2024–25 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston 2024–25 football season
Livingston
2024–25 season
ChairmanJohn Ward
ManagerDavid Martindale
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
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The 2024–25 season is Livingston's first season in the Scottish Championship, following their relegation from the Premiership at the end of the 2023–24 season. Livingston will also compete in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season Summary

On 19 March 2024, Livingston announced that their nine-year stadium sponsorship agreement with restaurant chain Tony Macaroni would come to a "natural close" at the end of the 2023–24 season.[1] On 10 April, a local taxi firm, Home of the Set Fare was announced as the club's new stadium sponsor as part of a six-figure deal.[2][3]

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Friendlies

Livingston v Alloa Athletic
22 June 2024 Livingston 2–1 Alloa Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Clarke 47'
Kelly 72'		 Report Rankin 74'
Livingston v Broxburn Athletic
25 June 2024 Livingston 2–1 Broxburn Athletic Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Trialist 27'
Kelly 47'		 Report Brass 44' Referee: Alastair Grieve
The Spartans v Livingston
29 June 2024 The Spartans 0–0 Livingston Ainslie Park
15:00 Report Referee: Iain Snedden
Kelty Hearts v Livingston
2 July 2024 Kelty Hearts 1–5 Livingston New Central Park
19:45 Trialist 84' Report Trialist 39'
Trialist 51'
Trialist 64', 80'
Nottingham 67'
Motherwell v Livingston
6 July 2024 Motherwell 2–1 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 Blaney 29'
Ebiye 38'		 Report Yengi 59'

Scottish Championship

Livingston v Dunfermline Athletic
3 August 2024 1 Livingston v Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00
Queen's Park v Livingston
10 August 2024 2 Queen's Park v Livingston Hampden Park
15:00
Livingston v Greenock Morton
24 August 2024 3 Livingston v Greenock Morton Almondvale Stadium
15:00
Raith Rovers v Livingston
31 August 2024 4 Raith Rovers v Livingston Stark's Park
15:00

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Forfar Athletic v Livingston
13 July 2024 Group Stage Forfar Athletic 0–2 Livingston Station Park
15:00 Report Sole 49'
Muirhead 88'		 Attendance: 538
Referee: Stewart Luke
Livingston v Dunfermline Athletic
20 July 2024 Group Stage Livingston v Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00
Cove Rangers v Livingston
23 July 2024 Group Stage Cove Rangers v Livingston Balmoral Stadium
19:45
Livingston v The Spartans
27 July 2024 Group Stage Livingston v The Spartans Almondvale Stadium
15:00

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 13 July 2024

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Shamal George 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Shaun Donnellan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Northern Ireland NIR Matthew Clarke 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 DF England ENG Ben Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Australia AUS Ryan McGowan 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Reece McAlear 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF England ENG Liam Sole 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Pittman 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Australia AUS Tete Yengi 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Kelly 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 FW England ENG Ricky Korboa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 DF Scotland SCO Jamie Brandon 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF England ENG Miles Welch-Hayes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Smith 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Andy Winter 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF England ENG Olly Green 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
19 DF Northern Ireland NIR Daniel Finlayson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
21 DF Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN Michael Nottingham 1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Scotland SCO Robbie Muirhead 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
26 MF Colombia COL Cristian Montaño 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 GK France FRA Jérôme Prior 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 FW Scotland SCO Lucas Stenhouse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
36 FW Scotland SCO Sam Culbert 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF Scotland SCO Tommy Sharp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 MF Nigeria NGA Samson Lawal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF England ENG David Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Scotland SCO Sean Kelly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the season
17 MF South Africa RSA Aphelele Teto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Greenock Morton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hamilton Academical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Livingston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Partick Thistle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Queen's Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
First match(es) will be played: 2 August 2024. Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[5]

