Livingston F.C. B Team and Academy
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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.
| Full name | Livingston Football Club Academy | ||
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| Nickname | Livingston Colts | ||
| Website | www | ||
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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[citation needed]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 John McLaughlan[4] |
1996 | 2003 | 7 years | Coaching and Development manager |
| Tony Fitzpatrick[5] |
2003 | 2005 | 2 years | Head of youth development |
| Graeme Robertson[6] |
2005 | 2009 | 4 years | Head of youth development |
| Brian Welsh[7] |
2009 | 2012 | 3 years | Head of youth development |
 Richie Burke[8] |
2012 | 2013 | 1 year | Head of youth development |
| Jimmy Dunn & Peter Main[9] |
2016 | 2018 | 2 years | Heads of youth development |
| Jimmy Dunn[10] |
2020 | 2021 | 1 year | Head of youth development |
| Gary Hocknull[11] |
2021 | 2022 | 1 year | Head of youth development |
| Jason Little [12] |
2022 | 2024 | 2 years | Head of youth development |
| George Cairns[13] |
2025 | Present | Academy director | |
Staff
As of 1 June 2025[14]
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Academy director | George Cairns |
| Head of youth programme | Callum Jeffrey |
| Head of professional programme | Colin Jack |
| U16 coach | Liam Campbell |
| U16 coach | Dean Ritchie |
| U14 coach | Fraser McCallum |
| U14 coach | Velichko Yankov |
| U13 phase coach | Robert Neil |
| U13 coach | Murray Scott |
| U12 coach | Joe Roy |
| U12 coach | Kerrin Smith |
| U12 coach | Mark Molloy |
| U11 coach | Peter Godwin |
| U11 coach | Glenn McFarlane |
| Academy goalkeeper coach | Cameron Gorrie |
| Academy goalkeeper coach | Martin 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 | ||||||
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| # | Name and nationality | Date of transfer | New club | Initial fee | Add ons | Total fee |
| 1 | Graham Dorrans | 31 January 2008 | West Bromwich Albion | £100k[15] |  | £100k |
| 2 | Robert Snodgrass | 25 July 2008 | Leeds United | £35k[16] |  | £35k |
| 3 |  James McPake | 2 February 2009 | Coventry City | £350k[17] | | £350k |
| 4 | Murray Davidson | 14 May 2009 | St Johnstone | £50k[18] | | £50k |
| 5 | Leigh Griffiths | 24 June 2009 | Dundee | £125k[19] | | £125k |
| 6 | Andy Halliday | 6 May 2010 | Middlesbrough | £200k[20] | | £200k |
| 7 | Stefan Scougall | 24 January 2014 | Sheffield Utd | £182k[21] | | £182k |
| 8 | Coll Donaldson | 30 January 2014 | QPR | £150k[22] | | £150k |
| 9 | Marc McNulty | 19 May 2014 | Sheffield Utd | £125k[23] | | £125k |
| 10 | Danny Mullen | 1 January 2018 | St Mirren | £200k[24] | | £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 |
| 1 | David McEwan[25] | 1 May 2001 | 19 years, 64 days | 5 | 0 | | |
| 2 | Richard Brittain[26] | 14 January 2002 | 18 years, 112 days | 65 | 4 | | |
| 3 | James McPake[27] | 3 April 2004 | 19 years, 284 days | 100 | 6 | | |
| 4 | Graham Dorrans[28] | 11 September 2004 | 17 years, 129 days | 77 | 16 | | |
| 5 | Robert Snodgrass[29] | 11 September 2004 | 17 years, 4 days | 79 | 15 | | |
