Livingston F.C. B Team and Academy

Livingston Academy
Full nameLivingston Football Club Academy
NicknameLivingston Colts
Websitewww.livingstonfc.co.uk

In addition to their senior squad, Livingston Football Club also operate a football Academy which contains a number of football teams culminating in an under-18 side.

History

The club's youth academy has produced the likes of Robert Snodgrass, Graham Dorrans and Leigh Griffiths, who have all gone on to play for Scotland.[1]

Livingston disbanded their youth academy teams in 2018, due to financial and governance pressures following being placed in the bottom tier of the new youth structure by Project Brave.[2]

They reformed their youth academy in January 2022 following approval from the Scottish FA Licensing Committee.[3]

Players

  • In addition to below, Livingston F.C. Academy also operates youth sides from under-11 upwards.
  • Some academy players on a domestic loan can still feature for the youth sides, but cannot play for the first team.

Squad

As of 30 August 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK  SCO Evan Myles
— DF  SCO Marshall Boyd
— DF  SCO Jay McFarlane-Letham
— DF  SCO Matthew McCaffrey
— DF  SCO Duncan Wright
— MF  SCO Johnny Armstrong
— MF  SCO Ciaran Maguire
— MF  SCO Liam Woods
— MF  SCO Ethan Price
— MF  SCO Kerr Honeyman
— MF  SCO Harvey Petrie
— MF  SCO Keir Allan
— MF  SCO Codi Stark
— MF  SCO Mackenzye Campbell
— FW  SCO Sam Culbert

Manager history

Livingston's reserve side, in its various guises, has had several managers and coaches during its operation. For many years the long-standing name of the second string was the Reserve team, however, due to internal restructuring it was more recently known as the Under-20 team, then the Development squad and currently B team. As consequently the title of the manager overseeing the team changed to reflect this. Below is a list of individuals who oversaw the reserve side since approximately 1995.

Name From To Tenure Title
Scotland John McLaughlan[4] 1996 2003 7 years Coaching and Development manager
Scotland Tony Fitzpatrick[5] 2003 2005 2 years Head of youth development
Scotland Graeme Robertson[6] 2005 2009 4 years Head of youth development
Scotland Brian Welsh[7] 2009 2012 3 years Head of youth development
England Richie Burke[8] 2012 2013 1 year Head of youth development
Scotland Jimmy Dunn & Peter Main[9] 2016 2018 2 years Heads of youth development
Scotland Jimmy Dunn[10] 2020 2021 1 year Head of youth development
Scotland Gary Hocknull[11] 2021 2022 1 year Head of youth development
Scotland Jason Little [12] 2022 2024 2 years Head of youth development
Scotland George Cairns[13] 2025 Present Academy director

Staff

As of 1 June 2025[14]

Position Name
Academy directorGeorge Cairns
Head of youth programmeCallum Jeffrey
Head of professional programmeColin Jack
U16 coachLiam Campbell
U16 coachDean Ritchie
U14 coachFraser McCallum
U14 coachVelichko Yankov
U13 phase coachRobert Neil
U13 coachMurray Scott
U12 coachJoe Roy
U12 coachKerrin Smith
U12 coachMark Molloy
U11 coachPeter Godwin
U11 coachGlenn McFarlane
Academy goalkeeper coachCameron Gorrie
Academy goalkeeper coachMartin Scott

Academy legacy

Financial return

The combined transfer fees for all Academy graduates is, to date, approximately £1.6m. The list below includes players who have been schooled at the club's Academy and have commanded a transfer upon their departure.

First-team graduates transfer fees received
# Name and nationality Date of transfer New club Initial fee Add ons Total fee
1Scotland Graham Dorrans31 January 2008West Bromwich Albion England£100k[15]Green tick£100k
2Scotland Robert Snodgrass25 July 2008Leeds United England£35k[16]Red X£35k
3Northern Ireland James McPake2 February 2009Coventry City England£350k[17]Red X£350k
4Scotland Murray Davidson14 May 2009St Johnstone Scotland£50k[18]Red X£50k
5Scotland Leigh Griffiths24 June 2009Dundee Scotland£125k[19]Red X£125k
6Scotland Andy Halliday6 May 2010Middlesbrough England£200k[20]Red X£200k
7Scotland Stefan Scougall24 January 2014Sheffield Utd England£182k[21]Red X£182k
8Scotland Coll Donaldson30 January 2014QPR England£150k[22]Red X£150k
9Scotland Marc McNulty19 May 2014Sheffield Utd England£125k[23]Red X£125k
10Scotland Danny Mullen1 January 2018St Mirren Scotland£200k[24]Red X£200k

List of Academy graduates

Below is a list of players who made a first-team appearance for Livingston, whilst a youth team player at the club. This includes both players that have come through the club's Academy set-up and also young professional players signed for the academy who then go on to play in the first-team.

