1971–72 Hibernian F.C. season explained

Club:	Hibernian
Season:	1971–72
Manager:	Eddie Turnbull^[1]
League:	Scottish First Division
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	Scottish Cup
Cup1 Result:	Runners-up
Cup2:	Scottish League Cup
Cup2 Result:	R2
Prevseason:	1970–71
Nextseason:	1972–73
Highest Attendance:	40,671 (v Celtic, 9 October)
Lowest Attendance:	1690 (v Motherwell, 28 August)
Average Attendance:	14,057^[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

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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		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

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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

See main article: article and 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

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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

See main article: article and 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

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1971/1972 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.