1970–71 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian
1970–71 season
Manager Willie McFarland to 6 December Dave Ewing from 6 December [1]
Scottish First Division 12th
Scottish Cup SF
Scottish League Cup QF
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup QF
Highest home attendance 38,585 (v Rangers, 29 March)
Lowest home attendance 5325 (v Dunfermline Athletic, 15 March)
Average home league attendance 13,721[2] (down 618)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

During the 1973-74 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division and reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish First Division

Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
1 29 August Dundee United A 1–1 8,781
2 5 September Heart of Midlothian H 0–0 23,225
3 12 September Cowdenbeath A 4–1 6,814
4 19 September Celtic H 2–0 36,423
5 26 September Aberdeen A 0–3 14,702
6 3 October St Mirren H 3–3 7,889
7 10 October Motherwell A 0–4 7,650
8 17 October Ayr United H 4–0 5,743
9 7 November Dundee H 1–2 7,210
10 14 November St Johnstone A 1–0 5,681
11 18 November Morton A 1–2 3,250
12 21 November Kilmarnock H 1–0 6,364
13 25 November Rangers H 3–2 18,770
14 28 November Falkirk A 0–0 7,933
14 5 December Airdrieonians A 0–2 3,464
15 12 December Dunfermline Athletic H 2–2 5,237
17 19 December Clyde A 0–0 1,930
18 26 December Dundee United H 0–1 5,742
19 1 January Heart of Midlothian A 0–0 27,715
20 2 January Cowdenbeath A 2–2 7,269
21 9 January Celtic A 1–2 25,797
22 16 January Aberdeen H 2–1 23,402
23 30 January St Mirren A 1–3 4,840
24 6 February Motherwell H 1–0 7,092
25 20 February Ayr United A 0–2 5,882
26 27 February Rangers A 1–1 30,644
27 10 March Morton H 2–4 5,051
28 13 March Dundee A 0–1 5,758
29 20 March St Johnstone H 1–2 5,607
30 27 March Kilmarnock A 1–4 4,209
31 3 April Falkirk H 1–3 5,617
32 10 April Airdrieonians H 3–1 5,247
33 17 April Dunfermline Athletic A 3–3 5,916
34 24 April Clyde H 5–1 3,310

Final League table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
11 Heart of Midlothian 34 13 7 14 41 40 1 33
12 Hibernian 34 10 10 14 47 53 –6 30
13 Kilmarnock 34 10 8 16 43 67 –24 28

Scottish League Cup

Group Stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
G4 8 August St Johnstone A 3–1 5,199
G4 12 August Airdrieonians H 3–2 8,080
G4 15 August Aberdeen A 1–1 15,227
G4 19 August Airdrieonians A 4–2 4,177
G4 22 August St Johnstone H 1–1 10,739
G4 26 August Aberdeen H 4–0 24,925

Group 4 final table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hibernian 6 4 2 0 16 7 9 10
2 Aberdeen 6 3 2 1 12 10 2 8
3 Airdrieonians 6 2 1 3 10 15 –5 5
4 St Johnstone 6 0 1 5 3 9 –6 1

Knockout Stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
QF L1 9 September Rangers H 1–3 37,355
QF L2 23 September Rangers A 1–3 50,646

Scottish Cup

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 23 January Forfar Athletic H 2–0 7,316
R4 13 February Heart of Midlothian A 2–1 15,980
QF 6 March Dundee A 1–0 21,710
SF 31 March Rangers N 0–0 69,370
SF R 5 April Rangers N 1–2 54,435

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 16 September Sweden Malmo FF H 6–0 11,165
R1 L2 30 September Sweden Malmo FF A 3–2 1,900
R2 L1 14 October Portugal Vitoria Guimaraes H 2–0 20,000
R2 L2 28 October Portugal Vitoria Guimaraes A 1–2 20,000
QF L1 9 December England Liverpool H 0–1 30,296
QF L2 22 December England Liverpool A 0–2 37,815

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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