sentences:  After this spell, McLaughlin returned to Livingston and was getting a chance to play first team football under the club's new manager Paul Lambert.A few months into the 2005–06 season, McLaughlin then signed a permanent contract with the Greenock club.One of the low points in his career was losing the play-off match versus Peterhead in the 2005–06 season and missing the vital penalty in a shoot-out defeat to local rivals St Mirren in the Challenge Cup semi-final.