LIVINGSTON will launch an appeal against the controversial yellow card shown to striker Steven Lawless for diving.
The striker fell to the ground inside the box under a challenge from Dundee’s Jesse Curran during Saturday’s 2-1 defeat but was booked for simulation by referee Greig Aitken.
However, television footage appears to show that the former Partick Thistle player was impeded by Curran in the 77th minute talking point.
Manager Gary Holt, whose side were reduced to ten men in the first half after Shaun Byrne was dismissed for a reckless challenge on Andy Dale, was left furious with penalty box incident.
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And the Lions’ woes were compounded by Scott Wright struck a match-winning free-kick for the Dark Blues just five minutes later.
Holt said: “It’s a stonewall penalty at a crucial point in the game. If they can’t get decisions right then what chance have you got?
“The players are hurt because the official cost us. He’s made a howler in my eyes."
Bookings can only be contested on two grounds, simulation and mistaken identity, and Livingston plan to submit an appeal with the Scottish FA ahead of today’s deadline.
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