| 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 | ||
The2017–18 season wasLivingston's first season back in theScottish Championship after their promotion fromLeague One at the end of the2016–17 season.[1] Livingston also competed in theChallenge Cup,League Cup and theScottish Cup.
Livingston finished as runners-up in the Scottish Championship and were promoted to theScottish Premiership for the first time since 2006 with victory overPartick 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.
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 1 July 2017 | Livingston | 0–1 | Heart of Midlothian | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Report | Stockton |
| 4 July 2017 | Livingston | 0–2 | Motherwell | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 19:30 | Report | Bigirimana Bowman | Attendance: 824 |
| 8 July 2017 | Kilmarnock | 1–0 | Livingston | Rugby Park,Kilmarnock |
| 15:00 | Waters | Report |
| 12 July 2017 | Livingston | 0–3 | Sunderland | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 19:30 | Report | Khazri Asoro Lens |
| 28 July 2017 | Cardiff City | 4–0 | Livingston | Cardiff City Stadium,Cardiff |
| 15:00 | Hoilett Ward Ecuele Manga | Report |
| 5 August 20171 | Livingston | 1–1 | Dunfermline Athletic | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Pittman | Report | Higginbotham | Attendance: 2,301 Referee: Alan Newlands |
| 12 August 20172 | Brechin City | 2–2 | Livingston | Glebe Park,Brechin |
| 15:00 | Orsi Graham | Report | Mackin Pittman | Attendance: 579 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 19 August 20173 | Livingston | 1–3 | St Mirren | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Halkett | Report | Halkett Irvine Reilly | Attendance: 1,609 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 26 August 20174 | Greenock Morton | 0–1 | Livingston | Cappielow,Greenock |
| 15:00 | Report | Mullen | Attendance: 1,599 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 9 September 20175 | Livingston | 2–2 | Queen of the South | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Mullen Mackin | Report | Stirling Lyle | Attendance: 1,113 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 16 September 20176 | Inverness CT | 1–3 | Livingston | Caledonian Stadium,Inverness |
| 15:00 | Bell | Report | Todorov Robinson Halkett | Attendance: 2,007 Referee: Craig Charleston |
| 23 September 20177 | Falkirk | 0–2 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Report | Mullen Mullin Gallagher | Attendance: 4,091 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 30 September 20178 | Livingston | 2–1 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Lithgow Halkett | Report | Walsh | Attendance: 938 Referee: Mat Northcroft |
| 14 October 20179 | Livingston | 2–0 | Dundee United | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Mullen Todorov | Report | Attendance: 2,282 Referee: John Beaton |
| 21 October 201710 | Dunfermline Athletic | 3–1 | Livingston | East End Park,Dunfermline |
| 15:00 | Higginbotham Aird | Report | Mullen | Attendance: 5,059 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 28 October 201711 | Livingston | 3–2 | Brechin City | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | McMillan Halkett Mackin | Report | Orsi | Attendance: 926 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 4 November 201712 | Livingston | 0–0 | Inverness CT | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 1,262 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 25 November 201713 | Queen of the South | 0–3 | Livingston | Palmerston Park,Dumfries |
| 15:00 | Jacobs | Report | Penrice Mullin Byrne | Attendance: 1,328 Referee: Colin Steven |
| 28 November 201714 | St Mirren | 3–1 | Livingston | St Mirren Park,Paisley |
| 19:45 | Morgan Eckersley McShane | Report | Carrick | Attendance: 3,177 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 19 December 201715 | Livingston | 0–0 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 19:45 | Report | Attendance: 1,287 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 23 December 201716 | Dundee United | 3–0 | Livingston | Tannadice Park,Dundee |
| 15:00 | McMullan McDonald | Report | Attendance: 6,221 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 26 December 201717 | Dumbarton | 1–4 | Livingston | Dumbarton Football Stadium,Dumbarton |
| 14:00 | Loy Hutton | Report | Halkett Pittman Mackin Robinson | Attendance: 495 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 2 January 201818 | Inverness CT | 1–1 | Livingston | Caledonian Stadium,Inverness |
