2017–18 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2017–18 season
Chairman	Les Gray
Manager	Martin Canning
Stadium	New Douglas Park
Scottish Premiership	10th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: David Templeton; Dougie Imrie; (8 each); All: David Templeton (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,400 vs. Rangers, Premiership, 29 September 2017
Lowest home attendance	657 vs. Stenhousemuir, League Cup, 29 July 2017
Average home league attendance	3,095
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Hamilton Academical's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary[edit]

Season[edit]

Hamilton finished in tenth place in the Scottish Premiership and only avoided the relegation play-off place on the final day of the season due to goal difference with Partick Thistle's victory over Dundee. Hamilton also reached the second round of the league cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures[edit]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Premiership[edit]

6 August 2017	Aberdeen	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00	O'Connor 26' Storey 90'	Report	Tomas 62'	Attendance: 15,165 Referee: Euan Anderson

12 August 2017	Hamilton Academical	3–0	Dundee	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	MacKinnon 24' Boyd 36' Imrie 85 pen.'	Report		Attendance: 1,694 Referee: Bobby Madden

19 August 2017	Hibernian	1–3	Hamilton Academical	Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00	Stokes 3'	Report	Bingham 52 pen.', 88' Longridge 69'	Attendance: 16,633 Referee: Steven McLean

26 August 2017	Kilmarnock	2–2	Hamilton Academical	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00	Longridge 3 o.g.' Erwin 58'	BBC Report	Skondras 72' Crawford 88 pen.'	Attendance: 3,706 Referee: Andrew Dallas

8 September 2017	Hamilton Academical	1–4	Celtic	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45	Gogić 86'	Report	Armstrong 17' Sinclair 29', 42' Édouard 65'	Attendance: 5,208 Referee: Don Robertson

16 September 2017	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Bingham 33'	Report	Callachan 3' Lafferty 23 pen.'	Attendance: 3,326 Referee: Bobby Madden

23 September 2017	St Johnstone	2–1	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	MacLean 49' Davidson 84'	Report	Docherty 24'	Attendance: 2,880 Referee: Willie Collum

29 September 2017	Hamilton Academical	1–4	Rangers	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45	Redmond 1'	Report	John 21', 25' Candeias 27' Dorrans 59' (pen)	Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Andrew Dallas

14 October 2017	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Motherwell	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Skondras 15'	Report	Rose 32' Hartley 51'	Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Craig Thomson

21 October 2017	Ross County	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00	Schalk 70' Mikkelsen 86'	Report	Docherty 52'	Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Stephen Finnie

24 October 2017	Hamilton Academical	0–0	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45		Report		Attendance: 2,236 Referee: Steven McLean

28 October 2017	Dundee	1–3	Hamilton Academical	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00	Leitch-Smith 67 pen.'	Report	Skondras 39' Templeton 64' Rojano 86'	Attendance: 4,863 Referee: Greg Aitken

4 November 2017	Hamilton Academical	2–2	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Imrie 19' Templeton 76'	Report	Stewart 27' Árnason 74'	Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Nick Walsh

18 November 2017	Rangers	0–2	Hamilton Academical	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00		Report	Templeton 47' Lyon 81'	Attendance: 48,892 Referee: Greg Aitken

25 November 2017	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Hibernian	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Rojano 72'	Report	Murray 29'	Attendance: 2,945 Referee: Don Robertson

2 December 2017	Heart of Midlothian	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00	Walker 47'	Report	Tomas 69'	Attendance: 15,357 Referee: Bobby Madden

9 December 2017	Hamilton Academical	0–1	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00		Report	Scougall 66'	Attendance: 1,451 Referee: Craig Thomson

13 December 2017	Celtic	3–1	Hamilton Academical	Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45	Ntcham 12' Forrest 40' Sinclair 41'	Report	Redmond 29'	Attendance: 53,883 Referee: Stephen Finnie

16 December 2017	Hamilton Academical	3–2	Ross County	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Imrie 30' (pen) Sarris 75' Lindsay 89 o.g.'	Report	Curran 73' van der Weg 84'	Attendance: 1,272 Referee: Gavin Duncan

