2008–09 Livingston F.C. season

February 2021 Livingston F.C. 2008–09 Roberto Landi Paul HegartyDavid Hay Almondvale Stadium Scottish First Division 7th Scottish Cup Third round Scottish League Cup Third round Scottish Challenge Cup Quarter-final 2007–08 2009–10 Season 2008–09 saw Livingston compete in the First Division. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Overview Livingston started the season brightly with manager Roberto Landi winning manager of the month for August.http://www.scottishfootballleague.com/news/article/the-irn-bru-sfl-manager-and-player-/ Manager of the month for August Scottish Football League 27 September 2011 However their form dipped there after and a series of managers and financial problems saw them finish seventh in the League to confirm their place in the First Division. However at the start of the next season the club went into administrationhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/8130333.stm Livi to go into administration BBC BBC Sport 24 July 2009 4 September 2011 and were relegated to the Scottish Third Division.July 2020 Managers Livingston had a total of three managers over the season. They started under Roberto Landi who was sacked on 1 December after only five months in chargehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/7758863.stm Sack for Livingston manager Landi BBC 26 September 2011 with Paul Hegarty being appointed as manager on 5 December.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/7764016.stm Livi confirm Hegarty as new boss BBC 26 September 2011 On 25 April only four months into his 18-month contract Hegarty was suspended by the clubhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/livingston/8019326.stm Hegarty turned away at Almondvale BBC 26 September 2011 over a private matter.http://sport.scotsman.com/livingstonfc/Livingston-launch-probe-into-Hegarty.5209484.jp Livingston launch probe into Hegarty suspension Scotsman Publications 26 September 2011 David Hay took over as interim manager for the last two games of the season.http://www.livingstonfc.co.uk/news/news_250409_1.php David Hay Interim Livingston Fc 4 September 2011 Results & fixtures http://www.livingstonfc.co.uk/archive/2008-09/match_2008_09.php fixtures 2008–09 Livingston Fc 4 September 2011 #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA Friendlies D 10 July 2008 19:30 Friendly 1–1 Liv Report Livingston FC Unirea Almondvale Stadium L 19 July 2008 15:00 Friendly 0–2 Liv Report Livingston Celtic Almondvale Stadium D 29 July 2008 19:45 Friendly 0–0 Coventry City Report Livingston Coventry City Almondvale Stadium First Division 2008–09 Scottish First Division L 2 August 2008 15:00 2–0 BBC Report St Johnstone Livingston MacDonald 55Sheerin 90 pen. McDiarmid Park 2,692 Brines W 9 August 2008 15:00 2–0 BBC Report Livingston Ross County Griffiths 12Talbot 66 Craig 1 40Higgins 1 63 Almondvale Stadium 1,068 McKendrick W 16 August 2008 15:00 1–2 BBC Report Greenock Morton Livingston Wake 31 Quinn 10Griffiths 12 Cappielow 2,502 Winter W 23 August 2008 15:00 2–1 BBC Report Livingston Clyde McParland 39Griffiths 86 Clarke 29 Almondvale Stadium 1,725 McCurry W 30 August 2008 15:00 1–2 BBC Report Dunfermline Athletic Livingston Kirk 53 Griffiths 41 74 East End Park 3,414 Finnie W 13 September 2008 15:00 2–1 BBC Report Livingston Airdrie United Elliot 90 Lynch 34McLaughlin 64 Almondvale Stadium 1,710 Smith W 20 September 2008 15:00 0–3 Scotland on Sunday ReportBBC Report Dundee Livingston Innes 40Elliot 84 90 Dens Park 3,631 Muir W 27 September 2008 15:00 3–1 BBC Report Livingston Partick