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2001–02 Livingston F.C. season

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Livingston
2001–02 season
ManagerJim Leishman
StadiumAlmondvale Stadium
SPLThird place
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerLeague: Barry Wilson & Rubio (8)
All: Barry Wilson (11)
Highest home attendance10,112, vs. Rangers, SPL, 27 October 2001
Lowest home attendance1,896, vs. East Fife, League Cup, 26 September 2001

Season 2001-02 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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In their first season in the Scottish Premier League having won promotion the previous season Livingston finished third.[1] They reached the Quarter-final of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup being knocked out by Aberdeen.

Results & fixtures

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[2][3]   Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Premier League

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28 July 2001 1 Livingston 2–1 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
Cabrera 34'
Fernández 63'
BBC Report Cameron 89' Attendance: 8,321
Referee: John Underhill
4 August 2001 2 Rangers 0–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
BBC Report Attendance: 47,805
Referee: Alan Freeland
11 August 2001 3 Dundee 1–0 Livingston Dens Park
Sara BBC Report Attendance: 7,712
Referee: Michael McCurry
18 August 2001 4 Livingston 0–0 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
BBC Report Attendance: 10,024
Referee: Hugh Dallas
25 August 2001 5 Motherwell 0–0 Livingston Fir Park
Motherwell Mad Report Attendance: 4,828
Referee: Robert Orr
8 September 2001 6 Livingston 2–0 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
Lowndes 57'
Lovell 84'
BBC Report Attendance: 6,107
Referee: Tom Brown
15 September 2001 7 St Johnstone 2–2 Livingston McDiarmid Park
Falconer 16'
MacDonald 49'
BBC Report Cabrera 25' Red card 63'
Bingham 28'
Attendance: 3,817
Referee: Stuart Dougal
22 September 2001 8 Dunfermline Athletic 1–2 Livingston East End Park
Crawford 8' Bingham 74'
Wilson 82'
Attendance: 4,516
Referee: Ian Fyfe
30 September 2001 9 Livingston 1–0 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
Cabrera 64' BBC Report Attendance: 10,016
Referee: Robert Orr
13 October 2001 10 Livingston 2–2 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
Wilson 14 pen.'
Tosh 52'
BBC Report Mackie 59', 70' Attendance: 6,393
Referee: Willie Young
20 October 2001 11 Kilmarnock 1–5 Livingston Rugby Park
Santini 5 o.g.' BBC Report Bingham 8'
Andrews 20'
Fernández 68'
Xausa 78'
Aurelio 90 pen.'
Attendance: 7,346
Referee: Alan Freeland
27 October 2001 12 Livingston 0–2 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
BBC Report Reyna 24', 59' Attendance: 10,112
Referee: John Underhill
3 November 2001 13 Heart of Midlothian 1–3 Livingston Tynecastle Stadium
McKenna 76' BBC Report Fernández 22', 25'
Wilson 72'
Attendance: 12,173
Referee: Kevin Toner
17 November 2001 14 Livingston 1–0 Dundee Almondvale Stadium
Wilson 57' Attendance: 6,112
Referee: John Rowbotham
24 November 2001 15 Hibernian 0–3 Livingston Easter Road
Xausa 8', 34'
Lowndes 86'
Attendance: 11,146
Referee: Ian Fyfe
1 December 2001 16 Livingston 3–1 Motherwell Almondvale Stadium
Xausa 20', 40'
Hammell 23 o.g.'
BBC Report McFadden 78' Attendance: 5,426
