2001–02 St Johnstone F.C. season

St Johnstone
Scottish Premier League	12th
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Scottish League Cup	Third Round
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

The 2001–02 season saw St Johnstone compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 12th position with 21 points, suffering relegation.^[1]

Results

St Johnstone's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Scottish Premier League

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
1	28 July 2001	Celtic	A	0–3	58,002
2	4 August 2001	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–2	4,701
3	11 August 2001	Dundee United	H	0–1	5,156
4	18 August 2001	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	6,480	Falconer 90'
5	25 August 2001	Aberdeen	H	1–1	5,459	Weir 46'
6	8 September 2001	Dundee	A	1–1	7,050	Jackson 73'
7	15 September 2001	Livingston	H	2–2	3,812	Falconer 16', MacDonald 50'
8	23 September 2001	Hibernian	A	0–4	10,404
9	29 September 2001	Motherwell	H	2–3	3,269	Connolly 13', MacDonald 55'
10	13 October 2001	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–3	10,735
11	21 October 2001	Rangers	H	0–2	8,331
12	27 October 2001	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–2	4,494	Hartley 4'
13	3 November 2001	Celtic	H	1–2	9,041	Dods 26'
14	10 November 2001	Kilmarnock	A	1–0	6,008	Falconer 39'
15	17 November 2001	Dundee United	A	1–2	6,624	Connolly 65'
16	24 November 2001	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	3,771	Russell 12'
17	1 December 2001	Aberdeen	A	0–1	17,396
18	8 December 2001	Dundee	H	0–2	5,229
19	15 December 2001	Livingston	A	1–2	4,563	Hartley 48'
20	22 December 2001	Hibernian	H	0–0	4,056
21	26 December 2001	Motherwell	A	2–1	4,659	Murray 9', MacDonald 38'
22	29 December 2001	Rangers	A	0–1	48,827
23	2 January 2002	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–2	5,413
24	12 January 2002	Dunfermline Athletic	H	0–1	3,459
25	19 January 2002	Celtic	A	1–2	58,587	Dods 6'
26	22 January 2002	Dundee United	H	1–4	3,771	Youssouf 65'
27	2 February 2002	Aberdeen	H	0–1	4,305
28	9 February 2002	Dundee	A	0–1	6,344
29	16 February 2002	Livingston	H	3–0	3,784	Hartley 44', Parker 80', Jones 90'
30	2 March 2002	Hibernian	A	0–3	13,731
31	6 March 2002	Rangers	H	0–2	6,382
32	9 March 2002	Motherwell	H	0–2	3,282
33	23 March 2002	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–1	10,672	Løvenkrands 21', 31', McBride 39'
34	6 April 2002	Motherwell	A	1–1	3,418	Hartley 22'
35	13 April 2002	Dundee	H	0–1	3,055
36	20 April 2002	Kilmarnock	H	0–3	2,285
37	27 April 2002	Dundee United	A	0–0	5,190
38	12 May 2002	Hibernian	H	0–1	3,372

Scottish Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R3	8 January 2002	Aberdeen	H	0–2	4,070

Scottish League Cup

Match	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2	26 September 2001	Clyde	A	2–1	911	MacDonald 25', 86'
R3	9 October 2001	Dundee United	A	2–3	5,851	Hartley 9', Dods 36'

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	Dundee United	38	12	10	16	38	59	−21	46
9	Dundee	38	12	8	18	41	55	−14	44
10	Hibernian	38	10	11	17	51	56	−5	41
11	Motherwell	38	11	7	20	49	69	−20	40
12	St Johnstone (R)	38	5	6	27	24	62	−38	21	Relegation to the First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

References

^ "Scotland 2001/02". RSSSF.

External links

St Johnstone 2001–02 at Soccerbase.com (select relevant season from dropdown list)

[2] Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

[1] "Scotland 2001/02". RSSSF.

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