1973–74_Hibernian_F.C._season

Hibernian
1973–74 season
Manager	Eddie Turnbull
Scottish First Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	QF
Scottish League Cup	QF
UEFA Cup	R2
Drybrough Cup	Winners
Highest home attendance	48,554 (v Celtic, 23 February)
Lowest home attendance	4982 (v Morton, 29 August)
Average home league attendance	14,339 (down 1761)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

1973–74 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian 1973–74 football season

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.

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Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	1 September	Partick Thistle	H	2–1	Smith, Gordon	10,597
2	8 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–4	Cropley	28,946
3	15 September	East Fife	H	2–1	Higgins, Stanton	9,256
4	29 September	Ayr United	H	4–2	Stanton, Cropley, Duncan, O.G.	8,176
5	6 October	Aberdeen	A	1–1	Gordon	15,158
6	13 October	Falkirk	H	2–0	Higgins, Gordon	9,900
7	20 October	Celtic	A	1–1	Gordon	32,351
8	27 October	Rangers	A	0–4		35,238
9	3 November	Clyde	H	5–0	Stanton (3, 1 pen.), Blackley, Cropley	9,880
10	10 November	Motherwell	A	1–1	Gordon	6,583
11	17 November	Dundee	H	2–1	O'Rourke (2)	11,348
12	24 November	St Johnstone	A	2–0	O'Rourke, Gordon	3,400
13	15 December	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–2	Duncan, Stanton, Gordon	5,405
14	22 December	Morton	H	5–0	O'Rourke (3), Gordon (2)	5,491
14	29 December	Partick Thistle	A	0–1		6,020
15	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–1	Cropley (2), Duncan	35,393
17	5 January	East Fife	A	3–0	Cropley, O'Rourke (2, 1 pen.)	5,959
18	12 January	Dundee United	H	3–1	O'Rourke (2), Stanton	10,394
19	19 January	Ayr United	A	1–1	O'Rourke	7,696
20	2 February	Aberdeen	H	3–1	O'Rourke (2, 1 pen.), Gordon	15,744
21	9 February	Falkirk	A	0–0		12,500
22	23 February	Celtic	H	2–4	Duncan, O'Rourke	48,544
23	2 March	Rangers	H	3–1	Gordon (2), Bremner	23,149
24	30 March	St Johnstone	H	3–3	Harper, Cropley (pen.), Duncan	9,705
25	6 April	Dumbarton	A	3–3	Cropley (2, 1 pen.), Duncan	4,730
26	10 April	Kilmarnock	A	3–1	Harper (2), Cropley	7,398
27	13 April	Arbroath	A	2–3	Stanton, Harper	3,410
28	15 April	Motherwell	H	1–0	Smith	10,799
29	17 April	Dumbarton	H	3–0	Gordon (3)	7,859
30	20 April	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–1	Gordon	10,735
31	23 April	Arbroath	H	2–1	Bremner, Harper	6,788
32	27 April	Morton	A	3–0	Stanton, Harper (2)	3,224
33	1 May	Clyde	A	1–1	Harper	2,712
34	8 May	Dundee United	A	4–1	Cropley, Munro (2), Harper	4,963

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Celtic	34	23	7	4	82	27	53
2	Hibernian	34	20	9	5	75	42	49
3	Rangers	34	21	6	7	67	34	48

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF	28 July	St Mirren	H	2–1	Munro, Duncan	12,000
SF	31 July	Rangers	H	2–1	Bremner, Higgins	28,089
F	4 August	Celtic	N	1–0	Gordon	49,204

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	11 August	Morton	A	4–1	Higgins (2), Duncan, Cropley	10,851
G2	15 August	Ayr United	H	1–0	Bremner	5,886
G2	18 August	Dumbarton	H	1–0	Gordon	9,636
G2	22 August	Ayr United	A	2–0	Higgins, Cropley	9,969
G2	25 August	Dumbarton	A	1–4	Gordon	6,731
G2	29 August	Morton	H	2–1	Cropley (2)	4,982

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	6	5	0	1	11	5	10	10
2	Dumbarton	6	2	1	3	6	6	0	5
3	Morton	6	2	1	3	8	11	–3	5
4	Ayr United	6	2	0	4	6	8	–2	4

1973–74_Hibernian_F.C._season

1973–74 Hibernian F.C. season

Scottish First Division

Final League table

Drybrough Cup

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Group 2 final table

Knockout stage

UEFA Cup

Scottish Cup

See also

References

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1973–74 season
Manager	Eddie Turnbull^[1]
Scottish First Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	QF
Scottish League Cup	QF
UEFA Cup	R2
Drybrough Cup	Winners
Highest home attendance	48,554 (v Celtic, 23 February)
Lowest home attendance	4982 (v Morton, 29 August)
Average home league attendance	14,339^[2] (down 1761)
← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	12 September	Raith Rovers	H	3–2	Smith, Stanton, Higgins	5,905
QF L2	10 October	Raith Rovers	A	2–0	Schaedler, Gordon	2,500
QF L1	31 October	Rangers	A	0–2		5,905
QF L2	21 November	Rangers	H	0–0		5,905

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	19 September	IBK Keflavik	H	2–0	Black, Higgins	13,652
R1 L2	3 October	IBK Keflavik	A	1–1	Stanton	3,514
R2 L1	24 October	Leeds United	A	0–0		27,157
R2 L2	7 November	Leeds United	H	0–0 (Leeds win 5–4 on penalties)		36,051

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	26 January	Kilmarnock	H	5–2	Stanton, Blackley, Edwards, O'Rourke (2)	14,241
R4	16 February	St Johnstone	A	3–1	O'Rourke (3, 1 pen.)	10,800
R5	9 March	Dundee	H	3–3	Gordon (3)	28,236
R5 R	18 March	Dundee	A	0–3		30,888