1976–77 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian

1976–77 season
Manager	Eddie Turnbull
Scottish Premier Division	6th
Scottish Cup	R4
Scottish League Cup	GS
UEFA Cup	R2
Highest home attendance	23,773 (v Heart of Midlothian, 30 October)
Lowest home attendance	2835 (v Ayr United, 20 April)
Average home league attendance	10,003 (down 3794)

During the 1976–77 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came sixth out of 10 clubs in the Scottish Premier Division and reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Scottish Premier Division

Main article: 1976–77 Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	4 September	Dundee United	H	1–2	Brownlie (pen.)	7,264
2	11 September	Motherwell	A	2–2	Murray, Scott	6,596
3	18 September	Rangers	H	1–1	Smith	19,606
4	25 September	Aberdeen	H	0–0		9,278
5	2 October	Celtic	A	1–1	Higgins	28,125
6	16 October	Partick Thistle	H	0–0		8,469
7	23 October	Ayr United	A	3–2		4,504
8	26 October	Kilmarnock	A	1–1	Bremner	4,202
9	30 October	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	Paterson	23,773
10	6 November	Dundee United	A	1–2	Smith	7,044
11	20 November	Rangers	A	1–1	O.G.	25,072
12	24 November	Motherwell	H	0–2		6,886
13	27 November	Aberdeen	A	0–1		15,771
14	18 December	Partick Thistle	A	1–1	Fyfe	4,068
15	24 December	Ayr United	H	1–0	O.G.	3,875
16	5 January	Dundee United	H	0–0		7,727
17	8 January	Motherwell	A	1–1	Brownlie	7,626
18	22 January	Aberdeen	H	0–0		11,480
19	26 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0	McLeod	24,068
20	5 February	Celtic	A	2–4	McLeod, Smith	27,426
21	12 February	Kilmarnock	A	1–0	McLeod	3,397
22	16 February	Rangers	H	0–0		12,452
23	19 February	Partick Thistle	H	1–1	Smith	5,864
24	5 March	Ayr United	A	2–1	Higgins, Duncan	3,993
25	9 March	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	McLeod, Smith	3,158
26	19 March	Dundee United	A	0–1		6,130
27	23 March	Heart of Midlothian	H	3–1	McLeod, Scott, Smith	13,625
28	26 March	Motherwell	H	1–2	McLeod	6,431
29	30 March	Celtic	H	1–1	McLeod	11,841
30	2 April	Rangers	A	1–2	Smith	12,670
31	9 April	Aberdeen	A	0–0		8,769
32	13 April	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–2	Bremner (2)	10,686
33	16 April	Celtic	H	0–1		22,036
34	20 April	Ayr United	H	2–0	Bremner, Scott	2,835
35	23 April	Kilmarnock	H	0–0		3,457
36	30 April	Partick Thistle	A	0–1		3,794

Final League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Dundee United	36	16	9	11	54	45	+9	41	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
5	Partick Thistle	36	11	13	12	40	44	−4	35
6	Hibernian	36	8	18	10	34	35	−1	34
7	Motherwell	36	10	12	14	57	60	−3	32
8	Ayr United	36	11	8	17	44	68	−24	30

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G4	14 August	Montrose	A	1–0	Scott	3,759
G4	18 August	Rangers	H	1–1	Scott	25,050
G4	21 August	St Johnstone	A	2–1	Scott (2)	3,688
G4	25 August	Rangers	A	0–3		35,463
G4	28 August	St Johnstone	H	9–2	Brownlie (2 pens.), Bremner, McLeod (2), Scott, Muir (2), Duncan	5,740
G4	1 September	Montrose	H	0–0		4,469

Group 4 final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Rangers	6	5	1	0	17	1	16	11
2	Hibernian	6	3	2	1	13	7	6	8
3	Montrose	6	1	2	3	5	9	–4	4
4	St Johnstone	6	0	1	5	4	22	–18	1

UEFA Cup

Main article: UEFA Cup 1976-77

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	15 September	Sochaux-Montbéliard	H	1–0	Brownlie	9,454
R1 L2	29 September	Sochaux-Montbéliard	A	0–0		10,000
R2 L1	20 October	Östers IF	H	2–0	Brownlie (pen.), Blackley	12,000
R2 L2	3 November	Östers IF	A	1–4	Smith	1,715

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1976–77 Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	6 February	Partick Thistle	H	3–0	Bremner, McLeod, Smith	13,779
R4	26 February	Arbroath	A	1–1	Blackley	4,256
R4 R	2 March	Arbroath	H	1–2	McLeod	5,773

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1976/1977 results and fixtures, Soccerbase