1961–62 Hibernian F.C. season explained

Club:	Hibernian
Season:	1961–62
Manager:	Hugh Shaw (to November) Walter Galbraith (from November)^[1]
League:	Scottish First Division
League Result:	8th
Cup1:	Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:	R1
Cup2:	Scottish League Cup
Cup2 Result:	GS
Cup3:	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Cup3 Result:	R2
Prevseason:	1960–61
Nextseason:	1962–63
Highest Attendance:	32,237 (v Rangers, 6 January)
Lowest Attendance:	1508 (v St Mirren, 4 April)
Average Attendance:	9,763^[2] (down 5708)

During the 1961–62 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came eighth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

See main article: article and 1961–62 Scottish First Division.

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	23 August	Rangers	A	0–3		41,727
2	9 September	Raith Rovers	H	3–2		10,317
3	16 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–4		23,022
4	23 September	Kilmarnock	H	3–2		26,886
5	30 September	Dundee United	A	0–4		7,785
6	7 October	Falkirk	H	2–2		9,899
7	14 October	Airdireonians	H	2–2		8,397
8	21 October	Partick Thistle	A	1–4		9,070
9	28 October	Third Lanark	H	1–3		8,314
10	4 November	Aberdeen	H	1–1		6,753
11	11 November	Motherwell	A	1–5		5,470
12	18 November	St Johnstone	A	2–0		7,645
13	25 November	Dundee	H	1–3		14,764
14	2 December	St Mirren	A	3–2		7,787
14	16 December	Celtic	A	3–4		26,752
15	23 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–2		11,259
17	30 December	Stirling Albion	A	1–0		3,161
18	2 January	Raith Rovers	A	2–0		5,025
19	6 January	Rangers	H	0–0		32,237
19	13 January	Kilmarnock	A	2–4		8,599
20	17 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–4		15,277
21	20 January	Dundee United	H	3–2		6,829
23	3 February	Falkirk	A	4–1		3,983
24	10 February	Airdrieonians	A	2–4		2,946
25	12 February	Partick Thistle	H	0–3		3,249
26	24 February	Third Lanark	A	2–1		4,802
27	3 March	Aberdeen	A	2–1		6,588
28	14 March	Motherwell	H	2–1		6,324
29	17 March	St Johnstone	H	3–2		4,036
30	19 March	Dunfermline Athletic	A	0–4		6,659
31	24 March	Dundee	A	0–1		10,710
32	4 April	St Mirren	H	2–1		1,508
33	7 April	Celtic	H	1–1		10,683
34	28 April	Stirling Albion	H	3–1		2,942

Final League table

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7	Partick Thistle	34	16	3	15	60	55	5	33
8	Hibernian	34	14	5	15	58	72	–14	33
9	Motherwell	34	13	6	15	65	62	3	32

Scottish League Cup

See main article: article and 1961–62 Scottish League Cup.

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G1	12 August	St Johnstone	A	1–1		9,832
G1	16 August	Partick Thistle	H	2–1		11,796
G1	19 August	Celtic	H	2–2		23,925
G1	26 August	St Johnstone	H	4–1		12,191
G1	30 August	Partick Thistle	A	1–2		10,245
G1	2 September	Celtic	A	1–2		29,972

Group 1 final table

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1	St Johnstone	6	3	2	1	9	8	1	8
2	Celtic	6	3	1	2	10	10	0	7
3	Hibernian	6	2	2	2	11	9	2	6
4	Partick Thistle	6	1	1	4	10	13	–3	3

Scottish Cup

See main article: article and 1961–62 Scottish Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	13 December	Partick Thistle	A	2–2		9,668
R1 R	10 January	Partick Thistle	H	2–3		17,442

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

See main article: 1961–62 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	4 September	Belanenses	H	3–3		20,000
R1 L2	27 September	Belanenses	A	3–1		25,000
R2 L1	1 November	Red Star Belgrade	A	0–4		25,000
R2 L2	15 November	Red Star Belgrade	H	0–1		9,500

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1961/1962 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.