| 15:00 | Doran Vigurs | Report | Lithgow | Attendance: 2,239 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 6 January 201819 | Livingston | 0–1 | Queen of the South | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Report | Kane | Attendance: 1,006 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 13 January 201820 | Brechin City | 0–2 | Livingston | Glebe Park,Brechin |
| 15:00 | Report | Halkett Robinson | Attendance: 551 Referee: Craig Charleston |
| 27 January 201821 | Livingston | 2–0 | Dumbarton | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Lithgow Hardie | Report | Attendance: 732 Referee: Colin Steven |
| 3 February 201822 | Falkirk | 1–3 | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk |
| 15:00 | Jakubiak | Report | Lithgow Hardie De Vita | Attendance: 4,123 Referee: John McKendrick |
| 10 February 201823 | Livingston | 0–0 | Dunfermline Athletic | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Thompson | Report | Attendance: 1,579 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 17 February 201824 | Livingston | 4–1 | St Mirren | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Hardie Miller Robinson | Report | Flynn | Attendance: 2,708 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 23 February 201825 | Livingston | 2–1 | Dundee United | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 19:45 | Robinson Hardie | Report | Smith | Attendance: 1,604 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 27 February 201826 | Greenock Morton | 0–1 | Livingston | Cappielow,Greenock |
| 19:45 | Report | Cadden | Attendance: 1,373 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 13 March 201827 | Livingston | 1–1 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 19:45 | Byrne Longridge | Report | Oliver | Attendance: 862 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 17 March 201828 | Livingston | 0–0 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 1,319 Referee: Gavin Duncan |
| 24 March 201829 | Queen of the South | 3–3 | Livingston | Palmerston Park,Dumfries |
| 19:45 | Thomson Dykes Todorov | Report | De Vita Halkett Hardie | Attendance: 1,153 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 31 March 201830 | Dumbarton | 0–3 | Livingston | Dumbarton Football Stadium,Dumbarton |
| 15:00 | Wilson | Report | Miller Hardie De Vita | Attendance: 670 Referee: Barry Cook |
| 3 April 201831 | Dunfermline Athletic | 1–0 | Livingston | East End Park,Dunfermline |
| 19:45 | Ashcroft | Report | Attendance: 4,572 Referee: Stephen Finnie |
| 7 April 201832 | Livingston | 3–2 | Greenock Morton | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Longridge Lithgow | Report | O'Ware Lamie | Attendance: 1,028 Referee: Steven Kirkland |
| 14 April 201833 | St Mirren | 0–0 | Livingston | St Mirren Park,Paisley |
| 15:00 | Report | Attendance: 6,172 Referee: John Beaton |
| 21 April 201834 | Livingston | 3–0 | Brechin City | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Pittman Longridge Hardie | Report | Attendance: 943 Referee: Steven Reid |
| 24 April 201835 | Livingston | 0–1 | Inverness CT | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 19:45 | Report | Polworth | Attendance: 740 Referee: Colin Steven |
| 28 April 201836 | Dundee United | 2–0 | Livingston | Tannadice Park,Dundee |
| 15:00 | Slater McDonald | Report | Attendance: 5,226 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 7 May 2018Semi-Final 1st Leg | Dundee United | 2–3 | Livingston | Tannadice Park,Dundee |
| 19:45 | Mikkelsen Ralston | Report | De Vita Mullin Pittman | Attendance: 5,610 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 11 May 2018Semi-Final 2nd Leg | Livingston | 1–1 (4–3agg.) | Dundee United | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 19:45 | Lithgow | Report[dead link] | Fraser | Attendance: 4,508 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 17 May 2018Final 2nd Leg | Livingston | 2–1 | Partick Thistle | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 19:45 | Jacobs Pittman | Report | Doolan | Attendance: 5,469 Referee: Craig Thomson |
| 20 May 2018Final 2nd Leg | Partick Thistle | 0–1 (1–3agg.) | Livingston | Firhill Stadium,Glasgow |
| 15:30 | Report | Jacobs | Attendance: 7,122 Referee: John Beaton |
Results
| 15 July 2017Group stage | Livingston | 1–1 (3–1p) | Partick Thistle | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Jacobs | Report | Erskine | Attendance: 1,119 Referee: Kevin Clancy |
| 18 July 2017Group stage | St Mirren | 0–1 | Livingston | St Mirren Park,Paisley |
| 19:45 | Report | Carrick | Attendance: 2,104 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 22 July 2017Group stage | Livingston | 2–0 | Airdrieonians | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Mackin Halkett | Report | Attendance: 617 Referee: Mike Roncone |
| 25 July 2017Group stage | Stranraer | 2–4 | Livingston | Stair Park,Stranraer |
