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2010–11 Livingston F.C. season

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Livingston
2010–11 season
ChairmanGordon McDougall[1]
ManagerGary Bollan
StadiumBraidwood Motor Company Stadium
Second Division1st (promoted)
Challenge CupFirst round, lost to Queen's Park
League CupFirst round, lost to Ross County
Scottish CupThird round, lost to Elgin City
Top goalscorerLeague:
Iain Russell (22)[2]

All:
Iain Russell (24)[2]
Highest home attendance1,863 vs. Airdrie United, 21 August 2010[3]
Lowest home attendance724 vs. Forfar Athletic, 1 March 2011[3]
Average home league attendance1,303[4]

The 2010–11 season was Livingston's first season back in the Second Division, having been promoted after winning the Third Division during season 2009–10.[5] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Overview

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The 2010–11 season was Livingston's first season back in the Scottish Second Division having been promoted as champions from the Third Division.[6] Despite poor form in the cups being knocked out in all their opening rounds, they won the Second Division with 5 games to spare with a 3–0 win over Stenhousemuir.[7] After all games were completed they were 23 points ahead over nearest rival Ayr United.[8]

Results and fixtures

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[9][10][11][12]  Win   Draw   Loss

10 July 2010 Friendly Spartans 1–4 Livingston Ainslie Park
15:00 King Liv Report Russell
Russell
Jacobs
Chris Malone
13 July 2010 Friendly Montrose 0–3 Livingston Links Park
19:45 Liv Report Barr
Winters
McNulty
15 July 2010 Friendly Bangor 0–4 Livingston Clandeboye Park
19:45 Liv Report Jacobs
Hamill
McNulty
Barr
17 July 2010 Friendly Glentoran 1–1 Livingston The Oval
15:00 Waterworth Liv Report Winters
20 July 2010 Friendly Livingston 0–0 Oxford United Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:30
18 December 2010 Friendly Spartans Juniors 0–3 Livingston Ainslie Park
15:00

