1946–47 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian

1946–47 season
Manager	Willie McCartney
Scottish First Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	F
Scottish League Cup	SF
Highest home attendance	41,378 (v Rangers, 14 December)
Lowest home attendance	15,000 (v St Mirren, 26 April)
Average home league attendance	24,225 (up 11,225 from season 1938-39)

During the 1946–47 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	10 August	Queen of the South	H	9–1		30,000
2	14 August	Rangers	A	2–1		50,000
3	17 August	Queen's Park	A	1–0		47,752
4	21 August	Clyde	H	1–0		25,000
5	24 August	Hamilton Academical	H	3–2		20,000
6	28 August	Aberdeen	A	1–2		29,000
7	31 August	Motherwell	A	1–2		10,000
8	4 September	Kilmarnock	H	6–0		20,000
9	7 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1		39,000
10	14 September	Morton	A	2–0		10,000
11	2 November	Third Lanark	H	4–1		20,000
12	9 November	Celtic	A	1–4		45,000
13	16 November	Falkirk	H	2–2		15,000
14	23 November	Partick Thistle	H	5–1		20,000
14	30 November	St Mirren	A	1–0		14,000
15	7 December	Queen of the South	A	3–1		10,000
17	14 December	Rangers	H	1–1		41,378
18	21 December	Clyde	A	2–2		15,000
19	28 December	Aberdeen	H	1–1		30,000
20	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	3–2		33,810
21	2 January	Queen's Park	H	3–1		20,000
22	4 January	Morton	H	1–1		18,000
23	11 January	Hamilton Academical	A	0–0		5,000
24	18 January	Kilmarnock	A	5–3		15,000
25	1 February	Motherwell	H	1–2		25,000
26	12 April	Celtic	H	2–0		25,000
27	26 April	St Mirren	H	1–0		15,000
28	3 May	Partick Thistle	A	2–0		5,000
29	10 May	Third Lanark	A	2–0		5,487
30	17 May	Falkirk	A	3–2		7,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	30	21	4	5	76	26	50	46
2	Hibernian	30	19	6	5	69	33	36	44
3	Aberdeen	30	16	7	7	58	41	17	39

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G3	21 September	Celtic	H	4–2		20,000
G3	28 September	Hamilton Academical	A	6–3		1,000
G3	5 October	Third Lanark	H	1–2		25,000
G3	12 October	Celtic	A	1–1		40,000
G3	19 October	Hamilton Academical	H	2–0		15,000
G3	26 October	Third Lanark	A	2–1		17,811

Group 3 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	6	4	1	1	16	9	7	9
2	Celtic	6	2	3	1	11	10	1	7
3	Hamilton Academical	6	2	1	3	14	16	–2	5
4	Third Lanark	6	1	1	4	8	14	–6	3

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	1 March	Airdrieonians	H	4–4		18,000
QF L2	5 March	Airdrieonians	A	1–0		22,260
SF	22 March	Rangers	N	1–3		123,654

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1946–47 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	25 January	Alloa Athletic	H	8–0		11,000
R2	15 February	Bye into Round 3
R3	22 February	Rangers	A	0–0		95,000
R3 R	8 March	Rangers	H	2–0		48,816
R4	15 March	Dumbarton	H	2–0		32,579
SF	29 March	Motherwell	N	2–1		46,705
F	19 April	Aberdeen	N	1–2		80,640

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1946/1947 results and fixtures, Soccerbase