1999–2000 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
1999–00 season
Manager	Ray Stewart; (until 15 March); Jim Leishman
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Scottish First Division	Fourth place
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Challenge Cup	Semi-final
Top goalscorer	League: David Bingham; & Brian McPhee (15); All: David Bingham (19)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Season 1999-00 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish First Division. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season 1999–00 was Livingston's first season in the Scottish First Division having been promoted the previous season they finished fourth in the league.^[1] They reached the semi-final of the challenge cup, were knocked out of the League Cup in the second round and the Scottish Cup in the fourth round.

Management

Livingston started the season under Ray Stewart and on 15 March 2000 he was sacked by the club with Jim Leishman being re-appointed as manager.^[2]

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss

Scottish First Division

7 August 1999 1	Livingston	1 – 1	Raith Rovers	Almondvale Stadium
	Keith 25'		Tosh 55'	Referee: Douglas McDonald

14 August 1999 2	Ayr United	1 – 2	Livingston	Somerset Park
	Hurst 34' Lennon 70'		Britton 45' Bingham 74'

21 August 1999 3	Livingston	3 – 0	Airdrieonians	Almondvale Stadium
	McPhee 62', 65' Sweeney 75'			Referee: Willie Young

28 August 1999 4	Greenock Morton	2 – 2	Livingston	Cappielow
	Murie 39' Connolly 67'		Keith 11' Millar 29'	Referee: Steve Kaney

4 September 1999 5	Livingston	0 – 1	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Coughlan 69'		Petrie 72' Coyle 84'	Referee: Jim Herald

11 September 1999 6	Falkirk	0 – 2	Livingston	Brockville Park
			Robertson 44' Bingham 67'	Referee: John Fleming

18 September 1999 7	Livingston	2 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	MacPhee 28', 67'		Bavidge 35' Sheerin 39 pen.'	Referee: Brian Cassidy

25 September 1999 8	Livingston	2 – 1	Clydebank	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 7', 9'		Gardner 67 pen.'	Referee: Kenny Clark

2 October 1999 9	St Mirren	1 – 1	Livingston	Love Street
	McLaughlin 51'		Britton 17' McManus 64'	Referee: Kevin Toner

16 October 1999 10	Livingston	4 – 1	Ayr United	Almondvale Stadium
	Britton 10' McCormick 55', 68' McKinnon 75'		Craig 33'

23 October 1999 11	Raith Rovers	3 – 1	Livingston	Stark's Park
	Browne 22' Black 34 pen.' Shields 75'		Millar 26 pen.' McCaldon 31'	Referee: George Clyde

30 October 1999 12	Livingston	1 – 1	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium
	Millar 68'		Morris 69'	Referee: Eric Martindale

6 November 1999 13	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 0	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
	Golabek 75' McLean 90'			Referee: George Simpson

14 November 1999 14	Dunfermline Athletic	3 – 0	Livingston	East End Park
	Crawford 35 pen.', 84' Moss 43'		Sweeney 34'	Referee: Brian McGarry

20 November 1999 15	Livingston	2 – 1	Greenock Morton	Almondvale Stadium
	Britton 49' Bingham 58'		Murie 76'

27 November 1999 16	Livingston	1 – 2	St Mirren	Almondvale Stadium
	Turner 78 o.g.'		McGarry 12' McLaughlin 75'	Referee: Hugh Dallas

4 December 1999 17	Clydebank	1 – 5	Livingston	Cappielow
	Gardner 86 pen.'		Bingham 12', 90' McCormick 41' King 50' Fleming 74'	Referee: Kevin Toner

14 December 1999 18	Airdrieonians	2 – 3	Livingston	Excelsior Stadium
	McGuire 15' McCormick 84'		McCormick 34' Bingham 60', 88'	Referee: Tom Brown

27 December 1999 19	Falkirk	2 – 3	Livingston	Brockville Park
	Nicholls 34', 73' Sinclair 45'		McKenzie 47 o.g.' McPhee 65', 86'	Referee: Martin Clark

