Poverty, Prison, Premiership

A Story of Football, Scotland and Class Warfare

Davie Martindale was never supposed to succeed.

Born into poverty and raised in the schemes of West Lothian, Martindale went from a prison cell to managing Scottish Premiership side Livingston FC, along the way undertaking a journey that few could have imagined.

Raw, unflinching, and impossible to ignore, Prison, Poverty, Premiership is the remarkable story of Davies life. Its the story of how a broken leg and bad choices derailed a promising youth career, how crime and addiction nearly ended everything, and how football became an undeniable route back. This is the story of his rise from cleaning the terraces as a volunteer, to leading Livingstons climb through the leagues, as both man and team defied every expectation to earn their place at Scottish footballs top table.

More than a football memoir, this is a powerful account of Scotlands class divides, the re