1977–78 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian

1977–78 season
Manager	Eddie Turnbull
Scottish Premier Division	4th
Scottish Cup	R4
Scottish League Cup	R1
Anglo-Scottish Cup	SF
Highest home attendance	22,590 (v Rangers, 29 October)
Lowest home attendance	4585 (v Queen of the South, 17 August)
Average home league attendance	9950 (down 53)

During the 1977–78 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came fourth out of 10 clubs in the Scottish Premier Division and reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1977–78 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Motherwell	H	0–0		8,855
2	20 August	Rangers	A	2–0	Rae, Bremner	22,357
3	27 August	Clydebank	H	2–0	Scott, Brazil	6,750
4	10 September	Dundee United	A	0–2		6,518
5	17 September	Partick Thistle	A	0–1		4,857
6	24 September	St Mirren	H	2–0	Higgins, McLeod	9,625
7	1 October	Celtic	A	1–3	McKay	24,791
8	8 October	Ayr United	H	1–2	O.G.	5,517
9	15 October	Aberdeen	A	2–1	McLeod, O.G.	12,774
10	22 October	Motherwell	A	0–1		5,045
11	29 October	Rangers	H	0–1		22,590
12	5 November	Clydebank	A	0–1		3,022
13	12 November	Dundee United	H	0–0		5,666
14	19 November	Partick Thistle	H	2–3	McLeod, Stewart	5,441
15	26 November	St Mirren	A	0–3		7,783
16	10 December	Ayr United	A	1–0	Duncan	4,065
17	17 December	Aberdeen	H	2–0	Murray, Duncan	6,606
18	24 December	Motherwell	H	2–1	Paterson, McLeod (pen.)	8,305
19	31 December	Rangers	A	0–0		27,155
20	2 January	Clydebank	H	2–0	McGhee, McLeod	8,284
21	7 January	Dundee United	A	1–1	McLeod	6,880
22	25 February	Aberdeen	A	0–3		12,060
23	11 March	St Mirren	H	5–1	Higgins, Hutchinson (2), Brazil, McLeod (pen.)	6,249
24	15 March	Motherwell	A	4–2	Bremner, Murray, McLeod (2)	4,536
25	18 March	Clydebank	A	3–0	McLeod (2), Hutchinson	2,191
26	22 March	Ayr United	H	4–2	McLeod (pen.), Hutchinson (2), Murray	5,228
27	25 March	Dundee United	H	3–1	McLeod, Higgins (2)	8,354
28	29 March	Rangers	H	1–1	McLeod (pen.)	21,245
29	1 April	Partick Thistle	H	3–1	McLeod, Hutchinson, Duncan	6,210
30	5 April	Celtic	A	1–2	McLeod (pen.)	18,224
31	8 April	St Mirren	A	0–3		8,087
32	12 April	Celtic	H	1–1	Higgins	10,902
33	15 April	Celtic	H	4–1	Duncan, Higgins (2), McGhee	16,286
34	19 April	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	McGhee	2,997
35	22 April	Ayr United	A	0–2		2,558
36	29 April	Aberdeen	H	1–1	Duncan	11,530

Final League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Aberdeen	36	22	9	5	68	29	+39	53	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Dundee United	36	16	8	12	42	32	+10	40	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Hibernian	36	15	7	14	51	43	+8	37
5	Celtic	36	15	6	15	63	54	+9	36
6	Motherwell	36	13	7	16	45	52	−7	33

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1977–78 Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	17 August	Queen of the South	H	1–2	McLeod	4,585
R1 L2	24 August	Queen of the South	A	0–0		3,362

Anglo-Scottish Cup

Main article: 1977–78 Anglo-Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1		Ayr United	H	2–1	Scott, Smith
R1 L2		Ayr United	A	2–2	Smith, Bremner
QF L1		Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	Mckay, McLeod
QF L2		Blackburn Rovers	A	1–0	Higgins
SF L1		Bristol City	H	1–1	Duncan
SF L2		Bristol City	A	3–5	McLeod (2), Henderson

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1977–78 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	28 January	East Fife	H	4–0	McLeod (2, 1 pen.), Duncan, McGhee	7,108
R4	4 March	Partick Thistle	H	0–0		9,575
R4 R	7 March	Partick Thistle	A	1–2	McLeod	3,800

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1977/1978 results and fixtures, Soccerbase