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Post by The Lions' Den on Jan 31, 2013 0:16:40 GMT 1
Dumbarton v Livingston
SFL Division 1
Sat 2nd Feb '13
Post your pre match thoughts here.
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Post by LIVItv archive 2008-15 on Jan 31, 2013 0:25:43 GMT 1
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Post by ritchieerik on Jan 31, 2013 12:36:20 GMT 1
2-1 to us.
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Post by Pedro on Jan 31, 2013 13:41:40 GMT 1
Weve turned them over a few timed and would like to see that continue.
However, they've picked up recently and will have bags of confidence, especially after beating both Morton and Partick in the past few weeks.
Would love a win but might have to settle for the draw.
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Post by Inch Lion on Jan 31, 2013 16:34:32 GMT 1
Looking forward to this game on Sat. Even better a direct train from West Lothian to Dumbarton.
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Post by Mango Fan on Jan 31, 2013 20:37:02 GMT 1
Saturday can't come quick enough. Hope the rain stays off tho.
Mango for another goal?
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Post by sims on Jan 31, 2013 22:57:07 GMT 1
Not got a good vibe about this game. Not sure what Ian Murray has put in his players tea, but it's certainly working. Will be happy to come away with a draw from this.
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Post by ritchieerik on Jan 31, 2013 23:48:03 GMT 1
Looking forward to this game on Sat. Even better a direct train from West Lothian to Dumbarton. There's always a supporters bus. |
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Post by LiviLion21 on Feb 1, 2013 11:39:08 GMT 1
Albeit the past two weeks have been huge games in terms of playing the top teams, I think this now ranks up there as a very important one. We've been talking about these games in hand for a while now and this our chance to turn them into points on the board and catch up on Morton and the Pars a bit.
Undoubtedly a tough place to go just now with them bang in form but EEP is a tough place to go too and we ground out a win there.
It's possible that Dumbarton's improvement might not be a bad thing as we won't be going there thinking we'll stroll it so the mindset will be right.
If we keep playing how we have in recent weeks, we'll give ourselves a good chance of taking the points back home.
COLTS!
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Post by fourfourtwo on Feb 1, 2013 13:31:49 GMT 1
Dumbarton have won 5 of their last 6 games and only lost to dunfermline in amongst that. Really tough game i think and we'll have to be on our game to get the win. With them doing aswell as they are I think a point will be good here.
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Post by LiviLion21 on Feb 1, 2013 15:46:10 GMT 1
Apologies but a wee plug here -
If anyone is getting the LLSC coach from the Stadium at 11.55am tomorrow, why not head down a little bit earlier and see supporters side FC Livingston GS in action against Raith Rovers supporters team Geordie Munrovers on the Fieldturf. The game is a Scottish Cup 1/4 final with Hearts side Real Maroon awaiting the winner in the semis. 11am KO tomorrow morning.
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Post by ritchieerik on Feb 1, 2013 17:50:25 GMT 1
Apologies but a wee plug here - If anyone is getting the LLSC coach from the Stadium at 11.55am tomorrow, why not head down a little bit earlier and see supporters side FC Livingston GS in action against Raith Rovers supporters team Geordie Munrovers on the Fieldturf. The game is a Scottish Cup 1/4 final with Hearts side Real Maroon awaiting the winner in the semis. 11am KO tomorrow morning. Tempting, what's the quality of football like? |
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Post by Inch Lion on Feb 1, 2013 17:50:51 GMT 1
If we play the way we have been then we have every chance to win the match, but it will be good to see what kind of football Murray has them playing. They have the big boy Lister so hopefully not just route 1 fitba  |
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Post by Pedro on Feb 1, 2013 17:53:57 GMT 1
 See you behind the goals. COLTS! |
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Post by Livi Lions SC on Feb 1, 2013 18:44:24 GMT 1
Just a wee last minute shout out:The Livi Lions SC will be picking up at the usual places in and around Livingston before heading to the game in Dumbarton, with the pick-up times as follows: The Cawburn ( Pumpherston) 11.35am The Black Bull ( Mid Calder) 11.40am Crofthead Farm ( Dedridge) 11.45am Almondvale ( Stadium Bar) 11.55am The Saltire ( Carmondean) 12.00pm The coach is book into Eastfield Bowling Club, Glasgow Rd, Dumbarton, which is situated on the main road, approx 5-10 mins from the ground ( click here for map). The bowling club will be laying on FREE pie and beans for us. ;D Fares: Concession only £6, Adult only £8, *Parent + Child only £12 *Exact change much appreciated! All new travellers welcome!To book your seat, please post on the dedicated booking thread ---> here. PLEASE USE REAL NAMES FOR ALL BOOKINGS
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Post by Mango Fan on Feb 2, 2013 9:22:10 GMT 1
Come on ye Lions COLTS |
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Post by Livi News on Feb 2, 2013 12:07:30 GMT 1
No danger of Lions taking Sons lightly
By CALUM LESLIE
MARC McNULTY insists there’s no danger of Livingston
underestimating Dumbarton tomorrow as the Lions travel to face the in-form team in the First Division.
