2016–17 Livingston F.C. season

The 2016–17 season was Livingston's first season back in Scottish League One and their first season back in the third-tier of Scottish football, having been relegated from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2015–16 season.[1] Livingston also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Livingston
2016–17 season
ManagerDavid Hopkin
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
League OneWinners
League CupGroup stage
Challenge CupQuarter-final
Scottish CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Liam Buchanan (22)
All: Liam Buchanan (27)
Highest home attendance1,241 vs. Celtic Colts, Challenge Cup, 3 September 2016
Lowest home attendance531 vs. Stenhousemuir, League One, 21 March 2017
Average home league attendance796

Summary edit

Season edit

Livingston finished in first place in League One and were promoted as champions back to the Scottish Championship after only one season back in the third=tier of scottish football.[2] On 24 October 2016, Livingston were fined £4,000 by the SPFL after their Scottish Challenge Cup tie with Crusaders, in which they were found to have fielded an ineligible player. Despite progressing to the next round, the SPFL ordered the match to be replayed in full and was held on 1 November.[3]

Results and fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre Season edit

2 July 2016 Livingston 1 – 5 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Currie   64' Report Reilly   20', 83'
Geggan   31'
McCabe   37'
Cardle   68'
5 July 2016 Livingston 2 – 2 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30 Trialist   6'
Cadden   58'
Report Tiffoney   44', 75'
12 July 2016 Livingston 1 – 1 St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30 Cadden   56' Report Coulson   11'
23 July 2016 Livingston 0 – 0   Hartlepool United Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30 Report

