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2005–06 Livingston F.C. season

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Livingston
2005–06 season
ManagerPaul Lambert
(until 11 February)
John Robertson
(from 15 February)
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
SPL12th (relegated)
Scottish CupThird round
League CupSemi-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Richard Brittain &
Robert Snodgrass (4)

All: Richard Brittain (5)
Highest home attendance9,481, vs. Rangers, SPL, 26 October 2005
Lowest home attendance1,508, vs. Alloa Athletic, Scottish Cup, 11 January 2006

Season 2005–06 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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Livingston finished last in the SPL and were relegated to the Scottish First Division.[1] They managed only four wins in 38 games a current joint record they hold with Dunfermline for the fewest wins in a season since the SPL began.[2]

Management

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Under new manager Paul Lambert[3] Livingston only managed two wins in 26 games. This led to him resigning on 11 February 2006.[4] after their defeat to nearest rival Dunfermline.[5] John Robertson was appointed as manager[6] but was unable to stop Livingston's demise managing only a further two wins.

Results & fixtures

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[7][8]   Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Premier League

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31 July 2005 1 Rangers 3–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Pršo 23'
Fanfan 53'
Løvenkrands 90'
BBC Report Brittain Yellow card 74' Red card Attendance: 49,613
Referee: Thomson
6 August 2005 2 Livingston 0–2 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Latapy 28'
Duffy 72'
Attendance: 4,052
Referee: Smith
13 August 2005 3 Hibernian 3–0 Livingston Easter Road
15:00 Murphy 40'
Shiels 42'
O'Connor 53'
BBC Report Attendance: 11,341
Referee: G Turner
20 August 2005 4 Livingston 1–1 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Pereira 64' BBC Report Makel 44' Attendance: 4,522
Referee: Murray
27 August 2005 5 Kilmarnock 3–0 Livingston Rugby Park
15:00 Nish 28', 35', 43' BBC Report Attendance: 4,644
Referee: McCurry
11 September 2005 6 Livingston 1–4 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Dalglish 44' BBC Report Skácel 11'
Webster 27'
Hartley 34', 63' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,405
Referee: McDonald
17 September 2005 7 Dundee United 2–0 Livingston Tannadice Park
15:00 Fernández 34'
Canero 76'
BBC Report Attendance: 6,302
Referee: Freeland
24 September 2005 8 Aberdeen 0–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 12,402
Referee: Smith
1 October 2005 9 Livingston 0–5 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report McManus 36'
Maloney 45'
Żurawski 51'
Sutton 62'
Beattie 72'
Attendance: 9,115
Referee: McCurry
15 October 2005 10 Motherwell 1–0 Livingston Fir Park
15:00 Foran 21' BBC Report Attendance: 4,507
Referee: Fyfe
22 October 2005 11 Livingston 1–1 Inverness CT Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Pinxten 14' BBC Report Morgan 72' Attendance: 3,372
Referee: Ritchie
26 October 2005 12 Livingston 2–2 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Snodgrass 56', 64' BBC Report Ferguson 15'
Burke 54'
Attendance: 9,481
Referee: Thomson
29 October 2005 13 Falkirk 1–1 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Pinxten 20' (o.g.) BBC Report Snodgrass 88' Attendance: 4,786
Referee: Winter
5 November 2005 14 Livingston 1–2 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Strong 42' BBC Report Shiels 83'
O'Connor 86'
Attendance: McDonald
Referee: 8,390
19 November 2005 15 Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 Livingston East End Park
15:00 Livi Mad Report Dalglish 61' Attendance: 6,016
Referee: Clark
26 November 2005 16 Livingston 0–3 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
19:45 BBC Report Boyd 26', 82'
Naismith 29'
Attendance: 3,446
Referee: Smith
3 December 2005 17 Heart of Midlothian 2–1 Livingston Tynecastle Stadium
15:00 Skácel 8', 15' BBC Report Walker 63' Attendance: 16,583
Referee: Freeland
10 December 2005 18 Livingston 1–0 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Snodgrass 42' BBC Report Attendance: 3,845
Referee: Thomson
17 December 2005 19 Livingston 0–0 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Attendance: 3,724
Referee: McDonald
26 December 2005 20 Celtic 2–1 Livingston Celtic Park
15:00 Maloney 39' (pen.)
Nakamura 87'
BBC Report Dalglish 58' Attendance: 57,000
Referee: Underhill
31 December 2005 21 Livingston 1–2 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Pinxten 37' BBC Report Foran 30'
McBride 90'
Attendance: 4,431
Referee: MacKay
14 January 2006 22 Inverness CT 3–0 Livingston Caledonian Stadium
15:00 Dargo 26', 57' (pen.)
Wyness 60'
BBC Report Attendance: 3,604
Referee: Thomson
21 January 2006 23 Rangers 4–1 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
15:00 Boyd 8', 56'
Pršo 89', 90'
BBC Report Vincze 52' Attendance: 49,211
Referee: Smith
28 January 2006 24 Livingston 0–1 Falkirk Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report O'Donnell 35' Attendance: 4,577
Referee: Murray
8 February 2006 25 Hibernian 7–0 Livingston Easter Road
19:30 Killen 19'
Riordan 33' (pen.), 64'
O'Connor 48'
Mackay 70' (o.g.)
Fletcher 89', 90'
BBC Report Attendance: 12,170
Referee: Richmond
11 February 2006 26 Livingston 0–1 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Burchill 12' Attendance: 4,371
Referee: Thomson
18 February 2006 27 Kilmarnock 3–1 Livingston Rugby Park
15:00 Wales 22'
Naismith 27'
Invincibile 59'
BBC Report Hislop 14' Attendance: 5,266
Referee: Murray
5 March 2006 28 Livingston 2–3 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Brittain 59'
Mackay 77'
BBC Report Aguiar 17'
Jankauskas 72'
Bednář 87'
Attendance: 5,058
Referee: John R. Underhill
11 March 2006 29 Dundee United 3–1 Livingston Tannadice
15:00 Miller 68', 80'
Kerr 77'
BBC Report Morrow 17' Attendance: 5,730
Referee: Thomson
18 March 2006 30 Aberdeen 3–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Anderson 17'
Lovell 63'
Snoyl 81'
BBC Report Attendance: 9,229
Referee: Conroy
26 March 2006 31 Livingston 0–2 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
12:15 BBC Report Żurawski 47'
Maloney 52' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,486
Referee: Clark
1 April 2006 32 Motherwell 2–1 Livingston Fir Park
19:45 Hamilton 40'
McLean 90'
BBC Report Whelan 76' Attendance: 4,458
Referee: Smith
8 April 2006 33 Livingston 2–1 Inverness CT Almondvale Stadium
Brittain 37'
Healy 81'
BBC Report Tokely 16' Attendance: 2,688
Referee: Murray
15 April 2006 34 Livingston 3–1 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Morrow 8'
Pinxten 49'
Brittain 90' (pen.)
BBC Report Robertson 19' Attendance: 2,298
Referee: Winter
22 April 2006 35 Dunfermline Athletic 3–2 Harald Pinxten East End Park
15:00 Burchill 38' (pen.), 78', 85' BBC Report Brittain 9' (pen.)
Healy 63'
Attendance: 5,965
Referee: Dougal
29 April 2006 36 Livingston 0–1 Inverness CT Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Report Wilson 56' Attendance: 2,278
Referee: Underhill
3 May 2006 37 Livingston 0–1 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Clarkson 74' BBC Report Attendance: 2,283
Referee: Brines
6 May 2006 38 Falkirk 1–0 Livingston Falkirk Stadium
15:00 McBreen 74' BBC Report Attendance: 5,355
Referee: Richmond

