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1986–87 Hibernian F.C. season

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

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

{{Infobox football club season

| club = Hibernian

| season = 1986–87

| chairman =

| manager = John Blackley (to November)
Alex Miller (from November){{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 Premier Division

| league result = 9th

| cup1 = Scottish Cup

| cup1 result = R4

| cup2 = Scottish League Cup

| cup2 result = R4

| league topscorer =

| season topscorer =

| prevseason = 1985–86

| nextseason = 1987–88

| highest attendance = 22,298 (v Heart of Midlothian, 6 January)

| lowest attendance = 3590 (v Hamilton Academical, 25 April)

| average attendance = 9,140{{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 5)

}}

During the 1986–87 season, the Scottish football club :Hibernian F.C. was placed 9th in the :Scottish Premier Division. The team reached the fourth round of both the :Scottish Cup and the :Scottish League Cup.

Overview

During the 1986 close season, Hibs sold Gordon Durie to Chelsea for £400,000, and brought in Billy Kirkwood, Stuart Beedie, Willie Irvine, Mark Caughey and George McCluskey.{{cite news |url=https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/nostalgia/hibs-and-sevilla-forgotten-feisty-friendlies-1980s-3056954 |title=Hibs and Sevilla: The forgotten feisty friendlies of the 1980s |newspaper=Edinburgh Evening News |date=3 December 2020 |access-date=7 December 2020 |first=Patrick |last=McPartlin}} They played pre-season friendlies against Chelsea, as part of the deal for Durie, and Sevilla. Before the season started, Hibs manager John Blackley hoped to qualify for European competition and to have extended runs in the cup competitions.

In the opening-day victory over Rangers at Easter Road, after a Graeme Souness tackle on George McCluskey in the centre circle, for which he was sent off, the SFA retrospectively gave 21 players yellow cards for the on-pitch fighting that followed the tackle. Only Hibs' goalkeeper Alan Rough was spared, because he remained in his penalty area, although McCluskey and Mark Fulton successfully appealed against their cautions.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJftaIBp_7o "Si Ferry Meets... Ally McCoist"] – Open Goal, YouTube, published on 16 April 2018

Despite the win against Rangers, Hibs fell well short of Blackley's pre-season hopes. Blackley resigned in November and was subsequently replaced by Alex Miller, who at least prevented the club from falling into the relegation zone. A return game against Sevilla was played in December.

Scottish Premier Division

{{main|1986–87 Scottish Premier Division}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Match Day

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Hibernian Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|1

