# 2011–12 Livingston F.C. season

The 2011–12 season saw Livingston compete in their first season back 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

Livingston finished fifth in the First Division. They reached the Semi Final of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

### Managers

On 5 February 2012 Gary Bollan was sacked by the club, with Brian Welsh being appointed as caretaker manager. Welsh led the club for one game before emigrating to America and on 14 February John Hughes was appointed as manager with John Collins being appointed Director of football.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| | MF | Liam Fox | | 29 | Club captain |
Last updated: 5 May 2012 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 5 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Ramsdens Challenge Cup | Ramsdens Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Darren Jamieson | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Andrew McNeil | 43 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Tony Bullock | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Andrew Murphy | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig Barr | 42 | 2 | 35+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Cameron MacDonald | 3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Callum Fordyce | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jonathan Brown | 15 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jason Talbot | 31 | 1 | 25+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Paul Watson | 40 | 1 | 32+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ross Docherty | 13 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Michael Travis | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Maurice Ross | 8 | 0 | 8+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bryce Naples | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Kevin McCann | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | David Sinclair | 19 | 3 | 6+8 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Liam Fox | 29 | 1 | 21+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | MF | RSA | Keaghan Jacobs | 38 | 5 | 30+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | RSA | Kyle Jacobs | 40 | 3 | 29+5 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Dean Cummings | 10 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ross Gray | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bobby Barr | 43 | 7 | 35+1 | 4 | 2+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 2 |
| | MF | SCO | Stefan Scougall | 30 | 2 | 20+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Lewis Turner | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Mark Fotheringham | 13 | 2 | 11+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Connor McDonald | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jack Beaumont | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jack Downie | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kenny Deuchar | 27 | 8 | 14+6 | 4 | 1+0 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Marc McNulty | 37 | 16 | 25+5 | 11 | 2+0 | 4 | 0+2 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Iain Russell | 33 | 13 | 17+9 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 2 | 3+0 | 3 |
| | FW | ENG | Rory Boulding | 32 | 13 | 12+13 | 11 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Andrew Russell | 9 | 0 | 1+8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dylan Easton | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Michael Scott | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Liam Gray | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 5 May 2012
| Position | Name | Scottish First Division | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Tony Bullock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| DF | Cameron MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Callum Fordyce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Jonathan Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Jason Talbot | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DF | Paul Watson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| DF | Ross Docherty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Michael Travis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Maurice Ross | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Bryce Naples | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Kevin McCann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | David Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Liam Fox | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Keaghan Jacobs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Kyle Jacobs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| MF | Dean Cummings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ross Gray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Bobby Barr | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Stefan Scougall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Lewis Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Fotheringham | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | Connor McDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jack Beaumont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jack Downie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Kenny Deuchar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Marc McNulty | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Iain Russell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Rory Boulding | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| FW | Andrew Russell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Dylan Easton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Michael Scott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Liam Gray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Awards

    Last updated 14 May 2012
| Nation | Name | Award | Month |
| | Rory Boulding | Ginger Boot Winner | April |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 52 |
| 4 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 49 |
| 5 | Livingston | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 48 |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 47 |
| 7 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 49 | −3 | 44 |