Scottish Cup winners to play Ross County in Premiership opener
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ROSS County will start their Scottish Premiership season at home to Scottish Cup winners St Johnstone on August 9 – that’s four days before a trip to Partick Thistle.
Derek Adams’ County, who were seventh last season, will travel to St Mirren for their last game before the split on April 11.
October 18 is when the Staggies first play Celtic and that will be at Victoria Park.
The Dingwall side scored two wins over the sixth-placed Perth Saints last season and lost once at McDiarmid Park.
The first Highland derby is set for October 4 in Inverness.
New Year’s Day sees Ross County host ICT, with Celtic welcoming County to Glasgow just two days after Christmas.
January is a packed month, with seven fixtures scheduled, edning on the 31st with ICT v Ross County.
Caley Thistle’s league season starts with successive matches against the league’s newcomers Hamilton Accies.
John Hughes’ Highlanders, who finished fifth in the top-flight last term, will head to New Douglas Park on the weekend of August 9/10 for their opener a week before kicking off their home campaign against Dundee.
Accies dramatically overturned a 2-0 deficit to send Hibernian down to the Championship in a breath-taking two-leg play-off last month.
Paul Hartley, who was linked to the Inverness CT job when Terry Butcher quit for Hibs in November, will look for his Dundee team to get off to a strong start to their away campaign in the Highlands.
*** See this week’s North Star for reaction to Ross County’s opening fixtures.
