1970–71 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian 1970–71 football season

Hibernian
1970–71 season
Manager	Willie McFarlane 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	37,355 (v Rangers, 9 September)
Lowest home attendance	3310 (v Clyde, 24 April)
Average home league attendance	10,541^[2] (down 3075)
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

During the 1970–71 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came twelfth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division, reached the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup and reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish League Cup and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	29 August	Dundee United	A	1–1	Stevenson	8,781
2	5 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0		23,225
3	12 September	Cowdenbeath	A	4–1	McBride, Cropley (2), Hamilton	6,814
4	19 September	Celtic	H	2–0	McBride (2)	36,423
5	26 September	Aberdeen	A	0–3		14,702
6	3 October	St Mirren	H	3–3	Davidson (2), Duncan	7,889
7	10 October	Motherwell	A	0–4		7,650
8	17 October	Ayr United	H	4–0	Davidson, McBride, Graham, Duncan	5,743
9	7 November	Dundee	H	1–2	Stanton	7,210
10	14 November	St Johnstone	A	1–0	McBride	5,681
11	18 November	Morton	A	1–2	Duncan	3,250
12	21 November	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	Blair	6,364
13	25 November	Rangers	H	3–2	Graham, Blair (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	Blair (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	H	2–2	Blackley (pen.), Davidson	7,269
21	9 January	Celtic	A	1–2	Stanton	25,797
22	16 January	Aberdeen	H	2–1	Stanton, Baker	23,402
23	30 January	St Mirren	A	1–3	Duncan	4,840
24	6 February	Motherwell	H	1–0	Baker	7,092
25	20 February	Ayr United	A	0–2		5,882
26	27 February	Rangers	A	1–1	Baker	30,644
27	10 March	Morton	H	2–4	Graham, Baker	5,051
28	13 March	Dundee	A	0–1		5,758
29	20 March	St Johnstone	H	1–2	O'Rourke (pen.)	5,607
30	27 March	Kilmarnock	A	1–4	Blackley	4,209
31	3 April	Falkirk	H	1–3	Baker	5,617
32	10 April	Airdrieonians	H	3–1	Graham, Baker (2)	5,247
33	17 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–3	O'Rourke (2), Cropley	5,916
34	24 April	Clyde	H	5–1	Hazel, O'Rourke (3, 2 pens.), Baker	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	Graham, Duncan, McBride	5,199
G4	12 August	Airdrieonians	H	3–2	Duncan (2), McBride	8,080
G4	15 August	Aberdeen	A	1–1	Duncan	15,227
G4	19 August	Airdrieonians	A	4–2	Stanton (2, 1 pen.), Duncan, McBride	4,177
G4	22 August	St Johnstone	H	1–1	Graham	10,739
G4	26 August	Aberdeen	H	4–0	Stanton, Graham, Duncan (2), McBride	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	Duncan	37,355
QF L2	23 September	Rangers	A	1–3	Graham	50,646

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	23 January	Forfar Athletic	H	8–1	Davidson (2), O'Rourke (3), Duncan, Stevenson, O.G.	7,316
R4	13 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1	Hazel, Duncan	15,980
QF	6 March	Dundee	H	1–0	O'Rourke (pen.)	21,710
SF	31 March	Rangers	N	0–0		69,370
SF R	5 April	Rangers	N	1–2	O'Rourke	54,435

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	16 September	Malmö FF	H	6–0	Blair, McBride (3), Duncan (2)	11,165
R1 L2	30 September	Malmö FF	A	3–2	Duncan B., McEwan, Stanton	1,900
R2 L1	14 October	Vitoria Guimaraes	H	2–0	Duncan, Stanton	20,000
R2 L2	28 October	Vitoria Guimaraes	A	1–2	Graham	20,000
QF L1	9 December	Liverpool	H	0–1		30,296
QF L2	22 December	Liverpool	A	0–2		37,815

References

^ "Manager History for Hibernian". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "Average Home League Game Attendances". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

External links

Hibernian 1970/1971 results and fixtures, Soccerbase

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results Euro 1972 qualifying (Group 5) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Ayr United Celtic Clyde Cowdenbeath Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer