Livingston
2023–24 season
ChairmanJohn Ward
ManagerDavid Martindale
StadiumTony Macaroni Arena
Scottish League CupQuarter-final

The 2023–24 season is Livingston's sixth consecutive season in the Scottish Premiership, the top flight of Scottish football. Livingston will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season Summary

On 1 June it was announced that chairman Robert Wilson would retire from his position.[1] The following week the club promoted Chief Executive John Ward to the position of Chairman, with Dave Black becoming the new Chief Executive, having previously been Business Development Manager and Head of Commercial & Media Operations - Black had in fact once been a ball boy for the club. [2]

On 24 September 2023, Livingston announced a takeover of the club with new ownership led by businessman John McIlvogue and his company Baycup Ltd. McIlvogue would be taking up the role of chief commercial officer.[3][4] The move was cast into doubt weeks later as former directors launched a legal challenge to the sale of the club.[5] As of December 2023, the case remains unresolved - no changes have been made in respect of the ownership or directors of the club or its ultimate owner Opcco6 Ltd at Companies House resultant from the 'takeover'.[6][7]

The club enjoyed a strong showing in the League Cup, winning their group after three wins and a draw (losing the bonus point in a penalty shootout) against Hamilton Academical. In the second round they defeated Ayr United before succumbing to Glasgow giants Rangers in the quarter-finals.

In the Premiership, Livi made a reasonable start but, after beating Motherwell on 7 October, failed to win again in 2023. They entered the winter break after a home defeat by Hearts, completing a run of two points from 13 games. During this run the team suffered seven losses in a row, including six successively without scoring, making them the first team to suffer six successive top-flight defeats with no goals since Aberdeen in 1999. [8]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Freindlies

1 July 2023 Livingston 2–0 Queen of the South Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Pittman 2'
Bradley 64'
4 July 2023 Livingston 2–0 Alloa Athletic Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 Brandon 29'
Anderson 66'
10 July 2023 Queen's Park 0–1 Livingston Lesser Hampden
19:45 Report Anderson 50'
11 January 2024 Switzerland Winterthur 3–2 Livingston
12:30 Di Giusto 20'
Burkart 74'
Lüthi 85'		 Guthrie 37'
Welch-Hayes 45'

Scottish Premiership

5 August 2023 1 Livingston 0–0 Aberdeen Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Report Attendance: 5,630
Referee: John Beaton
12 August 2023 2 Rangers 4–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Lammers 10'
Danilo 78'
Sima 84'
Dowell 90'		 Report Attendance: 49,320
Referee: Don Robertson
26 August 2023 3 Hibernian 2–3 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 Boyle 61'
Campbell 86'		 Report Obita 8 o.g.'
Anderson 63'
Sangare 75'		 Attendance: 14,932
Referee: Craig Napier
2 September 2023 4 Livingston 1–1 St Mirren Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 de Lucas 89' Report Nahmani 90+6' Attendance: 2,075
Referee: Nick Walsh
16 September 2023 5 Ross County 1–1 Livingston Victoria Park
15:00 Murray 59' Report Anderson 72' Attendance: 3,160
Referee: Euan Anderson
23 September 2023 6 Livingston 0–3 Celtic Tony Macaroni Arena
12:30 Report Hatate 14 pen.'
Hart Red card 28'
O'Riley 48'
Maeda 90+5'		 Attendance: 8,118
Referee: John Beaton
30 September 2023 7 St Johnstone 1–1 Livingston McDiarmid Park
15:00 Costelloe 36'
Gordon Red card 83'		 Report Kelly 57 pen.' Attendance: 2,691
Referee: Graham Grainger
7 October 2023 8 Livingston 2–0 Motherwell Tony Macaroni Arena
12:30 Anderson 53'
Kelly 62 pen.'		 Report Miller Red card 45+1' Attendance: 2,039
Referee: Don Robertson
21 October 2023 9 Kilmarnock 3–1 Livingston Rugby Park
15:00 Armstrong 16'
Vassell 42', 60'		 Report Kelly 35 pen.' Attendance: 4,679
Referee: Craig Napier
28 October 2023 10 Livingston 0–2 Dundee Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Montaño Red card 70' Report Shaughnessy 82', 85' Attendance: 4,210
Referee: William Collum
1 November 2023 11 Heart of Midlothian 1–0 Livingston Tynecastle Park
19:45 Vargas 79' Report Attendance: 17,970
Referee: Chris Graham
5 November 2023 12 Dundee 1–0 Livingston Dens Park
15:00 McCowan 57' Report Attendance: 4,769
Referee: Alan Muir
12 November 2023 13 Livingston 0–2 Rangers Tony Macaroni Arena
12:00 Report Dessers 26'
Tavernier 75 pen.'		 Referee: Steven McLean
25 November 2023 14 St Mirren 1–0 Livingston St Mirren Park
15:00 Kelly 24 o.g.' Report Referee: David Munro
2 December 2023 15 Livingston P–P Ross County Tony Macaroni Arena
12:00
Note: Fixture postponed due to a frozen pitch.
9 December 2023 16 Livingston 0–1 Hibernian Tony Macaroni Arena
12:00 Report Boyle 28' Attendance: 3,463
Referee: Grant Irvine
16 December 2023 17 Livingston 0–0 Kilmarnock Tony Macaroni Arena
12:00 Report Referee: William Collum
20 December 2023 18 Aberdeen 2–1 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Miovski 42', 65' Report Guthrie 28' Attendance: 13,794
Referee: Nick Walsh
23 December 2023 19 Celtic 2–0 Livingston Celtic Park
15:00 Furuhashi 46'
Scales 51'		 Report Attendance: 58,703
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
27 December 2023 20 Livingston 0–0 St Johnstone Tony Macaroni Arena
19:45 Report Attendance: 1,602
Referee: Kevin Clancy
30 December 2023 21 Motherwell 3–1 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 Spittal 14'
Bair 19', 35'		 Report Pittman 23' Attendance: 4,076
Referee: Chris Graham
2 January 2024 22 Livingston 1–2 Heart of Midlothian Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Shinnie 79 pen.' Report Vargas 53'
Shankland 64'		 Referee: David Dickinson
27 January 2024 23 Livingston v Dundee Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

