Saints Earn Hearts Replay
St Johnstone battled back to claim a Scottish Cup fifth-round replay against top flight rivals Hearts. David Templeton beat Peter Enckelman at his near post to give the home side a 10th-minute lead. St Johnstone captain Dave MacKay was sent off on 74 minutes after picking up two bookings. However, the visitors managed to find [...]
Celtic moved to within four points of Rangers thanks to second-half goals from Gary Hooper and Ki Sung-yueng in a 2-0 win over St Johnstone. Saints keeper Peter Enckelman had made two great saves from Hooper before the former Scunthorpe striker broke the deadlock on the hour from a yard out following a corner, three minutes before [...]
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Cillian Sheridan’s future at St Johnstone is in doubt as the striker struggles with a hamstring injury. The Irishman limped off during Saturday’s 3-1 win over Hibs and might not be fit before his loan deal from CSKA Sofia expires in early January. The former Celtic forward has scored four goals during his second temporary spell at [...]
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Vladimir Romanov’s claims that Hearts are worth £50m are “ridiculous”, says St Johnstone owner Geoff Brown. Brown, who recently stood down as Saints chairman, believes potential investors could buy almost the whole of Scottish football for such a price. Romanov put the multi-million-pound price tag on Hearts afterrevealing he wanted to sell up two weeks ago. [...]
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OVER the past quarter of a century Geoff Brown resisted pleas from St Johnstone supporters to speculate to accumulate. But, after bowing out as the country’s longest-serving chairman in his 25th year at the helm, Brown, 67, leaves Saints as one of the few clubs in Scotland who can look their bank manager in the [...]
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Geoff Brown took the media by surprise by announcing that the appointment of Steve Lomas as manager would be his last act as St Johnstone’s chairman. At 25 years, the housebuilder was the longest-serving chairman in the Scottish Premier League. “I have now decided that, as of today, I will stand down as chairman. My [...]
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STEVE LOMAS is set to be unveiled as the new St Johnstone manager and take charge for the first time against Aberdeen on Monday. The former West Ham and Northern Ireland internationalist held talks with the Perth club’s board yesterday and impressed chairman Geoff Brown. Lomas, who is likely to be assisted by another former [...]
Continue reading …Steve Lomas will be interviewed by St Johnstone over their vacant managerial position on Friday, STV understands. Lomas, who was recently the reserve team coach at West Ham United, has brief experience as a manager, having taken charge of St Neots Town in March 2009. The 37-year-old left the non-league side in July 2010 and [...]
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St Johnstone are still seeking a new manager after talks with Sligo Rovers’ Paul Cook broke down. The Scottish Premier League club’s chairman, Geoff Brown, told BBC Scotland that they could not agree personal terms. And the Perth club are now considering other candidates. Brown says the failure to agree terms was linked to the [...]
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Mark McGhee has expressed his interest in the managerial vacancy at Championship club Portsmouth. McGhee has been out of work since being sacked by Aberdeen last December and is keen on a return to management at Fratton Park, while he is also reported to have stated his interest in the opening at St Johnstone. Portsmouth [...]
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