HIbs continue their pre-season fitness programme with a friendly against Brian Rice’s Hamilton Academical this afternoon.
Today’s game will take place at Easter Road and the club will the fixture to test new measures including physical distancing requirements to safeguard players and staff when the Premiership gets underway against Kilmarnock on Saturday 1st August.
The club has installed a temporary away dressing room in the South Stand concourse for the use of the visitors.
Previous bounce games this season have taken place at the Training Centre but this afternoon’s visit from Hamilton will give the staff an opportunity to iron out any wrinkles.
Jack Ross’s men were due to play Ross County on Saturday but the game was called off due to the delayed return of players and managements’ COVID-19 test results.
The Ross County coach had reached Perth by the time the postponement was announced.
Meanwhile the club have announced that the ticket office will reopen from 11am on Thursday 23 July.
Staff have been working remotely of late to comply with the guidelines laid down by the Scottish Government, but are looking forward to getting back to dealing with supporters on a face-to-face basis whilst in-person sales will be cashless until further notice.
The office will reopen on matchdays once supporters have access to Easter Road again and, in the meantime, the hours of business are as follows:
Thursday 23 July – 11am-4pm.
Friday 24 July – 11am-4pm.
Saturday 25 July – 10am-3pm (one Saturday opening before season commences).
Thereafter, Monday-Friday – 11am-4pm.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
