1972–73 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian
1972–73 season
Manager	Eddie Turnbull
Scottish First Division	3rd
Scottish Cup	R4
Scottish League Cup	Winners
European Cup Winners' Cup	QF
Drybrough Cup	Winners
Highest home attendance	49,007 (v Rangers, 28 February)
Lowest home attendance	7054 (v Queen of the South, 19 August)
Average home league attendance	16,100 (up 2043)
	← 1971–72 1973–74 →

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

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

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

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

Group stage

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

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

Knockout stage

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

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	13 September	Sporting CP	A	1–2	Duncan	30,000
R1 L2	27 September	Sporting CP	H	6–1	Gordon (2), O'Rourke (3, 1 pen.), O.G.	26,041
R2 L1	25 October	KS Besa Kavaje	H	7–1	Cropley, O'Rourke (3), Brownlie, Duncan (2)	20,000
R2 L2	8 November	KS Besa Kavaje	A	1–1	Gordon	20,000
QF L1	7 March	Hajduk Split	H	4–2	Gordon (3), Duncan	28,424
QF L2	21 March	Hajduk Split	A	0–3		25,000

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

References

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

External links

Hibernian 1972/1973 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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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Drybrough Cup Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup UEFA Cup European Super Cup Texaco Cup
Related to national team	Results 1974 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Arbroath Ayr United Celtic Dumbarton Dundee Dundee United East Fife Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Berwick Rangers Brechin City Clyde Clydebank Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Athletic East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers St. Mirren Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer