Livingston
2016–17 season
ManagerDavid Hopkin
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
League OneWinners
League CupGroup stage
Challenge CupQuarter-final
Scottish CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Liam Buchanan (22)
All: Liam Buchanan (27)
Highest home attendance1,241 vs. Celtic Colts, Challenge Cup, 3 September 2016
Lowest home attendance531 vs. Stenhousemuir, League One, 21 March 2017
Average home league attendance796

The 2016–17 season was Livingston's first season back in Scottish League One and their first season back in the third-tier of Scottish football, having been relegated from the Scottish Championship at the end of the 2015–16 season.[1] Livingston also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Livingston finished in first place in League One and were promoted as champions back to the Scottish Championship after only one season back in the third=tier of scottish football.[2] On 24 October 2016, Livingston were fined £4,000 by the SPFL after their Scottish Challenge Cup tie with Crusaders, in which they were found to have fielded an ineligible player. Despite progressing to the next round, the SPFL ordered the match to be replayed in full and was held on 1 November.[3]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre Season

2 July 2016 Livingston 1 – 5 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Currie 64' Report Reilly 20', 83'
Geggan 31'
McCabe 37'
Cardle 68'
5 July 2016 Livingston 2 – 2 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30 Trialist 6'
Cadden 58'		 Report Tiffoney 44', 75'
12 July 2016 Livingston 1 – 1 St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30 Cadden 56' Report Coulson 11'
23 July 2016 Livingston 0 – 0 England Hartlepool United Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30 Report

