2011–12 Livingston F.C. season

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.

Livingston
2011–12 season
ManagerGary Bollan
(until 5 February)
Brian Welsh
(Caretaker)
John Hughes
(From 14 February)
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
First DivisionFifth Place
Challenge CupSemi-final
League CupSecond round
Scottish CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Marc McNulty (11)
All: Marc McNulty (16)
Highest home attendance2,967 vs. Falkirk, First Division, 2 January 2012
Lowest home attendance549 vs. Stirling Albion, Challenge Cup, 9 August 2011
Average home league attendance1,776

Summary edit

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 edit

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 and fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season edit

2 July 2011 Friendly Livingston 1 – 1 Dunfermline Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
Russell   9' DAFC Report Hardie   5' Attendance: 657
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish First Division edit

13 August 2011 First Division Greenock Morton 2 – 1 Livingston Cappielow
Tidser   9'
MacDonald   64' (pen.)
McCaffrey   87'  
BBC Sport Russell   55' (pen.) Attendance: 2,025
Referee: Winter
20 August 2011 First Division Livingston 4 – 2 Dundee Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
Russell   4'
Deuchar   13', 59'
Ke. Jacobs   90'
BBC Sport Irvine   61'
McNeil   65' (o.g)
Attendance: 1,996
Referee: Hilland
27 August 2011 First Division Hamilton Academical 1 – 1 Livingston New Douglas Park
McLaughlin   54'
Mensing   64'  
Crawford   78'
BBC Sport Boulding   90' Attendance: 2,051
Referee: Charleston
10 September 2011 First Division Livingston 1 – 1 Falkirk Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
Russell   70' BBC Sport Murdoch   38'
Millar   90' (pen.)
Higginbotham   90'
Attendance: 2,229
Referee: Thomson
17 September 2011 First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Livingston Victoria Park
Brittain   45'
Craig   64'
BBC Sport Sinclair   40'
Watson   65'  
Attendance: 2,047
Referee: Northcroft
1 October 2011 First Division Livingston 1 – 1 Raith Rovers Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 McNulty   67' BBC Report Hill   18'
Graham   60'
Attendance: 2,011
Referee: Collum
5 November 2011 First Division Falkirk 4 – 3 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Alagui   12'
Wallace   17'
Brown   39' (o.g.)
Weatherston   85'
SFL Report Barr   56'
Ke. Jacobs   62'
Fotheringham   78'
Attendance: 3,691
Referee: Colvin
26 November 2011 First Division Livingston 0 – 3 Ross County Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Boulding   56' SFL Report Gardyne   65'
McMenamin   72', 74'
Attendance: 1,628
Referee: Tumilty
3 December 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 Balatoni   26'
Deuchar   33' (o.g.)
SFL Report Deuchar   56' Attendance: 2,026
Referee: Muir
10 December 2011 First Division Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Livingston Stark's Park
15:00 BBC Sport Barr   56' Attendance: 1,604
Referee: Allan
2 January 2012 First Division Livingston 1 – 2 Falkirk Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 McNulty   66' SFL Report Alagui   12'
Higginbotham   72'
Attendance: 2,967
Referee: Winter
14 January 2012 First Division Dundee 3 – 0 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 Conroy   19'
McGregor   74'
Riley   82'
BBC Report Fotheringham   76'   Attendance: 4,176
Referee: Charleston
21 January 2012 First Division Livingston 2 – 2 Queen of the South Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Fox   40'
Scougall   73'
BBC Report Brighton   16'
McGuffie   81' (pen.)
C. Reid   90'  
Attendance: 1,286
Referee: Somers
28 January 2012 First Division Ross County 3 – 0 Livingston Victoria Park
15:00 McMenamin   28', 82'
Morrow   87'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,514
Referee: McKendrick
11 February 2012 First Division Livingston 3 – 1 Partick Thistle Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 McNulty   37'
Watson   45'
Ky. Jacobs   52'
SFL Report Cairney   88' Attendance: 1,824
Referee: Conroy
18 February 2012 First Division Livingston 4 – 0 Raith Rovers Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Ky. Jacobs   17'
McNulty   48', 60', pen.' (70)
SFL Report Davidson   69' Attendance: 1,929
Referee: Colvin
25 February 2012 First Division Ayr United 3 – 1 Livingston Somerset Park
15:00 Geggan   33', 56'
Malone   53'
SFL Report Cummings   11' Attendance: 1,312
Referee: Thomson
3 March 2012 First Division Livingston 2 – 3 Dundee Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 McNulty   39'
McGregor   46' (o.g.)
SFL Report McCluskey   26', 88'
Finnigan   56'
Attendance: 2,052
Referee: Madden
6 March 2012 First Division Livingston 1 – 2 Ayr United Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45 Ke. Jacobs   12' SFL Report Roberts   20' (pen.)
McGowan   66'
Attendance: 859
Referee: Finnie
10 March 2012 First Division Greenock Morton 1 – 3 Livingston Cappielow Park
15:00 MacDonald   22' SFL Report McNulty   5'
Russell   41'
Barr   51'
Attendance: 1,396
Referee: Richmond
24 March 2012 First Division Falkirk 2 – 5 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 El Alagui   29'
Weatherston   79'
SFL Report Boulding   36', 41'
B. Barr   71', 84'
Russell   74' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,939
Referee: Somers
31 March 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 3 Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 Cairney   7'
Sinclair   54'
SFL Report Boulding   20', 47'
Russell   50'
Attendance: 1,871
Referee: Charleston
7 April 2012 First Division Livingston 1 – 3 Ross County Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Boulding   46' SFL Report McMenamin   38', 69'
Vigurs   86'
Attendance: 2,004
Referee: Richmond
10 April 2012 First Division Raith Rovers 0 – 3 Livingston Stark's Park
19:45 SFL Report Boulding   17' (pen.), 45', 55' Attendance: 1,541
Referee: Brines
21 April 2012 First Division Queen of the South 0 – 4 Livingston Somerset Park
15:00 Higgins   35' SFL Report Boulding   27', 88'
McNulty   38'
Jacobs   72'
Attendance: 1,403
Referee: Muir
5 May 2012 First Division Dundee 0 – 1 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 Reid   48' SFL Report Attendance: 3,675
Referee: Finnie

