Hibernian 1979–80 football season
The 1979–80 season was the 104th season of football for Hibernian F.C . The club finished in 10th place, relegating them to the First Division , 15 points from safety. Hibernian made it to the semi finals of the Scottish Cup before being defeated by Celtic 5-0.
Scottish Premier Division [ edit ]
Match Day
Date
Opponent
H/A
Score
Hibernian Scorer(s)
Attendance
1
11 August
Rangers
H
1–3
Rae
17,331
2
18 August
Aberdeen
A
0–3
11,147
3
25 August
Dundee
H
5–2
Hutchinson (2) , Callachan , Rae , McLeod
7,344
4
8 September
Kilmarnock
A
0–1
4,654
5
15 September
Celtic
H
1–3
Higgins
19,086
6
22 September
St Mirren
H
0–2
6,525
7
29 September
Partick Thistle
A
1–2
O.G.
4,327
8
6 October
Morton
H
1–1
McLeod
6,461
9
13 October
Dundee United
A
0–2
7,487
10
20 October
Rangers
A
0–2
19,710
11
27 October
Aberdeen
H
1–1
Hutchinson
7,830
12
3 November
Dundee
A
1–2
McLeod (pen.)
6,979
13
10 November
Kilmarnock
H
1–1
McLeod
5,269
14
17 November
Celtic
A
0–3
23,511
15
24 November
St Mirren
A
1–2
Best
13,798
16
1 December
Partick Thistle
H
2–1
McLeod (pen.) , O.G.
22,622
17
15 December
Morton
A
0–2
6,834
18
22 December
Rangers
H
2–1
Higgins , Campbell
18,740
19
5 January
Kilmarnock
A
1–3
Campbell
6,092
20
12 January
Celtic
H
1–1
Best
21,932
21
9 February
Morton
H
3–2
McLeod (2) , Murray
5,401
22
23 February
Dundee United
A
0–1
7,822
23
1 March
Rangers
A
0–1
26,092
24
15 March
Dundee
A
0–3
8,065
25
25 March
Dundee
H
2–0
Murray , Best
5,018
26
29 March
Celtic
A
0–4
20,926
27
2 April
Dundee United
A
0–2
5,919
28
5 April
St Mirren
A
0–2
8,156
29
16 April
Aberdeen
A
1–1
Rae
15,127
30
19 April
Dundee United
H
0–2
4,921
31
21 April
Kilmarnock
H
1–2
McLeod (pen.)
2,659
32
23 April
Partick Thistle
A
0–1
1,894
33
26 April
Morton
A
1–1
Callachan
3,504
34
29 April
St Mirren
H
2–1
Rae , Torrance
2,590
35
3 May
Aberdeen
H
0–5
12,921
36
5 May
Partick Thistle
H
0–1
1,191
Source:
Statto and
RSSSF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Scottish League Cup [ edit ]
Round
Date
Opponent
H/A
Score
Hibernian Scorer(s)
Attendance
R2 L1
29 August
Montrose
A
2–1
3,613
R2 L2
1 September
Montrose
H
1–1
2.028
R3 L1
26 September
Kilmarnock
H
1–2
4,241
R3 L2
10 October
Kilmarnock
H
1–2
5,353
Round
Date
Opponent
H/A
Score
Hibernian Scorer(s)
Attendance
R1 L1
28 July
St Mirren
H
3–3
Stewart, Brown, Higgins
R1 L2
1 August
St Mirren
A
0–1
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