1997–98 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston F.C.

1997–98 season

Manager

Ray Stewart

Stadium

Almondvale Stadium

Scottish Second Division

3rd

Scottish Cup

3rd Round

League Cup

2nd Round

Challenge Cup

2nd Round

← 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

^[4] Win Draw Loss

Second Division

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Second Division

6 August 1997 SFL2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1– 1	Livingston

16 August 1997 SFL2	Livingston	1– 0	Stranraer

23 August 1997 SFL2	Stenhousemuir	1– 1	Livingston

30 August 1997 SFL2	Livingston	3– 1	Queen of the South

13 September 1997 SFL2	Brechin City	0– 2	Livingston

20 September 1997 SFL2	East Fife	2– 3	Livingston

27 September 1997 SFL2	Livingston	0– 0	Clydebank

4 October 1997 SFL2	Clyde	1– 0	Livingston

18 October 1997 SFL2	Livingston	4– 3	Forfar Athletic

25 October 1997 SFL2	Livingston	2– 1	Stenhousemuir

1 November 1997 SFL2	Stranraer	1– 1	Livingston

8 November 1997 SFL2	Queen of the South	1– 0	Livingston

15 November 1997 SFL2	Livingston	5– 2	Brechin City

22 November 1997 SFL2	Clydebank	1– 1	Livingston

3 December 1997 SFL2	Livingston	1– 0	East Fife

13 December 1997 SFL2	Forfar Athletic	2– 2	Livingston

20 December 1997 SFL2	Livingston	0– 2	Clyde

27 December 1997 SFL2	Stenhousemuir	1– 2	Livingston

31 January 1998 SFL2	East Fife	2– 0	Livingston

7 February 1998 SFL2	Livingston	4– 0	Forfar Athletic

10 February 1998 SFL2	Livingston	0– 3	Clydebank

17 February 1998 SFL2	Clyde	0– 3	Livingston

21 February 1998 SFL2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2– 2	Livingston

25 February 1998 SFL2	Livingston	0– 1	Stranraer

3 March 1998 SFL2	Livingston	2– 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle

14 March 1998 SFL2	Clydebank	0– 2	Livingston

17 March 1998 SFL2	Brechin City	0– 2	Livingston

21 March 1998 SFL2	Livingston	2– 2	East Fife

25 March 1998 SFL2	Livingston	1– 1	Queen of the South

28 March 1998 SFL2	Forfar Athletic	2– 1	Livingston

7 April 1998 SFL2	Livingston	4– 0	Clyde

11 April 1998 SFL2	Queen of the South	0– 1	Livingston

18 April 1998 SFL2	Livingston	1– 0	Brechin City

25 April 1998 SFL2	Livingston	1– 1	Stenhousemuir

2 May 1998 SFL2	Stranraer	2– 0	Livingston

9 May 1998 SFL2	Livingston	1– 2	Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Challenge Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Challenge Cup

12 August 1987 Scottish Challenge Cup R1	Stenhousemuir	1– 1 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 p)	Livingston
	Henderson 106'		Magee 116'

26 August 1997 Scottish Challenge Cup R2	Brechin City	2– 1	Livingston
	Brand 4' Feroz 27'		Raynes 73'

League Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish League Cup

9 August 1987 Scottish League Cup R2	Livingston	0– 2	Heart of Midlothian
			McCann 25' (26)	Attendance: 4,869

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1997–98 Scottish Cup

7 January 1998 Scottish Cup R2	Livingston	2– 1	Berwick Rangers

24 January 1998 Scottish Cup R3	Livingston	3– 3	Albion Rovers

2 February 1998 Scottish Cup R3 Replay	Albion Rovers	0– 0 (a.e.t.) (6– 5 p)	Livingston

Statistics

League Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stranraer	36	18	7	11	62	44	18	61
2	Clydebank	36	16	12	8	48	31	17	60
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
6	East Fife	36	14	6	16	51	59	−8	48
7	Forfar Athletic	36	12	10	14	51	61	−10	46
8	Clyde	36	10	12	14	40	53	−13	42
9	Stenhousemuir	36	10	10	16	44	53	−9	40
10	Brechin City	36	7	11	18	42	73	−31	32

References

↑ "1997-98 Second Division". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
↑ "1997-98 League Cup". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
↑ "Scottish Cup Results for 1997-98". London Hearts. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
↑ "Livingston results 1997/1998". Livi Mad. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

Livingston Football Club

Club	Managers Players 2004 Scottish League Cup Final

Grounds	City Park Meadowbank Stadium Almondvale Stadium

Seasons	1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

1997–98 in Scottish football

« 1996–97 1998–99 »

Domestic leagues	Football League Premier Division First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League

Domestic cups	Scottish Cup (Final) League Cup (Final) Challenge Cup (Final) Junior Cup

European competitions	Champions League UEFA Cup UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Related to national team	Results 1998 World Cup qualifying (Group 4) 1998 World Cup

Club seasons

Premier Division	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone

First Division	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dundee Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stirling Albion

Second Division	Brechin City Clyde Clydebank East Fife Forfar Athletic Inverness Caledonian Thistle Livingston Queen of the South Stenhousemuir Stranraer

Third Division	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Stirlingshire Montrose Queen's Park Ross County

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