1998–99 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
1998–99 season
Chairman	Geoff Brown
Manager	Sandy Clark
Stadium	McDiarmid Park
Scottish Premier League	3rd
Scottish League Cup	Runners-up
Scottish Cup	Semi–final
Top goalscorer	League: Gary Bollan,; Roddy Grant &; Miguel Simão (4); All: Roddy Grant (6)
Highest home attendance	10,575, vs. Dundee, SPL, 23 May 1999
Lowest home attendance	2,679 vs. Stranraer, League Cup, 8 August 1998
	← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

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

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

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

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
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	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 v t e	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:

^ 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

^ "Scotland 1998/99". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
^ "FootballSquads - St Johnstone - 1998/99". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1999). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1999–2000. London: Headline. pp. 677, 694–695, 700–701. ISBN 9780747221661.

External links

St Johnstone 1998–99 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

[table_note_res_UCQ0.83438262382261-4] 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.

[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.

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