1940–41 Hibernian F.C. season
# 1940–41 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1940–41 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 16 clubs in the Southern Football League.

## Southern League

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 10 August | Queen's Park | H | 3–2 | |
| 2 | 17 August | Rangers | A | 1–5 | |
| 3 | 24 August | Morton | H | 2–1 | |
| 4 | 31 August | Clyde | A | 1–2 | |
| 5 | 7 September | Heart of Midlothian | H | 2–1 | |
| 6 | 14 September | Hamilton Academical | A | 3–2 | |
| 7 | 21 September | Albion Rovers | H | 1–1 | |
| 8 | 28 September | Dumbarton | A | 0–2 | |
| 9 | 5 October | Partick Thistle | H | 4–0 | |
| 10 | 12 October | St Mirren | A | 4–4 | |
| 11 | 19 October | Third Lanark | H | 2–2 | |
| 12 | 26 October | Celtic | A | 4–0 | |
| 13 | 2 November | Motherwell | H | 3–3 | |
| 14 | 9 November | Falkirk | H | 7–1 | |
| 14 | 16 November | Airdrieonians | A | 2–4 | |
| 15 | 23 November | Queen's Park | A | 5–2 | |
| 17 | 30 November | Rangers | H | 1–0 | |
| 18 | 7 December | Morton | A | 1–3 | |
| 19 | 14 December | Clyde | H | 2–2 | |
| 20 | 21 December | Albion Rovers | A | 3–4 | |
| 21 | 28 December | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–1 | |
| 22 | 11 January | Partick Thistle | A | 2–1 | 21,525 |
| 23 | 18 January | St Mirren | H | 2–4 | |
| 24 | 25 January | Third Lanark | A | 2–3 | |
| 25 | 1 February | Celtic | H | 2–0 | |
| 26 | 8 February | Motherwell | A | 0–1 | |
| 27 | 15 February | Falkirk | A | 2–2 | |
| 28 | 12 April | Airdrieonians | H | 2–2 | |
| 29 | 26 April | Dumbarton | H | 3–1 | |
| 30 | 28 April | Heart of Midlothian | A | 5–3 | 3,004 |

### Final League table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Clyde | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 99 | 61 | 38 | 43 |
| 3 | Hibernian | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 74 | 61 | 13 | 35 |
| 4 | Airdrieonians | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 75 | 62 | 13 | 34 |

### Southern League Cup

**Group stage**

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| GD | 1 March | Clyde | A | 4–2 |
| GD | 8 March | Heart of Midlothian | H | 3–2 |
| GD | 15 March | Queen's Park | A | 1–2 |
| GD | 22 March | Clyde | H | 5–4 |
| GD | 29 March | Heart of Midlothian | A | 2–5 |
| GD | 5 April | Queen's Park | H | 0–0 |

**Group D final table**

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heart of Midlothian | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 2 | Hibernian | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Clyde | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | –2 | 5 |
| 4 | Queen's Park | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | –5 | 4 |

### Summer Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 L1 | 7 June | Celtic | A | 5–3 | |
| R1 L2 | 14 June | Celtic | H | 1–0 | |
| R2 L1 | 21 June | Clyde | H | 1–2 | |
| R2 L2 | 28 June | Clyde | A | 4–3 | |
| R2 R | 2 July | Clyde | N | 2–1 | 8,000 |
| SF | 5 July | Dumbarton | N | 1–0 | |
| F | 12 July | Rangers | N | 3–2 | |
