2015–16 Livingston F.C. season
2015–16 season | |
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Chairman | Gordon McDougall |
Stadium | Almondvale Stadium |
Championship | 9th (relegated) |
Challenge Cup | 3rd Round |
League Cup | 3rd Round |
Scottish Cup | 4th Round |
Highest home attendance | 6,505 vs Rangers |
Lowest home attendance | 787 vs Greenock Morton |
Average home league attendance | 1764 |
The 2015–16 season was Livingston's fifth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football and their third season in the Scottish Championship.[1] Livingston also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Overview
Season 2015-16 was a very disappointing season for Livingston, as the club finished 9th in the Scottish Championship and was relegated to League One following an 8-6 aggregate defeat to Stranraer in the Championship play-off semi-final. The club also suffered early exits in all three cup competitions.
Results & fixtures
Win Draw Loss Abandoned or Postponed
Scottish Championship
8 August 2015 Championship | Raith Rovers | 3 – 0 | Lvingston | Stark's Park |
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15:00 | Stewart McCord Megginson |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,560 Referee: Northcroft |
15 August 2015 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 1 | Queen of the South | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | BBC Report | Kidd |
Attendance: 856 Referee: Salmond |
22 August 2015 Championship | Raith Rovers | 1 – 2 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Mullen |
BBC Report | Leahy Vaulks |
Attendance: 1,211 Referee: Dallas |
29 August 2015 Championship | St Mirren | 1 – 1 | Livingston | St Mirren Park |
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15:00 | McMullan |
BBC Report | Bcuhanan |
Attendance: 3,018 Referee: McKendrick |
5 September 2015 Championship | Livingston | 2 – 4 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Gordon White Sheerin |
BBC Report | McCluskey Johnstone Barr Scullion |
Attendance: 1,186 Referee: Anderson |
12 September 2015 Championship | Rangers | 3 – 0 | Livingston | Ibrox Park |
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15:00 | Wallace Waghorn Law |
BBC Report | Attendance: 44,832 Referee: Aitken |
19 September 2015 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 1 | Hibernian | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | BBC Report | Henderson |
Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Cook |
26 September 2015 Championship | Alloa Athletic | 0 – 3 | Livingston | Recreation Park |
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15:00 | BBC Report | Buchanan Sheerin |
Attendance: 622 Referee: Northcroft |
3 October 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 2 – 1 | Livingston | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
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15:00 | Cawley Brophy |
BBC Report | Glen Hippolyte |
Attendance: 819 Referee: Walsh |
17 October 2015 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 1 | St Mirren | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | BBC Report | Mallan |
Attendance: 1,199 Referee: Roberson |
24 October 2015 Championship | Queen of the South | 1 – 4 | Livingston | Palmerston Park |
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15:00 | Hilson |
BBC Report | Pittman White Buchanan |
Attendance: 1,485 Referee: Walsh |
31 October 2015 Championship | Livingston | 3 – 0 | Raith Rovers | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | White Gallagher |
BBC Report | Attendance: 957 |
7 November 2015 Championship | Greenock Morton | 1 – 0 | Livingston | Cappielow |
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15:00 | Johnstone |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,758 Referee: Charleston |
17 November 2015 Championship | Hibernian | 2 – 1 | Livingston | Easter Road |
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19:45 | Keatings |
BBC Report | Sheerin |
Attendance: 7,801 Referee: Thomson |
21 November 2015 Championship | Livingston | 1 – 1 | Rangers | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Hippolyte |
BBC Report | Holt |
Attendance: 6,505 Referee: Salmond |
12 December 2015 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 1 | Alloa Athletic | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Glen Gallagher |
Report | Hill Crawford |
Attendance: 937 Referee: |
19 December 2015 Championship | Livingston | 1 – 1 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Pittman White Gordon |
Report | Saunders |
Attendance: 911 Referee: |
26 December 2015 Championship | St Mirren | 1 – 4 | Livingston | St Mirren Park |
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15:00 | Mallan Shankland Webster |
Report | Buchanan Gordon Glen Longridge Hippolyte Jordyn Sheerin |
Attendance: 2,952 Referee: |
29 December 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 2 - 0 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium |
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19:30 | Miller Kerr |
Report | Gibbons |
Attendance: 4,245 Referee: |
2 January 2016 Championship | Livingston | 0 - 2 | Queen of the South | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Gordon Glen |
Report | Jacobs Lyle Russell |
Attendance: 958 Referee: |
16 January 2016 Championship | Rangers | 4 - 1 | Livingston | Ibrox Stadium |
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15:00 | Wilson Waghorn Miller |
Report | Gallagher Gordon White Buchanan |
Attendance: 42,906 Referee: |
23 January 2016 Championship | Livingston | 1 - 1 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Buchanan |
Report | Kerr Sibbald |
Attendance: 1,536 Referee: |
30 January 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 1 - 0 | Livingston | Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium |
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15:00 | Docherty |
Report | Halkett Cole |
Attendance: 760 Referee: |
13 February 2016 Championship | Livingston | 0 - 0 | Hibernian | Almondvale Stadium |
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17:15 | Report | Attendance: 2,663 Referee: |
20 February 2016 Championship | Raith Rovers | 2 - 0 | Livingston | Stark's Park |
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15:00 | Robertson Stewart Connolly |
Report | Fotheringham |
Attendance: 1,617 Referee: |
27 February 2016 Championship | Alloa Athletic | 1 - 3 | Livingston | The Indodrill Stadium |
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15:00 | Duffy |
Report | Longridge White Stanton Cole Fotheringham |
Attendance: 619 Referee: |
1 March 2016 Championship | Livingston | 0 - 0 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium |
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19:45 | Longridge Stanton |
Report | McManus |
Attendance: 787 Referee: |
5 March 2016 Championship | Livingston | 2 - 0 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Buchanan Gordon White |
Report | Nadé Buchanan |
Attendance: 828 Referee: |
