2011–12 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston F.C.
2011–12 season
Chairman Scotland Gordon McDougall
Manager Scotland Gary Bollan (Until 5 February 2012)
Scotland Brian Welsh (Caretaker)
Scotland John Hughes (From 14 February 2012)
Stadium Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
Scottish First Division Fifth
Ramsdens Challenge Cup Semi Final vs Hamilton Academical
League Cup Second round, lost to St Johnstone
Scottish Cup Fourth round, lost to Ayr United
Top goalscorer League:
Scotland Marc McNulty (11)

All:
Scotland Marc McNulty (16)
Highest home attendance 2,967 vs. Falkirk, 2 January 2012
Lowest home attendance 859 vs. Ayr United, 6 March 2012
Average home league attendance 1,776
Home colours
Away colours

The 2011–12 season saw Livingston compete in their first season back in the First Division, having been promoted after winning the Scottish Second Division during season 2010–11.[1] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Livingston finished fifth in the First Division.[2] They reached the Semi Final of the Challenge Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Managers

On 5 February 2012 Gary Bollan was sacked by the club,[6] with Brian Welsh being appointed as caretaker manager.[7] Welsh led the club for one game before emigrating to America[8] and on 14 February John Hughes was appointed as manager with John Collins being appointed Director of football.[9]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish First Division

League Cup

Challenge Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Liam Fox Scotland 29 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012[10]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionScottish CupLeague CupRamsdens Challenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland Darren Jamieson 100+000+000+001+00
GK Scotland Andrew McNeil 43036+002+002+003+00
GK England Tony Bullock 000+000+000+000+00
GK Scotland Andrew Murphy 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland Craig Barr 42235+022+002+003+00
DF Scotland Cameron MacDonald 301+000+000+002+00
DF Scotland Callum Fordyce 1108+201+000+000+00
DF Scotland Jonathan Brown 1508+200+002+003+00
DF England Jason Talbot 31125+001+002+013+00
DF Scotland Paul Watson 40132+012+002+004+00
DF Scotland Ross Docherty 1308+300+000+000+20
DF Scotland Michael Travis 300+100+000+000+20
DF Scotland Maurice Ross 808+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland Bryce Naples 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland Kevin McCann 10010+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland David Sinclair 1936+820+001+004+01
MF Scotland Liam Fox 29121+110+202+002+10
MF South Africa Keaghan Jacobs 38530+142+002+013+00
MF South Africa Kyle Jacobs 40329+532+001+102+00
MF Scotland Dean Cummings 1015+510+000+000+00
MF Scotland Ross Gray 100+000+000+000+10
MF Scotland Bobby Barr 43735+142+011+103+02
MF Scotland Stefan Scougall 30220+411+101+003+01
MF Scotland Lewis Turner 000+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland Mark Fotheringham 13211+022+000+000+00
MF Scotland Connor McDonald 300+300+000+000+00
MF Scotland Jack Beaumont 200+200+000+000+00
MF Scotland Jack Downie 100+100+000+000+00
FW Scotland Kenny Deuchar 27814+641+011+103+13
FW Scotland Marc McNulty 371625+5112+040+210+30
FW Scotland Iain Russell 331317+981+102+023+03
FW England Rory Boulding 321312+13111+111+112+10
FW Scotland Andrew Russell 901+800+000+000+00
FW Scotland Dylan Easton 200+200+000+000+00
FW Scotland Michael Scott 101+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland Liam Gray 200+200+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
EnglandGKTony Bullock 0000000000
ScotlandGKDarren Jamieson 0000000000
ScotlandGKAndrew McNeil 0000000000
ScotlandDFCraig Barr 70100020100
ScotlandDFCameron MacDonald 0000001010
ScotlandDFCallum Fordyce 1000000010
ScotlandDFJonathan Brown 2000000020
EnglandDFJason Talbot 1100001021
ScotlandDFPaul Watson 6100100071
ScotlandDFRoss Docherty 1000000010
ScotlandDFMichael Travis 0000000000
ScotlandDFMaurice Ross 2000000020
ScotlandDFBryce Naples 0000000000
ScotlandDFKevin McCann 0000000000
ScotlandMFDavid Sinclair 0000000000
ScotlandMFLiam Fox 2010100040
South AfricaMFKeaghan Jacobs 3000000030
South AfricaMFKyle Jacobs 3000000030
ScotlandMFDean Cummings 0000000000
ScotlandMFRoss Gray 0000000000
ScotlandMFBobby Barr 4010000050
ScotlandMFStefan Scougall 0000001010
ScotlandMFLewis Turner 0000000000
ScotlandMFMark Fotheringham 6100000061
ScotlandMFConnor McDonald 0000000000
ScotlandMFJack Beaumont 0000000000
ScotlandMFJack Downie 0000000000
ScotlandFWKenny Deuchar 2000000020
ScotlandFWMarc McNulty 3000001040
ScotlandFWIain Russell 3000001040
EnglandFWRory Boulding 1100000011
ScotlandFWAndrew Russell 1000000010
ScotlandFWDylan Easton 0000000000
ScotlandFWMichael Scott 0000000000
ScotlandFWLiam Gray 1000000010

Awards

Last updated 14 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
England Rory Boulding[11] Ginger Boot Winner April

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C) 36 22 13 1 72 32 +40 79 Promotion to 2012–13 Scottish Premier League
2 Dundee 36 15 10 11 53 43 +10 55
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48 +5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 56 1 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39 +11 47
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 11 14 46 49 3 44
8 Greenock Morton 36 10 12 14 40 55 15 42
9 Ayr United 36 9 11 16 44 67 23 38 Qualification for Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Queen of the South (R) 36 7 11 18 38 64 26 32 Relegation to Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 5 May 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Transfers

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