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Livingston Football Club is a Scottish football team based in Livingston, West Lothian. They currently play in the Scottish Premier League, but have already been relegated to the First Division for season 2006-07. They are managed by former Scotland striker John Robertson.
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.
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
Note that these are honours of the club as from 1995 when the club were known as Livingston.
- Scottish League Cup Winners (1) - 2004
- Scottish First Division winners (1) - 2000/01
- Scottish Second Division Winners (1) - 1998/99
- Scottish Third Division Winners (1) - 1995/96
- Scottish Challenge Cup Runners Up (1) - 2000/01
Managers
- Jim Leishman (1995-1997)
- Ray Stewart (1997-2000)
- Jim Leishman (2000-2003)
- Marcio Maximo (2003)
- David Hay (2003-2004)
- Allan Preston (2004)
- Richard Gough (2004-2005)
- Paul Lambert (2005-2006)
- John Robertson (2006-Present)
Famous players
- Rab Douglas
- David Bingham
- John Robertson
- Barry Wilson
- Marvin Andrews
- David Fernández
- Javier Sánchez Broto
- Stuart Lovell
- Francisco Quino
- Oscar Rubio
- David McNamee
- Hassan Kachloul
- Paul Dalglish
- Paul Lambert
Current Squad
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 Terek Grozny
- 147 Germinal Beerschot
- 148 Livingston
- 149 Baník Ostrava
- 150 Trabzonspor
- Full List
External links
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