2014–15 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

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Hamilton Academical
2014–15 season
ChairmanLes Gray
ManagerAlex Neil
(until 9 January 2015)
Martin Canning
(player-manager)
StadiumNew Douglas Park
PremiershipSeventh place
League CupQuarter Finals
lost to Aberdeen
Scottish CupFourth Round
lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorerLeague: Tony Andreu (12)
All: Tony Andreu (13)
Highest home attendance6,007 vs.
Celtic
Premiership
17 January 2015
Lowest home attendance694 vs.
Alloa Athletic
League Cup
26 August 2014

The 2014–15 season was Hamilton Academical's first season in the top flight of Scottish football since 2010–11 season, and their first in the newly established Scottish Premiership having been promoted from the 2013–14 Scottish Championship through the Play-offs. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary[edit]

Management[edit]

The club began the 2014–15 season under the management of Alex Neil. On 9 January 2015, Neil left to become the new manager of, at the time, English Championship side Norwich City.[1] Martin Canning was appointed Caretaker Player-manager, and was later on 23 January 2015 officially appointed Player-manager.[2] With top goalscorer Tony Andreu also leaving,[3] the club suffered with the sudden departures and Canning had to wait 14 matches for his first victory as manager, coming on 24 April 2015 in the Lanarkshire derby at home to Motherwell.[4]

Results and fixtures[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season[edit]

9 July 2014 Friendly Hamilton Academical 1–0 Hearts New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Gillespie 90+1' Evening News Report
Daily Record Report
Scotsman Report
Attendance: 883
Referee: Andrew Dallas
15 July 2014 Friendly Hamilton Academical 3–1 Dumbarton New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Antoine-Curier ,, Report Kirkpatrick
19 July 2014 Friendly East Fife 1–0 Hamilton Academical Bayview Stadium
15:00 Campbell Report
22 July 2014 Friendly Whitby Town 0–3 Hamilton Academical Turnbull Ground
19:45 Report Crawford 11'
Scotland 68'
Ryan 81'
Attendance: 271
24 July 2014 Friendly Spennymoor Town 0–5 Hamilton Academical The Brewery Field
19:15 Antoine-Curier ,,
Brophy
Redmond
Attendance: 290
26 July 2014 Friendly Shildon 1–3 Hamilton Academical Dean Street
15:00 Paul Connor 29' Report Scotland 44' (pen)
Redmond 77'
Antoine-Curier 84' (pen)

Scottish Premiership[edit]

