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LIVI PAY PACKETS EAGERLY ANTICIPATED LIVINGSTON PLAYERS were last night looking forward to receiving their monthly salaries, due to be paid to them on Thursday morning. Scotland Under-19 international Leigh Griffiths had his eye on a new pair of football boots. "I saw the boots I want at a local sports shop," beamed the highly-rated midfield dynamo, "and I asked the manager to keep them behind the counter for me. I told him I'd be in first thing on Thursday to pick them up." Almondvale keeper Roddy McKenzie also had big plans for his April salary. "My daughter turns nine on Friday," he said, "and she's got her heart set on a new bike. I can't wait to see the look on her face." For one unnamed player at the West Lothian club, the wage packet couldn't arrive soon enough. "It's quite literally a matter of life and death," sweated the Livi ace, who is believed to be saddled with huge gambling debts. One big-hearted star had a special reason to look forward to the arrival of his salary. Preferring to remain anonymous, he is generously funding a life-saving liver transplant for a Sudanese orphan, due to take place at the weekend.