# 1974–75 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1974–75 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division and reached the third round of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish First Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 31 August | Aberdeen | A | 3–2 | Cropley (2), Harper | 13,431 |
| 2 | 7 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | Duncan, O.G. | 26,560 |
| 3 | 14 September | Partick Thistle | A | 5–1 | Brownlie, Harper (2), Gordon, Munro | 7,208 |
| 4 | 21 September | Dundee United | H | 3–0 | Cropley (2, 1 pen.), Gordon | 14,328 |
| 5 | 28 September | St Johnstone | H | 0–1 | | 13,963 |
| 6 | 5 October | Dundee | A | 0–0 | | 8,252 |
| 7 | 12 October | Motherwell | H | 6–2 | Stanton, Spalding, Cropley, Gordon, Munro (2) | 12,389 |
| 8 | 19 October | Celtic | A | 0–5 | | 37,605 |
| 9 | 2 November | Morton | H | 5–0 | Stanton, Harper, Munro (pen.), O.G. (2) | 8,342 |
| 10 | 9 November | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 1–1 | Gordon | 8,029 |
| 11 | 13 November | Kilmarnock | A | 1–1 | Blackley | 5,240 |
| 12 | 16 November | Clyde | H | 1–0 | Harper | 8,973 |
| 13 | 23 November | Rangers | A | 1–0 | Harper | 32,887 |
| 14 | 30 November | Ayr United | H | 2–1 | Stanton, Duncan | 10,133 |
| 14 | 7 December | Airdrieonians | A | 0–0 | | 4,689 |
| 15 | 14 December | Dumbarton | H | 2–0 | Harper, Duncan | 8,566 |
| 17 | 21 December | Arbroath | A | 2–0 | Duncan (2) | 2,863 |
| 18 | 28 December | Aberdeen | H | 0–1 | | 13,190 |
| 19 | 1 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–0 | | 35,969 |
| 20 | 4 January | Partick Thistle | H | 2–2 | Stanton, O.G. | 10,117 |
| 21 | 11 January | Dundee United | A | 3–1 | O.G., Bremner, Higgins | 7,580 |
| 22 | 18 January | St Johnstone | A | 2–2 | Smith, Higgins | 6,218 |
| 23 | 1 February | Dundee | H | 2–1 | Stanton, Higgins | 9,788 |
| 24 | 8 February | Motherwell | A | 1–4 | Higgins | 7,552 |
| 25 | 22 February | Celtic | H | 2–1 | Duncan (2) | 29,354 |
| 26 | 1 March | Kilmarnock | H | 0–2 | | 7,866 |
| 27 | 8 March | Morton | A | 1–0 | McLeod | 2,314 |
| 28 | 15 March | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 5–1 | McLeod, Harper, Munro (3) | 5,325 |
| 29 | 22 March | Clyde | A | 3–0 | Munro, Duncan (2) | 2,033 |
| 30 | 29 March | Rangers | H | 1–1 | McLeod | 38,585 |
| 31 | 5 April | Ayr United | A | 2–2 | Duncan, Brownlie (pen.) | 4,971 |
| 32 | 12 April | Airdrieonians | H | 6–1 | Bremner, Smith, Harper (3), Duncan | 7,056 |
| 33 | 19 April | Dumbarton | A | 3–2 | Smith, Duncan, O.G. | 2,852 |
| 34 | 26 April | Arbroath | H | 2–0 | Brownlie, Edwards | 8,719 |

### Final League table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Rangers | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 86 | 33 | 56 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 69 | 37 | 49 |
| 3 | Celtic | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 81 | 41 | 45 |

### Drybrough Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| QF | 27 July | Kilmarnock | H | 2–1 | Duncan, Harper | 13,272 |
| SF | 31 July | Rangers | H | 2–3 | Harper (2) | 28,000 |

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

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| G2 | 10 August | Rangers | H | 3–1 | Harper, Gordon, Duncan | 10,851 |
| G2 | 14 August | Dundee | A | 1–2 | Harper | 5,886 |
| G2 | 17 August | St Johnstone | H | 4–0 | Smith (2), Harper, Duncan | 9,636 |
| G2 | 21 August | Dundee | H | 4–2 | Smith, Harper, Gordon, Duncan | 9,969 |
| G2 | 24 August | St Johnstone | A | 3–1 | Stanton, Edwards, Gordon | 6,731 |
| G2 | 28 August | Rangers | A | 1–0 | Cropley | 4,982 |

#### Group 2 final table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hibernian | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Rangers | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| 3 | Dundee | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 14 | –3 | 4 |
| 4 | St Johnstone | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 23 | –14 | 2 |

#### Knockout stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| QF L1 | 11 September | Kilmarnock | A | 3–3 | Cropley, Harper, Gordon | 10.022 |
| QF L2 | 25 September | Kilmarnock | H | 4–1 | Stanton, Cropley, Duncan, Munro | 15,694 |
| SF | 9 October | Falkirk | N | 1–0 | Harper | 19,876 |
| F | 26 October | Celtic | N | 3–6 | Harper (3) | 53,848 |

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 L1 | 18 September | Rosenborg BK | A | 3–2 | Stanton, Gordon, Cropley | 6,537 |
| R1 L2 | 2 October | Rosenborg BK | H | 9–1 | Harper (2), Munro (2), Cropley (2 pens.), Gordon | 12,379 |
| R2 L1 | 23 October | Juventus | H | 2–4 | Stanton, Cropley | 28,963 |
| R2 L2 | 6 November | Juventus | A | 0–4 | | 17,989 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R3 | 25 January | Celtic | H | 0–2 | | 36,321 |