Livingston: Interim player-manager Scott Arfield not throwing his name in for job

Long-serving boss David Martindale brought Livi back up to the top flight from the Championship at the first time of asking via last season’s play-offs.

However, they struggled to pick up points and Martindale moved into a sporting director position in February, with Bartley taking over in the dugout. The Englishman won one and drew six of his 11 matches in charge.

As well as playing down the possibility of taking on the manager’s job long-term, Arfield was adamant a player-manager role is unrealistic.

“I’ve spoken to a lot of people that have done it and I understand how difficult it is, so we’ll see tomorrow how difficult it is,” said Arfield.

“I remember when I was first coming through at Falkirk and Brian Rice was assistant to John Hughes, who was playing. John was the manager and I used to laugh when he was subbed off.

“You’re completely fixated when you’re playing, you’re the manager but I think somebody has to make decisions because you can’t see it, you’re fixated in the game, people can see it from a vantage point so I think that’s a real difficult thing to do.

“John Hughes didn’t take it very well, as you can imagine. The two of them started arguing and I had tears under my eyes, I thought it was hilarious.”