2015–16 Livingston F.C. season

The 2015–16 season was Livingston's fifth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football and their third season in the Scottish Championship.[1] Livingston also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Livingston finished the season in ninth place and were relegated to the third-tier of Scottish football for the first time since 2011.

Livingston
2015–16 season
ManagerMark Burchill
(until 21 December)
David Hopkin
(21 January)
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
ChampionshipNinth Place
(Relegated via play-offs)
League CupThird Round
Challenge CupThird Round
Scottish CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Liam Buchanan (11)
All: Jordan White (16)
Highest home attendance6,505 vs. Rangers, Championship, 21 November 2015
Lowest home attendance664 vs. Clyde, League Cup, 1 August 2015
Average home league attendance1,764

Summary edit

Management edit

Livingston began the 2015–16 season under the management of Mark Burchill who had guided the club to safety from relegation on the final day of the previous season. On the 21 December 2015, Burchill was sacked from his position as manager and was replaced by David Hopkin who was given the role until the end of the season, however he couldn't avoid the club being relegated to League One after a 6–8 aggregate loss to Stranraer in the championship play-offs.[2][3]

Results & fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Abandoned or Postponed

Pre Season edit

4 July 2015 Stenhousemuir 0 – 3 Livingston Ochilview Park, Stenhousemuir
19:30 Report Trialist   20'
Buchanan   30'
Millen   38'
8 July 2015 Stirling Albion 0 – 2 Livingston Forthbank Stadium, Stirling
19:30 Report Mullen  
Hippolyte  
11 July 2015 Livingston 0 – 0 Dunfermline Athletic Albyn Park, Broxburn
19:30 Report
13 July 2015 Livingston 0 – 1   Real Sociedad Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30 Report Zurutuza   28'
18 July 2015 Livingston 0 – 2 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30 Report Ainsworth   59'
Watt   72'
20 July 2015 Bo'ness United 1 – 5 Livingston Newtown Park, Bo'ness
19:30 Gribben   17' Report White   2', 23', 39'
Georgiev   19'
Currie   54'

