2000–01 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston F.C.
2000–01 season
Manager	Jim Leishman
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Scottish First Division	1st (promoted)
Scottish Cup	Semi Final
Co-operative Insurance Cup	Round Three
Bell's Challenge Cup	Final
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: Barry Wilson (13)
	← 1999–00 2001–02 →

Season 2000-01 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish First Division. They also competed in the Bell's Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

During Season 2000-01 Livingston won the Scottish First Division.^[1] They reached the final of the Bell's Challenge Cup losing to Airdrieonians,^[2] the third round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup and the semi final of the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

^[3]^[4] Win Draw Loss

First Division

5 August 2000 Scottish First Division	Greenock Morton	0– 2	Livingston
		BBC Report	McCulloch Bingham	Referee: Fleming

12 August 2000 Scottish First Division	Livingston	3– 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
	Deas Crabbe Wilson	BBC Report	Stewart	Referee: Orr

19 August 2000 Scottish First Division	Clyde	1– 1	Livingston
	Caine	BBC Report	Anderson	Referee: Frickleton

26 August 2000 Scottish First Division	Alloa Athletic	0– 6	Livingston
		BBC Report	Bingham McCulloch Hagen Fleming McCulloch McCormick	Referee: Kaney

9 September 2000 Scottish First Division	Livingston	2– 0	Ayr United
	Wilson Bingham	BBC Report	Hurst 79'	Referee: Young

16 September 2000 Scottish First Division	Livingston	0– 4	Raith Rovers
		BBC Report	Andrews Burns Tosh Andrews	Referee: Smith

23 September 2000 Scottish First Division	Airdrieonians	1– 2	Livingston
	Prest	BBC Report	Anderson Bingham Coughlin	Referee: Underhill

30 September 2000 Scottish First Division	Falkirk	3– 2	Livingston
	Nicholls Henry Craig	BBC Report	Coughlan Burns Fleming	Referee: Mitchell

7 October 2000 Scottish First Division	Livingston	3– 1	Ross County
	Keith Keith Bingham	BBC Report	Bone Cunnington	Referee: Somers

14 October 2000 Scottish First Division	Livingston	1– 0	Greenock Morton
	Bingham	BBC Report		Attendance: Rowbotham

21 October 2000 Scottish First Division	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2– 2	Livingston
	McBain Sheerin	BBC Report	McCulloch	Referee: Gemmill

28 October 2000 Scottish First Division	Livingston	4– 0	Alloa Athletic
	Conway (Own Goal) Bingham Burns Bingham	BBC Report		Referee: Orr

4 November 2000 Scottish First Division	Ayr United	1– 1	Livingston
	Teale Hughes	BBC Report	Fleming	Referee: Toner

11 November 2000 Scottish First Division	Livingston	2– 2	Airdrieonians
	Keith Burns	BBC Report	Taylor Calderon	Referee: Young

25 November 2000 Scottish First Division	Ross County	0– 2	Livingston
		BBC Report	Burns Bingham	Referee: Ritchie

2 December 2000 Scottish First Division	Livingston	4– 1	Falkirk
	Wilson Coughlan Burns Bingham	BBC Report	Roberts	Referee: McDonald

5 December 2000 Scottish First Division	Raith Rovers	1– 2	Livingston
	Stein	BBC Report	Bingham Bingham	Referee: McKay

9 December 2000 Scottish First Division	Livingston	2– 0	Clyde
	Crabbe Tosh	BBC Report		Referee: Dougal

16 December 2000 Scottish First Division

Greenock Morton

1– 2

Livingston

2 January 2001 Scottish First Division	Livingston	2– 0	Raith Rovers
	Bingham Burns	BBC Report		Referee: Orr

6 January 2001 Scottish First Division	Airdrieonians	1– 1	Livingston
	Moreau	BBC Report	Crabbe	Referee: McCurry

13 January 2001 Scottish First Division	Falkirk	1– 0	Livingston
	Hutchison	BBC Report		Referee: Young

30 January 2001 Scottish First Division	Alloa Athletic	0– 2	Livingston
		BBC Report	Wilson Anderson	Referee: Mitchell

3 February 2001 Scottish First Division	Clyde	0– 3	Livingston
		BBC Report	Wilson McPhee	Referee: Fleming

24 February 2001 Scottish First Division

Livingston

1– 0

Alloa Athletic

3 March 2001 Scottish First Division	Ayr United	1– 1	Livingston
	Bradford	BBC Report	Wilson	Referee: Dougal

20 March 2001 Scottish First Division

Livingston

0– 1

Ayr United

27 March 2001 Scottish First Division	Livingston	1– 1	Ross County
	Wilson	BBC Report	Robertson	Referee: Smith

31 March 2001 Scottish First Division	Raith Rovers	2– 0	Livingston
	Jones	BBC Report		Referee: Underhill

3 April 2001 Scottish First Division	Livingston	4– 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle
	Xausa Wilson	BBC Report	Robson	Referee: Martindale

