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David Paul Martindale

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— · Scotland Premiership

1489Current Elo

165 matches tracked

Coach DNA

Playing style

direct · low-volume

Domestic cupInternational cup

Club record

League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.

Livingston

Dec 2020 – Jan 2026 · 165 matches

1.05 points per game in Premiership (165 matches).

Livingston with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.09 (95 matches, 2 coaches).

Line-up Elo: −151 below the league average under him, −142 under the others.

Most used

  1. S. Pittman10,979' · Elo 1,380
  2. J. Holt9,949' · Elo 1,679
  3. N. Devlin8,398' · Elo 1,666
  4. A. Obileye7,387' · Elo 1,470
  5. J. Fitzwater6,922' · Elo 1,726
  6. J. Nouble6,252' · Elo 1,428
  7. A. Shinnie5,701' · Elo 968
  8. S. George5,647' · Elo 1,576
  9. J. Penrice5,481' · Elo 2,036
  10. B. Anderson5,382' · Elo 1,557

Players under David Paul Martindale

Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.

Rose most

  1. J. Nouble+529

    in 78 matches · Livingston

  2. A. Obileye+480

    in 89 matches · Livingston

  3. M. Boyes+349

    in 32 matches · Livingston

  4. M. Stryjek+330

    in 52 matches · Livingston

  5. L. de Lucas+266

    in 22 matches · Livingston

Fell most

  1. A. Shinnie−225

    in 102 matches · Livingston

  2. J. Bokila−117

    in 19 matches · Livingston

  3. J. Brenet−113

    in 13 matches · Livingston

  4. M. Nottingham−113

    in 26 matches · Livingston

  5. S. George−104

    in 64 matches · Livingston

Opponents

Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite opponents

  1. N. Clark portrait

    N. Clark1306

    in 8 matches · ST Johnstone

    −81
  2. A. Considine portrait

    A. Considine1249

    in 9 matches · ST Johnstone

    −72
  3. C. Kerr portrait

    C. Kerr1395

    in 4 matches · Dundee

    −54
  4. D. Wotherspoon portrait

    D. Wotherspoon1154

    in 8 matches · ST Johnstone

    −50
  5. M. Boyle portrait

    M. Boyle1729

    in 11 matches · Hibernian

    −48

Nemeses

  1. S. O'Donnell portrait

    S. O'Donnell1639

    in 12 matches · Motherwell

    +150
  2. J. Shaughnessy portrait

    J. Shaughnessy1625

    in 10 matches · Dundee

    +130
  3. D. Cleary portrait

    D. Cleary1676

    in 3 matches · ST Johnstone

    +129
  4. C. Ward portrait

    C. Ward1789

    in 3 matches · Motherwell

    +126
  5. T. Bair portrait

    T. Bair1802

    in 6 matches · Motherwell

    +126

Coaches

Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite coaches

  1. Jack Ross1496

    in 6 matches · Dundee Utd

    −44

  2. James McPake1377

    in 4 matches · Dundee

    −34

  3. Thomas Courts1484

    in 3 matches · Dundee Utd

    −18

  4. C. Levein1447

    in 3 matches · ST Johnstone

    −17

  5. C. Davidson1397

    in 10 matches · ST Johnstone

    −5

Nemesis coaches

  1. Tony Docherty1430

    in 3 matches · Dundee

    +145

  2. Stuart Kettlewell1500

    in 8 matches · Kilmarnock

    +72

  3. B. Robson1571

    in 6 matches · Aberdeen

    +59

  4. J. Askou1887

    in 3 matches · Motherwell

    +50

  5. Peter Leven1644

    in 3 matches · Aberdeen

    +41

Playing style

How David Paul Martindale's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)

Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.

direct · low-volume

One club since 2016 — lineup-coach attribution starts in 2016, so there's no cross-club comparison yet.