2013–14 Livingston F.C. season
Appearance
2013–14 season | |||
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Manager | Richie Burke (until 12 September) John McGlynn | ||
Stadium | Almondvale Stadium | ||
Championship | 6th | ||
League Cup | Third round | ||
Challenge Cup | First round | ||
Scottish Cup | Fourth round | ||
Top goalscorer | League: Marc McNulty (17) All: Marc McNulty (19) | ||
Highest home attendance | 1,759 vs. Dundee, Championship, 15 March 2014 | ||
Lowest home attendance | 709 vs. Alloa Athletic, Championship, 25 March 2014 | ||
Average home league attendance | 1,161 | ||
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The 2013–14 season was Livingston's first season in the new formed Scottish Championship and their third consecutive season in the second-tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division during the 2010–11 season.[1] Livingston also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.
Summary
[edit]Management
[edit]Livingston began the 2013–14 season under the management of Richie Burke who had been appointed in February 2013. On the 12 September, Burke resigned from his position as manager following a poor start to the season and was replaced by former Hearts manager John McGlynn.[2]
Results and fixtures
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Pre Season
[edit]10 July 2013 | Livingston | 0–2 | Rotherham United | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
19:00 | Report | Bradley 7' Rose 81' |
13 July 2013 | Livingston | 1–2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
19:30 | McNulty 12' | Report | Elokobi 35' Davis 50' |
Attendance: 928 |
16 July 2013 | Livingston | 0–0 | Partick Thistle | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Report |
Scottish Championship
[edit]10 August 2013 1 | Alloa Athletic | 1–0 | Livingston | Recreation Park, Alloa |
15:00 | Simmons 42' | Report | Docherty 72' | Attendance: 714 Referee: Bobby Madden |
17 August 2013 2 | Livingston | 3–3 | Queen of the South | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Denholm 12' Fordyce 58' Hastings 75' Mullen 80' |
Report | Docherty 38' McGuffie 44 pen.' Reilly 86' |
Attendance: 1,149 Referee: Alan Muir |
24 August 2013 3 | Livingston | 0–3 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Report | Roberts 30', 41', 54' | Attendance: 1,416 Referee: George Salmond |
30 August 2013 4 | Dundee | 3–0 | Livingston | Dens Park, Dundee |
19:45 | Monti 33' Gallagher 58' MacDonald 83' |
Report | Attendance: 3,955 Referee: Brian Colvin |
14 September 2013 5 | Livingston | 2–2 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Mensing 4' McNulty 14' |
Report | Hands 34' Cham 45' |
Attendance: 1,077 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
21 September 2013 6 | Dumbarton | 1–2 | Livingston | Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton |
15:00 | Megginson 44' | Report | McNulty 49', 76' | Attendance: 759 Referee: Greg Aitken |
28 September 2013 7 | Livingston | 5–1 | Cowdenbeath | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Fordyce 42', 60', 87' Barrowman 72' Burchill 82' |
Report | Hemmings 17' | Attendance: 894 Referee: Craig Charleston |
5 October 2013 8 | Hamilton Academical | 2–0 | Livingston | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
15:00 | Keatings 33 pen.', 65' | Report | Attendance: 1,059 Referee: Des Roache |
19 October 2013 9 | Livingston | 3–2 | Alloa Athletic | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Scougall 2' Donaldson 69' Barrowman 90' |
Report | Cawley 8' Gordon 87' |
Attendance: 869 Referee: John McKendrick |
26 October 2013 10 | Livingston | 2–1 | Dundee | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Jacobs 55' Scott 88' |
Report | MacDonald 54' | Attendance: 1,597 Referee: Craig Charleston |
29 October 2013 11 | Raith Rovers | 1–0 | Livingston | Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy |
19:45 | Smith 22' | Report | Denholm 35' | Attendance: 1,304 Referee: Alan Muir |
9 November 2013 12 | Falkirk | 4–1 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
15:00 | Vaulks 37' Loy 52', 69' Sibbald 60' |
Report | Vaulks 72 o.g.' | Attendance: 2,878 Referee: Euan Anderson |
16 November 2013 13 | Livingston | 1–3 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | McNulty 20' | Report | Megginson 43' Turner 52 pen.' Prunty 74' |
Attendance: 1,039 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
23 November 2013 14 | Greenock Morton | 1–5 | Livingston | Cappielow, Greenock |
15:00 | Cham 26' 87' | Report | McNulty 7', 64 pen.', 90+2' Barrowman 28' Scott 37' |
