1973–74 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian
1973–74 season
ManagerEddie Turnbull[1]
Scottish First Division2nd
Scottish CupQF
Scottish League CupQF
UEFA CupR2
Drybrough CupWinners
Highest home attendance48,554 (v Celtic, 23 February)
Lowest home attendance4982 (v Morton, 29 August)
Average home league attendance14,339[2] (down 1761)

During the 1973–74 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division and reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1973–74 Scottish First Division
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
1 1 September Partick Thistle H 2–1 Smith, Gordon 10,597
2 8 September Heart of Midlothian A 1–4 Cropley 28,946
3 15 September East Fife H 2–1 Higgins, Stanton 9,256
4 29 September Ayr United H 4–2 Stanton, Cropley, Duncan, O.G. 8,176
5 6 October Aberdeen A 1–1 Gordon 15,158
6 13 October Falkirk H 2–0 Higgins, Gordon 9,900
7 20 October Celtic A 1–1 Gordon 32,351
8 27 October Rangers A 0–4 35,238
9 3 November Clyde H 5–0 Stanton (3, 1 pen.), Blackley, Cropley 9,880
10 10 November Motherwell A 1–1 Gordon 6,583
11 17 November Dundee H 2–1 O'Rourke (2) 11,348
12 24 November St Johnstone A 2–0 O'Rourke, Gordon 3,400
13 15 December Dunfermline Athletic A 3–2 Duncan, Stanton, Gordon 5,405
14 22 December Morton H 5–0 O'Rourke (3), Gordon (2) 5,491
14 29 December Partick Thistle A 0–1 6,020
15 1 January Heart of Midlothian H 3–1 Cropley (2), Duncan 35,393
17 5 January East Fife A 3–0 Cropley, O'Rourke (2, 1 pen.) 5,959
18 12 January Dundee United H 3–1 O'Rourke (2), Stanton 10,394
19 19 January Ayr United A 1–1 O'Rourke 7,696
20 2 February Aberdeen H 3–1 O'Rourke (2, 1 pen.), Gordon 15,744
21 9 February Falkirk A 0–0 12,500
22 23 February Celtic H 2–4 Duncan, O'Rourke 48,544
23 2 March Rangers H 3–1 Gordon (2), Bremner 23,149
24 30 March St Johnstone H 3–3 Harper, Cropley (pen.), Duncan 9,705
25 6 April Dumbarton A 3–3 Cropley (2, 1 pen.), Duncan 4,730
26 10 April Kilmarnock A 3–1 Harper (2), Cropley 7,398
27 13 April Arbroath A 2–3 Stanton, Harper 3,410
28 15 April Motherwell H 1–0 Smith 10,799
29 17 April Dumbarton H 3–0 Gordon (3) 7,859
30 20 April Dunfermline Athletic H 1–1 Gordon 10,735
31 23 April Arbroath H 2–1 Bremner, Harper 6,788
32 27 April Morton A 3–0 Stanton, Harper (2) 3,224
33 1 May Clyde A 1–1 Harper 2,712
34 8 May Dundee United A 4–1 Cropley, Munro (2), Harper 4,963

Final League table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
1 Celtic 34 23 7 4 82 27 53
2 Hibernian 34 20 9 5 75 42 49
3 Rangers 34 21 6 7 67 34 48

Drybrough Cup

Main article: 1973–74 Drybrough Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
QF 28 July St Mirren H 2–1 Munro, Duncan 12,000
SF 31 July Rangers H 2–1 Bremner, Higgins 28,089
F 4 August Celtic N 1–0 Gordon 49,204

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1973–74 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
G2 11 August Morton A 4–1 Higgins (2), Duncan, Cropley 10,851
G2 15 August Ayr United H 1–0 Bremner 5,886
G2 18 August Dumbarton H 1–0 Gordon 9,636
G2 22 August Ayr United A 2–0 Higgins, Cropley 9,969
G2 25 August Dumbarton A 1–4 Gordon 6,731
G2 29 August Morton H 2–1 Cropley (2) 4,982

Group 2 final table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hibernian 6 5 0 1 11 5 10 10
2 Dumbarton 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 5
3 Morton 6 2 1 3 8 11 –3 5
4 Ayr United 6 2 0 4 6 8 –2 4

Knockout stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
QF L1 12 September Raith Rovers H 3–2 Smith, Stanton, Higgins 5,905
QF L2 10 October Raith Rovers A 2–0 Schaedler, Gordon 2,500
QF L1 31 October Rangers A 0–2 5,905
QF L2 21 November Rangers H 0–0 5,905

UEFA Cup

Main article: UEFA Cup 1973-74
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 19 September Iceland IBK Keflavik H 2–0 Black, Higgins 13,652
R1 L2 3 October Iceland IBK Keflavik A 1–1 Stanton 3,514
R2 L1 24 October England Leeds United A 0–0 27,157
R2 L2 7 November England Leeds United H 0–0 (Leeds win 5–4 on penalties) 36,051

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1973–74 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 26 January Kilmarnock H 5–2 Stanton, Blackley, Edwards, O'Rourke (2) 14,241
R4 16 February St Johnstone A 3–1 O'Rourke (3, 1 pen.) 10,800
R5 9 March Dundee H 3–3 Gordon (3) 28,236
R5 R 18 March Dundee A 0–3 30,888

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.