Livingston boss David Martindale could face 'fit and proper person' test over criminal past

[Jimmy Jazz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1351816738627874817

 

[Felixrfc]

Good timing for this to come out eh?

 

[Billy_Boyce]

It is being spun on the day the play Celtic. No coincidence

 

[sr1983]

Good timing for this to come out eh?

Aye very convenient

 

[TwoBadMice]

Got to love Scottish football

 

[BigDGrant]

Oh ffs give the guy a break. Second chance and all that.

 

[SuperGers07]

His hearing is later this afternoon. Few hours before the game

 

[AllyRFC]

Good timing for this to come out eh?

Almost like it was planned.

 

[RenfrewBear72]

Is it just me that thinks it's a bit odd he has been at Livi for 9 games and this comes out 12 hours before they play the scum?

 

[TwoBadMice]

His hearing is later this afternoon. Few hours before the game

Fking disgraceful

 

[SuperGers07]

Is it just me that thinks it's a bit odd he has been at Livi for 9 games and this comes out 12 hours before they play the scum?

The hearing was announced a few weeks ago. It was originally scheduled for a few weeks back but was postponed and changed to today

 

[Bluethruandthru]

This from an organisation who deem neil lennon to be a fit and proper person.

Priceless just priceless.

 

[Mexi]

So he can't prepare for tonight's game because he's at Hampden for this meeting?

Who are they playing again?

 

[QueensferryCR3Bear]

This isnt new news, we knew about this happening today some time ago.

The timing is questionable though isnt it. Right before Celtic play a tough away game...

 

[Sticky Fingers]

...and they say Scottish Football isn’t corrupt or dodgy...

Funny it comes out before their match tonight.

Wonder who organised that?

 

[AllyRFC]

4 years in jail! Bet not many people with a criminal record like that get a decent job like this. Pretty mental, actually

 

[RobbenHood]

Surely he’d have had to get tested when he became involved in football?

His past isnt exactly a secret, why’s it taken this long? Bit of a joke tbh, the SFA are a disgrace

 

[NDC bear forever]

What this point if rehab if they’re going to deem him not fit and proper?

 

[Aragorn]

The guy appears to have turned his life around when inside...Does seem strange that this rears its head at the present moment.

 

[Barca Bear]

Is it just me that thinks it's a bit odd he has been at Livi for 9 games and this comes out 12 hours before they play the scum?

It was organised weeks ago, already a thread on it then.

 

[Craigie]

Surely it would be more of a story had he not faced such a test?

 

[TheGerz89]

Did the Motherwell baseball player receive this test as well?

 

[Fourladshadadream]

He will be ok if it involves knife crime and a woman.

 

[Livibear]

"For the prison and court system to work, there has got to be a rehabilitation process. How do people get back into society? Do you want people falling into a vicious circle and reoffending?”

This.

If you’re going to write people off forever, then you’re as well just dishing out life sentences.

 

[SuperAlly1990]

Do players that have had a criminal past have to go through this 'fit and proper' test?

I doubt it.

 

[Bilkypark]

A deflection tactic,no doubt ordered by Lieswell to take the heat off them.
Despicable club from top to bottom.

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

Surely he’d have had to get tested when he became involved in football?

His past isnt exactly a secret, why’s it taken this long? Bit of a joke tbh, the SFA are a disgrace

Not that the two of them are comparable, but Dave King's fit and proper person test took forever to take place aswell.

 

[Main Stand]

His hearing is later this afternoon. Few hours before the game

I’m sure it’s been moved again.

 

[temperance]

His hearing is later this afternoon. Few hours before the game

I think that was postponed.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Good timing for this to come out eh?

Been out for a while. Ludicrously I think the hearing is/was scheduled for 1500hrs today.

 

[Wilbert]

This has came out the same day that Edouard has been been linked with Real Madrid? Hmm something not right here.

 

[BWO]

Shouldn’t they be prioritising covid protocol violation punishments for Nonce FC?

 

[Main Stand]

Been out for a while. Ludicrously I think the hearing is/was scheduled for 1500hrs today.

I’m 80% sure it’s been moved to later in the week.

 

[Dave Angell]

SFA on the ball eh ?

Now, about those Covid protocol breaches by the filth .........

 

[possilbear2]

This has already been reported in the news.

 

[Big D]

The timing stinks, but it's right he should face a fit and proper person test. If, as seems the case, he's fully rehabilitated and turned his life around, then good luck to him and I hope the authorities accept that. Given his past though, it would make a mockery of even having F&P criteria if he was simply waved through.

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

If this has been on the horizon for weeks I doubt it's going to affect tonight's game.

 

[Whitburnbear]

Is that surname of gypo origin BTW ?

 

[TQ3]

Who judges that? No one in Scottish football admin is fit and proper, in fact they are far more corrupt than El Chapo. If they knock him back, can we request they scrutinise Covid FC for “fit and proper” after all their top man claimed they are a separate entity, clearly a cover up and perverting the course of justice, a criminal offence in Scotland.

 

[KED]

Current players at Motherwell, Dundee and the scum with criminal convictions and no mention of checking their fit & proper status. Maybe Martindale needs to register as a player and use that little loophole.
Guy’s been at Livi for years and seems to have turned his life round, can they say the same about those players?

 

[bLuE PirAtE]

Did the racist Griffiths have to face a fit and proper panel?

 

[si72]

Another day,another deflection to take the heat off the filth.

 

[ICA_86]

If anything, it'll fire them up.

I don't see anything major coming from it.

 

[CajunBear]

What about a SPFL manager that pulled a knife on his missus and threatened to kill her? Does that pass fit and proper? The whole thing is a joke

 

[Albertz'rightpeg]

"Congratulations on winning manager of the month, but.....your not fit and proper to manage a team."
Absolutely farcical!

 

[The Baron of Renfrew]

Is it just me that thinks it's a bit odd he has been at Livi for 9 games and this comes out 12 hours before they play the scum?

It’s just purely coincidental ....... oh aye!!!! SPL, SFA, shame FC and corruption all seem very comfortable together

 

[Amity75]

Feel sorry for this guy, ok he's got a dubious past but he's certainly done a lot to get himself back on the right path. Think he's a Bear as well.

 

[Virgil Hilts]

Could CeItic pass s fit & proper entity test?

They facilitated an industrial scale sex abuse ring.

 

[Macdonsj]

when do they get to the F&PP check for Neic for threatening to stab his pregnant partner?

 

[TN8]

Already common knowledge this was happening, was it not?

Pretty unsavoury past, but he's done his time. Don't know what message they'd be sending out by banning him. He's been their assistant for ages anyway.