Livingston
2011–12 season
ManagerGary Bollan
(until 5 February)
Brian Welsh
(Caretaker)
John Hughes
(From 14 February)
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
First DivisionFifth Place
Challenge CupSemi-final
League CupSecond round
Scottish CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Marc McNulty (11)
All: Marc McNulty (16)
Highest home attendance2,967 vs. Falkirk, First Division, 2 January 2012
Lowest home attendance549 vs. Stirling Albion, Challenge Cup, 9 August 2011
Average home league attendance1,776

The 2011–12 season saw Livingston compete in their first season back in the First Division, having been promoted after winning the Scottish Second Division during season 2010–11.[1] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Livingston finished fifth in the First Division.[2] They reached the Semi Final of the Challenge Cup,[3] the second round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Managers

On 5 February 2012 Gary Bollan was sacked by the club,[6] with Brian Welsh being appointed as caretaker manager.[7] Welsh led the club for one game before emigrating to America[8] and on 14 February John Hughes was appointed as manager with John Collins being appointed Director of football.[9]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

2 July 2011 Friendly Livingston 1 – 1 Dunfermline Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
Russell 9' DAFC Report Hardie 5' Attendance: 657
Referee: Tumilty

Scottish First Division

13 August 2011 First Division Greenock Morton 2 – 1 Livingston Cappielow
Tidser 9'
MacDonald 64' (pen.)
McCaffrey Yellow card 87' Red card		 BBC Sport Russell 55' (pen.) Attendance: 2,025
Referee: Winter
20 August 2011 First Division Livingston 4 – 2 Dundee Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
Russell 4'
Deuchar 13', 59'
Ke. Jacobs 90'		 BBC Sport Irvine 61'
McNeil 65' (o.g)		 Attendance: 1,996
Referee: Hilland
17 September 2011 First Division Ross County 1 – 1 Livingston Victoria Park
Brittain 45'
Craig Red card 64'		 BBC Sport Sinclair 40'
Watson Yellow card 65' Red card		 Attendance: 2,047
Referee: Northcroft
5 November 2011 First Division Falkirk 4 – 3 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Alagui 12'
Wallace 17'
Brown 39' (o.g.)
Weatherston 85'		 SFL Report Barr 56'
Ke. Jacobs 62'
Fotheringham 78'		 Attendance: 3,691
Referee: Colvin
26 November 2011 First Division Livingston 0 – 3 Ross County Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Boulding Red card 56' SFL Report Gardyne 65'
McMenamin 72', 74'		 Attendance: 1,628
Referee: Tumilty
3 December 2011 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 1 Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 Balatoni 26'
Deuchar 33' (o.g.)		 SFL Report Deuchar 56' Attendance: 2,026
Referee: Muir
10 December 2011 First Division Raith Rovers 0 – 1 Livingston Stark's Park
15:00 BBC Sport Barr 56' Attendance: 1,604
Referee: Allan
14 January 2012 First Division Dundee 3 – 0 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 Conroy 19'
McGregor 74'
Riley 82'		 BBC Report Fotheringham Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card Attendance: 4,176
Referee: Charleston
28 January 2012 First Division Ross County 3 – 0 Livingston Victoria Park
15:00 McMenamin 28', 82'
Morrow 87'		 SFL Report Attendance: 2,514
Referee: McKendrick
18 February 2012 First Division Livingston 4 – 0 Raith Rovers Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Ky. Jacobs 17'
McNulty 48', 60', pen.' (70)		 SFL Report Davidson Red card 69' Attendance: 1,929
Referee: Colvin
25 February 2012 First Division Ayr United 3 – 1 Livingston Somerset Park
15:00 Geggan 33', 56'
Malone 53'		 SFL Report Cummings 11' Attendance: 1,312
Referee: Thomson
3 March 2012 First Division Livingston 2 – 3 Dundee Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 McNulty 39'
McGregor 46' (o.g.)		 SFL Report McCluskey 26', 88'
Finnigan 56'		 Attendance: 2,052
Referee: Madden
24 March 2012 First Division Falkirk 2 – 5 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 El Alagui 29'
Weatherston 79'		 SFL Report Boulding 36', 41'
B. Barr 71', 84'
Russell 74' (pen.)		 Attendance: 2,939
Referee: Somers
31 March 2012 First Division Partick Thistle 2 – 3 Livingston Firhill Stadium
15:00 Cairney 7'
Sinclair 54'		 SFL Report Boulding 20', 47'
Russell 50'		 Attendance: 1,871
Referee: Charleston
10 April 2012 First Division Raith Rovers 0 – 3 Livingston Stark's Park
19:45 SFL Report Boulding 17' (pen.), 45', 55' Attendance: 1,541
Referee: Brines
21 April 2012 First Division Queen of the South 0 – 4 Livingston Somerset Park
15:00 Higgins Red card 35' SFL Report Boulding 27', 88'
McNulty 38'
Jacobs 72'		 Attendance: 1,403
Referee: Muir
5 May 2012 First Division Dundee 0 – 1 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 Reid 48' SFL Report Attendance: 3,675
Referee: Finnie

