2021–22 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2021–22 season
ChairmanRobert Wilson
ManagerDavid Martindale
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
Scottish Premiership7th
Scottish CupFifth round
Scottish League CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Bruce Anderson (11)
All: Bruce Anderson (13)
Highest home attendance8,922 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 6 March 2022
Lowest home attendance545 vs. Cowdenbeath, League Cup, 24 July 2021
Average home league attendance1,800

The 2021–22 season was Livingston's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Season Summary

The 2021–22 season was Livingston first full season under the management of David Martindale. Marvin Bartley who had been named club captain and head coach of the Livi reserve team the previous season was promoted to the position of assistant manager in May 2021.[1]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

26 June 2021 Friendly Lincoln Red Imps 0–3 Livingston
28 June 2021 Friendly Europa 0–2 Livingston
3 July 2021 Friendly Livingston 3–0 East Stirlingshire Almondvale Stadium
Report
5 July 2021 Friendly Livingston 4–0 Arbroath Almondvale Stadium
Report

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Premiership
31 July 2021 1 Rangers 3–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 BST Hagi 30'
Wright 30'
Roofe 90'		 Report Attendance: 23,000
Referee: John Beaton
8 August 2021 2 Livingston 1–2 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Anderson 35' Report Jenks 47'
MacKenzie 90+4'		 Attendance: 1,710
Referee: Kevin Clancy
21 August 2021 3 Livingston 1–2 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Forrest 38' Report Watt 48'
Grimshaw 79'		 Attendance: 1,718
Referee: Craig Napier
28 August 2021 4 Hibernian 2–0 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 BST Nisbet 51'
Boyle 89'		 Report Attendance: 13,431
Referee: Steven McLean
11 September 2021 5 Dundee 0–0 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 5,015
Referee: Alan Muir
19 September 2021 6 Livingston 1–0 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Shinnie 25' Report Attendance: 8,573
Referee: Euan Anderson
25 September 2021 7 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Livingston Tynecastle Park
15:00 BST Smith 25'
Boyce 33 pen.'
Cochrane 64'		 Report Attendance: 16,175
Referee: Gavin Duncan
2 October 2021 8 Livingston 0–1 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Report Erhahon 29' Attendance: 1,627
Referee: Grant Irvine
16 October 2021 9 St Johnstone 0–3 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Report Bailey 3'
Anderson 29'
Pittman 66'		 Attendance: 4,274
Referee: Grant Irvine
23 October 2021 10 Ross County 2–3 Livingston Victoria Park
15:00 BST Clarke 7'
Callachan 67 pen.'		 Report Anderson 31'
Bailey 43'
Parkes 90+5'		 Attendance: 2,566
Referee: Euan Anderson
27 October 2021 11 Livingston 1–1 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
19:45 BST Clark 36 o.g.'
Williamson Red card 45+1'		 Report Pawlett 43' Attendance: 2,586
Referee: Colin Steven
30 October 2021 12 Celtic 0–0 Livingston Celtic Park
15:00 BST Report Obileye Red card 90+2' Attendance: 2,566
Referee: Bobby Madden
20 November 2021 13 St Mirren 1–1 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 BST McGrath 68' Report Devlin 88' Attendance: 3,016
Referee: Steven McLean
28 November 2021 14 Livingston 1–3 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
12:30 BST Anderson 30' Report Arfield 8'
Aribo 16'
Sakala 78'		 Attendance: 8,825
Referee: David Munro
1 December 2021 15 Aberdeen 2–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BST Hedges 23'
Bates 75'		 Report Longridge Red card 61' Attendance: 6,295
Referee: Craig Napier
5 December 2021 16 Livingston 0–1 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Report Boyce 49' Attendance: 5,597
Referee: Kevin Clancy
8 December 2021 17 Livingston 1–0 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
19:45 BST McMillan 16' Report McGinn Red card 85'
Hanlon Red card 89'		 Attendance: 2,363
Referee: Don Robertson
