# 2018–19 Livingston F.C. season

The 2018–19 season was Livingston's first season of play back in the top tier of Scottish football since 2006, having been promoted via the Premiership play-off from the Scottish Championship, at the end of the previous season. Livingston also competed in the League and Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Management

Having led the club to consecutive promotions manager David Hopkin departed the club during the close season on 31 May 2018, having declined the offer of a new contract. First team coach David Martindale took charge of team affairs in the interim. On 30 June 2018, former Rangers and Scotland striker Kenny Miller was appointed as player-manager on a two-year contract. Livingston marked his first managerial appointment.
On 20 August 2018, after just seven games Miller parted company with Livingston. The club wished Miller to take up a full time managers role, rather than the dual role he was currently undertaking and he wished to continue his career as a footballer. Assistant manager David Martindale took over team affairs in the interim, with Gary Holt being appointed as Head Coach three days later.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## First team player statistics
### Appearances

During the 2018–19 season, Livingston used thirty three players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player. Scott Pittman and Declan Gallagher started every match of the season.
    As of 18 May 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Liam Kelly | 42 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Ricki Lamie | 30 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Alan Lithgow | 38 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NIR | Ciaron Brown | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Shaun Byrne | 38 | 2 | 29+3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RSA | Keaghan Jacobs | 33 | 1 | 26+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Scott Pittman | 44 | 7 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Ryan Hardie | 22 | 7 | 13+8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SCO | Craig Sibbald | 29 | 3 | 16+10 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | SCO | Gary Maley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Hakeem Odoffin | 13 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | SCO | Steven Lawless | 37 | 3 | 29+6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Scott Robinson | 31 | 2 | 19+7 | 2 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Lee Miller | 12 | 1 | 6+3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Chris Erskine | 11 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | SCO | Ross Stewart | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Scott Tiffoney | 8 | 2 | 1+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ITA | Raffaele De Vita | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | SCO | Craig Halkett | 40 | 7 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | SCO | Declan Gallagher | 44 | 1 | 38 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | TOG | Steve Lawson | 25 | 1 | 16+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | SCO | Gregg Wylde | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | ANG | Dolly Menga | 26 | 2 | 20+5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the season ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | SCO | Jack McMillan | 11 | 2 | 3+4 | 1 | 0+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Steven Saunders | 5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | SCO | Kenny Miller | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Nicky Cadden | 16 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | SCO | Callum Crane | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ALB | Egli Kaja | 8 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Matthew Knox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NIR | Bobby Burns | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | SCO | Craig Henderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Cameron Blues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ENG | James Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | NED | Henk van Schaik | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | SCO | Cammy Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | SCO | Jack Hamilton | 18 | 2 | 2+11 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
* Source:

### Disciplinary record

During the 2018–19 season, Livingston players were issued with Sixty-one yellow cards and four red. The table below shows the number of cards and type shown to each player.
    Last updated 18 May 2019
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Liam Kelly | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | | DF | Jack McMillan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | | DF | Ricki Lamie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | | DF | Alan Lithgow | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Ciaron Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | | MF | Shaun Byrne | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | | MF | Keaghan Jacobs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Scott Pittman | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Kenny Miller | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | | FW | Ryan Hardie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | | MF | Craig Sibbald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | | MF | Egli Kaja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | | MF | Steven Lawless | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | | MF | Scott Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | | MF | Bobby Burns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | | DF | Craig Halkett | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 30 | | FW | Jack Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | | DF | Declan Gallagher | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | | DF | Steve Lawson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | | FW | Dolly Menga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 58 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 4 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 7 | St Johnstone | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 52 | |
| 8 | Motherwell | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 51 | |
| 9 | Livingston | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 44 | |
| 10 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 28 | 75 | −47 | 33 | |
| 11 | St Mirren (O) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 32 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off final |
* ↑ Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 18 May 2019
| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| Kenny Miller | 14 July 2018 | 20 August 2018 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 042.86 |
| Gary Holt | 23 August 2018 | 18 May 2019 | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 029.73 |