1968–69 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian 1968–69 football season

Hibernian
1968–69 season
Manager	Bob Shankly
Scottish First Division	12th
Scottish Cup	R1
Scottish League Cup	F
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R3
Highest home attendance	58,141 (v Rangers, 25 January)
Lowest home attendance	4240 (v St Johnstone, 1 May)
Average home league attendance	11,205 (down 755)
← 1967–68 1969–70 →

During the 1968–69 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came twelfth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	7 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–3	Stanton	24,110
2	14 September	Raith Rovers	A	0–2		5,010
3	21 September	Falkirk	H	3–2	Cormack (2), Davis (pen.)	6,595
4	28 September	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	Stein	4,776
5	5 October	Airdrieonians	H	5-1	Davis (pen.), Scott, Stein (2), Cormack	6,318
6	12 October	Clyde	A	1-1	Cormack	3,577
7	19 October	Kilmarnock	H	1–0	Cormack	8,653
8	26 October	Dundee United	H	1–1	Cormack	8,422
9	2 November	St Mirren	A	0–3		8,250
10	9 November	Rangers	A	1–6	McBride	49,079
11	16 November	Morton	H	5–0	McBride (4), Quinn	7,771
12	23 November	Arbroath	A	4–3	Cormack, McBride (2), O'Rourke	2,296
13	30 November	Celtic	H	2–5	McBride, Davis (pen.)	34,888
14	7 December	Aberdeen	A	6–2	Davis (pen.), Scott, McBride, Cormack (3)	11,102
14	14 December	Dundee	A	0–0		7,137
15	21 December	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1	O'Rourke, McBride, Stevenson	12,577
17	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	0–0		30,011
18	2 January	Raith Rovers	H	3–0	McBride (2), Cormack	11,336
19	4 January	Falkirk	A	1–0	McBride	7,172
20	11 January	Partick Thistle	H	1–2	Quinn	8,928
21	18 January	Airdireonans	A	1–3	McGraw	2,968
22	1 February	Clyde	H	2–1	Cormack, McBride	5,931
23	19 February	Kilmarnock	A	1–2	McBride	5,673
24	1 March	St Mirren	H	3–0	Davis (pen.), O'Rourke, McBride	6,146
25	5 March	Rangers	H	1–2	O'Rourke	29,221
26	8 March	Morton	A	3–4	Marinello, McBride, Hunter	4,631
27	15 March	Arbroath	H	1–2	Cropley	5,045
28	24 March	Celtic	A	1–1	McBride	29,001
29	29 March	Aberdeen	H	1–1	Davis (pen.)	6,321
30	31 March	Dundee United	A	0–3		5,358
31	8 April	Dundee	H	1–3	Cormack	1,991
32	19 April	St Johnstone	A	1–2	Stevenson	5,182
33	28 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–1	O'Rourke	4,348
34	1 May	St Johnstone	H	4–0	O'Rourke, McBride, Cormack (2)	4,240

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	St Mirren	34	11	10	13	40	54	–14	32
12	Hibernian	34	12	7	15	60	59	1	31
13	Clyde	34	9	13	12	35	50	–15	31

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G1	10 August	St Johnstone	H	0–1		9,744
G1	14 August	Raith Rovers	A	1–0	O'Rourke	6,054
G1	17 August	Falkirk	H	2–0	Stein, O'Rourke	9,930
G1	24 August	St Johnstone	A	2–2	Stein (2)	4,640
G1	28 August	Raith Rovers	H	3–0	Marinello (2), Stanton	7,929
G1	31 August	Falkirk	A	2–0	O.G., Cormack	6,605

Group 1 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	6	4	1	1	10	3	7	9
2	Raith Rovers	6	2	2	2	7	8	–1	6
3	St Johnstone	6	1	3	2	8	9	–1	5
4	Falkirk	6	1	2	3	8	13	–5	4

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	11 September	East Fife	A	4–1	Davis (pen.), Marinello, Stein, Stevenson	6,728
QF L2	25 September	East Fife	H	2–1	Stein, Stevenson	4,874
SF	9 October	Dundee	N	2–1	Stein, McGraw	19,752
F	5 April	Celtic	N	2–6	O'Rourke, Stevenson	74,253

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1968–69 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	25 January	Rangers	H	0–1		58,141

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Main article: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1968-69

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	18 September	Olimpija Ljubljana	A	3–0	Stevenson, Stein, O.G.	3,000
R1 L2	2 October	Olimpija Ljubljana	H	2–1	Davis (2 pens.)	10,445
R2 L1	13 November	Lokomotive Leipzig	H	3–1	McBride (3)	11,000
R2 L2	20 November	Lokomotive Leipzig	A	1–0	Grant	10,000
R3 L1	18 December	SV Hamburg	A	0–1		7,000
R3 L2	15 January	SV Hamburg	H	2-1	McBride (2)	27,399

References

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

External links

Hibernian 1968/1969 results and fixtures, Soccerbase

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1970 World Cup qualifying (Group 7) British Home Championship
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Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Motherwell Queen of the South Queen's Park Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

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1968–69 Hibernian F.C. season

Scottish First Division

Final League table

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Group 1 final table

Knockout stage

Scottish Cup

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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References

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