2000–01 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2000–01 season
Manager	Jim Leishman
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Scottish First Division	Winners
Scottish Cup	Semi-final
League Cup	Third round
Challenge Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: David Bingham (14); All: David Bingham (20)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1999–00 2001–02 →

Last updated December 22, 2025

Season 2000-01 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish First Division. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

During Season 2000-01 Livingston won the Scottish First Division.^[1] They reached the final of the Challenge Cup, losing to Airdrieonians,^[2] the third round of the League Cup, and the semi-final of the Scottish Cup.

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss

Scottish First Division

5 August 20001	Greenock Morton	0 – 2	Livingston	Cappielow
		BBC Report	McCulloch 58' Bingham 83'	Referee: Jim Fleming

12 August 20002	Livingston	3 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	Deas 24' Crabbe 51' Wilson 86'	BBC Report	Stewart 75'	Referee: Barry Orr

19 August 20003	Clyde	1 – 1	Livingston	Broadwood Stadium
	Kane 70'	BBC Report	Anderson 74'	Referee: Ian Frickleton

26 August 20004	Alloa Athletic	0 – 6	Livingston	Recreation Park
		BBC Report	Bingham 35' McCulloch 53', 78' Hagen 62' Fleming 74' McCormick 83'	Referee: Steve Kaney

9 September 20005	Livingston	2 – 0	Ayr United	Almondvale Stadium
	Wilson 5' Bingham 49'	BBC Report	Hurst 79'	Referee: Willie Young

16 September 20006	Livingston	0 – 4	Raith Rovers	Almondvale Stadium
		BBC Report	Andrews 4', 68' Burns 15' Tosh 39'	Referee: J Smith

23 September 20007	Airdrieonians	1 – 2	Livingston	Excelsior Stadium
	Prest 47'	BBC Report	Anderson 48' Bingham 59 pen.' Coughlin 77'	Referee: John Underhill

30 September 20008	Falkirk	3 – 2	Livingston	Brockville Park
	Nicholls 48' Henry 56' Craig 67'	BBC Report	Coughlan 17' Burns 25' Fleming 0'	Referee: Garry Mitchell

7 October 20009	Livingston	3 – 1	Ross County	Almondvale Stadium
	Keith 39', 55' Bingham 70 pen.'	BBC Report	Bone 53' Cunnington 70'	Referee: David Somers

14 October 200010	Livingston	1 – 0	Greenock Morton	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 45 pen.'	BBC Report		Attendance: John Rowbotham

21 October 200011	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 2	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
	McBain 59' Sheerin 69'	BBC Report	McCulloch 31', 58'	Referee: Alan Gemmill

28 October 200012	Livingston	4 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Conway 29 o.g.' Bingham 42 pen.', 85 pen.' Burns 75'	BBC Report		Referee: Barry Orr

4 November 200013	Ayr United	1 – 1	Livingston	Somerset Park
	Teale 36' Hughes 86'	BBC Report	Fleming 34'	Referee: Kevin Toner

11 November 200014	Livingston	2 – 2	Airdrieonians	Almondvale Stadium
	Keith 9' Burns 11'	BBC Report	Taylor 14' Calderon 66' Prest 81'	Referee: Willie Young

25 November 200015	Ross County	0 – 2	Livingston	Victoria Park
		BBC Report	Burns 12' Bingham 81'	Referee: Mike Ritchie

2 December 200016	Livingston	4 – 1	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium
	Wilson 8' Coughlan 23' Burns 42' Bingham 80'	BBC Report	Roberts 90'	Referee: Dougie McDonald

5 December 200017	Raith Rovers	1 – 2	Livingston	Stark's Park
	Stein 90'	BBC Report	Bingham 21', 36'	Referee: Michael McCurry

9 December 200018	Livingston	2 – 0	Clyde	Almondvale Stadium
	Crabbe 17' Tosh 66'	BBC Report		Referee: Stuart Dougal

16 December 200019	Greenock Morton	1 – 2	Livingston	Cappielow
	Matheson 11'		Britton 70' Burns 85'	Referee: Colin Hardie

2 January 200120	Livingston	2 – 0	Raith Rovers	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 5' Burns 22'	BBC Report		Referee: Bobby Orr

6 January 200121	Airdrieonians	1 – 1	Livingston	Excelsior Stadium
	Moreau 77'	BBC Report	Crabbe 44' Tosh 64'	Referee: Michael McCurry

13 January 200122	Falkirk	1 – 0	Livingston	Brockville Park
	Hutchison 78'	BBC Report	Burns 29'	Referee: Willie Young

30 January 200123	Alloa Athletic	0 – 2	Livingston	Recreation Park
		BBC Report	Wilson 20' Anderson 52'	Referee: Garry Mitchell

3 February 200124	Clyde	0 – 3	Livingston	Broadwood Stadium
	Keogh 75'	BBC Report	McPhee 18' Wilson 45 pen.', 85'	Referee: John Fleming

24 February 200125	Livingston	1 – 0	Alloa Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Bingham 63'			Referee: George Clyde

