2017–18 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2017–18 season
Manager	David Hopkin
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Championship	Runners-up; (Promoted via play-offs)
League Cup	Quarter-final
Challenge Cup	Second round
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Ryan Hardie (8); All: Lithgow, Hardie,; Mackin & Halkett (8)
Highest home attendance	5,469 vs. Partick Thistle, Play-off, 17 May 2018
Lowest home attendance	617 vs. Airdrieonians, League Cup, 22 July 2017
Average home league attendance	1,348
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Livingston's first season back in the Scottish Championship after their promotion from League One at the end of the 2016–17 season.^[1] Livingston also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

Livingston finished as runners-up in the Scottish Championship and were promoted to the Scottish Premiership for the first time since 2006 with victory over Partick Thistle in the premiership play-offs.^[2] Livingston also reached the quarter-final of the League Cup, the second round of the Challenge Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre Season

1 July 2017	Livingston	0 – 1	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report	Stockton 20'

4 July 2017	Livingston	0 – 2	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30		Report	Bigirimana 42' Bowman 86'	Attendance: 824

8 July 2017	Kilmarnock	1 – 0	Livingston	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00	Waters 58'	Report

Sunderland

12 July 2017	Livingston	0 – 3	Sunderland	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30		Report	Khazri 20' Asoro 76' Lens 90'

Cardiff City v Livingston

28 July 2017	Cardiff City	4 – 0	Livingston	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
15:00	Hoilett 12' Ward 57', 63' Ecuele Manga 75'	Report

Scottish Championship

5 August 2017 1	Livingston	1 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Pittman 30'	Report	Higginbotham 63 pen.'	Attendance: 2,301 Referee: Alan Newlands

12 August 2017 2	Brechin City	2 – 2	Livingston	Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00	Orsi 54' Graham 61'	Report	Mackin 25' Pittman 44'	Attendance: 579 Referee: Gavin Duncan

19 August 2017 3	Livingston	1 – 3	St Mirren	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Halkett 15'	Report	Halkett 9 o.g.' Irvine 33' Reilly 51', 60'	Attendance: 1,609 Referee: Craig Thomson

26 August 2017 4	Greenock Morton	0 – 1	Livingston	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00		Report	Mullen 60'	Attendance: 1,599 Referee: Euan Anderson

9 September 2017 5	Livingston	2 – 2	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Mullen 40 pen.' Mackin 81'	Report	Stirling 71' Lyle 77'	Attendance: 1,113 Referee: Steven McLean

16 September 2017 6	Inverness CT	1 – 3	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Bell 27'	Report	Todorov 24' Robinson 52' Halkett 72'	Attendance: 2,007 Referee: Craig Charleston

23 September 2017 7	Falkirk	0 – 2	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00		Report	Mullen 47' Mullin 53' Gallagher 90+1'	Attendance: 4,091 Referee: Greg Aitken

30 September 2017 8	Livingston	2 – 1	Dumbarton	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Lithgow 19' Halkett 85'	Report	Walsh 76'	Attendance: 938 Referee: Mat Northcroft

14 October 2017 9	Livingston	2 – 0	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Mullen 7' Todorov 76'	Report		Attendance: 2,282 Referee: John Beaton

21 October 2017 10	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 1	Livingston	East End Park, Dunfermline
15:00	Higginbotham 2', 38' Aird 30'	Report	Mullen 87'	Attendance: 5,059 Referee: Andrew Dallas

28 October 2017 11	Livingston	3 – 2	Brechin City	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	McMillan 3' Halkett 60' Mackin 69'	Report	Orsi 85 pen.'	Attendance: 926 Referee: Stephen Finnie

4 November 2017 12	Livingston	0 – 0	Inverness CT	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report		Attendance: 1,262 Referee: Gavin Duncan

25 November 2017 13	Queen of the South	0 – 3	Livingston	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	Jacobs 77'	Report	Penrice 32' Mullin 68' Byrne 81'	Attendance: 1,328 Referee: Colin Steven

