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1956–57 Hibernian F.C. season

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{{infobox football club season

| club = Hibernian

| season = 1956–57

| chairman =

| manager = Hugh Shaw{{cite web |url=http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1227&teamTabs=managers |publisher=Soccerbase |access-date=27 May 2012 |title= Manager History for Hibernian}}

| league = Scottish First Division

| league result = 9th

| cup1 = Scottish Cup

| cup1 result = R5

| cup2 = Scottish League Cup

| cup2 result = GS

| league topscorer =

| season topscorer =

| prevseason = 1955–56

| nextseason = 1957–58

| highest attendance = 40,000 (v Heart of Midlothian, 25 August)
(v Rangers, 2 March)

| lowest attendance = 7000 (v Dunfermline Athletic, 20 April)

| average attendance = 18,176{{cite web |url=http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/club_records_league_attendance.php |title=Average Home League Game Attendances |work=fitbastats.com |access-date=4 November 2013}} (down 2048)

}}

During the 1956–57 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came ninth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

{{main article|1956–57 Scottish First Division}}

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! Match Day

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Hibernian Scorer(s)

! Attendance

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|1

|align=left|8 September

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|6–1

|align=left|

|20,000

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|2

|align=left|15 September

|align=left|Queen of the South

|A

|0–2

|align=left|

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|3

|align=left|22 September

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|2–3

|align=left|

|39,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|4

|align=left|29 September

|align=left|Aberdeen

|A

|1–3

|align=left|

|18,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|5

|align=left|6 October

|align=left|Queen's Park

|H

|1–1

|align=left|

|16,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|6

|align=left|13 October

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|A

|1–1

|align=left|

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|7

|align=left|20 October

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|1–1

|align=left|

|18,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|8

|align=left|27 October

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|14,000

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|9

|align=left|3 November

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|3–5

|align=left|

|45,000

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|10

|align=left|10 November

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|1–1

|align=left|

|12,000

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|11

|align=left|17 November

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|14,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|12

|align=left|24 November

|align=left|East Fife

|A

|6–1

|align=left|

|8,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|13

|align=left|1 December

|align=left|Ayr United

|H

|3–1

|align=left|

|10,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|14

|align=left|8 December

|align=left|Airdireonians

|A

|3–5

|align=left|

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|14

|align=left|15 December

|align=left|St Mirren

|H

|1–1

|align=left|

|8,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|15

|align=left|22 December

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|A

|3–1

|align=left|

|6,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|17

|align=left|29 December

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|3–3

|align=left|

|31,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|18

|align=left|1 January

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|2–0

|align=left|

|35,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|19

|align=left|2 January

|align=left|Queen of the South

|H

|1–1

|align=left|

|15,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|20

|align=left|5 January

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|1–0

|align=left|

|8,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|21

|align=left|12 January

|align=left|Aberdeen

|H

|4–1

|align=left|

|25,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|22

|align=left|19 January

|align=left|Queen's Park

|A

|1–2

|align=left|

|11,043

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|23

|align=left|26 January

|align=left|Raith Rovers

|H

|1–4

|align=left|

|15,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|24

|align=left|9 February

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|15,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|25

|align=left|23 February

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|A

|1–2

|align=left|

|9,297

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|26

|align=left|2 March

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|2–3

|align=left|

|40,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|27

|align=left|9 March

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|3–0

|align=left|

|13,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|28

|align=left|16 March

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|2–0

|align=left|

|15,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|29

|align=left|23 March

|align=left|East Fife

|H

|4–0

|align=left|

|16,000

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|30

|align=left|30 March

|align=left|Ayr United

|A

|3–2

|align=left|

|7,500

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|31

|align=left|6 April

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|H

|6–0

|align=left|

|8,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|32

|align=left|13 April

|align=left|St Mirren

|A

|2–4

|align=left|

|9,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|33

|align=left|20 April

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|7,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|34

|align=left|27 April

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|1–2

|align=left|

|12,000

=Final League table=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
width=30|P

!width=140|Team

!width=30|Pld

!width=30|W

!width=30|D

!width=30|L

!width=30|GF

!width=30|GA

!width=30|GD

!width=30|Pts

8

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|34

|13

|8

|13

|53

|51

|2

|34

style="background:#ccffcc;"

|9

|align=left|Hibernian

|34

|12

|9

|13

|69

|56

|13

|33

10

|align=left|Dundee

|34

|13

|6

|15

|55

|61

|–6

|32

=Scottish League Cup=

{{main article|1956–57 Scottish League Cup}}

==Group stage==

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Hibernian Scorer(s)

! Attendance

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|G4

|align=left|11 August

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|1–6

|align=left|

|28,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|G4

|align=left|15 August

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|0–1

|align=left|

|25,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|G4

|align=left|18 August

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|A

|1–4

|align=left|

|25,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|G4

|align=left|25 August

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|1–2

|align=left|

|40,000

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|G4

|align=left|29 August

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|0–4

|align=left|

|12,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|G4

|align=left|1 September

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|2–2

|align=left|

|30,000

==Group 4 final table==

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width=30|P

!width=140|Team

!width=30|Pld

!width=30|W

!width=30|D

!width=30|L

!width=30|GF

!width=30|GA

!width=30|GD

!width=30|Pts

1

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|6

|4

|2

|0

|15

|6

|9

|10

2

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|6

|3

|2

|1

|17

|8

|9

|8

3

|align=left|Falkirk

|6

|2

|1

|3

|6

|10

|–4

|5

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|4

|align=left|Hibernian

|6

|0

|1

|5

|5

|19

|–14

|1

=Scottish Cup=

{{main article|1956–57 Scottish Cup}}

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Hibernian Scorer(s)

! Attendance

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|R2

|align=left|2 February

|align=left|Aberdeen

|H

|3–4

|align=left|

|27,294

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1227&teamTabs=results Hibernian 1957/1958 results and fixtures], Soccerbase

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