Attendance: 1,460 Referee: Greg Aitken |
7 December 2013 15 | Cowdenbeath | 2–3 | Livingston | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
15:00 | Hemmings 56', 69' | Report | McNulty 77', 90+2' Barrowman 87' |
Attendance: 363 Referee: Don Robertson |
14 December 2013 16 | Livingston | 0–0 | Hamilton Academical | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Report | Attendance: 794 Referee: Mat Northcroft |
21 December 2013 17 | Queen of the South | 2–2 | Livingston | Palmerston Park, Dumfries |
15:00 | Paton 17' Durnan 45+1' |
Report | McNulty 4', 77' | Attendance: 1,523 |
28 December 2013 18 | Livingston | 3–0 | Raith Rovers | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Thomson 8 o.g.' Scott 45+1' Scougall 62' |
Report | Attendance: 1,322 Referee: Euan Norris |
4 January 2014 19 | Livingston | 0–1 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Donaldson 25' | Report | Loy 26 pen.' | Attendance: 1,585 Referee: Kevin Graham |
11 January 2014 20 | Dundee | 0–1 | Livingston | Dens Park, Dundee |
15:00 | Report | Burchill 11' | Attendance: 4,367 Referee: Steven McLean |
18 January 2014 21 | Livingston | 0–1 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Report | McKay 45+1' | Attendance: 1,245 Referee: George Salmond |
1 February 2014 22 | Livingston | 1–2 | Queen of the South | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | McNulty 40 pen.' | Report | Durnan 55' Lyle 79' |
Attendance: 1,245 Referee: George Salmond |
5 February 2014 23 | Dumbarton | 2–2 | Livingston | Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton |
19:45 | Fleming 50' Nish 72' Kane 90+5' |
Report | Jacobs 66' Barrowman 79' |
Attendance: 562 Referee: Stevie O’Reilly |
15 February 2014 24 | Alloa Athletic | 0–3 | Livingston | Recreation Park, Alloa |
15:00 | Report | Mensing 20' 56' Scott 81' Jacobs 86' |
Attendance: 605 Referee: Iain Brines |
21 February 2014 25 | Hamilton Academical | 2–0 | Livingston | New Douglas Park, Hamilton |
19:45 | Scotland 28' Antoine-Curier 90+3' |
Report | Attendance: 1,063 Referee: Craig Charleston |
1 March 2014 26 | Livingston | 1–0 | Cowdenbeath | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Talbot 63' | Report | Attendance: 980 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
8 March 2014 27 | Falkirk | 1–1 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk |
15:00 | Alston 82' Roberts 86' |
Report | McNulty 35' | Attendance: 2,924 |
15 March 2014 28 | Livingston | 0–2 | Dundee | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Report | MacDonald 8' Benedictus 55' |
Attendance: 1,759 Referee: Don Robertson |
22 March 2014 29 | Raith Rovers | 2–4 | Livingston | Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy |
15:00 | Baird 48' Thomson 85' |
Report | Sives 5', 54' McNulty 50 pen.', 90+5' |
Attendance: 1,329 Referee: Mat Northcroft |
25 March 2014 30 | Livingston | 2–0 | Alloa Athletic | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
19:45 | McNulty 21 pen.' Jacobs 86' |
Report | Attendance: 709 Referee: Crawford Allan |
29 March 2014 31 | Livingston | 1–2 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Mevlja 28' Talbot 82' |
Report | Turner 86 pen.' Kane 88' |
Attendance: 949 Referee: Greg Aitken |
5 April 2014 32 | Greenock Morton | 2–0 | Livingston | Cappielow, Greenock |
15:00 | Imrie 14' McKay 45+2' |
Report | Attendance: 1,009 Referee: Craig Charleston |
12 April 2014 33 | Livingston | 1–1 | Hamilton Academical | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Jacobs 64' | Report | Hendrie 54' Scotland 86' |
Attendance: 1,133 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
19 April 2014 34 | Cowdenbeath | 4–0 | Livingston | Central Park, Cowdenbeath |
15:00 | Armstrong 45+1', 73' Hemmings 51', 65' |
Report | Attendance: 420 Referee: George Salmond |
26 April 2014 35 | Queen of the South | 2–0 | Livingston | Palmerston Park, Dumfries |
15:00 | McShane 25' Russell 54' |
Report | Attendance: 1,924 Referee: Don Robertson |
3 May 2014 36 | Livingston | 2–0 | Raith Rovers | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
15:00 | Mullen 8' Sives 15' McNulty 80' |
Report | Attendance: 1,265 Referee: David Somers |
Scottish Challenge Cup
[edit]27 July 2013 First Round | Berwick Rangers | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Livingston | Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed |
15:00 | Gray 26' Morris 99' Ronald 105+1' |
Report | McNulty 90+4' Mensing 105+2' |
Attendance: 460 Referee: George Salmond |
Scottish League Cup