23 December 2017	Partick Thistle	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Keown 26'	Report		Attendance: 2,912 Referee: Bobby Madden

30 December 2017	Motherwell	1–3	Hamilton Academical	Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Tanner 3' Hartley 41' 90+4' Grimshaw 86' Hammell 88'	Report	Tomas 37' Imrie 41 pen.' Donati 52' Bingham 53' Docherty 76'	Attendance: 4,890 Referee: Andrew Dallas

24 January 2018	Hamilton Academical	0–3	Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45		Report	Callachan 67' Milinković 73' Zanatta 87'	Attendance: 2,077 Referee: Walsh

27 January 2018	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Dundee	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
	O'Hara 2 o.g.' Redmond 25' Ferguson 39' Templeton 69' 74' Woods 90'	Report	O'Hara 55' Holt 57' Henvey 77' Leitch-Smith 90+8'	Attendance: 1,776 Referee: Clancy

3 February 2018	Aberdeen	3–0	Hamilton Academical	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 GMT	Considine 26', 87' McGinn 80'	Report	Sarris 90+2'	Attendance: 13,531 Referee: Euan Anderson

18 February 2018	Hamilton Academical	3–5	Rangers	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
14:15	Lyon 5' Templeton 22' Imrie 88 pen.'	Report	Murphy 10' Windass 19', 34', 72' Morelos 27'	Attendance: 5,406 Referee: Madden

24 February 2018	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
	Sarris 9' Rojano 11' Imrie 41' Ferguson 56' Jenkins 69' Templeton 90'	Report	Sammon 9 pen.' Osman 85' Erskine 88'	Attendance: 2,243 Referee: Walsh

10 March 2018	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Motherwell	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Ogkmpoe 11' Ferguson 34' Templeton 69'	Report	Kipré 51' Dunne 77'	Attendance: 3,182 Referee: Steven McLean

17 March 2018	Ross County	2–2	Hamilton Academical	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00	Lindsay 23' Davies 76'	Report	Imrie 49' Ogkmpoe 52'	Attendance: 3,586 Referee: Kevin Clancy

28 March 2018	St Johnstone	1–0	Hamilton Academical	McDiarmid Park, Perth
	MacLean 5'	Report		Attendance: 2,037 Referee: Euan Anderson

31 March 2018	Kilmarnock	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
	Erwin 5', 77' O'Donnell 45+4'	Report	Hughes 35' Imrie 52' Sarris 63' Rojano 80'	Attendance: 4,672 Referee: Alan Muir

3 April 2018	Hibernian	3–1	Hamilton Academical	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Whittaker 6' Kamberi 17', 63', 85'	Report	Ogkmpoe 9' Imrie 12' 62' Redmond 31' Rojano 69' MacKinnon 78'	Attendance: 15,818 Referee: McLean

8 April 2018	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Celtic	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
	Bingham 18'	Report	McGregor 3' Griffiths 46'	Attendance: 4,851 Referee: Andrew Dallas

14 April 2018	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Kilmarnock	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
	Tomas 30' Sarris 32' Fasan 73 o.g.' van der Weg 90'	Report	Broadfoot 63' Dicker 72' Boyd 79'	Attendance: 4,348 Referee: Barry Cook

21 April 2018	Partick Thistle	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
	Doolan 64' Edwards 72'	Report	Templeton 43'	Attendance: 3,839 Referee: John Beaton

28 April 2018	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Ross County	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
	Imrie 56' Templeton 67'	Report		Attendance: 2,057 Referee: Bobby Madden

5 May 2018	Dundee	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Dens Park, Dundee
	Holt 18'	Report		Attendance: 5,195 Referee: Steven McLean

8 May 2018	Hamilton Academical	1–2	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
	Imrie 82'	Report	McMillan 65 pen.' Wotherspoon 80'	Attendance: 2,367 Referee: Kevin Clancy

