2015–16 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2015–16 season
ManagerMark Burchill
(until 21 December)
David Hopkin
(21 January)
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
Championship9th
(relegated via play-offs)
League CupThird round
Challenge CupThird round
Scottish CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Liam Buchanan (11)
All: Jordan White (16)
Highest home attendance6,505 vs. Rangers, Championship, 21 November 2015
Lowest home attendance664 vs. Clyde, League Cup, 1 August 2015
Average home league attendance1,764

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. Livingston finished the season in ninth place and were relegated to the third-tier of Scottish football for the first time since 2011.

Summary

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Management

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Livingston began the 2015–16 season under the management of Mark Burchill who had guided the club to safety from relegation on the final day of the previous season. On the 21 December 2015, Burchill was sacked from his position as manager and was replaced by David Hopkin who was given the role until the end of the season, however he couldn't avoid the club being relegated to League One after a 6–8 aggregate loss to Stranraer in the championship play-offs.[2][3]

Results & fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre Season

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4 July 2015 Stenhousemuir 0–3 Livingston Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:30 Report Trialist 20'
Buchanan 30'
Millen 38'
8 July 2015 Stirling Albion 0–2 Livingston Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
19:30 Report Mullen
Hippolyte
11 July 2015 Livingston 0–0 Dunfermline Athletic Albyn Park, Broxburn
19:30 Report
13 July 2015 Livingston 0–1 Spain Real Sociedad Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30 Report Zurutuza 28'
18 July 2015 Livingston 0–2 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30 Report Ainsworth 59'
Watt 72'
20 July 2015 Bo'ness United 1–5 Livingston Newtown Park, Bo'ness
19:30 Gribben 17' Report White 2', 23', 39'
Georgiev 19'
Currie 54'

