Respected Hillsborough campaigner and criminologist Phil Scraton has urged the Scottish Football Association to back Livingston’s appointment of David Martindale as manager. Martindale faces a hearing on Tuesday to determine whether he passes the SFA’s criteria for fit and proper club officials. However, Martindale faces questions over his criminal past having been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail in 2006 for drugs and money-laundering charges. In the letter to SFA chief executive Ian Maxwell, which has been published by Livingston, Scraton wrote: “Granted remission, it is clear in David Martindale’s case that the punitive element of his sentence had been realised. “I believe that within its grasp the Scottish FA has the opportunity to acknowledge David Martindale’s remarkable personal and professional transition.

Source: Express January 25, 2021 15:59 UTC