1998–99 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston

1998–99 season
Manager	Ray Stewart
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Scottish Second Division	Winners
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: John Robertson (13) All: John Robertson (16)
Home colours Away colours
← 1997–98 1999–00 →

Season 1998–99 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Second Division. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Livingston won the Scottish Second Division and were promoted.^[1] They reached the 3rd round of the league cup^[2] and the 4th round of the Scottish Cup.

The Challenge Cup was cancelled for the 1998–99 season due to a lack of sponsorship.

Results & fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Scottish Second Division

Livingston v Stirling Albion

4 August 1998 1	Livingston	1–1	Stirling Albion	Almondvale Stadium
	McCormick 1'		Donald 5'

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Livingston

15 August 1998 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2–1	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
	Shearer 56' Wilson 61'		Millar 83'

Livingston v Forfar Athletic

22 August 1998 3	Livingston	1–1	Forfar Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 40 pen.'		Brand 88'

Queen of the South v Livingston

29 August 1998 4	Queen of the South	0–1	Livingston	Palmerston Park
			Feroz  70' Robertson 87'

Livingston v East Fife

5 September 1998 5	Livingston	3–1	East Fife	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 7', 82 pen.' Robertson 35'		Moffat 21' McCulloch  82'

Livingston v Arbroath

12 September 1998 6	Livingston	2–1	Arbroath	Almondvale Stadium
	McPhee 21' Sherry 38'		Peters 89'

Clyde v Livingston

19 September 1998 7	Clyde	1–1	Livingston	Broadwood Stadium
	McCusker 39'		Bingham 69 pen.'

Alloa Athletic v Livingston

26 September 1998 8	Alloa Athletic	3–4	Livingston	Recreation Park
	Simpson 3' Irvine 49 pen.', 70'		Deas 8' Sherry 33', 88' Robertson 55'

Livingston v Partick Thistle

3 October 1998 9	Livingston	1–0	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	Deas 13'

Livingston v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

10 October 1998 10	Livingston	2–1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	Robertson 35' McPhee 76'		McLean 87'

Stirling Albion v Livingston

17 October 1998 11	Stirling Albion	1–3	Livingston	Forthbank Stadium
	McCallum 90'		Robertson 3' Bingham 11' McManus 42'

Livingston v Queen of the South

24 October 1998 12	Livingston	2–0	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 20', 24'

East Fife v Livingston

31 October 1998 13	East Fife	2–3	Livingston	Bayview Stadium
	Brown 12' McManus 61 o.g.'		Robertson 9' Bingham 9' McCormack 83'

Livingston v Clyde

7 November 1998 14	Livingston	2–0	Clyde	Almondvale Stadium
	Deas 32' Watson 39'		McMillan  25'

Arbroath v Livingston

14 November 1998 15	Arbroath	2–2	Livingston	Gayfield Park
	McGlashan 1' Arbuckle 61'		Deas 45' Bingham 51'

Livingston v Alloa Athletic

21 November 1998 16	Livingston	2–1	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Millar 44' King 45'		Irvine 72'

Partick Thistle v Livingston

28 November 1998 17	Partick Thistle	1–3	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
	Dunn 77'		Fleming 38' Sherry 59' Robertson 85'

Forfar Athletic v Livingston

12 December 1998 18	Forfar Athletic	1–2	Livingston	Station Park
	Craig 47'		King 46' Bingham 68'

Queen of the South v Livingston

27 December 1998 20	Queen of the South	2–2	Livingston	Palmerston Park
	Eadie 1 pen.' Mallan 87'		Millar 46' Bingham 72'

Alloa Athletic v Livingston

16 January 1999 21	Alloa Athletic	1–3	Livingston	Recreation Park
	Simpson 10'		Robertson 17' McPhee 74' Feroz 78'

Livingston v East Fife

20 January 1999 22	Livingston	1–0	East Fife	Almondvale Stadium
	Millar 27'		Coyle  53'

Livingston v Partick Thistle

30 January 1999 23	Livingston	1–1	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	McPhee 78'		Dunn 1'

Clyde v Livingston

6 February 1999 24	Clyde	0–3	Livingston	Broadwood Stadium
	Murray  55'		Robertson 43' King 65' McPhee 84'

Livingston v Arbroath

16 February 1999 25	Livingston	1–0	Arbroath	Almondvale Stadium
	Fleming 44'

Livingston v Forfar Athletic

20 February 1999 26	Livingston	5–0	Forfar Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Robertson 5 pen.', 37' McCormick 7' King 18', 61'

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Livingston

27 February 1999 27	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	3–1	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
	McLean 24' Wilson 31' Shearer 70' Fridge  86'		McCormick 9' Deas  72'

East Fife v Livingston

6 March 1999 28	East Fife	1–1	Livingston	Bayview Stadium
	Dair 26'		Fleming 54'

Livingston v Queen of the South

13 March 1999 29	Livingston	1–2	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium
	Millar  54' Robertson 87'		Townsley 28' Adams 41' Lilley  75'

Partick Thistle v Livingston

20 March 1999 30	Partick Thistle	1–1	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
	Dunn 44'		Little 12'

Livingston v Alloa Athletic

3 April 1999 31	Livingston	1–0	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	McPhee 65'		Haddow  76'

Livingston v Clyde

10 April 1999 32	Livingston	2–0	Clyde	Almondvale Stadium
	McPhee 46' King 68'

Arbroath v Livingston

17 April 1999 33	Arbroath	1–1	Livingston	Gayfield Park
	Crawford 45'		Robertson 89'

Livingston v Inverness Caledonian Thistle

1 May 1999 35	Livingston	4–3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	King 8', 10' Deas 17' McPhee 23'		McCulloch 39' Christie 60' Stewart 66'

Forfar Athletic v Livingston

8 May 1999 36	Forfar Athletic	1–2	Livingston	Station Park
	McLaughlin 83 pen.'		McPhee 4' King 64'

Scottish League Cup

Cowdenbeath v Livingston

1 August 1998 First round	Cowdenbeath	0–2	Livingston	Central Park
15:00			Millar 17' Bingham 58'

Livingston v Dunfermline Athletic

8 August 1998 Second round	Livingston	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Bennett  75' Robertson 93'			Attendance: 3,038

Kilmarnock v Livingston

19 August 1998 Third round	Kilmarnock	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	Rugby Park
19:45	Wright 25 pen.', 116' McCoist 92'		Bingham 50 pen.'	Attendance: 6,565

Scottish Cup

Dumbarton v Livingston

5 December 1998 First round	Dumbarton	1–1	Livingston	Boghead Park
15:00	Flannery 83'		Sherry  44' Millar 59'

Livingston v Dumbarton

8 December 1998 First round replay	Livingston	3–0	Dumbarton	Almondvale Stadium
19:30	Wilson 14 o.g.' Fleming 70' Bingham 90'

Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Livingston

2 January 1999 Second round	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–2	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	McManus 44 o.g.'		Bingham 9 pen.' McCormick 63'	Attendance: 3,367

Aberdeen v Livingston

23 January 1999 Third round	Aberdeen	0–1	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00			Robertson 61'	Attendance: 10,311

Livingston v St Johnstone

13 February 1999 Fourth round	Livingston	1–3	St Johnstone	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Robertson 85'		Grant 18', 59' Scott 40'	Attendance: 5,700

Statistics

League table

^[3]

References