Livingston F.C.

Livingston F.C.
Full name Livingston Football Club
Nickname(s) The Lions or Livi[1]
Founded 1943 (as Ferranti Thistle)
Ground Almondvale Stadium
(Capacity: 10,122)
Chairman Gordon McDougall
Manager Gary Bollan
League Scottish First Division
2010–11 Scottish Second Division, 1st (Promoted)
Website Club home page
Home colours
Away colours
Current season

Livingston Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Livingston, West Lothian. The club currently plays in the Scottish Football League First Division.

The club was founded in 1943 as Ferranti Thistle, a works team. The club was admitted to the Scottish Football League and renamed as Meadowbank Thistle in 1974, and played its matches at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh. In 1995, the club was relocated to Livingston and renamed after that town. The club enjoyed significant success in the ten years after moving to Livingston, winning promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2001, qualifying for the UEFA Cup in its first season in the top flight, and winning the 2004 Scottish League Cup. The club hit financial problems in 2004, and was relegated to the First Division in 2006. In July 2009 the club faced more financial problems and entered liquidation proceedings which stopped a day later once an agreement was reached between the SFA, the administrators and potential investors to keep the club afloat. The club was then demoted to the Third Division.[2] The club achieved promotion in the two consecutive seasons and now play in the First Division.

They are managed by Gary Bollan.

Contents

History

Ferranti Thistle (1943–1974)

The club began life as Ferranti Amateurs[3] in 1943. A works team[4] of the Ferranti engineering company,[5] they initially played in the Edinburgh FA's Amateur Second Division.[3] In 1948 the club became known as Ferranti Thistle and began competing in the Edinburgh and District Welfare Association where they competed for five seasons,[3] before moving to senior football in 1953 joining the East of Scotland League.[6] During this period the club won the East of Scotland Qualifying Cup in 1963.[3] In 1969 the club acquired City Park ground in Edinburgh.[7]

In 1972 the club became members of SFA which allowed them to enter the Scottish Qualifying Cup which they won in 1973[8] which previously had not been open to them. The clubs first match in the Scottish Cup was on 16 December 1972 against Duns.[9]

In 1974 Following the demise of Third Lanark, a place opened up in the second division of the Scottish Football League. After beating off competition from four Highland League sides, Hawick Royal Albert and Gateshead United, Ferranti Thistle were accepted into the league by a vote of 21–16 over Inverness Thistle.[10][11] The club faced a number of obstacles before they could join the Division as their name did not meet stringent SFL rules on overt sponsorship of teams at the time[12] and the City Ground was not up to standard. The local council offered use of Meadowbank Stadium a modern stadium built in 1970.[3] After an Edinburgh Evening News campaign to find a name for the club, the name Meadowbank Thistle was chosen. This was approved by the SFL in time for the new season.[3]

Meadowbank Thistle (1974–1995)

Having had little time to form a squad from the existing Ferranti squad, the first Meadowbank Thistle manager John Bain faced an uphill task to produce a competitive squad in time for the new season.[13] Meadowbank played their first competitive match in the League Cup, eventually losing 1–0 to Albion Rovers.[14] In 1983 the club achieved promotion to the First Division[15] but ultimately were relegated back to the Second Division at the end of the 1984-85 season.[16]

In the 1986–87 season, Meadowbank won the Scottish Division Two championship and won promotion to Division One.[17] They finished Division One runners-up the following season[18] but were denied promotion to the Premier Division due to a streamlining of the size of the division.[19]

The part time club began to struggle, and it became a limited company in 1993[19] but was relegated a short time after at the end of the 1992-93 season to the Second Division.[20] Meadowbank suffered a second relegation in 1994–95, finishing second from bottom in Division Two and due to the creation of Division Three were relegated.[21] After this, Chairman Bill Hunter claimed Meadowbank had run into severe financial difficulties and were facing closure as a result. In the face of significant opposition from many Meadowbank fans who objected to the dropping of the club name and the team moving from Edinburgh,[22] in 1995 Meadowbank Thistle relocated to a new stadium in the new town of Livingston and changed name again, to Livingston F.C.[19]

Livingston (1995–)

