| 2015–16 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Mark Burchill (until 21 December) David Hopkin (21 January) | ||
| Stadium | Almondvale Stadium | ||
| Championship | 9th (relegated via play-offs) | ||
| League Cup | Third round | ||
| Challenge Cup | Third round | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fourth round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:Liam Buchanan (11) All:Jordan White (16) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 6,505 vs.Rangers, Championship, 21 November 2015 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 664 vs.Clyde, League Cup, 1 August 2015 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 1,764 | ||
The2015–16 season wasLivingston's fifth consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football and their third season in theScottish Championship.[1] Livingston also competed in theChallenge Cup,League Cup and theScottish Cup. Livingston finished the season in ninth place and were relegated to the third-tier of Scottish football for the first time since 2011.
Livingston began the 2015–16 season under the management ofMark Burchill who had guided the club to safety from relegation on the final day of the previous season. On the 21 December 2015, Burchill was sacked from his position as manager and was replaced byDavid Hopkin who was given the role until the end of the season, however he couldn't avoid the club being relegated to League One after a 6–8 aggregate loss toStranraer in the championship play-offs.[2][3]
Win Draw Loss Abandoned or Postponed
| 4 July 2015 | Stenhousemuir | 0–3 | Livingston | Ochilview Park,Stenhousemuir |
| 19:30 | Report | Trialist Buchanan Millen |
| 8 July 2015 | Stirling Albion | 0–2 | Livingston | Forthbank Stadium,Stirling |
| 19:30 | Report | Mullen Hippolyte |
| 11 July 2015 | Livingston | 0–0 | Dunfermline Athletic | Albyn Park,Broxburn |
| 19:30 | Report |
| 13 July 2015 | Livingston | 0–1 | Real Sociedad | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 19:30 | Report | Zurutuza |
| 18 July 2015 | Livingston | 0–2 | Motherwell | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 19:30 | Report | Ainsworth Watt |
| 20 July 2015 | Bo'ness United | 1–5 | Livingston | Newtown Park,Bo'ness |
| 19:30 | Gribben | Report | White Georgiev Currie |
| 8 August 2015Championship | Raith Rovers | 3–0 | Livingston | Stark's Park |
| 15:00 | Stewart McCord Megginson | BBC Report | Attendance: 1,560 Referee:Northcroft |
| 15 August 2015Championship | Livingston | 0–1 | Queen of the South | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Kidd | Attendance: 856 Referee:Salmond |
| 22 August 2015Championship | Livingston | 1–2 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Mullen | BBC Report | Leahy Vaulks | Attendance: 1,211 Referee:Dallas |
| 29 August 2015Championship | St Mirren | 1–1 | Livingston | St Mirren Park |
| 15:00 | McMullan | BBC Report | Buchanan | Attendance: 3,018 Referee:McKendrick |
| 5 September 2015Championship | Livingston | 2–4 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Gordon White Sheerin | BBC Report | McCluskey Johnstone Barr Scullion | Attendance: 1,186 Referee:Anderson |
| 12 September 2015Championship | Rangers | 3–0 | Livingston | Ibrox Park |
| 15:00 | Wallace Waghorn Law | BBC Report | Attendance: 44,832 Referee:Aitken |
| 19 September 2015Championship | Livingston | 0–1 | Hibernian | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Henderson | Attendance: 3,007 Referee:Cook |
| 26 September 2015Championship | Alloa Athletic | 0–3 | Livingston | Recreation Park |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Buchanan Sheerin | Attendance: 622 Referee:Northcroft |
| 3 October 2015Championship | Dumbarton | 2–1 | Livingston | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Cawley Brophy | BBC Report | Glen Hippolyte | Attendance: 819 Referee:Walsh |
| 17 October 2015Championship | Livingston | 0–1 | St Mirren | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Mallan | Attendance: 1,199 Referee:Roberson |
| 24 October 2015Championship | Queen of the South | 1–4 | Livingston | Palmerston Park |
| 15:00 | Hilson | BBC Report | Pittman White Buchanan | Attendance: 1,485 Referee:Walsh |
| 31 October 2015Championship | Livingston | 3–0 | Raith Rovers | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | White Gallagher | BBC Report | Attendance: 957 |
| 7 November 2015Championship | Greenock Morton | 1–0 | Livingston | Cappielow |
| 15:00 | Johnstone | BBC Report | Attendance: 1,758 Referee:Charleston |
| 17 November 2015Championship | Hibernian | 2–1 | Livingston | Easter Road |
| 19:45 | Keatings | BBC Report | Sheerin | Attendance: 7,801 Referee:Thomson |
| 21 November 2015Championship | Livingston | 1–1 | Rangers | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Hippolyte | BBC Report | Holt | Attendance: 6,505 Referee:Salmond |
| 12 December 2015Championship | Livingston | 0–1 | Alloa Athletic | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Glen Gallagher | Report | Hill Crawford | Attendance: 937 Referee: Brian Colvin |
| 19 December 2015Championship | Livingston | 1–1 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Pittman White Gordon | Report | Saunders | Attendance: 911 Referee: Matt Northcroft |
| 26 December 2015Championship | St Mirren | 1–4 | Livingston | St Mirren Park |
| 15:00 | Mallan Shankland Webster | Report | Buchanan Gordon Glen Longridge Hippolyte Jordyn Sheerin | Attendance: 2,952 Referee:Stephen Finnie |
| 29 December 2015Championship | Falkirk | 2–0 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium |
| 19:30 | Miller Kerr | Report | Gibbons | Attendance: 4,245 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 2 January 2016Championship | Livingston | 0–2 | Queen of the South | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Gordon Glen | Report | Jacobs Lyle Russell | Attendance: 958 Referee: |
| 16 January 2016Championship | Rangers | 4–1 | Livingston | Ibrox Stadium |
| 15:00 | Wilson Waghorn Miller | Report | Gallagher Gordon White Buchanan | Attendance: 42,906 Referee:Craig Thomson (referee) |
| 23 January 2016Championship | Livingston | 1–1 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Buchanan | Report | Kerr Sibbald | Attendance: 1,536 Referee:George Salmond |
| 30 January 2016Championship | Dumbarton | 1–0 | Livingston | Dumbarton Football Stadium |
| 15:00 | Docherty | Report | Halkett Cole | Attendance: 760 Referee:Crawford Allan |
| 13 February 2016Championship | Livingston | 0–0 | Hibernian | Almondvale Stadium |
| 17:15 | Report | Attendance: 2,663 Referee:Alan Muir |
| 20 February 2016Championship | Raith Rovers | 2–0 | Livingston | Stark's Park |
| 15:00 | Robertson Stewart Connolly | Report | Fotheringham | Attendance: 1,617 Referee:Willie Collum |
| 27 February 2016Championship | Alloa Athletic | 1–3 | Livingston | Recreation Park |
| 15:00 | Duffy | Report | Longridge White Stanton Cole Fotheringham | Attendance: 619 Referee:Craig Charleston |
| 1 March 2016Championship | Livingston | 0–0 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium |
| 19:45 | Longridge Stanton | Report | McManus | Attendance: 787 Referee:Kevin Clancy |
| 5 March 2016Championship | Livingston | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Buchanan Gordon White | Report | Nadé Buchanan | Attendance: 828 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 19 March 2016Championship | Livingston | 2–3 | St Mirren | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Buchanan White | Report | Mallan Shankland | Attendance: 1,228 Referee: Crawford Allan |
| 26 March 2016Championship | Falkirk | 1–2 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium |
| Vaulks | Report | White Statnton | Attendance: 3,897 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 2 April 2016Championship | Livingston | 0–0 | Alloa Athletic | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 927 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 5 April 2016Championship | Hibernian | 2–1 | Livingston | Easter Road |
| 19:45 | Stokes Boyle | Report | White | Attendance: 7,289 Referee: Barry Cook |
| 9 April 2016Championship | Greenock Morton | 2–1 | Livingston | Cappielow |
| 15:00 | Johnstone O'Ware | Report | White | Attendance: 1,463 Referee: John McKendrick |
| 23 April 2016Championship | Queen of the South | 3–1 | Livingston | Palmerston Park |
| 15:00 | Lyle Oliver | Report | Sam Stanton | Attendance: 1,421 Referee: Mat Northcroft |
| 26 April 2016Championship | Livingston | 1–0 | Rangers | Almondvale Stadium |
| 19:45 | Halkett | Report | Attendance: 5,021 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 1 May 2016Championship | Livingston | 0–1 | Raith Rovers | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Report | Connolly | Attendance: 1,049 Referee: Craig Charleston |
| 4 May 2016Semi-Final Leg 1 | Stranraer | 5–2 | Livingston | Stair Park |
| 19:45 | McGuigan Stirling Gibson Cole | Report | White Buchanan | Attendance: 589 Referee: John Beaton |
| 7 May 2016Semi-Final Leg 2 | Livingston | 4–3 (a.e.t.) (6–8agg.) | Stranraer | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Buchanan White Mullen Halkett | Report | Cairney Dick Longworth | Attendance: 1,018 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 25 July 2015Round 1 | Livingston | 2–1 | Clyde | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Mullen Hippolyte | BBC Report | Bolochoweckyj | Attendance: 741 Referee:Allan |
| 18 August 2015Round 2 | Queen of the South | 0–1 (a.e.t.) | Livingston | Palmerston Park |
