2021–22 Livingston F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was the club's fourth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston also competed in the Scottish Cup and the League Cup.

Livingston
2021–22 season
ChairmanRobert Wilson
ManagerDavid Martindale
StadiumTony Macaroni Arena
Scottish PremiershipSeventh Place
Scottish League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFifth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Bruce Anderson (11)
All: Bruce Anderson (13)

Season Summary

The 2021–22 season was Livingston first full season under the management of David Martindale. Marvin Bartley who had been named club captain and head coach of the Livi reserve team the previous season was promoted to the position of assistant manager in May 2021.[1]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season
26 June 2021 Friendly Lincoln Red Imps 0–3 Livingston
28 June 2021 Friendly Europa 0–2 Livingston
3 July 2021 Friendly Livingston 3–0 East Stirlingshire Tony Macaroni Arena
Report
5 July 2021 Friendly Livingston 4–0 Arbroath Tony Macaroni Arena
Report

Scottish Premiership
Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Premiership
31 July 2021 1 Rangers 3–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 BST Hagi 30'
Wright 30'
Roofe 90'		 Report Attendance: 23,000
Referee: John Beaton
8 August 2021 2 Livingston 1–2 Aberdeen Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Anderson 35' Report Jenks 47'
MacKenzie 90+4'		 Attendance: 1,710
Referee: Kevin Clancy
21 August 2021 3 Livingston 1–2 Motherwell Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Forrest 38' Report Watt 48'
Grimshaw 79'		 Attendance: 1,718
Referee: Craig Napier
28 August 2021 4 Hibernian 2–0 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 BST Nisbet 51'
Boyle 89'		 Report Attendance: 13,431
Referee: Steven McLean
11 September 2021 5 Dundee 0–0 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 5,015
Referee: Alan Muir
19 September 2021 6 Livingston 1–0 Celtic Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Shinnie 25' Report Attendance: 8,573
Referee: Euan Anderson
25 September 2021 7 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Livingston Tynecastle Park
15:00 BST Smith 25'
Boyce 33 pen.'
Cochrane 64'		 Report Attendance: 16,175
Referee: Gavin Duncan
2 October 2021 8 Livingston 0–1 St Mirren Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Report Erhahon 29' Attendance: 1,627
Referee: Grant Irvine
16 October 2021 9 St Johnstone 0–3 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Report Bailey 3'
Anderson 29'
Pittman 66'		 Attendance: 4,274
Referee: Grant Irvine
23 October 2021 10 Ross County 2–3 Livingston Victoria Park
15:00 BST Clarke 7'
Callachan 67 pen.'		 Report Anderson 31'
Bailey 43'
Parkes 90+5'		 Attendance: 2,566
Referee: Euan Anderson
27 October 2021 11 Livingston 1–1 Dundee United Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 BST Clark 36 o.g.'
Williamson  45+1'		 Report Pawlett 43' Attendance: 2,586
Referee: Colin Steven
30 October 2021 12 Celtic 0–0 Livingston Celtic Park
15:00 BST Report Obileye  90+2' Attendance: 2,566
Referee: Bobby Madden
20 November 2021 13 St Mirren 1–1 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 BST McGrath 68' Report Devlin 88' Attendance: 3,016
Referee: Steven McLean
28 November 2021 14 Livingston 1–3 Rangers Tony Macaroni Arena
12:30 BST Anderson 30' Report Arfield 8'
Aribo 16'
Sakala 78'		 Attendance: 8,825
Referee: David Munro
1 December 2021 15 Aberdeen 2–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BST Hedges 23'
Bates 75'		 Report Longridge  61' Attendance: 6,295
Referee: Craig Napier
5 December 2021 16 Livingston 0–1 Heart of Midlothian Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Report Boyce 49' Attendance: 5,597
Referee: Kevin Clancy
