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Livingston defender recalls 'like someone had died' feeling after Lions' late collapse last term

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Livingston defender James Penrice says the mood inside the dressing room after last season’s top six collapse was ‘like someone had died’.The squad sat there in silence, unable to come to terms with the fact an injury-time leveller against Motherwell had knocked them out of the top six in the final seconds.To their credit, the Lions bounced back well - going undefeated in their five games post-split - but it’s a feeling he’s determined not to feel again this season.Livi make the trip through to Paisley today knowing a win would give them a four point cushion over the Buddies for that sixth spot.The 24-year-old commented: “I was absolutely gutted last season.

It’s a lot of the same boys from last season. If you’d walked into the changing room last year it was like someone had died.“It was total silence, nobody was speaking because we knew what a chance we’d had.

I was just white with shock, everyone was gutted.“To be fair, we picked ourselves up after that and we didn’t lose a game in the bottom six but it was a sore one to take.

Nobody wants to feel that way again. It has been in our heads since then and we want to get the job done this time.”He added: “Sometimes getting a bad experience like that is good for you and what happened last season will make the feeling much better if we do achieve it this time.“Saturday’s game could be pivotal.

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