7 April 2001 Scottish First Division	Ross County	0– 1	Livingston
		BBC Report	Wilson	Referee: Dallas

21 April 2001 Scottish First Division	Livingston	2– 0	Greenock Morton
	Xausa Fleming	BBC Report		Referee: Cassidy

24 April 2001 Scottish First Division

Livingston

3– 0

Falkirk

28 April 2001 Scottish First Division	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2– 3	Livingston
	Sheerin	BBC Report	Fernandez Wilson McCaffrey (Own Goal)	Referee: Kaney

1 May 2001 Scottish First Division	Livingston	5– 0	Airdrieonians
	Britton Brian McPheeMcPhee Xausa	BBC Report		Referee: Clark

5 May 2001 Scottish First Division

Livingston

0– 2

Clyde

Challenge Cup

15 August 2000 Scottish Challenge Cup R1	Partick Thistle	0– 2	Livingston
		BBC Report	Britton 82' Wilson 90'	Referee: McGarry

29 August 2000 Scottish Challenge Cup R2	Ross County	0– 3	Livingston
19:30		BBC Report	Bingham 50' Britton 54', 80'	Referee: Freeland

12 September 2000 Scottish Challenge Cup QF	Livingston	3– 1	Brechin City
19:30	McCormick 47' Britton 66' Keith 85'	BBC Report	Leask 23'	Referee: Martindale

26 September 2000 Scottish Challenge Cup SF	Livingston	2– 1	East Stirlingshire
19:30	Bingham 21' (pen.) Anderson 44'	BBC Report	McKechnie 4'	Referee: Martindale

19 November 2000 Scottish Challenge Cup F	Airdrieonians	2– 2 (a.e.t.) (3– 2 p)	Livingston
19:30	Prest 28' McGuire 78'	BBC Report	Crabbe 15' Anderson 50'	Attendance: 5,623 Referee: J Rowbotham

League Cup

22 August 2000 League Cup R2	Dumbarton	0– 4	Livingston
19:45	Jack	BBC Report	Hagen Bingham	Referee: Toner

6 September 2000 League Cup R3	Livingston	0– 2	Heart of Midlothian
19:45		London Hearts	Cameron 15' Naysmith 54'	Attendance: 5,549 Referee: McCurry

Scottish Cup

27 January 2001 Scottish Cup R3	East Fife	1– 4	Livingston
19:30	Moffat	BBC Report	Tosh Bingham Wilson Britton	Referee: Toner

17 February 2001 Scottish Cup R4	Livingston	0– 0	Aberdeen
15:00		BBC Report		Referee: Clark

6 March 2001 Scottish Cup R4 Replay	Aberdeen	0– 1	Livingston
19:45		BBC Report	Crabbe

10 March 2001 Scottish Cup QF	Livingston	3– 1	Peterhead
15:00	Anderson 21', 34' Bingham 61'	BBC Report	Johnston 8'	Referee: Rowbotham

14 April 2001 Scottish Cup SF	Hibernian	3– 0	Livingston
15:00	O'Neil 2' Zitelli 69' O'Neil 76'	BBC Report		Attendance: 24,658 Referee: Young

Statistics

League Table

^[5]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Livingston (C, P)	36	23	7	6	72	31	+41	76	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Ayr United	36	19	12	5	73	41	+32	69
3	Falkirk	36	16	8	12	57	59	−2	56
4	Inverness CT	36	14	12	10	71	54	+17	54
5	Clyde	36	11	14	11	44	46	−2	47

Source: "2000-2001 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

^ "2000-01 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
^ "Airdrie Lift Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 November 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
^ "2000/01 Fixtures". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
^ "Livingston results 2000/2001". Livi Mad. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
^ "First Division Table 2000/01". Livingston. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

[1] "2000-01 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

[2] "Airdrie Lift Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 November 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

[3] "2000/01 Fixtures". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

[4] "Livingston results 2000/2001". Livi Mad. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

[5] "First Division Table 2000/01". Livingston. Retrieved 28 October 2011.

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