Players in bold are currently at the club.

First-team graduates
# Name and nationality Date of debut Age at debut Apps Goals Pro debut Int caps
1Scotland David McEwan[25]1 May 200119 years, 64 days50Green tickRed X
2Scotland Richard Brittain[26]14 January 200218 years, 112 days654Green tickRed X
3Northern Ireland James McPake[27]3 April 200419 years, 284 days1006Green tickGreen tick
4Scotland Graham Dorrans[28]11 September 200417 years, 129 days7716Green tickGreen tick
5Scotland Robert Snodgrass[29]11 September 200417 years, 4 days7915Green tickGreen tick
6Scotland Stephen Adam[30]27 November 200418 years, 17 days70Green tickRed X
7Scotland Martin Scott[31]31 July 200519 years, 166 days190Green tickRed X
8Scotland Scott Boyd[32]20 August 200519 years, 77 days40Green tickRed X
9Scotland Allan Walker[31]31 July 200519 years, 209 days723Green tickRed X
10Scotland Gary Miller[33]29 October 200518 years, 197 days400Green tickGreen tick
11Scotland Steven Weir[34]3 May 200617 years, 212 days181Green tickRed X
12Scotland Murray Davidson[35]25 November 200618 years, 263 days377Green tickGreen tick
13Scotland Leigh Griffiths[36]30 December 200616 years, 132 days4822Green tickGreen tick
14Scotland Kenny Adamson[37]14 April 200718 years, 8 days60Green tickRed X
15Scotland Mark Torrance[38]21 April 200718 years, 243 days30Green tickRed X
16South Africa Keaghan Jacobs[39]24 November 200718 years, 76 days31933Green tickRed X
17Scotland Christopher Malone[40]23 February 200817 years, 343 days370Green tickRed X
18Scotland David Sinclair[41]19 April 200817 years, 271 days1146Green tickRed X
19Scotland Andy Halliday[42]26 April 200816 years, 198 days4515Green tickRed X
20Scotland Gordon Smith[42]26 April 200817 years, 72 days50Green tickRed X
21Scotland Cameron MacDonald[43]13 September 200818 years, 285 days1181Green tickRed X
22South Africa Kyle Jacobs[44]21 February 200917 years, 252 days14410Green tickRed X
23Scotland Neil Hastings[45]1 August 200917 years, 121 days30Green tickRed X
24Scotland Joe McKee[45]1 August 200916 years, 274 days10Green tickRed X
25Scotland Marc McNulty[46]31 October 200917 years, 47 days4822Green tickGreen tick
26Scotland Darren Jamieson[47]27 April 201019 years, 71 days820Green tickRed X
27Scotland Stefan Scougall[48]16 October 201017 years, 313 days709Green tickRed X
28Scotland Callum Fordyce[49]23 April 201118 years, 304 days957Green tickRed X
29Scotland Ross Docherty[50]7 May 201118 years, 104 days300Green tickRed X
30South Africa Michael Travis[51]23 July 201118 years, 78 days10Green tickRed X
31Scotland Dean Cummings[52]15 October 201118 years, 200 days111Green tickRed X
32Scotland Andrew Russell[53]12 November 201118 years, 227 days80Green tickRed X
33Scotland Dylan Easton[54]11 February 201217 years, 311 days60Green tickRed X
34Scotland Connor McDonald[55]7 April 201217 years, 358 days120Green tickRed X
35Scotland Jack Beaumont[56]10 April 201217 years, 211 days80Green tickRed X
36Scotland Jack Downie[57]5 May 201218 years, 43 days40Green tickRed X
37Scotland Danny Mullen[58]18 August 201217 years, 170 days14133Green tickRed X
38Scotland Ross Gray[59]9 February 201320 years, 141 days120Green tickRed X
39Scotland Coll Donaldson[60]30 March 201317 years, 355 days241Green tickRed X
40Scotland Kyle Lander[61]6 April 201317 years, 75 days111Green tickRed X
41Scotland Shaun Rutherford[62]3 May 201417 years, 212 days120Green tickRed X
42Scotland Matthew Knox[63]26 December 201516 years, 4 days241Green tickRed X
43Scotland Jack Hamilton[64]22 July 201717 years, 22 days170Green tickRed X
44Scotland Carlo Pignatiello[65]19 September 202020 years, 247 days10Green tickRed X
45Scotland Sam Culbert[66]14 January 202518 years, 255 days10Green tickRed X

Honours

Reserve

Youth

  • SFL Under 19 Youth Division: 2007–08,[70] 2008–09,[70] 2009–10,[70] 2010–11[71]
  • SFL Under 19 Youth League Cup: 2008–09[70]
  • SFL Under 17 Division: 2011–12[72]
  • SFL Under 17 Youth League Cup: 2010–11[73]

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