DANNY WILSON has Premiership, Championship AND Scottish Cup medals to his name.
But, for the defender, adding to them with Livingston at this stage of his career would feel every bit as good.
Danny Wilson joined Championship side Livingston in October[/caption]
Wilson won this league with Hearts in 2015[/caption]
The 33-year-old grew up expecting to compete for trophies as a kid at Rangers.
He moved to Liverpool where the demand for success is as intense as it gets.
And he then came back north to lead a rebuilt Hearts back to the top flight at the first attempt.
Though that was a decade ago, Wilson’s desire for success hasn’t dimmed any.
He’s now part of a Livi side chasing success on three fronts.
Davie Martindale’s men face title rivals Ayr United at Somerset Park today.
They have St Johnstone in the Scottish Cup quarters and Queen’s Park in the SPFL Trust Trophy final.
And Wilson admits it’s fun to be in the mix once more at the business end of the season.
He said: “I was lucky enough to play in cup finals and go for titles when I was young.
“When that happens you think it’s going to be like that all the way throughout your career. You realise quite quickly that it isn’t!
“Coming here as I did earlier in the season I could see Livingston were doing well.
“But now we’re in a cup final, a quarter-final and right in the thick of it in the league.
“It’s everything that you want as a player, to come in and have games so meaningful.
“It’s great to be a part of and I’m really enjoying it.
“I’m not the boring old guy telling the younger ones to savour it, but they should.
“I think there’s a part of your career where you’ve got to realise it for yourself.
“As we get closer to it we’ll talk about the cup competitions, but our priority right now is the league.
“It’s boring to say it’s game by game but that’s what it’s going to have to be because it is so tight up there.”
Boss Martindale faced a huge rebuild following the club’s relegation last summer.
He got the majority of his side in place quickly as he looked to get off to a fast start.
Then, when Wilson became available in October, he found the funds to get him on a short-term deal.
The defender struggled with injury at first but signed another deal to the end of the season last month.
And, with the likes of Ryan McGowan and Stevie May around as well, Wilson likes the blend of youth and experience the Lions have.
Wilson, left, of Rangers with the CIS Insurance Cup trophy in 2010[/caption]
He said: “I think in football nowadays there’s a real push for getting youth into the team.
“We’ve got a good blend of that here. I think he values the experienced ones in the squad.
“The experienced ones are there for everybody who needs them but the young ones have got to find their own way as well.
“They’re in a good environment here where they are in a place that’s challenging on the pitch, off the pitch.
“I think it’s important that they find their own way and us as the older heads can help them through that.”
Wilson feels the club’s treble trophy hunt has kept them fresh during a hectic schedule.
He said: “When you’re at some places you can value one tournament or trophy over another.
“I don’t think we’ve done that here. I think we’ve given respect to everything that we’ve been in.
“That’s why we find ourselves in a final, a quarter-final and in the thick of it in the league.
Wilson in action for Liverpool[/caption]
“There’s going to be an edge in all these games if we keep applying ourselves, keep putting points on the board and keep progressing in the cups.”
With the title race between Falkirk, Ayr and Livi so tight, Wilson knows a clash like today’s will have a huge bearing on who goes up.
He said: “Over the next 12 games there’s going to be twists and turns.
“It’s good to be part of it. There’s a good feel about the place just now.
“It’s important we put points on the board, because I don’t really see the other two teams slipping up much.
“And when you get to the head to heads like this one they are going to be really important.
“Every point is going to be important.”
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