Scottish Championship edit

8 August 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 3 – 0 Lvingston Stark's Park
15:00 Stewart   8'
McCord   35' (pen.)
Megginson   90'
BBC Report Attendance: 1,560
Referee: Northcroft
22 August 2015 Championship Raith Rovers 1 – 2 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Mullen   52' BBC Report Leahy   16'
Vaulks   62'
Attendance: 1,211
Referee: Dallas
29 August 2015 Championship St Mirren 1 – 1 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 McMullan   4' BBC Report Buchanan   22' (pen.) Attendance: 3,018
Referee: McKendrick
5 September 2015 Championship Livingston 2 – 4 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Gordon   30'
White   85'
Sheerin   89'
BBC Report McCluskey   31'
Johnstone   52'
Barr   66'
Scullion   82'
Attendance: 1,186
Referee: Anderson
12 September 2015 Championship Rangers 3 – 0 Livingston Ibrox Park
15:00 Wallace   16'
Waghorn   41'
Law   80'
BBC Report Attendance: 44,832
Referee: Aitken
19 September 2015 Championship Livingston 0 – 1 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Henderson   50' Attendance: 3,007
Referee: Cook
26 September 2015 Championship Alloa Athletic 0 – 3 Livingston Recreation Park
15:00 BBC Report Buchanan   23', 78'
Sheerin   59'
Attendance: 622
Referee: Northcroft
3 October 2015 Championship Dumbarton 2 – 1 Livingston Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Cawley   40'
Brophy   82'
BBC Report Glen   44'
Hippolyte   45'
Attendance: 819
Referee: Walsh
17 October 2015 Championship Livingston 0 – 1 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Mallan   12' Attendance: 1,199
Referee: Roberson
24 October 2015 Championship Queen of the South 1 – 4 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Hilson   27' BBC Report Pittman   50'
White   67'
Buchanan   75' (85)
Attendance: 1,485
Referee: Walsh
31 October 2015 Championship Livingston 3 – 0 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 White   6', 64'
Gallagher   61'
BBC Report Attendance: 957
7 November 2015 Championship Greenock Morton 1 – 0 Livingston Cappielow
15:00 Johnstone   6' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: 1,758
Referee: Charleston
17 November 2015 Championship Hibernian 2 – 1 Livingston Easter Road
19:45 Keatings   52', 69' BBC Report Sheerin   87' Attendance: 7,801
Referee: Thomson
21 November 2015 Championship Livingston 1 – 1 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Hippolyte   51' BBC Report Holt   22' Attendance: 6,505
Referee: Salmond
12 December 2015 Championship Livingston 0 – 1 Alloa Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Glen   12'
Gallagher   89'
Report Hill   59'
Crawford   64'
Attendance: 937
Referee:   Brian Colvin
19 December 2015 Championship Livingston 1 – 1 Dumbarton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Pittman   14'
White   43'
Gordon   50'
Report Saunders   89' Attendance: 911
Referee:   Matt Northcroft
26 December 2015 Championship St Mirren 1 – 4 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 Mallan   37'
Shankland   41'
Webster   90'
Report Buchanan   23'   66'
Gordon   32'
Glen   54'
Longridge   60'
Hippolyte   86'
Jordyn Sheerin   90+3'
Attendance: 2,952
Referee:   Stephen Finnie
29 December 2015 Championship Falkirk 2 – 0 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
19:30 Miller   56'   60'
Kerr   65'
Report Gibbons   36' Attendance: 4,245
Referee:   Don Robertson
2 January 2016 Championship Livingston 0 – 2 Queen of the South Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Gordon   31'
Glen   61'
Report Jacobs   51'
Lyle   65'
Russell   77'
Attendance: 958
Referee:   Willie Collum
16 January 2016 Championship Rangers 4 – 1 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Wilson   8'   58'
Waghorn   22' (pen.)   41'
Miller   35'
Report Gallagher   7'
Gordon   12'
White   32'
Buchanan   55'   82'
Attendance: 42,906
Referee:   Craig Thomson (referee)
23 January 2016 Championship Livingston 1 – 1 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan   51' Report Kerr   43'
Sibbald   44'
Attendance: 1,536
Referee:   George Salmond
30 January 2016 Championship Dumbarton 1 – 0 Livingston Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Docherty   56' Report Halkett   16'
Cole   27'
Attendance: 760
Referee:   Crawford Allan
13 February 2016 Championship Livingston 0 – 0 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
17:15 Report Attendance: 2,663
Referee:   Alan Muir
20 February 2016 Championship Raith Rovers 2 – 0 Livingston Stark's Park
15:00 Robertson   13'
Stewart   37'
Connolly   48'
Report Fotheringham   85' Attendance: 1,617
Referee:   Willie Collum
27 February 2016 Championship Alloa Athletic 1 – 3 Livingston Recreation Park
15:00 Duffy   19' Report Longridge   11'
White   14'
Stanton   39'
Cole   50'
Fotheringham   70'
Attendance: 619
Referee:   Craig Charleston
1 March 2016 Championship Livingston 0 – 0 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Longridge   22'
Stanton   79'
Report McManus   77' Attendance: 787
Referee:   Kevin Clancy
5 March 2016 Championship Livingston 2 – 0 Dumbarton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan   29'
Gordon   74'
White   83'
Report Nadé   65'
Buchanan   87'
Attendance: 828
Referee:   Don Robertson
19 March 2016 Championship Livingston 2 – 3 St Mirren Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan   16'
White   83'
Report Mallan   16'
Shankland   35'   72'
Attendance: 1,228
Referee:   Crawford Allan
26 March 2016 Championship Falkirk 1 – 2 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
Vaulks   90+1' Report White   76'
Statnton   90'
Attendance: 3,897
Referee:   Nick Walsh
2 April 2016 Championship Livingston 0 – 0 Alloa Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Report Attendance: 927
Referee:   Alan Muir
5 April 2016 Championship Hibernian 2 – 1 Livingston Easter Road
19:45 Stokes   75'
Boyle   78'
Report White   23' Attendance: 7,289
Referee:   Barry Cook
9 April 2016 Championship Greenock Morton 2 – 1 Livingston Cappielow
15:00 Johnstone   51'
O'Ware   82'
Report White   23' Attendance: 1,463
Referee:   John McKendrick
23 April 2016 Championship Queen of the South 3 – 1 Livingston Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle   60 (pen)'   69'
Oliver   79'
Report Sam Stanton   29' Attendance: 1,421
Referee:   Mat Northcroft
26 April 2016 Championship Livingston 1 – 0 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Halkett   45+1' Report Attendance: 5,021
Referee:   Greg Aitken
1 May 2016 Championship Livingston 0 – 1 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Report Connolly   50' Attendance: 1,049
Referee:   Craig Charleston

Championship play-off edit

4 May 2016 Semi-Final Leg 1 Stranraer 5 – 2 Livingston Stair Park
19:45 McGuigan   14', 70'
Stirling   17'
Gibson   40'
Cole   81 o.g.'
Report White   10'
Buchanan   68'
Attendance: 589
Referee:   John Beaton
7 May 2016 Semi-Final Leg 2 Livingston 4 – 3 (a.e.t.)
(6 – 8 agg.)
Stranraer Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Buchanan   18'
White   45+2'
Mullen   89'
Halkett   90+4'
Report Cairney   50'
Dick   109'
Longworth   120'
Attendance: 1,018
Referee:   Craig Thomson