28 November 2017 14	St Mirren	3 – 1	Livingston	St Mirren Park, Paisley
19:45	Morgan 51' Eckersley 66' McShane 78 pen.'	Report	Carrick 30'	Attendance: 3,177 Referee: Gavin Duncan

19 December 2017 15	Livingston	0 – 0	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45		Report		Attendance: 1,287 Referee: Gavin Duncan

23 December 2017 16	Dundee United	3 – 0	Livingston	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00	McMullan 22', 88' McDonald 37'	Report		Attendance: 6,221 Referee: Gavin Duncan

26 December 2017 17	Dumbarton	1 – 4	Livingston	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
14:00	Loy 25' Hutton 90+1'	Report	Halkett 27' Pittman 43' Mackin 58' Robinson 80'	Attendance: 495 Referee: Nick Walsh

2 January 2018 18	Inverness CT	1 – 1	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00	Doran 6' Vigurs 43'	Report	Lithgow 82'	Attendance: 2,239 Referee: Greg Aitken

6 January 2018 19	Livingston	0 – 1	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report	Kane 39'	Attendance: 1,006 Referee: Stephen Finnie

13 January 2018 20	Brechin City	0 – 2	Livingston	Glebe Park, Brechin
15:00		Report	Halkett 12 pen.' Robinson 69'	Attendance: 551 Referee: Craig Charleston

27 January 2018 21	Livingston	2 – 0	Dumbarton	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Lithgow 23' Hardie 28'	Report		Attendance: 732 Referee: Colin Steven

3 February 2018 22	Falkirk	1 – 3	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Jakubiak 72'	Report	Lithgow 39' Hardie 59' De Vita 62'	Attendance: 4,123 Referee: John McKendrick

10 February 2018 23	Livingston	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Thompson 69'	Report		Attendance: 1,579 Referee: Greg Aitken

17 February 2018 24	Livingston	4 – 1	St Mirren	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Hardie 9', 15' Miller 22' Robinson 90+4'	Report	Flynn 2'	Attendance: 2,708 Referee: Alan Muir

23 February 2018 25	Livingston	2 – 1	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	Robinson 22' Hardie 90+1'	Report	Smith 74'	Attendance: 1,604 Referee: Craig Thomson

27 February 2018 26	Greenock Morton	0 – 1	Livingston	Cappielow, Greenock
19:45		Report	Cadden 47'	Attendance: 1,373 Referee: Euan Anderson

13 March 2018 27	Livingston	1 – 1	Greenock Morton	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	Byrne 66' Longridge 90+4'	Report	Oliver 88'	Attendance: 862 Referee: Greg Aitken

17 March 2018 28	Livingston	0 – 0	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report		Attendance: 1,319 Referee: Gavin Duncan

24 March 2018 29	Queen of the South	3 – 3	Livingston	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
19:45	Thomson 28' Dykes 30' Todorov 90+1'	Report	De Vita 41' Halkett 52' Hardie 60'	Attendance: 1,153 Referee: Steven McLean

31 March 2018 30	Dumbarton	0 – 3	Livingston	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00	Wilson 80'	Report	Miller 34' Hardie 36' De Vita 45'	Attendance: 670 Referee: Barry Cook

3 April 2018 31	Dunfermline Athletic	1 – 0	Livingston	East End Park, Dunfermline
19:45	Ashcroft 11'	Report		Attendance: 4,572 Referee: Stephen Finnie

7 April 2018 32	Livingston	3 – 2	Greenock Morton	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Longridge 35' Lithgow 53', 86'	Report	O'Ware 18' Lamie 69'	Attendance: 1,028 Referee: Steven Kirkland

14 April 2018 33	St Mirren	0 – 0	Livingston	St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00		Report		Attendance: 6,172 Referee: John Beaton

21 April 2018 34	Livingston	3 – 0	Brechin City	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Pittman 67' Longridge 35' Hardie 86'	Report		Attendance: 943 Referee: Steven Reid