15 July 2023 Group Stage Brechin City 0–3 Livingston Glebe Park
15:00 Report Nouble 41'
Kelly 41'
Montaño 87'		 Attendance: 585
Referee: Colin Steven
22 July 2023 Group Stage Livingston 1–1
(1–4 p)		 Hamilton Academical Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Anderson 90' Report Winter 31' Attendance: 923
Referee: Craig Napier
25 July 2023 Group Stage Cove Rangers 0–5 Livingston Balmoral Stadium
19:45 Report Parkes 44'
Obileye 55'
Anderson 59'
Kelly 81', 90+2'		 Attendance: 683
Referee: David Dickinson
29 July 2023 Group Stage Livingston 1–0 Clyde Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Anderson 75' Report Attendance: 872
Referee: William Collum

Knockout phase

19 August 2023 Second round Livingston 2–0 Ayr United Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00 Nouble 12'
Montaño 64'		 Report Attendance: 1,304
Referee: Kevin Clancy
27 September 2023 Quarter-final Rangers 4–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
20:00 Sima 10', 84'
Yılmaz 66'
Jack 90+2'		 Attendance: 35,420
Referee: William Collum

Scottish Cup

20 January 2024 Fourth round Livingston v Raith Rovers Tony Macaroni Arena
15:00

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 2 January 2024

No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK England ENG Shamal George 2201705000
2 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Shaun Donnellan 00000000
3 MF Colombia COL Cristian Montaño 1525+505200
5 DF Scotland SCO Mikey Devlin (c) 2201705000
6 DF England ENG Ayo Obileye 2111506100
7 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Dylan Bahamboula 00000000
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Pittman 24116+213+3000
9 FW Scotland SCO Bruce Anderson 26611+934+2300
10 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Kelly 2025+903+3200
11 FW Scotland SCO Daniel MacKay 1103+601+1000
12 DF Scotland SCO Jamie Brandon 22011+501+5000
14 DF England ENG Miles Welch-Hayes 302+100000
16 MF Scotland SCO Steven Bradley 702+500000
18 MF Scotland SCO Jason Holt 27020+106000
19 FW England ENG Joel Nouble 26219+105+1200
20 MF Liberia LBR Mohammed Sangare 1917+712+3000
21 DF Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN Michael Nottingham 1106+400+1000
22 MF Scotland SCO Andrew Shinnie 26117+413+2000
24 DF Scotland SCO Sean Kelly 1241032100
28 FW England ENG Kurtis Guthrie 24110+913+2000
29 MF Scotland SCO James Penrice 27019+206000
32 GK Scotland SCO Jack Hamilton 50401000
33 FW Australia AUS Tete Yengi 100+100000
35 DF Scotland SCO Calan Ledingham 10000+1000
38 MF Republic of the Congo CGO Scott Bitsindou 00000000
40 MF Nigeria NGA Samson Lawal 300+200+1000
Players who left the club during the season
4 DF England ENG Tom Parkes 1213+602+1100
15 DF Wales WAL Morgan Boyes 300+101+1000
23 DF Dominican Republic DOM Luiyi de Lucas 15111+112+1000
25 MF England ENG Danny Lloyd 501+300+1000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8 Aberdeen 18 6 4 8 22 29 −7 22
9 Motherwell 21 4 8 9 25 34 −9 20
10 St Johnstone 20 4 7 9 13 27 −14 19
11 Ross County 19 4 6 9 17 29 −12 18 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Livingston 21 2 6 13 12 32 −20 12 Relegation to Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 2 January 2024. Source: [9][10]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[11]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

League Cup table

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIV HAM COV BRE CLY
1 Livingston 4 3 0 1 0 10 1 +9 10 Qualification for the second round — 1–1p — — 1–0
2 Hamilton Academical 4 2 1 1 0 7 4 +3 9 — — 2–2p 1–0 —
3 Cove Rangers 4 2 1 0 1 10 11 −1 8 0–5 — — — 5–2
4 Brechin City 4 1 0 0 3 4 8 −4 3 0–3 — 2–3 — —
5 Clyde 4 0 0 0 4 4 11 −7 0 — 1–3 — 1–2 —
Source: [12]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[13]

