1943–44 Hibernian F.C. season

During the 1943–44 season Hibernian, a football club based in Edinburgh, came third out of 16 clubs in the Southern Football League.

Hibernian

1943–44 season
Manager	Willie McCartney
Southern League	3rd
Summer Cup	R2
Southern League Cup	F
Average home league attendance	No Attendances Available (league suspended))

Southern League

Main article: 1943–44 Southern Football League (Scotland)

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	14 August	Rangers	A	0–4
2	21 August	Albion Rovers	H	3–0
3	28 August	Hamilton Academical	A	2–1
4	4 September	Queen's Park	H	2–1
5	11 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–0		22,000
6	18 September	Dumbarton	H	4–3
7	25 September	Clyde	A	1–2
8	2 October	Morton	H	2–0
9	9 October	Falkirk	A	5–3
10	16 October	St Mirren	H	4–1
11	23 October	Third Lanark	A	2–0
12	30 October	Celtic	H	2–2
13	6 November	Partick Thistle	A	1–3
14	13 November	Motherwell	H	3–3
14	20 November	Airdrieonians	A	5–2
15	27 November	Rangers	H	3–4
17	4 December	Albion Rovers	A	4–2
18	11 December	Hamilton Academical	H	3–5
19	18 December	Queen's Park	A	2–4		5,000
20	25 December	Dumbarton	A	1–1
21	1 January	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–1		20,000
22	3 January	Airdireonians	H	1–2
23	8 January	Clyde	H	3–1
24	15 January	Morton	A	1–3
25	22 January	Falkirk	H	4–3
26	29 January	St Mirren	A	2–1
27	5 February	Third Lanark	H	6–0
28	12 February	Celtic	A	2–2
29	15 February	Motherwell	A	1–0
30	19 February	Partick Thistle	H	2–0

Final League table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Celtic	30	18	7	5	71	43	28	43
3	Hibernian	30	17	4	9	72	54	18	38
4	Heart of Midlothian	30	14	7	9	67	50	17	35

Southern League Cup

Main article: 1943–44 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
GC	4 March	Third Lanark	A	4–0
GC	11 March	Albion Rovers	H	2–1
GC	18 March	Morton	A	2–2
GC	25 March	Third Lanark	H	4–0
GC	1 April	Albion Rovers	A	2–0
GC	8 April	Morton	H	6–3

Group C final table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Hibernian	6	5	1	0	20	6	14	11
2	Morton	6	3	2	1	19	13	6	8
3	Albion Rovers	6	1	2	3	11	15	–4	4
4	Third Lanark	6	0	1	5	5	21	–16	1

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
SF	6 May	Clyde	N	5–2
F	20 May	Rangers	N	0–0 (Hibs win 6–5 on corner kicks)		63,000

Summer Cup

Main article: 1943–44 Summer Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R1 L1	3 June	Airdrieonians	A	4–2
R1 L2	10 June	Airdrieonians	H	3–0
R2 L1	17 June	Morton	A	1–1
R2 L2	16 June	Morton	H	0–2

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1943/1944 results and fixtures, Soccerbase