1960–61 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1960–61 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came eighth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Hibernian

1960–61 season
Manager	Hugh Shaw
Scottish First Division	8th
Scottish Cup	R4
Scottish League Cup	GS
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	SF
Highest home attendance	45,000 (v Barcelona, 22 February)
Lowest home attendance	7000 (v Airdrieonians, 27 February)
Average home league attendance	15,471 (down 1088)

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	24 August	Dundee United	A	1–3		9,000
2	10 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–4		40,000
3	17 September	Kilmarnock	A	1–4		11,995
4	24 September	Raith Rovers	H	0–1		12,000
5	1 October	Partick Thistle	A	1–3		8,000
6	8 October	St Johnstone	A	0–2		10,400
7	15 October	Celtic	H	0–6		28,000
8	22 October	Airdrieonians	A	3–4		4,000
9	29 October	St Mirren	H	4–3		9,000
10	5 November	Dundee	A	1–0		13,000
11	12 November	Ayr United	H	3–1		10,000
12	19 November	Aberdeen	H	2–2		14,000
13	26 November	Motherwell	A	1–4		15,000
14	3 December	Dunfermline Athletic	H	2–1		9,000
14	10 December	Rangers	H	1–2		35,000
15	17 December	Clyde	A	3–3		7,000
17	24 December	Third Lanark	H	8–4		14,000
18	31 December	Dundee United	H	2–0		15,000
19	2 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1		43,000
19	7 January	Kilmarnock	H	4–0		8,599
20	14 January	Raith Rovers	A	2–0		11,000
21	21 January	Partick Thistle	H	1–1		11,000
23	8 February	St Johnstone	H	3–1		8,000
24	18 February	Celtic	A	0–2		32,000
25	27 February	Airdireonians	H	3–3		7,000
26	4 March	St Mirren	A	1–2		15,000
27	18 March	Ayr United	A	1–0		5,000
28	20 March	Dundee	H	1–0		8,000
29	25 March	Aberdeen	A	4–1		6,000
30	1 April	Motherwell	H	2–1		15,000
31	8 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–4		11,000
32	11 April	Rangers	A	0–1		45,000
33	22 April	Clyde	H	4–0		10,000
34	29 April	Third Lanark	A	1–6		8,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Heart of Midlothian	34	13	8	13	51	53	–2	34
8	Hibernian	34	15	4	15	66	69	–3	34
9	Dundee United	34	13	7	14	60	58	2	33

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G3	13 August	Kilmarnock	A	2–4		15,451
G3	17 August	Dunfermline Athletic	H	3–0		18,000
G3	20 August	Airdireonians	H	6–1		15,000
G3	27 August	Kilmarnock	H	2–2		23,000
G3	31 August	Dunfermline Athletic	A	1–3		10,000
G3	3 September	Airdireonians	A	1–2		3,500

Group 3 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kilmarnock	6	4	1	1	12	7	4	9
2	Dunfermline Athletic	6	3	0	3	13	12	1	6
3	Hibernian	6	2	1	3	15	13	2	5
4	Airdrieonians	6	2	0	4	10	18	–8	4

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	28 January	Clyde	A	2–0		17,900
R2	11 February	Peebles Rovers	H	15–1		10,453
R3	25 February	Hamilton Academical	A	4–0		11,437
R4	11 March	Celtic	A	1–1		56,000
R4 R	15 March	Celtic	H	0–1		39,243

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Main article: 1960–61 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	26 October	Lausanne-Sports	H	W/O
OF L1	27 December	Barcelona	A	4–4		32,000
QF L2	22 February	Barcelona	H	3–2		45,000
SF L1	19 April	Roma	H	2–2		35,000
SF L2	26 April	Roma	A	3–3		22,000
SF R	27 May	Roma	A	0–6		50,000

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1960/1961 results and fixtures, Soccerbase