| 19:45 | Neill Agnew | Report | Robertson Carrick Todorov Robinson | Attendance: 341 Referee: John McKendrick |
| Pos | Team | 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 | — | — | 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 | — | — |
| 8 August 2017Second round | Falkirk | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Livingston | Falkirk Stadium,Falkirk |
| 19:45 | Craigen | Report | Robinson De Vita | Attendance: 2,667 Referee: Andrew Dallas |
| 19 September 2017Quarter-Final | Hibernian | 3–2 | Livingston | Easter Road,Edinburgh |
| 19:45 | Swanson Boyle Stokes | Report | Lithgow De Vita | Attendance: 8,535 Referee: Bobby Madden |
| 15 August 2017First round | Greenock Morton | 0–2 | Livingston | Cappielow,Greenock |
| 19:45 | Report | Todorov Mullen | Attendance: 1,036 Referee: Colin Steven |
| 3 September 2017Second round | 1–1 (6–5p) | Livingston | Park Hall,Oswestry | |
| 19:45 | Edwards | Report | Mackin | Attendance: 403 Referee: Robert Harvey |
| 18 November 2017Third round | Livingston | 2–0 | Glenafton Athletic | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 15:00 | Mackin | Report | Attendance: 735 Referee: Alan Newlands |
| 23 January 2018Fourth round | Livingston | 0–1 | Falkirk | Almondvale Stadium,Livingston |
| 19:45 | Report | Tumilty | Attendance: 1,237 Referee: Alan Newlands |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Championship | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Other | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| 1 | GK | Neil Alexander | 47 | 0 | 34+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Jack McMillan | 15 | 1 | 3+10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Jackson Longridge | 45 | 3 | 23+8 | 3 | 2+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | Alan Lithgow | 47 | 8 | 33+0 | 6 | 6+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 1 | |
| 5 | DF | Gregor Buchanan | 11 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Shaun Byrne | 46 | 1 | 32+1 | 1 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 | |
| 7 | MF | Josh Mullin | 41 | 4 | 20+8 | 3 | 3+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 | |
| 8 | FW | Scott Pittman | 49 | 6 | 35+0 | 4 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 2 | |
| 9 | FW | Ryan Hardie | 17 | 8 | 15+1 | 8 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 10 | FW | Steven Boyd | 11 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 11 | MF | Nicky Cadden | 35 | 1 | 15+11 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Keaghan Jacobs | 32 | 3 | 13+7 | 0 | 5+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 2 | |
| 15 | FW | Dylan Mackin | 21 | 8 | 7+7 | 4 | 2+2 | 1 | 1+0 | 2 | 0+2 | 1 | |
| 16 | FW | Matthew Knox | 6 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Scott Robinson | 25 | 7 | 9+8 | 5 | 1+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |
| 18 | FW | Lee Miller | 21 | 2 | 13+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | |
| 19 | MF | Adam Frizzell | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 20 | GK | Gary Maley | 3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 21 | MF | James Penrice | 13 | 1 | 11+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Craig Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 23 | MF | Raffaele De Vita | 40 | 6 | 21+9 | 3 | 5+1 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 | |
| 24 | MF | Jordan Thompson | 17 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | Craig Halkett | 49 | 8 | 34+1 | 7 | 6+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | |
| 29 | GK | Jordan Pettigrew | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 31 | DF | 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 | Nikolay Todorov | 24 | 4 | 10+8 | 2 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | |
| 10 | FW | Danny Mullen | 17 | 5 | 11+0 | 4 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | |
| 19 | FW | Dale Carrick | 15 | 3 | 4+5 | 1 | 4+1 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| 22 | MF | Joe Thomson | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | |
| 24 | FW | Josh Peters | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | |
| Pos | Team | 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 thePremiership |
| 2 | Livingston(O, P) | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 62 | Qualification for thePremiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Dundee United | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 52 | 42 | +10 | 61 | Qualification for thePremiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 36 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 60 | 35 | +25 | 59 | |
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 37 | +16 | 57 |