1970–71 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian

1970–71 season
Manager	Willie McFarlane to (6 December) Dave Ewing from (6 December)
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 (down 3075)

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

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	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

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1970/1971 results and fixtures, Soccerbase