2009–10 Livingston F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was Livingston's first season back in the Third Division. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Livingston F.C.
2009–10 season
ManagerGary Bollan
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
Scottish Third Division1st (promoted)
Challenge CupFirst round
League CupFirst round
Scottish CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Andy Halliday (12)

All:
Andy Halliday (14)

Overview

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Livingston went into administration on 24 July 2009 as the club was unable to pay bills of £330,000 in rent.[1] The club previously went into administration in 2004.[2] Despite a takeover the First Division club were deemed to be in breach of SFL rules and were relegated to the Scottish Third Division.[3] The club appealed the decision which led to refusal to play their new third division fixtures whilst it was heard.[4] The appeal to the SFL upheld the original decision.[5] On 7 September 2009 a further appeal to the SFA was dismissed.[6] Livingston won the Third Division by 15 points over nearest team Forfar Athletic.[7] Chairman Gordon McDougall apologised to the other clubs in the division saying that It wasn’t our choice to have players on First Division wages in the Third Division and it was distinctly unfair that a full-time club was thrust upon the others clubs in the division.[8]

Results & fixtures

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[9]   Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies

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22 July 2010 Friendly Livingston 2–1 Plymouth Argyle Creamery Park
19:30 Timár   25' (o.g.)
McParland   49'
Liv Report Summerfield   81' (pen.)

