| 2018–19 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chairman | Robert Wilson | ||
| Manager | Kenny Miller (Until 20 August) Gary Holt (From 23 August) | ||
| Stadium | Almondvale Stadium | ||
| Scottish Premiership | 9th | ||
| Scottish League Cup | Second round | ||
| Scottish Cup | Fourth round | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Craig Halkett & Ryan Hardie (7) All: Craig Halkett, Ryan Hardie & Scott Pittman (7) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 9,246, vs.Rangers, Premiership, 30 September | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 552, vs.Berwick Rangers, League Cup, 28 July 2018 | ||
| Average home league attendance | 3,664 | ||
The2018–19 season was Livingston's first season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football since 2006,[1] having been promoted via thePremiership play-off[2] from theScottish Championship, at the end of theprevious season.[3]Livingston also competed in theLeague andScottish Cup.
Having led the club to consecutive promotions managerDavid Hopkin departed the club during the close season on 31 May 2018, having declined the offer of a new contract.[4] First team coach David Martindale took charge of team affairs in the interim.[5] On 30 June 2018, formerRangers andScotlandstrikerKenny Miller was appointed as player-manager on a two-year contract.[6] Livingston marked his first managerial appointment.[7]
On 20 August 2018, after just seven games Miller parted company withLivingston.[8] The club wished Miller to take up a full time managers role, rather than the dual role he was currently undertaking and he wished to continue his career as a footballer.[9] Assistant manager David Martindale[10] took over team affairs in the interim,[11] withGary Holt being appointed as Head Coach three days later.[12]
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 6 July 2018 | Queen of the South | 2–2 | Livingston | Palmerston Park |
| 19:45 | Harkins Dykes | Report | Cadden Gallagher |
| 24 July 2018 | Gateshead | 0–0 | Livingston | Kingston Park |
| 19:45 | Report |
| 4 August 2018 | Celtic | 3–1 | Livingston | Celtic Park |
| 15:00 | Rogic Édouard Ntcham | BBC Report | Robinson | Attendance: 58,778 Referee:Walsh |
| 11 August 2018 | Livingston | 0–0 | Kilmarnock | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 2,586 Referee:Duncan |
| 25 August 2018 | St Mirren | 0–2 | Livingston | St Mirren Park |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Hamilton Lithgow | Attendance: 4,347 Referee:Beaton |
| 1 September 2018 | Livingston | 2–1 | Hibernian | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Byrne Pittman | BBC Report | Horgan | Attendance: 5,305 Referee:McLean |
| 15 September 2018 | Livingston | 1–0 | Hamilton Academical | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Lawless | BBC Report | Attendance: 1,342 Referee:Muir |
| 22 September 2018 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–0 | Livingston | Tynecastle Park |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 17,798 Referee:Robertson |
| 30 September 2018 | Livingston | 1–0 | Rangers | Almondvale Stadium |
| 13:30 | Menga | BBC Report | Attendance: 9,246 Referee:Thomson |
| 6 October 2018 | Motherwell | 1–1 | Livingston | Fir Park |
| 15:00 | Bowman McHugh | BBC Report | Jacobs | Attendance: 4,256 Referee:Collum |
| 20 October 2018 | Livingston | 4–0 | Dundee | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Gallagher Halkett Lawless Lithgow | BBC Report | Attendance:Walsh Referee: 2,137 |
| 27 October 2018 | Aberdeen | P–P | Livingston | Pittodrie Stadium |
| 15:00 | ||||
| Note: Postponed due to Aberdeen's involvement in League Cup Semi Final.[13] | ||||
| 31 October 2018 | Livingston | 0–1 | St Johnstone | Almondvale Stadium |
| 19:45 | BBC Report | Kennedy | Attendance: 1,476 Referee:Beaton |
| 3 November 2018 | Hamilton Academical | 1–0 | Livingston | New Douglas Park |
| 15:00 | Miller Bloomfield | BBC Report | Attendance: 1,459 Referee:Muir |
| 11 November 2018 | Livingston | 0–0 | Celtic | Almondvale Stadium |
| 12:00 | BBC Report | Attendance: 9,016 Referee:Clancy |
| 24 November 2018 | Rangers | 3–0 | Livingston | Ibrox Stadium |
