1946–47 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian
1946–47 season
ManagerWillie McCartney[1]
Scottish First Division2nd
Scottish CupF
Scottish League CupSF
Highest home attendance41,378 (v Rangers, 14 December)
Lowest home attendance15,000 (v St Mirren, 26 April)
Average home league attendance24,225[2] (up 11,225 from season 1938-39)

During the 1946–47 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish First Division
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
1 10 August Queen of the South H 9–1 30,000
2 14 August Rangers A 2–1 50,000
3 17 August Queen's Park A 1–0 47,752
4 21 August Clyde H 1–0 25,000
5 24 August Hamilton Academical H 3–2 20,000
6 28 August Aberdeen A 1–2 29,000
7 31 August Motherwell A 1–2 10,000
8 4 September Kilmarnock H 6–0 20,000
9 7 September Heart of Midlothian H 0–1 39,000
10 14 September Morton A 2–0 10,000
11 2 November Third Lanark H 4–1 20,000
12 9 November Celtic A 1–4 45,000
13 16 November Falkirk H 2–2 15,000
14 23 November Partick Thistle H 5–1 20,000
14 30 November St Mirren A 1–0 14,000
15 7 December Queen of the South A 3–1 10,000
17 14 December Rangers H 1–1 41,378
18 21 December Clyde A 2–2 15,000
19 28 December Aberdeen H 1–1 30,000
20 1 January Heart of Midlothian A 3–2 33,810
21 2 January Queen's Park H 3–1 20,000
22 4 January Morton H 1–1 18,000
23 11 January Hamilton Academical A 0–0 5,000
24 18 January Kilmarnock A 5–3 15,000
25 1 February Motherwell H 1–2 25,000
26 12 April Celtic H 2–0 25,000
27 26 April St Mirren H 1–0 15,000
28 3 May Partick Thistle A 2–0 5,000
29 10 May Third Lanark A 2–0 5,487
30 17 May Falkirk A 3–2 7,000

Final League table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 30 21 4 5 76 26 50 46
2 Hibernian 30 19 6 5 69 33 36 44
3 Aberdeen 30 16 7 7 58 41 17 39

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
G3 21 September Celtic H 4–2 20,000
G3 28 September Hamilton Academical A 6–3 1,000
G3 5 October Third Lanark H 1–2 25,000
G3 12 October Celtic A 1–1 40,000
G3 19 October Hamilton Academical H 2–0 15,000
G3 26 October Third Lanark A 2–1 17,811

Group 3 final table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hibernian 6 4 1 1 16 9 7 9
2 Celtic 6 2 3 1 11 10 1 7
3 Hamilton Academical 6 2 1 3 14 16 –2 5
4 Third Lanark 6 1 1 4 8 14 –6 3

Knockout stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
QF L1 1 March Airdrieonians H 4–4 18,000
QF L2 5 March Airdrieonians A 1–0 22,260
SF 22 March Rangers N 1–3 123,654

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 25 January Alloa Athletic H 8–0 11,000
R2 15 February Bye into Round 3
R3 22 February Rangers A 0–0 95,000
R3 R 8 March Rangers H 2–0 48,816
R4 15 March Dumbarton H 2–0 32,579
SF 29 March Motherwell N 2–1 46,705
F 19 April Aberdeen N 1–2 80,640

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.