Jump to content

1998–99 St Johnstone F.C. season

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

St Johnstone
1998–99 season
ChairmanGeoff Brown
ManagerSandy Clark
StadiumMcDiarmid Park
Scottish Premier League3rd
Scottish League CupRunners-up
Scottish CupSemi–final
Top goalscorerLeague: Gary Bollan,
Roddy Grant &
Miguel Simão (4)
All: Roddy Grant (6)
Highest home attendance10,575, vs. Dundee, SPL, 23 May 1999
Lowest home attendance2,679 vs. Stranraer, League Cup, 8 August 1998

The 1998–99 season saw St Johnstone compete in the newly formed Scottish Premier League where they finished in third place with 57 points, qualifying for the UEFA Cup.[1] They also reached the 1998 Scottish League Cup Final, losing 2–1 to Rangers.

Results and fixtures

St Johnstone's score comes first

Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Premier League
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
1 1 August 1998 Motherwell A 0–1 5,686
2 15 August 1998 Kilmarnock H 0–0 6,210
3 23 August 1998 Dundee A 1–0 3,641 Scott 60'
4 29 August 1998 Rangers A 0–4 48,732
5 12 September 1998 Dunfermline Athletic H 1–1 5,997 Squires 37' (o.g.)
6 19 September 1998 Aberdeen H 2–0 5,814 Lowndes 17', McMahon 66'
7 23 September 1998 Celtic A 1–0 55,889 Dasovic 15'
8 26 September 1998 Dundee United H 1–3 6,665 Grant 84'
9 4 October 1998 Heart of Midlothian A 1–1 13,121 Preston 58'
10 17 October 1998 Motherwell H 5–0 4,026 O'Boyle 39', 85', Kernaghan 53', Simão 62', Dods 88'
11 24 October 1998 Kilmarnock A 2–2 9,336 Dods 38', Lowndes 62'
12 31 October 1998 Dunfermline Athletic A 1–1 5,911 McQuillan 54'
13 8 November 1998 Rangers H 0–7 9,636
14 14 November 1998 Celtic H 2–1 9,732 Simão 45', McAnespie 78'
15 21 November 1998 Aberdeen A 1–0 10,004 Simão 38'
16 5 December 1998 Dundee United A 1–1 7,293 Grant 55'
17 9 December 1998 Heart of Midlothian H 1–1 4,808 Kernaghan 8'
18 12 December 1998 Dundee H 1–1 6,033 Bollan 85'
19 19 December 1998 Motherwell A 2–1 5,700 Connolly 31', Grant 72'
20 26 December 1998 Rangers A 0–1 49,479
21 29 December 1998 Dunfermline Athletic H 1–1 6,070 Kane 81'
22 2 January 1999 Aberdeen H 4–1 8,971 Bollan 44', Kernaghan 52', O'Neil 75', 84'
23 31 January 1999 Celtic A 0–5 60,092
24 6 February 1999 Dundee United H 1–0 5,771 Bollan 9'
25 20 February 1999 Heart of Midlothian A 2–0 12,229 Scott 59', Kane 63'
26 27 February 1999 Dundee A 1–0 7,245 Dods 88'
27 13 March 1999 Kilmarnock H 0–1 5,461
28 20 March 1999 Dunfermline Athletic A 0–1 5,504
29 4 April 1999 Rangers H 3–1 9,704 Weir 14', Simão 73', McAnespie 90'
30 17 April 1999 Heart of Midlothian H 0–0 6,149
31 20 April 1999 Dundee United A 1–0 6,714 Griffin 42'
32 24 April 1999 Celtic H 1–0 10,379 O'Halloran 55'
33 1 May 1999 Aberdeen A 0–1 9,561
34 8 May 1999 Motherwell H 0–0 4,599
35 15 May 1999 Kilmarnock A 1–1 15,086 Bollan 66'
36 23 May 1999 Dundee H 1–0 10,575 Kane 71'

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish League Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Second round 8 August 1998 Stranraer H 3–0 2,679 O'Halloran 67', Connolly 77', O'Boyle 84'
Third round 18 August 1998 Falkirk A 1–0 3,749 Kane 90'
Quarter–final 8 September 1998 Hibernian H 4–0 8,165 Lowndes 11', 32', McMahon 24', O'Neil 57'
Semi–final 27 October 1998 Heart of Midlothian N 3–0 12,027 Dasovic 41', Preston 45', O'Boyle 87'
Final 29 November 1998 Rangers N 1–2 45,553 Dasovic 8'

