George Livingstone

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| name = George Livingston

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| fullname = George Turner Livingston{{Cite book |title=Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players |last=Litster |first=John |publisher=PM Publications |location=Norwich}}{{efn|ScotlandsPeople spells the surname Livingston in both the birth and death entries.}}

| birth_date = {{birth date|1876|5|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dumbarton, Scotland

| death_date = {{death date and age|1950|1|15|1876|5|5|df=y}}

| death_place = Helensburgh, Scotland

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| position = Inside forward, wing half

| youthyears1 = 1892–1893 |youthclubs1 = Sinclair Swifts

| youthyears2 = 1893–1894 |youthclubs2 = Artizan Thistle

| years1 = 1894–1895 |clubs1 = Parkhead |caps1 = |goals1 =

| years2 = 1895–1896 |clubs2 = Dumbarton |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1896–1900 |clubs3 = Hearts |caps3 = 50 |goals3 = 26

| years4 = 1900–1901 |clubs4 = Sunderland |caps4 = 30 |goals4 = 12

| years5 = 1901–1902 |clubs5 = Celtic |caps5 = 17 |goals5 = 4

| years6 = 1902–1903 |clubs6 = Liverpool |caps6 = 31 |goals6 = 4

| years7 = 1903–1906 |clubs7 = Manchester City |caps7 = 81 |goals7 = 19

| years8 = 1906–1909 |clubs8 = Rangers |caps8 = 47 |goals8 = 20

| years9 = 1909–1915 |clubs9 = Manchester United |caps9 = 43 |goals9 = 4

| years10 = 1919 |clubs10 = Dumbarton |caps10 = 1 |goals10 = 0

| totalcaps = 300 |totalgoals = 89

| nationalyears1 = 1906–1907 |nationalteam1 = Scotland |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1907 |nationalteam2 = Scottish League XI |nationalcaps2 = 1 |nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1911–1915 |managerclubs1 = Manchester United Reserves (player-manager)

| manageryears2 = 1919–1920 |managerclubs2 = Dumbarton

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George Turner Livingston (5 May 1876 – 15 January 1950) was a Scottish footballer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/georgeturnerlivingstone.html |title=George Turner Livingstone – Scotland Football League Record from 02 Mar 1907 to 02 Mar 1907|website=www.londonhearts.com |access-date=10 December 2018}} He played for several prominent clubs for a few years apiece, including Heart of Midlothian, Celtic and Rangers in Scotland, and Sunderland, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United in England. Livingstone was capped twice for the Scotland national team; his regular position was at inside forward.

Career

Livingstone was born in Dumbarton and started his career with local team Sinclair Swifts. He then moved to Artizan Thistle and Parkhead,{{Cite web|url=http://www.sonsarchive.com/player.php?id=894|title=Geordie Livingstone – Player Statistics|website=The Sons Archive – Dumbarton Football Club History|access-date=10 December 2018}} before moving to Heart of Midlothian in the Scottish Football League,{{Cite web|url=http://www.londonhearts.com/scores/players/livingstongeorget.html|title=George T Livingston – Hearts Career – from 19 Sep 1896 to 30 Apr 1900|website=www.londonhearts.com|access-date=10 December 2018}} being part of the squad that won the competition in his first season, 1896–97, though he only played in four of the matches. He made 59 SFL and Scottish Cup appearances for the Edinburgh club, with 29 goals scored. In 1900, he joined Sunderland,{{Cite web |url=http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Player.aspx?PlayerID=529 |title=Geordie Livingstone |website=TheStatCat |accessdate=10 December 2018}} but he only played there for a season (making 31 Football League and FA Cup appearances and scoring 12 goals – the club were league runners-up) before moving to Celtic,{{Cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/celtic/player.php?playerid=2299|title=Celtic Player George Livingstone Details|website=www.fitbastats.com|access-date=10 December 2018}} where in his one season he made 23 SFL and Scottish Cup appearances and scored seven goals as they finished as runners-up in both the league and cup.

In 1902, he moved back to England, signing for Liverpool (32 appearances, four goals) and then switched to Manchester City in 1903.{{Cite web |url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/717 |title=Liverpool career stats for George Livingstone |website=www.lfchistory.net |access-date=10 December 2018}}{{Cite web |url=https://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/Players/Player.aspx?id=140 |title=Geordie Livingstone |website=bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk |accessdate=10 December 2018}} He made 88 appearances for City, scoring 20 goals as the club won the 1904 FA Cup Final and were runners-up in the League in the same season.

He returned to Scotland in 1906, playing for Rangers for two seasons and part of a third without winning a major trophy (53 appearances, 23 goals){{Cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/player.php?playerid=1831|title=Rangers Player George Livingstone Details|website=www.fitbastats.com|access-date=10 December 2018}} before transferring to Manchester United in early 1909. He helped United win the 1910–11 Football League title (10 appearances in that campaign, from 46 and 3 goals overall) before retiring in 1914.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/livingstone_george.html|title=George Livingstone – Manchester United Player Profile & Stats|website=www.mufcinfo.com|access-date=10 December 2018}}[https://www.stretfordend.co.uk/playermenu/livingstone.html George Livingstone], StredfordEnd

He later served as manager of hometown club Dumbarton from early 1919 to late 1920{{Cite web|url=http://www.fitbastats.com/dumbarton/manager.php?id=1112|title=[Dumbarton manager] Livingston, George|website=www.fitbastats.com|access-date=5 August 2020}} (also making one final league appearance as a player) and worked under Bill Struth at Rangers as the first team trainer.{{Cite web |url=http://vintagefootballers.com/product/livingstone-george-image-2-man-city-1904/ |title=Livingstone George Turner Image 2 Manchester City 1904 |website=Vintage Footballers |accessdate=10 December 2018}}

He is the only footballer to date that has played (and scored) for both sides of the Old Firm and for Manchester's two biggest rivals.

Personal life

Livingstone's older brother Archie was also a professional footballer.{{cite book |first1=Tim |last1=Carder |first2=Roger |last2=Harris |title=Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |publisher=Goldstone Books |location=Hove |date=1997 |page=146 |isbn=978-0-9521337-1-1}} He served as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War.{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/george-livingstone-footballer/|title=George Turner Livingstone {{!}} Service Record|website=Football and the First World War|access-date=10 December 2018}}