2014–15 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston 2014–15 John McGlynn(until 16 December)Mark Burchill Almondvale Stadium Championship 8th Scottish Cup Third round League Cup Third round Challenge Cup Winners Jordan White (11) Jordan White (15) 8,178 vs. Heart of Midlothian, Championship, 27 December 2014 620 vs. Queen of the South, League Cup, 26 August 2014 2,605 FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 000000 FFFF00 _livingston1415h _yellowsides 660099 660099 660099 660099 660099 _whitesides2 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 season was Livingston's second season in the Scottish Championship and their fourth consecutive season in the second-tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division during the 2010–11 season.http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/sfl/2011/04/11/gallery-livingston-celebrate-wrapping-up-the-scottish-second-division-title-86908-23053894/ https://archive.today/20120730105055/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/sfl/2011/04/11/gallery-livingston-celebrate-wrapping-up-the-scottish-second-division-title-86908-23053894/ dead 30 July 2012 GALLERY: Livingston celebrate wrapping up the Scottish Second Division title Daily Record 11 April 2011 5 May 2012 Livingston also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. Summary Management Livingston began the 2014–15 season under the management of John McGlynn who had been appointed in September 2013. On the 16 December, McGlynn left his position as manager by way of ‘mutual consent’ and was replaced by Mark Burchill in a player/manager role.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30492637 Manager John McGlynn leaves Livingston by mutual consent BBC BBC Sport 16 December 2014 9 June 2020 Off the field, Livingston had been deducted 5 points by the SPFL in November 2014 due to a breach in tax payments and were only spared from relegation on the final day of the season with a home victory over Queen of the South.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30185423 Livingston:SPFL deducts five points over tax breaches BBC BBC Sport 24 November 2014 15 June 2020https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32448158 Livingston 1–0 Queen of the South BBC BBC Sport 2 May 2015 15 June 2020 Results and fixtures #CCFFCC Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFFFCC Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #FFCCCC Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #CCCCCC Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Pre Season 10 July 2014 19:30 Forfar Athletic 1–1 Report Livingston Station Park, Forfar D 12 July 2014 19:30 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Report Livingston Forbes 16 Ainsley Park, Edinburgh L 16 July 2014 19:45 Arbroath 0–3 Report Livingston Gayfield Park, Arbroath W 22 July 2014 19:30 Preston Athletic 1–5 Report Livingston Pennypit Park, Prestonpans W 24 July 2014 19:30 Dalkeith Thistle 1–2 Report Livingston King's Park, Dalkeith W Scottish Championship 2014–15 Scottish Championship 1 9 August 2014 15:00 Hibernian 2–1 Report Livingston El Alagui 16Oxley 19 Gallagher 60 Easter Road, Edinburgh 9,390 Bobby Madden L 2 16 August 2014 15:00 Livingston 2–1 Report Cowdenbeath Mullen 46White 74 Milne 89 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 1,147 Euan Anderson W 3 23 August 2014 15:00 Queen of the South 1–1 Report Livingston Jacobs 34 o.g.Fowler 0 72 White 66 pen. Palmerston Park, Dumfries 1,805 Greg Aitken D 4 30 August 2014 15:00 Dumbarton 1–0 Report Livingston Kane 89 Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton 814 Barry Cook L 5 13 September 2014 15:00 Livingston 4–0 Report Alloa Athletic Fordyce 27White 33 63 77 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 1,150 Kevin Clancy W 6 20 September 2014 15:00 Livingston 0–1 Report Raith Rovers Scott 18 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 1,309 Bobby Madden L 7 28 September 2014 16:05 Heart of Midlothian 5–0 Report Livingston El Hassnaoui 14Walker 30Sow 43 90Keatings 87 Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh 14,848 Don Robertson L 8 4 October 2014 15:00 Livingston 0–1 Report Rangers Macleod 8 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 5,924 Stephen Finnie L 9 18 October 2014 15:00 Livingston 0–4 Report Hibernian Malonga 31Handling 53McGeouch 70 pen.Heffernan 86 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 2,666 Greg Aitken L 10 21 October 2014 