2004–05 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2004–05 season
Manager	Allan Preston; (until 5 November); Alec Cleland (inerim); Richard Gough; (from 30 November)
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
SPL	Tenth place
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Burton O'Brien (8); All: Burton O'Brien (8)
Highest home attendance	8,968, vs. Dundee, SPL, 21 May 2005
Lowest home attendance	1,736, vs. Dundee, League Cup, 21 September 2004
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Season 2004-05 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Livingston finished third bottom of the SPL in 10th place^[1] and reached the Quarter Finals of both the Scottish Cup^[2] and League Cup.^[3]

Management

Livingston started the season under Allan Preston who was sacked by the club on 5 November 2004^[4] with Richard Gough being appointed as his replacement on 30 November.^[5]

Results & fixtures

^[6]^[7] Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

7 August 2004 1	Livingston	3 – 0	Inverness CT	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	O'Brien 44' Easton 57' Lovell 66'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,310 Referee: Richmond

14 August 2004 2	Rangers	4 – 0	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Pršo 6' Hughes 32' (78) Arveladze 88'	BBC Report		Attendance: 48,102 Referee: Brines

21 August 2004 3	Livingston	1 – 1	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	McMenamin 84'	BBC Report	Dodds 61' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,659 Referee: Young

28 August 2004 4	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Craig 65' (pen.), 68'	BBC Report		Attendance: 13,888 Referee: McCurry

11 September 2004 5	Livingston	0 – 2	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Lilley 60' Invincibile 72'	Attendance: 3,106 Referee: Clark

18 September 2004 6	Dundee	0 – 0	Livingston	Dens Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 4,387 Referee: Dallas

25 September 2004 7	Livingston	2 – 3	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	O'Brien 37' Hamilton 45'	BBC Report	McBride 11' McDonald 50' Foran 71'	Attendance: 4,050 Referee: Thomson

3 October 2004 8	Heart of Midlothian	0 – 0	Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 10,646 Referee: Richmond

16 October 2004 9	Livingston	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Wilson 5' (Own Goal) Snodgrass 41'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,815 Referee: McDonald

24 October 2004 10	Livingston	2 – 4	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	O'Brien 45' (53)	BBC Report	Petrov 2' Camara 14' Hartson 19' Sutton 32'	Attendance: 7,695 Referee: Freeland

27 October 2004 11	Hibernian	2 – 1	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00	Beuzelin 9' Fletcher 23'	BBC Report	Lilley 65' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,534 Referee: Dallas

30 October 2004 12	Inverness CT	2 – 0	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Bayne 39' Wilson 87'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,279 Referee: McCurry

7 November 2004 13	Livingston	1 – 4	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Easton 61'	BBC Report	Løvenkrands 37', 55' Novo 67' Thompson Namouchi 84'	Attendance: 8,780 Referee: McDonald

13 November 2004 14	Dundee United	1 – 0	Livingston	Tannadice
15:00	McCracken 78'	Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 5,507 Referee: MacKay

20 November 2004 15	Livingston	0 – 2	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Foster 1' Mackie 22'	Attendance: 4,569 Referee: Underhill

27 November 2004 16	Kilmarnock	1 – 3	Livingston	Rugby Park
15:00	Johnston 25'	BBC Report	Hamilton 7', 40' O'Brien 60'	Attendance: 5,389 Referee: Freeland

4 December 2004 17	Livingston	1 – 0	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	McPake 24'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,509 Referee: Fyfe

11 December 2004 18	Motherwell	2 – 0	Livingston	Fir Park
15:00	O'Donnell 17' Foran 47'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,363 Referee: Ritchie

27 December 2004 19	Dunfermline Athletic	0 – 0	Livingston	East End Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 5,092 Referee: Murray

2 January 2005 20	Celtic	2 – 1	Livingston	Celtic Park
15:00	Hartson 15' Sutton 57' (pen.)	BBC Report	Hamilton 39'	Attendance: 57,593 Referee: Thomson

15 January 2005 21	Livingston	0 – 2	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	O'Connor 53' Riordan 74'	Attendance: 6,788 Referee: McCurry

22 January 2005 22	Livingston	1 – 4	Inverness CT	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Horvath 43'	BBC Report	Hart 8' Duncan 39' Bayne 50' Juanjo 73'	Attendance: 4,106 Referee: Smith

25 January 2005 23	Livingston	1 – 2	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Lilley 74'	BBC Report	Hartley 85' Miller 86'	Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Clark

29 January 2005 24	Rangers	3 – 0	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Pršo 14' Ricksen 63' Novo 68'	BBC Report		Attendance: 48,579 Referee: Toner

12 February 2005 25	Livingston	0 – 2	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Crawford 14' Grady 41'	Attendance: 5,158 Referee: Richmond

