2014–15 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2014–15 season
Manager	John McGlynn; (until 16 December); Mark Burchill
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Championship	Eighth Place
League Cup	Third Round
Challenge Cup	Winners
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Jordan White (11); All: Jordan White (15)
Highest home attendance	8,178 vs. Hearts, Championship, 27 December 2014
Lowest home attendance	620 vs. Queen of the South, League Cup, 26 August 2014
Average home league attendance	2,605
Home colours	Away colours

The 2014–15 season was Livingston's second season in the Scottish Championship and their fourth consecutive season in the second-tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division during the 2010–11 season.[1] Livingston also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Management

Livingston began the 2014–15 season under the management of John McGlynn who had been appointed in September 2013. On the 16 December, McGlynn left his position as manager by way of ‘mutual consent’ and was replaced by Mark Burchill in a player/manager role.[2] Off the field, Livingston had been deducted 5 points by the SPFL in November 2014 due to a breach in tax payments and were only spared from relegation on the final day of the season with a home victory over Queen of the South.[3][4]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre Season

10 July 2014	Forfar Athletic	1–1	Livingston	Station Park, Forfar
19:30		Report

12 July 2014	Dunfermline Athletic	1–0	Livingston	Ainsley Park, Edinburgh
19:30	Forbes 16'	Report

16 July 2014	Arbroath	0–3	Livingston	Gayfield Park, Arbroath
19:45		Report

22 July 2014	Preston Athletic	1–5	Livingston	Pennypit Park, Prestonpans
19:30		Report

24 July 2014	Dalkeith Thistle	1–2	Livingston	King’s Park, Dalkeith
19:30		Report

Scottish Championship

9 August 2014 1	Hibernian	2–1	Livingston	Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00	El Alagui 16' Oxley 19'	Report	Gallagher 60'	Attendance: 9,390 Referee: Bobby Madden

16 August 2014 2	Livingston	2–1	Cowdenbeath	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Mullen 46' White 74'	Report	Milne 89'	Attendance: 1,147 Referee: Euan Anderson

23 August 2014 3	Queen of the South	1–1	Livingston	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	Jacobs 34 o.g.' Fowler 72'	Report	White 66 pen.'	Attendance: 1,805 Referee: Greg Aitken

30 August 2014 4	Dumbarton	1–0	Livingston	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00	Kane 89'	Report		Attendance: 814 Referee: Barry Cook

13 September 2014 5	Livingston	4–0	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Fordyce 27' White 33', 63', 77'	Report		Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Kevin Clancy

20 September 2014 6	Livingston	0–1	Raith Rovers	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report	Scott 18'	Attendance: 1,309 Referee: Bobby Madden

28 September 2014 7	Hearts	5–0	Livingston	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
16:05	El Hassnaoui 14' Walker 30' Sow 43', 90' Keatings 87'	Report		Attendance: 14,848 Referee: Don Robertson

4 October 2014 8	Livingston	0–1	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report	Macleod 8'	Attendance: 5,924 Referee: Stephen Finnie

18 October 2014 9	Livingston	0–4	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report	Malonga 31' Handling 53' McGeouch 70 pen.' Heffernan 86'	Attendance: 2,666 Referee: Greg Aitken

21 October 2014 10	Falkirk	0–0	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45		Report		Attendance: 3,021 Referee: Andrew Dallas

25 October 2014 11	Livingston	2–2	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Mullen 81' Glen 88'	Report	Russell 31' Reilly 69'	Attendance: 1,099 Referee: Kevin Graham

8 November 2014 12	Alloa Athletic	1–0	Livingston	Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00	Buchanan 48'	Report	Gallagher 90+4'	Attendance: 586 Referee: Matt Northcroft

15 November 2014 13	Livingston	1–2	Dumbarton	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Mullen 29'	Report	Fleming 62' Megginson 70'	Attendance: 1,020 Referee: Stephen Finnie

22 November 2014 14	Cowdenbeath	1–0	Livingston	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00	Gallagher 54'	Report		Attendance: 542 Referee: Alan Muir

6 December 2014 15	Raith Rovers	1–5	Livingston	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00	Perry 2' Anderson 45'	Report	White 3 pen.' Burchill 23' Glen 44' Mullen 78' McKenna 88'	Attendance: 1,385 Referee: Crawford Allan

13 December 2014 16	Livingston	0–1	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report	Alston 28'	Attendance: 1,176 Referee: Barry Cook

