1947–48 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian

1947–48 season
Manager	Willie McCartney (to 31 January) Hugh Shaw (from 31 January)
Scottish First Division	1st
Scottish Cup	SF
Scottish League Cup	GS
Highest home attendance	52750 (v Rangers, 31 January)
Lowest home attendance	15000 (v Clyde, 27 September)
Average home league attendance	25,388 (up 1,163)

During the 1947–48 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came first out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

Scottish First Division

Main article: 1947–48 Scottish First Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	13 August	Aberdeen	A	2–0		40,000
2	27 August	Airdrieonians	H	7–1		26,500
3	20 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2		47,752
4	27 September	Clyde	H	2–1		15,000
5	4 October	Queen's Park	A	3–2		16,078
6	11 October	Queen of the South	H	6–0		22,000
7	18 October	Rangers	H	1–2		55,000
8	25 October	Morton	H	1–1		20,000
9	1 November	Motherwell	A	2–0		16,000
10	8 November	Third Lanark	H	8–0		25,000
11	15 November	Dundee	H	2–1		30,000
12	22 November	Falkirk	A	1–3		16,000
13	29 November	St Mirren	H	5–0		20,000
14	6 December	Partick Thistle	A	1–1		28,000
14	13 December	Celtic	H	1–1		38,000
15	20 December	Aberdeen	H	4–0		30,000
17	27 December	Airdrieonians	A	3–0		3,000
18	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–1		45,000
19	3 January	Clyde	A	2–2		20,400
20	10 January	Queen's Park	H	4–0		22,000
21	17 January	Queen of the South	A	3–0		9,000
22	31 January	Rangers	H	1–0		52,750
23	14 February	Morton	A	2–1		14,000
24	28 February	Third Lanark	A	4–1		25,000
25	13 March	Falkirk	H	2–0		28,000
26	20 March	St Mirren	A	4–2		25,000
27	3 April	Celtic	A	4–2		30,000
28	17 April	Partick Thistle	H	1–0		25,000
29	19 April	Motherwell	H	5–0		20,000
30	1 May	Dundee	A	1–3		30,000

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	30	22	4	4	86	27	59	48
2	Rangers	30	21	4	5	64	28	36	46
3	Partick Thistle	30	16	4	10	61	42	19	36

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1947–48 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G4	9 August	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–2		39,268
G4	16 August	Clyde	H	5–1		25,000
G4	23 August	Airdrieonians	A	1–1		20,000
G4	30 August	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–2		43,000
G4	6 September	Clyde	A	4–3		15,000
G4	13 September	Airdrieonians	H	5–0		25,000

Group 4 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Heart of Midlothian	6	4	0	2	10	10	0	8
2	Hibernian	6	3	1	2	17	9	8	7
3	Airdrieonians	6	2	1	3	9	14	–5	5
4	Clyde	6	2	0	4	14	17	–3	4

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1947–48 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1	24 January	Albion Rovers	A	2–0		13,000
R2	7 February	Arbroath	H	4–0		19,500
R3	7 February	Aberdeen	H	4–2		19,500
R4	21 February	St Mirren	H	3–1		38,000
SF	27 March	Rangers	N	0–1		142,070

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1947/1948 results and fixtures, Soccerbase