3 March 200126	Ayr United	1 – 1		Somerset Park
	Bradford 90 pen.'	BBC Report	Wilson 16 pen.'	Referee: Stuart Dougal

20 March 200127	Livingston	0 – 1	Ayr United	Almondvale Stadium
			Annand 40'	Referee: David Somers

27 March 200128	Livingston	1 – 1	Ross County	Almondvale Stadium
	Wilson 32'	BBC Report	Robertson 19'	Referee: J Smith

31 March 200129	Raith Rovers	2 – 0	Livingston	Stark's Park
	Jones 19', 74'	BBC Report	Anderson 33'	Referee: John Underhill

3 April 200130	Livingston	4 – 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	Xausa 20', 75' Wilson 65 pen.', 88'	BBC Report	Wyness 79'	Referee: Eddie Martindale

7 April 200131	Ross County	0 – 1	Livingston	Victoria Park
		BBC Report	Wilson 53'	Referee: Hugh Dallas

21 April 200132	Livingston	2 – 0	Greenock Morton	Almondvale Stadium
	Xausa 28' Fleming 83'	BBC Report		Referee: Brian Cassidy

24 April 200133	Livingston	3 – 0	Falkirk	Almondvale Stadium
	Fernández 20' Wilson 58' Jackson 77'			Referee: Stuart Dougal

28 April 200134	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 3	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
	Sheerin 17', 90 pen.'	BBC Report	Fernandez 31' Wilson 43 pen.' McCaffrey 53 o.g.'	Referee: Steve Kaney

1 May 200135	Livingston	5 – 0	Airdrieonians	Almondvale Stadium
	Britton 4', 5', 67' McPhee 19' Xausa 45'	BBC Report		Referee: Kenny Clark

5 May 200136	Livingston	0 – 2	Clyde	Almondvale Stadium
	Fleming 83'		Mitchell 30' Hinds 67'	Referee: Eric Martindale

Scottish Challenge Cup

15 August 2000First round	Partick Thistle	0 – 2	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
		BBC Report	Britton 82' Wilson 90'	Referee: Brian McGarry

29 August 2000Second round	Ross County	0 – 3	Livingston	Victoria Park
19:30		BBC Report	Bingham 50' Britton 54', 80'	Referee: Alan Freeland

12 September 2000Quarter-final	Livingston	3 – 1	Brechin City	Almondvale Stadium
19:30	McCormick 47' Britton 66' Keith 85'	BBC Report	Leask 23'	Referee: Eddie Martindale

26 September 2000Semi-final	Livingston	2 – 1	East Stirlingshire	Almondvale Stadium
19:30	Bingham 21 pen.' Anderson 44'	BBC Report	McKechnie 4'	Referee: Eddie Martindale

19 November 2000Final	Airdrieonians	2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 2 p)	Livingston	Broadwood Stadium
19:30	Prest 28' McGuire 78'	BBC Report	Crabbe 15' Anderson 50'	Attendance: 5,623 Referee: John Rowbotham

Scottish League Cup

22 August 2000Second round	Dumbarton	0 – 4	Livingston	Boghead Park
19:45	Jack 44'	BBC Report	Hagen 4', 6' Bingham 7 pen.', 44'	Referee: Kevin Toner

6 September 2000Third round	Livingston	0 – 2	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
19:45		London Hearts	Cameron 15' Naysmith 54'	Attendance: 5,549 Referee: Michael McCurry

Scottish Cup

27 January 2001Third round	East Fife	1 – 4	Livingston	Bayview Stadium
19:30	Moffat 6'	BBC Report	Tosh 10' Bingham 31' Wilson 45', 75' Britton 77'	Referee: Kevin Toner

17 February 2001Fourth round	Livingston	0 – 0	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Referee: Kenny Clark

6 March 2001Fourth round replay	Aberdeen	0 – 1	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Crabbe 83'	Referee: Bobby Orr

10 March 2001Quarter-final	Livingston	3 – 1	Peterhead	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Anderson 19', 34' Bingham 63'	BBC Report	Johnston 7'	Referee: John Rowbotham

14 April 2001Semi-final	Hibernian	3 – 0	Livingston	Hampden Park
15:00	O'Neil 2', 76' Zitelli 69'	BBC Report		Attendance: 24,658 Referee: Willie Young

Statistics

League table

^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Livingston (C, P)	36	23	7	6	72	31	+41	76	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Ayr United	36	19	12	5	73	41	+32	69
3	Falkirk	36	16	8	12	57	59	−2	56
4	Inverness CT	36	14	12	10	71	54	+17	54
5	Clyde	36	11	14	11	44	46	−2	47

Source: "2000-2001 First Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

↑ "2000-01 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
↑ "Airdrie Lift Cup". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 November 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
↑ "First Division Table 2000/01". Livingston . Retrieved 28 October 2011.

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[1] "2000-01 First Division". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

[2] "Airdrie Lift Cup". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 November 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

[3] "First Division Table 2000/01". Livingston . Retrieved 28 October 2011.

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