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2011–12 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

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Hamilton Academical
2011–12 season
ChairmanRonnie MacDonald
ManagerBilly Reid
StadiumNew Douglas Park
Scottish First DivisionFourth place
Challenge CupRunners-up, lost to Falkirk
League CupSecond round, lost to Ross County
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorerJon McShane (9)
Highest home attendance2,401 vs. Partick Thistle, 13 January 2012
Lowest home attendance1,276 vs. Raith Rovers, 21 February 2012
Average home league attendance1,770

The 2011–12 season was Hamilton Academical's first season back in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season.[1] Hamilton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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Hamilton finished fourth in the First Division.[2] They reached the second round of the League Cup,[3] the fourth round of the Scottish Cup[4] and lost 1–0 to Falkirk in the final of the Challenge Cup.[5]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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Scottish First Division

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3 December 2011 First Division Hamilton Academical 1–6 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Imrie 86' SFL Report Milne 21', 37', 49'
O'Donnell 39'
Riley 71'
Rae 83'
Attendance: 1,964
Referee: Tumilty

Challenge Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Alex Neil Scotland 18 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

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Last updated 5 May 2012[6]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Czech Republic CZE Tomáš Černý 17 0 11+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Brian Potter 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Alan Coombe 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO David Hutton 21 0 18+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Scott Christie 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Blair Currie 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Grant Gillespie 19 0 12+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO James Gibson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Michael Devlin 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Lee Kilday 19 0 13+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Ziggy Gordon 10 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stephen Hendrie 31 0 22+3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 0
DF Scotland SCO Martin Canning 38 1 31+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Mark McLaughlin 29 8 23+0 7 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1
DF Scotland SCO Gary Fraser 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Jordan Jivanda 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Craig Watson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alex Neil 18 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jim McAlister 44 1 36+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kyle Wilkie 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Republic of Ireland IRL James Chambers 14 4 5+4 2 0+0 0 1+0 1 2+2 1
MF Scotland SCO Ali Crawford 26 2 16+3 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 3+1 1
MF Scotland SCO Andy Ryan 25 3 13+8 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Kirkpatrick 9 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Conner McGlinchey 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Jon Routledge 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Simon Mensing 42 4 34+0 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 1
MF Scotland SCO Grant Anderson 25 3 7+13 3 2+0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland SCO Paul Currie 10 2 3+6 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Kevin McBride 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Daniel Redmond 19 5 18+0 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Jon Routledge 6 3 4+1 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Graeme MacGregor 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO David Hopkirk 5 1 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Derek Lyle 13 1 3+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Louis Longridge 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Willie McLaren 7 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
FW Scotland SCO Dougie Imrie 26 5 18+1 5 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Kieran Millar 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Matt Paterson 17 2 10+3 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
FW Scotland SCO Greig Spence 34 6 11+18 5 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+2 1
FW Scotland SCO Gordon Smith 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Jon McShane 18 9 17+0 9 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW Scotland SCO James Martin 2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Mark Stewart 14 1 8+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Czech Republic GK Tomáš Černý 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Brian Potter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK David Hutton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Scotland GK Scott Christie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Blair Currie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Grant Gillespie 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Scotland DF James Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Michael Devlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Lee Kilday 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland DF Ziggy Gordon 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF Stephen Hendrie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Martin Canning 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
Scotland DF Mark McLaughlin 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
Scotland DF Gary Fraser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Jordan Jivanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Craig Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Alex Neil 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Scotland MF Jim McAlister 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Scotland MF Kyle Wilkie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland MF James Chambers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Ali Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Andy Ryan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Jordan Kirkpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Conner McGlinchey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England MF Jon Routledge 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland MF Graeme MacGregor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England MF Simon Mensing 12 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 1
Scotland MF Grant Anderson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF Paul Currie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Kevin McBride 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England MF Daniel Redmond 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
England MF Jon Routledge 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW David Hopkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Derek Lyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Louis Longridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Willie McLaren 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Dougie Imrie 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
Scotland FW Kieran Millar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Matt Paterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Greig Spence 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Gordon Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW Jon McShane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW James Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Mark Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

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Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Scotland Dougie Imrie[7] Player of the Month August
Scotland Andy Ryan[8] Young Player of the Month February

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Dundee (P) 36 15 10 11 53 43 +10 55[a] Promotion to the Premier League
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48 +5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 56 −1 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39 +11 47
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Rangers were liquidated prior to the 2012–13 season. Dundee were chosen to take their place, gaining promotion to the SPL.[9]

Transfers

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