24 April 2018 35	Livingston	0 – 1	Inverness CT	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45		Report	Polworth 46'	Attendance: 740 Referee: Colin Steven

28 April 2018 36	Dundee United	2 – 0	Livingston	Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00	Slater 54' McDonald 85'	Report		Attendance: 5,226 Referee: Greg Aitken

Premiership play-off

7 May 2018 Semi-Final 1st Leg	Dundee United	2 – 3	Livingston	Tannadice Park, Dundee
19:45	Mikkelsen 3' Ralston 28'	Report	De Vita 2' Mullin 77' Pittman 80'	Attendance: 5,610 Referee: Nick Walsh

11 May 2018 Semi-Final 2nd Leg	Livingston	1 – 1 (4 – 3 agg.)	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	Lithgow 6'	Report	Fraser 21'	Attendance: 4,508 Referee: Don Robertson

17 May 2018 Final 2nd Leg	Livingston	2 – 1	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	Jacobs 13' Pittman 74'	Report	Doolan 10'	Attendance: 5,469 Referee: Craig Thomson

20 May 2018 Final 2nd Leg	Partick Thistle	0 – 1 (1 – 3 agg.)	Livingston	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:30		Report	Jacobs 46'	Attendance: 7,122 Referee: John Beaton

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Results

15 July 2017 Group stage	Livingston	1 – 1 (3 – 1 p)	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Jacobs 46'	Report	Erskine 14'	Attendance: 1,119 Referee: Kevin Clancy

18 July 2017 Group stage	St Mirren	0 – 1	Livingston	St Mirren Park, Paisley
19:45		Report	Carrick 2'	Attendance: 2,104 Referee: Alan Muir

22 July 2017 Group stage	Livingston	2 – 0	Airdrieonians	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Mackin 21' Halkett 53'	Report		Attendance: 617 Referee: Mike Roncone

25 July 2017 Group stage	Stranraer	2 – 4	Livingston	Stair Park, Stranraer
19:45	Neill 5' Agnew 33 pen.'	Report	Robertson 10' Carrick 32' Todorov 61' Robinson 80'	Attendance: 341 Referee: John McKendrick

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIV	PAR	STM	AIR	STR
1	Livingston (Q)	4	3	1	0	0	8	3	+5	11	Qualification for the Second Round	—	p1–1	—	2–0	—
2	Partick Thistle (Q)	4	3	0	1	0	9	2	+7	10	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	5–0	—	1–0
3	St Mirren	4	2	0	0	2	9	7	+2	6		0–1	—	—	5–0	—
4	Airdrieonians	4	1	0	0	3	4	10	−6	3		—	1–2	—	—	3–1
5	Stranraer	4	0	0	0	4	4	12	−8	0		2–4	—	1–4	—	—

Source: ^[3]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[4]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Knockout stage

8 August 2017 Second round	Falkirk	1 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
19:45	Craigen 40'	Report	Robinson 32' De Vita 101'	Attendance: 2,667 Referee: Andrew Dallas

19 September 2017 Quarter-Final	Hibernian	3 – 2	Livingston	Easter Road, Edinburgh
19:45	Swanson 18' Boyle 32' Stokes 83 pen.'	Report	Lithgow 10' De Vita 28'	Attendance: 8,535 Referee: Bobby Madden

Scottish Challenge Cup

15 August 2017 First round	Greenock Morton	0 – 2	Livingston	Cappielow, Greenock
19:45		Report	Todorov 25' Mullen 70'	Attendance: 1,036 Referee: Colin Steven

The New Saints v Livingston

3 September 2017 Second round	The New Saints	1 – 1 (6 – 5 p)	Livingston	Park Hall, Oswestry
19:45	Edwards 20'	Report	Mackin 64'	Attendance: 403 Referee: Robert Harvey

Scottish Cup

18 November 2017 Third round	Livingston	2 – 0	Glenafton Athletic	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Mackin 20', 61'	Report		Attendance: 735 Referee: Alan Newlands

