Jair Tavares didn’t score an own goal or receive a red card or even do anything particularly wrong in his maiden Hibs bow – he was even eligible to play! – but it was still an inauspicious start as he and his new team-mates get the finger of blame for being partly responsible for a particularly embarrassing moment in a year that’s already had its fair share.
The Portuguese winger was a half-time substitute in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Greenock Morton in Edinburgh, a result was changed to a 3-0 loss after it was discovered Rocky Bushiri played while suspended, confirming the club’s exit from the competition.
The group-stage beginning to the Premier Sports Cup should, in theory at least, make it easier for top-flight clubs to advance.
Should they suffer a setback then there are three other games against supposedly weaker opposition to put it right. Nine points is typically enough.