3 January 2000 20	Livingston	1 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	McPhee 82'		Wilson 73' Xausa 87'

8 January 2000 21	Livingston	1 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 61'			Referee: Bobby Orr

22 January 2000 22	Livingston	3 – 0	Clydebank	Almondvale Stadium
	Keith 65', 73' McPhee 84'

5 February 2000 23	St Mirren	0 – 2	Livingston	Love Street
	Brown 42'		Bingham 28' McPhee 52'	Referee: Tom Brown

29 February 2000 24	Ayr United	0 – 1	Livingston	Somerset Park
			Craig 64'	Referee: Eric Martindale

4 March 2000 25	Livingston	0 – 1	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium
			Nicholls 43'	Referee: Kevin Toner

11 March 2000 26

Livingston

0 – 0

Raith Rovers

Almondvale Stadium

14 March 2000 27	Greenock Morton	1 – 0	Livingston	Cappielow
	Curran 73'			Referee: Eric Martindale

18 March 2000 28	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4 – 1	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
	Xausa 11', 58', 85' Wyness 32'		McPhee 59' Coughlan 80'	Referee: Jim Herald

25 March 2000 29	Livingston	1 – 0	Greenock Morton	Almondvale Stadium
	McCormick 82'			Referee: George Clyde

1 April 2000 30	Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 1	Livingston	East End Park
	Coyle 16' May 44' Crawford 58' Bullen 73'		May 52 o.g.'

4 April 2000 31	Livingston	3 – 2	Airdrieonians	Almondvale Stadium
	Smith 11' McKinnon 23' McPhee 25'		Easton 46' Neil 79' Forrest 80' Jack 82'	Referee: George Simpson

8 April 2000 32	Clydebank	1 – 2	Livingston	Cappielow
	Cameron 90'		Bingham 35' Rowson 62'	Referee: Alan Gemmill

15 April 2000 33	Livingston	1 – 2	St Mirren	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 61'		McGarry 23' Yardley 76'

22 April 2000 34	Raith Rovers	1 – 3	Livingston	Stark's Park
	Owusu 23'		McPhee 60', 88' Britton 87'

29 April 2000 35	Livingston	3 – 1	Ayr United	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 49 pen.' McCormick 73' McPhee 80'		Kean 88'	Referee: George Simpson

6 May 2000 36	Airdrieonians	0 – 2	Livingston	Excelsior Stadium
			Bingham 52' McPhee 90'	Referee: Bobby Orr

Scottish League Cup

31 July 1999 First round	Cowdenbeath	0 – 2	Livingston	Central Park
15:00			Britton 17', 24'	Referee: John Unerhill

17 August 1999 Second round	Aberdeen	0 – 1	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Gillies 59'	Report		Attendance: 6,756 Referee: John Rowbotham

Scottish Challenge Cup

24 August 1999 Second round	Livingston	2 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Berwick Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
19:30	Bingham 69', 105'		Patterson 37'	Referee: Jim McCluskey

14 September 1999 Quarter-final	Livingston	3 – 1	Raith Rovers	Almondvale Stadium
19:30	McPhee 1' Britton 30' Millar 89'		McManus 32' (o.g.)

28 September 1999 Semi-final	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 0	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
19:30	Sheerin 88'			Attendance: 1,025

Scottish Cup

29 January 2000 Third round	Queen of the South	0 – 7	Livingston	Palmerston Park
15:00	Leslie 23'	BBC Report	McKinnon 14', 89' Keith 51', 58', 63' Bingham 59' McPhee 68'	Referee: Hugh Dallas

19 February 2000 Fourth round	Partick Thistle	2 – 1	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Craig 40' McLean 79'		Bingham 9' Millar 74'	Referee: George Simpson

Statistics

League table

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	Dunfermline Athletic (P)	36	20	11	5	66	33	+33	71	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Falkirk	36	20	8	8	67	40	+27	68
4	Livingston	36	19	7	10	60	45	+15	64
5	Raith Rovers	36	17	8	11	55	40	+15	59
6	Inverness CT	36	13	10	13	60	55	+5	49

Source: "1999-2000 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted

References

^ "1999-00 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
^ "Stewart departs as Livvy aim high". Glasgow: The Herald. 16 March 2000. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
^ "1999-00 League table". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[1] "1999-00 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

[High-2] "Stewart departs as Livvy aim high". Glasgow: The Herald. 16 March 2000. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

[3] "1999-00 League table". Livingston F.C. Retrieved 11 November 2011.

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