9 August 2014 1 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 BBC
accies
McKay 10'
Christie 25'
Attendance: 1,622
Referee: Don Robertson
13 August 2014 2 St Mirren 0–2 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park, Paisley
19:45 BBC
accies
Crawford 19', 51' Attendance: 3,635
Referee: Alan Muir
16 August 2014 3 Hamilton Academical 1–0 St Johnstone New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 MacKinnon 16' BBC
accies
Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Bobby Madden
23 August 2014 4 Partick Thistle 1–2 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Higginbotham 16' BBC
accies
Andreu 87'
Scotland 90'
Attendance: 3,578
Referee: Kevin Clancy
30 August 2014 5 Hamilton Academical 4–0 Ross County New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Canning 47'
Antoine-Curier 56' (pen.), 63' (pen.)
Scotland 90'
BBC
accies
Celcer Red card 62' Attendance: 2,684
Referee: Willie Collum
13 September 2014 6 Dundee United 2–2 Hamilton Academical Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Ciftci 16' Red card 41'
Fojut 45'
BBC
accies
Antoine-Curier 28'
MacKinnon Yellow card 26' Yellow-red card 30'
Andreu 34'
Attendance: 7,109
Referee: John Beaton
20 September 2014 7 Hamilton Academical 0–0 Kilmarnock New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 BBC
accies
Attendance: 2,604
Referee: Kevin Clancy
27 September 2014 8 Motherwell 0–4 Hamilton Academical Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00 BBC
accies
Andreu 34'
Crawford 45', 90'
Antoine-Curier 63' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,125
Referee: Willie Collum
5 October 2014 9 Celtic 0–1 Hamilton Academical Celtic Park, Glasgow
BBC
accies
Crawford 49' Attendance: 42,412
Referee: Steven McLean
17 October 2014 10 Hamilton Academical 3–0 Aberdeen New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Andreu 15', 53'
Antoine-Curier 90'
BBC
accies
Attendance: 4,093
Referee: Clancy
25 October 2014 11 Dundee 2–0 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Clarkson 69'
Stewart 73'
BBC
accies
Attendance: 6,035
Referee: John Beaton
1 November 2014 12 Hamilton Academical 3–3 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 MacKinnon 22'
Redmond 23'Andreu 90'
BBC
accies
McMillan 32'
Craigen 68'Elliott 72'
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Brian Colvin
8 November 2014 13 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–2 Hamilton Academical Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00 McKay 25', 68'
Warren 59'
Vincent 78'
BBC
accies
Andreu 17', 72' Attendance: 3,022
Referee: Collum
22 November 2014 14 Hamilton Academical 3–0 St Mirren New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Andreu 40'
Antoine-Curier 67'
Crawford 74'
BBC
accies
Attendance: 2,195
Referee: Greg Aitken
6 December 2014 15 Aberdeen 3–0 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Taylor 28'
McGinn 51'
Rooney 55' (pen.)
BBC
accies
Routledge Red card 82' Attendance: 10,330
Referee: Brian Colvin
13 December 2014 16 Hamilton Academical 2–1 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Andreu 3'
Antoine-Curier 14'
BBC
accies
Stewart 61'
Harkins Yellow card 39' Yellow-red card 95'
Attendance: 2,636
Referee: Alan Muir
20 December 2014 17 Ross County 0–1 Hamilton Academical Global Energy Stadium, Dingwall
15:00 BBC
accies
Canning 6' Attendance: 2,966
Referee: John Beaton
27 December 2014 18 Kilmarnock 1–0 Hamilton Academical Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
15:00 Eremenko 93' BBC
accies
Attendance: 3,921
Referee: John Beaton
1 January 2015 19 Hamilton Academical 5–0 Motherwell New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Imrie 8'
Crawford 29'
Antoine-Curier 64'
Andreu 69'
Redmond 87'
BBC
accies
Attendance: 3,926
Referee: Crawford Allan
4 January 2015 20 St Johnstone 0–1 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 McFadden Yellow card 41' Yellow-red card 84' BBC
accies
Andreu 34' Attendance: 3,202
Referee: Andrew Dallas
12 January 2015 21 Hamilton Academical 2–3 Dundee United New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Tena 57'
Crawford 70'
BBC
accies
Armstrong 38'
Mackay-Steven 46'
Dillon 77'
Attendance: 2,384
Referee: Madden
17 January 2015 22 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Celtic New Douglas Park, Hamilton
12:45 BBC Sport
accies
Matthews 33'
Henderson 50'
Attendance: 6,007
Referee: Steven McLean
21 January 2015 23 Partick Thistle 5–0 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Doolan 29', 44', 60', 62'
Eccleston 89'
BBC
accies
Attendance: 2,138
Referee: Craig Thomson
24 January 2015 24 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 BBC
accies
Grant Gillespie 53' (o.g.)
Nick Ross 76'
Attendance: 5,089
Referee: Brian Colvin
31 January 2015 25 Dundee 1–1 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Stewart 88' BBC
accies
Canning 85'
Imrie Red card 53'
Attendance: 5,618
Referee: Crawford Allan
7 February 2015 26 Hamilton Academical 0–0 Kilmarnock New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 BBC
accies
Attendance: 2,245
Referee: Alan Muir
15 February 2015 27 Hamilton Academical 0–3 Aberdeen New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:30 Tena Yellow card 52' Yellow-red card 60' BBC
accies
Considine 6'
Jack 8'
McGinn 88'
Attendance: 3,095
Referee: Collum
22 February 2015 28 Celtic 4–0 Hamilton Academical Celtic Park, Glasgow
13:00 Commons 57', 82'
Johansen 64'
Guidetti 78'
BBC Attendance: 47,989
Referee: Brian Colvin
28 February 2015 29 St Mirren 1–0 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00 Thompson 63' BBC Attendance: 3,503
Referee: Crawford Allan
14 March 2015 30 Hamilton Academical 2–2 Ross County New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Scotland 2'
Imrie 18'
BBC Curran 28'
Gardyne 72'
Attendance: 1,544
Referee: Craig Thomson
20 March 2015 31 Motherwell 4–0 Hamilton Academical Fir Park, Motherwell
19:45 Ainsworth 49', 50'
Sutton 80', 83' (pen.)
BBC Lyon Red card 65' Attendance: 4,250
Referee: Calum Murray
4 April 2015 32 Hamilton Academical 1–1 St Johnstone New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Crawford 7'
Canning Red card 58'
BBC Graham 72' Attendance: 2,032
Referee: Greg Aitken
11 April 2015 33 Dundee United 1–0 Hamilton Academical Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Erskine 70' BBC Attendance: 5,243
Referee: Andrew Dallas
24 April 2015 34 Hamilton Academical 2–0 Motherwell New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Scotland 21'
Crawford 52'
BBC Attendance: 3,301
Referee: John Beaton
2 May 2015 35 Kilmarnock 2–3 Hamilton Academical Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
15:00 Ashcroft 8'
Kiltie 78'
BBC Scotland 21'
MacKinnon 65'
Hasselbaink 70'
Attendance: 3,450
Referee: Steven McLean
9 May 2015 36 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Docherty 85' BBC O'Donnell 72' Attendance: 2,342
Referee: Stephen Finnie
16 May 2015 37 Ross County 2–1 Hamilton Academical Global Energy Stadium, Dingwall
15:00 Gardyne 58'
Kiss Red card 82'
Boyce 85'
BBC Lucas 27' Attendance: 3,381
Referee: Bobby Madden
23 May 2015 38 Hamilton Academical 1–0 St Mirren New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Crawford 83' BBC Attendance: 2,425
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish League Cup[edit]

