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Livingston
1998–99 season
Manager	Ray Stewart
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Scottish Second Division	Winners
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: John Robertson (13); All: John Robertson (16)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1997–98 1999–00 →

Season 1998–99 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Second Division. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Livingston won the Scottish Second Division and were promoted.^[1] They reached the 3rd round of the league cup^[2] and the 4th round of the Scottish Cup.

The Challenge Cup was cancelled for the 1998–99 season due to a lack of sponsorship.

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss

Scottish Second Division

4 August 1998 1	Livingston	1–1	Stirling Albion	Almondvale Stadium
	McCormick 1'		Donald 5'

15 August 1998 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
	Shearer 56' Wilson 61'		Millar 83'

22 August 1998 3	Livingston	1–1	Forfar Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 40 pen.'		Brand 88'

29 August 1998 4	Queen of the South	0–1	Livingston	Palmerston Park
			Feroz 70' Robertson 87'

5 September 1998 5	Livingston	3–1	East Fife	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 7', 82 pen.' Robertson 35'		Moffat 21' McCulloch 82'

12 September 1998 6	Livingston	2–1	Arbroath	Almondvale Stadium
	McPhee 21' Sherry 38'		Peters 89'

19 September 1998 7	Clyde	1–1	Livingston	Broadwood Stadium
	McCusker 39'		Bingham 69 pen.'

26 September 1998 8	Alloa Athletic	3–4	Livingston	Recreation Park
	Simpson 3' Irvine 49 pen.', 70'		Deas 8' Sherry 33', 88' Robertson 55'

3 October 1998 9	Livingston	1–0	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	Deas 13'

10 October 1998 10	Livingston	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	Robertson 35' McPhee 76'		McLean 87'

17 October 1998 11	Stirling Albion	1–3	Livingston	Forthbank Stadium
	McCallum 90'		Robertson 3' Bingham 11' McManus 42'

24 October 1998 12	Livingston	2–0	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 20', 24'

31 October 1998 13	East Fife	2–3	Livingston	Bayview Stadium
	Brown 12' McManus 61 o.g.'		Robertson 9' Bingham 9' McCormack 83'

7 November 1998 14	Livingston	2–0	Clyde	Almondvale Stadium
	Deas 32' Watson 39'		McMillan 25'

14 November 1998 15	Arbroath	2–2	Livingston	Gayfield Park
	McGlashan 1' Arbuckle 61'		Deas 45' Bingham 51'

21 November 1998 16	Livingston	2–1	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Millar 44' King 45'		Irvine 72'

28 November 1998 17	Partick Thistle	1–3	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
	Dunn 77'		Fleming 38' Sherry 59' Robertson 85'

12 December 1998 18	Forfar Athletic	1–2	Livingston	Station Park
	Craig 47'		King 46' Bingham 68'

19 December 1998 19

Livingston

0–0

Stirling Albion

Almondvale Stadium

27 December 1998 20	Queen of the South	2–2	Livingston	Palmerston Park
	Eadie 1 pen.' Mallan 87'		Millar 46' Bingham 72'

16 January 1999 21	Alloa Athletic	1–3	Livingston	Recreation Park
	Simpson 10'		Robertson 17' McPhee 74' Feroz 78'

20 January 1999 22	Livingston	1–0	East Fife	Almondvale Stadium
	Millar 27'		Coyle 53'

30 January 1999 23	Livingston	1–1	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	McPhee 78'		Dunn 1'

6 February 1999 24	Clyde	0–3	Livingston	Broadwood Stadium
	Murray 55'		Robertson 43' King 65' McPhee 84'

16 February 1999 25	Livingston	1–0	Arbroath	Almondvale Stadium
	Fleming 44'

20 February 1999 26	Livingston	5–0	Forfar Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Robertson 5 pen.', 37' McCormick 7' King 18', 61'

27 February 1999 27	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–1	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
	McLean 24' Wilson 31' Shearer 70' Fridge 86'		McCormick 9' Deas 72'

6 March 1999 28	East Fife	1–1	Livingston	Bayview Stadium
	Dair 26'		Fleming 54'

13 March 1999 29	Livingston	1–2	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium
	Millar 54' Robertson 87'		Townsley 28' Adams 41' Lilley 75'

20 March 1999 30	Partick Thistle	1–1	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
	Dunn 44'		Little 12'

3 April 1999 31	Livingston	1–0	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	McPhee 65'		Haddow 76'

10 April 1999 32	Livingston	2–0	Clyde	Almondvale Stadium
	McPhee 46' King 68'

17 April 1999 33	Arbroath	1–1	Livingston	Gayfield Park
	Crawford 45'		Robertson 89'

24 April 1999 34

Stirling Albion

0–0

Livingston

Forthbank Stadium

1 May 1999 35	Livingston	4–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	King 8', 10' Deas 17' McPhee 23'		McCulloch 39' Christie 60' Stewart 66'

8 May 1999 36	Forfar Athletic	1–2	Livingston	Station Park
	McLaughlin 83 pen.'		McPhee 4' King 64'

Scottish League Cup

1 August 1998 First round	Cowdenbeath	0–2	Livingston	Central Park
15:00			Millar 17' Bingham 58'

8 August 1998 Second round	Livingston	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Bennett 75' Robertson 93'			Attendance: 3,038

19 August 1998 Third round	Kilmarnock	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	Rugby Park
19:45	Wright 25 pen.', 116' McCoist 92'		Bingham 50 pen.'	Attendance: 6,565

Scottish Cup

5 December 1998 First round	Dumbarton	1–1	Livingston	Boghead Park
15:00	Flannery 83'		Sherry 44' Millar 59'

8 December 1998 First round replay	Livingston	3–0	Dumbarton	Almondvale Stadium
19:30	Wilson 14 o.g.' Fleming 70' Bingham 90'

2 January 1999 Second round	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	McManus 44 o.g.'		Bingham 9 pen.' McCormick 63'	Attendance: 3,367

23 January 1999 Third round	Aberdeen	0–1	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00			Robertson 61'	Attendance: 10,311

13 February 1999 Fourth round	Livingston	1–3	St Johnstone	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Robertson 85'		Grant 18', 59' Scott 40'	Attendance: 5,700

Statistics

League table

^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Livingston (C, P)	36	22	11	3	64	35	+29	77	Promotion to the First Division
2	Inverness CT (P)	36	21	9	6	80	48	+32	72	Promotion to the First Division
3	Clyde	36	15	8	13	46	42	+4	53
4	Queen of the South	36	13	9	14	50	45	+5	48
5	Alloa Athletic	36	13	7	16	65	56	+9	46

Source: "1998-1999 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

^ "1998-99 Second Division". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 12 November 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "1998-99 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
^ "1998-99 Second Division Table". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

[1] "1998-99 Second Division". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 12 November 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "1998-99 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

[3] "1998-99 Second Division Table". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

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1998–99 Livingston F.C. season