2013–14 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston 2013–14 football season

Livingston

2013–14 season

Manager

Richie Burke
(until 12 September)
John McGlynn

Stadium

Almondvale Stadium

Championship

Sixth Place

League Cup

Third Round

Challenge Cup

First Round

Scottish Cup

Fourth Round

Top goalscorer

League: Marc McNulty (17)
All: Marc McNulty (19)

Highest home attendance

1,759 vs. Dundee, Championship, 15 March 2014

Lowest home attendance

709 vs. Alloa Athletic, Championship, 25 March 2014

Average home league attendance

1,161

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2013–14 season was Livingston's first season in the new formed Scottish Championship and their third consecutive season in the second-tier of Scottish football, having been promoted from the Scottish Second Division during the 2010–11 season.^[1] Livingston also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Management

Livingston began the 2013–14 season under the management of Richie Burke who had been appointed in February 2013. On the 12 September, Burke resigned from his position as manager following a poor start to the season and was replaced by former Hearts manager John McGlynn.^[2]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre Season

Livingston v

Oțelul

4 July 2013	Livingston	0 – 0	Oțelul	Carden Park Hotel, Chester
16:00		Report

Livingston v

Rotherham United

10 July 2013	Livingston	0 – 2	Rotherham United	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:00		Report	Bradley 7' Rose 81'

Livingston v

Wolverhampton Wanderers

13 July 2013	Livingston	1 – 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:30	McNulty 12'	Report	Elokobi 35' Davis 50'	Attendance: 928

Livingston v Partick Thistle

16 July 2013	Livingston	0 – 0	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report

Scottish Championship

Alloa Athletic v Livingston

10 August 2013 1	Alloa Athletic	1 – 0	Livingston	Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00	Simmons 42'	Report	Docherty 72'	Attendance: 714 Referee: Bobby Madden

Livingston v Queen of the South

17 August 2013 2	Livingston	3 – 3	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Denholm 12' Fordyce 58' Hastings 75' Mullen 80'	Report	Docherty 38' McGuffie 44 pen.' Reilly 86'	Attendance: 1,149 Referee: Alan Muir

Livingston v Falkirk

24 August 2013 3	Livingston	0 – 3	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report	Roberts 30', 41', 54'	Attendance: 1,416 Referee: George Salmond

Dundee v Livingston

30 August 2013 4	Dundee	3 – 0	Livingston	Dens Park, Dundee
19:45	Monti 33' Gallagher 58' MacDonald 83'	Report		Attendance: 3,955 Referee: Brian Colvin

Livingston v Greenock Morton

14 September 2013 5	Livingston	2 – 2	Greenock Morton	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Mensing 4' McNulty 14'	Report	Hands 34' Cham 45'	Attendance: 1,077 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Dumbarton v Livingston

21 September 2013 6	Dumbarton	1 – 2	Livingston	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
15:00	Megginson 44'	Report	McNulty 49', 76'	Attendance: 759 Referee: Greg Aitken

Livingston v Cowdenbeath

28 September 2013 7	Livingston	5 – 1	Cowdenbeath	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Fordyce 42', 60', 87' Barrowman 72' Burchill 82'	Report	Hemmings 17'	Attendance: 894 Referee: Craig Charleston

Hamilton Academical v Livingston

5 October 2013 8	Hamilton Academical	2 – 0	Livingston	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Keatings 33 pen.', 65'	Report		Attendance: 1,059 Referee: Des Roache

Livingston v Alloa Athletic

19 October 2013 9	Livingston	3 – 2	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Scougall 2' Donaldson 69' Barrowman 90'	Report	Cawley 8' Gordon 87'	Attendance: 869 Referee: John McKendrick

Livingston v Dundee

26 October 2013 10	Livingston	2 – 1	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Jacobs 55' Scott 88'	Report	MacDonald 54'	Attendance: 1,597 Referee: Craig Charleston

