Honours

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Records

Record Attendance
29,972 (v Dundee, 1952)

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Colours

Royal blue with white collar

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Notes

St. Johnstone Football Club is a professional football club based in Perth, Scotland. Although it is officially recorded as being formed in 1884, research has shown that they did not play their first game until February 1885. The club plays its home games at McDiarmid Park, which has been the club’s home since 1989, when the club sold its previous ground to supermarket chain ASDA.

St. Johnstone presently compete in the Scottish Football League First Division, in which they finished third in the in the 2007–08 season. The club have historically floated between the top two divisions of Scottish football, obtaining the reputation of being a “yo-yo club”. Their traditional rivals are the two Dundee clubs, Dundee and Dundee United, with matches between Saints and either Dundee club being called Tayside derbies. Saints have a stronger rivalry with Dundee than Dundee United, although neither rivalry is as strong as the Dundee derby itself.

The club has had very limited success in cup competitions. It has reached two Scottish League Cup Finals, losing them to each of the Old Firm clubs. The club has never reached a Scottish Cup Final in its history, although it has been in a

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