The 2019–20 season was the club's seventh season in the Scottish Premiership and their tenth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.
On 13 March, the Scottish football season was suspended with immediate effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 18 May, the SPFL declared the end of the season determining on an average points per game with the Saints finishing in sixth place, jumping Hibernian in the final standings.
Season summary Tommy Wright remained as manager for the start of his seventh season in charge. St Johnstone were knocked out of League Cup at the Group Stage after losing three of the four matches played. The Saints were then thrashed 7–0 by Celtic on the opening day of the season. It didn't get much better for the Saints as they slumped to the bottom of the table before the September International break and remained there and were still win-less until mid-October. They won both their matches against Hamilton and Hearts to end their win-less run and lift them off the bottom. They went through December with four clean sheets, lifting the club up to ninth in the table. In March, they were knocked out of the Scottish Cup by Celtic, narrowly losing at home. They were seven matches unbeaten and up to seventh in the League but the season was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 9 April, the Scottish football season was further suspended until at least 10 June. On 2 May, manager Tommy Wright left the club.
Results & fixtures
Pre-season
Scottish Premiership
League Cup
Scottish Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances
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Team statistics League table
League Cup table
Transfers
Players in DatePlayerFromFee20 June 2019 Wallace Duffy CelticFree20 June 2019 Elliot Parish Dundee Free26 July 2019 Madis Vihmann FloraLoan2 August 2019 Max Johnstone SunderlandFree29 August 2019 Stevie May AberdeenFree2 September 2019 Anthony Ralston CelticLoan2 September 2019 Jason Holt RangersLoan16 September 2019 Callum Booth Dundee United Free28 January 2020 Jamie McCart Inverness CTUndisclosed31 January 2020 Matt Butcher BournemouthLoan31 January 2020 Isaiah Jones MiddlesbroughLoan
Players out DatePlayerToFee16 May 2019 Aaron Comrie Dunfermline AthleticFree27 May 2019 Tony Watt CSKA SofiaFree1 June 2019 Jack Hodge HibernianFree1 June 2019 Brian Easton Hamilton AcademicalFree6 June 2019 Blair Alston Hamilton AcademicalFree6 June 2019 Marky Munro Stenhousemuir Loan20 June 2019 Euan O’Reilly AirdrieoniansLoan4 July 2019 Olly Hamilton Brechin CityLoan1 August 2019 Joe Shaughnessy Southend UnitedFree2 August 2019 John Robertson Cove RangersLoan29 August 2019 Richard Foster Ross CountyFree2 September 2019 Kyle McClean LinfieldMutual consent4 September 2019 David McMillan FalkirkLoan6 September 2019 Steven Anderson Raith RoversLoan15 January 2020 Ross Callachan DundeeLoan24 January 2020 Matty Kennedy Aberdeen£70,00031 January 2020 Madis VihmannRetired
See also
List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons
Footnotes
References