2 August 2014 First Round Hamilton Academical 2–1 Arbroath New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 BST UTC+1 Imrie 3'
Longridge 69'
BBC
accies
Kevin Buchan 90' Attendance: 730
Referee: Craig Thomson
26 August 2014 Second Round Hamilton Academical 4–1 Alloa Athletic New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 BST UTC+1 Andreu 17'
Canning 66'
Longridge 81'
Brophy 87'
BBC
accies
Spence 40' Attendance: 694
Referee: John McKendrick
24 September 2014 Third Round Hamilton Academical 0–0
(6–5 p)
Motherwell New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 BST UTC+1 Hendrie Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 65' BBC
accies
O'Brien Yellow card 46' Yellow-red card 101' Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Craig Charleston
Penalties
Gillespie soccer ball with check mark
Crawford soccer ball with check mark
Devlin soccer ball with check mark
Longridge soccer ball with check mark
Imrie soccer ball with check mark
Watson soccer ball with check mark
soccer ball with check mark Sutton
soccer ball with check mark McManus
soccer ball with check mark Ojamaa
soccer ball with check mark Leitch
soccer ball with check mark Law
soccer ball with red X Ramsden
29 October 2014 Quarter Final Aberdeen 1–0 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BST UTC+1 Rooney 24' BBC Attendance: 9,311
Referee: Madden

Scottish Cup[edit]

29 November 2014 Round 4 Partick Thistle 2–0 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15.00 Stevenson 19', 54' BBC
accies
Imrie Red card 89' Attendance: 2,467
Referee: Calum Murray

Squad statistics[edit]

During the 2014–15 season, Hamilton Academical have used twenty six different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances[edit]

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 23 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Northern Ireland NIR Michael McGovern 42 0 37 0 4 0 1 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Ziggy Gordon 29 0 24 0 4 0 1 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Stephen Hendrie 33 0 26+4 0 2 0 1 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Michael Devlin 30 0 23+3 0 4 0 0 0
5 DF Scotland SCO Martin Canning 28 4 23+1 3 3 1 1 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Grant Gillespie 41 0 36 0 4 0 1 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Dougie Imrie 38 3 33+1 2 2+1 1 1 0
8 MF England ENG Jon Routledge 17 0 12+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Jason Scotland 27 5 12+12 5 2 0 1 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Ali Crawford 43 11 37+1 11 3+1 0 1 0
12 MF Scotland SCO Darren Lyon 15 0 8+5 0 0+2 0 0 0
14 FW Netherlands NED Nigel Hasselbaink 10 1 4+6 1 0 0 0 0
15 DF Scotland SCO Kieran MacDonald 8 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Scotland SCO Craig Watson 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Louis Longridge 36 2 9+22 0 4 2 0+1 0
18 FW Scotland SCO Darian MacKinnon 34 3 27+3 3 2+1 0 1 0
20 FW Scotland SCO Eamonn Brophy 19 1 2+14 0 1+2 1 0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Greg Docherty 6 1 1+5 1 0 0 0 0
23 DF Scotland SCO Scott McMann 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF Spain ESP Jesús García 27 1 25+1 1 0 0 1 0
28 MF England ENG Daniel Redmond 27 2 20+3 2 3 0 1 0
32 FW Scotland SCO Andy Ryan 9 0 0+7 0 1+1 0 0 0
42 MF Scotland SCO Steven Boyd 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF Brazil BRA Lucas 6 1 2+4 1 0 0 0 0
45 MF Czech Republic CZE Nicolas Šumský 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
10 MF Scotland SCO Alex Neil 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF France FRA Tony Andreu 26 13 21+2 12 3+0 1 0+0 0
99 FW Guadeloupe GLP Mickaël Antoine-Curier 25 8 20+2 8 1+1 0 0+1 0

Goal scorers[edit]

