2004–05 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston F.C.
2004–05 season
Manager	Allan Preston ; Alec Cleland (Caretaker); Richard Gough
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Scottish Premier League	10th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
Co-operative Insurance Cup	Quarter-final
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Last updated August 13, 2023

Season 2004-05 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Livingston finished third bottom of the SPL in 10th place^[1] and reached the Quarter Finals of both the Scottish Cup^[2] and Co-operative Insurance Cup.^[3]

Managers

Livingston started the season under Allan Preston who was sacked by the club on 5 November 2004^[4] with Richard Gough being appointed as his replacement on 30 November.^[5]

Results & fixtures

^[6]^[7] Win Draw Loss

SPL

7 August 2004 SPL	Livingston	3– 0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	O'Brien 44' Easton 57' Lovell 66'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,310 Referee: Richmond

14 August 2004 SPL	Rangers	4– 0	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Pršo 6' Hughes 32' (78) Arveladze 88'	BBC Report		Attendance: 48,102 Referee: Brines

21 August 2004 SPL	Livingston	1– 1	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	McMenamin 84'	BBC Report	Dodds 61' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,659 Referee: Young

28 August 2004 SPL	Aberdeen	2– 0	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Craig 65' (pen.), 68'	BBC Report		Attendance: 13,888 Referee: McCurry

11 September 2004 SPL	Livingston	0– 2	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Lilley 60' Invincibile 72'	Attendance: 3,106 Referee: Clark

18 September 2004 SPL	Dundee	0– 0	Livingston	Dens Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 4,387 Referee: Dallas

25 September 2004 SPL	Livingston	2– 3	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	O'Brien 37' Hamilton 45'	BBC Report	McBride 11' McDonald 50' Foran 71'	Attendance: 4,050 Referee: Thomson

3 October 2004 SPL	Heart of Midlothian	0– 0	Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 10,646 Referee: Richmond

16 October 2004 SPL	Livingston	2– 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Wilson 5' (Own Goal) Snodgrass 41'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,815 Referee: McDonald

24 October 2004 SPL	Livingston	2– 4	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	O'Brien 45' (53)	BBC Report	Petrov 2' Camara 14' Hartson 19' Sutton 32'	Attendance: 7,695 Referee: Freeland

27 October 2004 SPL	Hibernian	2– 1	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00	Beuzelin 9' Fletcher 23'	BBC Report	Lilley 65' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,534 Referee: Dallas

30 October 2004 SPL	Inverness	2– 0	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
15:00	Bayne 39' Wilson 87'	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,279 Referee: McCurry

7 November 2004 SPL	Livingston	1– 4	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	61' Easton	BBC Report	37' Løvenkrands 55' Novo 67' Thompson 84' Namouchi	Attendance: 8,780 Referee: McDonald

13 November 2004 SPL	Dundee United	1– 0	Livingston	Tannadice
15:00	McCracken 78'	Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 5,507 Referee: MacKay

20 November 2004 SPL	Livingston	0– 2	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Foster 1' Mackie 22'	Attendance: 4,569 Referee: Underhill

27 November 2004 SPL	Kilmarnock	1– 3	Livingston	Rugby Park
15:00	Johnston 25'	BBC Report	Hamilton 7' (40) O'Brien 60'	Attendance: 5,389 Referee: Freeland

4 December 2004 SPL	Livingston	1– 0	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	McPake 24'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,509 Referee: Fyfe

11 December 2004 SPL	Motherwell	2– 0	Livingston	Fir Park
15:00	O'Donnell 17' Foran 47'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,363 Referee: Ritchie

27 December 2004 SPL	Dunfermline	0– 0	Livingston	East End Park
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 5,092 Referee: Murray

2 January 2005 SPL	Celtic	2– 1	Livingston	Celtic Park
15:00	Hartson 15' Sutton 57' (pen.)	BBC Report	Hamilton 39'	Attendance: 57,593 Referee: Thomson

15 January 2005 SPL	Livingston	0– 2	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	O'Connor 53' Riordan 74'	Attendance: 6,788 Referee: McCurry

22 January 2005 SPL	Livingston	1– 4	Inverness	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Horvath 43'	BBC Report	Hart 8' Duncan 39' Bayne 50' Juanjo 73'	Attendance: 4,106 Referee: Smith

25 January 2005 SPL	Livingston	1– 2	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Lilley 74'	BBC Report	Hartley 85' Miller 86'	Attendance: 4,318 Referee: Clark

29 January 2005 SPL	Rangers	3– 0	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Pršo 14' Ricksen 63' Novo 68'	BBC Report		Attendance: 48,579 Referee: Toner

12 February 2005 SPL	Livingston	0– 2	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Crawford 14' Grady 41'	Attendance: 5,158 Referee: Richmond

19 February 2005 SPL	Aberdeen	2– 0	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	McNaughton 45' Whelan 59'	BBC Report		Attendance: 9,214 Referee: Rowbotham

2 March 2005 SPL	Livingston	3– 1	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Horvath 36' McNamee 64' Snodgrass 83'	BBC Report	Johnston 13'	Attendance: 2,536 Referee: Brines