12 May 2018	Motherwell	3–0	Hamilton Academical	Fir Park, Motherwell
	Ciftci 31', 70' Aldred 73'	Report		Attendance: 4,699 Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish League Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Results

15 July 2017 Group Stage	East Kilbride	1–3	Hamilton Academical	K-Park Training Academy, East Kilbride
14:00	Winter 69' (pen.)	Report	MacKinnon 39' Longridge 81' Crawford 90+1'	Attendance: 531 Referee: Craig Napier

22 July 2017 Group Stage	Hamilton Academical	1–1 (6–5 p)	Queen of the South	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Boyd 88'	Report	Dobbie 89'	Attendance: 1,047 Referee: Willie Collum
	Penalties
	Gillespie Redmond Crawford Sarris Bingham Boyd MacKinnon Templeton		Lyle Dobbie Dykes Jacobs Rankin Fordyce Tapping Brownlie

25 July 2017 Group Stage	Albion Rovers	4–4 (4–2 p)	Hamilton Academical	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
19:45	Trouten 9', 53', 64' Davidson 90+3'	Report	Donati 38' Want 45+2', 57' Bingham 74' (pen.)	Attendance: 497 Referee: Barry Cook
	Penalties
	McMullin Hopkins McLaughlin Trouten		Donati Docherty Crawford Bingham

29 July 2017 Group Stage	Hamilton Academical	3–0	Stenhousemuir	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Crawford 15' Templeton 56' Boyd 74'	Report		Attendance: 657 Referee: Steven McLean

Knockout stage[edit]

9 August 2017 Second round	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45		Report	McLean 43'	Attendance: 2,768 Referee: Nick Walsh

Scottish Cup[edit]

20 January 2017 Fourth round	Motherwell	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Fir Park, Motherwell
	McMann 4 o.g.', Tanner 35 pen.'	Report		Attendance: 4,725 Referee: Craig Thomson

Squad statistics[edit]

Appearances[edit]

As of match played 12 May 2018 ^[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Gary Woods	37	0	32	0	1	0	4	0
2	DF	GRE	Giannis Skondras	23	3	20+1	3	0	0	2	0
3	DF	SCO	Scott McMann	39	0	30+4	0	1	0	4	0
4	MF	ENG	Ross Jenkins	11	0	9+2	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	FRA	Xavier Tomas	40	1	36	1	1	0	3	0
6	MF	ENG	Charlie Scott	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	SCO	Dougie Imrie	41	8	33+2	8	1	0	5	0
8	FW	ENG	Mickel Miller	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Rakish Bingham	38	6	18+14	5	1	0	4+1	1
10	FW	ENG	Daniel Redmond	31	2	11+14	2	0+1	0	2+3	0
11	MF	SCO	Ali Crawford	19	3	11+3	1	0	0	4+1	2
12	GK	SCO	Ryan Fulton	7	0	5+1	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	CYP	Alex Gogić	21	1	15+3	1	0	0	3	0
15	DF	NED	Kenny van der Weg	11	0	10+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	David Templeton	31	9	20+7	8	1	0	1+2	1
17	MF	SCO	Louis Longridge	13	2	3+6	1	0	0	2+2	1
18	MF	SCO	Darian MacKinnon	36	2	31	1	1	0	4	1
19	GK	SCO	Darren Jamieson	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ARG	Antonio Rojano	26	3	14+12	3	0	0	0	0
21	MF	SCO	Lewis Smith	13	1	6+4	0	1	0	1+1	1
22	MF	SCO	Darren Lyon	30	2	21+6	2	1	0	1+1	0
23	MF	SCO	Ronan Hughes	4	0	2+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
25	MF	SCO	Lewis Ferguson	14	0	12+1	0	1+0	0	0	0
27	DF	SCO	Shaun Want	14	2	13	0	0	0	1	2
28	FW	SCO	Ross Cunningham	7	0	0+6	0	0+1	0	0	0
29	MF	SCO	Jack Breen	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0	0
30	FW	SCO	Steven Boyd	18	3	7+6	1	0	0	2+3	2
89	DF	GRE	Georgios Sarris	24	1	19+2	1	0	0	3	0
99	FW	GRE	Marios Ogkmpoe	17	3	12+4	3	0	0	1	0
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
4	DF	SCO	Mikey Devlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	SCO	Grant Gillespie	7	0	1+2	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF	SCO	Greg Docherty	25	3	21	3	0	0	3+1	0
14	FW	SCO	Botti Biabi	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ITA	Massimo Donati	13	1	6+4	0	1	0	1+1	1
24	FW	SCO	Ryan Tierney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Team statistics[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
8	St Johnstone	38	12	10	16	42	53	−11	46
9	Dundee	38	11	6	21	36	57	−21	39
10	Hamilton Academical	38	9	6	23	47	68	−21	33
11	Partick Thistle (R)	38	8	9	21	31	61	−30	33	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Ross County (R)	38	6	11	21	40	62	−22	29	Relegation to the Championship

Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second-stage group allocation).^[2]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division summary[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L
Position	11	5	4	4	7	8	8	9	9	10	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2018. Source: ^[3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup Table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HAM	ALB	QOS	EKI	STE
1	Hamilton Academical (Q)	4	2	1	1	0	10	6	+4	9	Qualification for the Second Round	—	—	p1–1	—	3–0
2	Albion Rovers	4	1	1	2	0	12	9	+3	7		p4–4	—	—	—	1–1p
3	Queen of the South	4	1	1	2	0	6	4	+2	7		—	p2–2	—	0–0p	—
4	East Kilbride	4	1	1	0	2	5	9	−4	5		1–3	2–5	—	—	—
5	Stenhousemuir	4	0	1	0	3	3	9	−6	2		—	—	1–3	1–2	—

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.^[5]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
14 July 2017 ^[6]	DF	Xavier Tomas	FC Lausanne-Sport	Free transfer
18 July 2017 ^[7]	GK	Ryan Fulton	Liverpool	Free transfer
22 August 2017 ^[8]	FW	Antonio Rojano	Real Potosí	Free transfer
31 August 2017 ^[9]	FW	Botti Biabi	Swansea City	Loan
10 January 2018 ^[10]	MF	Chrysovalantis Kozoronis	PAS Giannina	Free transfer
20 January 2018 ^[11]	FW	Mickel Miller	Carshalton Athletic	Undisclosed
24 January 2018 ^[12]	FW	Marios Ogkmpoe	OFI Crete	Free transfer
31 January 2018 ^[13]	DF	Charlie Scott	Manchester United	Loan
12 February 2018 ^[14]	DF	Kenny van der Weg	Ross County	Free transfer
12 February 2018 ^[15]	MF	Ross Jenkins	Viking FK	Free transfer

Out[edit]

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
31 May 2017	FW	Alexandre D'Acol	Lamia	Free transfer
7 June 2017 ^[16]	DF	Jack Breslin	Clyde	Free transfer
7 June 2017 ^[17]	DF	Craig Watson	East Fife	Free transfer
22 June 2017 ^[18]	DF	Blair Adams	Hartlepool United	Free transfer
4 July 2017	MF	Gramoz Kurtaj	SHB Da Nang	Free transfer
17 August 2017 ^[19]	DF	Jordan McGregor	Airdrieonians	Loan
18 August 2017 ^[20]	FW	Eamonn Brophy	Kilmarnock	Free transfer
18 August 2017	FW	Ryan Tierney	Airdrieonians	Loan
5 January 2018 ^[21]	DF	Louis Longridge	Falkirk	Free transfer
18 January 2018 ^[22]	FW	Steven Boyd	Livingston	Loan
25 January 2018 ^[23]	MF	Greg Docherty	Rangers	Undisclosed
26 January 2018 ^[24]	FW	Michael Devlin	Aberdeen	Undisclosed
31 January 2018 ^[25]	MF	Grant Gillespie	Dundee United	Free transfer
20 February 2018 ^[26]	MF	Massimo Donati	St Mirren	Free transfer
20 March 2018 ^[27]	MF	Chrysovalantis Kozoronis	Free agent	Released

