2010–11 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2010–11 season
Chairman	Gordon McDougall[1]
Manager	Gary Bollan
Stadium	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
Second Division	First place
Challenge Cup	First round, lost to Queen's Park
League Cup	First round, lost to Ross County
Scottish Cup	Third round, lost to Elgin City
Top goalscorer	League: ; Iain Russell (22)[2]; All: ; Iain Russell (24)[2]
Highest home attendance	1,863 vs. Airdrie United, 21 August 2010[3]
Lowest home attendance	724 vs. Forfar Athletic, 1 March 2011[3]
Average home league attendance	1,303[4]

The 2010–11 season was Livingston's first season back in the Second Division, having been promoted after winning the Third Division during season 2009–10.[5] They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Overview

The 2010–11 season was Livingston's first season back in the Scottish Second Division having been promoted as champions from the Third Division.[6] Despite poor form in the cups being knocked out in all their opening rounds, they won the Second Division with 5 games to spare with a 3–0 win over Stenhousemuir.[7] After all games were completed they were 23 points ahead over nearest rival Ayr United.[8]

Results and fixtures

[9][10][11][12] Win Draw Loss

10 July 2010 Friendly	Spartans	1– 4	Livingston	Ainslie Park
15:00	King	Liv Report	Russell Russell Jacobs Chris Malone

13 July 2010 Friendly	Montrose	0– 3	Livingston	Links Park
19:45		Liv Report	Barr Winters McNulty

15 July 2010 Friendly	Bangor	0– 4	Livingston	Clandeboye Park
19:45		Liv Report	Jacobs Hamill McNulty Barr

17 July 2010 Friendly	Glentoran	1– 1	Livingston	The Oval
15:00	Waterworth	Liv Report	Winters

20 July 2010 Friendly	Livingston	0– 0	Oxford United	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:30

28 July 2010 Friendly	Livingston	2– 2	Dundee United	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:30	McNulty Malone	Liv Report	Casalinuovo Myrie-Williams

18 December 2010 Friendly	Spartans Juniors	0– 3	Livingston	Ainslie Park
15:00

Scottish Second Division

7 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	3– 3	Alloa Athletic	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Jacobs 2' Russell 21' McAvoy 64' (og.)	BBC Report	Smith Punty 57' Scott 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,389 Referee: McDermott

14 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	1– 2	Livingston	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00	Chaplain 70' (pen.)	BBC Report	Winters 25' (pen.) O'Byrne 71' Russell 77'	Attendance: 643 Referee: Watters

21 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	2– 1	Airdrie United	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Russell 24' De Vita 73'	BBC Report	Gemmill 5'	Attendance: 1,863 Referee: Colvin

28 August 2010 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	2– 0	Forfar Athletic	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Winters 24' Jacobs 68'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,553 Referee: Northcroft

11 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	0– 0	Livingston	Balmoor Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 431 Referee: Beaton

18 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1– 3	Livingston	Glebe Park
15:00	Moyes 90'	BBC Report	Russell 43' Barr 45' De Vita 74'	Attendance: 526 Referee: Smith

25 September 2010 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	1– 1	East Fife	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	De Vita 53'	BBC Report	Byrne 69'	Attendance: 1,769 Referee: Brines

2 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Ayr United	3– 1	Livingston	Somerset Park
15:00	Malone 75' Roberts 80' (82)	BBC Report	Fox 33'	Attendance: 1,270 Referee: Winter

16 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	4– 1	Stenhousemuir	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Winters 14' Scullion 23' (og.) Conway 24' Russell 40'	BBC Report	Lyle 28'	Attendance: 1,606 Referee: Conroy

23 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	1– 0	Peterhead	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Winters 62'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,295 Referee: McDermott

30 October 2010 Scottish Second Division	Forfar Athletic	1– 0	Livingston	Station Park
15:00	Allan 72'	BBC Report		Attendance: 612 Referee: McLean

6 November 2010 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	2– 0	Dumbarton	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Watson 19' Russell 87'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,417 Referee: Clancy

13 November 2010 Scottish Second Division	Airdrie United	0– 1	Livingston	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Russell 64'	Attendance: 1,013 Referee: Beaton