Scottish Second Division

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7 August 2010 Livingston 3–3 Alloa Athletic Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Jacobs 2'
Russell 21'
McAvoy 64' (o.g.)
BBC Report Smith
Punty 57'
Scott 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,389
Referee: McDermott
14 August 2010 Dumbarton 1–2 Livingston Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00 Chaplain 70' (pen.) BBC Report Winters 25' (pen.)
O'Byrne Yellow card 71' Red card
Russell 77'
Attendance: 643
Referee: Watters
21 August 2010 Livingston 2–1 Airdrie United Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Russell 24'
De Vita 73'
BBC Report Gemmill 5' Attendance: 1,863
Referee: Colvin
28 August 2010 Livingston 2–0 Forfar Athletic Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Winters 24'
Jacobs 68'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,553
Referee: Northcroft
11 September 2010 Peterhead 0–0 Livingston Balmoor Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 431
Referee: Beaton
18 September 2010 Brechin City 1–3 Livingston Glebe Park
15:00 Moyes 90' BBC Report Russell 43'
Barr 45'
De Vita 74'
Attendance: 526
Referee: Smith
25 September 2010 Livingston 1–1 East Fife Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 De Vita 53' BBC Report Byrne 69' Attendance: 1,769
Referee: Brines
2 October 2010 Ayr United 3–1 Livingston Somerset Park
15:00 Malone 75'
Roberts 80', 82'
BBC Report Fox 33' Attendance: 1,270
Referee: Winter
16 October 2010 Livingston 4–1 Stenhousemuir Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Winters 14'
Scullion 23' (o.g.)
Conway 24'
Russell 40'
BBC Report Lyle 28' Attendance: 1,606
Referee: Conroy
23 October 2010 Livingston 1–0 Peterhead Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Winters 62' BBC Report Attendance: 1,295
Referee: McDermott
30 October 2010 Forfar Athletic 1–0 Livingston Station Park
15:00 Allan 72' BBC Report Attendance: 612
Referee: McLean
6 November 2010 Livingston 2–0 Dumbarton Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Watson 19'
Russell 87'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,417
Referee: Clancy
13 November 2010 Airdrie United 0–1 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Russell 64' Attendance: 1,013
Referee: Beaton
26 December 2010 Alloa Athletic 2–2 Livingston Recreation Park
15:00 Noble 28'
Dunlop 45'
BBC Report Sinclair 59'
De Vita 71'
Attendance: 566
Referee: Hilland
15 January 2011 Peterhead 3–0 Livingston Balmoor Stadium
15:00 Ross 26'
Strachan 50' (71), pen.'
BBC Report Winters Yellow card 66' Red card Attendance: 585
Referee: Robertson
18 January 2011 East Fife 2–4 Livingston Bayview Stadium
19:45 Crawford 19'
Sloan 61' (pen.)
BBC Report Deuchar 57', 65', 87'
O'Byrne Red card 80'
Russell 82'
Attendance: 548
Referee: Beaton
29 January 2011 Livingston 4–3 East Fife Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Jacobs 1', 89'
Fox 12'
Barr 82'
BBC Report Linn 28'
Crawford 72'
Muir 75'
Attendance: 1,340
Referee: Salmond
1 February 2011 Livingston 2–0 Brechin City Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45 Russell 25'
Winters 89'
BBC Report Attendance: 847
Referee: Richmond
12 February 2011 Ayr United 0–3 Livingston Somerset Park
15:00 BBC Report Barr 61'
Deuchar 73'
Fox 84'
Attendance: 1,614
Referee: Brines
15 February 2011 Livingston 2–0 Airdrie United Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45 Russell 34' (70), pen.' BBC Report Attendance: 890
Referee: Watters
19 February 2011 Livingston 2–1 Stenhousemuir Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Russell 34'
Barr 40'
Talbot Red card 60'
BBC Report Williams 64' Attendance: 1,246
Referee: Alan Muir
22 February 2011 Brechin City 1–0 Livingston Glebe Park
19:45 Molloy Liv Report Attendance: 565
Referee: Law
26 February 2011 Livingston 4–0 Alloa Athletic Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Russell 55' (pen.)
De Vita 56', 77'
Barr 90'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,377
Referee: Clancy
1 March 2011 Livingston 3–0 Forfar Athletic Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45 Russell 5' (pen.)
De Vita 61'
Winters 88'
BBC Report Attendance: 724
Referee: David Somers
5 March 2011 Dumbarton 0–3 Livingston Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Jacobs 5'
Russell 7'
Fox 70'
Attendance: 853
Referee: Roache
8 March 2011 Stenhousemuir 1–2 Livingston Ochilview Park
19:30 Williams 76' BBC Report Russell 3'
De Vita 31'
Attendance: 431
Referee: Richmond
19 March 2011 Forfar Athletic 0–4 Livingston Station Park
15:00 BBC Report Deuchar 23', 57'
Fox 45'
Russell 60'
Attendance: 552
Referee: McKendrick
26 March 2011 East Fife 1–3 Livingston Bayview Stadium
15:00 Wallace 60' BBC Report Deuchar 27', 70'
Jacobs 80'
Attendance: 707
Referee: Law
29 March 2011 Livingston 5–1 Peterhead Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45 Hamill 51'
Russell 62', 83'
De Vita 74'
Fox 89'
BBC Report Bavidge 28' Attendance: 754
Referee: Colvin
2 April 2011 Livingston 0–0 Brechin City Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 1,553
Referee: Winter
9 April 2011 Stenhousemuir 0–3 Livingston Ochilview Park
15:00 BBC Report Jacobs 35'
Fox 59'
Sinclair 90'
Attendance: 837
Referee: Beaton
16 April 2011 Livingston 0–0 Ayr United Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Russell Red card 36' BBC Report Attendance: 1,492
Referee: Finnie
19 April 2011 Livingston 3–2 Ayr United Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45 Liv Report Attendance: 904
Referee: Law
23 April 2011 Airdrie United 2–4 Livingston Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Lovering 32'
Owens 55'
BBC Report Russell 5', 7'
De Vita 61'
McNulty 80'
Attendance: 872
Referee: Dunlop
30 April 2011 Livingston 1–1 Dumbarton Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Winters 80' BBC Report Walker 42' Attendance: 1,549
Referee: O'Reilly
7 May 2011 Alloa Athletic 1–3 Livingston Recreation Park
15:00 Dunlop 53' BBC Report Jacobs 43'
De Vita 77'
Russell 87'
Attendance: 647
Referee: Beaton