Raith Rovers v Livingston

29 October 2013 11	Raith Rovers	1 – 0	Livingston	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
19:45	Smith 22'	Report	Denholm 35'	Attendance: 1,304 Referee: Alan Muir

Falkirk v Livingston

9 November 2013 12	Falkirk	4 – 1	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Vaulks 37' Loy 52', 69' Sibbald 60'	Report	Vaulks 72 o.g.'	Attendance: 2,878 Referee: Euan Anderson

Livingston v Dumbarton

16 November 2013 13	Livingston	1 – 3	Dumbarton	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	McNulty 20'	Report	Megginson 43' Turner 52 pen.' Prunty 74'	Attendance: 1,039 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Greenock Morton v Livingston

23 November 2013 14	Greenock Morton	1 – 5	Livingston	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00	Cham 26' 87'	Report	McNulty 7', 64 pen.', 90+2' Barrowman 28' Scott 37'	Attendance: 1,460 Referee: Greg Aitken

Cowdenbeath v Livingston

7 December 2013 15	Cowdenbeath	2 – 3	Livingston	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00	Hemmings 56', 69'	Report	McNulty 77', 90+2' Barrowman 87'	Attendance: 363 Referee: Don Robertson

Livingston v Hamilton Academical

14 December 2013 16	Livingston	0 – 0	Hamilton Academical	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report		Attendance: 794 Referee: Mat Northcroft

Queen of the South v Livingston

21 December 2013 17	Queen of the South	2 – 2	Livingston	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	Paton 17' Durnan 45+1'	Report	McNulty 4', 77'	Attendance: 1,523

Livingston v Raith Rovers

28 December 2013 18	Livingston	3 – 0	Raith Rovers	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Thomson 8 o.g.' Scott 45+1' Scougall 62'	Report		Attendance: 1,322 Referee: Euan Norris

Livingston v Falkirk

4 January 2014 19	Livingston	0 – 1	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Donaldson 25'	Report	Loy 26 pen.'	Attendance: 1,585 Referee: Kevin Graham

Dundee v Livingston

11 January 2014 20	Dundee	0 – 1	Livingston	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00		Report	Burchill 11'	Attendance: 4,367 Referee: Steven McLean

Livingston v Greenock Morton

18 January 2014 21	Livingston	0 – 1	Greenock Morton	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report	McKay 45+1'	Attendance: 1,245 Referee: George Salmond

Livingston v Queen of the South

1 February 2014 22	Livingston	1 – 2	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	McNulty 40 pen.'	Report	Durnan 55' Lyle 79'	Attendance: 1,245 Referee: George Salmond

Dumbarton v Livingston

5 February 2014 23	Dumbarton	2 – 2	Livingston	Dumbarton Football Stadium, Dumbarton
19:45	Fleming 50' Nish 72' Kane 90+5'	Report	Jacobs 66' Barrowman 79'	Attendance: 562 Referee: Stevie O’Reilly

Alloa Athletic v Livingston

15 February 2014 24	Alloa Athletic	0 – 3	Livingston	Recreation Park, Alloa
15:00		Report	Mensing 20' 56' Scott 81' Jacobs 86'	Attendance: 605 Referee: Iain Brines

Hamilton Academical v Livingston

21 February 2014 25	Hamilton Academical	2 – 0	Livingston	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45	Scotland 28' Antoine-Curier 90+3'	Report		Attendance: 1,063 Referee: Craig Charleston

Livingston v Cowdenbeath

1 March 2014 26	Livingston	1 – 0	Cowdenbeath	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Talbot 63'	Report		Attendance: 980 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Falkirk v Livingston

8 March 2014 27	Falkirk	1 – 1	Livingston	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
15:00	Alston 82' Roberts 86'	Report	McNulty 35'	Attendance: 2,924

Livingston v Dundee

15 March 2014 28	Livingston	0 – 2	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00		Report	MacDonald 8' Benedictus 55'	Attendance: 1,759 Referee: Don Robertson