|align=left|9 August

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|2–1

|align=left|Beedie, Cowan

|21,674

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|2

|align=left|13 August

|align=left|Aberdeen

|A

|0–4

|align=left|

|12,918

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|3

|align=left|16 August

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|7,216

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|4

|align=left|23 August

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|6,276

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|5

|align=left|30 August

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|1–3

|align=left|McBride

|20,714

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|6

|align=left|6 September

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|1–1

|align=left|McBride

|4,956

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|7

|align=left|13 September

|align=left|St Mirren

|H

|0–1

|align=left|

|4,567

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|8

|align=left|20 September

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|1–5

|align=left|Beedie

|6,453

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|9

|align=left|27 September

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|1–1

|align=left|McBride

|5,407

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|10

|align=left|4 October

|align=left|Hamilton Academical

|A

|4–1

|align=left|May (2), McCluskey, McBride

|3,478

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|11

|align=left|8 October

|align=left|Clydebank

|H

|3–2

|align=left|Irvine (2), Kirkwood

|5,030

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|12

|align=left|11 October

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|0–3

|align=left|

|38,145

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|13

|align=left|18 October

|align=left|Aberdeen

|H

|1–1

|align=left|Chisholm

|8,758

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|14

|align=left|25 October

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|1–4

|align=left|Chisholm

|4,007

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|15

|align=left|29 October

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|0–3

|align=left|

|4,221

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|16

|align=left|1 November

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|1–1

|align=left|McBride

|22,178

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|17

|align=left|8 November

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|1–0

|align=left| McCluskey

|5,574

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|18

|align=left|15 November

|align=left|St Mirren

|A

|1–3

|align=left|Kane

|3,279

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|19

|align=left|19 November

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|0–1

|align=left|

|15,397

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|20

|align=left|22 November

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|6,862

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|21

|align=left|29 November

|align=left|Hamilton Academical

|H

|1–3

|align=left|Collins

|4,659

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|22

|align=left|3 December

|align=left|Clydebank

|A

|0–0

|align=left|

|1,356

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|23

|align=left|6 December

|align=left|Rangers

|H

|0–0

|align=left|

|17,639

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|24

|align=left|13 December

|align=left|Aberdeen

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|11,003

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|25

|align=left|20 December

|align=left|Motherwell

|H

|0–1

|align=left|

|4,714

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|26

|align=left|27 December

|align=left|Dundee

|A

|0–2

|align=left|

|6,238

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|27

|align=left|3 January

|align=left|Falkirk

|A

|3–1

|align=left|Bell, McCluskey (pen), Collins

|7,007

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|28

|align=left|6 January

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Weir, McCluskey

|22,298

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|29

|align=left|10 January

|align=left|St Mirren

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Mitchell

|8,234

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|30

|align=left|21 January

|align=left|Celtic

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|19,583

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|31

|align=left|24 January

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|0–2

|align=left|

|7,398

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|32

|align=left|7 February

|align=left|Hamilton Academical

|A

|1–0

|align=left|Cowan

|3,903

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|33

|align=left|14 February

|align=left|Clydebank

|H

|4–1

|align=left|May, Weir, Cowan, McBride

|5,236

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|34

|align=left|28 February

|align=left|Rangers

|A

|1–1

|align=left|May

|36,931

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|35

|align=left|7 March

|align=left|Aberdeen

|H

|1–1

|align=left|McCluskey

|6,394

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|36

|align=left|21 March

|align=left|Dundee

|H

|2–2

|align=left|Rae, McCluskey

|4,305

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|37

|align=left|24 March

|align=left|Motherwell

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Rae

|2,934

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|38

|align=left|28 March

|align=left|Falkirk

|H

|2–0

|align=left|McCluskey, Cowan

|4,039

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|39

|align=left|4 April

|align=left|Heart of Midlothian

|A

|1–2

|align=left|O.G.

|19,731

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|40

|align=left|11 April

|align=left|Celtic

|H

|1–4

|align=left|McCluskey

|14,432

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|41

|align=left|18 April

|align=left|St Mirren

|A

|1–1

|align=left|Weir

|3,456

bgcolor=#FFFFDD

|42

|align=left|25 April

|align=left|Hamilton Academical

|H

|1–1

|align=left|McCluskey

|3,590

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|43

|align=left|2 May

|align=left|Dundee United

|A

|1–2

|align=left|Bell

|9,301

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|44

|align=left|9 May

|align=left|Clydebank

|A

|2–1

|align=left|May, Weir

|1,172

=Final League table=

{{:1986–87 Scottish Premier Division|showteam=HIB}}

=Scottish League Cup=

{{main|1986–87 Scottish League Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Hibernian Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R2

|align=left|20 August

|align=left|East Stirlingshire

|H

|1–0

|align=left|Kane

|

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R3

|align=left|27 August

|align=left|Hamilton Academical

|A

|1–0

|align=left|Beedie

|

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|R4

|align=left|3 September

|align=left|Dundee United

|H

|0–2

|align=left|

|

=Scottish Cup=

{{main|1986–87 Scottish Cup}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! Round

! Date

! Opponent

! H/A

! Score

! Hibernian Scorer(s)

! Attendance

bgcolor=#EEFFEE

|R3

|align=left|31 January

|align=left|Dunfermline Athletic

|H

|2–0

|align=left|Kane, Weir

|16,500

bgcolor=#FFCCCC

|R4

|align=left|21 February

|align=left|Clydebank

|A

|0–1

|align=left|

|6,500

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1227&teamTabs=results Hibernian 1986/1987 results and fixtures], Soccerbase

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