1955–56 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1955–56 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came fourth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Hibernian

1955–56 season
Manager	Hugh Shaw
Scottish First Division	4th
Scottish Cup	R5
Scottish League Cup	GS
Highest home attendance	60,182 (v Heart of Midlothian, 2 January)
Lowest home attendance	7000 (v Dunfermline Athletic, 20 August)
Average home league attendance	20,224 (down 2601)

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1955–56 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 September	Aberdeen	A	2–6		17,000
2	17 September	Clyde	A	2–2		12,000
3	24 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0		45,000
4	1 October	Kilmarnock	H	2–1		20,000
5	15 October	Falkirk	H	2–0		20,000
6	22 October	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–2		13,000
7	29 October	Airdrieonians	H	3–3		15,000
8	5 November	Raith Rovers	A	4–0		12,000
9	12 November	East Fife	H	3–1		12,000
10	19 November	Queen of the South	A	3–1		11,000
11	26 November	Partick Thistle	H	5–1		15,000
12	3 December	St Mirren	A	1–0		12,000
13	10 December	Dundee	H	6–3		7,000
14	17 December	Rangers	A	1–4		50,000
14	24 December	Celtic	H	2–3		32,000
15	31 December	Stirling Albion	H	6–1		10,000
17	2 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–2		60,812
18	3 January	Clyde	H	1–0		20,000
19	14 January	Aberdeen	H	1–3		25,000
20	21 January	Kilmarnock	A	1–0		14,000
21	28 January	Motherwell	H	6–0		15,000
22	11 February	Falkirk	A	0–2		12,000
23	25 February	Dunfermline Athletic	H	7–1		18,000
24	7 March	Airdrioenians	A	1–3		4,000
25	10 March	Raith Rovers	H	2–2		25,000
26	17 March	East Fife	A	2–1		8,000
27	21 March	Queen of the South	H	4–1		9,000
28	31 March	Partick Thistle	A	1–1		23,000
29	7 April	St Mirren	H	2–0		10,000
30	16 April	Motherwell	A	1–1		8,000
31	21 April	Rangers	H	2–2		30,000
32	23 April	Dundee	A	2–3		7,000
33	25 April	Celtic	A	3–0		9,500
34	28 April	Stirling Albion	A	3–0		5,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Heart of Midlothian	34	19	7	8	99	47	52	45
4	Hibernian	34	19	7	8	86	50	36	45
5	Celtic	34	16	9	9	55	39	16	41

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1955–56 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G3	13 August	Aberdeen	A	0–1		40,000
G3	17 August	Clyde	A	2–2		10,000
G3	20 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–1		6,000
G3	27 August	Aberdeen	A	1–2		30,000
G3	31 August	Clyde	H	2–1		15,000
G3	3 September	Dunfermline Athletic	A	3–1		14,000

Group 3 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Aberdeen	6	5	1	0	18	8	10	11
2	Hibernian	6	3	1	2	11	8	3	7
3	Dunfermline Athletic	6	1	1	4	12	16	–4	3
4	Clyde	6	1	1	4	11	15	–4	3

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1955–56 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R5	4 February	Raith Rovers	H	1–1		26,024
R5 R	13 February	Raith Rovers	A	1–3		20,000

European Cup

Main article: 1955–56 European Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	14 September	Rot-Weiss Essen	A	4–0		5,000
R1 L2	12 October	Rot-Weiss Essen	H	1–1		30,000
QF L1	23 November	Djurgårdens IF	A	3–1		21,962
QF L2	28 November	Djurgårdens IF	H	1–0		31,346
SF L1	4 April	Stade de Reims	A	0–2		35,486
SF L2	18 April	Stade de Reims	H	0–1		44,941

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1955/1956 results and fixtures, Soccerbase