# 1975–76 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1975–76 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 10 clubs in the Scottish Premier Division and reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish Premier Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 30 August | Heart of Midlothian | H | 1–0 | Harper | 23,646 |
| 2 | 6 September | Dundee United | A | 0–1 | | 7,069 |
| 3 | 13 September | Ayr United | H | 1–0 | Brownlie | 8,897 |
| 4 | 20 September | Rangers | A | 1–1 | O.G. | 38,519 |
| 5 | 27 September | St Johnstone | H | 4–2 | McLeod, Harper, Munro, Duncan | 5,572 |
| 6 | 4 October | Dundee | H | 1–1 | Edwards | 8,708 |
| 7 | 11 October | Motherwell | A | 1–2 | Harper | 8,207 |
| 8 | 25 October | Aberdeen | H | 3–1 | Bremner, Smith, O.G. | 11,133 |
| 9 | 1 November | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–1 | Stanton | 24,471 |
| 10 | 8 November | Dundee United | H | 1–1 | Brownlie (pen.) | 10,633 |
| 11 | 15 November | Ayr United | A | 3–1 | McLeod, Duncan (2) | 4,828 |
| 12 | 22 November | Rangers | H | 2–1 | Stanton (2) | 26,547 |
| 13 | 29 November | St Johnstone | A | 4–3 | Duncan (3), Brownlie (pen.) | 4,484 |
| 14 | 6 December | Dundee | A | 0–2 | | 7,360 |
| 15 | 10 December | Celtic | A | 1–1 | Schaedler | 31,918 |
| 16 | 13 December | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | Stanton | 15,991 |
| 17 | 20 December | Celtic | H | 1–3 | Duncan | 21,136 |
| 18 | 27 December | Aberdeen | A | 2–2 | Bremner, Duncan | 18,621 |
| 19 | 1 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–0 | Duncan (2), Smith | 32,923 |
| 20 | 10 January | Ayr United | H | 3–0 | Harper (2), Brownlie (pen.) | 8,083 |
| 21 | 17 January | Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 39,457 |
| 22 | 31 January | St Johnstone | H | 5–0 | Brownlie, McLeod (2), Smith, Duncan | 7,839 |
| 23 | 7 February | Dundee | H | 4–0 | Stanton, McLeod, Smith, Duncan | 9,241 |
| 24 | 21 February | Motherwell | A | 1–0 | Smith | 10,518 |
| 25 | 28 February | Celtic | A | 0–4 | | 32,059 |
| 26 | 13 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–0 | Duncan | 18,528 |
| 27 | 20 March | Dundee United | H | 0–1 | | 6,720 |
| 28 | 27 March | Ayr United | A | 0–2 | | 4,733 |
| 29 | 31 March | Aberdeen | H | 3–2 | Blackley, Murray, Muir | 4,082 |
| 30 | 3 April | Rangers | H | 0–3 | | 18,820 |
| 31 | 10 April | St Johnstone | A | 2–0 | Bremner, McGhee | 2,182 |
| 32 | 14 April | Dundee | A | 1–1 | McGhee | 6,054 |
| 33 | 17 April | Motherwell | H | 2–0 | McGhee, McLeod | 9,098 |
| 34 | 21 April | Celtic | H | 2–0 | Smith, McLeod (pen.) | 19,076 |
| 35 | 24 April | Aberdeen | A | 0–3 | | 11,961 |
| 36 | 28 April | Dundee United | A | 0–2 | | 6,669 |

### Final League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rangers (C) | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 54 | Qualification for the European Cup first round |
| 2 | Celtic | 36 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 71 | 42 | +29 | 48 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Hibernian | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 55 | 43 | +12 | 43 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Motherwell | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 40 | |
| 5 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 35 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |

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

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| G2 | 9 August | Dundee | H | 2–0 | McLeod (pen.), Harper | 10,851 |
| G2 | 13 August | Ayr United | A | 1–2 | McLeod | 5,886 |
| G2 | 16 August | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–0 | Harper (2), Duncan | 9,636 |
| G2 | 20 August | Ayr United | H | 2–1 | Munro, O.G. | 9,969 |
| G2 | 23 August | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 4–0 | Stanton, Harper (2), Smith | 6,731 |
| G2 | 1 September | Dundee | A | 2–1 | Brownlie (pen.), Harper | 4,982 |

#### Group 2 final table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hibernian | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Ayr United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Dundee | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | –1 | 4 |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | –11 | 3 |

#### Knockout stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| QF L1 | 10 September | Montrose | H | 1–0 | Harper | 4,040 |
| QF L2 | 24 September | Montrose | A | 1–3 | Duncan | 5,905 |

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 L1 | 17 September | Liverpool | H | 1–0 | Harper | 19,219 |
| R1 L2 | 30 September | Liverpool | A | 1–3 | Edwards | 29,963 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R3 | 24 January | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 3–2 | Stanton, Smith, Harper | 10,719 |
| R4 | 14 February | Dundee United | H | 1–1 | Bremner | 13,682 |
| R4 R | 25 February | Dundee United | A | 2–0 | Spalding, Edwards | 13,000 |
| QF | 6 March | Motherwell | A | 2–2 | Spalding, Duncan | 17,438 |
| QF R | 10 March | Motherwell | H | 1–1 | Stanton | 25,658 |
| QF 2R | 15 March | Motherwell | N | 1–2 | Harper | 16,000 |