2012–13 Livingston F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Livingston's second consecutive season in the First Division, having been promoted after winning the Scottish Second Division during season 2010–11.[1] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Livingston
2012–13 season
ManagerJohn Hughes
(until 13 November)
Gareth Evans
(from 13 November – 28 February)
Richie Burke
(from 28 February)
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
First DivisionFourth Place
Challenge CupFirst Round
League CupThird Round
Scottish CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Iain Russell (15)
All: Iain Russell (18)
Highest home attendance1,762 vs. Partick Thistle, First Division, 5 January 2013
Lowest home attendance493 vs. Dumbarton, League Cup, 28 August 2012
Average home league attendance1,320

Summary

Season

During season 2012–13 Livingston finished fourth in the Scottish First Division.[2] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the third round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Management

They began the season under the management of John Hughes. On 13 November 2012, Hughes left the club after only nine months in charge[6] to take up the post of first team coach at Hartlepool United.[7] Gareth Evans took over as interim manager following Hughes departure.[6][8] At the end of November it was confirmed Evans would remain as manager on an ongoing basis.[9]

On 28 February 2013, Evans was sacked by the club[10] with Director of football John Collins resigning from his post.[11] Richie Burke the club's youth development manager took charge of the first team in the interim.[12] On 25 March, Burke was appointed as manager permanently with Mark Burchill joining the club as his assistant.[13] The duo were given contracts until 2015,[14] with Burchill also being registered as a player.[15]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

A match against Rapid Bucharest, scheduled for 7 July,[16] was called off due to a waterlogged pitch.[17]

4 July 2012[16] FriendlyLivingston0 – 2Concordia ChiajnaGrangemouth Stadium
14:00 Livingston Report
Concordia Report
Leca  6'
Stan  14'
Attendance: 300
10 July 2012[16] Friendly (Closed Door)Stirling Albion0 – 2LivingstonForthbank Stadium
19:30 Livingston Report McNulty  41', 57' Referee: Cook
14 July 2012[16] FriendlyLivingston3 – 2KilmarnockGrangemouth Stadium
15:00 Andreu  52'
Barr  67'
McNulty  73'
Livingston Report
Daily Record Report
Harkins  16'
McKenzie  41'

