The Livingston boss has spoken about his experiences in gangs as a teen as he backed the Record's Our Kids ... Our Future campaign.
Livingston boss David Martindale has told how being stabbed and slashed as a teenager drove him to a life of gang violence in a bid to gain 'social status'.
"Then fell into gang culture because being associated with a gang added to your social status and the other people in the gang became your family. We used to congregate on the streets and there was a lot of fighting between football casuals. But when you're involved in gangs, you need to win. "But for me, my time in jail just added to the social status that I wanted for myself. I wasn't smart enough at that point in time to realise the path I was going down."
Martindale enrolled at Heriot-Watt University while he awaited trial and completed his first degree in construction project management when he was released from prison in 2010. Martindale has thrown his weight behind the Record's Our Kids ... Our Future campaign, which launched in February after we reported on a sickening spate of violent attacks on teens. And the Livingston boss wants to see the Scottish Government do more to keep kids off the streets by ensuring those from poverty-stricken backgrounds are given the same opportunities as children who come from affluent areas.
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