2008–09 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston F.C.
2008–09 season
ManagerRoberto Landi
Paul Hegarty
David Hay
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
Scottish First Division7th
Scottish CupThird round
Scottish League CupThird round
Scottish Challenge CupQuarter-final

Season 2008–09 saw Livingston compete in the First Division. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Overview

Livingston started the season brightly with manager Roberto Landi winning manager of the month for August.[1] However their form dipped there after and a series of managers and financial problems saw them finish seventh in the League to confirm their place in the First Division. However at the start of the next season the club went into administration[2] and were relegated to the Scottish Third Division.[citation needed]

Managers

Livingston had a total of three managers over the season. They started under Roberto Landi who was sacked on 1 December after only five months in charge[3] with Paul Hegarty being appointed as manager on 5 December.[4] On 25 April only four months into his 18-month contract Hegarty was suspended by the club[5] over a private matter.[6] David Hay took over as interim manager for the last two games of the season.[7]

Results & fixtures

[8]   Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies

10 July 2008 Friendly Livingston 1–1 FC Unirea Almondvale Stadium
19:30 Liv Report
19 July 2008 Friendly Livingston 0–2 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Liv Report
29 July 2008 Friendly Livingston 0–0 Coventry City Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Coventry City Report

First Division

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish First Division
2 August 2008 St Johnstone 2–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 MacDonald 55'
Sheerin 90' (pen.)		 BBC Report Attendance: 2,692
Referee: Brines
9 August 2008 Livingston 2–0 Ross County Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Griffiths 12'
Talbot 66'		 BBC Report Craig Yellow card 40' Red card
Higgins Yellow card 63' Red card		 Attendance: 1,068
Referee: McKendrick
16 August 2008 Greenock Morton 1–2 Livingston Cappielow
15:00 Wake 31' BBC Report Quinn 10'
Griffiths 12'		 Attendance: 2,502
Referee: Winter
23 August 2008 Livingston 2–1 Clyde Almondvale Stadium
15:00 McParland 39'
Griffiths 86'		 BBC Report Clarke 29' Attendance: 1,725
Referee: McCurry
30 August 2008 Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Livingston East End Park
15:00 Kirk 53' BBC Report Griffiths 41', 74' Attendance: 3,414
Referee: Finnie
13 September 2008 Livingston 2–1 Airdrie United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Elliot 90' BBC Report Lynch 34'
McLaughlin 64'		 Attendance: 1,710
Referee: Smith
20 September 2008 Dundee 0–3 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 Scotland on Sunday Report
BBC Report		 Innes 40'
Elliot 84', 90'		 Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Muir
27 September 2008 Livingston 3–1 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Davidson 6'
Elliot 18', 82'		 BBC Report Maxwell 28' Attendance: 2,150
Referee: O'Reilly
4 October 2008 Queen of the South 6–1 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Dobbie 3', 12'
Weatherston 45', 58'
McQuilken 75'
Burns 83'		 BBC Report Mackay 25'
Elliot Red card 74'		 Attendance: 3,266
Referee: Boyle
18 October 2008 Livingston 0–1 St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Milne 30' Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Finnie
25 October 2008 Clyde 2–1 Livingston Broadwood Stadium
15:00 Trouten 63'
McSwegan 90'		 BBC Report Elliot 15' Attendance: 820
Referee: Charleston
1 November 2008 Livingston 1–0 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Elliot 76' BBC Report Attendance: 1,733
Referee: Winter
8 November 2008 Airdrie United 0–0 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,201
Referee: Conroy