Scottish Championship

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8 August 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 3–0 Livingston Stark's Park
15:00 Stewart 8'
McCord 35' (pen.)
Megginson 90'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,560
Referee: Northcroft
15 August 2015 Championship Livingston 0–1 Queen of the South Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Kidd 65' Attendance: 856
Referee: Salmond
22 August 2015 Championship Livingston 1–2 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Mullen 52' BBC Report Leahy 16'
Vaulks 62'
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Dallas
29 August 2015 Championship St Mirren 1–1 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 McMullan 4' BBC Report Buchanan 22' (pen.) Attendance: 3,018
Referee: McKendrick
5 September 2015 Championship Livingston 2–4 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Gordon Red card 30'
White 85'
Sheerin 89'
BBC Report McCluskey 31'
Johnstone 52'
Barr 66'
Scullion 82'
Attendance: 1,186
Referee: Anderson
12 September 2015 Championship Rangers 3–0 Livingston Ibrox Park
15:00 Wallace 16'
Waghorn 41'
Law 80'
BBC Report Attendance: 44,832
Referee: Aitken
19 September 2015 Championship Livingston 0–1 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Henderson 50' Attendance: 3,007
Referee: Cook
26 September 2015 Championship Alloa Athletic 0–3 Livingston Recreation Park
15:00 BBC Report Buchanan 23', 78'
Sheerin 59'
Attendance: 622
Referee: Northcroft
3 October 2015 Championship Dumbarton 2–1 Livingston Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Cawley 40'
Brophy 82'
BBC Report Glen 44'
Hippolyte Red card 45'
Attendance: 819
Referee: Walsh
17 October 2015 Championship Livingston 0–1 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Mallan 12' Attendance: 1,199
Referee: Roberson
24 October 2015 Championship Queen of the South 1–4 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Hilson 27' BBC Report Pittman 50'
White 67'
Buchanan 75' (85)
Attendance: 1,485
Referee: Walsh
31 October 2015 Championship Livingston 3–0 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 White 6', 64'
Gallagher 61'
BBC Report Attendance: 957
7 November 2015 Championship Greenock Morton 1–0 Livingston Cappielow
15:00 Johnstone 6' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: 1,758
Referee: Charleston
17 November 2015 Championship Hibernian 2–1 Livingston Easter Road
19:45 Keatings 52', 69' BBC Report Sheerin 87' Attendance: 7,801
Referee: Thomson
21 November 2015 Championship Livingston 1–1 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Hippolyte 51' BBC Report Holt 22' Attendance: 6,505
Referee: Salmond
12 December 2015 Championship Livingston 0–1 Alloa Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Glen Yellow card 12'
Gallagher Yellow card 89'
Report Hill Yellow card 59'
Crawford 64'
Attendance: 937
Referee: Brian Colvin
19 December 2015 Championship Livingston 1–1 Dumbarton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Pittman 14'
White Yellow card 43'
Gordon Yellow card 50'
Report Saunders 89' Attendance: 911
Referee: Matt Northcroft
26 December 2015 Championship St Mirren 1–4 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 Mallan Yellow card 37'
Shankland 41'
Webster Yellow card 90'
Report Buchanan 23' 66'
Gordon 32'
Glen 54'
Longridge Yellow card 60'
Hippolyte Yellow card 86'
Jordyn Sheerin Yellow card 90+3'
Attendance: 2,952
Referee: Stephen Finnie
29 December 2015 Championship Falkirk 2–0 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
19:30 Miller 56' 60'
Kerr Yellow card 65'
Report Gibbons Yellow card 36' Attendance: 4,245
Referee: Don Robertson
2 January 2016 Championship Livingston 0–2 Queen of the South Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Gordon Yellow card 31'
Glen Yellow card 61'
Report Jacobs Yellow card 51'
Lyle 65'
Russell 77'
Attendance: 958
Referee: Scotland Willie Collum
16 January 2016 Championship Rangers 4–1 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Wilson 8' Yellow card 58'
Waghorn 22' (pen.) 41'
Miller 35'
Report Gallagher Yellow card 7'
Gordon Yellow card 12'
White Yellow card 32'
Buchanan 55' Yellow card 82'
Attendance: 42,906
Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)
23 January 2016 Championship Livingston 1–1 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan 51' Report Kerr Yellow card 43'
Sibbald 44'
Attendance: 1,536
Referee: George Salmond
30 January 2016 Championship Dumbarton 1–0 Livingston Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Docherty 56' Report Halkett Yellow card 16'
Cole Yellow card 27'
Attendance: 760
Referee: Crawford Allan
13 February 2016 Championship Livingston 0–0 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
17:15 Report Attendance: 2,663
Referee: Alan Muir
20 February 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 2–0 Livingston Stark's Park
15:00 Robertson Yellow card 13'
Stewart 37'
Connolly 48'
Report Fotheringham Yellow card 85' Attendance: 1,617
Referee: Willie Collum
27 February 2016 Championship Alloa Athletic 1–3 Livingston Recreation Park
15:00 Duffy 19' Report Longridge 11'
White 14'
Stanton 39'
Cole Yellow card 50'
Fotheringham Yellow card 70'
Attendance: 619
Referee: Craig Charleston
1 March 2016 Championship Livingston 0–0 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Longridge Yellow card 22'
Stanton Yellow card 79'
Report McManus Yellow card 77' Attendance: 787
Referee: Kevin Clancy
5 March 2016 Championship Livingston 2–0 Dumbarton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan 29'
Gordon Yellow card 74'
White 83'
Report Nadé Yellow card 65'
Buchanan Yellow card 87'
Attendance: 828
Referee: Don Robertson
19 March 2016 Championship Livingston 2–3 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan 16'
White 83'
Report Mallan 16'
Shankland 35' 72'
Attendance: 1,228
Referee: Crawford Allan
26 March 2016 Championship Falkirk 1–2 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
Vaulks 90+1' Report White 76'
Statnton 90'
Attendance: 3,897
Referee: Nick Walsh
2 April 2016 Championship Livingston 0–0 Alloa Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 927
Referee: Alan Muir
5 April 2016 Championship Hibernian 2–1 Livingston Easter Road
19:45 Stokes 75'
Boyle 78'
Report White 23' Attendance: 7,289
Referee: Barry Cook
9 April 2016 Championship Greenock Morton 2–1 Livingston Cappielow
15:00 Johnstone 51'
O'Ware 82'
Report White 23' Attendance: 1,463
Referee: John McKendrick
23 April 2016 Championship Queen of the South 3–1 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 60 (pen)' 69'
Oliver 79'
Report Sam Stanton 29' Attendance: 1,421
Referee: Mat Northcroft
26 April 2016 Championship Livingston 1–0 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Halkett 45+1' Report Attendance: 5,021
Referee: Greg Aitken
1 May 2016 Championship Livingston 0–1 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Report Connolly 50' Attendance: 1,049
Referee: Craig Charleston

