Livingston F.C.

Livingston F.C.
	File:Livingston FC Badge.jpg
Full name	Livingston Football Club
Nickname(s)	Livi Lions
Founded	1995
Ground	Almondvale Stadium,; Livingston, Scotland
Capacity	10,122
Chairman	Pearse Flynn
Manager	None
League	First Division
2005-06	SPL, 12th (relegated)
Home colours	Away colours

File:Oldlivibadge.JPG

Original Livingston FC club badge.

Livingston Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Livingston, West Lothian. They currently play in the First Division. They currently do not have a manager after they parted company with former Scotland international John Robertson. The current shirt sponsor is HBOS owned Intelligent Finance.

The club was previously based in Edinburgh and known as Ferranti Thistle F.C. from 1943 and upon gaining election to the Scottish league in 1974 they were forced to change their name as Ferranti had commercial connections [1] They chose Meadowbank Thistle F.C. as they played at the Meadowbank stadium. The team relocated to the new town of Livingston in 1995, changing its name, colours and club crest at the same time to form what was essentially a brand new club. The newly-created Livingston F.C. won the Third Division title in the 1995-1996 season and over the next five years added the Second Division and First Division titles to the honour roll.

Progress

Livingston F.C's first season ended in triumph as they were crowned champions of the Scottish Division Three for the 1995-96 season. Three years later, in 1998-99, they won promotion again as Division Two champions. Another promotion followed in 2000-01 when the club finished champions of Division One and gained promotion to the Scottish Premier League after just six seasons in existence. Livingston's first SPL campaign, 2001-02, brought more success as they finished third in the league and qualified for the UEFA Cup. Livingston won their first National trophy in 2004 by winning the Scottish League Cup after a 2-0 win over Hibernian at Hampden Park.

Livingston have recently come out of financial administration following a period of financial turmoil in which the previous boardroom occupants were ousted to make way for Pearse Flynn's Lionheart Consortium.

On the February 11 2006, Paul Lambert resigned as Livingston manager after 12 straight defeats leaving Livingston bottom of the Scottish Premier League. He was replaced by former player and coach John Robertson .

Despite his best efforts, Livingston were relegated for the first time in May 2006, and a poor showing in the 2006/07 First Division saw John Robertson removed as Livingston manager on 15th April 2007. His successor has yet to be announced but speculation has linked Stockport County coach Jim Gannon, former Scotland international defender Jackie McNamara and Aberdeen vetern Craig Brewster to the job.

Honours

Scottish League Cup Winners (1) - 2004
Scottish First Division Winners (1) - 2000-01
Scottish Second Division Winners (2) - 1985-86¹, 1998-99
Scottish Third Division Winners (1) - 1995-96
Scottish League Challenge Cup Runners Up (1) - 2000-01

¹ Note that this includes honours won between 1974 and 1995, when the club was known as Meadowbank Thistle.

Managers

Jim Leishman (1995-1997)
Ray Stewart (1997-2000)
Jim Leishman (2000-2003)
Marcio Maximo Barcellos (2003)
David Hay (2003-2004)
Allan Preston (2004)
Richard Gough (2004-2005)
Paul Lambert (2005-2006)
John Robertson (2006-2007)

Famous players

Current Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	SCO	Craig Wight
—	GK	SCO	Colin Stewart
—	GK	SCO	Duncan Monteith
—	DF	SCO	Cameron MacDonald
—	DF	SCO	Dave Mackay
—	DF	SCO	James McPake
—	DF	ENG	Scott Mitchell
—	DF	SCO	David Sinclair
—	DF	SCO	Jason Thomson (on loan from Hearts)
—	DF	SCO	Steven Tweed
—	DF	SCO	Scott Walker
—	DF	SCO	Stuart Golabek (on loan from Inverness CT)
—	MF	SCO	Joe Hamill
—	MF	RSA	Keaghan Jacobs


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	SCO	Liam Fox
—	MF	SCO	Chris Malone
—	MF	ENG	Lee Makel
—	MF	NIR	Daryl Smylie
—	MF	SCO	Allan Walker
—	MF	SCO	Murray Davidson
—	FW	SCO	Steven Craig
—	FW	SCO	Graham Dorrans
—	FW	SCO	Jonathan Macadam
—	DF	SCO	James McPake
—	FW	SCO	Paul Shields
—	FW	NIR	Neil Teggart
—	FW	SCO	Steven Weir
—	FW	ENG	Jamie Mole (on loan from Hearts)

Players out on loan

—	DF	SCO	Gary Miller (on loan to Ayr United)
—	MF	EIR	Wes Hoolahan (on loan to Blackpool)
—	FW	SCO	Robert Snodgrass (on loan to Stirling Albion)

Club Records

Record Victory: 7 - 0 v Queen of the South, 29 January, 2000
Record Defeat: 0 - 7 v Hibernian, 8 February, 2006
Record Defeat (incl. Meadowbank): 0 - 8 v Hamilton Academical, 14 December, 1974

UEFA Ranking

Current Club Ranking

146 Terek Grozny
147 Germinal Beerschot
148 Livingston
149 Baník Ostrava
150 Trabzonspor

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