Most capped players to play for St Johnstone

[Old Lethamite]

Slightly tangential, but is Efe Ambrose the most-capped player to have played for Saints?

[blueheaven]

1 hour ago, Old Lethamite said:

Slightly tangential, but is Efe Ambrose the most-capped player to have played for Saints?

I was actually looking into this a couple of weeks ago so have some numbers on this. All from Wikipedia so there could be some inaccuracies, but anyway:

Top 10 Most Capped Players to Appear for St Johnstone

1. Jonatan Johansson - 105 caps
2. Arvydas Novikovas - 71
3. Mixu Paatelainen - 70
4. Nick Dasovic - 63
5= Ally McCoist - 61
5= Colin Miller - 61
7. Rudi Vata - 58
8. John McClelland - 53
9. Efe Ambrose - 51
10. James McFadden - 48

Wikipedia also claims Momo Sylla has 56, but I'm 99% sure this is incorrect.
 

[crieffsaintandy]

1 hour ago, blueheaven said:

I was actually looking into this a couple of weeks ago so have some numbers on this. All from Wikipedia so there could be some inaccuracies, but anyway:

Top 10 Most Capped Players to Appear for St Johnstone

1. Jonatan Johansson - 105 caps
2. Arvydas Novikovas - 71
3. Mixu Paatelainen - 70
4. Nick Dasovic - 63
5= Ally McCoist - 61
5= Colin Miller - 61
7. Rudi Vata - 58
8. John McClelland - 53
9. Efe Ambrose - 51
10. James McFadden - 48

Wikipedia also claims Momo Sylla has 56, but I'm 99% sure this is incorrect.
 

Sergei Baltacha not have a good few caps?

[blueheaven]

52 minutes ago, crieffsaintandy said:

Sergei Baltacha not have a good few caps?

Baltacha had 45 (according to Wikipedia), so doesn't make the top 10.

[blueheaven]

Here are some others outside the top 10:

Sergei Baltacha (45)
Allan McGregor (42)
Jason Scotland (41)
Mark Paston (36)
Michael McGovern (32)
Davide Xausa (32)
Danny Griffin (29)
Darren Jackson (28)
Marcus Haber (27)
Billy Dodds (26)
Gunni Torfason (26)
Paul Hartley (25)
Collin Samuel (24)
Rory Fallon (24)
Sanel Jahic (23)
Alan Kernaghan (22)
Callum Davidson (19)
Madis Vihmann (19)
Gerry McMahon (17)
Paul Ramsey (14)
George O'Boyle (13)
Mehdi Abeid (13)
Dyron Daal (13)
Peter Enckelman (12)
Simon Donnelly (10)
Alan Maybury (10)
Ray Stewart (10)
Alan Mannus (9)
David Wotherspoon (8)
Ali McCann (8)
Paul Hegarty (8)
Jonathan Tuffey (8)*
Craig Beattie (7)
Nigel Hasselbaink (7)
Craig Conway (7)
George Williams (7)
Graham Barrett (6)
Scot Dobie (6)
Sandy McLaren (5)
Chris Iwelumo (4)
Paul Paton (4)
Craig Bryson (3)
Rachid Djebaili (3)
Derek Riordan (3)
Cillian Sheridan (3)
Willie Imrie (2)
Goran Stanic (2)
Paul Bernard (2)
Derek McInnes (2)
Murray Davidson (1)
Cammy Bell (1)
Owen Coyle (1)
Peter Davenport (1)
Stevie May (1)
John O'Neil (1)
John Connolly (1)
Mark Robertson (1)
Tony Watt (1)
Zdenek Zlamal (1)

... and Momo Sylla, whose cap count is a mystery.

Martin Nash (38 caps for Canada) also played for us a trialist.

*Tuffey was a signed Saints player but never made a first team appearance for us.

 

[Saintdunc]

Seeing the keepers who have got caps, made me think of Alan Main. Did he not get capped?

[rik2304]

1 hour ago, Saintdunc said:

Seeing the keepers who have got caps, made me think of Alan Main. Did he not get capped?

Called up a couple of times but never capped. A couple of badly timed injuries put a stop to any likely opportunity.

[saintgscot]

Can’t forget the big solid centre half who shares the same bday as me today Maddis Vihmann who is equal to Callum Davidson at 19 caps.

[Broggy Man]

Baltacha I think was the best player I have ever seen in a saints shirt

[blueheaven]

9 hours ago, saintgscot said:

Can’t forget the big solid centre half who shares the same bday as me today Maddis Vihmann who is equal to Callum Davidson at 19 caps.

Good shout - I've added him on to the list, cheers. Also added in Sanel Jahic who had 23.

10 hours ago, Saintdunc said:

Seeing the keepers who have got caps, made me think of Alan Main. Did he not get capped?

He was the squad's third choice keeper for a good couple of years but after all that travelling around was never even given 5 minutes in a friendly to give him a cap. I seem to remember in the end he got fed up with it and withdrew himself from contention.

[aagb1884]

3 hours ago, blueheaven said:

Good shout - I've added him on to the list, cheers. Also added in Sanel Jahic who had 23.

He was the squad's third choice keeper for a good couple of years but after all that travelling around was never even given 5 minutes in a friendly to give him a cap. I seem to remember in the end he got fed up with it and withdrew himself from contention.

I remember him talking at an end of season thing about training with Scotland and saying Gould dicked around because he knew he'd be second choice. 