8 December 2021 17 Livingston 1–0 Hibernian Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 BST McMillan 16' Report McGinn  85'
Hanlon  89'		 Attendance: 2,363
Referee: Don Robertson
11 December 2021 18 Dundee United 0–1 Livingston Tannadice Park
15:00 BST Report Obileye 66 pen.' Attendance: 4,552
Referee: Gavin Duncan
18 December 2021 19 Livingston 1–1 Ross County Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Obileye 66 pen.' Report Cancola 45+1' Attendance: 2,554
Referee: Grant Irvine
26 December 2021 20 Motherwell 2–1 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 BST van Veen 13', 69' Report Anderson 87' Attendance: 500
Referee: Don Robertson
18 January 2022 21 Livingston 2–0 Dundee Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 BST Anderson 46', 56' Report Referee: David Dickinson
26 January 2022 22 Rangers 1–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
19:45 BST Arfield 75' Report Attendance: 48,343
Referee: Don Robertson
29 January 2022 23 Hibernian 2–3 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 BST Mitchell 6'
Cadden 32'		 Report Obileye 18'
Fitzwater 53'
Forrest 59'		 Referee: Grant Irvine
1 February 2022 24 Livingston 1–2 St Johnstone Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 BST Anderson 34'
Nouble  90+2'		 Report Hendry 11'
Crawford 90'		 Attendance: 1,319
Referee: Craig Napier
5 February 2022 25 Livingston 2–1 Aberdeen Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Obileye 8'
Forrest 49'
Montaño  82'		 Report Ramírez 66' Attendance: 4,276
Referee: Kevin Clancy
9 February 2022 26 Ross County 1–1 Livingston Victoria Park
19:45 BST Ramsay 90+3' Report Forrest 50' Attendance: 2,224
Referee: David Munro
19 February 2022 27 Livingston 1–1 St Mirren Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Anderson 55' Report Kiltie 78'
Dunne  83'		 Referee: William Collum
26 February 2022 28 Dundee 0–4 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 BST Report Anderson 6', 21'
Pittman 18'
Fitzwater 65'		 Referee: Bobby Madden
2 March 2022 29 Livingston 2–1 Dundee United Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Pittman 23'
Edwards 83 o.g.'		 Report Smith 2' Referee: Colin Steven
6 March 2022 30 Livingston 1–3 Celtic Tony Macaroni Arena
12:00 BST Shinnie 56' Report Maeda 17'
Devlin 46 o.g.'
Forrest 55'		 Referee: Nick Walsh
19 March 2022 31 Heart of Midlothian 2–0 Livingston Tynecastle Park
15:00 BST Baningime 3'
McKay 58'		 Report Attendance: 17,957
Referee: Euan Anderson
2 April 2022 32 St Johnstone 1–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 BST Hendry 3 pen.' Report Referee: Kevin Clancy
9 April 2022 33 Livingston 2–2 Motherwell Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Bailey 26'
Forrest 58'		 Report Slattery 72'
Lamie 90+3'		 Referee: Don Robertson
23 April 2022 34 Aberdeen 1–2 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BST McCrorie  78'
Ferguson 90 pen.'		 Report Devlin 41'
Holt 70 pen.'		 Attendance: 12,338
Referee: Grant Irvine
30 April 2022 35 Livingston 1–0 Hibernian Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Pittman 57' Report Referee: Chris Graham

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2021–22 Scottish League Cup

Group stage
10 July 2021 Group Stage Brechin City 0–3 Livingston Glebe Park
15:00 Report Parkes 1'
Obileye 61'
Longridge 90+1'		 Attendance: 250
Referee: Kevin Clancy
17 July 2021 Group Stage Alloa Athletic 2–1 Livingston Recreation Park
15:00 Taggart 82'
Trouten 86 pen.'		 Report Anderson 63' Attendance: 294
Referee: Craig Napier
21 July 2021 Group Stage Livingston 0–0
(6–5 p)		 Raith Rovers Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 Report Attendance: 853
Referee: William Collum
24 July 2021 Group Stage Livingston 3–1 Cowdenbeath Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Todd 21 o.g.'
Anderson 38'
Sibbald 53'		 Report Buchanan 9' Attendance: 545
Referee: Steven Reid

