2003–04 Livingston F.C. season

Livingston
2003–04 season
Manager	Márcio Máximo; (until 14 October); David Hay
Stadium	Almondvale Stadium
SPL	Ninth place
Scottish Cup	Semi-final
League Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Derek Lilley (12); All: Derek Lilley (18)
Highest home attendance	9,627, vs. Rangers, SPL, 25 October 2003
Lowest home attendance	2,675, vs. Montrose, Scottish Cup, 10 January 2004
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2002–03 2004–05 →

Season 2003-04 saw Livingston compete in the Scottish Premier League. They also reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup and won the League Cup.

Summary

Livingston finished 9th in the Scottish Premier League during Season 2003–04.^[1] They went on to win League Cup after defeating Hibernian in the final,^[2] and reached the semi-final of the Scottish Cup losing to Celtic.^[3]

Management

Livingston started the season under Márcio Máximo who had been appointed during the summer.^[4] On 14 October 2003 he resigned as manager^[5] and was replaced by David Hay who led the club to their League Cup win.

Fixtures and results

^[6]^[7] Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

9 August 2003 1	Partick Thistle	1 – 1	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Milne 31'	BBC Report	Pasquinelli 77'	Attendance: 4,220 Referee: Dougie McDonald

16 August 2003 2	Livingston	1 – 0	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Lilley 78'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,316 Referee: Craig Thomson

23 August 2003 3	Dundee	2 – 1	Livingston	Dens Park
15:00	Novo 17', 84'	BBC Report	O'Brien 37'	Attendance: 5,815 Referee: Mike McCurry

30 August 2003 4	Celtc	5 – 1	Livingston	Celtic Park
15:00	Larsson 25', 56', 77' Maloney 39' Thompson 90'	BBC Report	Lilley 85'	Attendance: 57,165 Referee: Willie Young

13 September 2003 5	Livingston	0 – 0	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 5,344 Referee: Steve Conroy

20 September 2003 6	Livingston	1 – 2	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Makel 18'	BBC Report	Hessey 15' Boyd 22'	Attendance: 6,150 Referee: John Rowbotham

27 September 2003 7	Aberdeen	0 – 3	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Quino 45' Rubio 65' Pasquinelli 70'	Attendance: 10,307 Referee: Dougie McDonald

4 October 2003 8	Livingston	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 4,816 Referee: Ian Fyfe

18 October 2003 9	Hibernian	0 – 2	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00		BBC Report	Lilley 38', 83'	Attendance: 8,562 Referee: Craig Thomson

25 October 2003 10	Livingston	0 – 0	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 9,627 Referee: Hugh Dallas

1 November 2003 11	Heart of Midlothian	3 – 1	Livingston	Tynecastle Park
15:00	Kirk 74', 85' Pressley 92 pen.'	Livi Mad Report	Lilley 51'	Attendance: 11,233 Referee: Stuart Dougal

8 November 2003 12	Livingston	2 – 0	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Lilley 26 pen.' Makel 45'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,226 Referee: Chris Foy

22 November 2003 13	Motherwell	1 – 1	Livingston	Fir Park
15:00	Clarkson 28'	BBC Report	Lilley 39'	Attendance: 6,357 Referee: John Underhill

29 November 2003 14	Livingston	1 – 1	Dundee	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Lilley 71 pen.'	BBC Report	Fotheringham 84'	Attendance: 4,625 Referee: John Rowbotham

6 December 2003 15	Livingston	0 – 2	Celtic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report	Sutton 48' Thompson 85'	Attendance: 9,523 Referee: Hugh Dallas

13 December 2003 16	Dundee United	2 – 0	Livingston	Tannadice Park
15:00	Dodds 41', 80'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,421 Referee: Dougie McDonald

20 December 2003 17	Kilmarnock	0 – 3	Livingston	Rugby Park
15:00		BBC Report	Juanjo 50' Pasquinelli 80' O'Brien 90'	Attendance: 5,035 Referee: Charlie Richmond

