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

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who was most recently caretaker 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 Poplar, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east of ...

. Livermore has featured for clubs such as

Arsenal An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

, Millwall,

Hull City Hull City Association Football Club is a professional association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. They compete in the , the second level of the English football league system. They play their home ...

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Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

and

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional association football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. As of the 2025–26 EFL League Two, 2025–26 season, the team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the Eng ...

. He also served as a player/manager at

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Playing career

Born in

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

, Livermore was a trainee at

. At Arsenal FC Livermore suffered an injury which led to promotion of Ashley Cole into Livermore's year group as an understudy. Ashley Cole determined that Livermore's injury was one of the crucial events of his own career. Livermore 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 2004 FA Cup final, 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

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

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

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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

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, 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 League Two 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.

Career statistics

Source:

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. In February 2024, Livermore returned to Millwall as assistant head coach following the reappointment of Neil Harris. In December 2024, following the resignation of Harris, Livermore was appointed caretaker manager.

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

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