Raith Rovers v Livingston

22 March 2014 29	Raith Rovers	2 – 4	Livingston	Stark's Park, Kirkcaldy
15:00	Baird 48' Thomson 85'	Report	Sives 5', 54' McNulty 50 pen.', 90+5'	Attendance: 1,329 Referee: Mat Northcroft

Livingston v Alloa Athletic

25 March 2014 30	Livingston	2 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	McNulty 21 pen.' Jacobs 86'	Report		Attendance: 709 Referee: Crawford Allan

Livingston v Dumbarton

29 March 2014 31	Livingston	1 – 2	Dumbarton	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Mevlja 28' Talbot 82'	Report	Turner 86 pen.' Kane 88'	Attendance: 949 Referee: Greg Aitken

Greenock Morton v Livingston

5 April 2014 32	Greenock Morton	2 – 0	Livingston	Cappielow, Greenock
15:00	Imrie 14' McKay 45+2'	Report		Attendance: 1,009 Referee: Craig Charleston

Livingston v Hamilton Academical

12 April 2014 33	Livingston	1 – 1	Hamilton Academical	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Jacobs 64'	Report	Hendrie 54' Scotland 86'	Attendance: 1,133 Referee: Stephen Finnie

Cowdenbeath v Livingston

19 April 2014 34	Cowdenbeath	4 – 0	Livingston	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00	Armstrong 45+1', 73' Hemmings 51', 65'	Report		Attendance: 420 Referee: George Salmond

Queen of the South v Livingston

26 April 2014 35	Queen of the South	2 – 0	Livingston	Palmerston Park, Dumfries
15:00	McShane 25' Russell 54'	Report		Attendance: 1,924 Referee: Don Robertson

Livingston v Raith Rovers

3 May 2014 36	Livingston	2 – 0	Raith Rovers	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
15:00	Mullen 8' Sives 15' McNulty 80'	Report		Attendance: 1,265 Referee: David Somers

Scottish Challenge Cup

Berwick Rangers v Livingston

27 July 2013 First Round	Berwick Rangers	3 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
15:00	Gray 26' Morris 99' Ronald 105+1'	Report	McNulty 90+4' Mensing 105+2'	Attendance: 460 Referee: George Salmond

Scottish League Cup

Elgin City v Livingston

3 August 2013 First Round	Elgin City	1 – 3	Livingston	Borough Briggs, Elgin
15:00	Crighton 45+2'	Report	Scott 15' Fordyce 39' McNulty 63'	Attendance: 563 Referee: Don Robertson

Airdrieonians v Livingston

27 August 2013 Second Round	Airdrieonians	0 – 2	Livingston	Excelsior Stadium, Airdrie
19:45		Report	Barrowman 38' Wilkie 67'	Attendance: 483 Referee: Greg Aitken

Livingston v Motherwell

25 September 2013 Third Round	Livingston	1 – 2	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
19:45	Talbot 65' Denholm 90+1'	Report	McHugh 16' McFadden 73'	Attendance: 1,660 Referee: Brian Colvin

Scottish Cup

St Johnstone v Livingston

30 November 2013 Fourth Round	St Johnstone	2 – 0	Livingston	McDiarmid Park, Perth
19:45	May 24' Jahic 62'	Report		Attendance: 2,294 Referee: Andrew Dallas

