2018–19 Livingston F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was the club's first season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football since 2006,[1] having been promoted via the Premiership play-off[2] from the Scottish Championship, at the end of the previous season.[3] Livingston also competed in the League and Scottish Cup.

Livingston
2018–19 season
ChairmanRobert Wilson
ManagerKenny Miller
(Until 20 August 2018)
Gary Holt
(From 23 August 2018)
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
PremiershipNinth place
League CupSecond round, lost to Motherwell
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to Heart of Midlothian
Highest home attendanceLeague/All: 9,246
(v. Rangers, 30 September)
Lowest home attendanceLeague: 1,022
(v. Hamilton, 3 April)
All: 552
(v. Berwick Rangers , 28 July (League Cup))
Average home league attendance3,664
Biggest win5–0
(v. Hearts, 14 December)
Biggest defeat0–3
(v. Rangers, 24 Nov. and 26 Jan.)
(v. Motherwell, 2 February)

Summary

Management

Having led the club to consecutive promotions manager David Hopkin departed the club during the close season on 31 May 2018, having declined the offer of a new contract.[4] First team coach David Martindale took charge of team affairs in the interim.[5] On 30 June 2018, former Rangers and Scotland striker Kenny Miller was appointed as player-manager on a two-year contract.[6] Livingston marked his first managerial appointment.[7]

On 20 August 2018, after just seven games Miller parted company with Livingston.[8] The club wished Miller to take up a full time managers role, rather than the dual role he was currently undertaking and he wished to continue his career as a footballer.[9] Assistant manager David Martindale[10] took over team affairs in the interim,[11] with Gary Holt being appointed as Head Coach three days later.[12]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Premiership