Scottish Challenge Cup

9 August 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup round 2 Livingston 5 – 0 Stirling Albion Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
Deuchar 23', 34', 90'
Jacobs 36' (o.g.)
Thom 87' (o.g.)		 BBC Sport Attendance: 549
Referee: Brines

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

19 November 2011 Scottish Cup round 3 Irvine Meadow 0 – 6 Livingston Meadow Park
14:00 BBC Sport McNulty 5', 26', 40'
Boulding 41'
Deuchar 51'
Barr 90'		 Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Cook

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Liam Fox Scotland 29 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012[10]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionScottish CupLeague CupRamsdens Challenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Darren Jamieson 100+000+000+001+00
GK Scotland SCO Andrew McNeil 43036+002+002+003+00
GK England ENG Tony Bullock 000+000+000+000+00
GK Scotland SCO Andrew Murphy 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Craig Barr 42235+022+002+003+00
DF Scotland SCO Cameron MacDonald 301+000+000+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Callum Fordyce 1108+201+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Jonathan Brown 1508+200+002+003+00
DF England ENG Jason Talbot 31125+001+002+013+00
DF Scotland SCO Paul Watson 40132+012+002+004+00
DF Scotland SCO Ross Docherty 1308+300+000+000+20
DF Scotland SCO Michael Travis 300+100+000+000+20
DF Scotland SCO Maurice Ross 808+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Bryce Naples 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Kevin McCann 10010+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO David Sinclair 1936+820+001+004+01
MF Scotland SCO Liam Fox 29121+110+202+002+10
MF South Africa RSA Keaghan Jacobs 38530+142+002+013+00
MF South Africa RSA Kyle Jacobs 40329+532+001+102+00
MF Scotland SCO Dean Cummings 1015+510+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Ross Gray 100+000+000+000+10
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Barr 43735+142+011+103+02
MF Scotland SCO Stefan Scougall 30220+411+101+003+01
MF Scotland SCO Lewis Turner 000+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Mark Fotheringham 13211+022+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Connor McDonald 300+300+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Jack Beaumont 200+200+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Jack Downie 100+100+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Kenny Deuchar 27814+641+011+103+13
FW Scotland SCO Marc McNulty 371625+5112+040+210+30
FW Scotland SCO Iain Russell 331317+981+102+023+03
FW England ENG Rory Boulding 321312+13111+111+112+10
FW Scotland SCO Andrew Russell 901+800+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Dylan Easton 200+200+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Michael Scott 101+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Liam Gray 200+200+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
EnglandGKTony Bullock 0000000000
ScotlandGKDarren Jamieson 0000000000
ScotlandGKAndrew McNeil 0000000000
ScotlandDFCraig Barr 70100020100
ScotlandDFCameron MacDonald 0000001010
ScotlandDFCallum Fordyce 1000000010
ScotlandDFJonathan Brown 2000000020
EnglandDFJason Talbot 1100001021
ScotlandDFPaul Watson 6100100071
ScotlandDFRoss Docherty 1000000010
ScotlandDFMichael Travis 0000000000
ScotlandDFMaurice Ross 2000000020
ScotlandDFBryce Naples 0000000000
ScotlandDFKevin McCann 0000000000
ScotlandMFDavid Sinclair 0000000000
ScotlandMFLiam Fox 2010100040
South AfricaMFKeaghan Jacobs 3000000030
South AfricaMFKyle Jacobs 3000000030
ScotlandMFDean Cummings 0000000000
ScotlandMFRoss Gray 0000000000
ScotlandMFBobby Barr 4010000050
ScotlandMFStefan Scougall 0000001010
ScotlandMFLewis Turner 0000000000
ScotlandMFMark Fotheringham 6100000061
ScotlandMFConnor McDonald 0000000000
ScotlandMFJack Beaumont 0000000000
ScotlandMFJack Downie 0000000000
ScotlandFWKenny Deuchar 2000000020
ScotlandFWMarc McNulty 3000001040
ScotlandFWIain Russell 3000001040
EnglandFWRory Boulding 1100000011
ScotlandFWAndrew Russell 1000000010
ScotlandFWDylan Easton 0000000000
ScotlandFWMichael Scott 0000000000
ScotlandFWLiam Gray 1000000010

Awards

Last updated 14 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
England Rory Boulding[11] Ginger Boot Winner April

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48 +5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 56 −1 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39 +11 47
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 11 14 46 49 −3 44
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Transfers

References

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  2. ↑ "2011/12 Scottish Division One Table". ESPN Soccernet. ESPN. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Hamilton Academical 1 – 0 Livingston". Scottish Football League. 9 October 2011. Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "St. Johnstone 3 – 0 Livingston". Scottish Football League. 24 August 2011. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
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  26. ↑ "Livi keeper Tony Bullock forced to call it a day". Daily Record. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
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  30. 1 2 "Farewell to Fozzy and Mo". Livingston F.C. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
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