| 15:00 | Candeias Morelos Arfield | Report | Attendance: 49,448 Referee:Nick Walsh |
| 1 December 2018 | Livingston | 2–0 | Motherwell | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Lawless Hamilton Halkett | Report | Bigirimana Tait | Attendance: 1,982 Referee:Anderson |
| 5 December 2018 | Kilmarnock | 2–0 | Livingston | Rugby Park |
| 19:45 | Stewart | Report | Byrne Pittman | Attendance: 4,143 Referee:Madden |
| 8 December 2018 | Livingston | 3–1 | St Mirren | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Pittman Hardie Sibbald | BBC Report | Jones | Attendance: 1,727 Referee:Dallas |
| 11 December 2018 | Aberdeen | 3–2 | Livingston | Pittodrie Stadium |
| 19:45 | McGinn Cosgrove Ferguson | BBC Report | Pittman McMillan | Attendance: 12,252 Referee:Thomson |
| 14 December 2018 | Livingston | 5–0 | Heart of Midlothian | Almondvale Stadium |
| 19:45 | Menga Halkett Hardie Byrne | BBC Report | Djoum Zlamal | Attendance: 4,201 Referee:Walsh |
| 22 December 2018 | Hibernian | 1–1 | Livingston | Easter Road |
| 15:00 | Porteous | Report | Menga Hardie Lawless | Attendance: 17,056 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 26 December 2018 | Dundee | 0–0 | Livingston | Dens Park |
| 15:00 | Boyle McGowan | Report | Hamilton | Attendance: 4,905 Referee:Bobby Madden |
| 29 December 2018 | Livingston | 1–2 | Aberdeen | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Hardie | Report | Wilson Lithgow | Attendance: 5,548 Referee: Steven McLean |
| 23 January 2019 | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Livingston | McDiarmid Park |
| 19:45 | Davidson | BBC Report | Attendance: 1,946 Referee:Dallas |
| 26 January 2019 | Livingston | 0–3 | Rangers | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | BBC Report | Jack Kent Morelos | Attendance: 9,028 Referee:Clancy |
| 2 February 2019 | Motherwell | 3–0 | Livingston | Fir Park |
| 15:00 | Hastie Main | BBC Report | Attendance: 3,839 Referee:Beaton |
| 6 February 2019 | Heart of Midlothian | 0–0 | Livingston | Tynecastle Park |
| 19:45 | Lee | BBC Report | Gallagher Lawless | Attendance: 15,147 Referee:Muir |
| 16 February 2019 | Livingston | 1–2 | Dundee | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Byrne Halkett | Report | Nelson Wright | Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 23 February 2019 | Livingston | 1–0 | Kilmarnock | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Erskine Brown Kelly | Report | Attendance: 2,569 Referee:Andrew Dallas |
| 2 March 2019 | St Mirren | 1–0 | Livingston | St Mirren Park |
| 19:45 | S McGinn Flynn | Report | Jacobs Lawson Robinson | Attendance: 4,014 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 9 March 2019 | Livingston | 3–1 | St Johnstone | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Halkett Sibbald Pittman | Report | Shaughnessy Goss | Attendance: 1,615 Referee: John Beaton |
| 16 March 2019 | Aberdeen | 1–1 | Livingston | Pittodrie Stadium |
| 15:00 | McGinn | Report | Sibbald | Attendance: 14,366 Referee: Don Robertson |
| 29 March 2019 | Livingston | 1–2 | Hibernian | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Hardie | Report | Hanlon Mallan | Attendance: 4,774 Referee: Nick Walsh |
| 3 April 2019 | Livingston | 2–0 | Hamilton Academical | Almondvale Stadium |
| 19:45 | Robinson Lithgow Hardie Halkett | Report | Andreu Miller | Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Alan Muir |
| 6 April 2019 | Celtic | 0–0 | Livingston | Celtic Park |
| 15:00 | Report | Lamie Gallagher Halkett Lithgow | Attendance: 58,850 Referee: Euan Anderson |
| 20 April 2019 | Livingston | 1–3 | St Mirren | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Robinson | Report | P. McGinn Mullen Jackson | Attendance: 2,347 Referee:Willie Collum |
| 27 April 2019 | Hamilton Academical | 3–3 | Livingston | Hamilton |
| 15:00BST (UTC+1) | Oakley Imrie Smith McGowan | Report | Kelly Pittman Lawson | Stadium:New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,135 Referee: Greg Aitken |
| 4 May 2019 | St Johnstone | 1–1 | Livingston | McDiarmid Park |
| 15:00 | O'Halloran | Report | Halkett Gallagher | Attendance: 2,222 Referee: David Munro |
