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.
2015–16 season | |||
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Manager | Mark Burchill (until 21 December) David Hopkin (21 January) | ||
Stadium | Almondvale Stadium | ||
Championship | Ninth Place {Relegated via play-offs) | ||
League Cup | Third Round | ||
Challenge Cup | Third Round | ||
Scottish Cup | Fourth Round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Liam Buchanan (11) All: Jordan White (16) | ||
Highest home attendance | 6,505 vs. Rangers, Championship, 21 November 2015 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 664 vs. Clyde, League Cup, 1 August 2015 | ||
Average home league attendance | 1,764 | ||
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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 Buchanan Millen |
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 |
18 July 2015 | Livingston | 0 – 2 | Motherwell | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
19:30 | Report | Ainsworth Watt |
20 July 2015 | Bo'ness United | 1 – 5 | Livingston | Newtown Park, Bo'ness |
19:30 | Gribben |
Report | White Georgiev Currie |
Scottish Championship
8 August 2015 Championship | Raith Rovers | 3 – 0 | Lvingston | Stark's Park |
15:00 | Stewart McCord Megginson |
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 |
Attendance: 856 Referee: Salmond |
22 August 2015 Championship | Raith Rovers | 1 – 2 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Mullen |
BBC Report | Leahy Vaulks |
Attendance: 1,211 Referee: Dallas |
29 August 2015 Championship | St Mirren | 1 – 1 | Livingston | St Mirren Park |
15:00 | McMullan |
BBC Report | Buchanan |
Attendance: 3,018 Referee: McKendrick |
5 September 2015 Championship | Livingston | 2 – 4 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Gordon White Sheerin |
BBC Report | McCluskey Johnstone Barr Scullion |
Attendance: 1,186 Referee: Anderson |
12 September 2015 Championship | Rangers | 3 – 0 | Livingston | Ibrox Park |
15:00 | Wallace Waghorn Law |
BBC Report | Attendance: 44,832 Referee: Aitken |
19 September 2015 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 1 | Hibernian | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | Henderson |
Attendance: 3,007 Referee: Cook |
26 September 2015 Championship | Alloa Athletic | 0 – 3 | Livingston | Recreation Park |
15:00 | BBC Report | Buchanan Sheerin |
Attendance: 622 Referee: Northcroft |
3 October 2015 Championship | Dumbarton | 2 – 1 | Livingston | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Cawley Brophy |
BBC Report | Glen Hippolyte |
Attendance: 819 Referee: Walsh |
17 October 2015 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 1 | St Mirren | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | BBC Report | Mallan |
Attendance: 1,199 Referee: Roberson |
24 October 2015 Championship | Queen of the South | 1 – 4 | Livingston | Palmerston Park |
15:00 | Hilson |
BBC Report | Pittman White Buchanan |
Attendance: 1,485 Referee: Walsh |
31 October 2015 Championship | Livingston | 3 – 0 | Raith Rovers | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | White Gallagher |
BBC Report | Attendance: 957 |
7 November 2015 Championship | Greenock Morton | 1 – 0 | Livingston | Cappielow |
15:00 | Johnstone |
BBC Report | Attendance: 1,758 Referee: Charleston |
17 November 2015 Championship | Hibernian | 2 – 1 | Livingston | Easter Road |
19:45 | Keatings |
BBC Report | Sheerin |
Attendance: 7,801 Referee: Thomson |
21 November 2015 Championship | Livingston | 1 – 1 | Rangers | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Hippolyte |
BBC Report | Holt |
Attendance: 6,505 Referee: Salmond |
12 December 2015 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 1 | Alloa Athletic | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Glen Gallagher |
Report | Hill Crawford |
Attendance: 937 Referee: |
19 December 2015 Championship | Livingston | 1 – 1 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Pittman White Gordon |
Report | Saunders |
Attendance: 911 Referee: |
26 December 2015 Championship | St Mirren | 1 – 4 | Livingston | St Mirren Park |
15:00 | Mallan Shankland Webster |
Report | Buchanan Gordon Glen Longridge Hippolyte Jordyn Sheerin |
Attendance: 2,952 Referee: |
29 December 2015 Championship | Falkirk | 2 – 0 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium |
19:30 | Miller Kerr |
Report | Gibbons |
Attendance: 4,245 Referee: |
2 January 2016 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 2 | Queen of the South | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Gordon Glen |
Report | Jacobs Lyle Russell |
Attendance: 958 Referee: |
16 January 2016 Championship | Rangers | 4 – 1 | Livingston | Ibrox Stadium |
15:00 | Wilson Waghorn Miller |
Report | Gallagher Gordon White Buchanan |
Attendance: 42,906 Referee: |
23 January 2016 Championship | Livingston | 1 – 1 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Buchanan |
Report | Kerr Sibbald |
Attendance: 1,536 Referee: |
30 January 2016 Championship | Dumbarton | 1 – 0 | Livingston | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
15:00 | Docherty |
Report | Halkett Cole |
Attendance: 760 Referee: |
13 February 2016 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 0 | Hibernian | Almondvale Stadium |
17:15 | Report | Attendance: 2,663 Referee: |
20 February 2016 Championship | Raith Rovers | 2 – 0 | Livingston | Stark's Park |
15:00 | Robertson Stewart Connolly |
Report | Fotheringham |
Attendance: 1,617 Referee: |
27 February 2016 Championship | Alloa Athletic | 1 – 3 | Livingston | Recreation Park |
15:00 | Duffy |
Report | Longridge White Stanton Cole Fotheringham |
Attendance: 619 Referee: |
1 March 2016 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 0 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium |
19:45 | Longridge Stanton |
Report | McManus |
Attendance: 787 Referee: |
5 March 2016 Championship | Livingston | 2 – 0 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Buchanan Gordon White |
Report | Nadé Buchanan |
Attendance: 828 Referee: |
19 March 2016 Championship | Livingston | 2 – 3 | St Mirren | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Buchanan White |