15 November 2008 Livingston 2–3 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 McPake 5'
Elliot 62'		 BBC Report Kirk 19', 90'
Bayne 60'		 Attendance: 1,760
Referee: Smith
22 November 2008 Partick Thistle 2–1 Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 Buchanan 11'
McKeown 43'		 BBC Report Mackay 27' (pen.) Attendance: 2,416
Referee: Boyle
13 December 2008 Ross County 1–4 Livingston Victoria Park
15:00 McCulloch 45' BBC Report Davidson 34'
Elliot 47'
Griffiths 70'
Quinn 90'		 Attendance: 2,180
Referee: Law
20 December 2008 Livingston 2–0 Queen of the South Almondvale Stadium
15:00 McPake 51'
Elliot 55'		 BBC Report Barr Yellow card 78' Red card Attendance: 1,874
Referee: Brown
30 December 2008 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Livingston East End Park
19:45 Shields 65' BBC Report Attendance: 3,036
Referee: Muir
3 January 2009 Livingston 1–1 Airdrie United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Elliot 86' BBC Report Lynch 68' Attendance: 1,462
Referee: O'Reilly
17 January 2009 Livingston 1–1 Clyde Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Winters 31' BBC Report McLaren 41' Attendance: 1,354
24 January 2009 Greenock Morton 2–2 Livingston Cappielow
15:00 Wake 13'
McGuffie 16'		 BBC Report Griffiths 81'
Smith 87' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 2,307
Referee: Brines
31 January 2009 Livingston 4–2 Ross County Almondvale Stadium
15:00 One 10'
Davidson 15'
MackKay 45' (pen.)
Griffiths 90'		 BBC Report Hart 50'
Higgins 15'		 Attendance: Conroy
Referee: 1,378
7 February 2009 Livingston 1–2 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
15:00 McParland 73'
Griffiths Yellow card 77' Red card		 BBC Report Antoine-Curier 1'
Efrem 33'		 Attendance: 1,535
Referee: Boyle
14 February 2009 St Johnstone 1–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 Samuel 70' BBC Report Attendance: 2,752
Referee: Winter
21 February 2009 Dundee 4–1 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 Shinnie 48'
Efrem 55'
Antoine-Curier 68', 79'		 BBC Report De Vita 90' Attendance: 3,679
Referee: Finnie
28 February 2009 Livingston 2–4 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Griffiths 52', 73' BBC Report Harkins 18' (pen.), 90'
Paton 34'
Rowson 47'		 Attendance: 2,876
7 March 2009 Airdrie United 4–4 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Baird 8', 64'
Di Giacomo 54'
Cardle Red card 60'
Smyth 66'		 BBC Report Griffiths 42', 57'
One 43', 51'		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Nicholls
10 March 2009 Livingston 4–2 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
19:30 McParland 22'
Davidson 65', 68'
Griffiths 77'		 BBC Report Bell 56'
Graham 66'		 Attendance: 1,859
Referee: Calum Murray
14 March 2009 Livingston 1–0 St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Griffiths 33' BBC Report Referee: Finnie
21 March 2009 Queen of the South 3–3 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Wilson 35'
Dobie 54', 84'		 BBC Report Griffiths 57', 90'
Winters 88'		 Attendance: 2,487
Referee: Allan
4 April 2009 Clyde 0–1 Livingston Broadwood Stadium
15:00 McLaren Red card 57' BBC Report Hamill 22' Attendance: 957
Referee: Brown
11 April 2009 Livingston 0–2 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Wake 19' (83) Attendance: 1,815
Referee: Salmond
18 April 2009 Livingston 0–1 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Young 61'
MacKenzie Yellow card 88' Red card		 Attendance: Norris
Referee: 1,988
25 April 2009 Partick Thistle 1–0 Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 Buchanan 90' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: 2,803
Referee: S McDonald
2 May 2009 Ross County 2–2 Livingston Victoria Park
15:00 Craig 53', 59' (pen.)
Keddie Red card 16'		 BBC Report Griffiths 17'
Halliday 51'		 Attendance: 2,567
Referee: Somers
9 May 2009 Livingston 2–2 Queen of the South Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Winters 7'
Griffiths 8' (pen.)		 BBC Report Tosh 60' (pen.)
McLaughlin 67'		 Attendance: 1,652
Referee: McDermott

