1975–76 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian
1975–76 season
Manager	Eddie Turnbull
Scottish Premier Division	3rd
Scottish Cup	QF
Scottish League Cup	QF
UEFA Cup	R1
Highest home attendance	39,293 (v Heart of Midlothian, 1 January)
Lowest home attendance	4040 (v Montrose, 10 September)
Average home league attendance	13,797 (up 76)
	← 1974–75 1976–77 →

During the 1975–76 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 10 clubs in the Scottish Premier Division and reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	30 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–0	Harper	23,646
2	6 September	Dundee United	A	0–1		7,069
3	13 September	Ayr United	H	1–0	Brownlie	8,897
4	20 September	Rangers	A	1–1	O.G.	38,519
5	27 September	St Johnstone	H	4–2	McLeod, Harper, Munro, Duncan	5,572
6	4 October	Dundee	H	1–1	Edwards	8,708
7	11 October	Motherwell	A	1–2	Harper	8,207
8	25 October	Aberdeen	H	3–1	Bremner, Smith, O.G.	11,133
9	1 November	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Stanton	24,471
10	8 November	Dundee United	H	1–1	Brownlie (pen.)	10,633
11	15 November	Ayr United	A	3–1	McLeod, Duncan (2)	4,828
12	22 November	Rangers	H	2–1	Stanton (2)	26,547
13	29 November	St Johnstone	A	4–3	Duncan (3), Brownlie (pen.)	4,484
14	6 December	Dundee	A	0–2		7,360
15	10 December	Celtic	A	1–1	Schaedler	31,918
16	13 December	Motherwell	H	1–0	Stanton	15,991
17	20 December	Celtic	H	1–3	Duncan	21,136
18	27 December	Aberdeen	A	2–2	Bremner, Duncan	18,621
19	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–0	Duncan (2), Smith	32,923
20	10 January	Ayr United	H	3–0	Harper (2), Brownlie (pen.)	8,083
21	17 January	Rangers	A	0–2		39,457
22	31 January	St Johnstone	H	5–0	Brownlie, McLeod (2), Smith, Duncan	7,839
23	7 February	Dundee	H	4–0	Stanton, McLeod, Smith, Duncan	9,241
24	21 February	Motherwell	A	1–0	Smith	10,518
25	28 February	Celtic	A	0–4		32,059
26	13 March	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	Duncan	18,528
27	20 March	Dundee United	H	0–1		6,720
28	27 March	Ayr United	A	0–2		4,733
29	31 March	Aberdeen	H	3–2	Blackley, Murray, Muir	4,082
30	3 April	Rangers	H	0–3		18,820
31	10 April	St Johnstone	A	2–0	Bremner, McGhee	2,182
32	14 April	Dundee	A	1–1	McGhee	6,054
33	17 April	Motherwell	H	2–0	McGhee, McLeod	9,098
34	21 April	Celtic	H	2–0	Smith, McLeod (pen.)	19,076
35	24 April	Aberdeen	A	0–3		11,961
36	28 April	Dundee United	A	0–2		6,669

Final League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers (C)	36	23	8	5	60	24	+36	54	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Celtic	36	21	6	9	71	42	+29	48	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Hibernian	36	18	7	11	55	43	+12	43	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Motherwell	36	16	8	12	57	49	+8	40
5	Heart of Midlothian	36	13	9	14	39	45	−6	35	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	9 August	Dundee	H	2–0	McLeod (pen.), Harper	10,851
G2	13 August	Ayr United	A	1–2	McLeod	5,886
G2	16 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–0	Harper (2), Duncan	9,636
G2	20 August	Ayr United	H	2–1	Munro, O.G.	9,969
G2	23 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	4–0	Stanton, Harper (2), Smith	6,731
G2	1 September	Dundee	A	2–1	Brownlie (pen.), Harper	4,982

Group 2 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	6	5	0	1	14	4	10	10
2	Ayr United	6	2	3	1	11	9	2	7
3	Dundee	6	1	2	3	9	10	–1	4
4	Dunfermline Athletic	6	0	3	3	4	15	–11	3

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	10 September	Montrose	H	1–0	Harper	4,040
QF L2	24 September	Montrose	A	1–3	Duncan	5,905

UEFA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	17 September	Liverpool	H	1–0	Harper	19,219
R1 L2	30 September	Liverpool	A	1–3	Edwards	29,963

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	24 January	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–2	Stanton, Smith, Harper	10,719
R4	14 February	Dundee United	H	1–1	Bremner	13,682
R4 R	25 February	Dundee United	A	2–0	Spalding, Edwards	13,000
QF	6 March	Motherwell	A	2–2	Spalding, Duncan	17,438
QF R	10 March	Motherwell	H	1–1	Stanton	25,658
QF 2R	15 March	Motherwell	N	1–2	Harper	16,000

References

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

External links

Hibernian 1975/1976 results and fixtures, Soccerbase

[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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