Neil Hastings has experienced the best of times and worst of times at Livingston - and says the club’s dramatic rise would make for perfect viewing.
The Lions’ assistant manager started his playing career at the Tony Macaroni Arena outfit as they fell into a second administration under the guidance of Angelo Massone.
That saw the club demoted to the bottom tier for the 2009-10 campaign with their rise up the divisions being completed when they achieved promotion to the Premiership in 2018.
Throw in the presence of current boss David Martindale, who has been open about his three-and-a-half year spell in prison and subsequent rehabilitation, Hastings says the likes of Netflix are missing a trick by not having a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the club.
And he believes that perhaps only then will people appreciate the success the club have enjoyed in recent years as they continue to defy budget constraints and expectations.
He said: “It’s unbelievable, the difference in the club since I left the first time. It’s a club that I always hold close to my heart and I’ve been here a long period of time. But at that point when I left we had absolutely nothing. Behind the scenes there has been a massive difference.
“Everybody knows with finances coming in to the club, or a business, it makes things easier but in terms of the spirit, the character and work ethic of the people – the players and staff at the club – it’s the same.
“The difference in the club is extraordinary, to be honest. I remember sitting on the stairs when the Italians were in as owners and there were fans outside pleading to buy the club from Massone at that time because they just wanted their club back.
“To see it come from that period to get demoted after that and relegated to the bottom league of the SPFL, then to see where they are now is brilliant.
“Now to be fighting for Europe every season, honestly, it’s unbelievable.”
He added: “Do you know what? I always talk about it and the staff laugh at me – but I think you could do a Netflix documentary about this place. It would be brilliant to watch. There are some big characters in here.
“But if you could tell the story of the club from administration to where they are now people would think it was just made up.”
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