1979–80 Hibernian F.C. season

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Hibernian
1979–80 season
Manager Eddie Turnbull (to April)
Willie Ormond (from April) [1]
Scottish Premier Division 10th
Scottish Cup SF
Scottish League Cup R3
Anglo-Scottish Cup R1
Highest home attendance21,932 (v Celtic, 12 January)
Lowest home attendance1191 (v Partick Thistle, 5 May)
Average home league attendance9564 [2] (down 230)
←  1978–79
1980–81  →

The 1979–80 season was the 104th season of football for Hibernian F.C. The club finished in 10th place, relegating them to the First Division, 15 points from safety. Hibernian made it to the semi finals of the Scottish Cup before being defeated by Celtic 5-0.

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Scottish Premier Division

Match DayDateOpponentH/AScoreHibernian Scorer(s)Attendance
111 August Rangers H 1–3 Rae 17,331
218 August Aberdeen A 0–311,147
325 August Dundee H 5–2 Hutchinson (2), Callachan, Rae, McLeod 7,344
48 September Kilmarnock A 0–14,654
515 September Celtic H 1–3 Higgins 19,086
622 September St Mirren H 0–26,525
729 September Partick Thistle A 1–2 O.G. 4,327
86 October Morton H 1–1 McLeod 6,461
913 October Dundee United A 0–27,487
1020 October Rangers A 0–219,710
1127 October Aberdeen H 1–1 Hutchinson 7,830
123 November Dundee A 1–2 McLeod (pen.) 6,979
1310 November Kilmarnock H 1–1 McLeod 5,269
1417 November Celtic A 0–323,511
1524 November St Mirren A 1–2 Best 13,798
161 December Partick Thistle H 2–1 McLeod (pen.), O.G. 22,622
1715 December Morton A 0–26,834
1822 December Rangers H 2–1 Higgins, Campbell 18,740
195 January Kilmarnock A 1–3 Campbell 6,092
2012 January Celtic H 1–1 Best 21,932
219 February Morton H 3–2 McLeod (2), Murray 5,401
2223 February Dundee United A 0–17,822
231 March Rangers A 0–126,092
2415 March Dundee A 0–38,065
2525 March Dundee H 2–0 Murray, Best 5,018
2629 March Celtic A 0–420,926
272 April Dundee United A 0–25,919
285 April St Mirren A 0–28,156
2916 April Aberdeen A 1–1 Rae 15,127
3019 April Dundee United H 0–24,921
3121 April Kilmarnock H 1–2 McLeod (pen.) 2,659
3223 April Partick Thistle A 0–11,894
3326 April Morton A 1–1 Callachan 3,504
3429 April St Mirren H 2–1 Rae, Torrance 2,590
353 May Aberdeen H 0–512,921
365 May Partick Thistle H 0–11,191

Final League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
6 Morton 36148145146+536
7 Partick Thistle 361114114347−436
8 Kilmarnock 361111143652−1633
9 Dundee (R)36106204773−2626Relegation to the 1980–81 Scottish First Division
10 Hibernian (R)3666242967−3818
Source: Statto and RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Scottish League Cup

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreHibernian Scorer(s)Attendance
R2 L129 August Montrose A 2–13,613
R2 L21 September Montrose H 1–12.028
R3 L126 September Kilmarnock H 1–24,241
R3 L210 October Kilmarnock H 1–25,353

Anglo-Scottish Cup

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreHibernian Scorer(s)Attendance
R1 L128 July St Mirren H 3–3Stewart, Brown, Higgins
R1 L21 August St Mirren A 0–1

Scottish Cup

RoundDateOpponentH/AScoreHibernian Scorer(s)Attendance
R326 January Meadowbank Thistle A 1–08,415
R417 February Ayr United H 2–015,000
R58 March Berwick Rangers A 0–07,228
R5 R12 March Berwick Rangers H 1–09,587
SF12 April Celtic N 0–533,445

See also

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References

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