In their first season as Livingston they were crowned champions of the Scottish Division Three for the 1995–96 season.[23] Three years later, in 1998–99, they won promotion again as Division Two champions.[24] Another promotion followed in 2000–01 when the club finished champions of Division One and gained promotion to the Scottish Premier League after just six seasons in existence.[25] Livingston's first SPL campaign, 2001–02, brought more success as they finished third in the league (behind Celtic and Rangers)[26] and qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time.[27]Jim Leishman's side gave a competent showing in the UEFA Cup. After disposing of FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein on the away goal rule after a 1–1 draw,[28] they came up against SK Sturm Graz of Austria, and after a 14 goal, 2 leg affair they missed out on the second round, going out on the wrong side of an astonishing 8–6 aggregate scoreline.[29] The club avoided relegation the following season finishing 9th. After this season, manager Jim Leishman became the club's director of football and was replaced by Brazilian manager Márcio Máximo,[30] who resigned only a few months into the following campaign[31] and was in turn replaced by Leishman's former assistant, Davie Hay. Under Hay's management, Livingston won their first National trophy in 2004 by winning the 2003–04 League Cup after a 2–0 win over Hibernian at Hampden Park. The goals in the final were scored by Derek Lilley and Jamie McAllister.[32]

The club's rise was short lived as they went into financial administration on 3 February 2004.[33] It was 13 May 2005 before Livingston emerged from administration,[34] following a period of financial turmoil in which the previous boardroom occupants were ousted to make way for Pearse Flynn's Lionheart Consortium.[35] Flynn's first decision was to sack Davie Hay, stating that he wanted a younger man in charge,[36] and to that end appointed Allan Preston as the club's new manager.[37] While Preston's term as Livingston manager started brightly with a 3–0 win over newly promoted Inverness Caledonian Thistle,[38] the club failed to win another league game under his management, resulting in his dismissal in November with the club rooted to the bottom of the SPL.[39] Richard Gough succeeded Preston[40] and steered the club to survival on the last day of the season with a 1–1 draw with Dundee that relegated Dundee in their place,[41] but Gough refused to stay as manager past the end of that season due to family problems and returned to the US,[42] and former Celtic player Paul Lambert succeeded him.[43] On February 11, 2006, Lambert resigned as Livingston manager after seven straight defeats leaving Livingston bottom of the Scottish Premier League.[44] He was replaced by former player and coach John Robertson.[45]

Despite his best efforts, Livingston were relegated for the first time in May 2006 after only picking up 18 points that season.[46] It was the worst record since the SPL began and was only beaten during in the 2007–08 season by Gretna, but only because they were deducted 10 points after going into Administration.[47] After a poor showing in the 2006–07 First Division saw John Robertson removed as Livingston manager on 15 April 2007.[48] His successor was announced on the 22 May 2007 as former Hibernian assistant coach Mark Proctor.[49] Proctor appointed Curtis Fleming as his assistant on the 26 June 2007,[50] but both were sacked in June 2008[51] after a disappointing season in which they finished seventh.[52] Livingston were taken over that summer by Italian majority shareholders Angelo Massone, Tommaso Bruno, Alessandro Di Mattia, and Tommaso Angelini after Pearse Flynn sold his shares in June 2008.[34] The Italian were thought to be close to appointing fellow Italian Roberto Landi as head coach in June[53] and he was made manager of the First Division side on 11 June 2008.[54] He and assistant Valter Berlini were then fired on 1 December after just five months in charge.[55] Paul Hegarty was linked with the job on 3 December, and formally appointed two days later.[56] Hegarty was subsequently suspended as manager on 26 April 2009[57] and his contract allowed to expire.[58]

John Murphy was appointed head coach on 30 June 2009, the same day the club faced a deadline to pay debt to West Lothian Council who owned Almondvale Stadium.[59] After that was not met, legal proceedings were carried out against the club to come to an arrangement over the debt within fourteen days or potentially face again going into administration.[60] Livingston were placed into administration on 24 July by the Court of Session in Edinburgh,[61] and face relegation to the Third Division, a points deduction or being removed from the Scottish Football League entirely.[62] On 27 July 2009, it was revealed that the club were likely to go into liquidation after owner Angelo Massone said he would refuse a £25,000 offer for the club from their administrator.[63] On 28 July 2009, Massone yet again refused the offer and the administrator subsequently started the liquidation process.[64] While Livingston seemed doomed, a meeting with the Scottish Football League on July 30 secured their future, as they agreed to allow prospective new owners Gordon McDougall and Neil Rankine run the club for the following season. The next day, Massone sold his shares to the new owners and left the club,[65] and it was also announced that John Murphy had been reduced back to his previous role as goalkeeping coach, with ex-player Gary Bollan becoming the club's new manager.[66] In their first game after the new owners took over, Livingston were on the wrong end of a cup shock in the Scottish League Cup first round, losing 3–0 to Albion Rovers, a team two divisions below them.[67]

