2011–12 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2011–12 season
Manager	Gary Bollan; (until 5 February); Brian Welsh; (Caretaker); John Hughes; (From 14 February)
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
First Division	Fifth Place
Challenge Cup	Semi-final
League Cup	Second round
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Marc McNulty (11); All: Marc McNulty (16)
Highest home attendance	2,967 vs. Falkirk, First Division, 2 January 2012
Lowest home attendance	549 vs. Stirling Albion, Challenge Cup, 9 August 2011
Average home league attendance	1,776
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2010–11 2012–13 →

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

5 July 2011 Friendly	Livingston	2 – 1	Hibernian	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
	Deuchar 1' Russell 28'	Hibernian FC Report	O'Connor 53'	Attendance: 2,213 Referee: Collum

9 July 2011 Friendly	Livingston	1 – 1	Inverness	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
	Ky. Jacobs	Livingston Report	Foran	Attendance: 507 Referee: Steve Conroy

13 July 2011 Friendly	Cove Rangers	0 – 4	Livingston	Albyn School
		Livingston Report	Cummings Barr Fox Easton

16 July 2011 Friendly	Livingston	1 – 0	Hearts	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
	Russell 33'	Livingston Report		Attendance: 976 Referee: Beaton

Scottish First Division

6 August 2011 First Division	Livingston	2 – 2	Queen of the South	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
	Sinclair 56' Russell 85' (pen.)	BBC Sport	McLaughlin 19' Brighton 32'	Attendance: 1,444 Referee: Norris

13 August 2011 First Division	Greenock Morton	2 – 1	Livingston	Cappielow
	Tidser 9' MacDonald 64' (pen.) McCaffrey 87'	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

27 August 2011 First Division	Hamilton Academical	1 – 1	Livingston	New Douglas Park
	McLaughlin 54' Mensing 64' Crawford 78'	BBC Sport	Boulding 90'	Attendance: 2,051 Referee: Charleston

10 September 2011 First Division	Livingston	1 – 1	Falkirk	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
	Russell 70'	BBC Sport	Murdoch 38' Millar 90' (pen.) Higginbotham 90'	Attendance: 2,229 Referee: Thomson

17 September 2011 First Division	Ross County	1 – 1	Livingston	Victoria Park
	Brittain 45' Craig 64'	BBC Sport	Sinclair 40' Watson 65'	Attendance: 2,047 Referee: Northcroft

24 September 2011 First Division	Livingston	2 – 1	Partick Thistle	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
	Deuchar 29' Ky. Jacobs 90'	BBC Sport	Elliot 51'	Attendance: 2,251 Referee: Salmond

1 October 2011 First Division	Livingston	1 – 1	Raith Rovers	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	McNulty 67'	BBC Report	Hill 18' Graham 60'	Attendance: 2,011 Referee: Collum

15 October 2011 First Division	Ayr United	0 – 0	Livingston	Somerset Park
		Livingston Report		Attendance: 1,390 Referee: McLean

22 October 2011 First Division	Livingston	1 – 1	Greenock Morton	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Russell 34' (pen.)	SFL Report	O'Brien 16'	Attendance: 1,740 Referee: Clancy

29 October 2011 First Division	Queen of the South	0 – 2	Livingston	Somerset Park
		Livingston Report	McNulty 6' Fotheringham 64'	Attendance: 1,556 Referee: Winter

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

12 November 2011 First Division	Livingston	1 – 0	Hamilton Academical	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	McNulty 52'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,738 Referee: McKendrick

26 November 2011 First Division	Livingston	0 – 3	Ross County	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Boulding 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

17 December 2011 First Division	Livingston	P – P	Ayr United	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00

26 December 2011 First Division	Hamilton Academical	0 – 1	Livingston	New Douglas Park
14:00		SFL Report	Barr 70'	Attendance: 1,546 Referee: Charleston