19 February 2005 26	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McNaughton 45' Whelan 59'	BBC Report		Attendance: 9,214 Referee: Rowbotham

2 March 2005 27	Livingston	3 – 1	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Horvath 36' McNamee 64' Snodgrass 83'	BBC Report	Johnston 13'	Attendance: 2,536 Referee: Brines

5 March 2005 28	Dundee	0 – 1	Livingston	Dens Park
15:00		BBC Report	O'Brien 49'	Attendance: 5,830 Referee: McCurry

12 March 2005 29	Livingston	1 – 1	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Craigan 81' (Own Goal)	BBC Report	Scott McDonald 19'	Attendance: 4,609 Referee: MacDonald

19 March 2005 30	Heart of Midlothian	3 – 1	Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Miller 22' Burchill 65' Neilson 68'	BBC Report	Dair 45'	Attendance: 9,187 Referee: Clark

2 April 2005 31	Livingston	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Kachloul 78'	BBC Report	Hunt 79'	Attendance: 4,573 Referee: Winter

13 April 2005 32	Livingston	0 – 4	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Hartson 43', 75', 86 pen.' Varga 90'	Attendance: 8,750 Referee: McCurry

16 April 2005 33	Hibernian	0 – 3	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00		BBC Report	Lilley 49' Kachloul 61' O'Brien 87'	Attendance: 11,047 Referee: Mackay

23 April 2005 34	Dundee United	1 – 1	Livingston	Tannadice
15:00	Crawford 37'	BBC Report	Deloumeaux 61'	Attendance: 7,687 Referee: Toner

30 April 2005 35	Livingston	2 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	O'Brien 33' McPake 74'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Thomson

7 May 2005 36	Inverness CT	0 – 1	Livingston	Caledonian Thistle
15:00		BBC Report	Dair 29'	Attendance: 3,021 Referee: Winter

14 May 2005 37	Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Livingston	Rugby Park
15:00	Boyd 75' Johnston 85'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,184 Referee: Brines

21 May 2005 38	Livingston	1 – 1	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Easton 27'	BBC Report	MacDonald 18'	Attendance: 8,968 Referee: Rowbotham

Scottish League Cup

25 August 2004 Second round	Stirling Albion	0 – 2	Livingston	Forthbank Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Easton 30' Hamilton 90'	Attendance: 1,091 Referee: Toner

21 September 2004 Third round	Livingston	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Hamilton 90' (pen.), 111'	BBC Report	Robb 67'	Attendance: 1,736 Referee: Brines

9 November 2004 Quarter-final	Livingston	0 – 5	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Dorado 59'	Livi Mad Report	Dorado 3 o.g.' Foran 38', 60 pen.' O'Donnell 57' Wright 90'	Attendance: 2,886 Referee: Brines

Scottish Cup

11 January 2005 Third round	Livingston	2 – 1	Greenock Morton	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Rubio 35' Snodgrass 76'	Livi Mad Report	Weatherson 36'	Attendance: 2,761 Referee: Conroy

5 February 2005 Fourth round	Alloa Athletic	0 – 1	Livingston	Recreation Park
19:45		BBC Report	McMenamin 36'	Attendance: 2,103 Referee: Thomson

27 February 2005 Quarter-final	Heart of Midlothian	2 – 1	Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Miller 1' McAllister 10'	BBC Report	Easton 60'	Attendance: 9,796 Referee: Freeland

Statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	11	11	16	41	47	−6	44
9	Dundee United	38	8	12	18	41	59	−18	36	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round^[b]
10	Livingston	38	9	8	21	34	61	−27	35
11	Dunfermline Athletic	38	8	10	20	34	60	−26	34
12	Dundee (R)	38	8	9	21	37	71	−34	33	Relegation to the Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
^ As Celtic, the 2004–05 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee United, the cup runners-up.

References

^ "2004-05 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 26 October 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Hearts vs Livingston". Hearts News. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 27 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
^ "Livingston 0-5 Motherwell". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 9 November 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
^ "Livingston sack manager Preston". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 November 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "Gough takes Livingston job". The Daily Telegraph. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "fixtures 2004-05". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
^ "Livingston results 2004/2005". Livi Mad. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

[8] Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

[table_note_res_UC2Q0.14838158858399-9] As Celtic, the 2004–05 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee United, the cup runners-up.

[1] "2004-05 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 26 October 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "Hearts vs Livingston". Hearts News. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 27 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

[3] "Livingston 0-5 Motherwell". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 9 November 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

[Preston-4] "Livingston sack manager Preston". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 November 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[5] "Gough takes Livingston job". The Daily Telegraph. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[6] "fixtures 2004-05". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

[7] "Livingston results 2004/2005". Livi Mad. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

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