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Martindale: ‘come Kilmarnock away we should be in a better place'
Martindale: ‘come Kilmarnock away we should be in a better place'

Edinburgh Reporter

time3 days ago

  • Sport
  • Edinburgh Reporter

Martindale: ‘come Kilmarnock away we should be in a better place'

David Martindale felt that Livingston controlled large portions of their Premier Sports Cup home clash with Highland League outfit, Brora Rangers, but added: 'We were a wee bit lucky, if I am honest, at the end, couple of counters, sucker punches.' The Lions boss also felt that two offside decisions went against the West Lothian club. The one involving Danny Wilson was, he declared, 'unbelievable', but he felt the game was a good workout. His men kept the ball and tried to do the basics well and he felt they did that for the majority of the game. The Lions boss added: 'We got two goals, kept a clean sheet and, when you look around you, these games are difficult. You are expected to win them and if you don't win them by four, five, everybody is complaining. 'Results coming in (on Saturday) show it (the Premier Sports Cup) is not as easy as it is made out to be.' Martindale (pictured at a media briefing by Nigel Duncan) says his new-look squad still have work to do before the opening game in the William Hill Premiership at Rugby Park against Kilmarnock on Saturday, August 2 (15.00), but he added: 'I think we will be OK by then, still a wee bit rusty, but I can we are getting better week-by-week. 'That is us now into a proper training regime at the stadium.' The straight-talking playcaller said: 'When we came back we were training at Broxburn, we went to Holland, we came back and were at Murieston and then East Calder and we trained here and we were away at Kilmarnock (in the Premier Sports Cup). 'I am now looking to getting back to a Saturday, Saturday schedule at Livingston.' Livingston have re-laid their pitch at the Home of the Set Fare Arena and he felt the new surface performed well, even after a downpour just after the start of the game. Martindale added: 'The ball moved very quick, and it is probably truer than the previous surface. There were a couple today when I felt it stopped us progressing the game. 'Sam Culbert played a couple of through balls and the ball kind of ran out because of the surface, so I felt it was a true surface and really good and it allowed you to get the tempo in the game up.' There is no doubt that The Lions dominated possession against Brora, 64 per cent against 36 per cent, and had 17 shots against five, but the boss said that turning possession into chances was always a hard part in football. He added: 'I they are sitting in a mid to low block, the game becomes difficult with ten players behind the ball, ten players in the 18-yard box, but I was disappointed we did not do a wee bit more with that possession. 'We created enough chances to have done a little more, but their keeper made a big save from I think Andy Winter, Robbie Muirhead was off the bar, there were a couple instances where we came close. 'I thought Zak Rudden took his goal (a header inside the box) really, really well, and he was a wee bit unlucky when he got onto another, so the longer the game went on, I don't want to be disrespectful (to Brora), the easier the game became.' He argued that he was trying to win games of football in the Premier Sports Cup but also working on the basic level of fitness for the players and trying to prepare for the rigours of the William Hill Premiership which lie ahead. The boss added: 'We are now into six games so, come Kilmarnock away (in the league) we should be in a better place.' Overall, Martindale felt the structure of his men behind the ball requires polishing in training this week ahead of their home clash with Scottish League One side Kelty Hearts in the Premier Sports Cup next Saturday (kick-off 15.00). There is disappointing news, however, for Livingston FC defender, Cameron Kerr. Martindale revealed that the player does not need an operation, which is positive, but the 29-year-old will be sidelined for some time after suffering an early-season injury. The timescale could be three to four months. Meanwhile, there were no knocks to report from the Brora win in which 16 of his players received some game time. Like this: Like Related

'I don't feel we're quite there' Martindale feels Livi have work to do
'I don't feel we're quite there' Martindale feels Livi have work to do