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

25 July 2015 Round 1 Livingston 2 – 1 Clyde Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Mullen   4'
Hippolyte   17'
BBC Report Bolochoweckyj   35' Attendance: 741
Referee: Allan
18 August 2015 Round 2 Queen of the South 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) Livingston Palmerston Park
19:45 BBC Report White   115' Attendance: 1,189
Referee: Graham
20 October 2015 Round 3 Rangers 1 – 0 Livingston Ibrox Park
19:45 Clark   75' BBC Report Attendance: 17,386
Referee: Dallas

Scottish League Cup edit

1 August 2015 First round Livingston 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Clyde Almondvale Stadium
15:00 White   110' BBC Report Attendance: 664
Referee: McKendrick
25 August 2015 Second round St Mirren 2 – 3 Livingston St Mirren Park
17:45 Gallagher   16'
Mullan   45'
BBC Report Buchanan   41'
Mullen   45'
Gallagher   84'
Attendance: 1,568
Referee: Colvin
22 September 2015 Third round Livingston 0 – 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Almondvale Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Storey   12'
Devine   43'
Attendance: 644
Referee: Muir

Scottish Cup edit

28 November 2015 Round 3 Peterhead 1 – 3 Livingston Balmoor
15:00 McAllister   90+1' (pen.) BBC Report Glen   14'
White   25', 74'
Attendance: 587
Referee: Allan
9 January 2016 Round 4 Livingston 0 – 1 Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Fotheringham   22'
White   69'
Report McKee   63'
O'Ware   65'
Russell   72'
Pepper   90+2'
Attendance: 873
Referee:   Craig Charleston

Player statistics edit

Squad edit

As of 7 May 2016 (UTC)[4]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Other
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Darren Jamieson 16 0 10+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF   SLE Osman Kakay 12 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF   SCO Jackson Longridge 39 1 29+1 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
4 DF   SCO Darren Cole 25 0 19+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+1 0
5 DF   SCO Craig Sives 9 0 5+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
6 DF   SCO Ben Gordon 35 1 28+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
7 MF   SCO Scott Pittman 41 2 30+2 2 3+0 0 2+0 0 4+0 0
8 MF   SCO Mark Fotheringham 17 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+1 0
9 FW   SCO Jordan White 44 16 25+9 10 2+1 1 1+1 2 5+0 3
10 FW   SCO Danny Mullen 26 4 12+7 1 2+0 1 1+0 0 2+2 2
12 DF   SCO Craig Halkett 17 2 15+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
14 DF   SCO Declan Gallagher 30 2 23+0 1 3+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
15 MF   SCO Morgyn Neill 31 0 17+6 0 1+1 0 2+0 0 3+1 0
18 FW   SCO Jordyn Sheerin 36 3 8+21 3 1+1 0 1+1 0 1+2 0
19 FW   SCO Liam Buchanan 45 14 26+9 11 2+1 1 2+0 0 4+1 2
20 MF   SCO Ryan Currie 12 0 1+7 0 0+1 0 0+2 0 0+1 0
21 MF   ENG Moses Duckrell 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 MF   SCO Sam Stanton 16 3 12+1 3 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
26 GK   SCO Marc McCallum 30 0 26+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
30 MF   SCO Charlie Telfer 15 0 10+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
31 FW   SCO Gary Glen 27 3 17+5 2 1+0 0 1+0 1 1+2 0
32 MF   SCO Cammy Fraser 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 MF   SCO Gabriel Auriemma 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
34 FW   SCO Matthew Knox 8 0 2+5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF   SCO Josh Mullin 10 0 7+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
36 MF   SCO Darren Smith 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 MF   SCO Kieran Somerville 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 GK   SCO Conor Quinn 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season
2 DF   SCO Ross Millen 14 0 7+2 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
8 MF   POR Hugo Faria 20 0 15+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
11 MF   ENG Myles Hippolyte 23 2 11+6 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 2+1 1
12 GK   ENG Matt Gould 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF   SCO Kieran Gibbons 23 0 15+3 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF   BUL Spas Georgiev 13 0 2+6 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
27 FW   SCO Mark Burchill 8 1 5+0 0 1+1 1 1+0 0 0+0 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
6 St Mirren 36 11 9 16 44 53 −9 42
7 Queen of the South 36 12 6 18 46 56 −10 42
8 Dumbarton 36 10 7 19 35 66 −31 37
9 Livingston (R) 36 8 7 21 37 51 −14 31 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
10 Alloa Athletic (R) 36 4 9 23 22 67 −45 21 Relegation to League One
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(R) Relegated

Division summary edit

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHHHAAHAHAHAAHHHAHHAAHH
ResultLLLDLLLWLLLWLLDLDWLLLDLDLWDWLWDLLLWL
Position10910910101010910107777888899999999999999999
Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2016. Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers edit

See also edit

References edit

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