19 March 2016 Championship | Livingston | 2 - 3 | St Mirren | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Buchanan White |
Report | Mallan Shankland |
Attendance: 1,228 Referee: |
26 March 2016 Championship | Falkirk | 1 - 2 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium |
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Vaulks |
Report | White Statnton |
Attendance: 3,897 Referee: |
2 April 2016 Championship | Livingston | 0 - 0 | Alloa Athletic | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Report | Attendance: 927 Referee: |
5 April 2016 Championship | Hibernian | 2 - 1 | Livingston | Easter Road |
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19:45 | Stokes Boyle |
Report | White |
Attendance: 7,289 Referee: |
9 April 2016 Championship | Greenock Morton | 2 - 1 | Livingston | Cappielow |
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15:00 | Johnstone O'Ware |
Report | White |
Attendance: 1,463 Referee: |
23 April 2016 Championship | Queen of the South | 3 - 1 | Livingston | Palmerston Park |
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15:00 | Lyle Oliver |
Report | Sam Stanton |
Attendance: 1,421 Referee: |
26 April 2016 Championship | Livingston | 1 - 0 | Rangers | Almondvale Stadium |
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19:45 | Halkett |
Report | Attendance: 5,021 Referee: |
1 May 2016 Championship | Livingston | 0 - 1 | Raith Rovers | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Report | Connolly |
Attendance: 1,049 Referee: |
SPFL Championship Play-offs
4 May 2016 Semi-Final Leg 1 | Stranraer | 5 - 2 | Livingston | Almondvale Stadium |
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19:45 | McGuigan |
Report | White Buchanan |
Attendance: 589 Referee: |
7 May 2016 Semi-Final Leg 2 | Livingston | 4 - 3 (a.e.t.) (6 – 8 agg.) |
Stranraer | Almondvale Stadium |
---|---|---|---|---|
15:00 | Buchanan White Mullen Halkett |
Report | Paul Cairney Dick Longworth |
Attendance: 1,018 Referee: |
Scottish Cup
28 November 2015 Round 3 | Peterhead | 1 – 3 | Livingston | Balmoor |
---|---|---|---|---|
15:00 | McAllister |
BBC Report | Glen White |
Attendance: 587 Referee: Allan |
9 January 2016 Round 4 | Livingston | 0 - 1 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Fotheringham White |
Report | McKee O'Ware Russell Pepper |
Attendance: 873 Referee: |
Scottish Challenge Cup
25 July 2015 Round 1 | Livingston | 2 – 1 | Clyde | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | Mullen Hippolyte |
BBC Report | Bolochoweckyj |
Attendance: 741 Referee: Allan |
18 August 2015 Round 2 | Queen of the South | 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) | Livingston | Palmerston Park |
---|---|---|---|---|
19:45 | BBC Report | White |
Attendance: 1,189 Referee: Graham |
20 October 2015 Round 3 | Rangers | 1 – 0 | Livingston | Ibrox Park |
---|---|---|---|---|
19:45 | Clark |
BBC Report | Attendance: 17,386 Referee: Dallas |
League Cup
1 August 2015 First round | Livingston | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Clyde | Almondvale Stadium |
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15:00 | White |
BBC Report | Attendance: 664 Referee: McKendrick |
25 August 2015 Second round | St Mirren | 2 – 3 | Livingston | St Mirren Park |
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17:45 | Gallagher Mullan |
BBC Report | Buchanan Mullen Gallagher |
Attendance: 1,568 Referee: Colvin |
22 September 2015 Third round | Livingston | 0 – 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Almondvale Stadium |
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19:45 | BBC Report | Storey Devine |
Attendance: 644 Referee: Muir |
Player statistics
Squad
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Scottish Championship | Challenge Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Darren Jamieson | 11 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Ross Millen | 13 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Jackson Longridge | 20 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Darren Cole | 11 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Craig Sives | 8 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Ben Gordon | 16 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Scott Pittman | 14 | 1 | 13+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Hugo Faria | 17 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Jordan White | 14 | 4 | 7+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 | |
10 | FW | Danny Mullen | 8 | 2 | 4+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Myles Hippolyte | 16 | 2 | 10+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
12 | GK | Matt Gould | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
14 | DF | Darren Gallagher | 21 | 1 | 15+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
15 | MF | Morgyn Neill | 13 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Kieran Gibbons | 9 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Spas Georgiev | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
18 | FW | Jordyn Sheerin | 14 | 3 | 5+8 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Liam Buchanan | 21 | 6 | 11+4 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
20 | MF | Ryan Currie | 5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
21 | MF | Moses Duckrell | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
23 | MF | Sam Stanton | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
26 | GK | Mark McCallum | 10 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
27 | FW | Mark Burchill (player-coach) | 8 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
31 | FW | Gary Glen | 18 | 2 | 10+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | |
32 | MF | Cammy Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
33 | MF | Gabriel Auriemma | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
36 | MF | Darren Smith | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
37 | MF | Kieran Somerville | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
38 | GK | Conor Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Team statistics
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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6 | St Mirren | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 42 | |
7 | Queen of the South | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 42 | |
8 | Dumbarton | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 37 | |
9 | Livingston (Q, R) | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 31 | Qualification to Championship play-offs |
10 | Alloa Athletic (R) | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 67 | −45 | 21 | Relegation to Scottish League One |
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Division summary
Updated to match(es) played on 29 December 2015. Source: [4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Transfers
Players in
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Players out
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See also
References
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