Scottish League One edit

6 August 2016 1 Livingston 5 – 1 Stranraer Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Pittman   5', 90+2'
Mullen   24'
Buchanan   72', 87 pen.'
Report Malcolm   55' Attendance: 693
Referee: Bobby Madden
13 August 2016 2 Airdrieonians 2 – 4 Livingston Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Ryan   53', 65' Report Mullen   13'
Buchanan   37'
Miller   58'
Mullin   90'
Attendance: 1,048
Referee: Mat Northcroft
20 August 2016 3 Livingston 4 – 1 Stenhousemuir Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Mullen   4', 49'
Pittman   23'
Longridge   78'
Report McMenamin   90 pen.' Attendance: 769
Referee: Gavin Duncan
27 August 2016 4 Queen's Park 1 – 0 Livingston Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00 Malone   25' Report Attendance: 698
Referee: Kevin Graham
10 September 2016 5 Alloa Athletic 1 – 3 Livingston Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Spence   65 pen.' Report Pittman   24'
Buchanan   34'
Miller   39'
Attendance: 712
Referee: Craig Charleston
17 September 2016 6 Livingston 2 – 1 Brechin City Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Mullen   34'
Pittman   65'
Report Trouten   72' Attendance: 858
Referee: Alan Newlands
24 September 2016 7 East Fife 3 – 1 Livingston Bayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Insall   9', 34'
Kane   11'
Report Mullin   59' Attendance: 784
Referee: David Lowe
1 October 2016 8 Peterhead 1 – 2 Livingston Balmoor, Peterhead
15:00 Kelleher   7' Report Mullen   25', 58' Attendance: 569
Referee: Gavin Duncan
15 October 2016 9 Livingston 1 – 2 Albion Rovers Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan   90 pen.' Report Boyd   18'
Wallace   70'
Attendance: 702
Referee: Craig Charleston
22 October 2016 10 Livingston 3 – 1 Alloa Athletic Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Miller   55'
Buchanan   62', 90'
Report Spence   90 pen.' Attendance: 977
Referee: Stephen Finnie
29 October 2016 11 Brechin City 0 – 3 Livingston Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 Report Buchanan   66'
Longridge   69'
Byrne   86'
Attendance: 517
Referee: Bobby Madden
5 November 2016 12 Livingston 3 – 1 East Fife Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan   45', 66 pen.'
Miller   49'
Report Smith   53' Attendance: 907
Referee: Craig Napier
19 November 2016 13 Livingston 1 – 2 Peterhead Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan   80' Report McIntosh   39'
Brown   74'
Attendance: 712
Referee: Greg Aitken
3 December 2016 14 Albion Rovers 0 – 1 Livingston Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00 Report Cadden   89 pen.' Attendance: 413
Referee: David Munro
10 December 2016 15 Stranraer 1 – 2 Livingston Stair Park, Stranraer
15:00 Gibson   5' Report Carrick   77'
De Vita   84'
Attendance: 333
Referee: Colin Steven
13 December 2016 16 Stenhousemuir 0 – 4 Livingston Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:45 Report Summers   16 o.g.'
De Vita   70'
Buchanan   81'
Carrick   90'
Attendance: 334
Referee: Kevin Graham
17 December 2016 17 Livingston 2 – 0 Airdrieonians Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Carrick   10'
Cadden   89'
Report Attendance: 989
Referee: Steven Reid
24 December 2016 18 Livingston 1 – 2 Queen's Park Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan   40' Report McKernon   55 pen.'
Cummins   58'
Attendance: 819
Referee: Steven Kirkland
31 December 2016 19 East Fife 2 – 1 Livingston Bayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Insall   74'
Robinson   77'
Report Buchanan   14' Attendance: 661
Referee: Gavin Duncan
7 January 2017 20 Peterhead 2 – 3 Livingston Balmoor, Peterhead
15:00 Riley   52'
McAllister   62'
Report Gallagher   50'
Buchanan   53'
Byrne   79'
Attendance: 582
Referee: David Lowe
28 January 2017 21 Livingston 3 – 0 Brechin City Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan   1'
Halkett   29'
Cadden   56'
Report Attendance: 746
Referee: Alan Newlands
4 February 2017 22 Alloa Athletic 2 – 2 Livingston Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Kirkpatrick   25'
Mackin   86'
Report Mullen   36'
Buchanan   48'
Attendance: 565
Referee: Kevin Graham
11 February 2017 23 Livingston 0 – 0 Stranraer Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Report Attendance: 677
Referee: Graham Beaton
18 February 2017 24 Airdrieonians 0 – 4 Livingston Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Report Crighton   34'
Gorman   50 o.g.'
Mullen   78'
Cadden   81'
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Stephen Finnie
4 March 2017 25 Queen's Park 1 – 1 Livingston Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00 Zanatta   20' Report Pittman   11' Attendance: 701
Referee: Alan Newlands
7 March 2017 26 Livingston 3 – 0 Albion Rovers Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45 Todorov   34', 90'
Mullen   88'
Report Attendance: 548
Referee: Nick Walsh
11 March 2017 27 Livingston 0 – 1 East Fife Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Report Kerr   85' Attendance: 773
Referee: Grant Irvine
18 March 2017 28 Stranraer 0 – 1 Livingston Stair Park, Stranraer
15:00 Report Buchanan   84' Attendance: 523
Referee: Craig Napier
21 March 2017 29 Livingston 1 – 0 Stenhousemuir Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45 Todorov   24' Report Attendance: 531
Referee: Barry Cook
25 March 2017 30 Livingston 4 – 2 Airdrieonians Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Mullen   8', 62'
Gallagher   10'
Cadden   85'
Report Conroy   34'
Ryan   90 pen.'
Attendance: 832
Referee: Crawford Allan
1 April 2017 31 Brechin City 0 – 2 Livingston Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 Report Buchanan   11', 59' Attendance: 523
Referee: Scott Millar
8 April 2017 32 Livingston 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Pittman   19'
Longridge   49'
Report Mackin   67' Attendance: 1,099
Referee: Greg Aitken
15 April 2017 33 Stenhousemuir 0 – 1 Livingston Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00 Report Buchanan   54' Attendance: 472
Referee: Colin Steven
22 April 2017 34 Livingston 4 – 0 Queen's Park Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Todorov   18'
Mullen   70'
Mullin   80'
Cadden   90'
Report Attendance: 821
Referee: Grant Irvine
29 April 2017 35 Livingston 4 – 1 Peterhead Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan   12'
Pittman   21'
Mullin   42'
Mullen   81'
Report Redman   61' Attendance: 891
Referee: Kevin Graham
6 May 2017 36 Albion Rovers 0 – 2 Livingston Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00 Report Pittman   19'
De Vita   44'
Attendance: 454
Referee: Steven Kirkland

Scottish League Cup edit

Group stage edit

Results

16 July 2016 Group stage Livingston 2 – 3 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Cadden   50'
Carrick   68'
Report Clarkson   13', 81'
Morgan   74'
Attendance: 894
Referee: Gavin Duncan
20 July 2016 Group stage Edinburgh City 0 – 3 Livingston Ainslie Park, Edinburgh
19:45 Report Mullin   27'
Mullen   45'
Buchanan   76'
Attendance: 595
Referee: Gavin Duncan
26 July 2016 Group stage Livingston 0 – 2 Ayr United Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45 Report Murphy   19'
McGuffie   78'
Attendance: 643
Referee: David Lowe
20 July 2016 Group stage Hamilton Academical 2 – 1 Livingston New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 D'Acol   22'
Longridge   55'
Report Matthews   41 o.g.' Attendance: 764
Referee: Euan Anderson