STV News

time6 days ago

  • Sport
  • STV News

'I don't feel we're quite there' Martindale feels Livi have work to do

David Martindale believes Livingston are currently 'undercooked' as he braced himself for a tough return to the Premiership. The Lions came up to the top flight via a play-off final win against Ross County at the end of last season. Livi began their Premier Sports Cup group with a 2-1 win at East Fife on Saturday before a 1-0 defeat to fellow Premiership rivals Kilmarnock at Rugby Park on Wednesday night. Assessing the season ahead, Livingston boss Martindale said: 'Still a bit of work (to do). 'I feel that is probably the negatives of gaining Premiership entry via the play-offs. 'It feels as if you are just off the bus from Ross County if I'm honest. 'So we are a wee bit undercooked in that term, I don't feel that we're quite there. 'We've come up against Premiership opponents early doors. Other years we are the Premiership team, so you are not getting this test as early in the season. 'So a wee bit undercooked but still fairly happy where we are as a group. 'I spoke to the boys, we are going to lose games of football this year and you guys (media) are going to put your stats up, you have not won in five, two points in eight. 'We never had that last year and that's easy to manage as a manager. 'Last year was very, very easy. Win games of football, it's easy to be a manager, going into your work on a Monday morning with a big smile on your face, you've just won. 'This year's going to bring different dynamics, different questions to the group and myself. 'I've been here, obviously this group are not used to losing games of football. 'So for me, we'll focus on the performance because you're not always going to get the result. 'And if you're going to lose a game of football, I think you want to come away from that game of football obviously disappointed but with a lot of positives at the same time. 'I felt that was the case on Wednesday night. I felt for the large part of a game the performance was there but we don't get the points that maybe the performance deserves.' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country

US Citizen Who Helped Russia from inside Ukraine Granted Russian Passport by Putin
US Citizen Who Helped Russia from inside Ukraine Granted Russian Passport by Putin

Yomiuri Shimbun

time16-07-2025

  • Politics
  • Yomiuri Shimbun

US Citizen Who Helped Russia from inside Ukraine Granted Russian Passport by Putin

July 15 (Reuters) – Daniel Martindale, a U.S. citizen who helped the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops and was then spirited out of eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces, has received a Russian passport in Moscow. Russian state television broadcast a report on Tuesday showing Martindale, with a trim beard and dressed in a suit and tie, smiling as he received his new documents. 'I, Daniel Richard Martindale, voluntarily and consciously accepting the citizenship of the Russian Federation, swear to observe the Constitution,' he said in good Russian. 'The belief that Russia is not just my home, but also my family – I am extremely glad that this is not only in my heart, but also by law,' Martindale told television cameras, holding up the Russian passport. State media said Martindale had been granted the passport by order of President Vladimir Putin. Reuters was unable to reach Martindale. A spokesperson for the U.S. State Department declined to comment. A self-described Christian missionary, Martindale is one of many foreigners who have supported Russia during its war against Ukraine. But few foreigners are known to have provided key logistical support to Russia from inside Ukraine. Martindale grew to love Russia when he lived there in 2018, studying the language and teaching English in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok. Now in his early 30s, Martindale was living in Poland in the months before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He had a sense that Russia would invade Ukraine, he later told InfoDefense, a pro-Russian media project, and wanted to be there when it happened. Martindale hopped on a bicycle and rode from Poland across the Ukrainian border that February. He was in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv when Russia launched its attack. 'It was actually kind of exciting,' he told InfoDefense in May. 'I understood that the adventure I had been looking forward to was not going to be cancelled.' Over the next two years, Martindale made his way to eastern Ukraine, where he lived in a Ukrainian-held village near the front line in the Donetsk region. RESPECT AND GRATITUDE He planted carrots, sweet potatoes, and corn in his yard, and celebrated birthdays and holidays with villagers, he later told the Wall Street Journal. Secretly, Martindale was passing along information to pro-Russian troops, including details on Ukrainian military positions and other intelligence. On Tuesday, Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-installed leader of the Russian-controlled part of Donetsk region, praised Martindale, saying some of the information he had shared formed the basis for Russian planning to seize Kurakhove, a town near the key Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk. After two years of working as an informant for Russia, Martindale was spirited out of Ukraine by Russian forces as they took control of the village where he lived. At a press conference in Moscow last November, Martindale told reporters he had established contact with pro-Russian forces via Telegram. 'For the last two years, I have done everything to save the lives of Russian soldiers and ensure some kind of future for Russians in Ukraine. I would like to continue doing this,' he said. On Tuesday, Pushilin expressed gratitude to Martindale for his role in Russia's successes on the battlefield. The American 'has long since proven with his loyalty and actions that he is one of us,' Pushilin said. 'For us, this (the Russian passport) is a sign of respect and a sign of gratitude for what Daniel has done.'