Scottish League Cup

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23 August 2005 Second round Raith Rovers 1–2 Livingston Stark's Park
19:45 McManus BBC Report Dair
Dalglish
21 September 2005 Third round Livingston 1–0 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Pereira 54' BBC Report Attendance: 3,805
Referee: Dougal
8 November 2005 Quarter-final Livingston 2–1 (a.e.t.) Inverness CT Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Mackay 44'
Dalglish 117'
BBC Report Dargo 1' Attendance: 1,531
Referee: McCurry
25 January 2006 Semi-final Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Livingston East End Park
19:45 Young 37' (pen.) BBC Report Attendance: 4,630
Referee: McDonald

Scottish Cup

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7 January 2006 Third round Alloa Athletic 1–1 Livingston Recreation Park
15:00 Bolochoweckyj 66' BBC Report Brittain 90' Attendance: 1,341
Referee: Richmond
11 January 2006 Third round replay Livingston 1–2 Alloa Athletic Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Dalglish 38' (pen.) BBC Report Hamilton 70'
Sloan 81'
Attendance: 1,508
Referee: Richmond

Statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Motherwell 38 13 10 15 55 61 −6 49
9 Dundee United 38 7 12 19 41 66 −25 33
10 Falkirk 38 8 9 21 35 64 −29 33
11 Dunfermline Athletic 38 8 9 21 33 68 −35 33
12 Livingston (R) 38 4 6 28 25 79 −54 18 Relegation to the Scottish First Division
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

References

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  1. ^ "2005–06 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  2. ^ "SPL club records". Scottish Premier League. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Lambert to become Livingston manager". The Guardian. UK. 19 May 2005. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Flynn praise for departed Lambert". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 February 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Livingston 0–1 Dunfermline Ath". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 February 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Robertson named Livingston boss". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  7. ^ "fixtures 2005–06". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Livingston results 2005/2006". Livi Mad. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  9. ^ "2005–06 First Division Table". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.