Livingston
2012–13 season
ManagerJohn Hughes
(until 13 November)
Gareth Evans
(from 13 November – 28 February)
Richie Burke
(from 28 February)
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
First DivisionFourth place
Challenge CupFirst round
League CupThird round
Scottish CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Iain Russell (15)
All: Iain Russell (18)
Highest home attendance1,762 vs. Partick Thistle, First Division, 5 January 2013
Lowest home attendance493 vs. Dumbarton, League Cup, 28 August 2012
Average home league attendance1,320

The 2012–13 season was Livingston's second consecutive season 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

Season

During season 2012–13 Livingston finished fourth in the Scottish First Division.[2] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[3] the third round of the League Cup[4] and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.[5]

Management

They began the season under the management of John Hughes. On 13 November 2012, Hughes left the club after only nine months in charge[6] to take up the post of first team coach at Hartlepool United.[7] Gareth Evans took over as interim manager following Hughes departure.[6][8] At the end of November it was confirmed Evans would remain as manager on an ongoing basis.[9]

On 28 February 2013, Evans was sacked by the club[10] with Director of football John Collins resigning from his post.[11] Richie Burke the club's youth development manager took charge of the first team in the interim.[12] On 25 March, Burke was appointed as manager permanently with Mark Burchill joining the club as his assistant.[13] The duo were given contracts until 2015,[14] with Burchill also being registered as a player.[15]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

A match against Rapid Bucharest, scheduled for 7 July,[16] was called off due to a waterlogged pitch.[17]

4 July 2012[16] Friendly Livingston 0 – 2 Romania Concordia Chiajna Grangemouth Stadium
14:00 Livingston Report
Concordia Report		 Leca 6'
Stan 14'		 Attendance: 300
10 July 2012[16] Friendly (Closed Door) Stirling Albion 0 – 2 Livingston Forthbank Stadium
19:30 Livingston Report McNulty 41', 57' Referee: Cook

Scottish First Division

2 September 2012 Scottish First Division Falkirk 1 – 2 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Murdoch 34' (Penalty)
Dods Yellow card 88' Red card		 SFL Report Fordyce 39'
Watson Red card 49'
Andreu 90'		 Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Norris
2 January 2013 Scottish First Division Falkirk P – P Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
9 February 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston 2 – 3 Dumbarton Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Morton 22'
Russell 45+2' (Penalty)		 SFL Report Prunty 4'
Graham 23'
Agnew 69' (Penalty)
Gilhaney Red card 79'		 Attendance: 1,170
Referee: Robertson
19 February 2013 Scottish First Division Falkirk 2 – 0 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Taylor 39', 63' SFL Report Attendance: 2,583
Referee: Brines
23 February 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 1 – 1 Livingston New Douglas Park
15:00 May 90+1' SFL Report Russell 77' Attendance: 914
Referee: Northcroft
2 March 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston 4 – 1 Airdrie United Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Andreu 21', 39'
Russell 44'
Scougall 77'		 SFL Report Lynch Yellow card 75' Yellow-red card
Boyle 90+1'		 Attendance: 1,132
Referee: Finnie
16 March 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston P – P Falkirk Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to snow on pitch
2 April 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston 1 – 2 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Russell 26' (Penalty)
Russell Yellow card 82' Yellow-red card		 SFL Report Higgins 62'
Talbot 73' (Own goal)		 Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Colvin
4 May 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston 2 – 3 Raith Rovers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Fox 45' (pen.)
Russell 90'		 SFL Report G.Anderson 21'
Graham 82', 90'		 Attendance: 1,302
Referee: Roache

Scottish Challenge Cup

28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1 Annan Athletic 1 – 0 Livingston Galabank
15:00 Bell 74' SFL Report Attendance: 572
Referee: Robertson

Scottish League Cup

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 1 Stranraer 0 – 8 Livingston Stair Park
15:00 SFL Report Morton 17', 87'
McNulty 23', 66', 83'
Russell 39', 80'
McCann 62'		 Attendance: 284
Referee: Hilland
28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 2 Livingston 3 – 2 (a.e.t.) Dumbarton Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45 Russell 39' (Penalty)
Barr 96'
Easton 102'		 SFL Report Lister 36'
Gilhaney 110'		 Attendance: 493
Referee: Allan

