2005–06 Livingston F.C. season

Summary

Results & fixtures

Statistics

References

Managers

SPL

League Cup

Scottish Cup

League Table

Livingston F.C.
2005–06 season
Manager	Paul Lambert John Robertson
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Scottish Premier League	12th (Relegated)
Scottish Cup	Round 3
Co-operative Insurance Cup	Semi Final
← 2004-05 2006-07 →

Season 2005–06 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Livingston finished last in the SPL and were relegated to the Scottish First Division.^[1] They managed only four wins in 38 games a current joint record they hold with Dunfermline for the least number of wins in a season since the SPL began.^[2]

Under new manager Paul Lambert^[3] Livingston only managed two wins in 26 games. This led to him resigning on 11 February 2006^[4] after their defeat to nearest rival Dunfermline.^[5] John Robertson was appointed as manager^[6] but was unable to stop Livingston's demise managing only a further two wins.

^[7]^[8] Win Draw Loss

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Premier League

SPL 31 July 2005	Rangers	3– 0	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Pršo 23' Fanfan 53' Peter Løvenkrands 90'	BBC Report	Brittain 74'	Attendance: 49,613 Referee: Thomson

SPL 6 August 2005	Livingston	0– 2	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Latapy 28' Duffy 72'	Attendance: 4,052 Referee: Smith

SPL 13 August 2005	Hibernian	3– 0	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00	Murphy 40' Shiels 42' O'Connor 53'	BBC Report		Attendance: 11,341 Referee: G Turner

SPL 20 August 2005	Livingston	1– 1	Dunfermline	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Pereira 64'	BBC Report	Makel 44'	Attendance: 4,522 Referee: Murray

SPL 27 August 2005	Kilmarnock	3– 0	Livingston	Fir Park
15:00	Nish 28' (35), 43'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,644 Referee: McCurry

SPL 11 September 2005	Livingston	1– 4	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Dalglish 44'	BBC Report	Skacel 11' Webster 27' Hartley 34' (63), pen.'	Attendance: 8,405 Referee: McDonald

SPL 17 September 2005	Dundee United	2– 0	Livingston	Tannadice Park
15:00	Fernandez 34' Canero 76'	BBC Report		Attendance: 6,302 Referee: Freeland

SPL 1 October 2005	Livingston	0– 5	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	McManus 36' Maloney 45' Zurawski 51' Sutton 62' Beattie 72'	Attendance: 9,115 Referee: McCurry

SPL 15 October 2005	Motherwell	1– 0	Livingston	Fir Park
15:00	Foran 21'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,507 Referee: Fyfe

SPL 22 October 2005	Livingston	1– 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Pinxten 14'	BBC Report	Morgan 72'	Attendance: 3,372 Referee: Ritchie

SPL 26 October 2005	Livingston	2– 2	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Snodgrass 56' (64)	BBC Report	Ferguson 15' Burke 54'	Attendance: 9,481 Referee: Thomson

SPL 29 October 2005	Falkirk	1– 1	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium
15:00	Pinxten 20' (Own Goal)	BBC Report	Snodgrass 88'	Attendance: 4,786 Referee: Winter

SPL 5 November 2005	Livingston	1– 2	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Strong 42'	BBC Report	Shiels 83' O'Connor 86'	Attendance: McDonald Referee: 8,390

SPL 19 November 2005	Dunfermline Athletic	0– 1	Livingston	East End Park
15:00		Livi Mad Report	Dalglish 61'	Attendance: 6,016 Referee: Clark

SPL 26 November 2005	Livingston	0– 3	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Boyd 26' (82) Naismith 29'	Attendance: 3,446 Referee: Smith

SPL 3 December 2005	Heart of Midlothian	2– 1	Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Skacel 8' (15)	BBC Report	Walker 63'	Attendance: 16,583 Referee: Freeland

SPL 10 December 2005	Livingston	1– 0	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Snodgrass 42'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,845 Referee: Thomson

SPL 26 December 2005	Celtic	2– 1	Livingston	Celtic Park
15:00	Maloney 39' (Penalty) Nakamura 87'	BBC Report	Dalglish 58'	Attendance: 57,000 Referee: Underhill

SPL 31 December 2005	Livingston	1– 2	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Pinxten 37'	BBC Report	Foran 30' McBride 90'	Attendance: 4,431 Referee: MacKay

SPL 14 January 2006	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3– 0	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Dargo 26' (57), Penalty' Wyness 60'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,604 Referee: Thomson

SPL 21 January 2006	Rangers	4– 1	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Boyd 8' (56) Prso 89' (90)	BBC Report	Vincze 52'	Attendance: 49,211 Referee: Smith

SPL 28 January 2006	Livingston	0– 1	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	O'Donnell 35'	Attendance: 4,577 Referee: Murray

SPL 8 February 2006	Hibernian	7– 0	Livingston	Easter Road
19:30	Killen 19' Riordan 33' (pen) O'Connor 48' Riordan 64' Mackay 70' (og) Fletcher 89' Fletcher 90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 12,170 Referee: Richmond