2 January 2012 First Division	Livingston	1 – 2	Falkirk	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	McNulty 66'	SFL Report	Alagui 12' Higginbotham 72'	Attendance: 2,967 Referee: Winter

14 January 2012 First Division	Dundee	3 – 0	Livingston	Dens Park
15:00	Conroy 19' McGregor 74' Riley 82'	BBC Report	Fotheringham 76'	Attendance: 4,176 Referee: Charleston

21 January 2012 First Division	Livingston	2 – 2	Queen of the South	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Fox 40' Scougall 73'	BBC Report	Brighton 16' McGuffie 81' (pen.) C. Reid 90'	Attendance: 1,286 Referee: Somers

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

11 February 2012 First Division	Livingston	3 – 1	Partick Thistle	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	McNulty 37' Watson 45' Ky. Jacobs 52'	SFL Report	Cairney 88'	Attendance: 1,824 Referee: Conroy

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 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

6 March 2012 First Division	Livingston	1 – 2	Ayr United	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45	Ke. Jacobs 12'	SFL Report	Roberts 20' (pen.) McGowan 66'	Attendance: 859 Referee: Finnie

10 March 2012 First Division	Greenock Morton	1 – 3	Livingston	Cappielow Park
15:00	MacDonald 22'	SFL Report	McNulty 5' Russell 41' Barr 51'	Attendance: 1,396 Referee: Richmond

16 March 2012 First Division	Livingston	P – P	Hamilton Academical	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45		Report		Referee: O'Reilly

17 March 2012 First Division	Livingston	0 – 4	Hamilton Academical	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Talbot 11'	SFL Report	McShane 3' Redmond 12' Routledge 28', 81'	Attendance: 1,066 Referee: O'Reilly

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

7 April 2012 First Division	Livingston	1 – 3	Ross County	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Boulding 46'	SFL Report	McMenamin 38', 69' Vigurs 86'	Attendance: 2,004 Referee: Richmond

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

14 April 2012 First Division	Livingston	0 – 1	Ayr United	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Roberts 24'	Attendance: 1,375 Referee: Winter

21 April 2012 First Division	Queen of the South	0 – 4	Livingston	Somerset Park
15:00	Higgins 35'	SFL Report	Boulding 27', 88' McNulty 38' Jacobs 72'	Attendance: 1,403 Referee: Muir

28 April 2012 First Division	Livingston	0 – 0	Greenock Morton	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00		SFL Report		Attendance: 1,571 Referee: Roache

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

23 July 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1	Airdrie United	0 – 5	Livingston	Excelsior Stadium
		BBC Sport	Sinclair 50' Russell 55', 67' Barr 82', 90'	Attendance: 719 Referee: Richmond

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

4 September 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup QF	Berwick Rangers	1 – 2	Livingston	Shielfield Park
	McDonald 52'	BBC Sport	Scougall 12' Russell 85'	Attendance: 567 Referee: Beaton

9 October 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup SF	Hamilton Academical	1 – 0	Livingston	New Douglas Park
15:00	McLaughlin 43'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 1,418 Referee: Richmond

Scottish League Cup

30 July 2011 Scottish League Cup round 1	Livingston	6 – 0	Arbroath	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
	Boulding 2' Russell 7', 22' Ke. Jacobs 33' Talbot 66' McNulty 72'	BBC Sport	Doris 76'	Attendance: 804 Referee: Allan

24 August 2011 Scottish League Cup round 2	St Johnstone	3 – 0	Livingston	McDiarmid Park
	Wright 13' Sandaza 18', 25'	BBC Sport		Attendance: 2,439 Referee: Conroy

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

7 January 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Livingston	1 – 2	Ayr United	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:15	McNulty 43'	BBC Sport	Geggan 39' McGowan 52'	Attendance: 932 Referee: Salmond