League Cup table

Pos Team
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 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification DNF LIV COV FOR SPA
1 Dunfermline Athletic 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 +3 3 Qualification for the second round — — 27 Jul 16 Jul —
2 Livingston 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Possible qualification for the second round 20 Jul — — — 27 Jul
3 Cove Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 23 Jul — — 16 Jul
4 Forfar Athletic 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0 — 0–2 20 Jul — —
5 The Spartans 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0 0–3 — — 23 Jul —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 July 2024. Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[7]

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
England Liam Sole England Maidstone United Free[8]
Northern Ireland Matthew Clarke Northern Ireland Linfield Free[9]
Scotland Robbie Muirhead Scotland Greenock Morton Free[10]
England Ricky Korboa England Woking Free[11]
Northern Ireland Daniel Finlayson Northern Ireland Linfield Free[12]
France Jérôme Prior France Pau Free[13]
Scotland Lewis Smith Scotland Hamilton Academical Free[14]
Scotland Reece McAlear England Tranmere Rovers Free[15]
England Olly Green England Hull City Free[16]
Australia Ryan McGowan Scotland St Johnstone Free[17]
Scotland Andy Winter Scotland Hamilton Academical Free[18]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Bruce Anderson Scotland Kilmarnock Free[19][20]
Wales Morgan Boyes Scotland Greenock Morton Free[19][21]
Scotland Mikey Devlin Free[19]
England Kurtis Guthrie Free[19]
Scotland Jason Holt Free[19]
Scotland Jack Hamilton Scotland Ross County Free[19][22]
England Joel Nouble China Wuxi Wugo Free[19]
England Ayo Obileye China Cangzhou Mighty Lions Free[19]
Scotland James Penrice Scotland Heart of Midlothian Free[19]
Scotland Andrew Shinnie Free[19]
Scotland Calan Ledingham Free[23]
Scotland Steven Bradley Scotland Hamilton Academical Free[24]
Liberia Mohammed Sangare Free[25]

Loans in

Player From Fee
England Ben Jackson England Brighton & Hove Albion Loan[26]

Loans out

Player To Fee
Scotland Che Reilly Scotland East Stirlingshire Loan[27]
South Africa Aphelele Teto South Africa Chippa United Loan[28]

See also

List of Livingston F.C. seasons

References

  1. ^ "Tony Macaroni". Livingston FC. 19 March 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Livingston FC x Home of the Set Fare". Livingston FC. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Livingston announce 'six-figure' sponsorship deal". BBC Sport. 10 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  5. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group E". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  8. ^ "Adding a bit of Sole to the squad!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Matthew Clarke joins the Lions". livingstonfc.co.uk. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Robbie heads for the Lions!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Ricky Korboa is a Lion!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 12 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Daniel Finlayson becomes signing number five". livingstonfc.co.uk. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Welcome Jérôme Prior!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Lewis Smith is a Lion!/". livingstonfc.co.uk. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Reece the next piece in the Lions squad". livingstonfc.co.uk. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  16. ^ "Welcome Olly Green!". livingstonfc.co.uk. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Welcome to Livingston, Ryan McGowan!". Livingston FC. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  18. ^ "A summer signing with a Winter feel to it..." Livingston FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "End of Season Retained & Released List". livingstonfc.co.uk. Livingston FC. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  20. ^ "Bruce Anderson signs two-year deal". kilmarnockfc.co.uk. Kilmarnock FC. 29 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Welcome to Morton, Morgan Boyes". gmfc.net. Greenock Morton FC. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  22. ^ "Jack Hamilton joins the Staggies". Ross County FC. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Calan Ledingham Departs". livingstonfc.co.uk. Livingston FC. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  24. ^ "Steven Bradley makes it three summer signings". Hamilton Academical FC. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  25. ^ "Mo Sangare moves on". Livingston FC. 14 July 2024. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  26. ^ "Ben Jackson joins the Lions!". Livingston FC. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  27. ^ "Welcome Che Reilly!". East Stirlingshire FC. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  28. ^ "Teto goes on loan". Livingston FC. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
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