New documentary project to begin filming at Aberdeen match

As a club, we are both excited and delighted to announce a new project with multi-Emmy award winning filmmaker Jamie Doran.

Jamie has explained the project as the culmination of his “lifelong quest to understand the enigma of Scottish football, by using the prism of St Johnstone Football Club.”

As die-hard St Johnstone supporters we all know just how special our club is. We touched on it in our recent season ticket launch, that first step out the door, the meeting points, the pre-match pints, the stories, the familiar faces, the not-so familiar faces, the highs, the lows but more than anything the pride in pulling on the colours of St Johnstone Football Club. It is a powerful relationship, an addiction that is difficult to describe. But that is what makes our story a special one to tell.

From our men’s first team, youth team, women’s team, McDiarmid Park staff, Saints in the Community and most importantly you the fans, this unique documentary project will look to encompass every facet of our loyal and unparalleled football family. By working with an experienced documentary film company (Clover Films) and an award-winning filmmaker, who is also a passionate Scottish football fan, we can be confident that the end product will be entertaining and enlightening.

Filming will officially begin at our first Scottish Premiership match of the season against Aberdeen at McDiarmid Park on Monday, August 5 (8pm kick-off) and we would encourage as many supporters as possible to attend what will be such an historic evening for the club.

At the fixture we will celebrate the lasting legacy of the great Geoff Brown, who sold his majority shareholding this summer after 38 years of dedicated nurturing of our club. You do not want to miss this special night at McDiarmid.

“St Johnstone will be a club for as long as we have support” was Geoff Brown’s parting message – and it is so very true. You simply cannot underestimate just how much your support means to the club and we look forward to welcoming you in numbers to McDiarmid Park on August 5.

Filmmaker Jamie Doran said: “Forget Sunderland, Wrexham or any other film series, because this one will be different. I remember too well the freezing, miserable Wednesday nights in Dingwall, Arbroath, Inverness and elsewhere, looking around the grounds in awe of the numbers who had chosen to turn up and support their teams - per capita, many times more than any other country in the world.

"What is it that drives them? That’s what I want to find out. Is it masochistic pain and suffering, utter delusion, or a dream of experiencing that single moment of ecstasy in the company of friends… this is Scottish football in the raw and we want you to be part of it.”

New owner Adam Webb added: “August 5th will be a thrilling and historic night, celebrating Geoff Brown’s contribution to the club and community and beginning our journey with Jamie Doran and Clover Films to tell the story of Scottish football by exploring the people and traditions of St Johnstone.”

You can purchase tickets for our league opener against Aberdeen HERE.