1969–70 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian

1969–70 season
Manager	Bob Shankly (to 1 September) Willie McFarlane (from 1 September)[1]
Scottish First Division	3rd
Scottish Cup	R1
Scottish League Cup	GS
Highest home attendance	40,839 (v Celtic, 17 January)
Lowest home attendance	3464 (v Motherwell, 29 November)
Average home league attendance	13,616[2] (up 2411)

During the 1969–70 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	30 August	Ayr United	A	0–3		6,955
2	3 September	St Mirren	H	2–0	Cormack (2)	7,136
3	6 September	Partick Thistle	H	5–1	Cormack (2, 1 pen.), McBride (3)	7,650
4	13 September	Celtic	A	2–1	Hamilton, Stanton	42,706
5	20 September	Raith Rovers	H	3–1	Marinello, Shevlane, McBride	8,315
6	27 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–0	Cormack, McBride	26,807
7	4 October	Morton	H	1–0	Stanton	11,645
8	11 October	Rangers	A	3–1	Marinello (2), McBride	53,912
9	25 October	Kilmarnock	A	2–2	McBride, Cormack	7,608
10	1 November	St Johnstone	A	0–1		7,601
11	8 November	Clyde	H	1–0	O.G.	8,677
12	11 November	Airdrieonians	H	3–1	Graham (2), Cormack	7,262
13	15 November	Dundee United	A	1–0	Marinello	10,623
14	25 November	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–0	Graham (2), McBride (pen.)	18,761
14	29 November	Motherwell	H	1–1	Graham	3,464
15	13 December	Ayr United	H	4–3	McBride (2 pens.), Stanton (2)	8,896
17	27 December	Dundee	A	0–1		10,466
18	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0		36,421
19	3 January	Raith Rovers	A	3–0	Graham (2), Cormack	5,044
20	17 January	Celtic	H	1–2	Duncan	40,839
21	31 January	Partick Thistle	A	1–3	Graham	4,337
22	16 February	Dundee	H	4–1	Stanton, McBride, Duncan (2)	6,409
23	21 February	Morton	A	1–1	McBride	3,340
24	28 February	Rangers	H	2–2	Graham, McBride	31,322
25	3 March	St Mirren	A	3–3	Cormack, Graham, Cropley	3,375
26	7 March	Airdireonians	A	2–3	McBride, Stanton	2,900
27	9 March	Aberdeen	A	2–0	McBride, Cormack	10,815
28	21 March	St Johnstone	H	4–1	McBride (3, 1 pen.), Cormack	5,709
29	25 March	Kilmarnock	H	2–1	Hamilton, Cropley	6,643
30	28 March	Clyde	A	0–1		1,991
31	1 April	Motherwell	A	1–2	Hamilton	4,485
32	4 April	Dundee United	H	3–1	McBride (2 pens.), Grant	5,051
33	13 April	Aberdeen	H	1–2	Stevenson	7,262
34	18 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–1	O'Rourke, Murphy	3,925

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Rangers	34	19	7	8	67	40	27	45
3	Hibernian	34	19	6	9	65	40	25	44
4	Heart of Midlothian	34	13	12	9	50	36	14	38

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	9 August	Clyde	H	4–1	Stanton (pen.), Grant (2), Murphy	8,751
G2	13 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–3	Grant	9,871
G2	16 August	Aberdeen	A	2–2	McBride, Grant	14,437
G2	20 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–0	Stanton, Marinello	13,194
G2	23 August	Clyde	A	1–3	McBride	2,703
G2	27 August	Aberdeen	H	0–0		18,317

Group 2 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen	6	2	4	0	8	4	4	8
2	Hibernian	6	2	2	2	10	9	1	6
3	Dunfermline Athletic	6	1	3	2	5	6	–1	5
4	Clyde	6	1	3	2	4	8	–4	5

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1969–70 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	24 January	Rangers	A	1–3	Graham	73,716

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

References

1. "Manager History for Hibernian". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
2. "Average Home League Game Attendances". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

External links

• Hibernian 1969/1970 results and fixtures, Soccerbase