Transfers


See also

List of Livingston F.C. seasons

References

  1. ↑ "Club Chairperson Robert Wilson to retire". livingstonfc.co.uk. 1 June 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Club Update: John Ward & Dave Black". Livingston FC. 6 June 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Club Statement". livingstonfc.co.uk. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Livingston: David Martindale delighted club finally under new ownership". livingstonfc.co.uk. 25 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Bid to halt takeover at Livingston". bbc.co.uk. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "OPCCO6 LTD People". Companies House. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "LIVINGSTON FOOTBALL CLUB LIMITED People". Companies House. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Livingston 0-1 Hibernian: Analysis". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Scottish Premiership Table". BBC. 27 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "cinch Premiership League Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League (Rule Number C35-C37)" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Summary - League Cup Group C". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "Mikey Devlin joins the Lions". livingstonfc.co.uk. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "Welcome to Livingston, Mo Sangare!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  16. ↑ "Miles Welch-Hayes joins the Lions!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  17. ↑ "Welcome, Michael Nottingham!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  18. ↑ "Welcome, Teto!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  19. ↑ "Welcome, Samson Lawal!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  20. ↑ "Daniel Lloyd – the latest Lion!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  21. ↑ "Welcome Shaun Donnellan!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  22. ↑ "Welcome, Tete Yengi!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Retained & Released List". livingstonfc.co.uk. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  24. ↑ "Jack Hamilton signs up". raithrovers.net. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  25. ↑ "✍️ Jack Fitzwater signs for City!". exetercityfc.co.uk. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  26. ↑ "Jaze Kabia signs for City". corkcityfc.ie. 25 July 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  27. ↑ "Welcome to Accies, Jackson!". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. 19 June 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  28. ↑ "Brian Schwake, nuevo fichaje del CD Castellón". cdcastellon.com. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  29. ↑ "Goncalves leaves Livi". bbc.co.uk. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  30. ↑ "Lloyd leaves Livi". Livingston FC on X. 1 January 2024.
  31. ↑ "Luiyi de Lucas moves on". Livingston FC. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  32. ↑ "ΑΕΛ: Ενίσχυση στην άμυνα με Luiyi de Lucas!". kerkida.net. 3 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  33. ↑ "Tom Parkes joins Pools". Hartlepool United FC. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  34. ↑ "Dan's the Man as MacKay joins the Lions!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  35. ↑ "Welcome to Lucas Stenhouse". twitter.com. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  36. ↑ "Welcome to John Binnie". twitter.com. 6 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  37. ↑ "Morgan joins Inverness on loan". Livingston FC. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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