St Johnstone beat Raith Rovers on trophy presentation day.
The first real chance of the game occurred just under 5 minutes in. Raith Rovers only managed to clear a corner into the path of Gullan, who blazed over from just outside the box.
Minutes later, Fotheringham found space for a shot outside the box, but the Saints number 21 dragged his effort past the post.
The Perth side won a free kick in a promising position, which was headed out for a corner by Rowe. From the resulting corner, Fotheringham volleyed over the top.
Raith Rovers nearly took the lead. Cameron found himself free in the box but headed over.
Fotheringham won a free kick just outside the box, which was struck well by Gullan, whose effort was denied by a brilliant piece of goalkeeping from former St Johnstone goalkeeper Rae.
Fotheringham was then brought down in the area by Matthews, and without hesitation, the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Gullan then stepped up, and tucked the penalty away, to give the champions a deserved lead based on the balance of play.
Stanton played a ball into the box after managing to find a yard of space, which found Fotheringham, who struck his volley past the post.
McPake’s deflected right footed effort hit the side netting.
Fowler won a free kick on the edge of the area, which was struck by Gullan, who found the corner to give Simo Valakari’s side a deserved 2-0 lead just before the break.
HT: St Johnstone 2-0 Raith Rovers
Into the second period, Raith Rovers thought they pulled one back, but the linesman had his flag raised.
With just over 20 minutes remaining, Easton’s curling effort went just past Steward’s post.
Fowler was played through in additional time but the striker’s low effort was saved by the foot of Rae.
After 2 minutes of additional time, the referee blew his full-time whistle. A solid showing from the champions, in their final home match of the campaign.
St Johnstone: Steward (7), Forrester (8), Diabate (8), Boyes (8), Foulds (8), Fotheringham (8) , Holt (7), Stanton (8), Gullan (9), McPake (7), Fowler (7)
Substitutes: Paton (6), Steven (7), McAlear (6)
Raith Rovers: Rae (6), Rowe (6), Fordyce (6), O’Connor (6), Stevenson (6), Easton (7), Montagu (6), Matthews (6), Vaughan (6), Nsio (6), Cameron (5)
Substitutes:
Hamilton (5), Chin (5), Winter (5), Mullin (5)