11 December 2021 18 Dundee United 0–1 Livingston Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Report Obileye 66 pen.' Attendance: 4,552
Referee: Gavin Duncan
18 December 2021 19 Livingston 1–1 Ross County Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Obileye 66 pen.' Report Cancola 45+1' Attendance: 2,554
Referee: Grant Irvine
26 December 2021 20 Motherwell 2–1 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 BST van Veen 13', 69' Report Anderson 87' Attendance: 500
Referee: Don Robertson
18 January 2022 21 Livingston 2–0 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
19:45 BST Anderson 46', 56' Report Referee: David Dickinson
26 January 2022 22 Rangers 1–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
19:45 BST Arfield 75' Report Attendance: 48,343
Referee: Don Robertson
29 January 2022 23 Hibernian 2–3 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 BST Mitchell 6'
Cadden 32'		 Report Obileye 18'
Fitzwater 53'
Forrest 59'		 Referee: Grant Irvine
1 February 2022 24 Livingston 1–2 St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
19:45 BST Anderson 34'
Nouble Red card 90+2'		 Report Hendry 11'
Crawford 90'		 Attendance: 1,319
Referee: Craig Napier
5 February 2022 25 Livingston 2–1 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Obileye 8'
Forrest 49'
Montaño Red card 82'		 Report Ramírez 66' Attendance: 4,276
Referee: Kevin Clancy
9 February 2022 26 Ross County 1–1 Livingston Victoria Park
19:45 BST Ramsay 90+3' Report Forrest 50' Attendance: 2,224
Referee: David Munro
19 February 2022 27 Livingston 1–1 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Anderson 55' Report Kiltie 78'
Dunne Red card 83'		 Attendance: 4,228
Referee: William Collum
26 February 2022 28 Dundee 0–4 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 BST Report Anderson 6', 21'
Pittman 18'
Fitzwater 65'		 Referee: Bobby Madden
2 March 2022 29 Livingston 2–1 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Pittman 23'
Edwards 83 o.g.'		 Report Smith 2' Attendance: 1,864
Referee: Colin Steven
6 March 2022 30 Livingston 1–3 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
12:00 BST Shinnie 56' Report Maeda 17'
Devlin 46 o.g.'
Forrest 55'		 Attendance: 8,922
Referee: Nick Walsh
19 March 2022 31 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Livingston Tynecastle Park
15:00 BST Baningime 3'
McKay 58'		 Report Attendance: 17,957
Referee: Euan Anderson
2 April 2022 32 St Johnstone 1–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Hendry 3 pen.' Report Referee: Kevin Clancy
9 April 2022 33 Livingston 2–2 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Bailey 26'
Forrest 58'		 Report Slattery 72'
Lamie 90+3'		 Attendance: 3,848
Referee: Don Robertson
23 April 2022 34 Aberdeen 1–2 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST McCrorie Red card 78'
Ferguson 90 pen.'		 Report Devlin 41'
Holt 70 pen.'		 Attendance: 12,338
Referee: Grant Irvine
30 April 2022 35 Livingston 1–0 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Pittman 57' Report Attendance: 2,840
Referee: Chris Graham
7 May 2022 36 Livingston 1–1 St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Fitzwater 90' Report Middleton 76' Attendance: 1,499
Referee: William Collum
11 May 2022 37 St Mirren 0–0 Livingston St Mirren Park
19:30 BST Report Attendance: 4,554
Referee: Kevin Clancy
15 May 2022 38 Livingston 2–1 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
12:15 BST Shinnie 78'
Forrest 84'		 Report Mulligan 59' Referee: John Beaton

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

10 July 2021 Group Stage Brechin City 0–3 Livingston Glebe Park
15:00 Report Parkes 1'
Obileye 61'
Longridge 90+1'		 Attendance: 250
Referee: Kevin Clancy
17 July 2021 Group Stage Alloa Athletic 2–1 Livingston Recreation Park
15:00 Taggart 82'
Trouten 86 pen.'		 Report Anderson 63' Attendance: 294
Referee: Craig Napier
21 July 2021 Group Stage Livingston 0–0
(6–5 p)		 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Report Attendance: 853
Referee: William Collum
24 July 2021 Group Stage Livingston 3–1 Cowdenbeath Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Todd 21 o.g.'
Anderson 38'
Sibbald 53'		 Report Buchanan 9' Attendance: 545
Referee: Steven Reid

