Match Report
| St. Johnstone | St. Johnstone |  |  | Rangers | Rangers | ||||||||||||||||
| Alex Hutchings | Alex Hutchings | Daniel Ikenna Nnamdi | Daniel Ikenna Nnamdi | ||||||||||||||||||
| Richard White | R. White |  | 73 | G |  | 1 | | G | 60 | | Alex Dickov | A. Dickov | |||||||||
| Richard Bremner | R. Bremner | | 61 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 59 |  | Damien Fabiano | D. Fabiano | |||||||||
| Andy Dickov | A. Dickov | | 70 | D | | 3 | | D | 60 |  | Kwame Hamming | K. Hamming | |||||||||
| Kevin Law | K. Law | | 65 | D | | 4 | | D | 74 | | John Ritchie | J. Ritchie | |||||||||
| Gavin Morton | G. Morton | | 64 | D | | 5 | | D | 63 | | Andy Booth | A. Booth | |||||||||
| Richard Burley | R. Burley | | 59 | M | | 6 | | M | 63 | | Dominic Gemmill | D. Gemmill | |||||||||
| Scott Young | S. Young | | 55 | M | | 7 | | M | 55 | | Gary Collins | G. Collins | |||||||||
| Alec Niven | A. Niven | | 59 | M | | 8 | | M | 59 | | Gary Mcinnes | G. Mcinnes | |||||||||
| Francisco Farinos | F. Farinos |  | 47 | A | | 9 | | A | 60 | | Alec Davidson | A. Davidson | |||||||||
| Gavin Hendry | G. Hendry | | 68 | A | | 10 | | A | 60 | | Andy Mcallister | A. Mcallister | |||||||||
| Ruud Bomers | R. Bomers | | 55 | A | | 11 | | A | 53 | | Andy Gemmill | A. Gemmill | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at McDiarmid Park where St. Johnstone play host to Rangers. A crowd of 20,203 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both St. Johnstone and Rangers are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
Both St. Johnstone and Rangers are lined up in a 4-3-3 formation.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with St. Johnstone kicking off!
2.17
0-0Alec Niven makes a simple pass to Gavin Hendry. Gavin Hendry knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
8.59
0-0Scott Young kicks a strong pass forward to Francisco Farinos. Francisco Farinos knocks in a cross ball towards Ruud Bomers. Ruud Bomers powers a header at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
9.03
Alec Niven deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Ruud Bomers. Ruud Bomers sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is miles over!
14.26
Gary Collins knocks the ball to his team mate, Alec Davidson. Alec Davidson sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is miles over!
16.07
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
20.29
0-0Andy Mcallister clumsily knocks into Kevin Law. Andy Mcallister is given a warning by the referee! Kevin Law runs off the knock.
27.07
Gary Mcinnes flicks the ball to his team mate, Alec Davidson. Alec Davidson knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Richard White who gathers it comfortably.
30.09
0-0Damien Fabiano kicks a strong pass forward to Gary Collins. Gary Collins brings the ball forward. Gary Collins whips in a cross ball towards Alec Davidson. Alec Davidson heads the ball goalwards but somehow Richard White manages to keep it out.
32.34
Scott Young kicks a strong pass forward to Ruud Bomers. Ruud Bomers shoots from 20 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
33.48
Dominic Gemmill chips the ball to his team mate, Alec Davidson. Alec Davidson knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Andy Dickov.
39.54
Gary Collins catches Scott Young on the ankles. Gary Collins is warned by the referee! Scott Young stretches but gets up unharmed.
40.54
Dominic Gemmill makes a simple pass to Andy Gemmill. Andy Gemmill passes the ball forward to Alec Davidson. Alec Davidson tries a spectacular strike but Richard White is on top of it.
42.36
Alec Niven knocks the ball to his team mate, Francisco Farinos. Francisco Farinos knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Kwame Hamming.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
Rangers kick off and get the second half underway!
48.55
Kevin Law threads the ball through to Alec Niven. Alec Niven chips the ball to his team mate, Gavin Hendry. Gavin Hendry plays a perfect one-two with Francisco Farinos and rushes in on goal... Gavin Hendry shows great control and tries a shot on goal but it is miles over!
49.30
Kevin Law makes a simple pass to Alec Niven. Alec Niven takes it forward alone. Alec Niven lofts in a cross ball towards Ruud Bomers. Ruud Bomers flicks the ball with his head but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
51.50
Alec Niven makes a simple pass to Francisco Farinos. Francisco Farinos knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
53.33
0-1Dominic Gemmill makes a probing pass to Alec Davidson. Alec Davidson goes all the way! Alec Davidson rockets a shot on goal which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
61.38
0-1Kevin Law clumsily knocks into Andy Gemmill. The referee calls over Kevin Law and shows him a yellow card! Andy Gemmill runs off the knock.
63.56
Richard Burley makes a simple pass to Gavin Hendry. Gavin Hendry knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by John Ritchie.
65.40
Gary Mcinnes passes the ball forward to Andy Mcallister. Andy Mcallister whips in a cross ball towards Alec Davidson. Alec Davidson directs the ball goalwards with his head. Alec Davidson scores for Rangers!!
69.06
Dominic Gemmill flicks the ball to his team mate, Alec Davidson. Alec Davidson plays a perfect one-two with Andy Mcallister and rushes in on goal... Alec Davidson cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
77.18
Richard Bremner barges into Alec Davidson. Richard Bremner is given a warning by the referee! Alec Davidson hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
78.27
John Ritchie decides to run forward with the ball. John Ritchie kicks a strong pass forward to Alec Davidson. Alec Davidson knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
84.27
Richard Burley knocks the ball forward to Ruud Bomers. Ruud Bomers shoots from distance. It curls slightly but Alex Dickov manages to gather it comfortably.
87.18
Scott Young makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Gavin Hendry. Gavin Hendry knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Alex Dickov who gathers it comfortably.
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
0
2
Shots on Target
1
4
Shots off Target
5
2
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
2
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
60.3%
39.7%
Play Area
27.9%
50%
22.1%
Scorers
| Alec Davidson 53, 65 |