Third Division

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15 August 2009 Livingston 2–0 Montrose Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Halliday   18', 54' BBC Report Crighton   35' Attendance: 632
Referee: Hilland
22 August 2009 Berwick Rangers 1–0 Livingston Shielfield Park
15:00 Brazil   67' BBC Report Attendance: 608
Referee: Beaton
29 August 2009 Albion Rovers 1–0 Livingston Cliftonhill
15:00 Moyes   27' (o.g.) SFL Report Attendance: 485
12 September 2009 Livingston 3–2 Elgin City Almondvale Stadium
15:00 De Vita   26'
Fox   59', 89' (pen.)
BBC Report Crooks   73'
MacAulay   82'
Dempsie   90'  
Attendance: 757
Referee: Finnie
18 September 2009 Stranraer 0–3 Livingston Stair Park
15:00 SFL Report Halliday   3'
De Vita   13', 33'
Attendance: 378
Referee: Boyle
26 September 2009 Livingston 2–1 Queen's Park Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Fox   43'
R. Winters   55'
Macdonald   83'
SFL Report Douglas   36' Attendance: 961
Referee: Salmond
30 September 2009 East Stirlingshire 3–1 Livingston Ochilview Park
19:30 Maguire   18', 27'
Lynch   82'
SFL Report R. Winters   44' Attendance: 567
Referee: Clancy
10 October 2009 Forfar Athletic 0–1 Livingston Station Park
15:00 SFL Report R. Winters   13' Attendance: 613
Referee: Colvin
13 October 2009 Livingston 2–0 Annan Athletic Almondvale Stadium
19:30 D. Winters   18'
R. Winters   43'
SFL Report Attendance: 771
Referee: Watters
17 October 2009 Livingston 1–1 Berwick Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Griffin   88' SFL Report Cameron MacDonald   71' (o.g.) Attendance: 815
Referee: Clancy
31 October 2009 Montrose 0–3 Livingston Links Park
15:00 Anderson   35' SFL Report
Brown   25'
De Vita   53'
Halliday   80'
Mcnulty   90'
Attendance: 433
Referee: Madden
7 November 2009 Elgin City 1–6 Livingston Borough Briggs
15:00 Gunn   73' SFL Report Jacobs   2', 44'
D. Winters   39'
Nicolson   49' (o.g.)
Halliday   52'
Talbot   68'
Attendance: 615
Referee: Tumilty
21 November 2009 Queen's Park 1–2 Livingston Hampden Park
15:00 Quinn   62' SFL Report Jacobs   47'
Moyes   65'
Attendance: 620
Referee: Beaton
24 November 2009 Livingston 2–0 Albion Rovers Almondvale Stadium
19:30 Talbot   5'
Jacobs   85'
SFL Report Attendance: 726
Referee: McDermott
5 December 2009 Livingston 3–0 Stranraer Almondvale Stadium
15:00 R. Winters   14'
Glen Mitchell   35' (o.g.)
Halliday   69'
SFL Report Attendance: 1,267
Referee: Finnie
12 December 2009 Livingston 1–2 Forfar Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Halliday   22' SFL Report Gibson   2'
Tulloch   90'
Referee: Brines
23 January 2010 Stranraer 1–1 Livingston Stair Park
15:00 Nicoll   12' SFL Report Fox   94' Attendance: 323
Referee: Robertson
26 January 2010 Livingston 1–0 Elgin City Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Brown   72' SFL Report Attendance: 503
Referee: Colvin
2 February 2010 Livingston 2–0 Queen's Park Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Fox   7'
Halliday   12'
SFL Report Attendance: 680
Referee: Muir
6 February 2010 Forfar Athletic 2–2 Livingston Station Park
15:00 Campbell   63'
Tulloch   95'
Fotheringham   90'  
SFL Report R. Winters   55'
Hamilton   61'
Attendance: 510
Referee: Law
9 February 2010 Albion Rovers 0–2 Livingston Cliftonhill
19:45 .McGrath   65' SFL Report Hamilton   66' (pen.)
Tosh   91'
Attendance: 587
Referee: Beaton
13 February 2010 Livingston 3–2 Annan Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 De Vita   53'
R. Winters   74'
Halliday   78'
SFL Report Neilson   17'
Cox   45'
Attendance: 1,085
Referee: Mclean
20 February 2010 East Stirlingshire 0–2 Livingston Ochilview Park
19:45 Bolochoweckyi   56'   SFL Report Halliday   14'
R. Winters   64'
Attendance: 1.062
Referee: Beaton
9 March 2010 Livingston 2–0 East Stirlingshire Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Halliday   34'
R. Winters   52'
SFL Report Attendance: 864
Referee: Madded
13 March 2010 Elgin City 0–1 Livingston Borough Briggs
15:00 SFL Report De Vita   42' Attendance: 433
Referee: Somers
16 March 2010 Annan Athletic 0–0 Livingston Galabank
19:30 SFL Report Attendance: 604
Referee: Muir
20 March 2010 Livingston 2–1 Stranraer Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Liam Fox   27'
R. Winters   29'
SFL Report Moore   86' Attendance: 1,136
Referee: Brown
27 March 2010 Queen's Park 0–1 Livingston Hampden Park
15.00 SFL Report De Vita   80' Attendance: 714
Referee: McKendrick
3 April 2010 Annan Athletic 2–0 Livingston Galabank Stadium
15:00 Bell   4'
Storey   82'
Macdonald   68'  
SFL Report Attendance: 831
Referee: Law
6 April 2010 Livingston 1–0 Montrose Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Halliday   93' SFL Report Attendance: 748
Referee: Hilland
10 April 2010 Livingston 2–3 Forfar Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 De Vita   1'
R. Winters   33'
SFL Report Harty   13', 21'
Campbell   17'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: MacDonald
13 April 2010 Berwick Rangers 1–1 Livingston Shielfield Park
19:45 Gray   76' SFL Report Tosh   71' (pen.) Attendance: 604
Referee: Finnie
17 April 2010 Livingston 0–0 Berwick Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Attendance: 1,621
Referee: Law
24 April 2010 Montrose 0–5 Livingston Links Park
15:00 SFL Report Halliday   40', 53'
De Vita   50'
Watson   70'
Jacobs   83'
Attendance: 510
Referee: Muir
27 April 2010 Livingston 2–0 Albion Rovers Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Sinclair   15'
McGowan   18' (o.g.)
SFL Report Attendance: 628
Referee: Murray
1 May 2010 Livingston 1–0 East Stirlingshire Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Jacobs   44' SFL Report Attendance: 1,480
Referee: Colvin

Challenge Cup

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25 July 2009 First round Queen of the South 1–0 Livingston Palmerston Park
Wilson   9' BBC Report Attendance: 1,558
Referee: Innes

League Cup

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1 August 2009 First round Albion Rovers 3–0 Livingston Cliftonhill
McKenzie   9' (o.g.)
Barr   48'
McCusker   89'
BBC Report Attendance: 602
Referee: Hilland

