Mullin keen to see Livingston continue rise by reaching semis
Josh Mullin aims to help Livingston make more progress in their recent rejuvenation by reaching the Betfred Cup semi-finals.
Livi are looking to reach their first major semi-final since 2006 when they host Ross County tonight. The achievement would continue the upturn in for tunes of a club who were in the bottom tier of Scottish football 10 years ago and were relegated back to the third tier in 2016. Mullin helped Livi to successive promotions before returning to the club earlier this season after two years with County.
He said :" It' s massive, a chance to get to Hampden for both teams. That's a massive incentive in itself as you don't get there very often.
"One of the reasons I came back was seeing the change and progress the club has made over the years.
"I was there from League One to going up from the Championship through the play-offs. It's been a massive rise but it's not stood still, it's continuing to do that. It comes from within the club, from the coaching staff right down through the kit man, the physio, the sports scientists - every one of them do everything they can to push you and put demands on you.
"Everyone wants to go in that direction and it's a case of everyone pulling together."
Ross Laidlaw says Count y will hope to use the quarterfinal as the spark that ignites a revival in their league form.
Stuart Kettle well' sm en stunned Celtic in the last round of the competition but things have not being going so well in the Premiership.
County have picked up just two points from their last nine games and now sit bottom of the table. But goal keeper Laidlaw says a win at the Tony Macaroni Arena could fire his side not only to Hampden but up the standings.
He said: "No - one wants to be sitting where we are in the table right now. We had a good start to the season but it's tailed off recently.
"We know we've got some winnable games coming up, especially at home with some of the teams around us. So we' re hoping to take some strong performances into those as well as the quar terfinal against Livi.
"A couple of wins could change the whole outlook of the season.”