Scottish League One

6 August 2016 1 Livingston 5 – 1 Stranraer Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Pittman 5', 90+2'
Mullen 24'
Buchanan 72', 87 pen.'		 Report Malcolm 55' Attendance: 693
Referee: Bobby Madden
13 August 2016 2 Airdrieonians 2 – 4 Livingston Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Ryan 53', 65' Report Mullen 13'
Buchanan 37'
Miller 58'
Mullin 90'		 Attendance: 1,048
Referee: Mat Northcroft
20 August 2016 3 Livingston 4 – 1 Stenhousemuir Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Mullen 4', 49'
Pittman 23'
Longridge 78'		 Report McMenamin 90 pen.' Attendance: 769
Referee: Gavin Duncan
27 August 2016 4 Queen's Park 1 – 0 Livingston Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00 Malone 25' Report Attendance: 698
Referee: Kevin Graham
10 September 2016 5 Alloa Athletic 1 – 3 Livingston Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Spence 65 pen.' Report Pittman 24'
Buchanan 34'
Miller 39'		 Attendance: 712
Referee: Craig Charleston
17 September 2016 6 Livingston 2 – 1 Brechin City Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Mullen 34'
Pittman 65'		 Report Trouten 72' Attendance: 858
Referee: Alan Newlands
24 September 2016 7 East Fife 3 – 1 Livingston Bayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Insall 9', 34'
Kane 11'		 Report Mullin 59' Attendance: 784
Referee: David Lowe
1 October 2016 8 Peterhead 1 – 2 Livingston Balmoor, Peterhead
15:00 Kelleher 7' Report Mullen 25', 58' Attendance: 569
Referee: Gavin Duncan
15 October 2016 9 Livingston 1 – 2 Albion Rovers Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan 90 pen.' Report Boyd 18'
Wallace 70'		 Attendance: 702
Referee: Craig Charleston
22 October 2016 10 Livingston 3 – 1 Alloa Athletic Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Miller 55'
Buchanan 62', 90'		 Report Spence 90 pen.' Attendance: 977
Referee: Stephen Finnie
29 October 2016 11 Brechin City 0 – 3 Livingston Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 Report Buchanan 66'
Longridge 69'
Byrne 86'		 Attendance: 517
Referee: Bobby Madden
5 November 2016 12 Livingston 3 – 1 East Fife Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan 45', 66 pen.'
Miller 49'		 Report Smith 53' Attendance: 907
Referee: Craig Napier
19 November 2016 13 Livingston 1 – 2 Peterhead Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan 80' Report McIntosh 39'
Brown 74'		 Attendance: 712
Referee: Greg Aitken
3 December 2016 14 Albion Rovers 0 – 1 Livingston Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00 Report Cadden 89 pen.' Attendance: 413
Referee: David Munro
10 December 2016 15 Stranraer 1 – 2 Livingston Stair Park, Stranraer
15:00 Gibson 5' Report Carrick 77'
De Vita 84'		 Attendance: 333
Referee: Colin Steven
13 December 2016 16 Stenhousemuir 0 – 4 Livingston Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:45 Report Summers 16 o.g.'
De Vita 70'
Buchanan 81'
Carrick 90'		 Attendance: 334
Referee: Kevin Graham
17 December 2016 17 Livingston 2 – 0 Airdrieonians Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Carrick 10'
Cadden 89'		 Report Attendance: 989
Referee: Steven Reid
24 December 2016 18 Livingston 1 – 2 Queen's Park Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan 40' Report McKernon 55 pen.'
Cummins 58'		 Attendance: 819
Referee: Steven Kirkland
31 December 2016 19 East Fife 2 – 1 Livingston Bayview Stadium, Methil
15:00 Insall 74'
Robinson 77'		 Report Buchanan 14' Attendance: 661
Referee: Gavin Duncan
7 January 2017 20 Peterhead 2 – 3 Livingston Balmoor, Peterhead
15:00 Riley 52'
McAllister 62'		 Report Gallagher 50'
Buchanan 53'
Byrne 79'		 Attendance: 582
Referee: David Lowe
28 January 2017 21 Livingston 3 – 0 Brechin City Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan 1'
Halkett 29'
Cadden 56'		 Report Attendance: 746
Referee: Alan Newlands
4 February 2017 22 Alloa Athletic 2 – 2 Livingston Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00 Kirkpatrick 25'
Mackin 86'		 Report Mullen 36'
Buchanan 48'		 Attendance: 565
Referee: Kevin Graham
11 February 2017 23 Livingston 0 – 0 Stranraer Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Report Attendance: 677
Referee: Graham Beaton
18 February 2017 24 Airdrieonians 0 – 4 Livingston Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Report Crighton 34'
Gorman 50 o.g.'
Mullen 78'
Cadden 81'		 Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Stephen Finnie
4 March 2017 25 Queen's Park 1 – 1 Livingston Hampden Park, Glasgow
15:00 Zanatta 20' Report Pittman 11' Attendance: 701
Referee: Alan Newlands
7 March 2017 26 Livingston 3 – 0 Albion Rovers Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45 Todorov 34', 90'
Mullen 88'		 Report Attendance: 548
Referee: Nick Walsh
11 March 2017 27 Livingston 0 – 1 East Fife Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Report Kerr 85' Attendance: 773
Referee: Grant Irvine
18 March 2017 28 Stranraer 0 – 1 Livingston Stair Park, Stranraer
15:00 Report Buchanan 84' Attendance: 523
Referee: Craig Napier
21 March 2017 29 Livingston 1 – 0 Stenhousemuir Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45 Todorov 24' Report Attendance: 531
Referee: Barry Cook
25 March 2017 30 Livingston 4 – 2 Airdrieonians Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Mullen 8', 62'
Gallagher 10'
Cadden 85'		 Report Conroy 34'
Ryan 90 pen.'		 Attendance: 832
Referee: Crawford Allan
1 April 2017 31 Brechin City 0 – 2 Livingston Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00 Report Buchanan 11', 59' Attendance: 523
Referee: Scott Millar
8 April 2017 32 Livingston 2 – 1 Alloa Athletic Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Pittman 19'
Longridge 49'		 Report Mackin 67' Attendance: 1,099
Referee: Greg Aitken
15 April 2017 33 Stenhousemuir 0 – 1 Livingston Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
15:00 Report Buchanan 54' Attendance: 472
Referee: Colin Steven
22 April 2017 34 Livingston 4 – 0 Queen's Park Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Todorov 18'
Mullen 70'
Mullin 80'
Cadden 90'		 Report Attendance: 821
Referee: Grant Irvine
29 April 2017 35 Livingston 4 – 1 Peterhead Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan 12'
Pittman 21'
Mullin 42'
Mullen 81'		 Report Redman 61' Attendance: 891
Referee: Kevin Graham
6 May 2017 36 Albion Rovers 0 – 2 Livingston Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
15:00 Report Pittman 19'
De Vita 44'		 Attendance: 454
Referee: Steven Kirkland

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Results

16 July 2016 Group stage Livingston 2 – 3 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Cadden 50'
Carrick 68'		 Report Clarkson 13', 81'
Morgan 74'		 Attendance: 894
Referee: Gavin Duncan
20 July 2016 Group stage Edinburgh City 0 – 3 Livingston Ainslie Park, Edinburgh
19:45 Report Mullin 27'
Mullen 45'
Buchanan 76'		 Attendance: 595
Referee: Gavin Duncan
26 July 2016 Group stage Livingston 0 – 2 Ayr United Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45 Report Murphy 19'
McGuffie 78'		 Attendance: 643
Referee: David Lowe
20 July 2016 Group stage Hamilton Academical 2 – 1 Livingston New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 D'Acol 22'
Longridge 55'		 Report Matthews 41 o.g.' Attendance: 764
Referee: Euan Anderson

Group G Table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HAM AYR STM LIV EDI
1 Hamilton Academical (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 10 5 +5 9 Qualification for the Second Round — — 3–0 2–1 —
2 Ayr United (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 5 2 +3 9 2–1 — — — 1–0
3 St Mirren 4 3 0 0 1 7 5 +2 9 — 1–0 — — 3–0
4 Livingston 4 1 0 0 3 6 7 −1 3 — 0–2 2–3 — —
5 Edinburgh City 4 0 0 0 4 2 11 −9 0 2–4 — — 0–3 —
Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Scottish Challenge Cup

