1974–75 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian

1974–75 season
Manager	Eddie Turnbull
Scottish Premier Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	R3
Scottish League Cup	F
UEFA Cup	R2
Drybrough Cup	SF
Highest home attendance	38,585 (v Rangers, 29 March)
Lowest home attendance	5325 (v Dunfermline Athletic, 15 March)
Average home league attendance	13,721 (down 618)

During the 1974–75 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division and reached the third round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1974–75 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	31 August	Aberdeen	A	3–2	Cropley (2), Harper	13,431
2	7 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–1	Duncan, O.G.	26,560
3	14 September	Partick Thistle	A	5–1	Brownlie, Harper (2), Gordon, Munro	7,208
4	21 September	Dundee United	H	3–0	Cropley (2, 1 pen.), Gordon	14,328
5	28 September	St Johnstone	H	0–1		13,963
6	5 October	Dundee	A	0–0		8,252
7	12 October	Motherwell	H	6–2	Stanton, Spalding, Cropley, Gordon, Munro (2)	12,389
8	19 October	Celtic	A	0–5		37,605
9	2 November	Morton	H	5–0	Stanton, Harper, Munro (pen.), O.G. (2)	8,342
10	9 November	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	Gordon	8,029
11	13 November	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	Blackley	5,240
12	16 November	Clyde	H	1–0	Harper	8,973
13	23 November	Rangers	A	1–0	Harper	32,887
14	30 November	Ayr United	H	2–1	Stanton, Duncan	10,133
14	7 December	Airdrieonians	A	0–0		4,689
15	14 December	Dumbarton	H	2–0	Harper, Duncan	8,566
17	21 December	Arbroath	A	2–0	Duncan (2)	2,863
18	28 December	Aberdeen	H	0–1		13,190
19	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0		35,969
20	4 January	Partick Thistle	H	2–2	Stanton, O.G.	10,117
21	11 January	Dundee United	A	3–1	O.G., Bremner, Higgins	7,580
22	18 January	St Johnstone	A	2–2	Smith, Higgins	6,218
23	1 February	Dundee	H	2–1	Stanton, Higgins	9,788
24	8 February	Motherwell	A	1–4	Higgins	7,552
25	22 February	Celtic	H	2–1	Duncan (2)	29,354
26	1 March	Kilmarnock	H	0–2		7,866
27	8 March	Morton	A	1–0	McLeod	2,314
28	15 March	Dunfermline Athletic	H	5–1	McLeod, Harper, Munro (3)	5,325
29	22 March	Clyde	A	3–0	Munro, Duncan (2)	2,033
30	29 March	Rangers	H	1–1	McLeod	38,585
31	5 April	Ayr United	A	2–2	Duncan, Brownlie (pen.)	4,971
32	12 April	Airdrieonians	H	6–1	Bremner, Smith, Harper (3), Duncan	7,056
33	19 April	Dumbarton	A	3–2	Smith, Duncan, O.G.	2,852
34	26 April	Arbroath	H	2–0	Brownlie, Edwards	8,719

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Rangers	34	25	6	3	86	33	56
2	Hibernian	34	20	9	5	69	37	49
3	Celtic	34	20	5	9	81	41	45

Drybrough Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Drybrough Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF	27 July	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	Duncan, Harper	13,272
SF	31 July	Rangers	H	2–3	Harper (2)	28,000

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	10 August	Rangers	H	3–1	Harper, Gordon, Duncan	10,851
G2	14 August	Dundee	A	1–2	Harper	5,886
G2	17 August	St Johnstone	H	4–0	Smith (2), Harper, Duncan	9,636
G2	21 August	Dundee	H	4–2	Smith, Harper, Gordon, Duncan	9,969
G2	24 August	St Johnstone	A	3–1	Stanton, Edwards, Gordon	6,731
G2	28 August	Rangers	A	1–0	Cropley	4,982

Group 2 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	6	5	0	1	16	6	10	10
2	Rangers	6	4	0	2	16	9	7	8
3	Dundee	6	2	0	4	11	14	–3	4
4	St Johnstone	6	1	0	5	9	23	–14	2

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	11 September	Kilmarnock	A	3–3	Cropley, Harper, Gordon	10.022
QF L2	25 September	Kilmarnock	H	4–1	Stanton, Cropley, Duncan, Munro	15,694
SF	9 October	Falkirk	N	1–0	Harper	19,876
F	26 October	Celtic	N	3–6	Harper (3)	53,848

UEFA Cup

Main article: UEFA Cup 1974-75

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	18 September	Rosenborg BK	A	3–2	Stanton, Gordon, Cropley	6,537
R1 L2	2 October	Rosenborg BK	H	9–1	Harper (2), Munro (2), Cropley (2 pens.), Gordon	12,379
R2 L1	23 October	Juventus	H	2–4	Stanton, Cropley	28,963
R2 L2	6 November	Juventus	A	0–4		17,989

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1974–75 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	25 January	Celtic	H	0–2		36,321

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1974/1975 results and fixtures, Soccerbase