Livingston 3 - 1 Inverness CT

League Match
Saturday, August 12th, 2000, 3:00 PM at Almondvale Stadium, Livingston
Attendance: 4,113
Referee: R Orr
Livingston Inverness CT

Goalscorers
Paul Deas (24)
Scott Crabbe (51)
Barry Wilson (86)
Iain Stewart (75)

Team Managers
Jim Leishman Steve Paterson

Starting Eleven
Alexander
McManus
Deas
Dolan
Coughlan
Anderson
Wilson
McCulloch
Crabbe
Bingham
Hagen
Les Fridge
Richard Hastings
Ross Tokely
Bobby Mann
Stuart Golabek
Charlie Christie
Paul Sheerin
Kevin Byers
Martin Bavidge
Davide Xausa
Dennis Wyness

Bench
Britton
McCormick
Sweeney
Fleming
McCaldon
Jim Calder
Barry Robson
David Hind
Roy McBain
Iain Stewart

Substitutions
Britton -> Crabbe (79)
McCormick -> Wilson (87)
Barry Robson for Kevin Byers (65)
Iain Stewart for Martin Bavidge (65)

Bookings
None. Ross Tokely

Red Cards
None. None.
Appearances & Goals To Date
Les Fridge (GK) 71 apps -
Ross Tokely 119 apps7 goals
Stuart Golabek 44 apps1 goal
Richard Hastings 195 apps2 goals
Bobby Mann 51 apps2 goals
Kevin Byers 43 apps2 goals
Paul Sheerin 104 apps33 goals
Charlie Christie 197 apps27 goals
Dennis Wyness 35 apps5 goals
Davide Xausa 24 apps12 goals
Martin Bavidge 48 apps6 goals
Barry Robson (sub) 53 apps6 goals
Iain Stewart (sub) 133 apps79 goals

Starting Lineup
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (21 years 163 days)
Oldest Player:Bobby Mann (2002 years 11 days)
Average Player Age:27 years 280 days
Domestic Players:10 (90.91 % of starting eleven)

Matchday Squad
Youngest Player:Ross Tokely (21 years 163 days)
Oldest Player:David Hind (2002 years 11 days)
Average Player Age:30 years 135 days
Domestic Players:15 (93.75 % of matchday squad)

First Team Debuts

Milestones

Caley Thistle were well beaten by a very good Livingston side which included ex-Inverness favourites Mark McCulloch and Barry Wilson. Livingston took the lead in 24 minutes when Scott Crabbe's low corner was cleared only as far as Paul Deas and he lashed the ball home from 40 yards. Jamie Dolan hit the bar then Bobby Mann was adjudged to have brought down Wilson in the box. Les Fridge saved Scott Crabbe's penalty. Five minutes into the second half Martin Bavidge was denied by a superb reflex action save from Neil Alexander. A minute later it was 2-0 when Scotte Crabbe side-footed the ball past Fridge from the penalty spot after good build-up play from Wilson on the right. With 15 minutes left Alexander failed to hold a low cross and Iain Stewart nipped in to score. This spurred on the visitors but they could not find the finishing touch to equalise. The match was settled four minutes from time when Wilson pounced on a mistake by Fridge and prodded the ball home.

Match report written by Ian Broadfoot



Pld W D L F A +/- Pts
1. Clyde 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 6
2. Livingston 2 2 0 0 5 1 4 6
3. Alloa Athletic 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
4. Ayr United 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 4
5. Inverness CT 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
6. Falkirk 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 3
7. Raith Rovers 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1
8. Airdrieonians 2 0 1 1 1 3 -2 1
9. Morton 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0
10. Ross County 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3 0