1971–72 Hibernian F.C. season

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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". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

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