19:45 Falkirk 0–0 Report Livingston Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,021 Andrew Dallas D 11 25 October 2014 15:00 Livingston 2–2 Report Queen of the South Mullen 81Glen 88 Russell 31Reilly 69 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 1,099 Kevin Graham D 12 8 November 2014 15:00 Alloa Athletic 1–0 Report Livingston Buchanan 48 Gallagher 0 90+4 Recreation Park, Alloa 586 Matt Northcroft L 13 15 November 2014 15:00 Livingston 1–2 Report Dumbarton Mullen 29 Fleming 62Megginson 70 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 1,020 Stephen Finnie L 14 22 November 2014 15:00 Cowdenbeath 1–0 Report Livingston Gallagher 54 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 542 Alan Muir L 15 6 December 2014 15:00 Raith Rovers 1–5 Report Livingston Perry 0 2Anderson 45 White 3 pen.Burchill 23Glen 44Mullen 78McKenna 88 Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy 1,385 Crawford Allan W 16 13 December 2014 15:00 Livingston 0–1 Report Falkirk Alston 28 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 1,176 Barry Cook L 17 20 December 2014 15:00 Rangers 2–0 Report Livingston Aird 10Mensing 74 o.g. Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 28,053 Willie Collum L 18 27 December 2014 15:00 Livingston 0–1 Report Heart of Midlothian Keatings 25 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 8,178 John McKendrick L 19 3 January 2015 15:00 Queen of the South 3–1 Report Livingston Dowie 31Lyle 65Russell 76 White 39 Palmerston Park, Dumfries 1,940 Greg Aitken L 20 10 January 2015 15:00 Livingston 1–1 Report Cowdenbeath Mullen 4 Mensing 26 o.g. Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 829 George Salmond D 21 24 January 2015 15:00 Dumbarton 1–5 Report Livingston McCullam 87 White 5 82Mullen 63 73Jacobs 79 Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton 793 Craig Charleston W 22 3 February 2015 15:00 Livingston 0–0 Report Alloa Athletic Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 723 Euan Anderson D 23 7 February 2015 15:00 Livingston 2–3 Report Heart of Midlothian Sives 52Jacobs 90+4 pen. Zeefuik 4Anderson 82Walker 84 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 5,352 Brian Colvin L 24 14 February 2015 15:00 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Report Livingston Walker 40 Praprotnik 0 74 Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh 15,463 Alan Muir L 25 21 February 2015 15:00 Falkirk 2–0 Report Livingston Duffie 8Vaulks 16 Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk 3,780 Craig Thomson L 26 28 February 2015 15:00 Livingston 0–2 Report Raith Rovers Callachan 15Vaughan 21 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 972 Don Robertson L 27 11 March 2015 19:45 Hibernian 2–1 Report Livingston Cummings 31Dja Djédjé 89 Sekajja 88 Easter Road, Edinburgh 7,857 Stephen Finnie L 28 14 March 2015 15:00 Rangers 1–1 Report Livingston Vučkić 9 Sekajja 45 Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow 35,066 Andrew Dallas D 29 21 March 2015 15:00 Livingston 1–2 Report Dumbarton Sives 14 Agnew 80Fleming 88 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 831 John McKendrick L 30 28 March 2015 15:00 Alloa Athletic 2–2 Report Livingston Buchanan 53 73 Gordon 59 o.g.Boulding 89 Recreation Park, Alloa 706 Willie Collum D 31 8 April 2015 19:45 Livingston 2–1 Report Falkirk Mullen 9 54 Baird 44 pen. Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 1,047 Euan Anderson W 32 11 April 2015 15:00 Cowdenbeath 1–2 Report Livingston Wedderburn 48 White 63 80 Central Park, Cowdenbeath 624 Crawford Allan W 33 15 April 2015 19:45 Livingston 1–1 Report Rangers Hippolyte 47 Žaliūkas 49 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 4,345 Greg Aitken D 34 22 April 2015 19:45 Livingston 1–3 Report Hibernian Hippolyte 14Cole 0 45 Robertson 8Cummings 15Malonga 82 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 2,301 Andrew Dallas L 35 25 April 2015 15:00 Raith Rovers 0–4 Report Livingston Fordyce 19Sives 49Mullen 55Barr 71 o.g. Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy 1,766 Kevin Graham W 36 2 May 2015 15:00 Livingston 1–0 Report Queen of the South Jacobs 78 pen. Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 2,475 Willie Collum W Scottish Challenge Cup 2014–15 Scottish Challenge Cup First Round 26 July 2014 15:00 Queen of the South 3–4 yes Report Livingston Dowie 24Russell 56Paton 107 Sives 58Mullen 65Hippolyte 98Robertson 115 Palmerston Park, Dumfries 1,196 Craig Charleston W Second Round 20 August 2014 19:45 Livingston 4–1 Report Heart of Midlothian White 6 76Hippolyte 81Robertson 84 Talbot 90+1 o.g. Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 3,807 Crawford Allan W Quarter-Final 6 September 2014 15:00 Peterhead 0–1 yes Report Livingston Rodgers 0 120+1 Hippolyte 113 Balmoor Stadium, Peterhead 695 Brian Colvin W Semi-Final 12 October 2014 15:00 Livingston 1–1 5–4 Report Stranraer Glen 66 Longworth 45 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 845 George Salmond W Final 5 April 2015 15:00 Livingston 4–0 Report Alloa Athletic Pittman 21Fordyce 61White 86 90+2 McDiarmid Park, Perth 2,869 John Beaton W Scottish League Cup 2014–15 Scottish League Cup First Round 2 August 2014 15:00 Albion Rovers 0–0 3–4 Report Livingston Cliftonhill, Coatbridge 536 Des Roache W Second Round 26 August 2014 19:45 Livingston 1–0 yes Report Queen of the South Hippolyte 119 Almondvale Stadium, Livingston 620 George Salmond W Third Round 23 September 2014 19:45 Aberdeen 4–0 Report Livingston Taylor 8Rooney 61 74 87 Pittodrie, Aberdeen 6,454 Andrew Dallas L Scottish Cup 2014–15 Scottish Cup Third Round 1 November 2014 15:00 Annan Athletic 3–2 Report Livingston Weatherson 20 41McColm 58 Jacobs 13Mullen 83 Galabank, Annan 560 Euan Anderson L Player statistics 2 May 2015 (UTC)https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1634&comp_id=12&teamTabs=stats Livingston 2014/2015 player appearances Soccerbase 12 June 2020 Championship League Cup Scottish Cup Other 1 Darren Jamieson GK SCO 36+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 2 Craig Sives DF SCO 20+1 3 2+1 0 1+0 0 3+0 1 3 Jason Talbot DF SCO 28+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0 4 Darren Cole DF SCO 8+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 5 Callum Fordyce DF SCO 35+0 2 3+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 1 6 Kyle Jacobs MF South Africa 34+0 2 3+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 7 Keaghan Jacobs MF South Africa 32+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 1 4+0 0 8 Burton O'Brien MF SCO 28+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0 9 Rory Boulding FW ENG 0+4 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 11 Myles Hippolyte FW ENG 12+21 2 0+3 1 1+0 0 1+4 3 12 Kevin Walker GK SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 14 Declan Gallagher DF SCO 28+0 1 2+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 15 Nejc Praprotnik MF Slovenia 4+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 16 Jack Beaumont MF SCO 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 17 Michael McKenna MF SCO 12+13 1 3+0 0 0+1 0 4+0 0 18 Jordan White FW SCO 28+7 11 2+1 0 1+0 0 3+2 4 19 Gary Glen FW SCO 18+11 2 3+0 0 1+0 0 3+2 1 20 Danny Mullen FW SCO 26+7 10 2+1 0 0+1 1 4+0 1 22 Ibra Sekajja FW ENG 8+3 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 23 Bradley Donaldson DF SCO 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 25 Scott Pittman FW SCO 10+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 27 Mark Burchill FW SCO 4+7 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 30 Shaun Rutherford DF SCO 10+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 31 Darren Moffat MF SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 33 Ryan Currie MF SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 34 Jordan Cook DF SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |- |colspan="12"|Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season |- 4 Simon Mensing MF ENG 6+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 9 Rob Ogleby FW ENG 1+11 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 10 David Robertson MF SCO 6+7 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 1+2 2 21 Paul Grant GK SCO 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 |} Team statistics League table LIV Division summary table b Round Ground A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/H/A/H/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H Result L/W/D/L/W/L/L/L/L/D/D/L/L/L/W/L/L/L/L/D/W/D/L/L/L/L/L/D/L/D/W/W/D/L/W/W Position 8/6/5/6/5/5/6/8/10/8/8/9/9/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/10/9/8 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st yellow1 yellow2 yellow2 red2 red1 2 May 2015 https://www.worldfootball.net/competition/ro47816/md1/results-and-standings/ Scottish Championship 2014/15 worldfootball.net 12 June 2020 June 2020 Transfers Players in PlayerFromFeeSCO David