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Livingston have both appealed Peter Pawlett and Jack Fitzwater’s red cards from their weekend clash.The Premiership pair have now challenged referee Nick Walsh’s orderings off from the Tannadice clash and are seeking for them to be overturned.United came out as 3-0 winners but a lot of the headlines were made up by the dismissals.United’s sporting director Tony Asghar and manager Micky Mellon have both reviewed match footage and have backed their midfielder’s view that Pawlett shouldn’t have been ordered off.Pawlett was sent off by referee Nick Walsh for a first half challenge on Jason Holt.Mellon said; “I’m too far away to be honest. But I looked at the reaction of the players and it was a bit aghast."A hands in head moment.

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United’s new boss this week.It will see the Scot return to manage in his homeland for the first time, as United look to make their mark on the Premiership.Mellon was on sporting director Tony Asghar’s original short list after Robbie Neilson’s shock return to Hearts came about last month.The experienced boss has five promotions on his CV from his time in England with Fleetwood Town, Tranmere and Shrewsbury Town and he has also been the subject of interest from Sunderland and Swansea City over the last 12 months.Mellon’s Tranmere side suffered relegation to League Two after the league was called on a points-per-game average, even though they were three points from safety, had a game in hand and had won their previous three games on the

Robbie Neilson has moved to a bigger club in Hearts.Asghar was left stunned when Neilson left Tannadice for Tynecastle at the weekend on a three-year deal.There was already bitterness between the two clubs after Hearts began legal action aimed at reversing United’s promotion.And more petrol was poured on the fire by Steven Pressley when he insisted Hearts were a “far bigger” outfit.But Asghar has hit back at Pressley’s comments and believes Neilson has taken a sideways step – as he reminded the Jambos which league they are poised to play in next season.The Terrors chief said: “I’m disappointed because I thought we (Neilson and I) worked together well and we got the Championship.“I was surprised it’s happened at this time but it’s been