2020–21
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St Johnstone F.C. season was the club's eighth season in the
Scottish Premiership
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and their eleventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football. St Johnstone also competed in the
Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,League Cup
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, winning both competitions. St Johnstone became only the fourth Scottish team, and only the second outwith the
Old Firm
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, 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
Steven James Stuart Anderson (born 19 December 1985) is a Scottish people, Scottish Association football, footballer who plays for Berwick Rangers F.C., Berwick Rangers. Anderson plays in Defender (association football), central defence.
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left before the season began along with Danny Swanson, Ross Callachan and David McMillan. Former player and assistant manager
Callum Davidson
Callum Iain Davidson (born 25 June 1976 in Stirling) is a Scottish professional football player and coach. He is the manager of St Johnstone.
Davidson played as a left-back for St Johnstone, Blackburn Rovers, Leicester City and Preston North ...
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
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thanks to a single goal from
Shaun Rooney
Shaun Antony Rooney (born 26 July 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Fleetwood Town. He has previously played for Queen's Park, Dunfermline Athletic, York City, Queen of the South, Inverness Caledonian T ...
. 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
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,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
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,
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
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**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
, and
Rangers
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.
Results
Pre-season
Scottish Premiership
Scottish League Cup
Group stage
Knockout round
Scottish Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances
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St Johnstone
St Johnstone Football Club is a professional association football club in Perth, Scotland which is a member of the Scottish Premiership for the 2022–23 season. The club's name is derived from St John's Toun ''aka'' Saint Johnstoun – an old ...