1983–84 Hibernian F.C. season

Hibernian
1983–84 season
Manager	Pat Stanton
Scottish Premier Division	7th
Scottish Cup	R3
Scottish League Cup	Group Stage
Highest home attendance	21,281 (v Heart of Midlothian, 5 November)
Lowest home attendance	1831 (v Airdrieonians, 5 October)
Average home league attendance	8334 (up 1225)
	← 1982–83 1984–85 →

In the 1983–84 season, Hibs finished 7th in the Scottish Premier Division. They were knocked out in the third round of the Scottish Cup by East Fife, after a replay. The East Fife line up included a young Gordon Durie, who Hibs signed a few months later.

Scottish Premier Division

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
1	20 August	Celtic	H	0–2		15,084
2	3 September	Heart of Midlothian	A	2–3	Callachan, Irvine	19,206
3	10 September	Dundee United	A	0–5		7,790
4	17 September	St Mirren	H	3–1	Irvine, Conroy, Harvey	3,762
5	24 September	Motherwell	H	2–1	Irvine, Rice (pen.)	4,602
6	1 October	St Johnstone	A	3–0	Irvine, Brazil, Thomson	3,523
7	8 September	Rangers	A	0–1		21,301
8	15 October	Aberdeen	H	2–1	Irvine (2)	7,441
9	22 October	Dundee	H	2–1	Irvine (pen.), Duncan	5,560
10	29 October	Celtic	A	1–5	Thomson	13,777
11	5 November	Heart of Midlothian	H	1–1	Thomson	21,281
12	12 November	St Mirren	A	1–2	Irvine	3,789
13	19 November	St Johnstone	H	4–1	Irvine (3), Duncan	4,202
14	26 November	Motherwell	A	2–1	Sneddon, Callachan	3,965
15	3 December	Dundee United	H	0–2		6,978
16	10 December	Dundee	A	3–0	Irvine (2), Thomson	4,628
17	17 December	Aberdeen	A	1–2	Irvine	13,866
18	27 December	Rangers	H	0–2		18,521
19	31 December	Celtic	H	0–1		10,204
20	2 January	Heart of Midlothian	A	1–1	Irvine	23,499
21	7 January	St Mirren	H	1–1	Harvey	4,371
22	11 February	Dundee United	A	0–2		7,675
23	18 February	St Johnstone	A	0–1		2,415
24	25 February	Aberdeen	H	0–2		6,914
25	29 February	Dundee	H	3–1	Irvine (pen.), Jamieson, Kane	12,601 (original game abandoned fog. This rearranged fixture free admission)
26	3 March	Rangers	A	0–0		17,877
27	10 March	Motherwell	H	1–2	Irvine (pen.)	4,164
28	18 March	St Johnstone	H	1–2	Rice	3,489
29	21 March	St Mirren	A	1–3	Callachan	2,452
30	24 March	Motherwell	A	3–2	Jamieson, Irvine (pen.), Rice	3,397
31	31 March	Dundee	A	2–1	Jamieson, Irvine	4,355
32	7 April	Dundee United	H	1–0	Jamieson	4,266
33	21 April	Heart of Midlothian	H	0–0		17,437
34	28 April	Celtic	A	2–3	Rice, Callachan	9,533
35	5 May	Aberdeen	A	2–2	Rice, McGachie	17,268
36	12 May	Rangers	H	0–0		9,134

Final League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Heart of Midlothian	36	10	16	10	38	47	−9	36	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
6	St Mirren	36	9	14	13	55	59	−4	32
7	Hibernian	36	12	7	17	45	55	−10	31
8	Dundee	36	11	5	20	50	74	−24	27
9	St Johnstone (R)	36	10	3	23	36	81	−45	23	Relegation to the 1984–85 Scottish First Division

Source: Statto
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Scottish League Cup

Second round

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R2 L1	24 August	Dumbarton	H	5–0	Irvine (3), Thomson, O.G.	2,193
R2 L2	27 August	Dumbarton	A	2–1	Irvine, Conroy	760

Group stage

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
G3	31 August	Kilmarnock	H	2–0	Rice, Irvine	2,681
G3	7 September	Celtic	A	1–5	Conroy	11,046
G3	5 October	Airdrieonians	H	0–0		1,831
G3	26 October	Celtic	H	0–0		6,882
G3	9 November	Kilmarnock	A	1–3	Schaedler	2,001
G3	30 November	Airdrieonians	A	3–1	Harvey (2), Murray	738

Group 3 Final Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Celtic	6	3	3	0	13	3	+10	9
Kilmarnock	6	3	1	2	9	6	+3	7
Hibernian	6	2	2	2	7	9	-2	6
Airdrieonians	6	0	2	4	3	14	-11	2

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Hibernian Scorer(s)	Attendance
R3	28 January	East Fife	H	0–0		5,683
R3 R	31 January	East Fife	A	0–2		6,100

References

^ "Manager History for Hibernian". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
^ "Average Home League Game Attendances". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

External links

Hibernian 1983/1984 results and fixtures, Soccerbase

[1] "Manager History for Hibernian". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 May 2012.

[2] "Average Home League Game Attendances". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

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