Knockout round

14 August 2021 Second Round Livingston 1–1
(4–3 p)		 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Forrest 41' Report McCarthy 82' Attendance: 1,855
Referee: David Munro
22 September 2021 Quarter-final Rangers 2–0 Livingston Glasgow
19:45 Roofe 48'
Morelos 63'		 Report Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 35,579
Referee: Don Robertson

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Cup
22 January 2022 Fourth Round Livingston 1–0 Ross County Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BST Obileye 16 pen.' Report Attendance: 1,227
Referee: Bobby Madden
12 February 2022 Fifth Round Heart of Midlothian 0–0
(4–3 p)		 Livingston Tynecastle Park
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 12,232
Referee: Nick Walsh

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 15 May 2022

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Wales WAL Daniel Barden 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Nicky Devlin (c) 39 2 34+3 2 0 0 2 0
3 MF Scotland SCO Jackson Longridge 21 1 9+7 0 4 1 1 0
4 DF England ENG Tom Parkes 11 2 6+2 1 3 1 0 0
5 DF England ENG Jack Fitzwater 44 2 38 2 4 0 2 0
6 DF England ENG Ayo Obileye 40 6 32+2 4 2+2 1 2 1
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Pittman 34 4 22+6 4 4 0 2 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Bruce Anderson 34 13 20+8 11 4 2 2 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Craig Sibbald 17 1 10+4 0 2+1 1 0 0
11 MF Colombia COL Cristian Montaño 19 0 7+7 0 1+2 0 0+2 0
12 FW United States USA Sebastian Soto 12 0 2+10 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF England ENG Odin Bailey 33 3 22+9 3 0 0 1+1 0
15 DF Wales WAL Morgan Boyes 9 0 4+5 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF England ENG Adam Lewis 13 0 6+3 0 3+1 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Alan Forrest 38 6 26+10 6 0+1 0 1 0
18 MF Scotland SCO Jason Holt 42 1 37 1 2+1 0 2 0
19 FW England ENG Joel Nouble 18 0 13+3 0 0 0 1+1 0
21 DF Scotland SCO Jack McMillan 22 1 11+5 1 4 0 0+2 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Shinnie 33 3 18+12 3 2 0 0+1 0
23 FW England ENG Caleb Chukwuemeka 9 0 1+7 0 0 0 1 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Sean Kelly 17 0 9+6 0 1 0 0+1 0
29 MF Scotland SCO James Penrice 31 0 24+2 0 4 0 1 0
31 GK Russia RUS Ivan Konovalov 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
32 GK Poland POL Max Stryjek 40 0 35 0 3 0 2 0
33 MF Belgium BEL Stéphane Oméonga 29 0 25+2 0 0 0 2 0
36 GK Scotland SCO Gary Maley 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF England ENG Marvin Bartley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season
7 MF South Africa RSA Keaghan Jacobs 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
12 MF Scotland SCO Ben Williamson 7 0 4+1 0 1+1 0 0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Josh Mullin 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
15 FW Slovenia SVN Matej Poplatnik 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 FW Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN Harry Panayiotou 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Scotland SCO Gavin Reilly 4 0 0+1 0 0+3 0 0 0
23 FW Scotland SCO Jack Hamilton 9 0 0+8 0 0+1 0 0 0
30 GK United States USA Brian Schwake 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Jaze Kabia 4 0 0+2 0 1+1 0 0 0
38 MF England ENG Harrison Clark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Scotland SCO Carlo Pignatiello 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
5 Motherwell 38 12 10 16 42 61 −19 46 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6 Ross County 38 10 11 17 47 61 −14 41
7 Livingston 38 13 10 15 41 46 −5 49
8 Hibernian 38 11 12 15 38 42 −4 45
9 St Mirren 38 10 14 14 33 51 −18 44
Source: [2][3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[4]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

League Cup table

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAI LIV COW ALO BRE
1 Raith Rovers 4 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 9 Qualification for the second round — — — p0–0 4–0
2 Livingston 4 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 8 p0–0 — 3–1 — —
3 Cowdenbeath 4 2 0 0 2 5 6 −1 6 0–1 — — — 3–2
4 Alloa Athletic 4 1 0 1 2 2 3 −1 4 — 2–1 0–1 — —
5 Brechin City 4 1 0 0 3 3 10 −7 3 — 0–3 — 1–0 —
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[6]

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2021 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2021–22

See also

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