Thistle Davidson 6Elliot 18 82 Maxwell 28 Almondvale Stadium 2,150 O'Reilly L 4 October 2008 15:00 6–1 BBC Report Queen of the South Livingston Dobbie 3 12Weatherston 45 58McQuilken 75Burns 83 Mackay 25Elliot 0 74 Palmerston Park 3,266 Boyle L 18 October 2008 15:00 0–1 BBC Report Livingston St Johnstone Milne 30 Almondvale Stadium 2,500 Finnie L 25 October 2008 15:00 2–1 BBC Report Clyde Livingston Trouten 63McSwegan 90 Elliot 15 Broadwood Stadium 820 Charleston W 1 November 2008 15:00 1–0 BBC Report Livingston Greenock Morton Elliot 76 Almondvale Stadium 1,733 Winter D 8 November 2008 15:00 0–0 BBC Report Airdrie United Livingston Excelsior Stadium 1,201 Conroy L 15 November 2008 15:00 2–3 BBC Report Livingston Dunfermline Athletic McPake 5Elliot 62 Kirk 19 90Bayne 60 Almondvale Stadium 1,760 Smith L 22 November 2008 15:00 2–1 BBC Report Partick Thistle Livingston Buchanan 11McKeown 43 Mackay 27 pen. Firhill Stadium 2,416 Boyle W 13 December 2008 15:00 1–4 BBC Report Ross County Livingston McCulloch 45 Davidson 34Elliot 47Griffiths 70Quinn 90 Victoria Park 2,180 Law W 20 December 2008 15:00 2–0 BBC Report Livingston Queen of the South McPake 51Elliot 55 Barr 1 78 Almondvale Stadium 1,874 Brown L 30 December 2008 19:45 1–0 BBC Report Dunfermline Athletic Livingston Shields 65 East End Park 3,036 Muir D 3 January 2009 15:00 1–1 BBC Report Livingston Airdrie United Elliot 86 Lynch 68 Almondvale Stadium 1,462 O'Reilly D 17 January 2009 15:00 1–1 BBC Report Livingston Clyde Winters 31 McLaren 41 Almondvale Stadium 1,354 D 24 January 2009 15:00 2–2 BBC Report Greenock Morton Livingston Wake 13McGuffie 16 Griffiths 81Smith 87 o.g. Cappielow 2,307 Brines W 31 January 2009 15:00 4–2 BBC Report Livingston Ross County One 10Davidson 15MackKay 45 pen.Griffiths 90 Hart 50Higgins 15 Almondvale Stadium Conroy 1,378 L 7 February 2009 15:00 1–2 BBC Report Livingston Dundee McParland 73Griffiths 1 77 Antoine-Curier 1Efrem 33 Almondvale Stadium 1,535 Boyle L 14 February 2009 15:00 1–0 BBC Report St Johnstone Livingston Samuel 70 McDiarmid Park 2,752 Winter L 21 February 2009 15:00 4–1 BBC Report Dundee Livingston Shinnie 48Efrem 55Antoine-Curier 68 79 De Vita 90 Dens Park 3,679 Finnie L 28 February 2009 15:00 2–4 BBC Report Livingston Partick Thistle Griffiths 52 73 Harkins 18 pen. 90Paton 34Rowson 47 Almondvale Stadium 2,876 D 7 March 2009 15:00 4–4 BBC Report Airdrie United Livingston Baird 8 64Di Giacomo 54Cardle 0 60Smyth 66 Griffiths 42 57One 43 51 Excelsior Stadium 1,100 Nicholls W 10 March 2009 19:30 4–2 BBC Report Livingston Dunfermline Athletic McParland 22Davidson 65 68Griffiths 77 Bell 56Graham 66 Almondvale Stadium 1,859 Calum Murray W 14 March 2009 15:00 1–0 BBC Report Livingston St Johnstone Griffiths 33 Almondvale Stadium Finnie D 21 March 2009 15:00 3–3 BBC Report Queen of the South Livingston Wilson 35Dobie 54 84 Griffiths 57 90Winters 88 Palmerston Park 2,487 Allan W 4 April 2009 15:00 0–1 BBC Report Clyde Livingston McLaren 0 57 Hamill 22 Broadwood Stadium 957 Brown L 11 April 2009 15:00 0–2 BBC Report Livingston Greenock Morton Wake 19 83 Almondvale Stadium 1,815 Salmond L 18 April 2009 15:00 0–1 BBC Report Livingston Dundee Young 61MacKenzie 1 88 Almondvale Stadium Norris 1,988 L 25 April 2009 15:00 1–0 BBC Report Partick Thistle Livingston Buchanan 90 pen. Firhill Stadium 2,803 S McDonald D 2 May 2009 15:00 2–2 BBC Report Ross County Livingston Craig 53 59 pen.Keddie 0 16 Griffiths 17Halliday 51 Victoria Park 2,567 Somers D 9 May 2009 15:00 2–2 BBC Report Livingston Queen of the South Winters 7Griffiths 8 pen. Tosh 60 pen.McLaughlin 67 