1948–49 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian

1948–49 season
Manager	Hugh Shaw
Scottish First Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	R3
Scottish League Cup	GS
Highest home attendance	50,000 (v Rangers, 19 February)
Lowest home attendance	5325 (v Albion Rovers, 29 January)
Average home league attendance	25,666 (up 278)

During the 1948–49 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1948–49 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	14 August	East Fife	H	5–2		40,000
2	18 August	Queen of the South	A	1–1		14,500
3	21 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–1		40,000
4	28 August	Clyde	A	5–3		25,000
5	1 September	Albion Rovers	H	4–4		15,000
6	4 September	Aberdeen	A	2–1		35,000
7	23 October	Partick Thistle	A	6–2		25,000
8	30 October	Celtic	H	1–2		32,000
9	6 November	Rangers	A	4–2		50,000
10	13 November	Morton	H	3–4		22,000
11	20 November	Motherwell	A	1–5		12,000
12	27 November	Third Lanark	H	1–0		25,000
13	4 December	Dundee	A	2–1		32,000
14	11 December	Falkirk	A	1–1		20,000
14	18 December	St Mirren	H	1–1		25,000
15	25 December	Queen of the South	H	1–1		25,000
17	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–3		45,030
18	3 January	Clyde	H	3–0		30,000
19	8 January	East Fife	A	3–2		18,000
20	15 January	Aberdeen	H	4–1		24,000
21	29 January	Albion Rovers	H	3–0		8,000
22	12 February	Celtic	A	2–1		40,000
23	19 February	Rangers	H	0–1		50,000
24	26 February	Morton	A	3–2		10,000
25	19 March	Dundee	A	3–4		32,500
26	2 April	St Mirren	A	0–2		10,000
27	9 April	Partick Thistle	H	2–1		14,000
28	16 April	Motherwell	H	5–1		25,000
29	19 April	Third Lanark	A	2–3		7,000
30	23 April	Falkirk	H	2–0		10,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Dundee	30	20	5	5	71	48	23	45
3	Hibernian	30	17	5	8	75	52	27	39
4	East Fife	30	16	3	11	64	46	18	35

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1948–49 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G1	11 September	Celtic	A	0–1		55,000
G1	18 September	Rangers	H	0–0		47,000
G1	25 September	Clyde	H	4–0		25,000
G1	2 October	Celtic	H	4–2		53,000
G1	9 October	Rangers	A	0–1		74,466
G1	16 October	Clyde	A	4–1		18,000

Group 1 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	6	3	2	1	8	6	2	8
2	Hibernian	6	3	1	2	12	5	7	7
3	Celtic	6	3	0	3	12	13	–1	6
4	Clyde	6	1	1	4	9	17	–8	3

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1948–49 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	22 January	Forfar Athletic	A	4–0		5,347
R2	5 February	Raith Rovers	H	1–1		26,538
R2 R	9 February	Raith Rovers	A	4–3		20,000
R3	5 March	East Fife	H	0–2		24,946

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1948/1949 results and fixtures, Soccerbase