# 1952–53 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1952–53 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came second out of 16 clubs in the Scottish First Division.

## Scottish First Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| 1 | 6 September | Queen of the South | H | 1–3 | 25,000 |
| 2 | 20 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–1 | 50,000 |
| 3 | 27 September | Motherwell | A | 7–3 | 18,000 |
| 4 | 11 October | Rangers | A | 2–1 | 65,000 |
| 5 | 18 October | Falkirk | H | 4–2 | 25,000 |
| 6 | 25 October | Clyde | A | 3–2 | 28,000 |
| 7 | 1 November | Third Lanark | A | 0–2 | 12,000 |
| 8 | 8 November | Airdireonians | H | 3–1 | 18,000 |
| 9 | 15 November | Dundee | H | 3–0 | 30,000 |
| 10 | 22 November | East Fife | A | 5–3 | 18,000 |
| 11 | 29 November | St Mirren | H | 0–2 | 20,000 |
| 12 | 6 December | Celtic | H | 1–1 | 32,500 |
| 13 | 13 December | Partick Thistle | A | 4–5 | 18,000 |
| 14 | 20 December | Queen of the South | A | 7–2 | 9,000 |
| 14 | 27 December | Aberdeen | H | 3–0 | 20,000 |
| 15 | 1 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–1 | 41,085 |
| 17 | 3 January | Motherwell | A | 7–2 | 26,000 |
| 18 | 10 January | Raith Rovers | A | 2–4 | 20,000 |
| 19 | 17 January | Rangers | H | 1–1 | 60,500 |
| 20 | 31 January | Falkirk | A | 3–1 | 12,000 |
| 21 | 14 February | Clyde | H | 5–1 | 30,000 |
| 22 | 28 February | Airdrieonians | A | 7–3 | 16,000 |
| 23 | 7 March | Dundee | A | 0–2 | 30,000 |
| 24 | 21 March | St Mirren | A | 2–2 | 15,000 |
| 25 | 28 March | Celtic | A | 3–1 | 20,000 |
| 26 | 4 April | Partick Thistle | H | 1–1 | 30,000 |
| 27 | 11 April | Aberdeen | A | 1–1 | 17,500 |
| 28 | 20 April | East Fife | H | 2–1 | 47,000 |
| 29 | 25 April | Third Lanark | H | 7–1 | 18,000 |
| 30 | 29 April | Raith Rovers | H | 4–1 | 15,000 |

### Final League table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Rangers | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 80 | 39 | 41 | 43 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 93 | 51 | 42 | 43 |
| 3 | East Fife | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 72 | 48 | 24 | 39 |

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

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| G1 | 9 August | Partick Thistle | A | 5–1 | 30,000 |
| G1 | 13 August | St Mirren | H | 5–2 | 25,000 |
| G1 | 16 August | Celtic | A | 0–2 | 30,000 |
| G1 | 23 August | Partick Thistle | H | 3–1 | 28,000 |
| G1 | 27 August | St Mirren | A | 1–3 | 15,000 |
| G1 | 30 August | Celtic | H | 3–0 | 52,000 |

#### Group 1 final table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Hibernian | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | Celtic | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | St Mirren | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Partick Thistle | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 18 | –8 | 3 |

#### Knockout stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| QF L1 | 13 September | Morton | A | 6–0 | 12,000 |
| QF L2 | 17 September | Morton | H | 6–3 | 9,000 |
| SF | 4 October | Dundee | N | 1–2 | 44,200 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| R1 | 24 January | Stenhousemuir | H | 8–1 | 16,587 |
| R2 | 7 February | Queen's Park | H | 4–2 | 17,943 |
| R3 | 21 February | Airdrieonians | A | 4–0 | 27,000 |
| R4 | 14 March | Aberdeen | H | 1–1 | 47,585 |
| R4 R | 18 March | Aberdeen | A | 0–2 | 41,880 |