1958–59 Hibernian F.C. season explained

Club:	Hibernian
Season:	1958–59
Manager:	Hugh Shaw^[1]
League:	Scottish First Division
League Result:	10th
Cup1:	Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:	R4
Cup2:	Scottish League Cup
Cup2 Result:	GS
Prevseason:	1957–58
Nextseason:	1959–60
Highest Attendance:	33,000 (v Motherwell, 3 January)
Lowest Attendance:	4000 (v Stirling Albion, 18 April)
Average Attendance:	14,618^[2] (down 5570)

During the 1958–59 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came tenth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

See main article: article and 1958–59 Scottish First Division.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	20 August	Kilmarnock	A	1–1		9,955
2	6 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–4		29,500
3	13 September	Motherwell	A	5–2		31,500
4	20 September	Queen of the South	H	4–0		9,000
5	27 September	Raith Rovers	A	2–5		15,000
6	4 October	Falkirk	H	2–3		10,000
7	11 October	Clyde	H	2–1		12,000
8	18 October	Aberdeen	A	0–4		20,000
9	25 October	Airdrieonians	H	2–3		9,000
10	1 November	Rangers	A	0–4		17,000
11	8 November	Third Lanark	H	4–4		14,000
12	15 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1		14,000
13	22 November	St Mirren	A	1–2		10,000
14	29 November	Celtic	H	3–2		22,000
14	6 December	Dundee	A	1–2		13,000
15	13 December	Partick Thistle	H	4–0		13,000
17	20 December	Stirling Albion	A	3–0		4,500
18	27 December	Kilmarnock	H	4–3		12,000
19	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–1		35,000
19	3 January	Motherwell	H	2–2		33,000
20	10 January	Queen of the South	A	4–1		5,000
21	21 January	Raith Rovers	H	4–2		6,000
23	24 January	Falkirk	A	0–1		13,000
24	7 February	Clyde	A	1–4		5,000
25	18 February	Aberdeen	H	1–0		14,000
26	21 February	Airdireonians	A	3–4		5,000
27	4 March	Rangers	H	2–2		32,000
28	7 March	Third Lanark	A	2–2		7,000
29	18 March	Dunfermlne Athletic	H	3–1		8,000
30	21 March	St Mirren	H	0–1		8,000
31	28 March	Celtic	A	0–3		17,000
32	4 April	Dundee	H	1–2		10,000
33	11 April	Partick Thistle	A	2–2		7,000
34	18 April	Stirling Albion	H	0–1		4,000

Final League table

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9	Partick Thistle	34	14	6	14	59	66	–7	34
10	Hibernian	34	13	6	15	68	70	–2	32
11	Third Lanark	34	11	10	13	74	83	–9	32

Scottish League Cup

See main article: article and 1958–59 Scottish League Cup.

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G4	9 August	Falkirk	H	3–2		15,700
G4	13 August	Aberdeen	A	1–2		15,000
G4	16 August	Kilmarnock	H	0–3		17,000
G4	23 August	Falkirk	A	4–0		9,000
G4	27 August	Aberdeen	H	4–2		16,000
G4	30 August	Kilmarnock	A	1–2		15,700

Group 4 final table

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1	Kilmarnock	6	4	0	2	12	6	6	8
2	Hibernian	6	4	0	2	14	10	4	8
3	Aberdeen	6	2	1	3	11	11	0	5
4	Falkirk	6	1	1	4	7	17	–10	3

Scottish Cup

See main article: article and 1958–59 Scottish Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	31 January	Raith Rovers	A	1–1		15,176
R1 R	9 February	Raith Rovers	H	2–1		21,000
R2	14 February	Falkirk	H	3–1		20,600
R3	28 February	Partick Thistle	H	4–1		27,300
R4	14 March	Third Lanark	A	1–2		20,000

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1958/1959 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.