2001–02 Livingston F.C. season

Season 2001-02 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Livingston
2001–02 season
ManagerJim Leishman
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
SPLThird place
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Barry Wilson & Rubio (8)
All: Barry Wilson (11)
Highest home attendance10,112, vs. Rangers, SPL, 27 October 2001
Lowest home attendance1,896, vs. East Fife, League Cup, 26 September 2001

Summary

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In their first season in the Scottish Premier League having won promotion the previous season Livingston finished third.[1] They reached the Quarter-final of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup being knocked out by Aberdeen.

Results & fixtures

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[2][3]   Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Premier League

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28 July 2001 1 Livingston 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
Cabrera   34'
Fernández   63'
BBC Report Cameron   89' Attendance: 8,321
Referee: John Underhill
4 August 2001 2 Rangers 0–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
BBC Report Attendance: 47,805
Referee: Alan Freeland
11 August 2001 3 Dundee 1–0 Livingston Dens Park
Sara   BBC Report Attendance: 7,712
Referee: Michael McCurry
18 August 2001 4 Livingston 0–0 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
BBC Report Attendance: 10,024
Referee: Hugh Dallas
25 August 2001 5 Motherwell 0–0 Livingston Fir Park
Motherwell Mad Report Attendance: 4,828
Referee: Robert Orr
8 September 2001 6 Livingston 2–0 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
Lowndes   57'
Lovell   84'
BBC Report Attendance: 6,107
Referee: Tom Brown
15 September 2001 7 St Johnstone 2–2 Livingston McDiarmid Park
Falconer   16'
MacDonald   49'
BBC Report Cabrera   25'   63'
Bingham   28'
Attendance: 3,817
Referee: Stuart Dougal
22 September 2001 8 Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Livingston East End Park
Crawford   8' Bingham   74'
Wilson   82'
Attendance: 4,516
Referee: Ian Fyfe
30 September 2001 9 Livingston 1–0 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
Cabrera   64' BBC Report Attendance: 10,016
Referee: Robert Orr
13 October 2001 10 Livingston 2–2 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
Wilson   14 pen.'
Tosh   52'
BBC Report Mackie   59', 70' Attendance: 6,393
Referee: Willie Young
20 October 2001 11 Kilmarnock 1–5 Livingston Rugby Park
Santini   5 o.g.' BBC Report Bingham   8'
Andrews   20'
Fernández   68'
Xausa   78'
Aurelio   90 pen.'
Attendance: 7,346
Referee: Alan Freeland
27 October 2001 12 Livingston 0–2 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
BBC Report Reyna   24', 59' Attendance: 10,112
Referee: John Underhill
3 November 2001 13 Heart of Midlothian 1–3 Livingston Tynecastle Stadium
McKenna   76' BBC Report Fernández   22', 25'
Wilson   72'
Attendance: 12,173
Referee: Kevin Toner
17 November 2001 14 Livingston 1–0 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
Wilson   57' Attendance: 6,112
Referee: John Rowbotham
24 November 2001 15 Hibernian 0–3 Livingston Easter Road
Xausa   8', 34'
Lowndes   86'
Attendance: 11,146
Referee: Ian Fyfe
1 December 2001 16 Livingston 3–1 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
Xausa   20', 40'
Hammell   23 o.g.'
BBC Report McFadden   78' Attendance: 5,426
Referee: Hugh Dallas
8 December 2001 17 Dundee United 0–0 Livingston Tannadice Park
BBC Report Attendance: 6,312
Referee: Willie Young
15 December 2001 18 Livingston 2–1 St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
Fernández   53'
Lowndes   80'
Livi Mad Report Hartley   48' Attendance: 4,563
Referee: Michael McCurry
22 December 2001 19 Livingston 0–0 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
Livi Mad Report Attendance: 5,326
Referee: Robert Orr
26 December 2001 20 Celtic 3–2 Livingston Celtic Park
Moravčík   12'
Larsson   50', 90'
BBC Report Rubio   37'
Cabrera   58'
Attendance: 58,507
Referee: Gary Mitchell
29 December 2001 21 Livingston 0–1 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
Livi Mad Report Rubio   35 o.g.' Attendance: 5,214
Referee: Willie Young
2 January 2002 22 Aberdeen 0–3 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
Livi Mad Report Tosh   38'
Brinquin   57'
Andrews   67'
Attendance: 15,709
Referee: David Somers
12 January 2002 23 Rangers 3–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
Flo   30'
Caniggia   34', 86'
Livi Mad Report Attendance: 48,044
Referee: Hugh Dallas
19 January 2002 24 Livingston 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
Bingham   53'
Fernández   65'
BBC Report Maybury   33' Attendance: 9,150
Referee: Dougie McDonald
30 January 2002 25 Livingston 1–3 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
Cabrera   5' BBC Report Moravčík   58'
Larsson   60'
Hartson   72'
Attendance: 8,437
Referee: Dougie McDonald
2 February 2002 26 Motherwell 1–2 Livingston Fir Park
Soloy   38' BBC Report Andrews   45'
Cabrera   71'
Attendance: 4,458
Referee: Michael McCurry
9 February 2002 27 Livingston 1–1 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
Bingham   52' Livi Mad Report Lilley   85' Attendance: 4,720
Referee: David Somers
16 February 2002 28 St Johnstone 3–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
Hartley   44'
Parker   80'
Jones   90'
Livi Mad Report Attendance: 3,784
Referee: Charlie Richmond
2 March 2002 29 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Livingston East End Park
Bullen   51' BBC Report Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Hugh Dallas
9 March 2002 30 Livingston 0–3 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
Livi Mad Report O'Connor   15'
O'Neil   45'
Petersen   78 o.g.'
Attendance: 6,463
Referee: Kevin Toner
13 March 2002 31 Dundee 2–0 Livingston Dens Park
Sara   57', 90' BBC Report Attendance: 5,506
Referee: John Rowbotham
16 March 2002 32 Kilmarnock 1–1 Livingston Rugby Park
Dargo   36' Livi Mad Report Wilson   22' Attendance: 6,936
Referee: Dougie McDonald
23 March 2002 33 Livingston 0–0 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
BBC Report Attendance: 9,449
Referee: Kenny Clark
6 April 2002 34 Celtic 5–1 Livingston Celtic Park
Larsson   3', 34', 59'
Hartson   19', 25'
BBC Report Wilson   71' Attendance: 59,752
Referee: Willie Young
13 April 2002 35 Livingston 2–1 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
Wilson   42'
Lovell   87'
Livi Mad Report Amoruso   3' Attendance: 10,019
Referee: Stuart Dougal
20 April 2002 36 Aberdeen 3–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
Mike   7'
McGuire   10'
Mackie   39'
BBC Report Attendance: 14,109
Referee: Dougie McDonald
28 April 2002 37 Livingston 4–1 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
Lovell   34'
Xausa   61', 76'
Cabrera   83'
Livi Mad Report Dair   41' Attendance: 8,749
Referee: Michael McCurry
12 May 2002 38 Heart of Midlothian 2–3 Livingston Tynecastle Stadium
Fuller   49' Fulton   88 pen.' BBC Report Cabrera   52' Bingham   70' Wilson   85' Attendance: 10,223
Referee: Hugh Dallas