4 August 2018 Scottish Premiership Celtic 3 1 Livingston Celtic Park
15:00 Rogic 8'
Édouard 26'
Ntcham 50' (pen.)
BBC Report Robinson 90+3' Attendance: 58,778
Referee: Walsh
11 August 2018 Scottish Premiership Livingston 0 0 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 2,586
Referee: Duncan
25 August 2018 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 0 2 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 BBC Report Hamilton 14'
Lithgow 36'
Attendance: 4,347
Referee: Beaton
1 September 2018 Scottish Premiership Livingston 2 1 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Byrne 58'
Pittman 70'
BBC Report Horgan 52' Attendance: 5,305
Referee: McLean
30 September 2018 Scottish Premiership Livingston 1 0 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
13:30 Menga 34' BBC Report Attendance: 9,246
Referee: Thomson
6 October 2018 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 1 1 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 Bowman 17'
McHugh  78' 
BBC Report Jacobs 64' Attendance: 4,256
Referee: Collum
20 October 2018 Scottish Premiership Livingston 4 0 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Gallagher 18'
Halkett 43'
Lawless 76'
Lithgow 89'
BBC Report Attendance: Walsh
Referee: 2,137
27 October 2018 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen P P Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00
Note: Postponed due to Aberdeen's involvement in League Cup Semi Final.[13]
11 November 2018 Scottish Premiership Livingston 0 0 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
12:00 BBC Report Attendance: 9,016
Referee: Clancy
24 November 2018 Scottish Premiership Rangers 3 0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Candeias 20'
Morelos 83'
Arfield 88'
Report Attendance: 49,448
Referee: Nick Walsh
1 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Livingston 2 0 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Lawless 22'
Hamilton  34'
Halkett 83'
Report Bigirimana  36'
Tait  64'
Attendance: 1,982
Referee: Anderson
5 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Kilmarnock 2 0 Livingston Rugby Park
19:45 Stewart 3', 20' Report Byrne  39'
Pittman  71'
Attendance: 4,143
Referee: Madden
8 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Livingston 3 1 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Pittman 50'
Hardie 64'
Sibbald 88'
BBC Report Jones 36' Attendance: 1,727
Referee: Dallas
11 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 3 2 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 McGinn 9'
Cosgrove 57'
Ferguson 90+2'
BBC Report Pittman 12'
McMillan 33'
Attendance: 12,252
Referee: Thomson
14 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Livingston 5 0 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Menga  64', 76'
Halkett 72' (Penalty)
Hardie 77', 79'
Byrne 86'
BBC Report Djoum  52'  74'
Zlamal  72'
Attendance: 4,201
Referee: Walsh
22 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Hibernian 1 1 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 Porteous  43', 80' Report Menga  55'
Hardie 56',  72'
Lawless  86'
Attendance: 17,056
Referee: Greg Aitken
26 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Dundee 0 0 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 Boyle  9'
McGowan  29'
Report Hamilton  84' Attendance: 4,905
Referee: Bobby Madden
29 December 2018 Scottish Premiership Livingston 1 2 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Hardie 89' Report Wilson 71'
Lithgow 85' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,548
Referee: Steven McLean
23 January 2019 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 1 0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
19:45 Davidson 78' BBC Report Attendance: 1,946
Referee: Dallas
26 January 2019 Scottish Premiership Livingston 0 3 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Jack 30'
Kent 48'
Morelos 74'
Attendance: 9,028
Referee: Clancy
2 February 2019 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 3 0 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 Hastie 6', 21'
Main 12'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,839
Referee: Beaton
6 February 2019 Scottish Premiership Heart of Midlothian 0 0 Livingston Tynecastle Park
19:45 Lee  50' BBC Report Gallagher  37'
Lawless  88'
Attendance: 15,147
Referee: Muir
16 February 2019 Scottish Premiership Livingston 1 – 2 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Byrne  14'
Halkett 18'
Report Nelson 54'
Wright 82'
Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Greg Aitken
23 February 2019 Scottish Premiership Livingston 1 – 0 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Erskine 44'
Brown  71'
Kelly  90'
Report Attendance: 2,569
Referee: Andrew Dallas
2 March 2019 Scottish Premiership St Mirren 1 0 Livingston St Mirren Park
19:45 S McGinn  65'
Flynn 89'
Report Jacobs  19'
Lawson  48'
Robinson  69'
Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Nick Walsh
9 March 2019 Scottish Premiership Livingston 3 1 St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Halkett 38'
Sibbald 46',  62'
Pittman 90+2'
Report Shaughnessy 14'
Goss  63'
Attendance: 1,615
Referee: John Beaton
16 March 2019 Scottish Premiership Aberdeen 1 1 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 McGinn 30' Report Sibbald 43' Attendance: 14,366
Referee: Don Robertson
29 March 2019 Scottish Premiership Livingston 1 2 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Hardie 90+1' (pen.) Report Hanlon 71'
Mallan 75'
Attendance: 4,774
Referee: Nick Walsh
3 April 2019 Scottish Premiership Livingston 2 0 Hamilton Academical Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Robinson  13'
Lithgow  33'
Hardie 46'
Halkett 79'
Report Andreu  62'
Miller  66'
Attendance: 1,022
Referee: Alan Muir
6 April 2019 Scottish Premiership Celtic 0 0 Livingston Celtic Park
15:00 Report Lamie  42'  47'
Gallagher  51'
Halkett  67'
Lithgow  76'
Attendance: 58,850
Referee: Euan Anderson
27 April 2019 Scottish Premiership Hamilton Academical 3 – 3 Livingston Hamilton
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Oakley 40'
Imrie 47' (pen.),  62'
Smith  86'
McGowan 90'
Report Kelly  47'
Pittman 57', 71'
Lawson 67'
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,135
Referee: Greg Aitken
4 May 2019 Scottish Premiership St Johnstone 1 – 1 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 O'Halloran 4' Report Halkett  51' 84'
Gallagher  86'
Attendance: 2,222
Referee: David Munro
11 May 2019 Scottish Premiership Livingston 0 – 1 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Report K. Miller 11' Attendance: 1,374
Referee: Alan Newlands
18 May 2019 Scottish Premiership Motherwell 3 2 Livingston Motherwell
12:30 BST (UTC+1) Donnelly 10'
Turnbull 21', 25' (pen.) 44'
Report Hardie 42'
Tiffoney 80', 81'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,794
Referee: David Munro

League Cup

Scottish Cup

First team player statistics

Appearances

During the 2018–19 season, Livingston used thirty three players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[18]
Scott Pittman and Declan Gallagher started every match of the season.

