DAVID MARTINDALE has questioned why Livingston were forced to play their re-arranged Premiership clash with Celtic on the eve of their trip to Hampden.
The Lions face St Mirren in the Betfred Cup semi-finals this afternoon as Martindale looks to lead his side into the showpiece final and extend their ten game unbeaten run since his appointment.
While the Buddies have had a clear week to prepare for the fixture, Livingston were in league action on Wednesday evening as they earned a point against Celtic for the second time in five days.
Martindale said: "It's frustrating because a club our size have a not bad size of squad but we don't have a massive budget so you've not got a squad of 23 or 24 that you would class as first-team players.
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"I am looking at the Kilmarnock and St Mirren stuff today and their games are all scheduled for the 17th and 24th of February and I am thinking, 'could you not have given us a wee break here and could we not have played on the 17th or 24th of February?'
"There's plenty of other dates in the calendar, why did we have to play on Wednesday? A back-to-back with Celtic as well because Celtic got to the Scottish Cup final. It's a wee bit frustrating.
"Put the shoe on the other foot, I'd be delighted if it was St Mirren playing on the Wednesday and it would be part of your game preparation.
"We had that conversation, then got told what date we were playing. It's Livingston!”
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