Almondvale Stadium 1,652 McDermott Challenge Cup 2008–09 Scottish Challenge Cup W 26 July 2008 15:00 First round 4–0 BBC Report Livingston Stranraer Griffiths 33 72Hamill 67McParland 70 Nicol 0 81 Almondvale Stadium Brown W 12 August 2008 19:45 Second round 1–0 BBC Report Livingston Forfar Athletic Griffiths 51 Almondvale Stadium 800 Murray L 7 September 2008 15:00 Quarter-final 0–2 BBC Report Livingston Partick Thistle Turner 75Twaddle 78 Almondvale Stadium Somers League Cup 2008–09 Scottish League Cup W 6 August 2008 19:30 First round 1–2 yes BBC Report East Stirlingshire Livingston Graham 90 Fox 80Smith 113 Ochilview Park 360 Charleston W 26 August 2008 19:45 Second round 2–1 yes BBC report Livingston St Johnstone Griffiths 58Cuenca 95 Craig 46 Almondvale Stadium 979 Nicholls L 23 September 2008 19:45 Third round 4–0 BBC Sport Celtic Livingston Loovens24Samaras 64 85 pen.Brown 81 Celtic Park 23,569 Collum Scottish Cup 2008–09 Scottish Cup L 29 November 2009 15:00 Third round 2–1 BBC Report East Stirlingshire Livingston Forrester 9Graham 55 Fox 39 Ochilview Park 563 Charleston Statistics Squad Third Division Scottish Cup League Cup Alba Challenge Cup Pierre-Antoine Martini GK France 13 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 Roddy McKenzie GK SCO 24 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 Cameron MacDonald DF SCO 17 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Chris Innes DF SCO 30 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 Jason Talbot DF England 28 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 Danny Griffin footballer DF Northern Ireland 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dave Mackay footballer, born 1981 DF SCO 28 3 1 0 2 0 2 0 James McPake DF SCO 18 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 Gary Miller footballer DF SCO 23 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 Phil Cave DF SCO 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Andy Halliday MF SCO 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 David Sinclair footballer, born 1990 MF SCO 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Anthony McParland MF SCO 36 3 1 0 2 0 3 1 Liam Fox footballer MF SCO 20 0 1 1 3 1 3 0 Keaghan Jacobs MF South Africa 14 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 Kyle Jacobs footballer, born 1991 MF South Africa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Devon Jacobs 1 MF South Africa 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Malone footballer MF SCO 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Joe Hamill MF SCO 32 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 Mark Torrance MF SCO 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rocco Quinn MF SCO 15 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 Murray Davidson MF SCO 29 6 0 0 3 0 3 0 Milan Thomas 1 MF France 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Armand One FW France 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 David Winters footballer FW SCO 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Raffaele De Vita FW Italy 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fernando Giarrizo FW Argentina 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Calum Elliot FW SCO 13 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 Leigh Griffiths FW SCO 26 18 0 0 2 1 2 3 Gordon Smith footballer, born 1991 FW SCO 3 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 zzz Trialist 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |} League table LIV References 30em Livingston Category:Livingston F.C. seasons