26 December 2010 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	2– 2	Livingston	Recreation Park
15:00	Noble 28' Dunlop 45'	BBC Report	Sinclair 59' De Vita 71'	Attendance: 566 Referee: Hilland

15 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Peterhead	3– 0	Livingston	Balmoor Stadium
15:00	Ross 26' Strachan 50' (71), pen.'	BBC Report	Winters 66'	Attendance: 585 Referee: Robertson

18 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	2– 4	Livingston	Bayview Stadium
19:45	Crawford 19' Sloan 61' (pen.)	BBC Report	Deuchar 57' (65), 87' O'Byrne 80' Russell 82'	Attendance: 548 Referee: Beaton

29 January 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	4– 3	East Fife	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Jacobs 1' (89) Fox 12' Barr 82'	BBC Report	Linn 28' Crawford 72' Muir 75'	Attendance: 1,340 Referee: Salmond

1 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	2– 0	Brechin City	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45	Russell Winters	Liv Report		Attendance: 847 Referee: Richmond

12 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Ayr United	0– 3	Livingston	Somerset Park
15:00		BBC Report	Barr 61' Deuchar 73' Fox 84'	Attendance: 1,614 Referee: Brines

15 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	2– 0	Airdrie United	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45	Russell 34' (70), pen.'	BBC Report		Attendance: 890 Referee: Watters

19 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	2– 1	Stenhousemuir	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Russell 34' Barr 40' Talbot 60'	BBC Report	Williams 64'	Attendance: 1,246 Referee: Alan Muir

22 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Brechin City	1– 0	Livingston	Glebe Park
19:45	Molloy	Liv Report		Attendance: 565 Referee: Law

26 February 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	4– 0	Alloa Athletic	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Russell 55' (pen.) De Vita 56' (77) Barr 90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,377 Referee: Clancy

1 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	3– 0	Forfar Athletic	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45	Russell 5' (pen.) De Vita 61' Winters 88'	BBC Report		Attendance: 724 Referee: David Somers

5 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Dumbarton	0– 3	Livingston	Strathclyde Homes Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Jacobs 5' Russell 7' Fox 70'	Attendance: 853 Referee: Roache

8 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	1– 2	Livingston	Ochilview Park
19:30	Williams 76'	BBC Report	Russell 3' De Vita 31'	Attendance: 431 Referee: Richmond

19 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Forfar Athletic	0– 4	Livingston	Station Park
15:00		BBC Report	Deuchar 23' (57) Fox 45' Russell 60'	Attendance: 552 Referee: McKendrick

26 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	East Fife	1– 3	Livingston	Bayview Stadium
15:00	Wallace 60'	BBC Report	Deuchar 27' (70) Jacobs 80'	Attendance: 707 Referee: Law

29 March 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	5– 1	Peterhead	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45	Hamill 51' Russell 62' (83) De Vita 74' Fox 89'	BBC Report	Bavidge 28'	Attendance: 754 Referee: Colvin

2 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	0– 0	Brechin City	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 1,553 Referee: Winter

9 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Stenhousemuir	0– 3	Livingston	Ochilview Park
15:00		BBC Report	Jacobs 35' Fox 59' Sinclair 90'	Attendance: 837 Referee: Beaton

16 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	0– 0	Ayr United	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Russell 36'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,492 Referee: Finnie

19 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	3– 2	Ayr United	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45		Liv Report		Attendance: 904 Referee: Law

23 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Airdrie United	2– 4	Livingston	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Lovering 32' Owens 55'	BBC Report	Russell 5' (7) De Vita 61' McNulty 80'	Attendance: 872 Referee: Dunlop

30 April 2011 Scottish Second Division	Livingston	1– 1	Dumbarton	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00	Winters 80'	BBC Report	Walker 42'	Attendance: 1,549 Referee: O'Reilly

7 May 2011 Scottish Second Division	Alloa Athletic	1– 3	Livingston	Recreation Park
15:00	Dunlop 53'	BBC Report	Jacobs 43' De Vita 77' Russell 87'	Attendance: 647 Referee: Beaton

Scottish Challenge Cup

24 July 2010 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1	Queen's Park	3– 2 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	Hampden Park
	Eaglesham 40' (96), 103' (pen.)	SFL Report	MacDonald 25' Sinclair 119'	Attendance: 605 Referee: Clancy