| 19:45 | BBC Report | White | Attendance: 1,189 Referee:Graham |
| 20 October 2015Round 3 | Rangers | 1–0 | Livingston | Ibrox Park |
| 19:45 | Clark | BBC Report[dead link] | Attendance: 17,386 Referee:Dallas |
| 1 August 2015First round | Livingston | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Clyde | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | White | BBC Report | Attendance: 664 Referee:McKendrick |
| 25 August 2015Second round | St Mirren | 2–3 | Livingston | St Mirren Park |
| 17:45 | Gallagher Mullan | BBC Report | Buchanan Mullen Gallagher | Attendance: 1,568 Referee:Colvin |
| 22 September 2015Third round | Livingston | 0–2 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | Almondvale Stadium |
| 19:45 | BBC Report[dead link] | Storey Devine | Attendance: 644 Referee:Muir |
| 28 November 2015Round 3 | Peterhead | 1–3 | Livingston | Balmoor |
| 15:00 | McAllister | BBC Report | Glen White | Attendance: 587 Referee:Allan |
| 9 January 2016Round 4 | Livingston | 0–1 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Fotheringham White | Report | McKee O'Ware Russell Pepper | Attendance: 873 Referee:Charleston |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Darren Jamieson | 16 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Osman Kakay | 12 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Jackson Longridge | 39 | 1 | 29+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Darren Cole | 25 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Craig Sives | 9 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 6 | DF | Ben Gordon | 35 | 1 | 28+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Scott Pittman | 41 | 2 | 30+2 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Mark Fotheringham | 17 | 0 | 14+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Jordan White | 44 | 16 | 25+9 | 10 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 5+0 | 3 | |
| 10 | FW | Danny Mullen | 26 | 4 | 12+7 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 2 | |
| 12 | DF | Craig Halkett | 17 | 2 | 15+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | |
| 14 | DF | Declan Gallagher | 30 | 2 | 23+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 15 | MF | Morgyn Neill | 31 | 0 | 17+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | |
| 18 | FW | Jordyn Sheerin | 36 | 3 | 8+21 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | |
| 19 | FW | Liam Buchanan | 45 | 14 | 26+9 | 11 | 2+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 | |
| 20 | MF | Ryan Currie | 12 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | Moses Duckrell | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 23 | MF | Sam Stanton | 16 | 3 | 12+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 26 | GK | Marc McCallum | 30 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | |
| 30 | MF | Charlie Telfer | 15 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| 31 | FW | Gary Glen | 27 | 3 | 17+5 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | |
| 32 | MF | Cammy Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 33 | MF | Gabriel Auriemma | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 34 | FW | Matthew Knox | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 35 | MF | Josh Mullin | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 36 | MF | Darren Smith | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 37 | MF | Kieran Somerville | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 38 | GK | Conor Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| Players who left the club during the 2015–16 season | |||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Ross Millen | 14 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Hugo Faria | 20 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | Myles Hippolyte | 23 | 2 | 11+6 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | |
| 12 | GK | Matt Gould | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 16 | MF | Kieran Gibbons | 23 | 0 | 15+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Spas Georgiev | 13 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
| 27 | FW | Mark Burchill | 8 | 1 | 5+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | St Mirren | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 42 | |
| 7 | Queen of the South | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 42 | |
| 8 | Dumbarton | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 35 | 66 | −31 | 37 | |
| 9 | Livingston(R) | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 31 | Qualification for theChampionship play-offs |
| 10 | Alloa Athletic(R) | 36 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 22 | 67 | −45 | 21 | Relegation toLeague One |