3 September 2016 Third round Livingston 5 – 1 Celtic B Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Buchanan 5', 14 pen.', 40'
Crighton 17'
Mullen 35'		 Report Hendry 43' Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Steven Kirkland
7 October 2016 Northern Ireland CrusadersVoid[A]LivingstonBelfast, Northern Ireland
19:45 Owens 87' SPFL
Stadium: Seaview
Referee: David Morgan
1 November 2016 Fourth round Northern Ireland Crusaders 0 – 3 Livingston Seaview, Belfast
19:45 Report Cadden 66'
De Vita 74'
Buchanan 89'		 Referee: Nick Pratt
13 November 2016 Quarter-Final Livingston 0 – 3 Wales The New Saints Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45 Report Parry 36'
Saunders 58'
Quigley 70'		 Attendance: 733
Referee: Raymond Change
Notes
  1. ^
    A- Livingston's 2–1 win against Crusaders on Friday, 7 October was ordered to be replayed after Livingston plead guilty to a breach of SPFL rules in the original fixture. The club was fined £4,000 after they played Alan Lithgow for the full 90 minutes. Lithgow was ineligible for the match as he was still under an SFA suspension at the time.[4]

Scottish Cup

26 November 2016 Third round Airdrieonians 1 – 2 Livingston Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
15:00 Ryan 18' Report Cadden 30'
Mullen 62'		 Attendance: 780
Referee: Barry Cook
21 January 2017 Fourth round Livingston 0 – 1 East Fife Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00 Report Paterson 27' Attendance: 726
Referee: Colin Steven

Player statistics

As of 6 May 2017 (UTC)[5]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeague OneLeague CupScottish CupOther
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Scotland SCO Liam Kelly 40034+004+002+000+00
2 DF Scotland SCO Michael Miller 22413+134+011+003+00
3 DF Scotland SCO Jackson Longridge 38424+634+001+003+01
4 DF Scotland SCO Alan Lithgow 41331+034+002+004+00
5 DF Scotland SCO Sean Crighton 42229+314+002+004+01
6 MF Scotland SCO Shaun Byrne 39226+422+102+003+10
7 MF Scotland SCO Josh Mullin 37518+944+011+102+20
8 FW Scotland SCO Scott Pittman 431036+091+102+003+01
9 FW Scotland SCO Liam Buchanan 452732+4222+112+003+14
10 FW Scotland SCO Danny Mullen 421728+4144+012+013+11
11 MF Scotland SCO Nicky Cadden 43922+1263+111+112+11
14 MF South Africa RSA Keaghan Jacobs 403+100+000+000+00
15 DF Scotland SCO Morgyn Neill 903+400+000+001+10
16 FW Scotland SCO Matthew Knox 1213+500+300+011+00
17 MF Scotland SCO Jordan Sinclair 1006+002+000+002+00
18 MF Scotland SCO Mark Millar 13012+100+000+000+00
19 FW Scotland SCO Dale Carrick 2044+1032+110+101+10
20 GK Scotland SCO Gary Maley 602+000+000+004+00
21 MF Scotland SCO Liam Watt 1502+900+200+001+10
22 MF Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Todorov 1447+740+000+000+00
23 MF Italy ITA Raffaele De Vita 27418+530+001+101+11
26 DF Scotland SCO Craig Halkett 43133+014+002+004+00
28 MF Scotland SCO Jack Ogilvie 300+300+000+000+00
31 DF Scotland SCO Declan Gallagher 16214+120+001+000+00
33 FW Scotland SCO Kyle Sampson 300+300+000+000+00
Players who left the club during the 2016–17 season
1 GK Scotland SCO Darren Jamieson 000+000+000+000+00
14 FW Scotland SCO Thomas Orr 300+100+200+000+00
18 FW Scotland SCO Lewis Allan 400+300+000+000+10

Team Statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Livingston (C, P) 36 26 3 7 80 32 +48 81 Promotion to Scottish Championship
2 Alloa Athletic 36 17 11 8 69 44 +25 62 Qualification to Championship play-offs
3 Airdrieonians 36 16 4 16 61 66 −5 52
4 Brechin City (O, P) 36 15 5 16 43 49 −6 50
5 East Fife 36 12 10 14 41 44 −3 46
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary

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GroundHAHAAHAAHHAHHAAAHHAAHAHAAHHAHHAHAHHA
ResultWWWLWWLWLWWWLWWWWLLWWDDWDWLWWWWWWWWW
Position121333232321111111111111111111111111
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2017. Source: [6]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Livington 4-1 Peterhead". livingstonfc.co.uk. Livingston FC. 29 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Livingston escape with replay and £4000 fine for Irn-Bru Cup blunder". heraldscotland.com. The Herald. 24 October 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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