The Scottish football season is BACK as competitive action returns to grounds up and down the country.
The Premier Sports Cup group stage takes centre stage for the 2022/23 campaign curtain raiser as the dream of lifting the trophy starts here. Hibs and Lee Johnson enter this stage of the competition with the Hibees faithful getting a first taste of what like under the new boss will be like when they face Clyde. Edinburgh rivals Hearts alongside Celtic, Rangers, Dundee United and Motherwell are given direct entry to the knockout stages due to their involvement in European competition.
Hibs are joined in Group D alongside the Bully Wee, Falkirk, Bonnyrigg Rose and Greenock Morton with a place in the knockout round of the tournament and top spot in the section the main target for Johnson and Co. The eight group winners and three best runners-up will secure passage to the last 16.
