1940–41 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian

1940–41 season
Manager	Willie McCartney
Southern League	3rd
Summer Cup	W
Southern League Cup	GS
Average home league attendance	No Attendances Available (league suspended)

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

Main article: 1940–41 Southern Football League (Scotland)

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	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

Main article: 1940–41 Southern League Cup (Scotland)

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
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

Main article: 1940–41 Summer Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	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

See also

• List of Hibernian F.C. seasons

External links

• Hibernian 1940/1941 results and fixtures, Soccerbase