# 1973–74 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1973–74 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division and reached the fifth round of the Scottish Cup.

## Scottish First Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 September | Partick Thistle | H | 2–1 | Smith, Gordon | 10,597 |
| 2 | 8 September | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–4 | Cropley | 28,946 |
| 3 | 15 September | East Fife | H | 2–1 | Higgins, Stanton | 9,256 |
| 4 | 29 September | Ayr United | H | 4–2 | Stanton, Cropley, Duncan, O.G. | 8,176 |
| 5 | 6 October | Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | Gordon | 15,158 |
| 6 | 13 October | Falkirk | H | 2–0 | Higgins, Gordon | 9,900 |
| 7 | 20 October | Celtic | A | 1–1 | Gordon | 32,351 |
| 8 | 27 October | Rangers | A | 0–4 | | 35,238 |
| 9 | 3 November | Clyde | H | 5–0 | Stanton (3, 1 pen.), Blackley, Cropley | 9,880 |
| 10 | 10 November | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Gordon | 6,583 |
| 11 | 17 November | Dundee | H | 2–1 | O'Rourke (2) | 11,348 |
| 12 | 24 November | St Johnstone | A | 2–0 | O'Rourke, Gordon | 3,400 |
| 13 | 15 December | Dunfermline Athletic | A | 3–2 | Duncan, Stanton, Gordon | 5,405 |
| 14 | 22 December | Morton | H | 5–0 | O'Rourke (3), Gordon (2) | 5,491 |
| 14 | 29 December | Partick Thistle | A | 0–1 | | 6,020 |
| 15 | 1 January | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–1 | Cropley (2), Duncan | 35,393 |
| 17 | 5 January | East Fife | A | 3–0 | Cropley, O'Rourke (2, 1 pen.) | 5,959 |
| 18 | 12 January | Dundee United | H | 3–1 | O'Rourke (2), Stanton | 10,394 |
| 19 | 19 January | Ayr United | A | 1–1 | O'Rourke | 7,696 |
| 20 | 2 February | Aberdeen | H | 3–1 | O'Rourke (2, 1 pen.), Gordon | 15,744 |
| 21 | 9 February | Falkirk | A | 0–0 | | 12,500 |
| 22 | 23 February | Celtic | H | 2–4 | Duncan, O'Rourke | 48,544 |
| 23 | 2 March | Rangers | H | 3–1 | Gordon (2), Bremner | 23,149 |
| 24 | 30 March | St Johnstone | H | 3–3 | Harper, Cropley (pen.), Duncan | 9,705 |
| 25 | 6 April | Dumbarton | A | 3–3 | Cropley (2, 1 pen.), Duncan | 4,730 |
| 26 | 10 April | Kilmarnock | A | 3–1 | Harper (2), Cropley | 7,398 |
| 27 | 13 April | Arbroath | A | 2–3 | Stanton, Harper | 3,410 |
| 28 | 15 April | Motherwell | H | 1–0 | Smith | 10,799 |
| 29 | 17 April | Dumbarton | H | 3–0 | Gordon (3) | 7,859 |
| 30 | 20 April | Dunfermline Athletic | H | 1–1 | Gordon | 10,735 |
| 31 | 23 April | Arbroath | H | 2–1 | Bremner, Harper | 6,788 |
| 32 | 27 April | Morton | A | 3–0 | Stanton, Harper (2) | 3,224 |
| 33 | 1 May | Clyde | A | 1–1 | Harper | 2,712 |
| 34 | 8 May | Dundee United | A | 4–1 | Cropley, Munro (2), Harper | 4,963 |

### Final League table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Celtic | 34 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 82 | 27 | 53 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 75 | 42 | 49 |
| 3 | Rangers | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 67 | 34 | 48 |

### Drybrough Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| QF | 28 July | St Mirren | H | 2–1 | Munro, Duncan | 12,000 |
| SF | 31 July | Rangers | H | 2–1 | Bremner, Higgins | 28,089 |
| F | 4 August | Celtic | N | 1–0 | Gordon | 49,204 |

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

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| G2 | 11 August | Morton | A | 4–1 | Higgins (2), Duncan, Cropley | 10,851 |
| G2 | 15 August | Ayr United | H | 1–0 | Bremner | 5,886 |
| G2 | 18 August | Dumbarton | H | 1–0 | Gordon | 9,636 |
| G2 | 22 August | Ayr United | A | 2–0 | Higgins, Cropley | 9,969 |
| G2 | 25 August | Dumbarton | A | 1–4 | Gordon | 6,731 |
| G2 | 29 August | Morton | H | 2–1 | Cropley (2) | 4,982 |

#### Group 2 final table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hibernian | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Dumbarton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Morton | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 5 |
| 4 | Ayr United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | –2 | 4 |

#### Knockout stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| QF L1 | 12 September | Raith Rovers | H | 3–2 | Smith, Stanton, Higgins | 5,905 |
| QF L2 | 10 October | Raith Rovers | A | 2–0 | Schaedler, Gordon | 2,500 |
| QF L1 | 31 October | Rangers | A | 0–2 | | 5,905 |
| QF L2 | 21 November | Rangers | H | 0–0 | | 5,905 |

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R1 L1 | 19 September | IBK Keflavik | H | 2–0 | Black, Higgins | 13,652 |
| R1 L2 | 3 October | IBK Keflavik | A | 1–1 | Stanton | 3,514 |
| R2 L1 | 24 October | Leeds United | A | 0–0 | | 27,157 |
| R2 L2 | 7 November | Leeds United | H | 0–0 (Leeds win 5–4 on penalties) | | 36,051 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R3 | 26 January | Kilmarnock | H | 5–2 | Stanton, Blackley, Edwards, O'Rourke (2) | 14,241 |
| R4 | 16 February | St Johnstone | A | 3–1 | O'Rourke (3, 1 pen.) | 10,800 |
| R5 | 9 March | Dundee | H | 3–3 | Gordon (3) | 28,236 |
| R5 R | 18 March | Dundee | A | 0–3 | | 30,888 |