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Late collapse leaves Livingston heading for more challenging rebuild than should have been needed

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It’s difficult to accurately assess Livingston’s season. On the one hand, comfortably avoiding relegation and sealing an unprecedented sixth successive top flight campaign whilst having the lowest budget in the division can be seen as a resounding success.

On the other, though, they were sitting pretty in fourth place at the start of February and had everyone expecting a top six finish and dreaming of a first European jaunt in two decades before a late, spectacular collapse.

Seven points from their last nine pre-split games ensured it was disappointment once again. Simply being bang average would have taken them over the line - and they weren't even that good.

They didn’t particularly fare better in their post-split campaign either, having to settle for eighth place. Add in a staggering 3-0 home loss to Inverness in the last-16 of the Scottish Cup and it’s fair to say the team failed to reach their potential.

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