Scottish League Cup

31 July 2010 Scottish League Cup round 1	Ross County	2– 1	Livingston	Starks Park
	Di Giacomo 37' Vigurs 67' Barrowman 69'	BBC Report	Russell 48'	Attendance: 1,215 Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish Cup

20 November 2010 Scottish Cup round 3	Elgin City	2– 1	Livingston	Borough Briggs
	Gunn 61' Crooks 78'	BBC Report	Russell 74'	Attendance: 802 Referee: Hilland

Statistics

Squad

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Second Division		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Challenge Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	ENG	Tony Bullock	37	0	34	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
	GK	SCO	Darren Jamieson	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	SCO	Craig McDowall	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Michael O'Byrne	14	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Barr	35	2	33	2	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Cameron MacDonald	9	1	6	0	1	0	1	0	1	1
	DF	SCO	Callum Fordyce	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Neil Hastings	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Jason Talbot	26	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	Paul Watson	35	1	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	SCO	Ross Docherty	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	SCO	David Cowan	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	David Sinclair	29	4	26	3	1	0	1	0	1	1
	MF	SCO	Liam Fox	34	7	32	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	RSA	Keaghan Jacobs	27	5	25	5	0	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	RSA	Kyle Jacobs	34	3	31	3	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	RSA	Devon Jacobs	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Chris Malone	16	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Joe Hamill	23	1	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Aaron Conway	13	1	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Ross Gray	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	SCO	Bobby Barr	27	4	24	4	1	0	1	0	1	0
	MF	SCO	Stefan Scougall	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Kenny Deuchar	19	8	19	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	SCO	Marc McNulty	6	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Iain Russell	36	24	34	22	1	1	1	1	0	0
	FW	ITA	Raffaele De Vita	34	12	31	12	1	0	1	0	1	0
	FW	SCO	Robbie Winters	33	7	30	7	1	0	1	0	1	0

Disciplinary record

[2]

Nation	Position	Name
Nation	Position	Name
	DF	Michael O'Byrne	2	8
	DF	Craig Barr	0	10
	FW	Iain Russell	1	6
	MF	Liam Fox	0	8
	DF	Jason Talbot	1	5
	MF	Bobby Barr	0	5
	MF	Kyle Jacobs	0	5
	GK	Tony Bullock	1	2
	FW	Robbie Winters	1	2
	FW	Kenny Deuchar	0	3
	FW	Raffaele De Vita	0	3
	MF	Keaghan Jacobs	0	3
	MF	Chris Malone	0	2
	DF	Ross Docherty	0	1
	MF	Devon Jacobs	0	1
	DF	Cameron MacDonald	0	1
	DF	Paul Watson	0	1
			6	66

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Livingston (C, P)	36	25	7	4	79	33	+46	82	Promotion to the First Division
2	Ayr United (O, P)	36	18	5	13	62	55	+7	59	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
3	Forfar Athletic	36	17	8	11	50	48	+2	59
4	Brechin City	36	15	12	9	63	45	+18	57
5	East Fife	36	14	10	12	77	60	+17	52

Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

References

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"For the record 2010/11". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
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"Scottish Second Division Stats: Team Attendance". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
"Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
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"GALLERY: Livingston celebrate wrapping up the Scottish Second Division title". Daily Record. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
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[1] Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. p. 740. ISBN 0755362314.

[Stats-2] "For the record 2010/11". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

[Att-3] Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack (2011). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2011-12. Headline. p. 778. ISBN 0755362314.

[4] "Scottish Second Division Stats: Team Attendance". soccernet.espn.go.com. ESPN. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

[5] "Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League". Scottish Football Historical Archive. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

[6] "Third Division round-up: Livingston show champions quality". Scotsman Publications. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[7] "GALLERY: Livingston celebrate wrapping up the Scottish Second Division title". Daily Record. 11 April 2011. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[8] "Scottish Division Two Table". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.

[9] "First Team Fixtures". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 30 May 2012.

[10] "IRN BRU Second Division Results 2010–2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[11] "Ramsdens Cup Results 2010-2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[12] "The Scottish Communities League Cup Results 2010-2011". Scottish Football League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.