[Abernethy Saint]

8 hours ago, blueheaven said:

Good shout - I've added him on to the list, cheers. Also added in Sanel Jahic who had 23.

He was the squad's third choice keeper for a good couple of years but after all that travelling around was never even given 5 minutes in a friendly to give him a cap. I seem to remember in the end he got fed up with it and withdrew himself from contention.

Tbf, he was slated to start against a minnow in a friendly as a thank you, but pulled out injured, and was dropped from the squad shortly afterwards. Remember being gutted for him. 

[pezza70]

Didn’t Sir Alex Ferguson and Jim Townsend get capped for Scotland?

[blueheaven]

1 hour ago, pezza70 said:

Didn’t Sir Alex Ferguson and Jim Townsend get capped for Scotland?

Not according to Wikipedia (which could always be wrong, of course).

Wiki does say Ferguson and Townsend both appeared for 'Scotland XI', which were unofficial internationals not recognised by FIFA. Saints players Jimmy Caskie, Jimmy Munro and Andy Swallow also played for Scotland at this level.

[pezza70]

They toured down under here in the 60s my dad once told me about the Scottish XI team, it should be recognised I believe.

[blueheaven]

3 minutes ago, pezza70 said:

They toured down under here in the 60s my dad once told me about the Scottish XI team, it should be recognised I believe.

There's more info on it here if you're interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team_results_(unofficial_matches)

[pezza70]

18 hours ago, blueheaven said:

There's more info on it here if you're interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team_results_(unofficial_matches)

Brilliant cheers 

[SaintJet]

On 10/5/2021 at 9:01 PM, blueheaven said:

Here are some others outside the top 10:

Sergei Baltacha (45)
Allan McGregor (42)
Jason Scotland (41)
Mark Paston (36)
Davide Xausa (32)
Danny Griffin (29)
Darren Jackson (28)
Marcus Haber (27)
Billy Dodds (26)
Gunni Torfason (26)
Paul Hartley (25)
Collin Samuel (24)
Rory Fallon (24)
Sanel Jahic (23)
Alan Kernaghan (22)
Callum Davidson (19)
Madis Vihmann (19)
Gerry McMahon (17)
Paul Ramsey (14)
George O'Boyle (13)
Mehdi Abeid (13)
Dyron Daal (13)
Peter Enckelman (12)
Simon Donnelly (10)
Alan Mannus (9)
David Wotherspoon (8)
Ali McCann (8)
Craig Beattie (7)
Nigel Hasselbaink (7)
Craig Conway (7)
George Williams (7)
Sandy McLaren (5)
Chris Iwelumo (4)
Paul Paton (4)
Craig Bryson (3)
Rachid Djebaili (3)
Derek Riordan (3)
Cillian Sheridan (3)
Goran Stanic (2)
Paul Bernard (2)
Derek McInnes (2)
Murray Davidson (1)
Owen Coyle (1)
Peter Davenport (1)
Stevie May (1)
John O'Neil (1)
John Connolly (1)
Mark Robertson (1)
Zdenek Zlamal (1)

... and Momo Sylla, whose cap count is a mystery.

Martin Nash (38 caps for Canada) also played for us a trialist.

 

That's an impressive list but how many actually played for Scotland when they were are actually active for Saints?

You'd strugle to get a top five I suspect.

[blueheaven]

Just now, SaintJet said:

That's an impressive list but how many actually played for Scotland when they were are actually active for Saints?

You'd strugle to get a top five I suspect.

I think Murray Davidson and Sandy McLaren are the only players to get capped for Scotland while playing for Saints.

[Saintdunc]

2 hours ago, blueheaven said:

I think Murray Davidson and Sandy McLaren are the only players to get capped for Scotland while playing for Saints.

We have another, bh! And a goal scorer to boot!

Willie Imrie and Sandy McLaren were the first Saints players to be capped for Scotland, appearing in a Scotland touring party in 1929 in games against Norway in Bergen and Germany in Berlin. Imrie scored Scotlands goal in a 1-1 draw in the latter.

[blueheaven]

18 minutes ago, Saintdunc said:

We have another, bh! And a goal scorer to boot!

Willie Imrie and Sandy McLaren were the first Saints players to be capped for Scotland, appearing in a Scotland touring party in 1929 in games against Norway in Bergen and Germany in Berlin. Imrie scored Scotlands goal in a 1-1 draw in the latter.

Oh yes of course! I've added him to the list. 

[Smarmy Arab]

Paul Hegarty?

[saintgscot]

15 hours ago, SaintJet said:

That's an impressive list but how many actually played for Scotland when they were are actually active for Saints?

You'd strugle to get a top five I suspect.

Considering most of that list didn’t play for Scotland might be a struggle.

[saintgscot]

On 10/6/2021 at 8:21 AM, blueheaven said:

Good shout - I've added him on to the list, cheers. Also added in Sanel Jahic who had 23.

He was the squad's third choice keeper for a good couple of years but after all that travelling around was never even given 5 minutes in a friendly to give him a cap. I seem to remember in the end he got fed up with it and withdrew himself from contention.

Raymond Stewart 10 caps for Scotland and local legend 

[blueheaven]

Thanks to various people sending me names I've now updated the list to include: Paul Hegarty, Ray Stewart, Michael McGovern, Graham Barrett, Alan Maybury, Jonathan Tuffey, Cammy Bell, Tony Watt and Scott Dobie.

Anyone else I've missed?