Livingston boss David Martindale admits he'd prefer his side had a grass park - but disputes claims artificial surfaces cause more injuries

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Livingston boss David Martindale says he’d love to have a grass park - but hit out at suggestions the club’s artificial surface causes more than its fair share of injuries.Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou claimed the surface was a factor in defender Cameron Carter-Vickers picking up an injury when the two sides met last weekend.But Martindale, who said he would choose to have a hybrid park ‘all day long’ believes the SPFL Premiership won’t follow their Dutch counterparts in banning artificial surfaces.The top-flight side in the Netherlands are expected to vote that all clubs must have grass surfaces in time for the 2025/26 season.Martindale commented: “My understanding is that it has nothing to do with injuries why the Dutch are taking them out, I’m sure if it was it would be all over the media.“Can I see it coming out of Scottish football?

Probably not if I’m being honest because then you are taking away that pathway.“How many teams outwith the Scottish Premiership have a plastic park?

It is then becoming sporting elite as opposed to sporting integrity. I don’t see that changing short term in Scotland.”“It would then be financials dictating who gets into the Premiership and not sporting integrity.”He added: “I don’t get where the injury side comes from it when you look at that comparison.

What is it about a plastic park that supposedly leads to more injuries?“It’s got to be because the park is either too hard or too soft.