The 2020–21 season was the club's third consecutive season in the top tier of Scottish football since being promoted from the
Scottish Championship
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Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,Stephen McGinn,
Václav Hladký
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Gary MacKenzie
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Career
MacKenzie s ...
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Oan Djorkaeff
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Early and personal life
Born in Milan, his father is Youri Djorkaeff. The family, which includes grandfather Jean Djorkaeff, uncle ...
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Ross Wallace
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Tony Andreu
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He began his career as a youth player at Monaco, before playing in Switzerland with CS Chênois and Stade Nyonnais. He moved to Scotland in 2012, in ...
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Danny Mullen
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Career Li ...
and
Cody Cooke
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Early and personal life
Born in Truro, Cooke attended Penryn College.
Career
Cooke began his career in English non-league football ...
Akin Famewo
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Coming through the youth academy at Luton Town, he turned professional with The Hatters in 20 ...
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Seifedin Chabbi
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Club career
In February 2020, he joined St Mirren on loan. Despite only making two substitute appearances before the season ...
and
Alex Jakubiak
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Jakubiak made his sole appearance for Watford shortly before his graduation from the club's academy in the summer of 2014. Since then he has h ...
all return to their parent clubs.
* 8 June – midfielder Ryan Flynn signed a one-year extension to his contract.
* 18 June – defender
Richard Tait
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signed from
Motherwell
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on a two-year deal.
* 22 June –
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with prot ...
goalkeeper
Jak Alnwick
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Alnwick turned professional at Newcastle United ...
signed on a two-year deal, after being released by his former club.
July
* 7 July –
Fleetwood Town
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Established in 1997, the current Flee ...
midfielder
Nathan Sheron
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Career
Having previously played for Liverpool at youth level, Sheron began his career with Fleetwood ...
joined the club on a season long loan.
* 20 July – defender
Joe Shaughnessy
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signed on a two-year deal from
Southend United
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, and Icelandic midfielder Ísak Þorvaldsson joined the club on a season long loan from
Norwich City
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