1979–80 Hibernian F.C. season

The 1979–80 season was a disappointing one for Hibernian. After playing in Europe and narrowly losing the Scottish Cup in 1979, the closest they got to honours in 1980 was a convincing 5–0 semi-final loss to Celtic in the Scottish Cup. Worse still they slumped from their 1979 fifth place league finish in the league to finishing last, which led to relegation to the First Division.

Hibernian
1979–80 season
ManagerEddie Turnbull (to April)
Willie Ormond (from April) [1]
Scottish Premier Division10th
Scottish CupSF
Scottish League CupR3
Anglo-Scottish CupR1
Highest home attendance21,932 (v Celtic, 12 January)
Lowest home attendance1191 (v Partick Thistle, 5 May)
Average home league attendance9564[2] (down 230)

Scottish Premier Division
Main article: 1979–80 Scottish Premier Division
Match Day Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
1 11 August Rangers H 1–3 Rae 17,331
2 18 August Aberdeen A 0–3 11,147
3 25 August Dundee H 5–2 Hutchinson (2), Callachan, Rae, McLeod 7,344
4 8 September Kilmarnock A 0–1 4,654
5 15 September Celtic H 1–3 Higgins 19,086
6 22 September St Mirren H 0–2 6,525
7 29 September Partick Thistle A 1–2 O.G. 4,327
8 6 October Morton H 1–1 McLeod 6,461
9 13 October Dundee United A 0–2 7,487
10 20 October Rangers A 0–2 19,710
11 27 October Aberdeen H 1–1 Hutchinson 7,830
12 3 November Dundee A 1–2 McLeod (pen.) 6,979
13 10 November Kilmarnock H 1–1 McLeod 5,269
14 17 November Celtic A 0–3 23,511
15 24 November St Mirren A 1–2 Best 13,798
16 1 December Partick Thistle H 2–1 McLeod (pen.), O.G. 22,622
17 15 December Morton A 0–2 6,834
18 22 December Rangers H 2–1 Higgins, Campbell 18,740
19 5 January Kilmarnock A 1–3 Campbell 6,092
20 12 January Celtic H 1–1 Best 21,932
21 9 February Morton H 3–2 McLeod (2), Murray 5,401
22 23 February Dundee United A 0–1 7,822
23 1 March Rangers A 0–1 26,092
24 15 March Dundee A 0–3 8,065
25 25 March Dundee H 2–0 Murray, Best 5,018
26 29 March Celtic A 0–4 20,926
27 2 April Dundee United A 0–2 5,919
28 5 April St Mirren A 0–2 8,156
29 16 April Aberdeen A 1–1 Rae 15,127
30 19 April Dundee United H 0–2 4,921
31 21 April Kilmarnock H 1–2 McLeod (pen.) 2,659
32 23 April Partick Thistle A 0–1 1,894
33 26 April Morton A 1–1 Callachan 3,504
34 29 April St Mirren H 2–1 Rae, Torrance 2,590
35 3 May Aberdeen H 0–5 12,921
36 5 May Partick Thistle H 0–1 1,191

Final League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Morton 36 14 8 14 51 46 +5 36
7 Partick Thistle 36 11 14 11 43 47 −4 36
8 Kilmarnock 36 11 11 14 36 52 −16 33
9 Dundee (R) 36 10 6 20 47 73 −26 26 Relegation to the 1980–81 Scottish First Division
10 Hibernian (R) 36 6 6 24 29 67 −38 18
Source: Statto and RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 1979–80 Scottish League Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R2 L1 29 August Montrose A 2–1 3,613
R2 L2 1 September Montrose H 1–1 2.028
R3 L1 26 September Kilmarnock H 1–2 4,241
R3 L2 10 October Kilmarnock H 1–2 5,353

Anglo-Scottish Cup
Main article: 1979–80 Anglo-Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R1 L1 28 July St Mirren H 3–3 Stewart, Brown, Higgins
R1 L2 1 August St Mirren A 0–1

Scottish Cup
Main article: 1979–80 Scottish Cup
Round Date Opponent H/A Score Hibernian Scorer(s) Attendance
R3 26 January Meadowbank Thistle A 1–0 8,415
R4 17 February Ayr United H 2–0 15,000
R5 8 March Berwick Rangers A 0–0 7,228
R5 R 12 March Berwick Rangers H 1–0 9,587
SF 12 April Celtic N 0–5 33,445

See also

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