Knockout Round
14 August 2021 Second Round Livingston 1–1
(4–3 p)		 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Forrest 41' Report McCarthy 82' Attendance: 1,855
Referee: David Munro

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Cup
22 January 2022 Fourth Round Livingston 1–0 Ross County Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 BST Obileye 16 pen.' Report Attendance: 1,227
Referee: Bobby Madden
12 February 2022 Fifth Round Heart of Midlothian 0–0
(4–3 p)		 Livingston Tynecastle Park
15:00 BST Report Attendance: 12,232
Referee: Nick Walsh

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 30 April 2022

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK  WAL Daniel Barden 10001000
2 DF  SCO Nicky Devlin (c) 36232+220020
3 MF  SCO Jackson Longridge 2018+704110
4 DF  ENG Tom Parkes 1126+213100
5 DF  ENG Jack Fitzwater 4113514020
6 DF  ENG Ayo Obileye 38631+142+2121
8 MF  SCO Scott Pittman 31420+544020
9 FW  SCO Bruce Anderson 341320+8114220
10 MF  SCO Craig Sibbald 1519+302+1100
11 MF  COL Cristian Montaño 1806+701+200+20
12 FW  USA Sebastian Soto 901+800000
14 MF  ENG Odin Bailey 30320+83001+10
15 DF  WAL Morgan Boyes 601+500000
16 DF  ENG Adam Lewis 1205+303+1000
17 MF  SCO Alan Forrest 35525+850+1010
18 MF  SCO Jason Holt 4013512+1020
19 FW  ENG Joel Nouble 15011+20001+10
21 DF  SCO Jack McMillan 21110+51400+20
22 MF  SCO Andrew Shinnie 31216+122200+10
23 FW  ENG Caleb Chukwuemeka 700+600010
24 DF  SCO Sean Kelly 1507+60100+10
29 MF  SCO James Penrice 31024+204010
31 GK  RUS Ivan Konovalov 10100000
32 GK  POL Max Stryjek 3903403020
33 MF  BEL Stéphane Oméonga 27024+100020
36 GK  SCO Gary Maley 00000000
40 MF  ENG Marvin Bartley 00000000
Players who left the club during the season
7 MF  RSA Keaghan Jacobs 200+200000
12 MF  SCO Ben Williamson 704+101+1000
14 MF  SCO Josh Mullin 10000+1000
15 FW  SVN Matej Poplatnik 00000000
15 FW  ENG Harry Panayiotou 400+400000
20 FW  SCO Gavin Reilly 400+100+3000
23 FW  SCO Jack Hamilton 900+800+1000
30 GK  USA Brian Schwake 00000000
37 FW  IRL Jaze Kabia 400+201+1000
38 MF  ENG Harrison Clark 00000000
39 MF  SCO Carlo Pignatiello 00000000

Team statistics

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
5 Ross County 35 10 11 14 45 54 −9 41 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
6 Motherwell 35 10 10 15 39 54 −15 40
7 Livingston 35 12 8 15 38 44 −6 44
8 Hibernian 35 10 11 14 32 38 −6 41
9 Aberdeen 35 10 9 16 40 44 −4 39
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2022. Source: [2][3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[4]
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).
  2. As the winners of the 2021–22 Scottish Cup will qualify for European competition based on league position, the spare Europa Conference League berth will be transferred to the fifth-placed team.

League Cup table
Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAI LIV COW ALO BRE
1 Raith Rovers 4 2 1 1 0 5 0 +5 9 Qualification for the second round — — — p0–0 4–0
2 Livingston 4 2 1 0 1 7 3 +4 8 p0–0 — 3–1 — —
3 Cowdenbeath 4 2 0 0 2 5 6 −1 6 0–1 — — — 3–2
4 Alloa Athletic 4 1 0 1 2 2 3 −1 4 — 2–1 0–1 — —
5 Brechin City 4 1 0 0 3 3 10 −7 3 — 0–3 — 1–0 —
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[6]

Transfers
Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2021 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2021–22

See also

List of Livingston F.C. seasons

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