Davie Martindale: Last News

Rangers picked up where they left off last season as they cruised to a straight-forward win over Livingston. Having chalked up a perfect 19 home wins out of 19 last term, Steven Gerrard ’s Invincibles added another to that streak to set a new club record of 20 consecutive league victories at Ibrox.

Unfortunately, the same was not needed for the return journey as they fell 2-1 against St Johnstone in this season's second Scottish Cup semi-final. It was the battle of the Saints to see who would meet Jack Ross’ Hibs team on May 22 to fight it out for the last piece of silverware of the season.

Join thousands of others and get the latest West Lothian Courier news and sport sent straight to your inbox.A revitalised Celtic gave Livingston a torrid afternoon in Glasgow today.The Lions headed into the game in good form, having won two and drawn one of the last three, and lined up with the same starting eleven that beat Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup last week.The Livi manager Davie Martindale told The Courier midweek that there was no fear factor for his side heading to Glasgow and so it proved in the opening stages as Livingston attacked Celtic right from the off.Sitting in fifth place in the league, the Lions started the game four points clear of St Johnstone and five points adrift of Aberdeen in fourth place so the pressure was

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.Livingston will need to treat Edinburgh City with respect if they're to start their Betfred Cup campaign with a win, according to assistant manager Davie Martindale.The Lions make the trip through to the capital this evening to take on their League Two hosts and Martindale has hinted that changes will be kept to a minimum.He commented: "There will be a few changes but it's also important to keep the momentum going so you need to watch you don't change things too much."The boys are now gelling together and you can see that it's becoming a wee bit more natural on the park.