As of 23 May 2015
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 France 22 Tony Andreu 12 0 1 13
2 Scotland 11 Ali Crawford 11 0 0 11
3 Guadeloupe 99 Mickaël Antoine-Curier 8 0 0 8
4 Trinidad and Tobago 9 Jason Scotland 5 0 0 5
5 Scotland 6 Martin Canning 3 0 1 4
6 Scotland 7 Dougie Imrie 2 0 1 3
Scotland 18 Darian MacKinnon 3 0 0 3
8 Scotland 17 Louis Longridge 0 0 2 2
England 28 Daniel Redmond 2 0 0 2
10 Netherlands 14 Nigel Hasselbaink 1 0 0 1
Scotland 20 Eamonn Brophy 0 0 1 1
Scotland 21 Greg Docherty 1 0 0 1
Spain 24 Jesús García 1 0 0 1
Brazil 44 Lucas 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 50 0 6 56

Disciplinary record[edit]

Includes all competitive matches.
As of matches played 23 May 2015

Number Nation Position Name Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 Scotland DF Ziggy Gordon 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
3 Scotland DF Stephen Hendrie 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
4 Scotland DF Michael Devlin 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
5 Scotland DF Martin Canning 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
6 Scotland MF Grant Gillespie 12 0 11 0 1 0 0 0
7 Scotland MF Dougie Imrie 6 2 6 1 0 0 0 1
8 England MF Jon Routledge 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
9 Trinidad and Tobago FW Jason Scotland 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 Scotland MF Alex Neil 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 Scotland MF Ali Crawford 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
12 Scotland MF Darren Lyon 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
14 Netherlands FW Nigel Hasselbaink 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
17 Scotland MF Louis Longridge 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
18 Scotland FW Darian MacKinnon 13 1 12 1 1 0 0 0
22 France FW Tony Andreu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24 Spain DF Jesús García 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0
28 Scotland MF Daniel Redmond 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
44 Brazil DF Lucas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
99 Guadeloupe FW Mickaël Antoine-Curier 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 82 8 77 6 4 1 1 1

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Dundee United 38 17 5 16 58 56 +2 56
6 Dundee[a] 38 11 12 15 46 57 −11 45
7 Hamilton Academical 38 15 8 15 50 53 −3 53
8 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 48 44 +4 46
9 Ross County 38 12 8 18 46 63 −17 44
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Results by round[edit]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLWWWWDDWWWLDLWLWWLWWLLLLDDLLLDLDLWWDLW
Position115322132111234554443555555555567777777
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent[edit]

Hamilton score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 3–0 0–3 0–3 X 3
Celtic 1–0 0–2 0–4 X 3
Dundee 0–2 2–1 1–1 X 4
Dundee United 2–2 2–3 0–1 X 1
Inverness C.T. 0–2 2–4 0–2 X 0
Kilmarnock 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 5
Motherwell 4–0 5–0 0–4 2–0 9
Partick Thistle 2–1 3–3 0–5 1–1 5
Ross County 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 7
St Johnstone 1–0 1–0 1–1 X 7
St Mirren 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 9

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ^ "Alex Neil: Norwich City appoint Hamilton player-manager as boss". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Hamilton Academical: Martin Canning becomes new manager". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Transfer Deadline Day: Norwich City sign Tony Andreu". BBC. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Hamilton Academical 2–0 Motherwell". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Dougie Imrie joins Hamilton Accies for a second time". BBC. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Hamilton Accies sign Michael McGovern and Kieran MacDonald". BBC. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Hamilton Accies sign Michael McGovern and Kieran MacDonald". BBC. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Accies snap up Redmond". spfl. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Hamilton sign Forfar goalkeeper Darren Hill". BBC. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Hamilton: Jason Scotland exits Accies as Lee Lynch signs". BBC. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Hamilton Academical: swift return for Jason Scotland signs". BBC. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Hamilton: Lucas Tagliapietra arrives from Moldova". BBC. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Hamilton Accies sign Czech midfielder Nico Sumsky". BBC. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Nigel Hasselbaink: Hamilton Academical re-sign Dutch forward". BBC. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Cuthbert makes Rovers move". SPFL. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  16. ^ "James Keatings signs for Hearts". Edinburgh News. The Scotsman. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  17. ^ "Kilday and Crighton join Morton". SPFL. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  18. ^ "Sons make loan signing". SPFL. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  19. ^ "Hamilton: Jason Scotland exits Accies as Lee Lynch signs". BBC. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  20. ^ "Mickael Antoine-Curier: Leaving Accies was not an easy choice". BBC. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  21. ^ "Mickael Antoine-Curier: Burton Albion sign ex-Hamilton striker". BBC. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  22. ^ "Transfer Deadline Day: Norwich City sign Tony Andreu". BBC. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  23. ^ "News Round Up". Hamilton Academical F.C. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.