1997–98 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
1997–98 season
Manager	Ray Stewart
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
Scottish Second Division	Third place
Scottish Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Challenge Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Graham Harvey (14); All: Graham Harvey (16)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Season 1997–98 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Second Division. They also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

In their second season in the Second Division, Livingston finished third, narrowly missing out on promotion by one point.^[1] They reached the second round of the Challenge Cup, the second round of the League Cup^[2] and the third round of the Scottish Cup.^[3]

Results & fixtures

Win Draw Loss

Scottish Second Division

6 August 1997 1	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1 – 1	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
	Thomson 89'		Thomson 47'

16 August 1997 2	Livingston	1 – 0	Stranraer	Almondvale Stadium
	Harvey 80'

23 August 1997 3	Stenhousemuir	1 – 1	Livingston	Ochilview Park
	Little 74'		Raynes 80'

30 August 1997 4	Livingston	3 – 1	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium
	Harvey 2 pen.', 24 pen.', 49'		Flannigan 74'

13 September 1997 5	Brechin City	0 – 2	Livingston	Glebe Park
			Forrest 20' Young 32'

20 September 1997 6	East Fife	2 – 3	Livingston	Bayview Park
	Cusick 15' Moffat 42' Callaghan 63 o.g.' Ryan 89'		Williamson 23' Duthie 39 pen.' Magee 65' Foster 75'

27 September 1997 7	Livingston	0 – 0	Clydebank	Almondvale Stadium
			McLaughlin 42'

4 October 1997 8	Clyde	1 – 0	Livingston	Broadwood Stadium
	Rice 21 pen.'

18 October 1997 9	Livingston	4 – 3	Forfar Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Tralist 1' McLeod 49' Magee 53' Bailey 79'		Honeyman 20', 90' Cargill 56' McLaughlin 68'

25 October 1997 10	Livingston	2 – 1	Stenhousemuir	Almondvale Stadium
	McLeod 25' Young 48'		Hunter 68'

1 November 1997 11	Stranraer	1 – 1	Livingston	Stair Park
	Knox 59'		Forrest 75'

8 November 1997 12	Queen of the South	1 – 0	Livingston	Palmerston Park
	Bryce 44'

15 November 1997 13	Livingston	5 – 2	Brechin City	Almondvale Stadium
	Harvey 4' Bailey 30' Raynes 53' Maskrey 60' Christie 75 o.g.'		Christie 69' McNeill 74'

22 November 1997 14	Clydebank	1 – 1	Livingston	Boghead Park
	Lovering 34'		Foster 87'

3 December 1997 15	Livingston	1 – 0	East Fife	Almondvale Stadium
	Bailey 10'

13 December 1997 16	Forfar Athletic	2 – 2	Livingston	Station Park
	Watson 20 o.g.' McLaughlin 37'		Conway 5' Young 67'

20 December 1997 17	Livingston	0 – 2	Clyde	Almondvale Stadium
			Carrigan 7' Gibson 32'

27 December 1997 18	Stenhousemuir	1 – 2	Livingston	Ochilview Park
	Little 40' Christie 69'		Bailey 41' Harvey 73'

31 January 1998 19	East Fife	2 – 0	Livingston	Bayview Park
	Ronald 62' Allan 73'

7 February 1998 20	Livingston	4 – 0	Forfar Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
	Young 4' Forrest 8', 49' Harvey 44'		Glennie 79'

10 February 1998 21	Livingston	0 – 3	Clydebank	Almondvale Stadium
			Teale 36', 56' McLaughlin 47'

17 February 1998 22	Clyde	0 – 3	Livingston	Broadwood Stadium
	King 59'		McLeod 30' Graham 70' Harvey 75 pen.'

21 February 1998 23	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2 – 2	Livingston	Caledonian Stadium
	Shearer 37' McCulloch 44'		Raynes 16' Harvey 22'

25 February 1998 24	Livingston	0 – 1	Stranraer	Almondvale Stadium
			Young 59'

3 March 1998 25	Livingston	2 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	Harvey 20 pen.', 37'		Robson 19' Calder 36' Wilson 81'

14 March 1998 26	Clydebank	0 – 2	Livingston	Boghead Park
			McLeod 9 pen.' Callaghan 21'

17 March 1998 27	Brechin City	0 – 2		Glebe Park
			Callaghan 31' Moore 43'

21 March 1998 28	Livingston	2 – 2	East Fife	Almondvale Stadium
	Callaghan 40' Fleming 79'		Allan 44' Dyer 56'

25 March 1998 29	Livingston	1 – 1	Queen of the South	Almondvale Stadium
	Callaghan 53'		Watson 63 o.g.'

28 March 1998 30	Forfar Athletic	2 – 1	Livingston	Station Park
	McLaughlin 4' Allison 84'		Harvey 90 pen.'

7 April 1998 31	Livingston	4 – 0	Clyde	Almondvale Stadium
	Harvey 61', 69' Callaghan 78', 83'

11 April 1998 32	Queen of the South	0 – 1	Livingston	Palmerston Park
			Conway 5'

18 April 1998 33	Livingston	1– 0	Brechin City	Almondvale Stadium
	Fleming 10'

25 April 1998 34	Livingston	1 – 1	Stenhousemuir	Almondvale Stadium
	Watson 44' Wright 47'		Little 84'

2 May 1998 35	Stranraer	2 – 0	Livingston	Stair Park
	George 57' English 73'

9 May 1998 36	Livingston	1 – 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
	Graham 47'		Stewart 34' Sheerin 74'

Scottish League Cup

9 August 1987 Second round	Livingston	0 – 2	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
			McCann 25', 26'	Attendance: 4,869

Scottish Challenge Cup

12 August 1987 First rond	Stenhousemuir	1 – 1 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	Livingston	Ochilview Park
	Henderson 106'		Magee 116'

26 August 1997 Second round	Brechin City	2 – 1	Livingston	Glebe Park
	Brand 4' Feroz 27'		Raynes 73'

Scottish Cup

7 January 1998 Second round

Livingston

2 – 1

Berwick Rangers

Almondvale Stadium

24 January 1998 Third round

Livingston

3 – 3

Albion Rovers

Almondvale Stadium

2 February 1998 Third round replay

Albion Rovers

0 – 0 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)

Livingston

Cliftonhill

Statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Stranraer (C, P)	36	18	7	11	62	44	+18	61	Promotion to the First Division
2	Clydebank (P)	36	16	12	8	48	31	+17	60	Promotion to the First Division
3	Livingston	36	16	11	9	56	40	+16	59
4	Queen of the South	36	15	9	12	57	51	+6	54
5	Inverness CT	36	13	10	13	65	51	+14	49

Source: "1997-1998 Second Division - SPFL Archive". SPFL (in Malay). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

^ "1997–98 Second Division". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 13 November 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "1997–98 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
^ "Scottish Cup Results for 1997–98". London Hearts. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

[1] "1997–98 Second Division". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 13 November 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[2] "1997–98 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

[3] "Scottish Cup Results for 1997–98". London Hearts. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

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