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

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 and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

Scottish First Division

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
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
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
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

9 August 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2 Livingston 5 – 0 Stirling Albion Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
Deuchar  23', 34', 90'
Jacobs  36' (o.g.)
Thom  87' (o.g.)
BBC Sport Attendance: 549
Referee: Brines

Scottish League Cup

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

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

Captains

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

Last updated 5 May 2012[10]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionScottish CupLeague CupRamsdens Challenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Darren Jamieson 100+000+000+001+00
GK Andrew McNeil 43036+002+002+003+00
GK Tony Bullock 000+000+000+000+00
GK Andrew Murphy 000+000+000+000+00
DF Craig Barr 42235+022+002+003+00
DF Cameron MacDonald 301+000+000+002+00
DF Callum Fordyce 1108+201+000+000+00
DF Jonathan Brown 1508+200+002+003+00
DF Jason Talbot 31125+001+002+013+00
DF Paul Watson 40132+012+002+004+00
DF Ross Docherty 1308+300+000+000+20
DF Michael Travis 300+100+000+000+20
DF Maurice Ross 808+000+000+000+00
DF Bryce Naples 000+000+000+000+00
DF Kevin McCann 10010+000+000+000+00
MF David Sinclair 1936+820+001+004+01
MF Liam Fox 29121+110+202+002+10
MF Keaghan Jacobs 38530+142+002+013+00
MF Kyle Jacobs 40329+532+001+102+00
MF Dean Cummings 1015+510+000+000+00
MF Ross Gray 100+000+000+000+10
MF Bobby Barr 43735+142+011+103+02
MF Stefan Scougall 30220+411+101+003+01
MF Lewis Turner 000+000+000+000+00
MF Mark Fotheringham 13211+022+000+000+00
MF Connor McDonald 300+300+000+000+00
MF Jack Beaumont 200+200+000+000+00
MF Jack Downie 100+100+000+000+00
FW Kenny Deuchar 27814+641+011+103+13
FW Marc McNulty 371625+5112+040+210+30
FW Iain Russell 331317+981+102+023+03
FW Rory Boulding 321312+13111+111+112+10
FW Andrew Russell 901+800+000+000+00
FW Dylan Easton 200+200+000+000+00
FW Michael Scott 101+000+000+000+00
FW Liam Gray 200+200+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
GKTony Bullock 0000000000
GKDarren Jamieson 0000000000
GKAndrew McNeil 0000000000
DFCraig Barr 70100020100
DFCameron MacDonald 0000001010
DFCallum Fordyce 1000000010
DFJonathan Brown 2000000020
DFJason Talbot 1100001021
DFPaul Watson 6100100071
DFRoss Docherty 1000000010
DFMichael Travis 0000000000
DFMaurice Ross 2000000020
DFBryce Naples 0000000000
DFKevin McCann 0000000000
MFDavid Sinclair 0000000000
MFLiam Fox 2010100040
MFKeaghan Jacobs 3000000030
MFKyle Jacobs 3000000030
MFDean Cummings 0000000000
MFRoss Gray 0000000000
MFBobby Barr 4010000050
MFStefan Scougall 0000001010
MFLewis Turner 0000000000
MFMark Fotheringham 6100000061
MFConnor McDonald 0000000000
MFJack Beaumont 0000000000
MFJack Downie 0000000000
FWKenny Deuchar 2000000020
FWMarc McNulty 3000001040
FWIain Russell 3000001040
FWRory Boulding 1100000011
FWAndrew Russell 1000000010
FWDylan Easton 0000000000
FWMichael Scott 0000000000
FWLiam Gray 1000000010

Awards

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

Team statistics

League table

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

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