Livingston Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Livingston, West Lothian. They currently play in the First Division.They are managed by former Scotland international John Robertson. The current shirt sponsor is HBOS owned Intelligent Finance.
The club was previously based in Edinburgh and known as Ferranti Thistle F.C. from 1943 and Meadowbank Thistle F.C. from 1974. The team relocated to the new town of Livingston in 1995, changing its name, colours and club crest at the same time to form what was essentially a brand new club. The newly-created Livingston F.C. won the Third Division title in the 1995-1996 season and over the next five years added the Second Division and First Division titles to the honour roll.
Contents
1 Progress
2
Honours
3 Managers
4 Famous players
5 Current Squad
o 5.1 Players out on loan
6
Club Records
7 See also
8 UEFA Ranking
9 External links
Progress
Livingston F.C’s first season ended in triumph as they were crowned champions of the Scottish Division Three for the 1995-96 season. Three years later, in 1998-99, they won promotion again as Division Two champions. Another promotion followed in 2000-01 when the club finished champions of Division One and gained promotion to the Scottish Premier League after just six seasons in existence. Livingston’s first SPL campaign, 2001-02, brought more success as they finished third in the league and qualified for the UEFA Cup. Livingston won their first National trophy in 2004 by winning the Scottish League Cup after a 2-0 win over Hibernian at Hampden Park.
Livingston have recently come out of financial administration following a period of financial turmoil in which the previous boardroom occupants were ousted to make way for Pearse Flynn’s Lionheart Consortium.
On the February 11, 2006, Paul Lambert resigned as Livingston manager after 12 straight defeats leaving Livingston bottom of the Scottish Premier League. He was replaced by former player and coach John Robertson .
Despite his best efforts, Livingston were relegated for the first time in May 2006
Honours
Scottish League Cup Winners (1) – 2004
Scottish First Division Winners (1) – 2000-01
Scottish Second Division Winners (2) – 1985-86¹, 1998-99
Scottish Third Division Winners (1) – 1995-96
Scottish League Challenge Cup Runners Up (1) – 2000-01
¹ Note that this includes honours won between 1974 and 1995, when the club was known as Meadowbank Thistle.
Managers
Scotland Jim Leishman (1995-1997)
Scotland Ray Stewart (1997-2000)
Scotland Jim Leishman (2000-2003)
Brazil Marcio Maximo Barcellos (2003)
Scotland David Hay (2003-2004)
Scotland Allan Preston (2004)
Scotland Richard Gough (2004-2005)
Scotland Paul Lambert (2005-2006)
Scotland John Robertson (2006-Present)
Famous players
Scotland Rab Douglas
Scotland David Bingham
Scotland John Robertson
Scotland Barry Wilson
Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews
Spain David Fernández
Spain Javier Sánchez Broto
Australia Stuart Lovell
Spain Francisco Quino
Spain Oscar Rubio
Canada Davide Xausa
Scotland David McNamee
Morocco Hassan Kachloul
Scotland Paul Dalglish
Scotland Paul Lambert
henri camara
Current Squad
No. Position Player
Scotland GK Craig Wight
Scotland GK Colin Stewart
Scotland GK Duncan Monteith
Scotland DF Cameron MacDonald
Scotland DF Dave Mackay
England DF Scott Mitchell
Scotland DF David Sinclair
Scotland DF Jason Thomson (on loan from Hearts)
Scotland DF Steven Tweed
Scotland DF Scott Walker
Scotland MF Joe Hamill
South Africa MF Keaghan Jacobs
Scotland MF Liam Fox
No. Position Player
Scotland MF Chris Malone
England MF Lee Makel
Northern Ireland MF Daryl Smylie
Scotland MF Allan Walker
Scotland MF Murray Davidson
Scotland FW Steven Craig
Scotland FW Graham Dorrans
Scotland FW Steve Hislop
Scotland FW Jonathan Macadam
Scotland DF James McPake
Scotland FW Paul Shields
Scotland FW Robert Snodgrass
Scotland FW Steven Weir
Players out on loan
Scotland DF Gary Miller (on loan to Ayr United)
Republic of Ireland MF Wes Hoolahan (on loan to Blackpool)
Club Records
Record Victory 6 – 1 v Aberdeen
Record defeat: 7-0 .v. Hibernian, 2006
See also
Wimbledon F.C./Milton Keynes Dons F.C., which has a similar relocation history.
UEFA Ranking
Current Club Ranking
146 Russia Terek Grozny
147 Belgium Germinal Beerschot
148 Scotland Livingston
149 Czech Republic Baník Ostrava
150 Turkey Trabzonspor
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