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1952–53 Hibernian F.C. season

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Hibernian
1952–53 season
ManagerHugh Shaw [1]
Scottish First Division2nd
Scottish CupR4
Scottish League CupSF
Highest home attendance60,500 (v Rangers, 17 January)
Lowest home attendance15,000 (v Raith Rovers, 29 April)
Average home league attendance28,667[2] (down 1767)

During the 1952–53 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1952–53 Scottish First Division
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
1 6 September Queen of the South H 1–3 25,000
2 20 September Heart of Midlothian H 3–1 50,000
3 27 September Motherwell A 7–3 18,000
4 11 October Rangers A 2–1 65,000
5 18 October Falkirk H 4–2 25,000
6 25 October Clyde A 3–2 28,000
7 1 November Third Lanark A 0–2 12,000
8 8 November Airdireonians H 3–1 18,000
9 15 November Dundee H 3–0 30,000
10 22 November East Fife A 5–3 18,000
11 29 November St Mirren H 0–2 20,000
12 6 December Celtic H 1–1 32,500
13 13 December Partick Thistle A 4–5 18,000
14 20 December Queen of the South A 7–2 9,000
14 27 December Aberdeen H 3–0 20,000
15 1 January Heart of Midlothian A 2–1 41,085
17 3 January Motherwell A 7–2 26,000
18 10 January Raith Rovers A 2–4 20,000
19 17 January Rangers H 1–1 60,500
20 31 January Falkirk A 3–1 12,000
21 14 February Clyde H 5–1 30,000
22 28 February Airdrieonians A 7–3 16,000
23 7 March Dundee A 0–2 30,000
24 21 March St Mirren A 2–2 15,000
25 28 March Celtic A 3–1 20,000
26 4 April Partick Thistle H 1–1 30,000
27 11 April Aberdeen A 1–1 17,500
28 20 April East Fife H 2–1 47,000
29 25 April Third Lanark H 7–1 18,000
30 29 April Raith Rovers H 4–1 15,000

Final League table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 30 18 7 5 80 39 41 43
2 Hibernian 30 19 5 6 93 51 42 43
3 East Fife 30 16 7 7 72 48 24 39

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1952–53 Scottish League Cup

Group Stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
G1 9 August Partick Thistle A 5–1 30,000
G1 13 August St Mirren H 5–2 25,000
G1 16 August Celtic A 0–2 30,000
G1 23 August Partick Thistle H 3–1 28,000
G1 27 August St Mirren A 1–3 15,000
G1 30 August Celtic H 3–0 52,000

Group 1 final table

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hibernian 6 4 0 2 17 9 8 8
2 Celtic 6 4 0 2 9 9 0 8
3 St Mirren 6 2 1 3 13 13 0 5
4 Partick Thistle 6 1 1 4 10 18 –8 3

Knockout stage

Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
QF L1 13 September Morton A 6–0 12,000
QF L2 17 September Morton H 6–3 9,000
SF 4 October Dundee N 1–2 44,200

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1952–53 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 24 January Stenhousemuir H 8–1 16,587
R2 7 February Queen's Park H 4–2 17,943
R3 21 February Airdrieonians A 4–0 27,000
R4 14 March Aberdeen H 1–1 47,585
R4 R 18 March Aberdeen A 0–2 41,880

See also

References

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