23 January 2018 Fourth round	Livingston	0 – 1	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45		Report	Tumilty 90+3'	Attendance: 1,237 Referee: Alan Newlands

Player statistics

As of 20 May 2018^[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Neil Alexander	47	0	34+0	0	6+0	0	1+0	0	6+0	0
2	DF	SCO	Jack McMillan	15	1	3+10	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+1	0
3	DF	SCO	Jackson Longridge	45	3	23+8	3	2+4	0	2+0	0	5+1	0
4	DF	SCO	Alan Lithgow	47	8	33+0	6	6+0	1	2+0	0	6+0	1
5	DF	SCO	Gregor Buchanan	11	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+2	0
6	MF	SCO	Shaun Byrne	46	1	32+1	1	6+0	0	2+0	0	5+0	0
7	MF	SCO	Josh Mullin	41	4	20+8	3	3+3	0	1+1	0	4+1	1
8	FW	SCO	Scott Pittman	49	6	35+0	4	6+0	0	2+0	0	6+0	2
9	FW	SCO	Ryan Hardie	17	8	15+1	8	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
10	FW	SCO	Steven Boyd	11	0	4+6	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	SCO	Nicky Cadden	35	1	15+11	1	2+0	0	0+1	0	2+4	0
14	MF	RSA	Keaghan Jacobs	32	3	13+7	0	5+1	1	1+0	0	4+1	2
15	FW	SCO	Dylan Mackin	21	8	7+7	4	2+2	1	1+0	2	0+2	1
16	FW	SCO	Matthew Knox	6	1	0+2	0	2+0	0	0+1	1	1+0	0
17	MF	SCO	Scott Robinson	25	7	9+8	5	1+1	2	1+0	0	4+1	0
18	FW	SCO	Lee Miller	21	2	13+3	2	0+0	0	0+1	0	4+0	0
19	MF	SCO	Adam Frizzell	4	0	2+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	GK	SCO	Gary Maley	3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	SCO	James Penrice	13	1	11+2	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	SCO	Craig Henderson	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF	ITA	Raffaele De Vita	40	6	21+9	3	5+1	2	0+0	0	3+1	1
24	MF	NIR	Jordan Thompson	17	0	7+4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	2+2	0
26	DF	SCO	Craig Halkett	49	8	34+1	7	6+0	1	2+0	0	6+0	0
29	GK	SCO	Jordan Pettigrew	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	DF	SCO	Declan Gallagher	43	0	30+1	0	5+0	0	2+0	0	5+0	0
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
9	MF	BUL	Nikolay Todorov	24	4	10+8	2	2+2	1	0+0	0	1+1	1
10	FW	SCO	Danny Mullen	17	5	11+0	4	3+1	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
19	FW	SCO	Dale Carrick	15	3	4+5	1	4+1	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF	SCO	Joe Thomson	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
24	FW	SCO	Josh Peters	2	0	0+0	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	St Mirren (C, P)	36	23	5	8	63	36	+27	74	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Livingston (O, P)	36	17	11	8	56	37	+19	62	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Dundee United	36	18	7	11	52	42	+10	61	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Dunfermline Athletic	36	16	11	9	60	35	+25	59	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	36	16	9	11	53	37	+16	57

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Points in head-to-head matches; 5) Goal difference in hth matches; 6). Goals scored in hth matches; 7). Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).^[6]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W	D	W	L	L
Position	5	6	7	6	6	6	4	4	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2018. Source: ^[7]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Morgyn Neill	Stranraer	Free^[22]
Liam Buchanan	Raith Rovers	Free^[23]
Jordan Sinclair	Brechin City	Free
Sean Crighton	Brechin City	Free^[24]
Danny Mullen	St Mirren	Undisclosed^[25]
Dale Carrick	Airdrieonians	Free^[26]
Josh Peters	Forfar Athletic	Free^[27]
Dylan Mackin	Brechin City	Loan^[28]

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