Player statistics

As of 3 May 2014^[3]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Other
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	SCO	Darren Jamieson	34	0	31+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
2	DF	BEL	Mike Mampuya	17	0	14+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
3	DF	SCO	Jason Talbot	34	1	27+2	1	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Simon Mensing	32	2	27+0	2	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
5	DF	SCO	Callum Fordyce	40	5	35+0	4	3+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	SCO	Martin Scott	38	5	26+7	4	3+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
7	MF	RSA	Keaghan Jacobs	34	4	28+4	4	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	SCO	Burton O'Brien	32	0	30+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	SCO	Marc McNulty	39	19	32+3	17	2+0	1	1+0	0	1+0	1
11	MF	SCO	Danny Denholm	31	2	10+17	1	1+2	1	0+1	0	0+0	0
14	DF	SVK	Michal Habai	7	0	4+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	SCO	Ross Docherty	11	0	5+3	0	2+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
16	MF	SCO	Jack Beaumont	6	0	3+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
17	GK	SCO	Kevin Walker	7	0	5+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
18	MF	SCO	Kyle Wilkie	23	1	8+12	0	1+1	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
19	DF	SCO	Craig Sives	12	2	11+1	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
20	MF	SCO	Jack Downie	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF	RSA	Kyle Jacobs	13	1	13+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	FW	SCO	Andrew Barrowman	22	6	16+3	5	1+0	0	2+0	1	0+0	0
23	MF	SVN	Nejc Mevlja	13	1	12+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	FW	SCO	Mark Burchill	23	2	6+14	2	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+0	0
31	MF	SVN	Nejc Praprotnik	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
45	DF	SCO	Shaun Rutherford	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
48	FW	SCO	Danny Mullen	26	2	8+15	2	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
49	FW	SCO	Kyle Lander	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left the club during the 2013–14 season
10	MF	SCO	Stefan Scougall	18	2	16+0	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	DF	SCO	Coll Donaldson	24	0	19+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
21	DF	SCO	Connor McDonald	14	0	8+2	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	MF	CZE	Patrik Twardzik	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Queen of the South	36	16	7	13	53	39	+14	55	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Dumbarton	36	15	6	15	65	64	+1	51
6	Livingston	36	13	7	16	51	56	−5	46
7	Raith Rovers	36	11	9	16	48	61	−13	42
8	Alloa Athletic	36	11	7	18	34	51	−17	40

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2014. Source: ^[4]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Simon Mensing	Raith Rovers	Free^[5]
Danny Denholm	Forfar Athletic	Free^[6]
Mike Mampuya	Free Agent	Free^[7]
Martin Scott	Hibernian	Free^[8]
Andrew Barrowman	Dundee	Free^[9]
Patrik Twardzik	Celtic	Loan^[10]
Kyle Jacobs	Kilmarnock	Free^[11]
Nejc Mevlja	NK Maribor	Free^[12]
Adam Mansour	Auxerre	Free^[13]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Jordan Morton	Cowdenbeath	Free^[14]
Iain Russell	Queen of the South	Free^[15]
Liam Fox	Raith Rovers	Free^[16]
Bobby Barr	Brechin City	Free^[17]
Andrew McNeil	WaiBOP United	Free^[18]
Craig Barr	Östersunds	Free^[19]
Paul Watson	Raith Rovers	Free^[20]
Tony Andreu	Hamilton Academical	Free^[21]
Kyle Jacobs	Kilmarnock	Free^[22]
Jesús García Tena	Hamilton Academical	Free^[23]
Stefan Scougall	Sheffield United	Undisclosed^[24]
Coll Donaldson	Queen's Park Rangers	£150,000^[25]

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v t e Livingston Football Club
Club	Managers Players Seasons Notable matches
Grounds	City Park Meadowbank Stadium Almondvale Stadium
Seasons	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e 2013–14 in Scottish football
« 2012–13 2014–15 »
Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague SPFL U20 League Women's Premier League 2013 2014
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup 2013 2014 Women's League Cup 2013 2014
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A
Transfers	Summer 2013 Winter 2013–14
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kilmarnock Motherwell Partick Thistle Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Alloa Athletic Cowdenbeath Dumbarton Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Queen of the South Raith Rovers
League One	Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Brechin City Dunfermline Athletic East Fife Forfar Athletic Rangers Stenhousemuir Stranraer
League Two	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Peterhead Queen's Park Stirling Albion