Scottish Cup

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24 October 2009 Second round Queen's Park 1–3 Livingston Hampden Park
15:00 Quinn   78' BBC Report De Vita   32', 83'
Fox   62' (pen.)
Attendance: 678
Referee: McLean
9 December 2009 Third round Clyde 1–1 Livingston Broadwood Stadium
19:45 Lithgow   63' BBC Report Hamill   48' Attendance: 538
Referee: Charleston
14 December 2009 Third round replay Livingston 7–1 Clyde Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Jacobs   5'
Fox   49', 80'
Winters   50', 67'
Halliday   51', 65'
BBC Report Lithgow   11' Attendance: 690
Referee: Charleston
20 January 2010 Fourth round Livingston 0–1 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Harkins   33' Attendance: 1,176
Referee: Collum

Statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Darren Jamieson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK   SCO Roddy McKenzie 38 0 32 0 4 0 1 0 1 0
GK   SCO Craig McDowall 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Cameron MacDonald 31 0 26 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Chris Innes 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Neil Hastings 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF   ENG Jason Talbot 38 2 32 2 4 0 1 0 1 0
DF   SCO Paul Watson 29 1 25 1 3 0 0 0 1 0
DF   SCO Jonathan Brown 19 1 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
DF   SCO Ewan Moyes 7 1 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF   NIR Danny Griffin 27 1 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Andy Halliday 37 14 31 12 4 2 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO David Sinclair 35 1 30 1 3 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Anthony McParland 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Liam Fox 37 9 31 6 4 3 1 0 1 0
MF   RSA Keaghan Jacobs 40 7 34 6 4 1 1 0 1 0
MF   RSA Kyle Jacobs 17 0 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MF   RSA Sheldon Jacobs 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   RSA Devon Jacobs 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Chris Malone 11 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Joe Hamill 13 1 8 0 3 1 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Bobby Barr 20 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Mark Torrance 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF   SCO Joe McKee 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO Stephen Husband 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Steve Tosh 15 2 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Marc McNulty 9 1 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW   FRA Armand One 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW   SCO Robbie Winters 40 13 34 11 4 2 1 0 1 0
FW   SCO David Winters 18 2 15 2 3 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ITA Raffaele De Vita 32 11 28 9 4 2 0 0 0 0
FW   SCO Jim Hamilton 11 2 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
     Trialists 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Nation Position Name Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Ramsden's Cup Total
                   
  GK Darren Jamieson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Roddy McKenzie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Craig McDowall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Cameron MacDonald 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
  DF Chris Innes 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
  DF Neil Hastings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Jason Talbot 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  DF Paul Watson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Jonathan Brown 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
  DF Ewan Moyes 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
  DF Danny Griffin 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Andy Halliday 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF David Sinclair 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Anthony McParland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Liam Fox 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
  MF Keaghan Jacobs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Kyle Jacobs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Sheldon Jacobs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Devon Jacobs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Chris Malone 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Joe Hamill 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Bobby Barr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Mark Torrance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Joe McKee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Steve Tosh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Marc McNulty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Armand One 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Robbie Winters 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Raffaele De Vita 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
  FW Jim Hamilton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Livingston (C, P) 36 24 6 6 63 25 +38 78 Promotion to the Second Division
2 Forfar Athletic (P, O) 36 18 9 9 59 44 +15 63 Qualification for the Second Division Play-offs[a]
3 East Stirlingshire 36 19 4 13 50 46 +4 61
4 Queen's Park 36 15 6 15 42 42 0 51
5 Albion Rovers 36 13 11 12 35 35 0 50
Source: Scottish Football League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 9th placed team. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2010–11 Second Division.

References

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  1. ^ "Cash-strapped Livingston go into administration". The Scotsman. UK: Scotsman Publications. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Livi to go into administration". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Livi relegated to Division Three". BBC Sport. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  4. ^ "SFL postpones Livi game at Shire". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Livingston take appeal to SFA after SFL rejection". The Scotsman. UK: Scotsman Publication. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Livi lose appeal against the drop". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Third Division Table 2009". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Livingston chairman Gordon McDougall apologises to other Third Division clubs after Lions confirmed as champs". West Lothian Courier. 22 April 2010. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  9. ^ "fixtures 2009–10". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 4 September 2011.