Despite the new owners ensuring that Livingston's future as a professional football club would be secure for the next year at least by paying a £720,000 bond to the SFL,[68] on August 5 the Scottish Football League took the move to put Livingston in the Third Division. A breach of rules on insolvency was the main reason behind the decision.[2][69] An appeal was lodged and as a result the club refused to play their opening Division Three fixture against East Stirlingshire on August 8.[70] Because of this, the club were threatened with a points deduction, but in the event they were given a £3,000 fine for their actions. This was overturned on appeal, meaning that they ultimately escaped any punishment for their boycott of the match.[71] On 7 September 2009 a further appeal to the SFA was dismissed.[72]

On 17 April 2010, Livingston won the Third Division title after drawing 0–0 at home to Berwick Rangers. Goalkeeper Roddy McKenzie saved a last minute penalty to ensure the title was on its way to Almondvale.[73] The Lions ended the season on 78 points, 15 points ahead of second placed Forfar Athletic.[74] The following season on 9 April 2011, Livingston secured the Second Division title with a second consecutive title win to earn promotion back to the Scottish First Division with a 3–0 victory over Stenhousemuir at Ochilview Park.[75]

Stadium

The club have had three main grounds in their history as Ferranti Thistle the club initially played in local parks before finding a home at City Park in Edinburgh in 1969.[3] before moving to Meadowbank Stadium in 1973[3] which was built for the 1970 Commonwealth Games.[76]

Livingston currently play their home games at Almondvale Stadium in Livingston.[77] It is currently known as the Braidwood Motor Company Stadium due to a sponsorship deal.[78] The stadium opened in 1995[79] and is an all seater with a capacity of 10,016.[80] In April 2011 it was revealed that it was possible Livingston would relocate to a new stadium around one mile from the current site due to West Lothian Council looking to sell the current site to a supermarket chain.[81]

The ground has hosted Scotland U21s, U19s, U17s[82] and Ladies matches.[83] As well as one home game for Gretna due to problems with their ground share at Fir Park.[84]

Honours

¹ This includes honours won between 1974 and 1995, when The club were known as Meadowbank Thistle.

² This includes honours won between 1943 and 1974, when The club were known as Ferranti Thistle.

Kit sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1995–1998 Russell Athletic[97] Mitsubishi[97]
1998–2001 Motorola[97]
2001–2002 Jerzeez[97]
2002–2004 Intelligent Finance[97]
2004–2007 Xara[97]
2007–2008 Nike[97] Smarter Loans[97]
2008–2009 Macron[97] RDF Group[97]
2009–2010 Umbro[98] Fasteq[98]
2010–2011 Errea[97]
2011– Umbro[97]

Managers

As Meadowbank Thistle

As Livingston

See also: List of Livingston F.C. managers

Coaching staff

[128]

Source[128]

Players

First-team squad

[129][130] As of 26 October 2011 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Tony Bullock
GK Darren Jamieson
GK Andrew McNeil
DF Craig Barr
DF Cameron MacDonald
DF Callum Fordyce
DF Jonathan Brown
DF Maurice Ross
DF Jason Talbot
DF Paul Watson
DF Ross Docherty
DF Michael Travis
MF Mark Fotheringham
No. Position Player
MF Ross Gray
MF David Sinclair
MF Liam Fox
MF Keaghan Jacobs
MF Kyle Jacobs
MF Bobby Barr
MF Stefan Scougall
MF Dean Cummings
FW Kenny Deuchar
FW Marc McNulty
FW Rory Boulding
FW Iain Russell
FW Andrew Russell

Under-19 team

[131] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
GK Andrew Murphy
DF Michael Welsh
DF Bryce Naples
DF David Aitken
DF Michael Travis
DF Coll Donaldson
MF Ross Brady
MF Dean Cummings
No. Position Player
MF Jack Downie
MF Ross Docherty
MF Jack Beaumont
FW Liam Gray
FW Dylan Easton
FW Frazer Galloway
FW Michael Scott
FW Andrew Russell

Club records

See also

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