20 December 2014 17	Rangers	2–0	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Aird 10' Mensing 74 o.g.'	Report		Attendance: 28,053 Referee: Willie Collum

27 December 2014 18	Livingston	0–1	Hearts	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report	Keatings 25'	Attendance: 8,178 Referee: John McKendrick

3 January 2015 19	Queen of the South	3–1	Livingston	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	Dowie 31' Lyle 65' Russell 76'	Report	White 39'	Attendance: 1,940 Referee: Greg Aitken

10 January 2015 20	Livingston	1–1	Cowdenbeath	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Mullen 4'	Report	Mensing 26 o.g.'	Attendance: 829 Referee: George Salmond

24 January 2015 21	Dumbarton	1–5	Livingston	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00	McCullam 87'	Report	White 5', 82' Mullen 63', 73' Jacobs 79'	Attendance: 793 Referee: Craig Charleston

3 February 2015 22	Livingston	0–0	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report		Attendance: 723 Referee: Euan Anderson

7 February 2015 23	Livingston	2–3	Hearts	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Sives 52' Jacobs 90+4 pen.'	Report	Zeefuik 4' Anderson 82' Walker 84'	Attendance: 5,352 Referee: Brian Colvin

14 February 2015 24	Hearts	1–0	Livingston	Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh
15:00	Walker 40'	Report	Praprotnik 74'	Attendance: 15,463 Referee: Alan Muir

21 February 2015 25	Falkirk	2–0	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Duffie 8' Vaulks 16'	Report		Attendance: 3,780 Referee: Craig Thomson

28 February 2015 26	Livingston	0–2	Raith Rovers	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report	Callachan 15' Vaughan 21'	Attendance: 972 Referee: Don Robertson

11 March 2015 27	Hibernian	2–1	Livingston	Easter Road, Edinburgh
19:45	Cummings 31' Dja Djédjé 89'	Report	Sekajja 88'	Attendance: 7,857 Referee: Stephen Finnie

14 March 2015 28	Rangers	1–1	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Vučkić 9'	Report	Sekajja 45'	Attendance: 35,066 Referee: Andrew Dallas

21 March 2015 29	Livingston	1–2	Dumbarton	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Sives 14'	Report	Agnew 80' Fleming 88'	Attendance: 831 Referee: John McKendrick

28 March 2015 30	Alloa Athletic	2–2	Livingston	Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00	Buchanan 53', 73'	Report	Gordon 59 o.g.' Boulding 89'	Attendance: 706 Referee: Willie Collum

8 April 2015 31	Livingston	2–1	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	Mullen 9', 54'	Report	Baird 44 pen.'	Attendance: 1,047 Referee: Euan Anderson

11 April 2015 32	Cowdenbeath	1–2	Livingston	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00	Wedderburn 48'	Report	White 63', 80'	Attendance: 624 Referee: Crawford Allan

15 April 2015 33	Livingston	1–1	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	Hippolyte 47'	Report	Žaliūkas 49'	Attendance: 4,345 Referee: Greg Aitken

22 April 2015 34	Livingston	1–3	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	Hippolyte 14' Cole 45'	Report	Robertson 8' Cummings 15' Malonga 82'	Attendance: 2,301 Referee: Andrew Dallas

25 April 2015 35	Raith Rovers	0–4	Livingston	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00		Report	Fordyce 19' Sives 49' Mullen 55' Barr 71 o.g.'	Attendance: 1,766 Referee: Kevin Graham

2 May 2015 36	Livingston	1–0	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Jacobs 78 pen.'	Report		Attendance: 2,475 Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish Challenge Cup

26 July 2014 First Round	Queen of the South	3–4 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	Dowie 24' Russell 56' Paton 107'	Report	Sives 58' Mullen 65' Hippolyte 98' Robertson 115'	Attendance: 1,196 Referee: Craig Charleston

20 August 2014 Second Round	Livingston	4–1	Hearts	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	White 6', 76' Hippolyte 81' Robertson 84'	Report	Talbot 90+1 o.g.'	Attendance: 3,807 Referee: Crawford Allan

6 September 2014 Quarter-Final	Peterhead	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead
15:00	Rodgers 120+1'	Report	Hippolyte 113'	Attendance: 695 Referee: Brian Colvin

12 October 2014 Semi-Final	Livingston	1–1 (5–4 p)	Stranraer	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Glen 66'	Report	Longworth 45'	Attendance: 845 Referee: George Salmond

