1957–58 Hibernian F.C. season explained

Club:	Hibernian
Season:	1957–58
Manager:	Hugh Shaw^[1]
League:	Scottish First Division
League Result:	9th
Cup1:	Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:	SF
Cup2:	Scottish League Cup
Cup2 Result:	GS
Prevseason:	1956–57
Nextseason:	1958–59
Highest Attendance:	49,200 (v Heart of Midlothian, 1 January)
Lowest Attendance:	10,000 (v East Fife, 18 April)
Average Attendance:	20,188^[2] (up 2012)

During the 1957–58 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came ninth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

See main article: article and 1957–58 Scottish First Division.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	7 September	Aberdeen	A	1–0		18,000
2	14 September	Motherwell	H	2–1		20,000
3	21 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–3		34,000
4	28 September	Airdrieonians	H	4–0		18,000
5	5 October	Falkirk	A	3–1		16,000
6	12 October	Queen's Park	H	2–0		15,000
7	19 October	Dundee	H	0–3		14,000
8	26 October	Raith Rovers	H	2–2		20,000
9	2 November	St Mirren	A	3–2		12,000
10	9 November	Partick Thistle	H	5–1		30,000
11	16 November	Airdrieonians	A	4–1		8,000
12	23 November	Celtic	H	0–1		40,000
13	30 November	Queen of the South	A	0–3		9,000
14	7 December	Third Lanark	H	4–0		12,000
14	14 December	East Fife	A	3–2		4,000
15	21 December	Kilmarnock	A	4–1		12,562
17	28 December	Clyde	H	1–3		23,000
18	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–2		49,200
19	2 January	Motherwell	A	1–3		15,000
19	4 January	Aberdeen	H	0–1		16,000
20	11 January	Rangers	A	1–3		42,000
21	18 January	Falkirk	H	3–3		12,000
23	25 January	Queen's Park	A	2–1		2,438
24	22 February	St Mirren	H	5–5		12,000
25	5 March	Partick Thistle	A	0–2		9,000
26	19 March	Celtic	A	0–4		12,000
27	22 March	Queen of the South	H	1–2		12,000
28	29 March	Third Lanark	A	1–1		6,500
29	12 April	Kilmarnock	H	1–2		18,000
30	16 April	Dundee	H	1–1		12,000
31	18 April	East Fife	H	0–1		10,000
32	21 April	Rangers	H	3–1		24,000
33	30 April	Raith Rovers	A	0–2		5,000
34	3 May	Clyde	A	1–2		4,000

Final League table

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8	Motherwell	34	12	8	14	68	67	1	32
9	Hibernian	34	13	5	16	59	60	–1	31
10	Falkirk	34	11	9	14	64	82	–18	31

Scottish League Cup

See main article: article and 1957–58 Scottish League Cup.

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G3	10 August	East Fife	H	4–0		28,000
G3	14 August	Airdrieonians	A	1–4		10,000
G3	17 August	Celtic	H	3–1		35,000
G3	24 August	East Fife	A	2–2		6,000
G3	28 August	Airdrieonians	H	5–1		25,000
G3	30 August	Celtic	A	0–2		50,000

Group 3 final table

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1	Celtic	6	5	0	1	18	8	10	10
2	Hibernian	6	3	1	2	15	10	5	7
3	Airdrieonians	6	3	0	3	20	13	7	6
4	East Fife	6	0	1	5	6	28	–22	1

Scottish Cup

See main article: article and 1957–58 Scottish Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2	15 February	Dundee United	A	0–0		15,543
R2 R	19 February	Dundee United	H	2–0		24,550
R3	1 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–3		41,666
R4	15 March	Third Lanark	H	3–2		28,500
SF	5 April	Rangers	N	2–2		76,727
SF R	9 April	Rangers	N	2–1		74,895
F	26 April	Clyde	N	0–1		95,123

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1957/1958 results and fixtures, Soccerbase

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manager History for Hibernian. . 27 May 2012 .
2. Web site: Average Home League Game Attendances . fitbastats.com . 4 November 2013.