st johnstone entered the north/east section of the first round draw and were paired with second division club raith rovers away from home at stark's park. paul sheerin scored the first goal of the game for st johnstone in the 13th minute from a penalty kick. the scoreline remained that way until the 89th minute when andy tod scored a late equaliser for raith rovers to force extra time to be played. the score stayed 1–1 for the 30 minutes of extra time so the winner was decided by a penalty shoot-out, which st johnstone won 5–4 to progress to the second round. in the second round st johnstone faced the defending champions ross county, also away from home, at victoria park. kenny deuchar scored the first goal for st johnstone in the 14th minute before andy jackson scored the game's only other goal in the 49th minute to secure a 2–0 win and advance to the next round.