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1998–99 Scottish Cup
Match Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
Third round 23 January 1999 Forfar Athletic H 1–0 3,714 O'Neil 63'
Fourth round 13 February 1999 Livingston A 3–1 5,700 Grant 18', 59', Scott 40'
Quarter–final 6 March 1999 Motherwell A 2–0 7,660 Grant 71', Simão 80'
Semi–final 11 March 1999 Rangers N 0–4 20,664

Appearances and goals

Source:[2][3]
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with names struck through and marked † left the club during the playing season.
Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
Players who made a first-team appearance
No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  SCO Alan Main 34 0 4 0 4 0 42 0
2 DF  SCO John McQuillan 27 (1) 1 3 0 5 0 35 (1) 1
3 DF  SCO Allan Preston 8 (7) 1 0 (1) 0 2 (2) 1 10 (10) 2
4 MF  CAN Nick Dasovic 31 1 3 0 5 2 39 3
5 DF  SCO Jim Weir 6 (1) 1 1 0 0 0 7 (1) 1
6 DF  IRL Alan Kernaghan 26 3 3 0 3 0 32 3
7 MF  SCO Philip Scott † 14 (2) 2 2 1 1 0 17 (2) 3
8 MF  SCO John O'Neil 33 2 2 1 5 1 40 4
9 FW  ENG Roddy Grant 14 (11) 4 3 (1) 2 1 (3) 0 18 (15) 6
10 FW  NIR George O'Boyle 12 (1) 2 0 0 5 2 17 (1) 4
11 MF  SCO Paul Kane 33 (1) 3 4 0 4 1 41 (1) 4
12 FW  NIR Gerry McMahon 13 (6) 1 1 (1) 0 3 (1) 1 17 (8) 2
14 FW  SCO Paddy Connolly 6 (3) 1 1 0 1 1 8 (3) 2
15 DF  SCO Gary Bollan 32 (1) 4 4 0 4 0 40 (1) 4
16 DF  NIR Danny Griffin 14 (5) 1 2 (2) 0 2 (1) 0 18 (8) 1
17 MF  IRL Keith O'Halloran 10 (6) 1 2 (1) 0 1 (1) 1 13 (8) 2
19 DF  SCO Stuart McCluskey 5 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 5 (2) 0
20 MF  SCO John Paul McBride 2 (1) 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 3 (2) 0
21 DF  SCO Andy Whiteford 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (2) 0
22 GK  SCO Allan Ferguson 2 (1) 0 0 0 1 0 3 (1) 0
23 MF  SCO Kieran McAnespie 8 (10) 2 1 (1) 0 0 0 9 (11) 2
24 DF  SCO Darren Dods 34 2 4 1 5 0 43 3
28 FW  ENG Nathan Lowndes 12 (17) 2 2 (1) 0 1 (2) 2 15 (20) 4
29 FW  POR Miguel Simão 20 (6) 4 1 (3) 1 2 0 23 (9) 5
31 FW  SCO Keigan Parker 0 (2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 (2) 0

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Rangers (C) 36 23 8 5 78 31 +47 77 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Celtic 36 21 8 7 84 35 +49 71 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[a]
3 St Johnstone 36 15 12 9 39 38 +1 57
4 Kilmarnock 36 14 14 8 47 29 +18 56
5 Dundee 36 13 7 16 36 56 −20 46
Updated to match(es) played on end of season. Source: Soccerway and SPL official website
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Since Rangers, the winners of the 1998–99 Scottish Cup, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League, Celtic, the losing finalist, earned a spot in the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. As such, the league's UEFA Cup place moved down to third-placed St Johnstone. Scotland were also awarded an additional UEFA Cup place as the association was top of the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Kilmarnock earned this place as winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking.


References

  1. ^ "Scotland 1998/99". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  2. ^ "FootballSquads - St Johnstone - 1998/99". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
  3. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1999). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999–2000. London: Headline. pp. 677, 694–695, 700–701. ISBN 9780747221661.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1998–99_St_Johnstone_F.C._season&oldid=1244652845"