Referee: Hugh Dallas
8 December 2001 17 Dundee United 0–0 Livingston Tannadice Park
BBC Report Attendance: 6,312
Referee: Willie Young
15 December 2001 18 Livingston 2–1 St Johnstone Almondvale Stadium
Fernández 53'
Lowndes 80'
Livi Mad Report Hartley 48' Attendance: 4,563
Referee: Michael McCurry
22 December 2001 19 Livingston 0–0 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
Livi Mad Report Attendance: 5,326
Referee: Robert Orr
26 December 2001 20 Celtic 3–2 Livingston Celtic Park
Moravčík 12'
Larsson 50', 90'
BBC Report Rubio 37'
Cabrera 58'
Attendance: 58,507
Referee: Gary Mitchell
29 December 2001 21 Livingston 0–1 Kilmarnock Almondvale Stadium
Livi Mad Report Rubio 35 o.g.' Attendance: 5,214
Referee: Willie Young
2 January 2002 22 Aberdeen 0–3 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
Livi Mad Report Tosh 38'
Brinquin 57'
Andrews 67'
Attendance: 15,709
Referee: David Somers
12 January 2002 23 Rangers 3–0 Livingston Ibrox Stadium
Flo 30'
Caniggia 34', 86'
Livi Mad Report Attendance: 48,044
Referee: Hugh Dallas
19 January 2002 24 Livingston 2–0 Heart of Midlothian Almondvale Stadium
Bingham 53'
Fernández 65'
BBC Report Maybury Red card 33' Attendance: 9,150
Referee: Dougie McDonald
30 January 2002 25 Livingston 1–3 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
Cabrera 5' BBC Report Moravčík 58'
Larsson 60'
Hartson 72'
Attendance: 8,437
Referee: Dougie McDonald
2 February 2002 26 Motherwell 1–2 Livingston Fir Park
Soloy 38' BBC Report Andrews 45'
Cabrera 71'
Attendance: 4,458
Referee: Michael McCurry
9 February 2002 27 Livingston 1–1 Dundee United Almondvale Stadium
Bingham 52' Livi Mad Report Lilley 85' Attendance: 4,720
Referee: David Somers
16 February 2002 28 St Johnstone 3–0 Livingston McDiarmid Park
Hartley 44'
Parker 80'
Jones 90'
Livi Mad Report Attendance: 3,784
Referee: Charlie Richmond
2 March 2002 29 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Livingston East End Park
Bullen 51' BBC Report Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Hugh Dallas
9 March 2002 30 Livingston 0–3 Hibernian Almondvale Stadium
Livi Mad Report O'Connor 15'
O'Neil 45'
Petersen 78 o.g.'
Attendance: 6,463
Referee: Kevin Toner
13 March 2002 31 Dundee 2–0 Livingston Dens Park
Sara 57', 90' BBC Report Attendance: 5,506
Referee: John Rowbotham
16 March 2002 32 Kilmarnock 1–1 Livingston Rugby Park
Dargo 36' Livi Mad Report Wilson 22' Attendance: 6,936
Referee: Dougie McDonald
23 March 2002 33 Livingston 0–0 Aberdeen Almondvale Stadium
BBC Report Attendance: 9,449
Referee: Kenny Clark
6 April 2002 34 Celtic 5–1 Livingston Celtic Park
Larsson 3', 34', 59'
Hartson 19', 25'
BBC Report Wilson 71' Attendance: 59,752
Referee: Willie Young
13 April 2002 35 Livingston 2–1 Rangers Almondvale Stadium
Wilson 42'
Lovell 87'
Livi Mad Report Amoruso 3' Attendance: 10,019
Referee: Stuart Dougal
20 April 2002 36 Aberdeen 3–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
Mike 7'
McGuire 10'
Mackie 39'
BBC Report Attendance: 14,109
Referee: Dougie McDonald
28 April 2002 37 Livingston 4–1 Dunfermline Athletic Almondvale Stadium
Lovell 34'
Xausa 61', 76'
Cabrera 83'
Livi Mad Report Dair 41' Attendance: 8,749
Referee: Michael McCurry
12 May 2002 38 Heart of Midlothian 2–3 Livingston Tynecastle Stadium
Fuller 49' Fulton 88 pen.' BBC Report Cabrera 52' Bingham 70' Wilson 85' Attendance: 10,223
Referee: Hugh Dallas