Report | Mallan Shankland |
Attendance: 1,228 Referee: |
26 March 2016 Championship | Falkirk | 1 – 2 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium |
Vaulks |
Report | White Statnton |
Attendance: 3,897 Referee: |
2 April 2016 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 0 | Alloa Athletic | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Report | Attendance: 927 Referee: |
5 April 2016 Championship | Hibernian | 2 – 1 | Livingston | Easter Road |
19:45 | Stokes Boyle |
Report | White |
Attendance: 7,289 Referee: |
9 April 2016 Championship | Greenock Morton | 2 – 1 | Livingston | Cappielow |
15:00 | Johnstone O'Ware |
Report | White |
Attendance: 1,463 Referee: |
23 April 2016 Championship | Queen of the South | 3 – 1 | Livingston | Palmerston Park |
15:00 | Lyle Oliver |
Report | Sam Stanton |
Attendance: 1,421 Referee: |
26 April 2016 Championship | Livingston | 1 – 0 | Rangers | Almondvale Stadium |
19:45 | Halkett |
Report | Attendance: 5,021 Referee: |
1 May 2016 Championship | Livingston | 0 – 1 | Raith Rovers | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Report | Connolly |
Attendance: 1,049 Referee: |
Championship Play-off
4 May 2016 Semi-Final Leg 1 | Stranraer | 5 – 2 | Livingston | Stair Park |
19:45 | McGuigan Stirling Gibson Cole |
Report | White Buchanan |
Attendance: 589 Referee: |
7 May 2016 Semi-Final Leg 2 | Livingston | 4 – 3 (a.e.t.) (6 – 8 agg.) | Stranraer | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Buchanan White Mullen Halkett |
Report | Paul Cairney Dick Longworth |
Attendance: 1,018 Referee: |
Scottish Challenge Cup
25 July 2015 Round 1 | Livingston | 2 – 1 | Clyde | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Mullen Hippolyte |
BBC Report | Bolochoweckyj |
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 |
Attendance: 1,189 Referee: Graham |
20 October 2015 Round 3 | Rangers | 1 – 0 | Livingston | Ibrox Park |
19:45 | Clark |
BBC Report | Attendance: 17,386 Referee: Dallas |
Scottish League Cup
1 August 2015 First round | Livingston | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Clyde | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | White |
BBC Report | Attendance: 664 Referee: McKendrick |
25 August 2015 Second round | St Mirren | 2 – 3 | Livingston | St Mirren Park |
17:45 | Gallagher Mullan |
BBC Report | Buchanan Mullen Gallagher |
Attendance: 1,568 Referee: Colvin |
22 September 2015 Third round | Livingston | 0 – 2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Almondvale Stadium |
19:45 | BBC Report | Storey Devine |
Attendance: 644 Referee: Muir |
Scottish Cup
28 November 2015 Round 3 | Peterhead | 1 – 3 | Livingston | Balmoor |
15:00 | McAllister |
BBC Report | Glen White |
Attendance: 587 Referee: Allan |
9 January 2016 Round 4 | Livingston | 0 – 1 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium |
15:00 | Fotheringham White |
Report | McKee O'Ware Russell Pepper |
Attendance: 873 Referee: |
Player statistics
Squad
- As of 7 May 2016 (UTC)[4]
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Other | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | Darren Jamieson | 16 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Osman Kakay | 12 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Jackson Longridge | 39 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Darren Cole | 25 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Craig Sives | 9 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Ben Gordon | 35 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Scott Pittman | 41 | 2 | 30+2 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Mark Fotheringham | 17 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Jordan White | 44 | 16 | 25+9 | 10 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 5+0 | 3 | |
10 | FW | Danny Mullen | 26 | 4 | 12+7 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 | |
12 | DF | Craig Halkett | 17 | 2 | 15+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | |
14 | DF | Declan Gallagher | 30 | 2 | 23+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
15 | MF | Morgyn Neill | 31 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
18 | FW | Jordyn Sheerin | 36 | 3 | 8+21 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | |
19 | FW | Liam Buchanan | 45 | 14 | 26+9 | 11 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 | |
20 | MF | Ryan Currie | 12 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
21 | MF | Moses Duckrell | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
23 | MF | Sam Stanton | 16 | 3 | 12+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
26 | GK | Marc McCallum | 30 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
30 | MF | Charlie Telfer | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
31 | FW | Gary Glen | 27 | 3 | 17+5 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | |
32 | MF | Cammy Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
33 | MF | Gabriel Auriemma | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
34 | FW | Matthew Knox | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
35 | MF | Josh Mullin | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
36 | MF | Darren Smith | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
37 | MF | Kieran Somerville | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
38 | GK | Conor Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | Ross Millen | 14 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
8 | MF | Hugo Faria | 20 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Myles Hippolyte | 23 | 2 | 11+6 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | |
12 | GK | Matt Gould | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
16 | MF | Kieran Gibbons | 23 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Spas Georgiev | 13 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
27 | FW | Mark Burchill | 8 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Team statistics
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.
Division summary
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Transfers
See also
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