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Fox Scotland 28 Club captain

Last updated: 6 May 2013
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 6 May 2013[20][21]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Darren Jamieson 303+000+000+000+00
GK Scotland SCO Andrew McNeil 38033+001+003+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Craig Barr 35432+040+002+001−+00
DF Scotland SCO Callum Booth 31122+810+000+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Ross Docherty 1309+100+003+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Callum Fordyce 1618+411+002+100+00
DF Scotland SCO Kevin McCann 31128+101+001+010+00
DF England ENG Jason Talbot 1208+400+000+000+00
DF Spain ESP Jesús García Tena 31329+030+001+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Paul Watson 21317+131+002+000+00
MF France FRA Anthony Andreu 38733+071+003+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Bobby Barr 814+101+001+110+00
MF Scotland SCO Jack Beaumont 200+000+100+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Dean Cummings 100+000+001+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Coll Donaldson 503+200+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Jack Downie 500+300+100+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Liam Fox 28227+020+000+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Ross Gray 700+500+000+200+00
MF South Africa RSA Keaghan Jacobs 14310+131+001+001+00
MF South Africa RSA Kyle Jacobs 19014+400+000+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Connor McDonald 801+401+001+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Burton O'Brien 24023+000+000+001+00
MF Scotland SCO Stefan Scougall 33627+161+003+001+00
FW Scotland SCO Mark Burchill 000+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Dylan Easton 610+400+000+210+00
FW Scotland SCO Kyle Lander 614+210+000+000+00
FW France FRA David Luongo 000+000+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Marc McNulty 311120+671+003+041+00
FW Scotland SCO Jordan Morton 29511+1331+003+020+10
FW Scotland SCO Danny Mullen 2422+2120+000+000+10
FW Scotland SCO Iain Russell 371828+5150+103+030+00
FW Scotland SCO Andrew Russell 000+000+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 6 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
ScotlandGKDarren Jamieson 0000000000
ScotlandGKAndrew McNeil 0000000000
ScotlandDFCraig Barr 6100200081
ScotlandDFCallum Booth 3000000030
ScotlandDFRoss Docherty 1100100021
ScotlandDFCallum Fordyce 1000000010
ScotlandDFKevin McCann 6100000061
EnglandDFJason Talbot 2000000020
SpainDFJesús García Tena 8000100090
ScotlandDFPaul Watson 1100000011
FranceMFAnthony Andreu 1000000010
ScotlandMFBobby Barr 0000000000
ScotlandMFJack Beaumont 0000000000
ScotlandMFDean Cummings 0000000000
ScotlandMFColl Donaldson 0000000000
ScotlandMFJack Downie 0000000000
ScotlandMFLiam Fox 3000000030
ScotlandMFRoss Gray 0000000000
South AfricaMFKeaghan Jacobs 1000000010
South AfricaMFKyle Jacobs 2000000020
ScotlandMFConnor McDonald 1000000010
ScotlandMFBurton O'Brien 2000000020
ScotlandMFStefan Scougall 4000000040
ScotlandFWMark Burchill 0000000000
ScotlandFWDylan Easton 0000000000
ScotlandFWKyle Lander 0000000000
FranceFWDavid Luongo 0000000000
ScotlandFWMarc McNulty 0000100010
ScotlandFWJordan Morton 1010100030
ScotlandFWDanny Mullen 0000000000
ScotlandFWIain Russell 7100100081
ScotlandFWAndrew Russell 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2 Greenock Morton 36 20 7 9 73 47 +26 67
3 Falkirk 36 15 8 13 52 48 +4 53
4 Livingston 36 14 10 12 58 56 +2 52
5 Hamilton Academical 36 14 9 13 52 45 +7 51
6 Raith Rovers 36 11 13 12 45 48 −3 46
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAAHHAAHAAHHAHHHHAH
ResultDLDWLLWDWDWWLWDDWLWWLWLDWWLDLWDLDLWL
Position5787786665545446444444443333444[lower-alpha 1]43334
  1. ↑ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[22]
Updated to match(es) played on 6 May 2013. Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

References

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