Scottish First Division

11 August 2012 Scottish First DivisionGreenock Morton2 – 2LivingstonCappielow Park
15:00 Weatherson  7'
Wallace  80'
SFL Report Russell  25'
Scougall  39'
Attendance: 1,898
Referee: Charleston
18 August 2012 Scottish First DivisionLivingston0 – 2Airdrie UnitedBraidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Boyle  48'
Bain  70'
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Tumilty
2 September 2012 Scottish First DivisionFalkirk1 – 2LivingstonFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch  34' (Penalty)
Dods  88' 
SFL Report Fordyce  39'
Watson  49'
Andreu  90'
Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Norris
22 September 2012 Scottish First DivisionDunfermline Athletic4 – 0LivingstonEast End Park
15:00 Barrowman  26', 65'
McMillan  30'
Thomson  61'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,958
Referee: Somers
29 September 2012 Scottish First DivisionLivingston5 – 0DumbartonBraidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 McNulty  9', 36'
Barr  12'
Booth  65'
Ke. Jacobs  77'
SFL Report Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Salmond
9 November 2012 Scottish First DivisionAirdrie United1 – 3LivingstonExcelsior Stadium
19:45 Di Giacomo  20' SFL Report McNulty  25'
Fox  63'
Russell  87' (Penalty)
Attendance: 1,003
Referee: McLean
24 November 2012 Scottish First DivisionPartick Thistle2 – 0LivingstonFirhill Stadium
15:00 Sinclair  54'
Bannigan  63'
SFL Report Attendance: 2,508
Referee: McKendrick
22 December 2012 Scottish First DivisionCowdenbeath1 – 1LivingstonCentral Park
15:00 McKenzie  1' SFL Report Scougall  70' Attendance: 409
Referee: Collum
2 January 2013 Scottish First DivisionFalkirkP – PLivingstonFalkirk Stadium
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
5 January 2013 Scottish First DivisionLivingston2 – 2Partick ThistleBraidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Andreu  29'
McNulty  90+2'
SFL Report Doolan  25'
Craig  32'
Welsh  89'
Attendance: 1,762
Referee: Salmond
19 January 2013 Scottish First DivisionGreenock Morton2 – 1LivingstonCappielow Park
15:00 Hardie  15'
MacDonald  68'
SFL Report Russell  53' Attendance: 1,913
Referee: Finnie
2 February 2013 Scottish First DivisionDumbarton3 – 4LivingstonDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Gilhaney  71'
Lithgow  90'
Prunty  90+4'
BBC Report Russell  43', 82'
Scougall  47'
Morton  86'
Attendance: 744
Referee: McKendrick
9 February 2013 Scottish First DivisionLivingston2 – 3DumbartonBraidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Morton  22'
Russell  45+2' (Penalty)
SFL Report Prunty  4'
Graham  23'
Agnew  69' (Penalty)
Gilhaney  79'
Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Robertson
16 February 2013 Scottish First DivisionLivingston3 – 0CowdenbeathBraidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Russell  27'
Andreu  39'
Garcia Tena  44'
SFL Report Attendance: 1,112
Referee: Muir
19 February 2013 Scottish First DivisionFalkirk2 – 0LivingstonFalkirk Stadium
19:45 Taylor  39', 63' SFL Report Attendance: 2,583
Referee: Brines
23 February 2013 Scottish First DivisionHamilton Academical1 – 1LivingstonNew Douglas Park
15:00 May  90+1' SFL Report Russell  77' Attendance: 914
Referee: Northcroft
2 March 2013 Scottish First DivisionLivingston4 – 1Airdrie UnitedBraidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Andreu  21', 39'
Russell  44'
Scougall  77'
SFL Report Lynch  75' 
Boyle  90+1'
Attendance: 1,132
Referee: Finnie
16 March 2013 Scottish First DivisionLivingstonP – PFalkirkBraidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to snow on pitch
23 March 2013 Scottish First DivisionPartick Thistle6 – 1LivingstonFirhill Stadium
15:00 Muirhead  19' (Penalty)
Craig  22'
Craigen  36'
Lawless  43'
Erskine  57'
Doolan  69'
SFL Report Watson  45' Attendance: 2,897
Referee: Salmond
30 March 2013 Scottish First DivisionLivingston2 – 2Dunfermline AthleticAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Andreu  54'
McNulty  68'
SFL Report Thomson  22'
Husband  90' (Penalty)
Attendance: 1,465
Referee: Robertson
2 April 2013 Scottish First DivisionLivingston1 – 2FalkirkAlmondvale Stadium
19:45 Russell  26' (Penalty)
Russell  82' 
SFL Report Higgins  62'
Talbot  73' (Own goal)
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Colvin
6 April 2013 Scottish First DivisionDumbarton0 – 3LivingstonDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Lander  32'
Watson  46'
Mullen  77'
Attendance: 705
Referee: Collum
9 April 2013 Scottish First DivisionCowdenbeath2 – 2LivingstonCentral Park
19:45 Stewart  35'
McKenzie  90'
SFL Report Watson  7'
Barr  71'
Attendance: 455
Referee: Allan
27 April 2013 Scottish First DivisionAirdrie United0 – 2LivingstonExcelsior Stadium
15:00 SFL Report Barr  26'
Garcia Tena  80'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Madden
4 May 2013 Scottish First DivisionLivingston2 – 3Raith RoversAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Fox  45' (pen.)
Russell  90'
SFL Report G.Anderson  21'
Graham  82', 90'
Attendance: 1,302
Referee: Roache

Scottish Challenge Cup

28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1Annan Athletic1 – 0LivingstonGalabank
15:00 Bell  74' SFL Report Attendance: 572
Referee: Robertson