As of 18 May 2019
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  SCO Liam Kelly 4203605010
3 DF  SCO Ricki Lamie 30023+203+100+10
4 DF  SCO Alan Lithgow 3823521+1010
5 DF  NIR Ciaron Brown 504+100000
6 MF  SCO Shaun Byrne 38229+325010
7 MF  RSA Keaghan Jacobs 33126+510+1010
8 MF  SCO Scott Pittman 4473865110
9 FW  SCO Ryan Hardie 22713+870010
10 MF  SCO Craig Sibbald 29316+1031+2000
12 GK  SCO Gary Maley 00000000
14 DF  ENG Hakeem Odoffin 1307+600000
15 MF  SCO Steven Lawless 37329+631010
17 MF  SCO Scott Robinson 31219+724+1000
18 FW  SCO Lee Miller 1216+303100
19 FW  SCO Chris Erskine 1118+21000+10
21 GK  SCO Ross Stewart 20200000
22 MF  SCO Scott Tiffoney 821+720000
23 MF  ITA Raffaele De Vita 300+300000
26 DF  SCO Craig Halkett 4073475010
31 DF  SCO Declan Gallagher 4413815010
33 DF  TOG Steve Lawson 25116+910000
39 MF  SCO Gregg Wylde 300+200010
45 FW  ANG Dolly Menga 26220+520010
Players who left the club during the season
2 DF  SCO Jack McMillan 1123+410+4100
5 DF  SCO Steven Saunders 502+102000
9 FW  SCO Kenny Miller 71205100
11 MF  SCO Nicky Cadden 1604+803+1000
12 DF  SCO Callum Crane 40003+1000
14 MF  ALB Egli Kaja 802+402000
16 FW  SCO Matthew Knox 10000+1000
19 MF  NIR Bobby Burns 803+500000
22 MF  SCO Craig Henderson 00000000
24 MF  SCO Cameron Blues 00000000
25 DF  ENG James Brown 10100000
25 DF  NED Henk van Schaik 100+100000
28 DF  SCO Cammy Clark 00000000
30 FW  SCO Jack Hamilton 1822+1112+210+10

Disciplinary record

During the 2018–19 season, Livingston players were issued with Sixty-one yellow cards and four red. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.

Last updated 18 May 2019
Number Nation Position Name Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup Total
1GKLiam Kelly 40000040
2DFJack McMillan 20000020
3DFRicki Lamie 40010041
4DFAlan Lithgow 30000030
5DFCiaron Brown 10000010
6MFShaun Byrne 21001031
7MFKeaghan Jacobs 50000050
8MFScott Pittman 30100040
9FWKenny Miller 10100020
9FWRyan Hardie 10000010
10MFCraig Sibbald 10000010
14MFEgli Kaja 10000010
15MFSteven Lawless 30000030
17MFScott Robinson 40000040
19MFBobby Burns 10000010
26DFCraig Halkett 61000061
30FWJack Hamilton 11000011
31DFDeclan Gallagher 70000070
33DFSteve Lawson 20000020
45FWDolly Menga 60000060
Total 5832110614

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
7 St Johnstone 38 15 7 16 38 48 10 52
8 Motherwell 38 15 6 17 46 56 10 51
9 Livingston 38 11 11 16 42 44 2 44
10 Hamilton Academical 38 9 6 23 28 75 47 33
11 St Mirren (O) 38 8 8 22 34 66 32 32 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[20]
(O) Play-off winner
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 LIV AIR HAM ANN BER
1 Livingston (Q) 4 3 1 0 0 5 1 +4 11 Qualification for the Second Round 1–0 2–0
2 Airdrieonians 4 2 0 1 1 9 4 +5 7 1–2 4–1
3 Hamilton Academical 4 1 1 1 1 5 2 +3 6 0–0p p1–1
4 Annan Athletic 4 2 0 0 2 6 5 +1 6 1–0 4–0
5 Berwick Rangers 4 0 0 0 4 0 10 10 0 0–3 0–4
Source: [21]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[22]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Management statistics

Last updated on 18 May 2019
Name From To P W D L Win%[note 3]
Kenny Miller[23] 14 July 2018 20 August 2018 7 3 2 2 042.86
Gary Holt[24] 23 August 2018 18 May 2019 37 11 10 16 029.73

Transfers

See also

Notes

  1. Due to ongoing work on the playing surface at Almondvale the match was played at Prestonfield.[15]
  2. Due to late delivery of the new playing surface at Almondvale the match was played at Prestonfield.[16]
  3. Win% is the percentage of matches won rounded to two decimal places.
  4. Joined Dundee United as Goalkeeping Coach.

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