5 March 2005 SPL	Dundee	0– 1	Livingston	Dens Park
15:00		BBC Report	O'Brien 49'	Attendance: 5,830 Referee: McCurry

12 March 2005 SPL	Livingston	1– 1	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Craigan 81' (Own Goal)	BBC Report	Scott McDonald 19'	Attendance: 4,609 Referee: MacDonald

19 March 2005 SPL	Heart of Midlothian	3– 1	Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Miller 22' Burchill 65' Neilson 68'	BBC Report	Dair 45'	Attendance: 9,187 Referee: Clark

2 April 2005 SPL	Livingston	1– 1	Dunfermline	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Kachloul 78'	BBC Report	Hunt 79'	Attendance: 4,573 Referee: Winter

13 April 2005 SPL	Livingston	0– 4	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Hartson 43' (75), 86' (pen.) Varga 90'	Attendance: 8,750 Referee: McCurry

16 April 2005 SPL	Hibernian	0– 3	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00		BBC Report	Lilley 49' Kachloul 61' O'Brien 87'	Attendance: 11,047 Referee: Mackay

23 April 2005 SPL	Dundee United	1– 1	Livingston	Tannadice
15:00	Crawford 37'	BBC Report	Deloumeaux 61'	Attendance: 7,687 Referee: Toner

30 April 2005 SPL	Livingston	2– 0	Dunfermline	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	O'Brien 33' McPake 74'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,700 Referee: Thomson

7 May 2005 SPL	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0– 1	Livingston	Caledonian Thistle
15:00		BBC Report	Dair 29'	Attendance: 3,021 Referee: Winter

14 May 2005 SPL	Kilmarnock	2– 0	Livingston	Rugby Park
15:00	Boyd 75' Johnston 85'	BBC Report		Attendance: 4,184 Referee: Brines

21 May 2005 SPL	Livingston	1– 1	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Easton 27'	BBC Report	MacDonald 18'	Attendance: 8,968 Referee: Rowbotham

League Cup

25 August 2004 Scottish League Cup R2	Stirling Albion	0– 2	Livingston	Forthbank Stadium
19:45		BBC Report	Easton 30' Hamilton 90'	Attendance: 1,091 Referee: Toner

21 September 2004 Scottish League Cup R3	Livingston	2– 1 (a.e.t.)	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Hamilton 90' (pen.), 111'	BBC Report	Robb 67'	Attendance: 1,736 Referee: Brines

9 November 2004 Scottish League Cup QF	Livingston	0– 5	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Dorado 59'	Livi Mad Report	Dorado 3' (Own Goal) Foran 38' (60), pen.' O'Donnell 57' Wright 90'	Attendance: 2,886 Referee: Brines

Scottish Cup

11 January 2005 Scottish Cup R3	Livingston	2– 1	Greenock Morton	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Rubio 35' Snodgrass 76'	Livi Mad Report	Weatherson 36'	Attendance: 2,761 Referee: Conroy

5 February 2005 Scottish Cup R4	Alloa Athletic	0– 1	Livingston	Recreation Park
19:45		BBC Report	McMenamin 36'	Attendance: 2,103 Referee: Thomson

27 February 2005 Scottish Cup QF	Hearts	2– 1	Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	Miller 1' McAllister 10'	BBC Report	Easton 60'	Attendance: 9,796 Referee: Freeland

Statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	11	11	16	41	47	−6	44
9	Dundee United	38	8	12	18	41	59	−18	36	Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round ^{[lower-alpha 2]}
10	Livingston	38	9	8	21	34	61	−27	35
11	Dunfermline Athletic	38	8	10	20	34	60	−26	34
12	Dundee	38	8	9	21	37	71	−34	33	Relegation to the Scottish First Division

Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

↑ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
↑ As Celtic, the 2004–05 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee United, the cup runners-up.

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References

↑ "2004-05 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 26 October 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ "Hearts vs Livingston". Hearts News. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 27 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
↑ "Livingston 0-5 Motherwell". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 9 November 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
↑ "Livingston sack manager Preston". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 November 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
↑ "Gough takes Livingston job". The Daily Telegraph. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
↑ "fixtures 2004-05". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
↑ "Livingston results 2004/2005". Livi Mad. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

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[8] Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

[table_note_res_UC2Q0.99886617669783-9] As Celtic, the 2004–05 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee United, the cup runners-up.

[1] "2004-05 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 26 October 2011.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[2] "Hearts vs Livingston". Hearts News. Heart of Midlothian F.C. 27 February 2005. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

[3] "Livingston 0-5 Motherwell". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 9 November 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

[Preston-4] "Livingston sack manager Preston". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 25 November 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[5] "Gough takes Livingston job". The Daily Telegraph. 30 November 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[6] "fixtures 2004-05". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 3 October 2011.

[7] "Livingston results 2004/2005". Livi Mad. Retrieved 26 October 2011.

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2004–05 season
Manager	Allan Preston Alec Cleland (Caretaker) Richard Gough
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Scottish Premier League	10th
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final
Co-operative Insurance Cup	Quarter-final
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