Scottish League Cup

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26 September 2001 Second round Livingston 3–0 East Fife Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Caputo   3', 17'
Tosh   85'
Attendance: 1,896
Referee: Cammy Melville
9 October 2001 Third round Aberdeen 1–6 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Mackie   51' Wilson   10', 33'
Caputo   12', 29'
Lovell   56'
Bingham   58'
Attendance: 8,599
Referee: Garry Mitchell
19 December 2001 Quarter-final Livingston 0–2 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Livi Mad Report Baldé   35'
Hartson   85'
Attendance: 9,146
Referee: Kenny Clark

Scottish Cup

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14 January 2002 Third round Albion Rovers 1–4 Livingston Cliftonhill
19:30 McLean   43' Livi Mad Report Wilson   1'
Bingham   30', 89'
Fernández   83'
Attendance: 2,234
Referee: George Clyde
26 January 2002 Fourth round Aberdeen 2–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Winters   6'
McAllister   18'
Livi Mad Report Attendance: 10,261
Referee: John Underhill

Player statistics

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As of 12 May 2002 (UTC)[4]
No. Pos Nat Player Total SPL League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ESP Javier Sánchez Broto 18 0 17+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   FRA Philippe Brinquin 26 1 23+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   SCO Gary Bollan 25 0 20+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF   ESP Rubio 37 1 33+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF   TRI Marvin Andrews 35 3 33+0 3 2+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF   SCO Paul Deas 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF   SCO John Anderson 16 0 12+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF   SCO Barry Wilson 42 11 32+5 8 3+0 2 2+0 1
8 MF   SCO Steve Tosh 35 3 21+10 2 2+0 1 2+0 0
9 FW   ENG Nathan Lowndes 25 3 7+14 3 0+2 0 0+2 0
10 FW   ESP David Fernández 36 7 30+3 6 1+0 0 2+0 1
11 FW   SCO David Bingham 42 9 31+6 6 3+0 1 2+0 2
12 MF   ESP Quino Cabrera 41 8 34+2 8 3+0 0 2+0 0
13 MF   CAN Davide Xausa 30 7 19+9 7 1+1 0 0+0 0
14 MF   ENG Lee Makel 13 0 9+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF   ARG Carlos Aurelio 17 1 5+9 1 1+1 0 0+1 0
16 GK   ENG Nick Culkin 25 0 21+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF   AUS Stuart Lovell 28 4 26+1 3 1+0 1 0+0 0
18 GK   SCO David McEwan 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW   SCO Marino Keith 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 DF   SCO Michael Hart 25 0 14+7 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
22 FW   DEN Nocko Joković 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF   ITA Simone Del Nero 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW   ITA Massimiliano Caputo 23 4 4+17 0 2+0 4 0+0 0
26 MF   SCO Darren Brady 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
28 DF   FRA Didier Santini 22 0 21+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW   IRL Vinny Sullivan 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
37 MF   SCO Richard Brittain 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
91 MF   TOG Chérif Touré Mamam 10 0 3+6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   DEN Morten Petersen 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Team Statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Celtic (C) 38 33 4 1 94 18 +76 103 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 25 10 3 82 27 +55 85 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Livingston 38 16 10 12 50 47 +3 58 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
4 Aberdeen 38 16 7 15 51 49 +2 55
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 6 18 52 57 −5 48
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. ^ As both finalists of the 2001–02 Scottish Cup, Rangers and Celtic, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2002–03 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Aberdeen.

References

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  1. ^ "2001-02 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  2. ^ "fixtures 2001-02". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Livingston results 2001/2002". Livi Mad. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Livingston 2001/02 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 May 2024.