1952–53 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1952–53 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Hibernian

1952–53 season
Manager	Hugh Shaw [1]
Scottish First Division	2nd
Scottish Cup	R4
Scottish League Cup	SF
Highest home attendance	60,500 (v Rangers, 17 January)
Lowest home attendance	15,000 (v Raith Rovers, 29 April)
Average home league attendance	28,667[2] (down 1767)

Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	6 September	Queen of the South	H	1–3		25,000
2	20 September	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–1		50,000
3	27 September	Motherwell	A	7–3		18,000
4	11 October	Rangers	A	2–1		65,000
5	18 October	Falkirk	H	4–2		25,000
6	25 October	Clyde	A	3–2		28,000
7	1 November	Third Lanark	A	0–2		12,000
8	8 November	Airdireonians	H	3–1		18,000
9	15 November	Dundee	H	3–0		30,000
10	22 November	East Fife	A	5–3		18,000
11	29 November	St Mirren	H	0–2		20,000
12	6 December	Celtic	H	1–1		32,500
13	13 December	Partick Thistle	A	4–5		18,000
14	20 December	Queen of the South	A	7–2		9,000
14	27 December	Aberdeen	H	3–0		20,000
15	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–1		41,085
17	3 January	Motherwell	A	7–2		26,000
18	10 January	Raith Rovers	A	2–4		20,000
19	17 January	Rangers	H	1–1		60,500
20	31 January	Falkirk	A	3–1		12,000
21	14 February	Clyde	H	5–1		30,000
22	28 February	Airdrieonians	A	7–3		16,000
23	7 March	Dundee	A	0–2		30,000
24	21 March	St Mirren	A	2–2		15,000
25	28 March	Celtic	A	3–1		20,000
26	4 April	Partick Thistle	H	1–1		30,000
27	11 April	Aberdeen	A	1–1		17,500
28	20 April	East Fife	H	2–1		47,000
29	25 April	Third Lanark	H	7–1		18,000
30	29 April	Raith Rovers	H	4–1		15,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	30	18	7	5	80	39	41	43
2	Hibernian	30	19	5	6	93	51	42	43
3	East Fife	30	16	7	7	72	48	24	39

Scottish League Cup

Group Stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G1	9 August	Partick Thistle	A	5–1		30,000
G1	13 August	St Mirren	H	5–2		25,000
G1	16 August	Celtic	A	0–2		30,000
G1	23 August	Partick Thistle	H	3–1		28,000
G1	27 August	St Mirren	A	1–3		15,000
G1	30 August	Celtic	H	3–0		52,000

Group 1 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	6	4	0	2	17	9	8	8
2	Celtic	6	4	0	2	9	9	0	8
3	St Mirren	6	2	1	3	13	13	0	5
4	Partick Thistle	6	1	1	4	10	18	–8	3

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	13 September	Morton	A	6–0		12,000
QF L2	17 September	Morton	H	6–3		9,000
SF	4 October	Dundee	N	1–2		44,200

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	24 January	Stenhousemuir	H	8–1		16,587
R2	7 February	Queen's Park	H	4–2		17,943
R3	21 February	Airdrieonians	A	4–0		27,000
R4	14 March	Aberdeen	H	1–1		47,585
R4 R	18 March	Aberdeen	A	0–2		41,880

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

References

1. "Manager History for Hibernian". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
2. "Average Home League Game Attendances". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

External links

• Hibernian 1952/1953 results and fixtures, Soccerbase