2011–12 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston F.C.
2011–12 season
Chairman Scotland Gordon McDougall
Manager Scotland Gary Bollan (Until 5 February 2012)
Scotland Brian Welsh (Caretaker)
Scotland John Hughes (From 14 February 2012)
Stadium Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
Scottish First Division Fifth
Ramsdens Challenge Cup Semi Final vs Hamilton Academical
League Cup Second round, lost to St Johnstone
Scottish Cup Fourth round, lost to Ayr United
Top goalscorer League:
Scotland Marc McNulty (11)
All:
Scotland Marc McNulty (16)
Highest home attendance 2,967 vs. Falkirk, 2 January 2012
Lowest home attendance 859 vs. Ayr United, 6 March 2012
Average home league attendance 1,776
Home colours
Away colours

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.

Summary

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

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 & fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre season

Scottish First Division

League Cup

Challenge Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

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

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

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
England GK Tony Bullock 0000000000
Scotland GK Darren Jamieson 0000000000
Scotland GK Andrew McNeil 0000000000
Scotland DF Craig Barr 70100020100
Scotland DF Cameron MacDonald 0000001010
Scotland DF Callum Fordyce 1000000010
Scotland DF Jonathan Brown 2000000020
England DF Jason Talbot 1100001021
Scotland DF Paul Watson 6100100071
Scotland DF Ross Docherty 1000000010
Scotland DF Michael Travis 0000000000
Scotland DF Maurice Ross 2000000020
Scotland DF Bryce Naples 0000000000
Scotland DF Kevin McCann 0000000000
Scotland MF David Sinclair 0000000000
Scotland MF Liam Fox 2010100040
South Africa MF Keaghan Jacobs 3000000030
South Africa MF Kyle Jacobs 3000000030
Scotland MF Dean Cummings 0000000000
Scotland MF Ross Gray 0000000000
Scotland MF Bobby Barr 4010000050
ScotlandMF Stefan Scougall 0000001010
Scotland MF Lewis Turner 0000000000
Scotland MF Mark Fotheringham 6100000061
Scotland MF Connor McDonald 0000000000
Scotland MF Jack Beaumont 0000000000
Scotland MF Jack Downie 0000000000
Scotland FW Kenny Deuchar 2000000020
Scotland FW Marc McNulty 3000001040
Scotland FW Iain Russell 3000001040
England FW Rory Boulding 1100000011
Scotland FW Andrew Russell 1000000010
Scotland FW Dylan Easton 0000000000
Scotland FW Michael Scott 0000000000
Scotland FW Liam Gray 1000000010

Awards

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

Team statistics

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C) 36 22 13 1 72 32+40 79 Promotion to 2012–13 Scottish Premier League
2 Dundee 36 15 10 11 53 43+10 55
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48+5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 561 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 46 493 44
8 Greenock Morton 36 10 12 14 40 5515 42
9 Ayr United 36 9 11 16 44 6723 38 Qualification to Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Queen of the South (R) 36 7 11 18 38 6426 32 Relegation to Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 5 May 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Jonathan Brown Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[12]
England Boulding, RoryRory Boulding England Accrington Stanley Free[13]
Scotland McNeil, AndrewAndrew McNeil Scotland Raith Rovers Free[14]
Scotland Ross, MauriceMaurice Ross Scotland Motherwell Free[15]
Scotland Fotheringham, MarkMark Fotheringham Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta Free[16]
Scotland McCann, KevinKevin McCann Scotland Greenock Morton Free[17]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Hamill, JoeJoe Hamill Scotland Raith Rovers Free[18]
Italy De Vita, RaffaeleRaffaele De Vita England Swindon Town Free[19]
Scotland Malone, ChristopherChristopher Malone Scotland Airdrie United Free[20]
South AfricaJacobs, DevonDevon Jacobs Scotland Stirling Albion Free[21]
Scotland Conway, AaronAaron Conway Scotland Peterhead Free[22]
Scotland McDowall, CraigCraig McDowall Scotland Alloa Athletic Free[23]
Scotland O’Byrne, MichaelMichael O’Byrne Scotland Albion Rovers Free[24]
Scotland Turner, LewisLewis Turner Free Agent Free[25]
England Bullock, TonyTony Bullock Retired[26]
Scotland Gray, RossRoss Gray Scotland Berwick Rangers Loan[27]
Scotland MacDonald, CameronCameron MacDonald Scotland Airdrie United[28] Free[29]
Scotland Ross, MauriceMaurice Ross Free Agent Free[30]
Scotland Fotheringham, MarkMark Fotheringham Scotland Dundee[31] Free[30]
Scotland Deuchar, KennyKenny Deuchar Scotland Stenhousemuir Loan[32]

References

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  13. "Rory Boulding signs one-year deal". livingstonfc.co.uk. Livingston F.C. 23 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
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  15. "Maurice Ross and Mark Fotheringham join Livingston". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 13 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
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  20. "Latest Squad News". airdrieunitedfc.com (Airdrie United F.C.). 18 May 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  21. "Jacobs signs on at Stirling Albion". stirlingobserver.co.uk. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  22. "PFC Sign Aaron Conway". peterheadfc.co.uk (Peterhead F.C.). 3 June 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  23. "More new faces arrive". alloaathletic.co.uk. Alloa Athletic F.C. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  24. "Two more in at the Rovers". scottishfootballleague.com. Scottish Football League. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  25. "Lewis turner moves on". Livingston F.C. 19 September 2011. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  26. "Livi keeper Tony Bullock forced to call it a day". Daily Record. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  27. "Rossco goes out on loan". Livingston F.C. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  28. "MacDonald signs and gets ban". Scottish Football League. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  29. "Cammy MacDonald moves on". livingstonfc.co.uk (Livingston F.C.). 10 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  30. 1 2 "Farewell to Fozzy and Mo". Livingston F.C. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  31. "FOZZY REJOINS DEE". Dundee F.C. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  32. "'Dr Goals' makes Warriors switch". Livingston F.C. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
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