Scottish League Cup

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26 September 2001 Second round Livingston 3–0 East Fife Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Caputo 3', 17'
Tosh 85'
Attendance: 1,896
Referee: Cammy Melville
9 October 2001 Third round Aberdeen 1–6 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 Mackie 51' Wilson 10', 33'
Caputo 12', 29'
Lovell 56'
Bingham 58'
Attendance: 8,599
Referee: Garry Mitchell
19 December 2001 Quarter-final Livingston 0–2 Celtic Almondvale Stadium
19:45 Livi Mad Report Baldé 35'
Hartson 85'
Attendance: 9,146
Referee: Kenny Clark

Scottish Cup

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14 January 2002 Third round Albion Rovers 1–4 Livingston Cliftonhill
19:30 McLean 43' Livi Mad Report Wilson 1'
Bingham 30', 89'
Fernández 83'
Attendance: 2,234
Referee: George Clyde
26 January 2002 Fourth round Aberdeen 2–0 Livingston Pittodrie Stadium
15:00 Winters 6'
McAllister 18'
Livi Mad Report Attendance: 10,261
Referee: John Underhill

Player statistics

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As of 12 May 2002 (UTC)[4]
No. Pos Nat Player Total SPL League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Spain ESP Javier Sánchez Broto 18 0 17+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF France FRA Philippe Brinquin 26 1 23+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Gary Bollan 25 0 20+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF Spain ESP Rubio 37 1 33+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Marvin Andrews 35 3 33+0 3 2+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Paul Deas 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF Scotland SCO John Anderson 16 0 12+1 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Barry Wilson 42 11 32+5 8 3+0 2 2+0 1
8 MF Scotland SCO Steve Tosh 35 3 21+10 2 2+0 1 2+0 0
9 FW England ENG Nathan Lowndes 25 3 7+14 3 0+2 0 0+2 0
10 FW Spain ESP David Fernández 36 7 30+3 6 1+0 0 2+0 1
11 FW Scotland SCO David Bingham 42 9 31+6 6 3+0 1 2+0 2
12 MF Spain ESP Quino Cabrera 41 8 34+2 8 3+0 0 2+0 0
13 MF Canada CAN Davide Xausa 30 7 19+9 7 1+1 0 0+0 0
14 MF England ENG Lee Makel 13 0 9+4 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF Argentina ARG Carlos Aurelio 17 1 5+9 1 1+1 0 0+1 0
16 GK England ENG Nick Culkin 25 0 21+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
17 MF Australia AUS Stuart Lovell 28 4 26+1 3 1+0 1 0+0 0
18 GK Scotland SCO David McEwan 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Marino Keith 2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 DF Scotland SCO Michael Hart 25 0 14+7 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
22 FW Denmark DEN Nocko Joković 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 DF Italy ITA Simone Del Nero 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 FW Italy ITA Massimiliano Caputo 23 4 4+17 0 2+0 4 0+0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Darren Brady 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
28 DF France FRA Didier Santini 22 0 21+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Vinny Sullivan 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
37 MF Scotland SCO Richard Brittain 3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
91 MF Togo TOG Chérif Touré Mamam 10 0 3+6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Denmark DEN Morten Petersen 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Team 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]
1 Celtic (C) 38 33 4 1 94 18 +76 103 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Rangers 38 25 10 3 82 27 +55 85 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Livingston 38 16 10 12 50 47 +3 58 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
4 Aberdeen 38 16 7 15 51 49 +2 55
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 14 6 18 52 57 −5 48
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: (1) Points; (2) Goal difference; (3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
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.
  2. ^ As both finalists of the 2001–02 Scottish Cup, Rangers and Celtic, qualified for European competition via their league position, the cup berth for 2002–03 UEFA Cup was passed to the next-placed team in the league, fourth-placed Aberdeen.

References

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  1. ^ "2001-02 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  2. ^ "fixtures 2001-02". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Livingston results 2001/2002". Livi Mad. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Livingston 2001/02 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 1 May 2024.