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

23 July 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Airdrie United 0 – 5 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
BBC Sport Sinclair   50'
Russell   55', 67'
Barr   82', 90'
Attendance: 719
Referee: Richmond

Scottish League Cup edit

30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup round 1 Livingston 6 – 0 Arbroath Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
Boulding   2'
Russell   7', 22'
Ke. Jacobs   33'
Talbot   66'
McNulty   72'
BBC Sport Doris   76' Attendance: 804
Referee: Allan
24 August 2011 Scottish League Cup round 2 St Johnstone 3 – 0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
Wright   13'
Sandaza   18', 25'
BBC Sport Attendance: 2,439
Referee: Conroy

Scottish Cup edit

19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Irvine Meadow 0 – 6 Livingston Meadow Park
14:00 BBC Sport McNulty   5', 26', 40'
Boulding   41'
Deuchar   51'
Barr   90'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Cook

Player statistics edit

Captains edit

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Liam Fox   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 edit

Last updated 5 May 2012[10]
No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Ramsdens Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Darren Jamieson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK   SCO Andrew McNeil 43 0 36+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
GK   ENG Tony Bullock 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Andrew Murphy 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Craig Barr 42 2 35+0 2 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Cameron MacDonald 3 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Callum Fordyce 11 0 8+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Jonathan Brown 15 0 8+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF   ENG Jason Talbot 31 1 25+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1 3+0 0
DF   SCO Paul Watson 40 1 32+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
DF   SCO Ross Docherty 13 0 8+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
DF   SCO Michael Travis 3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
DF   SCO Maurice Ross 8 0 8+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Bryce Naples 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Kevin McCann 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO David Sinclair 19 3 6+8 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 1
MF   SCO Liam Fox 29 1 21+1 1 0+2 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
MF   RSA Keaghan Jacobs 38 5 30+1 4 2+0 0 2+0 1 3+0 0
MF   RSA Kyle Jacobs 40 3 29+5 3 2+0 0 1+1 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Dean Cummings 10 1 5+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Ross Gray 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
MF   SCO Bobby Barr 43 7 35+1 4 2+0 1 1+1 0 3+0 2
MF   SCO Stefan Scougall 30 2 20+4 1 1+1 0 1+0 0 3+0 1
MF   SCO Lewis Turner 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Mark Fotheringham 13 2 11+0 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Connor McDonald 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jack Beaumont 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Jack Downie 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Kenny Deuchar 27 8 14+6 4 1+0 1 1+1 0 3+1 3
FW   SCO Marc McNulty 37 16 25+5 11 2+0 4 0+2 1 0+3 0
FW   SCO Iain Russell 33 13 17+9 8 1+1 0 2+0 2 3+0 3
FW   ENG Rory Boulding 32 13 12+13 11 1+1 1 1+1 1 2+1 0
FW   SCO Andrew Russell 9 0 1+8 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Dylan Easton 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Michael Scott 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Liam Gray 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
                   
  GK Tony Bullock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Darren Jamieson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Andrew McNeil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Craig Barr 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
  DF Cameron MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
  DF Callum Fordyce 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Jonathan Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Jason Talbot 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1
  DF Paul Watson 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1
  DF Ross Docherty 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Michael Travis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Maurice Ross 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Bryce Naples 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Kevin McCann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF David Sinclair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Liam Fox 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
  MF Keaghan Jacobs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Kyle Jacobs 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  MF Dean Cummings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Ross Gray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Bobby Barr 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
  MF Stefan Scougall 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
  MF Lewis Turner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Mark Fotheringham 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
  MF Connor McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Jack Beaumont 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Jack Downie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Kenny Deuchar 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Marc McNulty 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
  FW Iain Russell 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
  FW Rory Boulding 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  FW Andrew Russell 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Dylan Easton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Michael Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Liam Gray 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Awards edit

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

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers edit

References edit

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