# 2008–09 Livingston F.C. season

Season 2008–09 saw Livingston compete in the First Division. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Overview

Livingston started the season brightly with manager Roberto Landi winning manager of the month for August. However their form dipped there after and a series of managers and financial problems saw them finish seventh in the League to confirm their place in the First Division. However at the start of the next season the club went into administration and were relegated to the Scottish Third Division.

### Managers

Livingston had a total of three managers over the season. They started under Roberto Landi who was sacked on 1 December after only five months in charge with Paul Hegarty being appointed as manager on 5 December. On 25 April only four months into his 18-month contract Hegarty was suspended by the club over a private matter. David Hay took over as interim manager for the last two games of the season.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss

### Scottish Cup
## Statistics
### Squad

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Third Division | Third Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Alba Challenge Cup | Alba Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | FRA | Pierre-Antoine Martini | 17 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Roddy McKenzie | 27 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Cameron MacDonald | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Chris Innes | 36 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jason Talbot | 33 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | NIR | Danny Griffin | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Dave Mackay | 33 | 3 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | James McPake | 23 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary Miller | 29 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Phil Cave | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Halliday | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | David Sinclair | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Anthony McParland | 42 | 4 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Liam Fox | 27 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | RSA | Keaghan Jacobs | 18 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | RSA | Kyle Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | RSA | Devon Jacobs | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Chris Malone | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Joe Hamill | 38 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Mark Torrance | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Rocco Quinn | 19 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Murray Davidson | 35 | 6 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | FRA | Milan Thomas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRA | Armand One | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David Winters | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ITA | Raffaele De Vita | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ARG | Fernando Giarrizo | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Calum Elliot | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Leigh Griffiths | 30 | 22 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | FW | SCO | Gordon Smith | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | | | Trialist | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 5 | Queen of the South | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 47 | |
| 6 | Greenock Morton | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 47 | |
| 7 | Livingston (R) | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 47 | |
| 8 | Ross County | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 47 | |
| 9 | Airdrie United | 36 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 42 | Qualification for the First Division Play-offs |
* ↑ Demoted to 3rd Division for Financial Irregularities
* ↑ Spared Relegation as Losing Finalist in the playoff due to Livingston
* ↑ The 9th placed team will be entered into a play-off with the Second Division's 2nd, 3rd and 4th placed teams. The winning team will be awarded a place in the 2009–10 First Division.