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1965–66 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1965–66 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland, came sixth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Hibernian
1965–66 season
ManagerBob Shankly[1]
Scottish First Division6th
Scottish CupR2
Scottish League CupSF
Inter-Cities Fairs CupR1
Highest home attendance37,288 (v Rangers, 16 October)
Lowest home attendance3861 (v Clyde, 23 March)
Average home league attendance11,955[2] (down 1905)

Scottish First Division

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Main article: 1965–66 Scottish First Division
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
1 25 August Morton A 5–1 Cormack, Quinn, Scott, Martin (2) 6,700
2 11 September Kilmarnock H 3–3 Cormack, Scott, Martin 13,385
3 18 September Heart of Midlothian A 4–0 O'Rourke (2), Stevenson (2) 22,369
4 25 September Falkirk H 5–1 Scott, Martin (4) 10,650
5 2 October Clyde A 2–1 McNamee, Baxter 4,310
6 9 October Motherwell H 2–2 Martin, Davis (pen.) 13,511
7 16 October Rangers H 1–2 Stevenson 37,288
8 23 October St Mirren A 2–0 Davis (pen.), Stevenson J. 3,068
9 30 October Partick Thistle A 2–3 Quinn, Cormack 5,874
10 6 November Hamilton Academical H 11–1 Davis, Hogg, Cormack, Scott (2), O'Rourke (2), Stevenson (3) 6,319
11 13 November Dundee A 3–4 Stanton, O'Rourke, Stevenson 11,948
12 20 November Stirling Albion A 2–1 Davis (pen.), Cormack 3,579
13 27 November Dunfermline Athletic H 1–1 O'Rourke 11,587
14 11 December Celtic A 0–2 21,057
14 18 December St Johnstone H 3–0 Cormack, Cousin, O'Rourke 6,363
15 25 December Aberdeen A 3–1 McNamee, Scott, Cormack 9,535
17 1 January Heart of Midlothian H 2–3 Cormack (2) 32,192
18 3 January Kilmarnock A 0–1 11,298
19 8 January Morton H 4–1 O'Rourke (2), Cormack (2) 9,214
20 15 January Falkirk A 2–3 Stein (2) 4,462
21 29 January Motherwell A 0–4 3,375
22 12 February Rangers A 0–2 27,569
23 26 February Partick Thistle H 2–0 Cormack, Stein 6,597
24 2 March St Mirren H 3–2 Grant, Stein, Cormack 4,874
25 5 March Hamilton Academical A 2–1 Grant, O.G. 1,185
26 12 March Dundee H 1–1 Cousin 8,302
27 19 March Stirling Albion H 1–0 Peter Cormack 4,188
28 23 March Clyde H 3–1 Davis (pen.), O'Rourke, Stein 3,861
29 6 April Dunfermline Athletic A 2–3 Davis (pen.), Stevenson 4,715
30 9 April Dundee United A 4–5 Davis (2, 1 pen.), Stanton, Cormack 4,706
31 16 April Celtic H 0–0 24,030
32 20 April Dundee United H 3–3 Stein, Stevenson, O.G. 4,568
33 23 April St Johnstone A 3–1 Stein, Scott, Stevenson 3,385
34 30 April Aberdeen H 0–1 6,301

Final League table

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P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Dundee United 34 19 5 10 79 51 28 43
6 Hibernian 34 16 6 12 81 55 26 38
6 Heart of Midlothian 34 13 12 9 56 48 8 38

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 1965–66 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

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Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
G4 14 August Falkirk A 1–3 Scott 6,174
G4 18 August St Mirren H 1–0 Stevenson 8,372
G4 21 August Morton A 4–2 McNamee, Baxter, Scott, Martin 7,798
G4 28 August Falkirk H 3–1 McNamee, Quinn (pen.), Martin 10,704
G4 1 September St Mirren A 3–0 Cormack, Scott (2) 7,091
G4 4 September Morton H 3–0 Cormack, Martin, Stevenson 9,269

Group 4 final table

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P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Hibernian 6 5 0 1 15 6 9 10
2 Falkirk 6 3 1 2 11 10 1 7
3 St Mirren 6 2 0 4 5 9 –4 4
4 Morton 6 1 1 4 7 13 –6 3

Knockout stage

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Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
QF L1 15 September Alloa Athletic A 2–0 Quinn, Martin 3,513
QF L2 22 September Alloa Athletic H 11–2 Davis (pen.), Quinn, Scott (4), Martin (4), Stevenson 6,407
SF 4 October Celtic N 2–2 Martin (2) 46,074
SF R 18 October Celtic N 0–4 51,023

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 1965–66 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 5 February Third Lanark H 4–3 Davis (pen.), Cousin, Scott, O'Rourke 5,441
R2 21 February Heart of Midlothian A 1–2 McNamee 31,244

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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Main article: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965-66
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 8 September   Valencia CF H 2–0 Scott, McNamee 19,000
R1 L2 12 October   Valencia CF A 0–2 44,000
R1 R 3 November   Valencia CF A 0–3 43,100

See also

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References

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  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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