Scottish League Cup

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 1Stranraer0 – 8LivingstonStair Park
15:00 SFL Report Morton  17', 87'
McNulty  23', 66', 83'
Russell  39', 80'
McCann  62'
Attendance: 284
Referee: Hilland
28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 2Livingston3 – 2 (a.e.t.)DumbartonBraidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45 Russell  39' (Penalty)
Barr  96'
Easton  102'
SFL Report Lister  36'
Gilhaney  110'
Attendance: 493
Referee: Allan
25 September 2012 Scottish League Cup Round 3Heart of Midlothian3 – 1LivingstonTynecastle Stadium
19:45 Grainger  45'
Žaliūkas  70', 74'
BBC Report
SFL Report
McNulty  56' Attendance: 6,322
Referee: McLean

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Fox 28 Club captain

Last updated: 6 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 6 May 2013[20][21]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Darren Jamieson 303+000+000+000+00
GK Andrew McNeil 38033+001+003+001+00
DF Craig Barr 35432+040+002+001−+00
DF Callum Booth 31122+810+000+001+00
DF Ross Docherty 1309+100+003+000+00
DF Callum Fordyce 1618+411+002+100+00
DF Kevin McCann 31128+101+001+010+00
DF Jason Talbot 1208+400+000+000+00
DF Jesús García Tena 31329+030+001+001+00
DF Paul Watson 21317+131+002+000+00
MF Anthony Andreu 38733+071+003+001+00
MF Bobby Barr 814+101+001+110+00
MF Jack Beaumont 200+000+100+100+00
MF Dean Cummings 100+000+001+000+00
MF Coll Donaldson 503+200+000+000+00
MF Jack Downie 500+300+100+100+00
MF Liam Fox 28227+020+000+001+00
MF Ross Gray 700+500+000+200+00
MF Keaghan Jacobs 14310+131+001+001+00
MF Kyle Jacobs 19014+400+000+001+00
MF Connor McDonald 801+401+001+100+00
MF Burton O'Brien 24023+000+000+001+00
MF Stefan Scougall 33627+161+003+001+00
FW Mark Burchill 000+000+000+000+00
FW Dylan Easton 610+400+000+210+00
FW Kyle Lander 614+210+000+000+00
FW David Luongo 000+000+000+000+00
FW Marc McNulty 311120+671+003+041+00
FW Jordan Morton 29511+1331+003+020+10
FW Danny Mullen 2422+2120+000+000+10
FW Iain Russell 371828+5150+103+030+00
FW Andrew Russell 000+000+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 6 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
GKDarren Jamieson 0000000000
GKAndrew McNeil 0000000000
DFCraig Barr 6100200081
DFCallum Booth 3000000030
DFRoss Docherty 1100100021
DFCallum Fordyce 1000000010
DFKevin McCann 6100000061
DFJason Talbot 2000000020
DFJesús García Tena 8000100090
DFPaul Watson 1100000011
MFAnthony Andreu 1000000010
MFBobby Barr 0000000000
MFJack Beaumont 0000000000
MFDean Cummings 0000000000
MFColl Donaldson 0000000000
MFJack Downie 0000000000
MFLiam Fox 3000000030
MFRoss Gray 0000000000
MFKeaghan Jacobs 1000000010
MFKyle Jacobs 2000000020
MFConnor McDonald 1000000010
MFBurton O'Brien 2000000020
MFStefan Scougall 4000000040
FWMark Burchill 0000000000
FWDylan Easton 0000000000
FWKyle Lander 0000000000
FWDavid Luongo 0000000000
FWMarc McNulty 0000100010
FWJordan Morton 1010100030
FWDanny Mullen 0000000000
FWIain Russell 7100100081
FWAndrew Russell 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2 Greenock Morton 36 20 7 9 73 47 +26 67
3 Falkirk 36 15 8 13 52 48 +4 53
4 Livingston 36 14 10 12 58 56 +2 52
5 Hamilton Academical 36 14 9 13 52 45 +7 51
6 Raith Rovers 36 11 13 12 45 48 3 46
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary

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GroundAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAAHHAAHAAHHAHHHHAH
ResultDLDWLLWDWDWWLWDDWLWWLWLDWWLDLWDLDLWL
Position5787786665545446444444443333444[lower-alpha 1]43334
  1. Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[22]
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2013. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

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