SPL 11 February 2006	Livingston	0– 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Burchill 12'	Attendance: 4,371 Referee: Thomson

SPL 18 February 2006	Kilmarnock	3– 1	Livingston	Rugby Park
15:00	Wales 22' Naismith 27' Invincibile 59'	BBC Report	Hislop 14'	Attendance: 5,266 Referee: Murray

SPL 5 March 2006	Livingston	2– 3	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Brittain 59' David Mackay 77'	BBC Report	Aguiar 17' Jankauskas 72' Bednar 87'	Attendance: 5,058 Referee: Underhill

SPL 11 March 2006	Dundee United	3– 1	Livingston	Tannadice
15:00	Miller 68' (80) Kerr 77'	BBC Report	Morrow 17'	Attendance: 5,730 Referee: Thomson

SPL 18 March 2006	Aberdeen	3– 0	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Anderson 17' Lovell 63' Snoyl 81'	BBC Report		Attendance: 9,229 Referee: Conroy

SPL 26 March 2006	Livingston	0– 2	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
12:15		BBC Report	Żurawski 47' Maloney 52' (pen.)	Attendance: 7,486 Referee: Clark

SPL 1 April 2006	Motherwell	2– 1	Livingston	Fir Park
19:45	Hamilton 40' McLean 90'	BBC Report	Whelan 76'	Attendance: 4,458 Referee: Smith

SPL 8 April 2006	Livingston	2– 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	Brittain 37' Healy 81'	BBC Report	Tokely 16'	Attendance: 2,688 Referee: Murray

SPL 15 April 2006	Livingston	3– 1	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Morrow 8' Pinxten 49' Brittain 90' (Penalty)	BBC Report	Robertson 19'	Attendance: 2,298 Referee: Winter

SPL 22 April 2006	Dunfermline Athletic	3– 2	Livingston	East End Park
15:00	Burchill 38' (Penalty), 78' (85)	BBC Report	Brittain 9' (Penalty) Healy 63'	Attendance: 5,965 Referee: Dougal

SPL 29 April 2006	Livingston	0– 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Wilson 56'	Attendance: 2,278 Referee: Underhill

SPL 3 May 2006	Livingston	0– 1	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Clarkson 74'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,283 Referee: Brines

SPL 6 May 2006	Falkirk	1– 0	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium
15:00	McBreen 74'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,355 Referee: Richmond

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish League Cup

Scottish League Cup 23 August 2005	Raith Rovers	1– 2	Livingston	Stark's Park
19:45	McManus	BBC Report	Dair Dalglish

Scottish League Cup 21 September 2005	Livingston	1– 0	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Pereira 54'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,805 Referee: Dougal

Scottish League Cup 8 November 2005	Livingston	2– 1 (aet)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Mackay 44' Dalglish 117'	BBC Report	Dargo 1'	Attendance: 1,531 Referee: McCurry

Scottish League Cup 25 January 2006	Dunfermline Athletic	1– 0	Livingston	East End Park
19:45	Young 37' (Penalty)	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,630 Referee: McDonald

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Cup

Scottish Cup 7 January 2006	Alloa Athletic	1– 1	Livingston	Recreation Park
15:00	Bolochoweckyj 66'	BBC Report	Brittain 90'	Attendance: 1,341 Referee: Richmond

Scottish Cup 11 January 2006	Livingston	1– 2	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Dalglish 38' (penalty)	BBC Report	Hamilton 70' Sloan 81'	Attendance: 1,508 Referee: Richmond

^[9]

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Celtic	38	28	7	3	93	37	56	91	UEFA Champions League 2006–07 Group stage
2	Hearts	38	22	8	8	71	31	40	74	UEFA Champions League 2006–07 Second qualifying round
3	Rangers	38	21	10	7	67	37	30	73	UEFA Cup 2006–07 First round
4	Hibernian	38	17	5	16	61	56	5	56	UEFA Intertoto Cup second round
5	Kilmarnock	38	15	10	13	63	64	-1	55
6	Aberdeen	38	13	15	10	46	40	6	54
7	Inverness CT	38	15	13	10	51	38	13	58
8	Motherwell	38	13	10	15	55	61	-6	49
9	Dundee United	38	7	12	19	41	66	-25	33
10	Falkirk	38	8	9	21	35	64	-29	33
11	Dunfermline Athletic	38	8	9	21	33	68	-35	33
12	Livingston	38	4	6	28	25	79	-54	18	Relegated to First Division 2006–07

SPL 24 September 2005

Aberdeen

Livingston

Pittodrie Stadium

BBC Report

Attendance: 12,402
Referee: Smith

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↑ "SPL club records". Scottish Premier League. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
↑ "Lambert to become Livingston manager". The Guardian. UK. 19 May 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
↑ "Flynn praise for departed Lambert". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 February 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
↑ "Livingston 0–1 Dunfermline Ath". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
↑ "Robertson named Livingston boss". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
↑ "fixtures 2005–06". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
↑ "Livingston results 2005/2006". Livi Mad. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
↑ "2005–06 First Division Table". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

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