Yes, yes, there are three city derbies in the Premiership. There’s no west-coast bias here.
However, there will be a particular clamour around the first meeting of Celtic and Rangers this season. The Ibrox side have a new manager in Martin, and there will plenty of anticipation to see how his team fare against Brendan Rodgers’ Celtic given the chasm between the two clubs last season.
Both teams will also have been in European qualifying beforehand to give this one an extra edge.
Rangers, who picked up seven points in last term’s derbies and still finished miles behind, host the first Old Firm meeting on 31 August with a noon kick-off.
When is the Dundee derby? It’s the day before at Dens Park. Will United still be in Europe by then? Will Steven Pressley, a former city rival in his playing days, have got off to a flyer with the blue half of the city?
You then have to wait until the first weekend in October before the Edinburgh derby takes centre stage.
It’s another city rivalry that will feature a new manager and Hearts boss Derek McInnes will have home advantage for his first taste of the fixture.
