Former Reading and Leeds United manager Brian McDermott is leaving his role as Director of Football at Hibernian. The news follows the arrival of Malky Mackay as the club’s new Sporting Director at the start of this month.

FORMER Reading and Leeds United manager Brian McDermott has been appointed Director of Football at Hibernian.

AFTER 25 years of coaching in other countries, Steve Kean has returned to his native Scotland to become Academy Director at Hibernian - and he and the club have big ambitions, as he tells TGG.

BRIGHTON have announced a "strategic partnership" with Scottish Premiership outfit Hibernian that will see the two clubs sharing knowledge, playing and training opportunities, and friendly matches for their different age groups.