2015–16 Livingston F.C. season

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.

Livingston
2015–16 season
ManagerMark Burchill
(until 21 December)
David Hopkin
(21 January)
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
ChampionshipNinth Place
{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

Summary

Management

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre Season
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 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
Main article: 2015–16 Scottish Championship
8 August 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 0 Lvingston 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 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 Buchanan  22' (pen.) 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 1 – 1 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan  51' Report Kerr  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  16'
Cole  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  13'
Stewart  37'
Connolly  48'		 Report Fotheringham  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  50'
Fotheringham  70'		 Attendance: 619
Referee: Craig Charleston
1 March 2016 Championship Livingston 0 – 0 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Longridge  22'
Stanton  79'		 Report McManus  77' Attendance: 787
Referee: Kevin Clancy
5 March 2016 Championship Livingston 2 – 0 Dumbarton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan  29'
Gordon  74'
White  83'		 Report Nadé  65'
Buchanan  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
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 Paul Cairney  50'
Dick  109'
Longworth  120'		 Attendance: 1,018
Referee: Craig Thomson

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

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

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

Player statistics

Squad
As of 7 May 2016 (UTC)[4]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionshipLeague CupScottish CupOther
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Darren Jamieson 16010+003+001+002+00
2 DF Osman Kakay 12010+000+000+002+00
3 DF Jackson Longridge 39129+113+002+004+00
4 DF Darren Cole 25019+100+002+002+10
5 DF Craig Sives 905+001+100+002+00
6 DF Ben Gordon 35128+012+002+003+00
7 MF Scott Pittman 41230+223+002+004+00
8 MF Mark Fotheringham 17014+000+001+001+10
9 FW Jordan White 441625+9102+111+125+03
10 FW Danny Mullen 26412+712+011+002+22
12 DF Craig Halkett 17215+010+000+002+01
14 DF Declan Gallagher 30223+013+012+002+00
15 MF Morgyn Neill 31017+601+102+003+10
18 FW Jordyn Sheerin 3638+2131+101+101+20
19 FW Liam Buchanan 451426+9112+112+004+12
20 MF Ryan Currie 1201+700+100+200+10
21 MF Moses Duckrell 000+000+000+000+00
23 MF Sam Stanton 16312+130+001+002+00
26 GK Marc McCallum 30026+000+001+003+00
30 MF Charlie Telfer 15010+300+000+001+10
31 FW Gary Glen 27317+521+001+011+20
32 MF Cammy Fraser 000+000+000+000+00
33 MF Gabriel Auriemma 000+000+000+000+00
34 FW Matthew Knox 802+500+100+000+00
35 MF Josh Mullin 1007+200+000+001+00
36 MF Darren Smith 000+000+000+000+00
37 MF Kieran Somerville 000+000+000+000+00
38 GK Conor Quinn 000+000+000+000+00
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
2 DF Ross Millen 1407+202+100+002+00
8 MF Hugo Faria 20015+300+001+001+00
11 MF Myles Hippolyte 23211+612+000+102+11
12 GK Matt Gould 000+000+000+000+00
16 MF Kieran Gibbons 23015+302+001+002+00
17 MF Spas Georgiev 1302+601+200+001+10
27 FW Mark Burchill 815+001+111+000+00

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 (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
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

See also

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