1951–52 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1951–52 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came first out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Hibernian

1951–52 season
Manager	Hugh Shaw
Scottish First Division	1st
Scottish Cup	R1
Scottish League Cup	Group Stage
Saint Mungo Cup	SF
Highest home attendance	55000 (v Rangers, 3 November)
Lowest home attendance	20,000 (v Motherwell, 21 April)
Average home league attendance	30,700 (up 4,368)

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1951–52 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	8 September	Raith Rovers	A	2–0		18,000
2	15 September	Aberdeen	H	4–4		32,000
3	22 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1		44,842
4	29 September	Third Lanark	H	5–2		28,000
5	6 October	Stirling Albion	A	4–1		14,000
6	13 October	Morton	H	1–0		24,000
7	20 October	Partick Thistle	H	5–0		22,000
8	27 October	Celtic	A	1–1		50,000
9	3 November	Rangers	H	1–1		55,000
10	10 November	Morton	A	1–2		7,000
11	17 November	East Fife	H	4–2		40,000
12	24 November	Airdrieonians	A	2–0		11,000
13	1 December	Dundee	A	4–1		26,000
14	8 December	Queen of the South	H	5–0		25,000
14	15 December	St Mirren	A	4–0		20,000
15	22 December	Raith Rovers	H	5–0		24,500
17	29 December	Motherwell	A	1–3		15,000
18	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–3		39,000
19	2 January	Third Lanark	A	5–0		14,000
20	5 January	Stirling Albion	H	8–0		23,000
21	12 January	Aberdeen	A	2–1		22,000
22	19 January	Partick Thistle	A	2–1		30,000
23	2 February	Celtic	H	3–1		42,000
24	13 February	Rangers	A	2–2		45,000
25	16 February	St Mirren	H	5–2		30,000
26	23 February	East Fife	A	1–3		19,000
27	1 March	Airdrieonians	H	4–0		30,000
28	15 March	Queen of the South	A	2–5		11,500
29	9 April	Dundee	H	3–1		26,000
30	21 April	Motherwell	H	3–1		20,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	30	20	5	5	92	36	56	45
2	Rangers	30	16	9	5	61	31	30	41
3	East Fife	30	17	3	10	71	49	22	37

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1951–52 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G2	11 August	Partick Thistle	A	2–4		30,000
G2	15 August	Motherwell	H	0–4		30,000
G2	18 August	Stirling Albion	H	4–2		22,000
G2	25 August	Partick Thistle	H	5–1		45,000
G2	29 August	Motherwell	A	0–1		20,000
G2	1 September	Stirling Albion	A	1–1		9,100

Group 2 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Motherwell	6	4	1	1	16	9	7	9
2	Celtic	6	2	2	2	8	10	–2	6
3	Hibernian	6	2	1	3	12	13	–1	5
4	Stirling Albion	6	1	2	3	10	14	–4	4

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1951–52 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	26 January	Raith Rovers	A	0–0		30,206
R1 R	30 January	Raith Rovers	H	0–0		30,000
R1 2R	4 February	Raith Rovers	N	1–4		33,614

Saint Mungo Cup

Main article: Saint Mungo Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	14 July	Third Lanark	H	3–1	Johnstone (2), Turnbull	22,000
R2	21 July	Motherwell	N	3–1	Turnbull (penalty), Souness, Johnstone	20,000
SF	25 July	Aberdeen	N	1–1	Smith	27,000
SF R	28 July	Aberdeen	A	1–2	Turnbull (penalty)	28,000

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1951/1952 results and fixtures, Soccerbase