1974–75 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian
1974–75 season
ManagerEddie Turnbull[1]
Scottish Premier Division2nd
Scottish CupR3
Scottish League CupF
UEFA CupR2
Drybrough CupSF
Highest home attendance38,585 (v Rangers, 29 March)
Lowest home attendance5325 (v Dunfermline Athletic, 15 March)
Average home league attendance13,721[2] (down 618)

During the 1974–75 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division and reached the third round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1974–75 Scottish First Division
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
1 31 August Aberdeen A 3–2 Cropley (2), Harper 13,431
2 7 September Heart of Midlothian H 2–1 Duncan, O.G. 26,560
3 14 September Partick Thistle A 5–1 Brownlie, Harper (2), Gordon, Munro 7,208
4 21 September Dundee United H 3–0 Cropley (2, 1 pen.), Gordon 14,328
5 28 September St Johnstone H 0–1 13,963
6 5 October Dundee A 0–0 8,252
7 12 October Motherwell H 6–2 Stanton, Spalding, Cropley, Gordon, Munro (2) 12,389
8 19 October Celtic A 0–5 37,605
9 2 November Morton H 5–0 Stanton, Harper, Munro (pen.), O.G. (2) 8,342
10 9 November Dunfermline Athletic A 1–1 Gordon 8,029
11 13 November Kilmarnock A 1–1 Blackley 5,240
12 16 November Clyde H 1–0 Harper 8,973
13 23 November Rangers A 1–0 Harper 32,887
14 30 November Ayr United H 2–1 Stanton, Duncan 10,133
14 7 December Airdrieonians A 0–0 4,689
15 14 December Dumbarton H 2–0 Harper, Duncan 8,566
17 21 December Arbroath A 2–0 Duncan (2) 2,863
18 28 December Aberdeen H 0–1 13,190
19 1 January Heart of Midlothian A 0–0 35,969
20 4 January Partick Thistle H 2–2 Stanton, O.G. 10,117
21 11 January Dundee United A 3–1 O.G., Bremner, Higgins 7,580
22 18 January St Johnstone A 2–2 Smith, Higgins 6,218
23 1 February Dundee H 2–1 Stanton, Higgins 9,788
24 8 February Motherwell A 1–4 Higgins 7,552
25 22 February Celtic H 2–1 Duncan (2) 29,354
26 1 March Kilmarnock H 0–2 7,866
27 8 March Morton A 1–0 McLeod 2,314
28 15 March Dunfermline Athletic H 5–1 McLeod, Harper, Munro (3) 5,325
29 22 March Clyde A 3–0 Munro, Duncan (2) 2,033
30 29 March Rangers H 1–1 McLeod 38,585
31 5 April Ayr United A 2–2 Duncan, Brownlie (pen.) 4,971
32 12 April Airdrieonians H 6–1 Bremner, Smith, Harper (3), Duncan 7,056
33 19 April Dumbarton A 3–2 Smith, Duncan, O.G. 2,852
34 26 April Arbroath H 2–0 Brownlie, Edwards 8,719

Final League table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Rangers 34 25 6 3 86 33 56
2 Hibernian 34 20 9 5 69 37 49
3 Celtic 34 20 5 9 81 41 45

Drybrough Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Drybrough Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
QF 27 July Kilmarnock H 2–1 Duncan, Harper 13,272
SF 31 July Rangers H 2–3 Harper (2) 28,000

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
G2 10 August Rangers H 3–1 Harper, Gordon, Duncan 10,851
G2 14 August Dundee A 1–2 Harper 5,886
G2 17 August St Johnstone H 4–0 Smith (2), Harper, Duncan 9,636
G2 21 August Dundee H 4–2 Smith, Harper, Gordon, Duncan 9,969
G2 24 August St Johnstone A 3–1 Stanton, Edwards, Gordon 6,731
G2 28 August Rangers A 1–0 Cropley 4,982

Group 2 final table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hibernian 6 5 0 1 16 6 10 10
2 Rangers 6 4 0 2 16 9 7 8
3 Dundee 6 2 0 4 11 14 –3 4
4 St Johnstone 6 1 0 5 9 23 –14 2

Knockout stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
QF L1 11 September Kilmarnock A 3–3 Cropley, Harper, Gordon 10.022
QF L2 25 September Kilmarnock H 4–1 Stanton, Cropley, Duncan, Munro 15,694
SF 9 October Falkirk N 1–0 Harper 19,876
F 26 October Celtic N 3–6 Harper (3) 53,848

UEFA Cup

Main article: UEFA Cup 1974-75
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 18 September Norway Rosenborg BK A 3–2 Stanton, Gordon, Cropley 6,537
R1 L2 2 October Norway Rosenborg BK H 9–1 Harper (2), Munro (2), Cropley (2 pens.), Gordon 12,379
R2 L1 23 October Italy Juventus H 2–4 Stanton, Cropley 28,963
R2 L2 6 November Italy Juventus A 0–4 17,989

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 25 January Celtic H 0–2 36,321

See also

References

  1. ^ "Manager History for Hibernian". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Average Home League Game Attendances". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.