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1966–67 Hibernian F.C. season

{{Use British English|date=August 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{infobox football club season

| club = Hibernian

| season = 1966–67

| chairman =

| manager = Bob Shankly{{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 = 5th

| cup1 = Scottish Cup

| cup1 result = QF

| cup2 = Scottish League Cup

| cup2 result = GS

| league topscorer =

| season topscorer =

| prevseason = 1965–66

| nextseason = 1967–68

| highest attendance = 43,526 (v Celtic, 8 October)

| lowest attendance = 3459 (v St Mirren, 8 April)

| average attendance = 12,796{{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}} (up 841)

}}

During the 1966–67 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came fifth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

{{main article|1966–67 Scottish First Division}}

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! Match Day

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Hibernian Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|1

|align=left|10 September

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Davis (pen.), McGraw, Scott

|21,395

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|2

|align=left|17 September

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|A

|6–5

|align=left|Cormack, Scott (2), Stevenson, McGraw (2)

|9,312

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|3

|align=left|24 September

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|H

|7–0

|align=left|Cormack (2), Stein (2), Scott (2), Stevenson

|9,722

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|4

|align=left|1 October

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|2–1

|align=left|Stein, McGraw

|5,609

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|5

|align=left|8 October

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|3–5

|align=left|Davis (pen.), Cormack, McGraw

|43,526

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|6

|align=left|15 October

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Stein

|8,341

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|7

|align=left|22 October

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Davis (pen.), Cormack

|10,436

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|8

|align=left|29 October

|align=left|Aberdeen

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Cormack

|9,435

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|9

|align=left|5 November

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Stein(2), Davis

|7,034

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|10

|align=left|12 November

|align=left|Clyde

|A

|1–5

|align=left|O'Rourke

|2,626

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|11

|align=left|19 November

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Davis (pen.)

|8,073

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|12

|align=left|26 November

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|1–2

|align=left|O'Rourke

|25,798

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|13

|align=left|3 December

|align=left|Stirling Albion

|H

|6–0

|align=left|Davis, McNamee, Cormack, O'Rourke, Stevenson (2)

|5,479

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|14

|align=left|10 December

|align=left|St Mirren

|A

|3–1

|align=left|Davis (pen.), Cormack (2)

|2,994

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|14

|align=left|17 December

|align=left|Ayr United

|A

|2–0

|align=left|O'Rourke, Stevenson

|6,553

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|15

|align=left|24 December

|align=left|St Johnstone

|H

|2–5

|align=left|Stevenson, O'Rourke

|5,688

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|17

|align=left|31 December

|align=left|Airdireonians

|A

|1–0

|align=left|Davis (pen.)

|4,000

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|18

|align=left|2 January

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|30,086

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|19

|align=left|3 January

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|2–0

|align=left|Cormack, McGraw

|15,896

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|20

|align=left|7 January

|align=left|Partick Thistle

|A

|4–1

|align=left|McGraw, Davis (pen.), Stevenson (2)

|5,324

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|21

|align=left|14 January

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Davis (pen.), Cormack

|11,465

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|22

|align=left|21 January

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|0–2

|align=left|

|36,727

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|23

|align=left|4 February

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|H

|3–1

|align=left|Scott (2, 1 pen.), Stein

|10,862

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|24

|align=left|11 February

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|3–1

|align=left|O'Rourke, Scott (pen.), Cormack

|9,200

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|25

|align=left|25 February

|align=left|Aberdeen

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Cormack

|18,532

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|26

|align=left|4 March

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|2–0

|align=left|O'Rourke, Stein

|5,953

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|27

|align=left|18 March

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Stevenson, Stanton

|10,478

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|28

|align=left|25 March

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|33,095

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|29

|align=left|28 March

|align=left|Clyde

|H

|1–1

|align=left|McGraw

|8,401

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|30

|align=left|1 April

|align=left|Stirling Albion

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|2,919

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|31

|align=left|8 April

|align=left|St Mirren

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Davis (pen.)

|3,459

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|32

|align=left|15 April

|align=left|Ayr United

|H

|4–1

|align=left|McGraw, Davis (2 pens.), Stein

|4,029

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|33

|align=left|22 April

|align=left|St Johnstone

|A

|2–1

|align=left|McGraw (2)

|3,094

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|34

|align=left|29 April

|align=left|Airdrieonians

|H

|0–2

|align=left|

|5,333

=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

4

|align=left|Aberdeen

|34

|17

|8

|9

|72

|38

|34

|42

style="background:#ccffcc;"

|5

|align=left|Hibernian

|34

|19

|4

|11

|72

|49

|23

|42

6

|align=left|Dundee

|34

|16

|9

|9

|74

|51

|23

|41

=Scottish League Cup=

{{main article|1966–67 Scottish League Cup}}

==Group stage==

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Hibernian Scorer(s)

! Attendance

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|G2

|align=left|13 August

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|41,154

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|G2

|align=left|17 August

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|H

|2–1

|align=left|McGraw (2)

|11,159

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|G2

|align=left|20 August

|align=left|Stirling Albion

|A

|4–2

|align=left|Cormack (2), Scott (2)

|3,505

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|G2

|align=left|27 August

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|3–2

|align=left|McNamee, McGraw, Scott

|32,913

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|G2

|align=left|31 August

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|12,285

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|G2

|align=left|3 September

|align=left|Stirling Albion

|H

|3–0

|align=left|McNamee (2), Scott

|9,584

==Group 2 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|Rangers

|6

|3

|2

|1

|13

|4

|8

|8

style="background:#ccffcc;"

|2

|align=left|Hibernian

|6

|4

|0

|2

|12

|9

|3

|8

3

|align=left|Kilmarnock

|6

|2

|2

|2

|6

|3

|3

|6

4

|align=left|Stirling Albion

|6

|0

|2

|4

|3

|18

|–15

|2

=Scottish Cup=

{{main article|1966–67 Scottish Cup}}

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! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Hibernian Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R1

|align=left|28 January

|align=left|Brechin City

|H

|2–0

|align=left|Cormack, O'Rourke

|8,184

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R2

|align=left|18 February

|align=left|Berwick Rangers

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Scott

|29,911

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|QF

|align=left|11 March

|align=left|Aberdeen

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Stevenson

|37,225

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|QF R

|align=left|22 March

|align=left|Aberdeen

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|44,000

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1227&teamTabs=results Hibernian 1966/1967 results and fixtures], Soccerbase

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