Livingston have confirmed that tonight’s Scottish Premiership match with Dundee United has been postponed due to a frozen pitch.
The match was given the go-ahead earlier this afternoon but after an inspection by the officials, the match has now been called off.
It is understood that there is a layer of ice on top of the all-weather surface, meaning the game cannot go ahead.
Meanwhile, Livingston may have eased themselves into fourth place in the cinch Premiership last weekend but manager David Martindale joked that his efforts have cut no ice at home.
Livi’s impressive 4-2 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park on Saturday extended their unbeaten run to four games to leave them four points behind third-placed Hearts.
But Martindale stressed that league placings are currently of no interest to him and it is business as usual at home.
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A smiling Livi boss said: “I don’t read too much into it. I went home on Saturday night and said to Martha: ‘Look, I’m sitting fourth, go and make my dinner,’ and she said: ‘Chase yourself.’
“So it doesn’t do anything for me if I am honest. I still have to do the dishes, still have to get up and make the wee one’s breakfast. I don’t really get any kudos in the house for that.
“It is a marathon, not a sprint. I have been on the flip side of that, sitting 12th in the table last year and people were saying: ‘You are sitting 12th do you look at the league?’
“I genuinely don’t pay too much attention. It’s one game at a time and see where it takes us.
“Kudos to the players and the staff at the club because we are in a fantastic place but I don’t really read too much into it.”
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