US man gets Russian citizenship after secretly aiding Kremlin in Ukraine
US man gets Russian citizenship after secretly aiding Kremlin in Ukraine

India Today

time15-07-2025

  • Politics
  • India Today

US man gets Russian citizenship after secretly aiding Kremlin in Ukraine

Daniel Martindale, a US citizen who helped the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops and was then spirited out of eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces, has received a Russian passport in Moscow. Russian state television broadcast a report on Tuesday showing Martindale, with a trim beard and dressed in a suit and tie, smiling as he received his new documents."I, Daniel Richard Martindale, voluntarily and consciously accepting the citizenship of the Russian Federation, swear to observe the Constitution," he said in good belief that Russia is not just my home, but also my family - I am extremely glad that this is not only in my heart, but also by law," Martindale told television cameras, holding up the Russian passport. State media said Martindale had been granted the passport by order of President Vladimir Putin. Reuters was unable to reach Martindale. A spokesperson for the US State Department declined to comment.A self-described Christian missionary, Martindale is one of many foreigners who have supported Russia during its war against Ukraine. But few foreigners are known to have provided key logistical support to Russia from inside grew to love Russia when he lived there in 2018, studying the language and teaching English in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok. Now in his early 30s, Martindale was living in Poland in the months before Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February had a sense that Russia would invade Ukraine, he later told InfoDefense, a pro-Russian media project, and wanted to be there when it happened. Martindale hopped on a bicycle and rode from Poland across the Ukrainian border that was in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv when Russia launched its attack. "It was actually kind of exciting," he told InfoDefense in May. "I understood that the adventure I had been looking forward to was not going to be cancelled."Over the next two years, Martindale made his way to eastern Ukraine, where he lived in a Ukrainian-held village near the front line in the Donetsk AND GRATITUDEHe planted carrots, sweet potatoes, and corn in his yard, and celebrated birthdays and holidays with villagers, he later told the Wall Street Martindale was passing along information to pro-Russian troops, including details on Ukrainian military positions and other Tuesday, Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-installed leader of the Russian-controlled part of Donetsk region, praised Martindale, saying some of the information he had shared formed the basis for Russian planning to seize Kurakhove, a town near the key Ukrainian logistics hub of two years of working as an informant for Russia, Martindale was spirited out of Ukraine by Russian forces as they took control of the village where he a press conference in Moscow last November, Martindale told reporters he had established contact with pro-Russian forces via Telegram."For the last two years, I have done everything to save the lives of Russian soldiers and ensure some kind of future for Russians in Ukraine. I would like to continue doing this," he Tuesday, Pushilin expressed gratitude to Martindale for his role in Russia's successes on the battlefield. The American "has long since proven with his loyalty and actions that he is one of us," Pushilin said. "For us, this (the Russian passport) is a sign of respect and a sign of gratitude for what Daniel has done."- Ends

American Citizen's Big Admission: ‘Fed Intel For Russian Strikes and Military Gains'
American Citizen's Big Admission: ‘Fed Intel For Russian Strikes and Military Gains'

Time of India

time15-07-2025

  • Politics
  • Time of India

American Citizen's Big Admission: ‘Fed Intel For Russian Strikes and Military Gains'

/ Jul 16, 2025, 04:14AM IST An American citizen, Daniel Richard Martindale, has been granted Russian citizenship after reportedly assisting the Russian army during the Ukraine war. Martindale, who claimed to have helped Russian forces capture the Ukrainian village of Bohoiavlenka in 2023, appeared in a televised ceremony where he took an oath and was honored by the head of the Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin. Watch

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