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish Challenge Cup
26 July 2008 First round Livingston 4–0 Stranraer Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Griffiths 33', 72'
Hamill 67'
McParland 70'		 BBC Report Nicol Red card 81' Referee: Brown
12 August 2008 Second round Livingston 1–0 Forfar Athletic Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Griffiths 51' BBC Report Attendance: 800
Referee: Murray
7 September 2008 Quarter-final Livingston 0–2 Partick Thistle Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Turner 75'
Twaddle 78'		 Referee: Somers

League Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish League Cup
6 August 2008 First round East Stirlingshire 1–2 (a.e.t.) Livingston Ochilview Park
19:30 Graham 90' BBC Report Fox 80'
Smith 113'		 Attendance: 360
Referee: Charleston
26 August 2008 Second round Livingston 2–1 (a.e.t.) St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Griffiths 58'
Cuenca 95'		 BBC report Craig 46' Attendance: 979
Referee: Nicholls
23 September 2008 Third round Celtic 4–0 Livingston Celtic Park
19:45 Loovens 24'
Samaras 64', 85' (pen.)
Brown 81'		 BBC Sport Attendance: 23,569
Referee: Collum

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2008–09 Scottish Cup
29 November 2009 Third round East Stirlingshire 2–1 Livingston Ochilview Park
15:00 Forrester 9'
Graham 55'		 BBC Report Fox 39' Attendance: 563
Referee: Charleston

Statistics

Squad

No. Pos Nat Player Total Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Alba Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK France FRA Pierre-Antoine Martini 17 0 13 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
GK Scotland SCO Roddy McKenzie 27 0 24 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Cameron MacDonald 20 0 17 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Chris Innes 36 1 30 1 0 0 3 0 3 0
DF England ENG Jason Talbot 33 1 28 1 1 0 2 0 2 0
DF Northern Ireland NIR Danny Griffin 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Dave Mackay 33 3 28 3 1 0 2 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO James McPake 23 2 18 2 1 0 2 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Gary Miller 29 0 23 0 1 0 3 0 2 0
DF Scotland SCO Phil Cave 5 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Andy Halliday 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Sinclair 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Anthony McParland 42 4 36 3 1 0 2 0 3 1
MF Scotland SCO Liam Fox 27 2 20 0 1 1 3 1 3 0
MF South Africa RSA Keaghan Jacobs 18 0 14 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
MF South Africa RSA Kyle Jacobs 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF South Africa RSA Devon Jacobs 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Chris Malone 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Joe Hamill 38 2 32 1 1 0 3 0 2 1
MF Scotland SCO Mark Torrance 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Rocco Quinn 19 1 15 1 0 0 2 0 2 0
MF Scotland SCO Murray Davidson 35 6 29 6 0 0 3 0 3 0
MF France FRA Milan Thomas 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW France FRA Armand One 14 3 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO David Winters 14 3 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Italy ITA Raffaele De Vita 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Argentina ARG Fernando Giarrizo 6 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Calum Elliot 14 11 13 11 0 0 1 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Leigh Griffiths 30 22 26 18 0 0 2 1 2 3
FW Scotland SCO Gordon Smith 8 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 0
    Trialist 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Queen of the South 36 12 11 13 57 50 +7 47
6 Greenock Morton 36 12 11 13 40 40 0 47
7 Livingston (R) 36 13 8 15 56 58 −2 47[a]
8 Ross County 36 13 8 15 42 46 −4 47
9 Airdrie United 36 10 12 14 29 43 −14 42[b] Qualification for the First Division Play-offs[c]
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Demoted to 3rd Division for Financial Irregularities
  2. ^ Spared Relegation as Losing Finalist in the playoff due to Livingston
  3. ^ The 9th placed team will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division.

References

  1. ^ "Manager of the month for August". Scottish Football League. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Livi to go into administration". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Sack for Livingston manager Landi". BBC. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Livi confirm Hegarty as new boss". BBC. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Hegarty turned away at Almondvale". BBC. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Livingston launch probe into Hegarty suspension". Scotsman Publications. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  7. ^ "David Hay Interim". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  8. ^ "fixtures 2008–09". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 4 September 2011.