1972–73 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian
1972–73 season
ManagerEddie Turnbull[1]
Scottish First Division3rd
Scottish CupR4
Scottish League CupWinners
European Cup Winners' CupQF
Drybrough CupWinners
Highest home attendance49,007 (v Rangers, 28 February)
Lowest home attendance7054 (v Queen of the South, 19 August)
Average home league attendance16,100[2] (up 2043)

During the 1972–73 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division, reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, the quarter-final of the European Cup Winners' Cup and won their first Scottish League Cup and the Drybrough Cup.

Scottish First Division

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Main article: 1972–73 Scottish First Division
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
1 2 September Aberdeen A 0–1 17,866
2 9 September Heart of Midlothian H 2–0 Cropley, Stanton 21,221
3 16 September East Fife A 1–0 Gordon 5,590
4 23 September Dundee United H 3–1 Gordon (2), O.G. 10,372
5 30 September St Johnstone H 3–2 O'Rourke (2), Gordon 10,376
6 7 October Dundee A 0–1 11,618
7 14 October Airdrieonians H 5–2 O'Rourke (3), Gordon, Duncan 9,989
8 21 October Partick Thistle A 3–1 Gordon (2), Duncan 9,197
9 28 October Dumbarton A 2–2 Duncan, Gordon 8,252
10 4 November Kilmarnock H 4–1 Stanton (2), O'Rourke, Duncan 11,172
11 11 November Morton A 3–0 O'Rourke (3, 2 pens.) 4,323
12 18 November Rangers H 1–2 Stanton 33,356
13 25 November Arbroath A 3–2 Gordon (2), Duncan 4,206
14 2 December Falkirk H 3–0 Stanton, Gordon, Duncan 10,606
14 16 December Ayr United H 8–1 Cropley, Gordon (3), O'Rourke (3), Stanton 12,510
15 23 December Celtic A 1–1 Gordon 42,343
17 30 December Aberdeen H 3–2 Stanton, O'Rourke, Gordon 22,229
18 1 January Heart of Midlothian A 7–0 O'Rourke (2), Gordon (2), Duncan (2), Cropley 35,929
19 6 January East Fife H 1–0 Gordon 17,068
20 13 January Dundee United A 0–1 10,832
21 27 January Dundee H 1–1 Gordon 15,896
22 10 February Airdrieonians A 4–0 Gordon (4) 7,382
23 21 February St Johnstone A 3–1 Duncan, Gordon, Schaedler 6,464
24 3 March Dumbarton H 5–0 Hamilton, Gordon, Cropley (2), Duncan 12,417
25 10 March Kilmarnock A 2–2 Stanton, Higgins 6,700
26 13 March Partick Thistle H 2–0 O'Rourke, Cropley (pen.) 13,427
27 17 March Morton H 2–1 Higgins, Gordon 11,690
28 24 March Rangers A 0–1 52,592
29 31 March Arbroath H 0–0 7,344
30 7 April Falkirk A 0–1 5,239
31 10 April Motherwell A 1–1 Higgins 4,405
32 14 April Motherwell H 0–1 8,576
33 21 April Ayr United A 1–1 O'Rourke 6,797
34 28 April Celtic H 0–3 45,443

Final League table

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P Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts
2 Rangers 34 26 4 4 74 30 56
3 Hibernian 34 19 7 8 74 33 45
4 Aberdeen 34 16 11 7 61 34 43

Drybrough Cup

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Main article: 1972–73 Drybrough Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
QF 29 July Montrose H 4–0 Hamilton, Duncan, Gordon, Stanton 8,00S
SF 31 July Rangers H 3–0 Gordon (2), Stanton 27,111
F 5 August Celtic N 5–3 Gordon (2), O.G. O'Rourke, Duncan 49,462

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1972–73 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

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Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
G2 12 August Queen's Park H 4–2 Stanton, Hamilton (2, 1 pen.), Gordon 7,972
G2 15 August Aberdeen A 1–4 Edwards 20,673
G2 19 August Queen of the South H 3–0 O'Rourke (2), Duncan 7,054
G2 23 August Aberdeen H 2–1 O'Rourke, Cropley 17,133
G2 26 August Queen's Park A 1–0 Gordon 1,690
G2 30 August Queen of the South A 3–1 Blackley, Gordon, Duncan 3,876

Group 2 final table

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P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Aberdeen 6 5 0 1 19 5 14 10
2 Hibernian 6 5 0 1 14 8 6 10
3 Queen of the South 6 2 0 4 5 13 –8 4
4 Queen's Park 6 0 0 6 4 16 –12 0

Knockout stage

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Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R2 L1 20 September Dundee United A 5–2 O'Rourke (3), Cropley (2) 6,500
R2 L2 4 October Dundee United H 0–0 9,134
QF L1 11 October Airdrieonians A 6–2 Brownlie (2), O'Rourke, Duncan (3) 6,508
QF L2 1 November Airdrieonians H 4–1 Stanton, Edwards, O'Rourke (2) 16,404
SF 22 November Rangers N 1–0 Brownlie 46,620
F 9 December Celtic N 2–1 Stanton, O'Rourke 71,696

European Cup Winners' Cup

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Main article: European Cup Winners' Cup 1972-73
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 13 September Portugal Sporting CP A 1–2 Duncan 30,000
R1 L2 27 September Portugal Sporting CP H 6–1 Gordon (2), O'Rourke (3, 1 pen.), O.G. 26,041
R2 L1 25 October Albania KS Besa Kavaje H 7–1 Cropley, O'Rourke (3), Brownlie, Duncan (2) 20,000
R2 L2 8 November Albania KS Besa Kavaje A 1–1 Gordon 20,000
QF L1 7 March Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split H 4–2 Gordon (3), Duncan 28,424
QF L2 21 March Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hajduk Split A 0–3 25,000

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1972–73 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 3 February Morton H 2–0 Higgins, Cropley 15,386
R4 24 February Rangers A 1–1 Gordon 63,889
R4 R 28 February Rangers H 1–2 Duncan 49,007

See also

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References

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  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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