1965–66 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian 1965–66 football season

Hibernian
1965–66 season
Manager	Bob Shankly
Scottish First Division	6th
Scottish Cup	R2
Scottish League Cup	SF
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup	R1
Highest home attendance	37,288 (v Rangers, 16 October)
Lowest home attendance	3861 (v Clyde, 23 March)
Average home league attendance	11,955 (down 1905)
← 1964–65 1966–67 →

During the 1965–66 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, Scotland, came sixth out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1965–66 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	25 August	Morton	A	5–1	Cormack, Quinn, Scott, Martin (2)	6,700
2	11 September	Kilmarnock	H	3–3	Cormack, Scott, Martin	13,385
3	18 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	4–0	O'Rourke (2), Stevenson (2)	22,369
4	25 September	Falkirk	H	5–1	Scott, Martin (4)	10,650
5	2 October	Clyde	A	2–1	McNamee, Baxter	4,310
6	9 October	Motherwell	H	2–2	Martin, Davis (pen.)	13,511
7	16 October	Rangers	H	1–2	Stevenson	37,288
8	23 October	St Mirren	A	2–0	Davis (pen.), Stevenson J.	3,068
9	30 October	Partick Thistle	A	2–3	Quinn, Cormack	5,874
10	6 November	Hamilton Academical	H	11–1	Davis, Hogg, Cormack, Scott (2), O'Rourke (2), Stevenson (3)	6,319
11	13 November	Dundee	A	3–4	Stanton, O'Rourke, Stevenson	11,948
12	20 November	Stirling Albion	A	2–1	Davis (pen.), Cormack	3,579
13	27 November	Dunfermline Athletic	H	1–1	O'Rourke	11,587
14	11 December	Celtic	A	0–2		21,057
14	18 December	St Johnstone	H	3–0	Cormack, Cousin, O'Rourke	6,363
15	25 December	Aberdeen	A	3–1	McNamee, Scott, Cormack	9,535
17	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	2–3	Cormack (2)	32,192
18	3 January	Kilmarnock	A	0–1		11,298
19	8 January	Morton	H	4–1	O'Rourke (2), Cormack (2)	9,214
20	15 January	Falkirk	A	2–3	Stein (2)	4,462
21	29 January	Motherwell	A	0–4		3,375
22	12 February	Rangers	A	0–2		27,569
23	26 February	Partick Thistle	H	2–0	Cormack, Stein	6,597
24	2 March	St Mirren	H	3–2	Grant, Stein, Cormack	4,874
25	5 March	Hamilton Academical	A	2–1	Grant, O.G.	1,185
26	12 March	Dundee	H	1–1	Cousin	8,302
27	19 March	Stirling Albion	H	1–0	Peter Cormack	4,188
28	23 March	Clyde	H	3–1	Davis (pen.), O'Rourke, Stein	3,861
29	6 April	Dunfermline Athletic	A	2–3	Davis (pen.), Stevenson	4,715
30	9 April	Dundee United	A	4–5	Davis (2, 1 pen.), Stanton, Cormack	4,706
31	16 April	Celtic	H	0–0		24,030
32	20 April	Dundee United	H	3–3	Stein, Stevenson, O.G.	4,568
33	23 April	St Johnstone	A	3–1	Stein, Scott, Stevenson	3,385
34	30 April	Aberdeen	H	0–1		6,301

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Dundee United	34	19	5	10	79	51	28	43
6	Hibernian	34	16	6	12	81	55	26	38
6	Heart of Midlothian	34	13	12	9	56	48	8	38

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1965–66 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G4	14 August	Falkirk	A	1–3	Scott	6,174
G4	18 August	St Mirren	H	1–0	Stevenson	8,372
G4	21 August	Morton	A	4–2	McNamee, Baxter, Scott, Martin	7,798
G4	28 August	Falkirk	H	3–1	McNamee, Quinn (pen.), Martin	10,704
G4	1 September	St Mirren	A	3–0	Cormack, Scott (2)	7,091
G4	4 September	Morton	H	3–0	Cormack, Martin, Stevenson	9,269

Group 4 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	6	5	0	1	15	6	9	10
2	Falkirk	6	3	1	2	11	10	1	7
3	St Mirren	6	2	0	4	5	9	–4	4
4	Morton	6	1	1	4	7	13	–6	3

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
QF L1	15 September	Alloa Athletic	A	2–0	Quinn, Martin	3,513
QF L2	22 September	Alloa Athletic	H	11–2	Davis (pen.), Quinn, Scott (4), Martin (4), Stevenson	6,407
SF	4 October	Celtic	N	2–2	Martin (2)	46,074
SF R	18 October	Celtic	N	0–4		51,023

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1965–66 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	5 February	Third Lanark	H	4–3	Davis (pen.), Cousin, Scott, O'Rourke	5,441
R2	21 February	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2	McNamee	31,244

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

Main article: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1965-66

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	8 September	Valencia CF	H	2–0	Scott, McNamee	19,000
R1 L2	12 October	Valencia CF	A	0–2		44,000
R1 R	3 November	Valencia CF	A	0–3		43,100

References

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

External links

Hibernian 1965/1966 results and fixtures, Soccerbase

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Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results 1966 World Cup qualifying (Group 8) British Home Championship
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Division One	Aberdeen Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Rangers St. Johnstone St. Mirren Stirling Albion
Division Two	Airdrieonians Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Montrose Queen of the South Queen's Park Raith Rovers Stenhousemuir Stranraer Third Lanark

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1965–66 Hibernian F.C. season

Scottish First Division

Final League table

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Group 4 final table

Knockout stage

Scottish Cup

Inter-Cities Fairs Cup

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