Honours
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First Division champions (3): 1982/83, 1989/90, 1996/97
Second Division champions (3): 1923/24, 1969/70, 1962/63
Records
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Record home attendance: 29,972 vs Dundee ( February 10 , 1951 ) (at Muirton Park)
Record cup win: 13-0 vs Tulloch ( September 17 , 1887 )
Record cup loss: 12-0 vs Cowdenbeath ( January 21 , 1928 )
Most capped player: Sandy McLaren : 5
( Scotland )
Record league appearances: Drew Rutherford
- 345
Most league goals: John Brogan - 140
Most goals in one season: Jimmy Benson - 38
( 1931/32 )
Ground
Trivia
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Between 1885 and 1924, St. Johnstone played their home games at Recreation
Park in Perth, near to the prison, and then, from 1924 to 1989, at Muirton
Park .
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Their current McDiarmid Park home, built in 1989, was the first
purpose-built all-seater football stadium in the country.
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They are the only league team in England or Scotland to have the letter "J" in their
name.
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Their name comes about as the patron saint of Perth is St. John , hence St.
John's Toun or St. Johnstone.
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St Johnstone is noted for not having many 'celebrity fans', but can count
on the support of writer and broadcaster Stuart Cosgrove , as well as radio presenter
and comedian Fred Macaulay and
radio presenter Fraser Thomson.
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St Johnstone are the only Scottish side to be unbeaten at home in European
football.
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St Johnstone are the only team from a lower division to beat Glasgow Rangers in a cup match.