Group G Table edit

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HAM AYR STM LIV EDI
1 Hamilton Academical (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 10 5 +5 9 Qualification for the Second Round 3–0 2–1
2 Ayr United (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 5 2 +3 9 2–1 1–0
3 St Mirren 4 3 0 0 1 7 5 +2 9 1–0 3–0
4 Livingston 4 1 0 0 3 6 7 −1 3 0–2 2–3
5 Edinburgh City 4 0 0 0 4 2 11 −9 0 2–4 0–3
Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

3 September 2016 Third round Livingston 5 – 1 Celtic B Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan   5', 14 pen.', 40'
Crighton   17'
Mullen   35'
Report Hendry   43' Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Steven Kirkland
7 October 2016   CrusadersVoid[A]LivingstonBelfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 Owens   87' SPFL
Stadium: Seaview
Referee: David Morgan
1 November 2016 Fourth round   Crusaders 0 – 3 Livingston Seaview, Belfast
19:45 Report Cadden   66'
De Vita   74'
Buchanan   89'
Referee: Nick Pratt
13 November 2016 Quarter-Final Livingston 0 – 3   The New Saints Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45 Report Parry   36'
Saunders   58'
Quigley   70'
Attendance: 733
Referee: Raymond Change
Notes
  1. ^
    A- Livingston's 2–1 win against Crusaders on Friday, 7 October was ordered to be replayed after Livingston plead guilty to a breach of SPFL rules in the original fixture. The club was fined £4,000 after they played Alan Lithgow for the full 90 minutes. Lithgow was ineligible for the match as he was still under an SFA suspension at the time.[4]

Scottish Cup edit

26 November 2016 Third round Airdrieonians 1 – 2 Livingston Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Ryan   18' Report Cadden   30'
Mullen   62'
Attendance: 780
Referee: Barry Cook
21 January 2017 Fourth round Livingston 0 – 1 East Fife Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Report Paterson   27' Attendance: 726
Referee: Colin Steven

Player statistics edit

As of 6 May 2017 (UTC)[5]
No. Pos Nat Player Total League One League Cup Scottish Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Liam Kelly 40 0 34+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   SCO Michael Miller 22 4 13+1 3 4+0 1 1+0 0 3+0 0
3 DF   SCO Jackson Longridge 38 4 24+6 3 4+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 1
4 DF   SCO Alan Lithgow 41 3 31+0 3 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
5 DF   SCO Sean Crighton 42 2 29+3 1 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 1
6 MF   SCO Shaun Byrne 39 2 26+4 2 2+1 0 2+0 0 3+1 0
7 MF   SCO Josh Mullin 37 5 18+9 4 4+0 1 1+1 0 2+2 0
8 FW   SCO Scott Pittman 43 10 36+0 9 1+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 1
9 FW   SCO Liam Buchanan 45 27 32+4 22 2+1 1 2+0 0 3+1 4
10 FW   SCO Danny Mullen 42 17 28+4 14 4+0 1 2+0 1 3+1 1
11 MF   SCO Nicky Cadden 43 9 22+12 6 3+1 1 1+1 1 2+1 1
14 MF   RSA Keaghan Jacobs 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF   SCO Morgyn Neill 9 0 3+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
16 FW   SCO Matthew Knox 12 1 3+5 0 0+3 0 0+0 1 1+0 0
17 MF   SCO Jordan Sinclair 10 0 6+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
18 MF   SCO Mark Millar 13 0 12+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW   SCO Dale Carrick 20 4 4+10 3 2+1 1 0+1 0 1+1 0
20 GK   SCO Gary Maley 6 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
21 MF   SCO Liam Watt 15 0 2+9 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
22 MF   BUL Nikolay Todorov 14 4 7+7 4 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF   ITA Raffaele De Vita 27 4 18+5 3 0+0 0 1+1 0 1+1 1
26 DF   SCO Craig Halkett 43 1 33+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
28 MF   SCO Jack Ogilvie 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 DF   SCO Declan Gallagher 16 2 14+1 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW   SCO Kyle Sampson 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
1 GK   SCO Darren Jamieson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 FW   SCO Thomas Orr 3 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
18 FW   SCO Lewis Allan 4 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C, P) 36 26 3 7 80 32 +48 81 Promotion to Scottish Championship
2 Alloa Athletic 36 17 11 8 69 44 +25 62 Qualification to Championship play-offs
3 Airdrieonians 36 16 4 16 61 66 −5 52
4 Brechin City (O, P) 36 15 5 16 43 49 −6 50
5 East Fife 36 12 10 14 41 44 −3 46
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary edit

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GroundHAHAAHAAHHAHHAAAHHAAHAHAAHHAHHAHAHHA
ResultWWWLWWLWLWWWLWWWWLLWWDDWDWLWWWWWWWWW
Position121333232321111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

See also edit

References edit

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