Player statistics

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
	MF	Liam Fox		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	Total		First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Ramsdens Challenge Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Darren Jamieson	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
	GK	SCO	Andrew McNeil	43	0	36+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	GK	ENG	Tony Bullock	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	GK	SCO	Andrew Murphy	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Barr	42	2	35+0	2	2+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	SCO	Cameron MacDonald	3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Callum Fordyce	11	0	8+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Jonathan Brown	15	0	8+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	ENG	Jason Talbot	31	1	25+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	1	3+0	0
	DF	SCO	Paul Watson	40	1	32+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
	DF	SCO	Ross Docherty	13	0	8+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
	DF	SCO	Michael Travis	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	0
	DF	SCO	Maurice Ross	8	0	8+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Bryce Naples	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Kevin McCann	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	David Sinclair	19	3	6+8	2	0+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	1
	MF	SCO	Liam Fox	29	1	21+1	1	0+2	0	2+0	0	2+1	0
	MF	RSA	Keaghan Jacobs	38	5	30+1	4	2+0	0	2+0	1	3+0	0
	MF	RSA	Kyle Jacobs	40	3	29+5	3	2+0	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Dean Cummings	10	1	5+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Ross Gray	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
	MF	SCO	Bobby Barr	43	7	35+1	4	2+0	1	1+1	0	3+0	2
	MF	SCO	Stefan Scougall	30	2	20+4	1	1+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
	MF	SCO	Lewis Turner	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Mark Fotheringham	13	2	11+0	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Connor McDonald	3	0	0+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jack Beaumont	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jack Downie	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Kenny Deuchar	27	8	14+6	4	1+0	1	1+1	0	3+1	3
	FW	SCO	Marc McNulty	37	16	25+5	11	2+0	4	0+2	1	0+3	0
	FW	SCO	Iain Russell	33	13	17+9	8	1+1	0	2+0	2	3+0	3
	FW	ENG	Rory Boulding	32	13	12+13	11	1+1	1	1+1	1	2+1	0
	FW	SCO	Andrew Russell	9	0	1+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Dylan Easton	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Michael Scott	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Liam Gray	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012

Nation	Position	Name
Nation	Position	Name	Scottish First Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Total
	GK	Tony Bullock	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Darren Jamieson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	Andrew McNeil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Craig Barr	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	10	0
	DF	Cameron MacDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	Callum Fordyce	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Jonathan Brown	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Jason Talbot	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1
	DF	Paul Watson	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1
	DF	Ross Docherty	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Michael Travis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Maurice Ross	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	Bryce Naples	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Kevin McCann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	David Sinclair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Liam Fox	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	Keaghan Jacobs	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	Kyle Jacobs	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	MF	Dean Cummings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Ross Gray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Bobby Barr	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	MF	Stefan Scougall	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	Lewis Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Mark Fotheringham	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
	MF	Connor McDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Jack Beaumont	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Jack Downie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Kenny Deuchar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	Marc McNulty	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
	FW	Iain Russell	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
	FW	Rory Boulding	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
	FW	Andrew Russell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Dylan Easton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Michael Scott	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Liam Gray	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Awards

Last updated 14 May 2012

Nation	Name	Award	Month
	Rory Boulding^[11]	Ginger Boot Winner	April

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Joe Hamill	Raith Rovers	Free^[18]
Raffaele De Vita	Swindon Town	Free^[19]
Christopher Malone	Airdrie United	Free^[20]
Devon Jacobs	Stirling Albion	Free^[21]
Aaron Conway	Peterhead	Free^[22]
Craig McDowall	Alloa Athletic	Free^[23]
Michael O'Byrne	Albion Rovers	Free^[24]
Lewis Turner	Free Agent	Free^[25]
Tony Bullock		Retired^[26]
Ross Gray	Berwick Rangers	Loan^[27]
Cameron MacDonald	Airdrie United^[28]	Free^[29]
Maurice Ross	Free Agent	Free^[30]
Mark Fotheringham	Dundee^[31]	Free^[30]
Kenny Deuchar	Stenhousemuir	Loan^[32]

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