Scottish Challenge Cup

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24 July 2010 First round Queen's Park 3–2 (a.e.t.) Livingston Hampden Park
Eaglesham 40', 96', 103' (pen.) SFL Report MacDonald 25'
Sinclair 119'
Attendance: 605
Referee: Clancy

Scottish League Cup

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31 July 2010 First round Ross County 2–1 Livingston Starks Park
Di Giacomo 37'
Vigurs Red card 67'
Barrowman 69'
BBC Report Russell 48' Attendance: 1,215
Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish Cup

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20 November 2010 Third round Elgin City 2–1 Livingston Borough Briggs
Gunn 61'
Crooks 78'
BBC Report Russell 74' Attendance: 802
Referee: Hilland

Statistics

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Squad

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Second Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG Tony Bullock 37 0 34 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
GK Scotland SCO Darren Jamieson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Scotland SCO Craig McDowall 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Michael O'Byrne 14 0 12 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Craig Barr 35 2 33 2 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Cameron MacDonald 9 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
DF Scotland SCO Callum Fordyce 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Neil Hastings 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Jason Talbot 26 0 25 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Paul Watson 35 1 33 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
DF Scotland SCO Ross Docherty 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO David Cowan 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO David Sinclair 29 4 26 3 1 0 1 0 1 1
MF Scotland SCO Liam Fox 34 7 32 7 1 0 1 0 0 0
MF South Africa RSA Keaghan Jacobs 27 5 25 5 0 0 1 0 1 0
MF South Africa RSA Kyle Jacobs 34 3 31 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
MF South Africa RSA Devon Jacobs 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Chris Malone 16 0 14 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Joe Hamill 23 1 22 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Aaron Conway 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross Gray 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Barr 27 4 24 4 1 0 1 0 1 0
MF Scotland SCO Stefan Scougall 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Kenny Deuchar 19 8 19 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Scotland SCO Marc McNulty 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Iain Russell 36 24 34 22 1 1 1 1 0 0
FW Italy ITA Raffaele De Vita 34 12 31 12 1 0 1 0 1 0
FW Scotland SCO Robbie Winters 33 7 30 7 1 0 1 0 1 0

Disciplinary record

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Nation Position Name
Red card Yellow card
Scotland DF Michael O'Byrne 2 8
England DF Craig Barr 0 10
Scotland FW Iain Russell 1 6
Scotland MF Liam Fox 0 8
England DF Jason Talbot 1 5
Scotland MF Bobby Barr 0 5
South Africa MF Kyle Jacobs 0 5
England GK Tony Bullock 1 2
Scotland FW Robbie Winters 1 2
Scotland FW Kenny Deuchar 0 3
Italy FW Raffaele De Vita 0 3
South Africa MF Keaghan Jacobs 0 3
Scotland MF Chris Malone 0 2
Scotland DF Ross Docherty 0 1
South Africa MF Devon Jacobs 0 1
Scotland DF Cameron MacDonald 0 1
Scotland DF Paul Watson 0 1
6 66

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C, P) 36 25 7 4 79 33 +46 82 Promotion to the First Division
2 Ayr United (O, P) 36 18 5 13 62 55 +7 59 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3 Forfar Athletic 36 17 8 11 50 48 +2 59
4 Brechin City 36 15 12 9 63 45 +18 57
5 East Fife 36 14 10 12 77 60 +17 52
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

References

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  1. ^ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011–12. Headline. p. 740. ISBN 0755362314.
  2. ^ a b c "For the record 2010/11". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  3. ^ a b Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. p. 778. ISBN 0755362314.
  4. ^ "Scottish Second Division Stats: Team Attendance". ESPN. Retrieved 13 October 2012.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Third Division round-up: Livingston show champions quality". Scotsman Publications. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  7. ^ "GALLERY: Livingston celebrate wrapping up the Scottish Second Division title". Daily Record. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Scottish Division Two Table". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  9. ^ "First Team Fixtures". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  10. ^ "IRN BRU Second Division Results 2010–2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Ramsdens Cup Results 2010–2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  12. ^ "The Scottish Communities League Cup Results 2010–2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.