5 April 2015 Final	Livingston	4–0	Alloa Athletic	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	Pittman 21' Fordyce 61' White 86', 90+2'	Report		Attendance: 2,869 Referee: John Beaton

Scottish League Cup

2 August 2014 First Round	Albion Rovers	0–0 (3–4 p)	Livingston	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00		Report		Attendance: 536 Referee: Des Roache

26 August 2014 Second Round	Livingston	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	Hippolyte 119'	Report		Attendance: 620 Referee: George Salmond

23 September 2014 Third Round	Aberdeen	4–0	Livingston	Pittodrie, Aberdeen
19:45	Taylor 8' Rooney 61', 74', 87'	Report		Attendance: 6,454 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Scottish Cup

1 November 2014 Third Round	Annan Athletic	3–2	Livingston	Galabank, Annan
15:00	Weatherson 20', 41' McColm 58'	Report	Jacobs 13' Mullen 83'	Attendance: 560 Referee: Euan Anderson

Player statistics

As of 2 May 2015 (UTC)[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Darren Jamieson	45	0	36+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	0
2	DF		Craig Sives	28	4	20+1	3	2+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
3	DF		Jason Talbot	35	0	28+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
4	DF		Darren Cole	11	0	8+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF		Callum Fordyce	44	3	35+0	2	3+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	1
6	MF		Kyle Jacobs	43	2	34+0	2	3+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	0
7	MF		Keaghan Jacobs	39	2	32+0	1	2+0	0	1+0	1	4+0	0
8	MF		Burton O'Brien	37	0	28+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	0
9	FW		Rory Boulding	4	1	0+4	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	FW		Myles Hippolyte	42	6	12+21	2	0+3	1	1+0	0	1+4	3
12	GK		Kevin Walker	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF		Declan Gallagher	33	1	28+0	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
15	MF		Nejc Praprotnik	9	0	4+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF		Jack Beaumont	5	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
17	MF		Michael McKenna	33	1	12+13	1	3+0	0	0+1	0	4+0	0
18	FW		Jordan White	44	15	28+7	11	2+1	0	1+0	0	3+2	4
19	FW		Gary Glen	38	3	18+11	2	3+0	0	1+0	0	3+2	1
20	FW		Danny Mullen	41	12	26+7	10	2+1	0	0+1	1	4+0	1
22	FW		Ibra Sekajja	11	2	8+3	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF		Bradley Donaldson	3	0	1+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	FW		Scott Pittman	13	1	10+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	1
27	FW		Mark Burchill	14	1	4+7	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
30	DF		Shaun Rutherford	14	0	10+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
31	MF		Darren Moffat	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	MF		Ryan Currie	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	DF		Jordan Cook	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
4	MF		Simon Mensing	7	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW		Rob Ogleby	16	0	1+11	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	0
10	MF		David Robertson	19	2	6+7	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	1+2	2
21	GK		Paul Grant	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	Raith Rovers	36	12	7	17	42	65	−23	43
7	Dumbarton	36	9	7	20	36	79	−43	34
8	Livingston[lower-alpha 1]	36	8	8	20	41	53	−12	27
9	Alloa Athletic (O)	36	6	9	21	34	56	−22	27	Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10	Cowdenbeath (R)	36	7	4	25	31	86	−55	25	Relegation to League One

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

Livingston were deducted 5 points due to failure of tax payments.

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	W	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	W
Position	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	8

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
David Robertson	Greenock Morton	Free[7]
Jordan White	Stirling Albion	Free[8]
Robert Ogleby	Wrexham	Free[9]
Declan Gallagher	Dundee	Free[10]
Bradley Donaldson	Hibernian	Free[11]
Michael McKenna	Musselburgh Athletic	Free[12]
Myles Hippolyte	Southall	Free
Gary Glen	Ross County	Free
Paul Grant	Hibernian	Free[13]
Ibra Sekajja	Inverness CT	Free[14]
Scott Pittman	Bo'ness United	Free[15]
Rory Boulding	Falkirk	Free[16]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Danny Denholm	Forfar Athletic	Free[17]
Marc McNulty	Sheffield United	Undisclosed[18]
Martin Scott	Raith Rovers	Free[19]
Andrew Barrowman	Greenock Morton	Free[20]
Kyle Lander	St Johnstone	Free
Ross Docherty	Airdrieonians	Free[21]
Simon Mensing	Atlanta Silverbacks	Free[22]

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