1971–72 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian
1971–72 season
ManagerEddie Turnbull[1]
Scottish First Division3rd
Scottish CupRunners-up
Scottish League CupR2
Highest home attendance40,671 (v Celtic, 9 October)
Lowest home attendance1690 (v Motherwell, 28 August)
Average home league attendance14,057[2] (up 3516)

During the 1971–72 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division and reached the final of the Scottish Cup ending up losing 6–1 to Celtic.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1971–72 Scottish First Division
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
1 4 September Heart of Midlothian A 2–0 Cropley, Hamilton 26,671
2 11 September East Fife H 2–1 Stanton, O'Rourke (pen.) 10,891
3 18 September Dundee United A 4–1 Stanton (2), Hamilton, O'Rourke 6,674
4 25 September Ayr United H 1–0 Auld 9,837
5 2 October Motherwell A 1–1 Hamilton 5,757
6 9 October Celtic H 0–1 40,671
7 16 October Aberdeen A 1–2 Duncan 25,385
8 23 October Falkirk H 6–0 Duncan (4), Hamilton, Auld 11,120
9 30 October Clyde A 1–2 Hamilton 2,877
10 6 November Dunfermline Athletic H 2–0 Stanton, Duncan 9,980
11 13 November Airdrieonians A 2–2 Blackley, Duncan 5,263
12 27 November Kilmarnock H 3–2 O'Rourke (pen.), Baker, Edwards 7,950
13 1 December Partick Thistle A 1–0 O'Rourke 7,259
14 4 December St Johnstone A 2–0 Edwards, Hazel 5,825
14 11 December Dundee H 1–0 O'Rourke (pen.) 11,383
15 18 December Morton A 1–1 O'Rourke 4,166
17 25 December Rangers H 0–1 25,145
18 1 January Heart of Midlothian H 0–0 36,046
19 3 January East Fife A 1–2 Stanton (pen.) 8,217
20 8 January Dundee United H 3–0 Stanton, Brownlie, Duncan 8,364
21 15 January Ayr United A 2–1 Brownlie, Duncan 6,845
22 22 January Motherwell H 1–2 McEwan 10,617
23 29 January Celtic A 1–2 Stanton 37,168
24 12 February Aberdeen H 2–2 O'Rourke, Duncan 21,389
25 19 February Falkirk A 3–2 Hamilton, Gordon, Baker 7,407
26 4 March Clyde H 1–0 Gordon 7,191
27 11 March Dunfermline Athletic A 1-2 O'Rourke (pen.) 7,277
28 21 March Airdrieonians H 1–3 Brownlie 6,052
29 25 March Partick Thistle H 3–0 O'Rourke (pen.), Baker, O.G. 8,848
30 3 April Kilmarnock A 1–1 McEwan 6,118
31 8 April St Johnstone H 7–1 Stanton, Edwards, O'Rourke, Baker, Gordon(2), Duncan 6,358
32 17 April Dundee A 2–1 Hazel, Stanton 9,137
33 22 April Morton H 1–0 Blackley 7,131
34 29 April Rangers A 2-1 Auld, O'Rourke (pen.) 13,124

Final League table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
3 Rangers 34 21 2 11 71 38 44
4 Hibernian 34 19 6 9 62 34 44
5 Dundee 34 14 13 7 59 38 41

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1971–72 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
G1 14 August Motherwell A 3–0 Cropley, Hamilton (2) 7,972
G1 18 August Dundee United H 2–0 Cropley, O'Rourke (pen.) 20,673
G1 21 August Kilmarnock H 3–1 Baker, Hazel, Cropley 7,054
G1 25 August Dundee United A 4–1 Baker, Stevenson, Cropley, Duncan 17,133
G1 28 August Motherwell H 2–1 Hamilton, Baker 1,690
G1 1 September Kilmarnock A 0–0 3,876

Group 1 final table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hibernian 6 5 1 0 14 3 11 11
2 Kilmarnock 6 2 1 3 7 9 –2 5
3 Dundee United 6 2 1 3 9 13 –4 5
4 Motherwell 6 1 1 4 7 12 –5 3

Knockout stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R2 L1 8 September Falkirk A 0–2 6,500
R2 L2 22 September Falkirk H 1–0 O'Rourke 9,134

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1971–72 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 5 February Partick Thistle A 2–0 Schaedler, Gordon 21,000
R4 26 February Airdrieonians H 2–0 Baker, Gordon 15,980
QF 18 March Aberdeen H 2–0 O'Rourke, Baker 25,736
SF 15 April Rangers N 1–1 O'Rourke 76,174
SF R 24 April Rangers N 2–0 Stanton, Edwards 57,645
F 6 May Celtic N 1–6 Gordon 105,909

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.