[1] As well as St Johnstone matches, McDiarmid Park has been chosen to host the final of the Scottish Challenge Cup on nine occasions.

[2] In December 1986 the club received the news that Asda wanted to purchase Muirton Park and the adjoining ice rink to build a supermarket on the site.

[2] A local farmer, Bruce McDiarmid, donated 16 acres of land at his Newton of Huntingtower Farm,[4] on which the stadium now stands.

[2] The going rate for the land at that time would have been approximately £400,000 but Bruce McDiarmid saw a donation of his "berry and barley fields" as a gift to the people of Perth.

[5] At the insistence of St Johnstone he accepted a 20 per cent shareholding and the title of honorary president of the football club.

[5] The Taylor Report noted that there had been a happy "confluence of factors" that allowed St Johnstone to make this development.

[2][6] The stadium was a prototype and based on legislative advice that was soon to become out of date, but a good facility was built for a reasonable cost.

On 17 October 1989, St Johnstone lined up against English club Manchester United, who brought a full strength side to Scotland.

The Manchester United team, managed by former St Johnstone player Alex Ferguson, included Jim Leighton, Steve Bruce, Gary Pallister, Bryan Robson, Paul Ince, Brian McClair, Mark Hughes and Lee Sharpe.

[9] With just 30 minutes played of the match, the stadium was temporarily plunged into darkness caused by a fault at an electricity substation.

[11] McDiarmid Park, the first purpose-built all-seater stadium in the United Kingdom, consists of four covered, single-tier stands.

Professional rugby union side Caledonia Reds played some of their home games at McDiarmid Park before they were merged with the Glasgow Warriors in 1998.

On 13 November 2004 the Scotland national rugby union team played Japan there in a historic first test match north of the River Forth.

[13] For many years the stadium hosted the Scottish convention of Jehovah's Witnesses, which brought thousands of worshippers to the local area every summer.