27 December 2003 18	Livingston	1– 1	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	O'Brien 90'	BBC Report	Booth 23'	Attendance: 7,115 Referee: Kenny Clark

3 January 2004 19	Dunfermline Athletic	2 – 2	Livingston	East End Park
15:00	Nicholson 36 pen.' Crawford 85'	BBC Report	McNamee 15' Makel 62'	Attendance: 5,155 Referee: Mike McCurry

17 January 2004 20	Livingston	1 – 0	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Makel 26'	BBC Report		Attendance: 5,621 Referee: John Underhill

24 January 2004 21	Rangers	1 – 0	Livingston	Ibrox Stadium
15:00	Nerlinger 13'	BBC Report		Attendance: 48,638 Referee: Iain Brines

11 February 2004 22	Partick Thistle	5 – 2	Livingston	Firhill Stadium
19:30	Grady 10' Britton 41', 73' McNamee 68 o.g.' Thomson 82'	BBC Report	Makel 85' McMenamin 90'	Attendance: 3,011 Referee: Dougie McDonald

14 February 2004 23	Livingston	3 – 1	Motherwell	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	McAllister 3' Lilley 29' Fernández 45'	Livi Mad Report	Adams 90'	Attendance: 3,492 Referee: Chris Foy

21 February 2004 24	Dundee	1 – 0	Livingston	Dens Park
15:00	Milne 59'	BBC Report		Attendance: 6,108 Referee: Kevin Toner

24 February 2004 25	Livingston	2 – 3	Heart of Midlothian	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Makel 4' McMenamin 56'	BBC Report	De Vries 25' Kirk 47' McKenna 84'	Attendance: 4,450 Referee: Ian Fyfye

29 February 2004 26	Celtic	5 – 1		Celtic Park
12:30	Pearson 12' Sutton 36' Thompson 48', 80' Larsson 55'	BBC Report	Lilley 41'	Attendance: 57,973 Referee: Stuart Dougal

21 March 2004 27	Aberdeen	1– 2	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
12:15	Hinds 84'	BBC Report	McMenamin 14' O'Brien 87'	Attendance: 7,477 Referee: Mike McCurry

24 March 2004 28	Livingston	2 – 3	Dundee United	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	McNamee 38' McLaughlin 72'	BBC Report	Scotland 13' Samuel 79' McIntyre 82'	Attendance: 3,082 Referee: Charlie Richmond

27 March 2004 29	Livingston	0 – 0	Dunfermline Athletic	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC Report		Attendance: 3,558 Referee: Iain Brines

3 April 2004 30	Hibernian	3 – 1	Livingston	Easter Road
15:00	McManus 39' Riordan 54', 83'	BBC Report	Lilley 50'	Attendance: 6,507 Referee: Hugh Dallas

7 April 2004 31	Livingston	1 – 1	Kilmarnock	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Fernández 83'	Livi Mad Report	Dargo 85'	Attendance: 2,677 Referee: Mike Ritchie

14 April 2004 32	Livingston	1 – 1	Rangers	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	McMenamin 79'	BBC Report	Mols 25'	Attendance: 6,596 Referee: Willie Young

17 April 2004 33	Heart of Midlothan	1 – 1	Livingston	Tynecastle Stadium
15:00	McKenna 18'	BBC Report	McMenamin 73'	Attendance: 10,352 Referee: John Underhill

24 April 2004 34	Livingston	2 – 0	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	McNamee 24' McMenamin 63'	BBC Report		Attendance: 3,133 Referee: Craig Thomson

1 May 2004 35	Kilmarnock	4 – 2	Livingston	Rugby Park
15:00	Nish 54', 79' Canning 74' McSwegan 87'	BBC Report	Makel 13' O'Brien 23'	Attendance: 5,023 Referee: John Rowbotham

9 May 2004 36	Livingston	2 – 2	Partick Thistle	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	O'Brien 22' McMenamin 68'	BBC Report	Madaschi 5' Grady 63'	Attendance: 3,160 Referee: Willie Young