References[edit]

^ "Hamilton Academical Player Statistics 2017/18". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "Scottish Premiership 2017/18". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
^ "Summary - League Cup Group G". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
^ "Hamilton Accies sign up central defender Xavier Tomas". BBC Sport. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Hamilton sign goalkeeper Ryan Fulton from Liverpool". BBC Sport. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Antonio Rojano: Hamilton sign forward, subject to international clearance". BBC Sport. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Hamilton Academical sign Swansea forward Botti Biabi on four-month loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Chrysovalantis Kozoronis: Hamilton Academical sign Greek midfielder". BBC. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Mickel Miller Statement". Hamilton Academical FC. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Marios Ogboe: Hamilton sign former OFI Crete striker". BBC. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Charlie Scott: Hamilton sign Man Utd midfielder on loan". BBC. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Hamilton Academical sign Kenny Van der Weg & Ross Jenkins". BBC. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Hamilton Academical sign Kenny Van der Weg & Ross Jenkins". BBC. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Breslin and Stewart Sign". clydefc.co.uk. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^ "Popular Duo Depart". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^ "Hartlepool United: Former Hamilton full-back Blair Adams joins National League club". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^ "Airdrie move to strengthen their squad with Hamilton Accies loan duo". Daily Record. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^ "Kilmarnock sign Eamonn Brophy and Brad Spencer". BBC Sport. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Louis Longridge signs permanent deal". Falkirk FC. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Boyd extends loan". Hamilton Academical. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Greg Docherty: Rangers complete move for Hamilton midfielder". BBC Sport. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Michael Devlin: Aberdeen sign defender and reject third McKenna bid". BBC Sport. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Dundee United: Stephen Thompson to step down as chairman". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "St Mirren: Massimo Donati signs on short-term deal". BBC Sport. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Player Departures". BBC. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[2] Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[1] "Hamilton Academical Player Statistics 2017/18". soccerbase.com. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[3] "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[4] "Scottish Premiership 2017/18". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[5] "Summary - League Cup Group G". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[6] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[7] "Hamilton Accies sign up central defender Xavier Tomas". BBC Sport. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[8] "Hamilton sign goalkeeper Ryan Fulton from Liverpool". BBC Sport. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[9] "Antonio Rojano: Hamilton sign forward, subject to international clearance". BBC Sport. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[10] "Hamilton Academical sign Swansea forward Botti Biabi on four-month loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[11] "Chrysovalantis Kozoronis: Hamilton Academical sign Greek midfielder". BBC. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[12] "Mickel Miller Statement". Hamilton Academical FC. 20 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[13] "Marios Ogboe: Hamilton sign former OFI Crete striker". BBC. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[14] "Charlie Scott: Hamilton sign Man Utd midfielder on loan". BBC. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[15] "Hamilton Academical sign Kenny Van der Weg & Ross Jenkins". BBC. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[16] "Hamilton Academical sign Kenny Van der Weg & Ross Jenkins". BBC. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[17] "Breslin and Stewart Sign". clydefc.co.uk. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[18] "Popular Duo Depart". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[19] "Hartlepool United: Former Hamilton full-back Blair Adams joins National League club". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[20] "Airdrie move to strengthen their squad with Hamilton Accies loan duo". Daily Record. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[21] "Kilmarnock sign Eamonn Brophy and Brad Spencer". BBC Sport. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[22] "Louis Longridge signs permanent deal". Falkirk FC. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[23] "Boyd extends loan". Hamilton Academical. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[24] "Greg Docherty: Rangers complete move for Hamilton midfielder". BBC Sport. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[25] "Michael Devlin: Aberdeen sign defender and reject third McKenna bid". BBC Sport. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[26] "Dundee United: Stephen Thompson to step down as chairman". BBC Sport. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[27] "St Mirren: Massimo Donati signs on short-term deal". BBC Sport. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

[28] "Player Departures". BBC. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

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