Livingston F.C.
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| Full name | Livingston Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Livi Lions | ||
| Founded | 1995 | ||
| Ground | Almondvale Stadium, Livingston, Scotland | ||
| Capacity | 10,025 | ||
| Chairman | Pearse Flynn | ||
| Manager | Paul Lambert | ||
| League | Scottish Premier League | ||
| 2004-05 | SPL, 10th | ||
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Livingston F.C. is a Scottish football team currently playing in the Scottish Premier League. They are currently managed by former Scotland international midfielder Paul Lambert.
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 FC 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.
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 (only bettered by the Old Firm clubs, Rangers and Celtic). Livingston won their first major trophy in 2004 by winning the Scottish League Cup (named the CIS Insurance Cup) after a 2-0 win over Hibernian at Hampden Park - they are at present the only team from outside the Old Firm to have won any of the three main competitions in Scotland this decade.
Livingston have recently come out of administration following a period of financial turmoil in which the previous boardroom occupants were ousted to make way for Pearse Flynn.
Honours
Note that these are honours of the club as from 1995 when the club were known as Livingston.
- Scottish League Cup Winners (1) - 2004
Managers
- Jim Leishman 1995 - 1997
- Ray Stewart 1997 - 2000
- Jim Leishman 2000 - 2003
- Marcio Maximo 2003
- Davy Hay 2003-2004
- Allan Preston 2004
- Alex Cleland 2004 (caretaker basis)
- Richard Gough 2004 - 2005
- Paul Lambert 2005 - present
Famous Players
- Paul Dalglish
- Paul Lambert
- Stuart Lovell
- David Fernandez
- Francisco Quino
- Marvin Andrews
- Oscar Rubio
- Robert (Rab) Douglas
- David Bingham
- Javier Sanchez Broto
- David McNamee
- Alan Main
- Hassan Kachloul
- John Grant Robertson
Current Squad (season 2005-2006)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Players out on loan
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James McPake (on loan to Morton) |