Livingston F.C.

Livingston F.C.

Livingston Football Club is a Scottish association football club based in Livingston, West Lothian. The club currently plays in the Scottish Football League First Division.

The club was founded in 1943 as Ferranti Thistle, a works team. The club was admitted to the Scottish Football League and renamed as Meadowbank Thistle in 1974, and played its matches at Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh. In 1995, the club was relocated to Livingston and renamed after that town. The club enjoyed significant success in the ten years after moving to Livingston, winning promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2001, qualifying for the UEFA Cup in its first season in the top flight (finishing third after Celtic and Rangers), and winning the 2004 Scottish League Cup. The club hit financial problems in 2004, and was relegated to the First Division in 2006. In July 2009 the club faced more financial problems and entered liquidation proceedings which stopped a day later once an agreement was reached between the SFA, the administrators and potential investors to keep the club afloat. The club was then demoted to the Third Division. The club achieved promotion in the two consecutive seasons and now play in the First Division.

They are managed by Gareth Evans, following the departure of John Hughes.