St Johnstone F.C. Trivia Quiz

Answer: Perth

St Johnstone were formed in Perth in 1884. Their name comes from the ancient name for Perth, St John's Toun.

Answer: Muirton Park

St Johnstone moved into Muirton Park in 1924 after their original home, the Recreation Grounds, was repeatedly flooded. The first match at the new ground took place on Christmas Day against Queens Park, with the final match there being a game against Ayr United in April, 1989. The record attendance at the stadium was 29,972 for a local derby against Dundee in 1951.

Answer: Blue

St Johnstone had various first choice shirt colours in their early days including maroon and blue and white stripes. Since 1922, they have always worn blue shirts, trimmed with white. Shorts colours have normally been white.

Answer: Willie Ormond

Ormond was a member of Hibernian's "Famous Five" forward line of the 1940s/50s. St Johnstone was his first managerial role and he quickly had them contending at the top end of the table. He took them to third place in 1970-71 and a place in the following season's UEFA Cup. He left Saints to take over as manager of the Scotland national team in 1973.

Answer: Celtic

Celtic were at the height of their powers in 1969 with many of their European Cup winners of two years earlier still at the club. Saints were massive underdogs on 25th October 1969, but contemporary media accounts suggest they were a bit unfortunate to lose 1-0 to a goal by Bertie Auld.

Answer: They won only three games and were relegated

Season 1975-76 proved to be a disaster for Saints, winning only three of their 36 league fixtures. Things started off OK with a victory over Dundee United on opening day, but that proved to be a false dawn. A second win, over Motherwell in early October, proved to be their last until a 2-0 win over Aberdeen in late April, by which time they were already down.

Answer: McDiarmid Park

Bruce McDiarmid donated part of his land to St Johnstone to enable them to build a new stadium. The new ground was opened with a fixture against Clydebank in August 1989. The official gala opening saw them play Manchester United in a friendly in October of that year.

Answer: Rangers

Saints knocked out both Hearts and Hibernian on the way to the final, which was played at Celtic Park on 29th November 1998. They recovered from the loss of an early Stephane Guivarc'h goal to equalise through Nick Dasovic. A Jorg Albertz goal for Rangers completed the scoring.

Answer: Nick Dasovic (Canada)

Nick Dasovic was a Canadian of Croatian descent. He signed for Saints in 1996 and helped them win promotion to the top tier in his first season. He won 46 caps for Canada whilst a St Johnstone player. He left the club in 2002 to return home to join Vancouver Whitecaps.

Nick Dasovic - 63 (1992-2004)
George O'Boyle - 13 (1994-98)
Jason Scotland - 41 (2000-12)
Sandy McLaren - 5 (1929-32).

Answer: Dundee United

The final on 17th May 2014, was played at Celtic Park. St Johnstone defeated local rivals Dundee United 2-0. Steven Anderson gave Saints the lead just before half-time and Steven MacLean wrapped things up in the 84th minute.