RobertsonSCO Greenock MortonFreehttps://www.thecourier.co.uk/sport/football/135109/livingston-swoop-for-former-dundee-united-player-david-robertson/ Livingston swoop for former Dundee United player David Robertson The Courier thecourier.co.uk 9 June 2014 12 June 2020SCO Jordan WhiteSCO Stirling AlbionFreehttp://sport.stv.tv/football/281583-livingston-strengthen-squad-for-championship-campaign-with-six-new-signings/ Livingston strengthen squad for Championship with six new signings STV stv.tv 4 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031846/http://sport.stv.tv/football/281583-livingston-strengthen-squad-for-championship-campaign-with-six-new-signings/ 12 June 2020 2016-03-04 ENG Robert OglebyWales WrexhamFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28165343 Livingston announce six new signings for new campaign BBC BBC Sport 4 July 2014 12 June 2020SCO Declan GallagherSCO DundeeFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28165343 Livingston announce six new signings for new campaign BBC BBC Sport 4 July 2014 12 June 2020SCO Bradley DonaldsonSCO HibernianFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28165343 Livingston announce six new signings for new campaign BBC BBC Sport 4 July 2014 12 June 2020SCO Michael McKennaSCO Musselburgh AthleticFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28165343 Livingston announce six new signings for new campaign BBC BBC Sport 4 July 2014 12 June 2020ENG Myles HippolyteENG SouthallFreeSCO Gary GlenSCO Ross CountyFreeSCO Paul GrantSCO HibernianFreehttp://spfl.co.uk/news/article/livingston-sign-keeper-grant/ Livingston sign keeper Grant SPFL spfl.co.uk 31 July 2014 12 June 2020 12 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140812095631/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/livingston-sign-keeper-grant/ dead ENG Ibra SekajjaSCO Inverness CTFreehttp://www.livingstonfc.co.uk/news/news_20150116_3.php New striker signs on Livingston FC livingstonfc.co.uk 16 January 2015 12 June 2020SCO Scott PittmanSCO Bo'ness UnitedFreehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31116090 Livingston:David Robertson leaves as Bo'ness striker arrives BBC BBC Sport 3 February 2015 12 June 2020ENG Rory BouldingSCO FalkirkFreehttp://www.livingstonfc.co.uk/news/news_20150320_2.php Boulding's Back! Livingston FC livingstonfc.co.uk 20 March 2015 12 June 2020 Players out PlayerToFeeSCO Danny DenholmSCO Forfar AthleticFreehttp://www.forfarathletic.co.uk/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=items&cid=6%3Anews&id=1398%3Astuart-malcolm-stays-at-station-park-as-danny-denholm-returns&Itemid=27 Stuart Malcolm stays at Station Park as Danny Denholm returns Forfar Athletic FC forfarathletic.co.uk 7 May 2014 6 June 2020SLO Nejc MevljaROM Pandurii Târgu JiuFreeDepartures at Livingston http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/livingston-release-18-players/ spfl.co.uk 14 May 2014 24 August 2014 15 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140515193758/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/livingston-release-18-players/ deadSCO Marc McNultyENG Sheffield UnitedUndisclosedhttp://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/mcnulty-adds-to-scottish-contingent-at-bramall-lane.24273944 McNulty adds to Scottish contingent at Bramall Lane Herald Scotland heraldscotland.com 19 May 2014 6 June 2020SCO Martin ScottSCO Raith RoversFreehttp://www.raithrovers.net/14851/another-new-face-for-201415.htm Another new face for 2014/15 Raith Rovers FC raithrovers.net 2 June 2014 6 June 2020SCO Andrew BarrowmanSCO Greenock MortonFreehttp://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/greenock/articles/2014/07/04/503348-morton-land-striker-barrowman/ Morton land striker Barrowman Greenock Telegraph greenocktelegraph.co.uk 4 July 2014 6 June 2020SCO Kyle LanderSCO St JohnstoneFreeSCO Ross DochertySCO AirdrieoniansFreehttps://www.airdriefc.com/news/2014/12/rossdocherty Ross Docherty signs Airdrieonians FC airdriefc.com 8 December 2014 6 June 2020ENG Simon MensingUSA Atlanta SilverbacksFreehttp://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2017/02/17/simon-mensing-enjoyed-living-american-dream-insists-missed-moaning-scottish-football-fans/ Simon Mensing enjoyed living American dream – but insists he missed moaning Scottish football fans Capital City Press deadlinenews.co.uk 17 February 2017 6 June 2020 See also List of Livingston F.C. seasons References 30em Livingston Category:Livingston F.C. seasons