David Livermore (born 20 May 1980) is an English retired

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who is the former assistant manager of

Millwall Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east ...

, Cardiff City and Gillingham. Livermore has featured for clubs such as

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Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, that compete in the . They have played home games at the MKM Stadium since moving from Boothferry Park in 2002. The club's t ...

Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club (), commonly referred to simply as Brighton, is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton and Hove. They compete in the Premier League, the top tier of the English football league ...

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...

and

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The history of Oldham Athletic ...

. He also served as a player/manager at

Histon Histon is a village and civil parish in the South Cambridgeshire district, in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is immediately north of Cambridge – and is separated from the city – by the A14 road (England), A14 road which r ...

Playing career

Born in

Edmonton, London Edmonton is a town in north London, England within the London Borough of Enfield, a local government district of Greater London. The northern part of the town is known as Lower Edmonton or Edmonton Green, and the southern part as Upper Edmonto ...

, Livermore was a trainee at

and went on to feature for

, where he became club captain. With Millwall, he won the

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Division Two title. While at the club he also played in the

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, but he conceded a penalty as they lost to Manchester United. He as well netted the 1000th goal of the Coca-Cola £1 million goal chase against

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

. In 2006, Livermore won Millwall's Player of the Year award. Livermore joined

for £500,000, having been spent only ten days as a

Leeds United Leeds United Football Club is a professional football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire in England. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of England's football league system, and plays its home matches at Elland Road S ...

player after signing from Millwall in the summer of 2006 also for £500,000. This came after Leeds manager

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stated the club had eventually managed to acquire other players in the same position in

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and

Kevin Nicholls Kevin John Richard Nicholls (born 2 January 1979) is an English former footballer who played in midfield. He most recently played for Luton Town, a club where he spent eight years at in two separate spells. At the beginning of his second stint ...

, and felt Livermore's first team chances were limited. Livermore missed Hull's first two matches in the 2006–07 season through injury, but went on to play in twenty-five league games, scoring four goals and aiding Hull in escaping relegation. He joined

on loan on 31 January 2008. With the Latics he played 10 games and scored once altogether. On 5 June 2008, Hull announced that Livermore would be leaving the club that summer, following their promotion to the

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. On 3 July 2008, it was announced that Livermore had agreed a two-year contract at

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club

. On 26 March 2009, Livermore was allowed to leave Brighton to join

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side

on loan, where he made eight appearances. On 2 February 2010, it was revealed that Livermore was due to leave Brighton, although his current contract wouldn't expire until the end of the season. On 4 February 2010 he signed with

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, scoring once in 14 appearances, against

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. After a change of manager two games before the end of the 2009–10 season, he was released by Barnet.

Managerial career

Livermore was appointed manager of

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team

on 23 August 2010. Livermore featured 14 times during the 2010–11 season, after which Histon were relegated to the

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; he was a more regular fixture for the club in the 2011–12 season with 30 starts and one substitute appearance, as they finished the season in 16th place. In 2012, Livermore was recruited as a youth team coach at Millwall and in 2015, was appointed as the assistant manager of the club. On 3 October 2019, Livermore resigned as assistant manager of Millwall. On 31 January 2022, Livermore again followed Neil Harris as his assistant manager to League One strugglers Gillingham.

Style of play

His preferred position is central

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, but he can also play in

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, either in the centre or at

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Honours

Club

Millwall *

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: 2000–01 *

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runner-up: 2003–04

Individual

* Millwall Player of the Season: 2005–06

References

External links

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