Livingston are confident that their manager, David Hopkin, will not walk away from the newly-promoted club as they prepare for a season in the Ladbrokes Premiership.
Hopkin’s contract with Livingston ran out on Sunday, when their stunning aggregate victory in the play-off final against Partick Thistle secured promotion for the second successive campaign. They will be in the top flight for the first time since 2006.
Bigger clubs are sure to have noticed his impact since Hopkin took charge in December 2015 — Carlisle United have been credited with an interest — but John Ward, the club’s majority shareholder, inisisted that nothing should be read into the expiry of the former Scotland international’s existing deal.
“One of the things I really like about Davie is