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BBC News
02-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Kirk retains belief as Saints fight for survival
St Johnstone striker Makenzie Kirk says there has "always been a belief" in the dressing room, as the Perth Saints aim for an unlikely escape from Perth side have lost twice in the Scottish Premiership - both away from home - since beating champions Celtic, and currently sit six points adrift of the pack with just four games return to McDiarmid Park on Saturday though when they host Kilmarnock, followed by a further two home matches to either side of a trip to Tynecastle to take on said: "The next two games, especially at home, they're massive for us."We need to get a result. So it's important for us to focus on the task ahead."There's always been that belief within the dressing room. It's just about staying together and making sure that we can stay focused and get the results."The pressure is dealt with within the dressing room. We need to take a game at a time and we need to focus on the task ahead."We just need to make sure that when we go into the game on Saturday that we're fully focused and ready to do what we need to do."
The Herald Scotland
24-04-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
KMI panel deliver verdict on two key Celtic VAR calls
However, there was discussion over two major calls during the Scottish Cup semi-final match. First, St Johnstone had a goal ruled out for a foul in the attacking phase of play. Makenzie Kirk had slammed home from range in the 53rd minute but the goal was chopped off after a push on Adam Idah in the build-up. The KMI panel backed the VAR intervention 4:1 as the protocol was put under scrutiny. Then, Celtic had a penalty overturned after James Forrest went down in the box. The winger jinked past a few defenders before falling in the area with a penalty initially awarded. However, after a VAR review, the call was overturned with Forrest not deemed to have been fouled in the area. The KMI panel unanimously agreed that was the correct call. Read more: St Johnstone goal ruled out "The majority (4:1) of the panel agreed that VAR was correct to intervene and recoomend an OFR for a possible foul in the build up and then correct to disallow the goal after review." Penalty award overturned after James Forrest tackled in box "The panel unanimously agreed that the on-field decision was incorrect. The panel believed VAR was correct to intervene and recommend an OFR to cancel the award of a penalty kick."
BBC News
18-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
St Johnstone's road to Hampden - watch all the goals
Fourth round: St Johnstone 1-0 Motherwell (18 Jan)Makenzie Kirk's early goal earned St Johnstone their first win over Motherwell in three years - and a place in the Scottish Cup last the time, Simo Valakari's side had lost seven of their previous nine matches before turning things around in the cup. Fifth round: St Johnstone 1-0 Hamilton (8 Feb)It took a late goal from Adama Sidibeh to overcome Championship outfit Hamilton. Saints could have been ahead in the first half, but Accies goalkeeper Dean Lyness kept his side in the Sidibeh reacted quickly to Graham Carey's strike from distance with four minutes to play to guide a header beyond Lyness and send the Perth men into the last eight. Quarter-finals: Livingston 0-1 St Johnstone (10 March)Another narrow win over second-tier opposition. Graham Carey's spectacular 30-yard strike secured a hard-fought victory. Saints had been dominated by their Championship hosts, who spurned a number of first-half Carey's brilliant goal in the 73rd minute proved the difference and set up a semi-final against holders Celtic.
BBC News
19-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
'Creativity remains one of Thelin's biggest problems'
If Aberdeen-St Johnstone games were wiped from the fixture list I don't think the supporters of either would be terribly the past 21 meetings there have only been 29 goals scored so it came as no surprise that Saturday's game in Perth ended goalless. It was one of the worst games of the was a drab afternoon in the Fair City with Aberdeen producing a familiar blend of possession with no cutting Nisbet had two efforts on target in the first half but that was it. Indeed, Saints' Makenzie Kirk spurned the best opportunity early in the game with former McDiarmid keeper Dimitar Mitov producing an outstanding only real plus on the day for Jimmy Thelin and his hopes of finishing third was Kilmarnock's late equaliser against Hibernian in Dons have looked better in recent weeks but their record stands at just two Premiership wins in their past 19 attempts. One of Thelin's biggest problems remains creatively and in particular, being able to break through a side that sits in against them as Saints did for large spells at the Celtic Park recently, Aberdeen produced several gilt-edged chances but that was against a team that took the game to the budgetary difference between the Dons and St Johnstone, there should be a chasm between them but in truth it's an even international break has arrived and it was after the last one that Aberdeen's season began to have three huge games before the split with visits from Motherwell and Rangers either side of a trip to Dingwall to take on Ross no longer margin for error.
BBC News
27-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
St Johnstone 1-0 Ross County: Key stats
St. Johnstone have scored in their last eight games in the Premiership, their longest stretch of games with a goal in the competition since a run of eight from 21 October 2022 to 28 December County have failed to score in 11 of their 28 games, no team has failed to do so more often in the Premiership this Kirk has scored six goals in the Premiership this season (one in this game), no St Johnstone player has County have a record of W0, D0, L6 when conceding the opening goal away from home in the Premiership this season.
