1972–73 Hibernian F.C. season
# 1972–73 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1972–73 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 18 clubs in the Scottish First Division, reached the fourth round of the Scottish Cup, the quarter-final of the European Cup Winners' Cup and won their first Scottish League Cup and the Drybrough Cup.

## Scottish First Division

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 September | Aberdeen | A | 0–1 | | 17,866 |
| 2 | 9 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–0 | Cropley, Stanton | 21,221 |
| 3 | 16 September | East Fife | A | 1–0 | Gordon | 5,590 |
| 4 | 23 September | Dundee United | H | 3–1 | Gordon (2), O.G. | 10,372 |
| 5 | 30 September | St Johnstone | H | 3–2 | O'Rourke (2), Gordon | 10,376 |
| 6 | 7 October | Dundee | A | 0–1 | | 11,618 |
| 7 | 14 October | Airdrieonians | H | 5–2 | O'Rourke (3), Gordon, Duncan | 9,989 |
| 8 | 21 October | Partick Thistle | A | 3–1 | Gordon (2), Duncan | 9,197 |
| 9 | 28 October | Dumbarton | A | 2–2 | Duncan, Gordon | 8,252 |
| 10 | 4 November | Kilmarnock | H | 4–1 | Stanton (2), O'Rourke, Duncan | 11,172 |
| 11 | 11 November | Morton | A | 3–0 | O'Rourke (3, 2 pens.) | 4,323 |
| 12 | 18 November | Rangers | H | 1–2 | Stanton | 33,356 |
| 13 | 25 November | Arbroath | A | 3–2 | Gordon (2), Duncan | 4,206 |
| 14 | 2 December | Falkirk | H | 3–0 | Stanton, Gordon, Duncan | 10,606 |
| 14 | 16 December | Ayr United | H | 8–1 | Cropley, Gordon (3), O'Rourke (3), Stanton | 12,510 |
| 15 | 23 December | Celtic | A | 1–1 | Gordon | 42,343 |
| 17 | 30 December | Aberdeen | H | 3–2 | Stanton, O'Rourke, Gordon | 22,229 |
| 18 | 1 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 7–0 | O'Rourke (2), Gordon (2), Duncan (2), Cropley | 35,929 |
| 19 | 6 January | East Fife | H | 1–0 | Gordon | 17,068 |
| 20 | 13 January | Dundee United | A | 0–1 | | 10,832 |
| 21 | 27 January | Dundee | H | 1–1 | Gordon | 15,896 |
| 22 | 10 February | Airdrieonians | A | 4–0 | Gordon (4) | 7,382 |
| 23 | 21 February | St Johnstone | A | 3–1 | Duncan, Gordon, Schaedler | 6,464 |
| 24 | 3 March | Dumbarton | H | 5–0 | Hamilton, Gordon, Cropley (2), Duncan | 12,417 |
| 25 | 10 March | Kilmarnock | A | 2–2 | Stanton, Higgins | 6,700 |
| 26 | 13 March | Partick Thistle | H | 2–0 | O'Rourke, Cropley (pen.) | 13,427 |
| 27 | 17 March | Morton | H | 2–1 | Higgins, Gordon | 11,690 |
| 28 | 24 March | Rangers | A | 0–1 | | 52,592 |
| 29 | 31 March | Arbroath | H | 0–0 | | 7,344 |
| 30 | 7 April | Falkirk | A | 0–1 | | 5,239 |
| 31 | 10 April | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Higgins | 4,405 |
| 32 | 14 April | Motherwell | H | 0–1 | | 8,576 |
| 33 | 21 April | Ayr United | A | 1–1 | O'Rourke | 6,797 |
| 34 | 28 April | Celtic | H | 0–3 | | 45,443 |

### Final League table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Rangers | 34 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 74 | 30 | 56 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 74 | 33 | 45 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 34 | 43 |

### Drybrough Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| QF | 29 July | Montrose | H | 4–0 | Hamilton, Duncan, Gordon, Stanton | 8,00S |
| SF | 31 July | Rangers | H | 3–0 | Gordon (2), Stanton | 27,111 |
| F | 5 August | Celtic | N | 5–3 | Gordon (2), O.G. O'Rourke, Duncan | 49,462 |

### Scottish League Cup

**Group stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G2 | 12 August | Queen's Park | H | 4–2 | Stanton, Hamilton (2, 1 pen.), Gordon | 7,972 |
| G2 | 15 August | Aberdeen | A | 1–4 | Edwards | 20,673 |
| G2 | 19 August | Queen of the South | H | 3–0 | O'Rourke (2), Duncan | 7,054 |
| G2 | 23 August | Aberdeen | H | 2–1 | O'Rourke, Cropley | 17,133 |
| G2 | 26 August | Queen's Park | A | 1–0 | Gordon | 1,690 |
| G2 | 30 August | Queen of the South | A | 3–1 | Blackley, Gordon, Duncan | 3,876 |

**Group 2 final table**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Aberdeen | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Queen of the South | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 13 | –8 | 4 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 16 | –12 | 0 |

**Knockout stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R2 L1 | 20 September | Dundee United | A | 5–2 | O'Rourke (3), Cropley (2) | 6,500 |
| R2 L2 | 4 October | Dundee United | H | 0–0 | | 9,134 |
| QF L1 | 11 October | Airdrieonians | A | 6–2 | Brownlie (2), O'Rourke, Duncan (3) | 6,508 |
| QF L2 | 1 November | Airdrieonians | H | 4–1 | Stanton, Edwards, O'Rourke (2) | 16,404 |
| SF | 22 November | Rangers | N | 1–0 | Brownlie | 46,620 |
| F | 9 December | Celtic | N | 2–1 | Stanton, O'Rourke | 71,696 |

### European Cup Winners' Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 L1 | 13 September | Sporting Lisbon | A | 1–2 | Duncan | 30,000 |
| R1 L2 | 27 September | Sporting Lisbon | H | 6–1 | Gordon (2), O'Rourke (3, 1 pen.), O.G. | 26,041 |
| R2 L1 | 25 October | KS Besa Kavaje | H | 7–1 | Cropley, O'Rourke (3), Brownlie, Duncan (2) | 20,000 |
| R2 L2 | 8 November | KS Besa Kavaje | A | 1–1 | Gordon | 20,000 |
| QF L1 | 7 March | Hajduk Split | H | 4–2 | Gordon (3), Duncan | 28,424 |
| QF L2 | 21 March | Hajduk Split | A | 0–3 | | 25,000 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Hibernian Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R3 | 3 February | Morton | H | 2–0 | Higgins, Cropley | 15,386 |
| R4 | 24 February | Rangers | A | 1–1 | Gordon | 63,889 |
| R4 R | 28 February | Rangers | H | 1–2 | Duncan | 49,007 |
