RODDY COLLINS has been appointed as the general manager of Livingston FC, after Irish businessman Anthony McMullen secured a 50% stake in the club.

Livingston are not expecting any appeal from Dundee to threaten their Bank of Scotland Premier League status.

West Lothian Council have blasted the Halifax Bank of Scotland after the Lionheart Consortium withdrew their bid to take over Livingston.

Administrators brought in to save Livingston today announced that they had been forced to sack six players.