Devlin says he will honour Livi contract

Captain Mikey Devlin is determined to lead Livingston in the Scottish Championship next season.

The West Lothian side's relegation was confirmed last weekend with a 4-1 defeat away to Motherwell and Devlin says they simply were not good enough to stay up.

The 30-year-old anticipates plenty of change over the summer, but insists he expects to be at the club beyond this summer.

“I’ve got a contract for next year so, as it stands, yes,” Devlin said.

“I’ll need to speak to the manager to see if that’s what he wants as well.

“I understand that when a club gets relegated there’s going to be change and things might not always be the way you would want it to be, so me and the gaffer will have a chat and see what’s best moving forward.

“Having been in the Premiership, we don’t want to have to go down to the Championship but that’s the result of not being good enough all season.

“My job is to turn up every day and do what I’m asked to do and be the best I can possibly be to help the club. That will start next year being in the Championship and doing everything we can to get the club back into the Premiership.”

David Martindale's side have three league fixtures remaining and Devlin wants to finish the campaign on a high note.

“We want to try and win the three games and try and restore a bit of pride,” said Devlin, whose side host St Johnstone on Saturday.

“You don’t want to finish the season as far adrift as we are at the moment, so we want to try and win those last three games and close the gap a little bit to make it look a little bit more respectable.”