1970–71 Hibernian F.C. season

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.

Hibernian
1970–71 season
ManagerWillie McFarlane to (6 December)
Dave Ewing from (6 December)[1]
Scottish First Division12th
Scottish CupSF
Scottish League CupQF
Inter-Cities Fairs CupQF
Highest home attendance37,355 (v Rangers, 9 September)
Lowest home attendance3310 (v Clyde, 24 April)
Average home league attendance10,541[2] (down 3075)

Scottish First Division
Main article: 1970–71 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
Main article: 1970–71 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
Main article: 1970–71 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
Main article: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1970-71
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 16 September Sweden Malmö FF H 6–0 Blair, McBride (3), Duncan (2) 11,165
R1 L2 30 September Sweden Malmö FF A 3–2 Duncan B., McEwan, Stanton 1,900
R2 L1 14 October Portugal Vitoria Guimaraes H 2–0 Duncan, Stanton 20,000
R2 L2 28 October Portugal Vitoria Guimaraes A 1–2 Graham 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". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
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