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
Pre-season
Scottish Premiership
Scottish League Cup Group stage
Knockout round
Scottish Cup
Squad statistics Appearances
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Team statistics League table
League Cup table
Transfers
Players in DatePlayerFromFee1 June 2020 Shaun Rooney Inverness Caledonian ThistleFree14 July 2020 Danny McNamara MillwallLoan14 July 2020 Isaac Olaofe MillwallLoan31 July 2020 Craig Conway Salford CityFree18 September 2020 Craig Bryson AberdeenFree5 October 2020 Guy Melamed Maccabi NetanyaFree4 January 2021 James Brown MillwallLoan25 January 2021 Glenn Middleton RangersLoan1 February 2021 Charlie Gilmour Norwich CityFree7 May 2021 Zdeněk Zlámal Heart of MidlothianLoan
Players out DatePlayerToFee 16 May 2020 Danny Swanson East Fife Free29 June 2020 Ross Callachan Hamilton AcademicalFree10 July 2020 Drey Wright HibernianFree11 July 2020 Euan O'Riley AirdrieoniansFree14 July 2020 Steven Anderson Forfar AthleticFree27 May 2020 David McMillan DundalkFree30 July 2020 Danny Swanson East FifeFree27 May 2020 Max Johnstone AFC FyldeFree14 September 2020 Cammy Ballantyne MontroseLoan22 September 2020 Olly Hamilton CowdenbeathLoan25 September 2020 Ross Sinclair CowdenbeathLoan5 October 2020 Wallace Duffy Inverness Caledonian ThistleFree5 October 2020 John Robertson Forfar AthleticLoan27 May 2020 Shaun Struthers Jeanfield SwiftsFree1 February 2021 Callum Hendry AberdeenLoan
See also
List of St Johnstone F.C. seasons
References