2014–15 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

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.

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

Summary

Management

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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

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  62' Attendance: 2,684
Referee: Willie Collum
13 September 2014 6 Dundee United 2–2 Hamilton Academical Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Ciftci  16'  41'
Fojut  45'
BBC
accies
Antoine-Curier  28'
MacKinnon  26'  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'Elliot  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  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  39'  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  41'  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  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  52'  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  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  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  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

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  45'  65' BBC
accies
O'Brien  46'  101' Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Craig Charleston
Penalties
Gillespie
Crawford
Devlin
Longridge
Imrie
Watson
Sutton
McManus
Ojamaa
Leitch
Law
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

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

Squad statistics

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

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 23 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Michael McGovern 4203704010
2 DF Ziggy Gordon 2902404010
3 DF Stephen Hendrie 33026+402010
4 DF Michael Devlin 30023+304000
5 DF Martin Canning 28423+133110
6 MF Grant Gillespie 4103604010
7 MF Dougie Imrie 38333+122+1110
8 MF Jon Routledge 17012+300+100+10
9 FW Jason Scotland 27512+1252010
11 MF Ali Crawford 431137+1113+1010
12 MF Darren Lyon 1508+500+2000
14 FW Nigel Hasselbaink 1014+610000
15 DF Kieran MacDonald 807+100000
16 MF Craig Watson 300+200+1000
17 MF Louis Longridge 3629+220420+10
18 FW Darian MacKinnon 34327+332+1010
20 FW Eamonn Brophy 1912+1401+2100
21 MF Greg Docherty 611+510000
23 DF Scott McMann 100+100000
24 DF Jesús García 27125+110010
28 MF Daniel Redmond 27220+323010
32 FW Andy Ryan 900+701+1000
42 MF Steven Boyd 100+100000
44 DF Lucas 612+410000
45 MF Nicolas Šumský 100+100000
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
10 MF Alex Neil 807+001+000+00
22 MF Tony Andreu 261321+2123+010+00
99 FW Mickaël Antoine-Curier 25820+281+100+10

Goal scorers

As of 23 May 2015
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
122Tony Andreu120113
211Ali Crawford110011
399Mickaël Antoine-Curier8008
49Jason Scotland5005
56Martin Canning3014
67Dougie Imrie2013
18Darian MacKinnon3003
817Louis Longridge0022
28Daniel Redmond2002
1014Nigel Hasselbaink1001
20Eamonn Brophy0011
21Greg Docherty1001
24Jesús García1001
44Lucas1001
TOTALS 500656

Disciplinary record

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

Number Nation Position Name Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
2DFZiggy Gordon 50500000
3DFStephen Hendrie 31300100
4DFMichael Devlin 41410000
5DFMartin Canning 80800000
6MFGrant Gillespie 1201101000
7MFDougie Imrie 62610001
8MFJon Routledge 31211000
9FWJason Scotland 20100010
10MFAlex Neil 10100000
11MFAli Crawford 50500000
12MFDarren Lyon 21210000
14FWNigel Hasselbaink 20200000
17MFLouis Longridge 50500000
18FWDarian MacKinnon 1311211000
22FWTony Andreu 10100000
24DFJesús García 71710000
28MFDaniel Redmond 20101000
44DFLucas 10100000
99FWMickaël Antoine-Curier 10100000
TOTALS 82 8 77 6 4 1 1 1

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Dundee United 38 17 5 16 58 56 +2 56
6 Dundee[lower-alpha 1] 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

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

Hamilton score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen3–00–30–3X3
Celtic1–00–20–4X3
Dundee0–22–11–1X4
Dundee United2–22–30–1X1
Inverness C.T.0–22–40–2X0
Kilmarnock0–00–10–03–25
Motherwell4–05–00–42–09
Partick Thistle2–13–30–51–15
Ross County4–01–02–21–27
St Johnstone1–01–01–1X7
St Mirren2–03–00–11–09

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

Notes and references

  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. 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.
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