[edit]3 August 2013 First Round | Elgin City | 1–3 | Livingston | Borough Briggs, Elgin |
15:00 | Crighton 45+2' | Report | Scott 15' Fordyce 39' McNulty 63' |
Attendance: 563 Referee: Don Robertson |
27 August 2013 Second Round | Airdrieonians | 0–2 | Livingston | Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie |
19:45 | Report | Barrowman 38' Wilkie 67' |
Attendance: 483 Referee: Greg Aitken |
25 September 2013 Third Round | Livingston | 1–2 | Motherwell | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston |
19:45 | Talbot 65' Denholm 90+1' |
Report | McHugh 16' McFadden 73' |
Attendance: 1,660 Referee: Brian Colvin |
Scottish Cup
[edit]30 November 2013 Fourth Round | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Livingston | McDiarmid Park, Perth |
19:45 | May 24' Jahic 62' |
Report | Attendance: 2,294 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
Player statistics
[edit]- As of 3 May 2014 (UTC)[3]
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 | SCO | Darren Jamieson | 34 | 0 | 31+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
2 | DF | BEL | Mike Mampuya | 17 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
3 | DF | SCO | Jason Talbot | 34 | 1 | 27+2 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
4 | MF | ENG | Simon Mensing | 32 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
5 | DF | SCO | Callum Fordyce | 40 | 5 | 35+0 | 4 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
6 | MF | SCO | Martin Scott | 38 | 5 | 26+7 | 4 | 3+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
7 | MF | RSA | Keaghan Jacobs | 34 | 4 | 28+4 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
8 | MF | SCO | Burton O'Brien | 32 | 0 | 30+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
9 | FW | SCO | Marc McNulty | 39 | 19 | 32+3 | 17 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
11 | MF | SCO | Danny Denholm | 31 | 2 | 10+17 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
14 | DF | SVK | Michal Habai | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
15 | MF | SCO | Ross Docherty | 11 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
16 | MF | SCO | Jack Beaumont | 6 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
17 | GK | SCO | Kevin Walker | 7 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
18 | MF | SCO | Kyle Wilkie | 23 | 1 | 8+12 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
19 | DF | SCO | Craig Sives | 12 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
20 | MF | SCO | Jack Downie | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
21 | MF | RSA | Kyle Jacobs | 13 | 1 | 13+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
22 | FW | SCO | Andrew Barrowman | 22 | 6 | 16+3 | 5 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
23 | MF | SVN | Nejc Mevlja | 13 | 1 | 12+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
27 | FW | SCO | Mark Burchill | 23 | 2 | 6+14 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
31 | MF | SVN | Nejc Praprotnik | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
45 | DF | SCO | Shaun Rutherford | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
48 | FW | SCO | Danny Mullen | 26 | 2 | 8+15 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
49 | FW | SCO | Kyle Lander | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season | |||||||||||||
10 | MF | SCO | Stefan Scougall | 18 | 2 | 16+0 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
19 | DF | SCO | Coll Donaldson | 24 | 0 | 19+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
21 | DF | SCO | Connor McDonald | 14 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
23 | MF | CZE | Patrik Twardzik | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
Team statistics
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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4 | Queen of the South | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 55 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
5 | Dumbarton | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 65 | 64 | +1 | 51 | |
6 | Livingston | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 51 | 56 | −5 | 46 | |
7 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 61 | −13 | 42 | |
8 | Alloa Athletic | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 34 | 51 | −17 | 40 |
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Division summary
[edit]Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: [4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Transfers
[edit]See also
[edit]References
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