2015–16 Livingston F.C. season

2015–16 season

Chairman

Gordon McDougall

Stadium

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The 2015–16 season will be Livingston's fifth consecutive season back in the second tier of Scottish football and their third season in the Scottish Championship,^[1] having finished first place in the Scottish Second Division at the end of the 2010–11 season. Livingston will also compete in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss Abandoned or Postponed

Scottish Championship

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Championship

8 August 2015 Championship	Raith Rovers	3 – 0	Lvingston	Stark's Park
15:00	Stewart 8' McCord 35' (Penalty) 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	Raith Rovers	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	Bcuhanan 22' (Penalty)	Attendance: 3,018 Referee: McKendrick

5 September 2015 Championship	Livingston	2 – 4	Greenock Morton	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Gordon 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 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 12' Gallagher 89'	Report	Hill 59' Crawford 64'	Attendance: 937 Referee: Brian Colvin

19 December 2015 Championship	Livingston	1 – 1	Dumbarton	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Pittman 14' White 43' Gordon 50'	Report	Saunders 89'	Attendance: 911 Referee: Matt Northcroft

26 December 2015 Championship	St Mirren	1 – 4	Livingston	St Mirren Park
15:00	Mallan 37' Shankland 41' Webster 90'	Report	Buchanan 23' 66' Gordon 32' Glen 54' Longridge 60' Hippolyte 86' Jordyn Sheerin 90+3'	Attendance: 2,952 Referee: Stephen Finnie

29 December 2015 Championship	Falkirk	2 - 0	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium
19:30	Miller 56' 60' Kerr 65'	Report	Gibbons 36'	Attendance: 4,245 Referee: Don Robertson

2 January 2016 Championship	Livingston	0 - 2	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Gordon 31' Glen 61'	Report	Jacobs 51' Lyle 65' Russell 77'	Attendance: 958 Referee: Willie Collum

16 January 2016 Championship	Rangers	4 - 1	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Wilson 8' 58' Waghorn 22' (pen.) 41' Miller 35'	Report	Gallagher 7' Gordon 12' White 32' Buchanan 55' 82'	Attendance: 42,906 Referee: Craig Thomson (referee)

23 January 2016 Championship	Livingston	v	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium
15:00

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Cup

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 22' White 69'	Report	McKee 63' O'Ware 65' Russell 72' Pepper 90+2'	Attendance: 873 Referee: Craig Charleston

Scottish Challenge Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Challenge Cup

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 2	Rangers	1 – 0	Livingston	Ibrox Park
19:45		BBC Report	Clark 75'	Attendance: 17,386 Referee: Dallas

League Cup

Main article: 2015–16 Scottish League Cup

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 First round	Livingston	0 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Storey 12' Devine 43'	Attendance: 644 Referee: Muir

Player statistics

Squad

Last updated 28 November 2015^[2]^[3]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Championship		Challenge Cup		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Darren Jamieson	11	0	7+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF		Ross Millen	13	0	7+2	0	1+0	0	2+1	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Jackson Longridge	20	0	14+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF		Darren Cole	11	0	8+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
5	DF		Craig Sives	8	0	5+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Ben Gordon	16	0	11+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF		Scott Pittman	14	1	13+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
8	MF		Hugo Faria	17	0	12+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
9	FW		Jordan White	14	4	7+6	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	2
10	FW		Danny Mullen	8	2	4+1	1	1+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
11	MF		Myles Hippolyte	16	2	10+2	1	1+0	1	2+0	0	0+1	0
12	GK		Matt Gould	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF		Darren Gallagher	21	1	15+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	1	1+0	0
15	MF		Morgyn Neill	13	0	7+2	0	1+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
16	MF		Kieran Gibbons	9	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	MF		Spas Georgiev	8	0	2+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	FW		Jordyn Sheerin	14	3	5+8	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	FW		Liam Buchanan	21	6	11+4	5	1+1	0	2+1	1	1+0	0
20	MF		Ryan Currie	5	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
21	MF		Moses Duckrell	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF		Sam Stanton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	GK		Mark McCallum	10	0	8+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
27	FW		Mark Burchill (player-coach)	8	1	5+0	0	1+1	1	1+0	0	0+0	0
31	FW		Gary Glen	18	2	10+4	1	1+0	0	1+1	0	1+0	1
32	MF		Cammy Fraser	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF		Gabriel Auriemma	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF		Darren Smith	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	MF		Kieran Somerville	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	GK		Conor Quinn	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Team statistics

League table

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 (Q, R)	36	8	7	21	37	51	−14	31	Qualification to Championship play-offs
10	Alloa Athletic (R)	36	4	9	23	22	67	−45	21	Relegation to Scottish League One

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	l	D	W	L
Position	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8

Last updated: 29 December 2015.
Source: ^[4]
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Spas Georgiev	Dobrudzha Dobrich	Free^[5]
Kieran Gibbons	Aberdeen	Free^[6]
Morgyn Neill	Motherwell	Free^[7]
Darren Smith	Hamilton Academical	Free
Liam Buchanan	Alloa Athletic	Free
Ben Gordon	Alloa Athletic	Free^[8]
Matt Gauld	Cheltenham Town	Loan^[9]
Ross Millen	Dunfermline Athletic	Loan^[8]
Jackson Longridge	Stranraer	Free^[10]
Hugo Faria	Apollon Smyrni	Free^[11]
Moses Duckrell	BK Sport	Free^[7]
Jordyn Sheerin	Musselburgh Athletic	Free^[12]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Shaun Rutherford	Queen of the South	Free^[13]
Kyle Jacobs	Queen of the South	Free^[14]
Burton O'Brien	Alloa Athletic	Free^[15]
Keaghan Jacobs	Bidvest Wits	Free^[16]
Jason Talbot	Dunfermline	Free^[17]
Callum Fordyce	Dunfermline Athletic	Free^[18]
Bradley Donaldson	Cowdenbeath	Free^[19]
Jack Beaumont	Cowdenbeath	Free^[20]
Michael McKenna	Berwick Rangers	Free
Kevin Walker	Berwick Rangers	Free
Nejc Praprotnik		Free
Ibra Sekajja		Free
Rory Boulding		Free
Darren Moffatt		Free
Ross King		Free

References

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↑ "Kieran Gibbons signs on". livingstonfc.co.uk. 30 June 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
1 2 "Livingston: Morgyn Neill and Moses Duckrell win deals". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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↑ "Livingston: Goalkeeper Matt Gould is handed contract". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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↑ "Livingston sign Portuguese midfielder Hugo Faria". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 19 August 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
↑ "Livingston sign 42-goal star Jordyn Sheerin". edinburghnews.com. edinburghnews. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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↑ "Queen of the South: James Fowler announces three new signings". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 29 June 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
↑ "Alloa Athletic: Burton O'Brien and Kyle McAusland join Alloa". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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↑ "Dunfermline boss signs Jason Talbot". thecourier.co.uk/sport. Neil Robertson. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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↑ "Cowdenbeath FC sign midfielder Jack Beaumont". centralfiftimes.com/sport. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.

Livingston Football Club

Club	Managers Players 2004 Scottish League Cup Final

Grounds	City Park Meadowbank Stadium Almondvale Stadium

Seasons	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

2015–16 in Scottish football

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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL Development League Women's Premier League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League

Related to national team	Results UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group D

Transfers	Summer 2015 Winter 2015–16

Club seasons

Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone

Championship	Alloa Athletic Dumbarton Falkirk Greenock Morton Hibernian Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers Rangers St. Mirren

League One	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Ayr United Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stranraer

League Two	Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Fife East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stirling Albion

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