Championship play-off

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4 May 2016 Semi-Final Leg 1 Stranraer 5–2 Livingston Stair Park
19:45 McGuigan 14', 70'
Stirling 17'
Gibson 40'
Cole 81 o.g.'
Report White 10'
Buchanan 68'
Attendance: 589
Referee: John Beaton
7 May 2016 Semi-Final Leg 2 Livingston 4–3 (a.e.t.)
(6–8 agg.)
Stranraer Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan 18'
White 45+2'
Mullen 89'
Halkett 90+4'
Report Cairney 50'
Dick 109'
Longworth 120'
Attendance: 1,018
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Challenge Cup

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25 July 2015 Round 1 Livingston 2–1 Clyde Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Mullen 4'
Hippolyte 17'
BBC Report Bolochoweckyj 35' 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 115' Attendance: 1,189
Referee: Graham
20 October 2015 Round 3 Rangers 1–0 Livingston Ibrox Park
19:45 Clark 75' BBC Report Attendance: 17,386
Referee: Dallas

Scottish League Cup

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1 August 2015 First round Livingston 1–0 (a.e.t.) Clyde Almondvale Stadium
15:00 White 110' BBC Report Attendance: 664
Referee: McKendrick
25 August 2015 Second round St Mirren 2–3 Livingston St Mirren Park
17:45 Gallagher 16'
Mullan 45'
BBC Report Buchanan 41'
Mullen 45'
Gallagher 84'
Attendance: 1,568
Referee: Colvin
22 September 2015 Third round Livingston 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Almondvale Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Storey 12'
Devine 43'
Attendance: 644
Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup

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28 November 2015 Round 3 Peterhead 1–3 Livingston Balmoor
15:00 McAllister 90+1' (pen.) BBC Report Glen 14'
White 25', 74'
Attendance: 587
Referee: Allan
9 January 2016 Round 4 Livingston 0–1 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Fotheringham Yellow card 22'
White Yellow card 69'
Report McKee Yellow card 63'
O'Ware 65'
Russell Yellow card 72'
Pepper Yellow card 90+2'
Attendance: 873
Referee: Charleston

Player statistics

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Squad

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As of 7 May 2016 (UTC)[4]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Darren Jamieson 16 0 10+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Sierra Leone SLE Osman Kakay 12 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Jackson Longridge 39 1 29+1 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Darren Cole 25 0 19+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Craig Sives 9 0 5+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Ben Gordon 35 1 28+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Scott Pittman 41 2 30+2 2 3+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Mark Fotheringham 17 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Jordan White 44 16 25+9 10 2+1 1 1+1 2 5+0 3
10 FW Scotland SCO Danny Mullen 26 4 12+7 1 2+0 1 1+0 0 2+2 2
12 DF Scotland SCO Craig Halkett 17 2 15+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
14 DF Scotland SCO Declan Gallagher 30 2 23+0 1 3+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Morgyn Neill 31 0 17+6 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 3+1 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Jordyn Sheerin 36 3 8+21 3 1+1 0 1+1 0 1+2 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Liam Buchanan 45 14 26+9 11 2+1 1 2+0 0 4+1 2
20 MF Scotland SCO Ryan Currie 12 0 1+7 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
21 MF England ENG Moses Duckrell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Sam Stanton 16 3 12+1 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
26 GK Scotland SCO Marc McCallum 30 0 26+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
30 MF Scotland SCO Charlie Telfer 15 0 10+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
31 FW Scotland SCO Gary Glen 27 3 17+5 2 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+2 0
32 MF Scotland SCO Cammy Fraser 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF Scotland SCO Gabriel Auriemma 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW Scotland SCO Matthew Knox 8 0 2+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF Scotland SCO Josh Mullin 10 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
36 MF Scotland SCO Darren Smith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 MF Scotland SCO Kieran Somerville 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 GK Scotland SCO Conor Quinn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
2 DF Scotland SCO Ross Millen 14 0 7+2 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF Portugal POR Hugo Faria 20 0 15+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF England ENG Myles Hippolyte 23 2 11+6 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 1
12 GK England ENG Matt Gould 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Kieran Gibbons 23 0 15+3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF Bulgaria BUL Spas Georgiev 13 0 2+6 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
27 FW Scotland SCO Mark Burchill 8 1 5+0 0 1+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
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 (R) 36 8 7 21 37 51 −14 31 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 4 9 23 22 67 −45 21 Relegation to League One
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Division summary

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHHHAAHAHAHAAHHHAHHAAHH
ResultLLLDLLLWLLLWLLDLDWLLLDLDLWDWLWDLLLWL
Position10910910101010910107777888899999999999999999
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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See also

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References

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