| 6 | Stephen Adam[30] | 27 November 2004 | 18 years, 17 days | 7 | 0 | | |
| 7 | Martin Scott[31] | 31 July 2005 | 19 years, 166 days | 19 | 0 | | |
| 8 | Scott Boyd[32] | 20 August 2005 | 19 years, 77 days | 4 | 0 | | |
| 9 | Allan Walker[31] | 31 July 2005 | 19 years, 209 days | 72 | 3 | | |
| 10 | Gary Miller[33] | 29 October 2005 | 18 years, 197 days | 40 | 0 | | |
| 11 | Steven Weir[34] | 3 May 2006 | 17 years, 212 days | 18 | 1 | | |
| 12 | Murray Davidson[35] | 25 November 2006 | 18 years, 263 days | 37 | 7 | | |
| 13 | Leigh Griffiths[36] | 30 December 2006 | 16 years, 132 days | 48 | 22 | | |
| 14 | Kenny Adamson[37] | 14 April 2007 | 18 years, 8 days | 6 | 0 | | |
| 15 | Mark Torrance[38] | 21 April 2007 | 18 years, 243 days | 3 | 0 | | |
| 16 |  Keaghan Jacobs[39] | 24 November 2007 | 18 years, 76 days | 319 | 33 | | |
| 17 | Christopher Malone[40] | 23 February 2008 | 17 years, 343 days | 37 | 0 | | |
| 18 | David Sinclair[41] | 19 April 2008 | 17 years, 271 days | 114 | 6 | | |
| 19 | Andy Halliday[42] | 26 April 2008 | 16 years, 198 days | 45 | 15 | | |
| 20 | Gordon Smith[42] | 26 April 2008 | 17 years, 72 days | 5 | 0 | | |
| 21 | Cameron MacDonald[43] | 13 September 2008 | 18 years, 285 days | 118 | 1 | | |
| 22 | Kyle Jacobs[44] | 21 February 2009 | 17 years, 252 days | 144 | 10 | | |
| 23 | Neil Hastings[45] | 1 August 2009 | 17 years, 121 days | 3 | 0 | | |
| 24 | Joe McKee[45] | 1 August 2009 | 16 years, 274 days | 1 | 0 | | |
| 25 | Marc McNulty[46] | 31 October 2009 | 17 years, 47 days | 48 | 22 | | |
| 26 | Darren Jamieson[47] | 27 April 2010 | 19 years, 71 days | 82 | 0 | | |
| 27 | Stefan Scougall[48] | 16 October 2010 | 17 years, 313 days | 70 | 9 | | |
| 28 | Callum Fordyce[49] | 23 April 2011 | 18 years, 304 days | 95 | 7 | | |
| 29 | Ross Docherty[50] | 7 May 2011 | 18 years, 104 days | 30 | 0 | | |
| 30 | Michael Travis[51] | 23 July 2011 | 18 years, 78 days | 1 | 0 | | |
| 31 | Dean Cummings[52] | 15 October 2011 | 18 years, 200 days | 11 | 1 | | |
| 32 | Andrew Russell[53] | 12 November 2011 | 18 years, 227 days | 8 | 0 | | |
| 33 | Dylan Easton[54] | 11 February 2012 | 17 years, 311 days | 6 | 0 | | |
| 34 | Connor McDonald[55] | 7 April 2012 | 17 years, 358 days | 12 | 0 | | |
| 35 | Jack Beaumont[56] | 10 April 2012 | 17 years, 211 days | 8 | 0 | | |
| 36 | Jack Downie[57] | 5 May 2012 | 18 years, 43 days | 4 | 0 | | |
| 37 | Danny Mullen[58] | 18 August 2012 | 17 years, 170 days | 141 | 33 | | |
| 38 | Ross Gray[59] | 9 February 2013 | 20 years, 141 days | 12 | 0 | | |
| 39 | Coll Donaldson[60] | 30 March 2013 | 17 years, 355 days | 24 | 1 | | |
| 40 | Kyle Lander[61] | 6 April 2013 | 17 years, 75 days | 11 | 1 | | |
| 41 | Shaun Rutherford[62] | 3 May 2014 | 17 years, 212 days | 12 | 0 | | |
| 42 | Matthew Knox[63] | 26 December 2015 | 16 years, 4 days | 24 | 1 | | |
| 43 | Jack Hamilton[64] | 22 July 2017 | 17 years, 22 days | 17 | 0 | | |
| 44 | Carlo Pignatiello[65] | 19 September 2020 | 20 years, 247 days | 1 | 0 | | |
| 45 | Sam Culbert[66] | 14 January 2025 | 18 years, 255 days | 1 | 0 | | |
Honours
Reserve
- Reserve League Cup: 1998–99, 2000–01[67]
- Reserve League West: 2000–01
- SPFL Reserve League 2: 2018–19, 2019–20[68][69]