| 11 May 2019 | Livingston | 0–1 | Dundee | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00 | Report | K. Miller | Attendance: 1,374 Referee: Alan Newlands |
| 18 May 2019 | Motherwell | 3–2 | Livingston | Motherwell |
| 12:30BST (UTC+1) | Donnelly Turnbull | Report | Hardie Tiffoney | Stadium:Fir Park Attendance: 5,794 Referee: David Munro |
| 14 July 2018[14]League Cup Group F | Airdrieonians | 1–2 | Livingston | Excelsior Stadium |
| 15:00 | Duffy | SPFL Report | Pittman Miller | Attendance: 733 Referee:Walsh |
| 17 July 2018[14]League Cup Group F | Hamilton Academical | 0–0 (5–6p) | Livingston | New Douglas Park |
| 19:45 | SPFL Report | Attendance: 1,012 Referee:Beaton | ||
| Penalties | ||||
| 21 July 2018[14]League Cup Group F | Livingston | 1–0 | Annan Athletic | Prestonfield[note 1] |
| Miller Lamie | SPFL Report | Attendance: 678 Referee:Clancy |
| 28 July 2018[14]League Cup Group F | Livingston | 2–0 | Berwick Rangers | Prestonfield[note 2] |
| 15:00 | Hamilton McMillan | BBC Report | Attendance: 552 Referee:Kirkland |
| 18 August 2018League Cup Second round | Livingston | 0–1 | Motherwell | Almondvale Stadium |
| 15:00BST (UTC+1) | BBC Report | Johnson | Attendance: 1,957 Referee:Collum |
| 20 January 2019[17]Scottish Cup Fourth round | Heart of Midlothian | 1–0 | Livingston | Tynecastle Park |
| 14:30 | Clare | BBC Report | Attendance: 11,077 Referee:Collum |
During the 2018–19 season, Livingston used thirty three players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.[18]
Scott Pittman andDeclan Gallagher started every match of the season.
During the 2018–19 season, Livingston players were issued with Sixty-one yellow cards and four red. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premiership | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | ||||
| 1 | GK | Liam Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2 | DF | Jack McMillan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | DF | Ricki Lamie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 4 | DF | Alan Lithgow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 5 | DF | Ciaron Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | MF | Shaun Byrne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 7 | MF | Keaghan Jacobs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 8 | MF | Scott Pittman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Kenny Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | FW | Ryan Hardie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | MF | Craig Sibbald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 14 | MF | Egli Kaja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 15 | MF | Steven Lawless | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 17 | MF | Scott Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 19 | MF | Bobby Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 26 | DF | Craig Halkett | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 30 | FW | Jack Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 31 | DF | Declan Gallagher | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 33 | DF | Steve Lawson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 45 | FW | Dolly Menga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 58 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 4 | |||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | St Johnstone | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 52 | |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 51 | |
| 9 | Livingston | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 44 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 75 | −47 | 33 | |
| 11 | St Mirren(O) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 32 | Qualification for thePremiership play-off final |
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| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win%[note 3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenny Miller[21] | 14 July 2018 | 20 August 2018 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 042.86 |
| Gary Holt[22] | 23 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 029.73 |