 July 2016 (2016-07-26) Group B	Brechin City	1 – 1 (4–2 p)	St Johnstone	Glebe Park, Brechin
19:45	Jackson 35' Graham 73'	SPFL Report	Kane 86'	Attendance: 912 Referee: John McKendrick
	Penalties
	Hill Dyer Graham Trouten Love		Swanson Kane Cummins Coulson

30 July 2016 (2016-07-30) Group B	St Johnstone	4 – 0	Stirling Albion	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Anderson 4' MacLean 33' Craig 43' Wotherspoon 90+2'	SPFL Report	Ferns 56' McKenzie 90+3'	Attendance: 2,858 Referee: Barry Cook

10 August 2016 Second Round	St Johnstone	3 – 2	Hearts	McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45	Swanson 10' 75' (pen.) McKay 80' Paton 45' Swanson 71' Alston 76'	SPFL Report	Paterson 43' Walker 45' (pen.) Cowie 9' Murihead 54' Ozturk 74' Rossi 81'	Attendance: 4,214 Referee: Crawford Allan

22 September 2016 Quarter final	Aberdeen	1 – 0	St Johnstone	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
19:45	Rooney 90' Maddison 7' Shinnie 34'	BBC Report SPFL Report	Shaughnessy 11' Wotherspoon 45' Paton 51' Swanson 67' Davidson 80'	Attendance: 8,829 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

Scottish Cup

21 January 2017 Fourth Round	St Johnstone	2 – 0	Stenhousemuir	McDiarmid Park
15:00	MacLean 6' Alston 32'	Report	Kerr 52' McMenamin 64' Ciaran Summers 82'	Attendance: 2,441 Referee: Euan Anderson

11 February 2017 Fifth Round	St Johnstone	0 – 1	Partick Thistle	McDiarmid Park
15:00	MacLean 40' Swanson 75'	Report	Barton 7' Welsh 65' Devine 72'	Attendance: 2,884 Referee: Steven McLean

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 21 May 2017 ^[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League 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	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
	26	Liam Craig	5	1	0	6
	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
	18	Paul Paton	1	0	0	1
	19	Richard Foster	1	0	0	1
	22	Keith Watson	1	0	0	1
	27	Craig Thomson	1	0	0	1
		Own Goal	2	0	0	2
TOTALS			39	14	2	55

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
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

Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).^[6]
Notes:

^ 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^[7]
26 May 2016	Blair Alston	Falkirk	Free^[8]
7 June 2016	Paul Paton	Dundee United	Free^[9]
1 July 2016	Michael Coulson	York City	Free^[10]
1 July 2016	Joe Gormley	Peterborough United	Loan^[11]
19 August 2016	Richard Foster	Ross County	Free^[12]
31 January 2017	Clive Smith	Preston North End	Loan^[13]

Players out

Date	Player	To	Fee
9 June 2016	Neil Martyniuk	Edinburgh City	Free^[14]
28 June 2016	John Sutton	St Mirren	Free^[15]
13 July 2016	Gareth Rodger	Brechin City	Free^[16]
31 August 2016	Brad McKay	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free^[17]
15 September 2016	Dave Mackay	Retired	^[18]
4 January 2017	Aaron Comrie	Peterhead	Loan^[19]
4 January 2017	Liam Gordon	Peterhead	Loan^[20]
6 January 2017	Connor McLaren	Stirling Albion	Loan^[21]

References

^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Attendance". worldfootball.net.
^ "Betfred Cup - Group B preview - SPFL". spfl.co.uk.
^ "St Johnstone 1-0 Partick Thistle". 13 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "HIBERNIAN SIGN DANNY SWANSON ON PRE-CONTRACT". www.hibernianfc.co.uk.
^ "St Johnstone FC Player Appearances - Past & Present - Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
^ "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ "St Johnstone sign up goalkeeper Elliott Parish & defender Wallace Duffy". BBC Sport. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
^ "Blair Alston: Midfielder moves to St Johnstone from Falkirk". 26 May 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "St Johnstone sign Paul Paton following his exit from Dundee Utd". 7 June 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Michael Coulson: St Johnstone to sign York City winger". 17 March 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Joe Gormley: St Johnstone sign Peterborough striker on loan". 31 August 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "St. Johnstone - News Item". Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
^ "Tommy Wright adds loan player Clive Smith to St Johnstone squad". 8 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Edinburgh City sign former Hibs kid Neil Martyniuk".
^ "St Johnstone striker John Sutton joins St Mirren - The Courier".
^ "Brechin City Football Club". www.brechincity.com.
^ "Inverness Caley Thistle sign Brad McKay and Larnell Cole". 31 August 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "St. Johnstone - News Item". Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
^ Moir, Glenn. "Perth Saints aid Blue Toon recruitment - Peterhead F.C." Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
^ Moir, Glenn. "Perth Saints aid Blue Toon recruitment - Peterhead F.C." Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
^ "McLaren joins on loan – Stirling Albion". www.stirlingalbionfc.co.uk.

[6] 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.

[1] "Premiership 2016/2017 - Attendance". worldfootball.net.

[2] "Betfred Cup - Group B preview - SPFL". spfl.co.uk.

[3] "St Johnstone 1-0 Partick Thistle". 13 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[4] "HIBERNIAN SIGN DANNY SWANSON ON PRE-CONTRACT". www.hibernianfc.co.uk.

[5] "St Johnstone FC Player Appearances - Past & Present - Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.

[7] "Premiership 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

[Signings-8] "St Johnstone sign up goalkeeper Elliott Parish & defender Wallace Duffy". BBC Sport. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.

[9] "Blair Alston: Midfielder moves to St Johnstone from Falkirk". 26 May 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[10] "St Johnstone sign Paul Paton following his exit from Dundee Utd". 7 June 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[11] "Michael Coulson: St Johnstone to sign York City winger". 17 March 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[12] "Joe Gormley: St Johnstone sign Peterborough striker on loan". 31 August 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[13] "St. Johnstone - News Item". Archived from the original on 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[14] "Tommy Wright adds loan player Clive Smith to St Johnstone squad". 8 October 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[15] "Edinburgh City sign former Hibs kid Neil Martyniuk".

[16] "St Johnstone striker John Sutton joins St Mirren - The Courier".

[17] "Brechin City Football Club". www.brechincity.com.

[18] "Inverness Caley Thistle sign Brad McKay and Larnell Cole". 31 August 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[19] "St. Johnstone - News Item". Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[20] Moir, Glenn. "Perth Saints aid Blue Toon recruitment - Peterhead F.C." Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[21] Moir, Glenn. "Perth Saints aid Blue Toon recruitment - Peterhead F.C." Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-07-25.

[22] "McLaren joins on loan – Stirling Albion". www.stirlingalbionfc.co.uk.

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