Livingston boss David Martindale hails Ciaron Brown and hopes defender will feature for Cardiff City

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Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Livingston manager David Martindale is sad to see Ciaron Brown go, but insists he has the ability to feature regularly for parent club Cardiff City.The 23-year-old played the last game for the club in yesterday's goalless draw with Aberdeen.

Brown featured 18 times this term for the Lions, having previously tallied 17 appearances across two other loan spells for the club.Martindale commented: "We got the heads up a few weeks ago, that’s why Jackson Longridge came back into the club.“If Neil Harris (former Cardiff manager) had still been at the club , I have a good relationship with Neil, I think we might have been able to keep him for another.