Ian Murray’s team were sitting on five points and in bottom place in the league only two months ago, but an extraordinary run of five wins in six games has moved them out of the relegation spots.
That form has included
victories over leaders Morton and second-placed Partick Thistle, and McNulty says Livi know just how tough tomorrow’s game will be.
He said: “Gareth Evans (coach) kept telling us all week that if the league was over the last six games Dumbarton would be top of the league – so there’s no way we’ll be underestimating them, it’s a brilliant run they’ve been on.
full article www.scotsman.com/sport/football/sfl-division-one/no-danger-of-lions-taking-sons-lightly-1-2771492 |
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Post by The Lions' Den on Feb 2, 2013 19:54:08 GMT 1
FT: Dumbarton 3-4 Livingston
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Post by ritchieerik on Feb 2, 2013 21:30:39 GMT 1
Brilliant second half!
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Post by LIVItv archive 2008-15 on Feb 2, 2013 22:09:50 GMT 1
Despite desperate claims to the contrary by the Dumbarton defence (after the goal), Tony Andreu (2nd from left) is clearly onside as Burton O'Brien plays him in for Livi's second of the afternoon. Dumbarton 3-4 Livingston SFL Division 1 Sat 2nd Feb '13 |
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Post by Pedro on Feb 2, 2013 23:36:15 GMT 1
Indeed it was! It's quite unbelievable to think that a half of football where we absolutely dominated the other side ended up 3-3! We were all over them until we scored our 4th then every single player switched off thinking the game was won. Wrong! Hope that's a lesson to all involved to never, ever, let your guard down. Scougall, Bobo, Andreu, Jesus and Iain Russell were the stand outs for me today but we were pretty much up to speed in every position. Russell never stopped running all afternoon (JC said at the fans forum that this was a problem?) and fully deserved his goal. He was always going to score there today though, wasn't he?  Good to see that Tony was onside for our 2nd as there was quite a lot of complaining going on before he squared it to Scougall to tuck it away. Great positional sense from him and well done Bobo on such a pin point through ball! A couple of small points though - Fox had a few slack passes (you could see what he was trying just he didn't give the ball enough momentum to get to it's intended player) and McNeil had maybe two or three relatively poor clearances which went straight to Dumbarton players. It could be argued that the ball back to him put him under undue pressure but even at that the trick is to hoof it out/into row Z/anywhere when out in that position. Morton's goal was an absolute rasper and he again looked sharp and something a bit different when he came on later in the second half. A great 3 points against the form team in Scotland before today (5 wins from 6) so more than happy to come away with the victory. Biggest disappointment of the afternoon was that only 744 souls bothered to turn up. The match deserved far, far more than that.  Anyway, would be great to turn them over again next weekend at out bit and keep our push up the league on the move. COLTS! |
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Post by Livi News on Feb 2, 2013 23:44:38 GMT 1
Livingston held off a superb late comeback from Dumbarton to emerge as victors.
The visitors had lost just two in their last 10 games and it looked set to be a rout when they went two goals up before the hour mark.
Goals from ex-Dumbarton forward Iain Russell and Stefan Scougall either side of the break gave them that lead.
full article www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21300568 |
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Post by sims on Feb 3, 2013 1:08:52 GMT 1
Biggest disappointment of the afternoon was that only 744 souls bothered to turn up. The match deserved far, far more than that. A disappointing figure, although probably not helped by the fact that all the main broadcast organisations were reporting that the game was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. Glad to have come away from the game with the 3 points. Didn't look likely for most of the first half then seemed a cert for most of the second until they got their 2nd and 3rd. Glad there wasn't another 5/10 minutes after their 3rd as I doubt we'd have held on. Good to see Watson back, gives us a bit more strength in depth at the back. |
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Post by ritchieerik on Feb 3, 2013 1:34:03 GMT 1
Strange decision to swap CB's for me. And to take Scougs off instead of Foxy when we were trying to close the game out.
Getting quite worried about Sparky now, was almost non-existent today and his head is always down. In my opinion he needs a swift kick up the arse and dropped for a game or two, unfortunately we've got nobody to fill in for him!
Still no word on Luongo, surprised he wasn't mentioned at the fans forum meeting.
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Post by Gregory's Girl on Feb 3, 2013 11:38:01 GMT 1
A disappointing figure, although probably not helped by the fact that all the main broadcast organisations were reporting that the game was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. I'm raging. We looked at the BBC and Sky too and both said the game was P-P so we didn't bother. I can't believe I went round the centre instead of being at the match. It sounds like we missed a really good game. Can't wait to see the highlights onLiviTV. |
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