Livingston defender David McNamee admits the players have been “affected” by the uncertainty created in the long-running Hassan Kachloul affair.

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

St Mirren’s dreams of causing one of the biggest Tennent’s Scottish Cup shocks of all time was very much on the cards at Parkhead this afternoon as an inspirational performance from goalkeeper Ludovic Roy kept the champions on level terms at the break.

Celtic have taken the lead against St Mirren after 38 minutes through Tommy Johnson.