# 1951–52 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1951–52 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came first out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

## Scottish First Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| 1 | 8 September | Raith Rovers | A | 2–0 | 18,000 |
| 2 | 15 September | Aberdeen | H | 4–4 | 32,000 |
| 3 | 22 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | 44,842 |
| 4 | 29 September | Third Lanark | H | 5–2 | 28,000 |
| 5 | 6 October | Stirling Albion | A | 4–1 | 14,000 |
| 6 | 13 October | Morton | H | 1–0 | 24,000 |
| 7 | 20 October | Partick Thistle | H | 5–0 | 22,000 |
| 8 | 27 October | Celtic | A | 1–1 | 50,000 |
| 9 | 3 November | Rangers | H | 1–1 | 55,000 |
| 10 | 10 November | Morton | A | 1–2 | 7,000 |
| 11 | 17 November | East Fife | H | 4–2 | 40,000 |
| 12 | 24 November | Airdrieonians | A | 2–0 | 11,000 |
| 13 | 1 December | Dundee | A | 4–1 | 26,000 |
| 14 | 8 December | Queen of the South | H | 5–0 | 25,000 |
| 14 | 15 December | St Mirren | A | 4–0 | 20,000 |
| 15 | 22 December | Raith Rovers | H | 5–0 | 24,500 |
| 17 | 29 December | Motherwell | A | 1–3 | 15,000 |
| 18 | 1 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–3 | 39,000 |
| 19 | 2 January | Third Lanark | A | 5–0 | 14,000 |
| 20 | 5 January | Stirling Albion | H | 8–0 | 23,000 |
| 21 | 12 January | Aberdeen | A | 2–1 | 22,000 |
| 22 | 19 January | Partick Thistle | A | 2–1 | 30,000 |
| 23 | 2 February | Celtic | H | 3–1 | 42,000 |
| 24 | 13 February | Rangers | A | 2–2 | 45,000 |
| 25 | 16 February | St Mirren | H | 5–2 | 30,000 |
| 26 | 23 February | East Fife | A | 1–3 | 19,000 |
| 27 | 1 March | Airdrieonians | H | 4–0 | 30,000 |
| 28 | 15 March | Queen of the South | A | 2–5 | 11,500 |
| 29 | 9 April | Dundee | H | 3–1 | 26,000 |
| 30 | 21 April | Motherwell | H | 3–1 | 20,000 |

### Final League table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hibernian | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 92 | 36 | 56 | 45 |
| 2 | Rangers | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 61 | 31 | 30 | 41 |
| 3 | East Fife | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 71 | 49 | 22 | 37 |

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| G2 | 11 August | Partick Thistle | A | 2–4 | 30,000 |
| G2 | 15 August | Motherwell | H | 0–4 | 30,000 |
| G2 | 18 August | Stirling Albion | H | 4–2 | 22,000 |
| G2 | 25 August | Partick Thistle | H | 5–1 | 45,000 |
| G2 | 29 August | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | 20,000 |
| G2 | 1 September | Stirling Albion | A | 1–1 | 9,100 |

#### Group 2 final table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Motherwell | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | Celtic | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | –2 | 6 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | –1 | 5 |
| 4 | Stirling Albion | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 14 | –4 | 4 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| R1 | 26 January | Raith Rovers | A | 0–0 | 30,206 |
| R1 R | 30 January | Raith Rovers | H | 0–0 | 30,000 |
| R1 2R | 4 February | Raith Rovers | N | 1–4 | 33,614 |

### Saint Mungo Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 | 14 July | Third Lanark | H | 3–1 | Johnstone (2), Turnbull | 22,000 |
| R2 | 21 July | Motherwell | N | 3–1 | Turnbull (penalty), Souness, Johnstone | 20,000 |
| SF | 25 July | Aberdeen | N | 1–1 | Smith | 27,000 |
| SF R | 28 July | Aberdeen | A | 1–2 | Turnbull (penalty) | 28,000 |