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.
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.
They reformed their youth academy in January 2022 following approval from the Scottish FA Licensing Committee.
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 <onlyinclude> As of 30 August 2025
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.
NameFromToTenureTitle John McLaughlan1996 20037 years Coaching and Development manager Tony Fitzpatrick2003 20052 years Head of youth development Graeme Robertson2005 20094 years Head of youth development Brian Welsh2009 20123 years Head of youth development Richie Burke2012 20131 year Head of youth development Jimmy Dunn & Peter Main2016 20182 yearsHeads of youth development Jimmy Dunn2020 20211 yearHead of youth development Gary Hocknull2021 20221 yearHead of youth development Jason Little 202220242 yearsHead of youth development George Cairns2025 Present Academy director
Staff As of 1 June 2025
Position NameAcademy director George CairnsHead of youth programme Callum JeffreyHead of professional programme Colin JackU16 coach Liam CampbellU16 coach Dean RitchieU14 coach Fraser McCallumU14 coach Velichko YankovU13 phase coach Robert NeilU13 coach Murray ScottU12 coach Joe RoyU12 coach Kerrin SmithU12 coach Mark MolloyU11 coach Peter GodwinU11 coach Glenn McFarlaneAcademy goalkeeper coach Cameron GorrieAcademy 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#Name and nationalityDate of transferNew clubInitial feeAdd onsTotal fee1 Graham Dorrans West Bromwich Albion £100k £100k2 Robert Snodgrass Leeds United £35k £35k3 James McPake Coventry City £350k £350k4 Murray Davidson St Johnstone £50k £50k5 Leigh Griffiths Dundee £125k £125k6 Andy Halliday Middlesbrough £200k £200k7 Stefan Scougall Sheffield Utd £182k £182k8 Coll Donaldson QPR £150k £150k9 Marc McNulty Sheffield Utd £125k £125k10 Danny Mullen St Mirren £200k £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 nationalityDate of debutAge at debutAppsGoalsPro debutInt caps 1 David McEwan 50 2 Richard Brittain 654 3 James McPake 1006 4 Graham Dorrans 7716 5 Robert Snodgrass 7915 6 Stephen Adam 70 7 Martin Scott 190 8 Scott Boyd 40 9 Allan Walker 723 10 Gary Miller 400 11 Steven Weir 181 12 Murray Davidson 377 13 Leigh Griffiths 4822 14 Kenny Adamson 60 15 Mark Torrance 30 16 Keaghan Jacobs 31933 17 Christopher Malone 370 18 David Sinclair 1146 19 Andy Halliday 4515 20 Gordon Smith 50 21 Cameron MacDonald 1181 22 Kyle Jacobs 14410 23 Neil Hastings 30 24 Joe McKee 10 25 Marc McNulty 4822 26 Darren Jamieson 820 27 Stefan Scougall 709 28 Callum Fordyce 957 29 Ross Docherty 300 30 Michael Travis 10 31 Dean Cummings 111 32 Andrew Russell 80 33 Dylan Easton 60 34 Connor McDonald 120 35 Jack Beaumont 80 36 Jack Downie 40 37 Danny Mullen 14133 38 Ross Gray 120 39 Coll Donaldson 241 40 Kyle Lander 111 41 Shaun Rutherford 120 42 Matthew Knox 241 43 Jack Hamilton 170 44 Carlo Pignatiello 10 45 Sam Culbert 10
Honours Reserve Reserve League Cup: 1998–99, 2000–01https://www.livingstonfc.co.uk/club/club_honours.php Reserve League West: 2000–01 SPFL Reserve League 2: 2018–19, 2019–20Hamilton Academical and Livingston Named Reserve League Champions , Scottish Professional Football League, 16 June 20202019/20 SPFL Reserve League 2 Champions , Livingston FC, 16 June 2020
Youth SFL Under 19 Youth Division: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 SFL Under 19 Youth League Cup: 2008–09 SFL Under 17 Division: 2011–12 SFL Under 17 Youth League Cup: 2010–11
References
External links Livingston Official Website: Development squad