# 2012–13 Livingston F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Livingston's second consecutive season in the First Division, having been promoted after winning the Scottish Second Division during season 2010–11. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

During season 2012–13 Livingston finished fourth in the Scottish First Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

They began the season under the management of John Hughes. On 13 November 2012, Hughes left the club after only nine months in charge to take up the post of first team coach at Hartlepool United. Gareth Evans took over as interim manager following Hughes departure. At the end of November it was confirmed Evans would remain as manager on an ongoing basis.
On 28 February 2013, Evans was sacked by the club with Director of football John Collins resigning from his post. Richie Burke the club's youth development manager took charge of the first team in the interim. On 25 March, Burke was appointed as manager permanently with Mark Burchill joining the club as his assistant. The duo were given contracts until 2015, with Burchill also being registered as a player.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Pre season

A match against Rapid Bucharest, scheduled for 7 July, was called off due to a waterlogged pitch.

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| | MF | Fox | | 28 | Club captain |
Last updated: 6 May 2013 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Squad

    Last updated 6 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Darren Jamieson | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Andrew McNeil | 38 | 0 | 33+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig Barr | 35 | 4 | 32+0 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1−+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Callum Booth | 31 | 1 | 22+8 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ross Docherty | 13 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Callum Fordyce | 16 | 1 | 8+4 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin McCann | 31 | 1 | 28+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jason Talbot | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ESP | Jesús García Tena | 31 | 3 | 29+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Paul Watson | 21 | 3 | 17+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Anthony Andreu | 38 | 7 | 33+0 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Barr | 8 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jack Beaumont | 2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dean Cummings | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Coll Donaldson | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jack Downie | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Liam Fox | 28 | 2 | 27+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Gray | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | RSA | Keaghan Jacobs | 14 | 3 | 10+1 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | RSA | Kyle Jacobs | 19 | 0 | 14+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Connor McDonald | 8 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Burton O'Brien | 24 | 0 | 23+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Stefan Scougall | 33 | 6 | 27+1 | 6 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Mark Burchill | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dylan Easton | 6 | 1 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kyle Lander | 6 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | David Luongo | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Marc McNulty | 31 | 11 | 20+6 | 7 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 4 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jordan Morton | 29 | 5 | 11+13 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Danny Mullen | 24 | 2 | 2+21 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Iain Russell | 37 | 18 | 28+5 | 15 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andrew Russell | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 6 May 2013
| Position | Name | First Division | First Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Darren Jamieson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Andrew McNeil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Craig Barr | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| DF | Callum Booth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Ross Docherty | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DF | Callum Fordyce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Kevin McCann | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| DF | Jason Talbot | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Jesús García Tena | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| DF | Paul Watson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | Anthony Andreu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Bobby Barr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jack Beaumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Dean Cummings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Coll Donaldson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jack Downie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Liam Fox | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Gray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Keaghan Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Kyle Jacobs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Connor McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Burton O'Brien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Stefan Scougall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Mark Burchill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Dylan Easton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Kyle Lander | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | David Luongo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Marc McNulty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Jordan Morton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| FW | Danny Mullen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Iain Russell | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| FW | Andrew Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 2 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 73 | 47 | +26 | 67 |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 53 |
| 4 | Livingston | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 52 |
| 5 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 51 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 46 |

### Division summary

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | D | L | D | W | L | L | W | D | W | D | W | W | L | W | D | D | W | L | W | W | L | W | L | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | D | L | W | L |
| Position | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
* ↑ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.