12 May 2004 37	Dundee	2 – 0	Livingston	Dens Park
19:30	Novo 5', 90 pen.'	Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 4,954 Referee: Calum Murray

15 May 2004 38	Livingston	4 – 1	Hibernian	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Lovell 8' Lilley 64' Fernández 78' Makel 89'	BBC Report	Doumbe 75'	Attendance: 4,409 Referee: Mike McCurry

Scottish League Cup

23 September 2003 Second round	Queen's Park	1 – 3	Livingston	Hampden Park
19:45	Clark 89'	Livi Mad Report	Makel 9' (79) Quino 40'	Attendance: 1,011 Referee: John Underhill

29 October 2003 Third round	Dundee United	0 – 1	Livingston	Tannadice Park
19:30		BBC Report	Gallacher 19 o.g.'	Attendance: 2,899 Referee: Willie Young

2 December 2003 Quarter-final	Aberdeen	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
19:45	Tosh 34', 59' 59'	Livi Mad Report	Lilley 15' Pasquinelli 50' Makel 99'	Attendance: 6,090 Referee: Stuart Dougal

3 February 2004 Semi-final	Dundee	0 – 1	Livingston	Dens Park
19:45		Livi Mad Report	Lilley 90' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,600 Referee: Mike McCurry

14 March 2004 Final	Hibernian	0 – 2	Livingston	Hampden Park
15:00		BBC Report	Lilley 50' McAllister 52'	Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Willie Young

Scottish Cup

10 January 2004 Third round	Livingston	1 – 0	Montrose	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Fernández 17'	Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 2,675 Referee: Craig MacKay

8 February 2004 Fourth round	The Spartans	0 – 4	Livingston	City Park
15:00		Livi Mad Report	Lilley 53', 61', 70' Fernández 59'	Attendance: 3,123 Referee: Craig Thompson

6 March 2004 Quarter-final	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Livingston	Pittodrie Stadium
15:00	Muirhead 57'	Livi Mad Report	Anderson 51 o.g.'	Attendance: 11,593 Referee: Dougie McDonald

18 March 2004 Quarter-final replay	Livingston	1 – 0	Aberdeen	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	O'Brien 26'	Livi Mad Report		Attendance: 4,485 Referee: Dougie McDonald

11 April 2004 Semi-final	Livingston	1 – 3	Celtic	Hampden Park
15:00	McMenamin 79'	Report	Sutton 37', 65' Larsson 50'	Attendance: 26,152 Referee: Kenny Clark

Statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
7	Dundee	38	12	10	16	48	57	−9	46
8	Hibernian	38	11	11	16	41	60	−19	44	Qualification for the UEFA Intertoto Cup second round^[b]
9	Livingston	38	10	13	15	48	57	−9	43
10	Kilmarnock	38	12	6	20	51	74	−23	42
11	Aberdeen	38	9	7	22	39	63	−24	34

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.
^ Hibernian qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest placed team to apply to participate in the competition.

References

^ "2003-04 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 2 October 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Livingston lift CIS Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 March 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
^ "Livingston 1-3 Celtic". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 April 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
^ "Keane puts Livingston on Maximo alert Brazilian named as surprise new manager". Herald Scotland. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "Livingston boss resigns". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 October 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
^ "fixtures 2003-04". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
^ "Livingston results 2003/2004". Livi Mad. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

[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_IC0.83554416421593-9] Hibernian qualified for the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup as the highest placed team to apply to participate in the competition.

[1] "2003-04 Premier League". Scottish Football Archive. Retrieved 2 October 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[2] "Livingston lift CIS Cup". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 March 2004. Retrieved 2 October 2011.

[3] "Livingston 1-3 Celtic". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 11 April 2004. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

[4] "Keane puts Livingston on Maximo alert Brazilian named as surprise new manager". Herald Scotland. 5 June 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[5] "Livingston boss resigns". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 October 2003. Retrieved 29 September 2011.

[6] "fixtures 2003-04". Livingston Fc. Retrieved 18 October 2011.

[7] "Livingston results 2003/2004". Livi Mad. Retrieved 27 October 2011.

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