2017–18 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2017–18 season
ChairmanLes Gray
ManagerMartin Canning
StadiumNew Douglas Park
Scottish Premiership10th
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: David Templeton
Dougie Imrie
(8 each)
All: David Templeton (9 goals)
Highest home attendance5,400 vs. Rangers, Premiership, 29 September 2017
Lowest home attendance657 vs. Stenhousemuir, League Cup, 29 July 2017
Average home league attendance3,095

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

Season

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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Premiership
6 August 2017 Aberdeen 2–0 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 O'Connor 26'
Storey 90'		 Report Tomas Red card 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 Yellow card 41' Red card 90+4'
Grimshaw Yellow card 86'
Hammell Yellow card 88'		 Report Tomas Yellow card 37'
Imrie 41 pen.'
Donati Yellow card 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 Yellow card 25'
Ferguson Yellow card 39'
Templeton Yellow card 69' Yellow-red card 74'
Woods Yellow card 90'		 Report O'Hara Yellow card 55'
Holt Yellow card 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 Yellow card 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 Yellow card 9'
Rojano 11'
Imrie Yellow card 41'
Ferguson Yellow card 56'
Jenkins Yellow card 69'
Templeton 90'		 Report Sammon 9 pen.'
Osman Yellow card 85'
Erskine Yellow card 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 Yellow card 34'
Templeton 69'		 Report Kipré Yellow card 51'
Dunne Yellow card 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', Yellow card 77'
O'Donnell 45+4'		 Report Hughes Yellow card 35'
Imrie Yellow card 52'
Sarris Yellow card 63'
Rojano Yellow card 80'		 Attendance: 4,672
Referee: Alan Muir
3 April 2018 Hibernian 3–1 Hamilton Academical Easter Road, Edinburgh
Whittaker Yellow card 6'
Kamberi 17', 63', 85'		 Report Ogkmpoe 9'
Imrie Yellow card 12' Yellow-red card 62'
Redmond Yellow card 31'
Rojano Yellow card 69'
MacKinnon Yellow card 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 Yellow card 30'
Sarris Yellow card 32'
Fasan 73 o.g.'
van der Weg Yellow card 90'		 Report Broadfoot 63'
Dicker Yellow card 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

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Cup § Group G

Group stage

Results

15 July 2017 Group Stage East Kilbride 1–3 Hamilton Academical K-Park Training Academy, East Kilbride
14:00 Winter 69' (pen.) Report
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
25 July 2017 Group Stage Albion Rovers 4–4
(4–2 p)		 Hamilton Academical Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
19:45
Report
Attendance: 497
Referee: Barry Cook
Penalties
29 July 2017 Group Stage Hamilton Academical 3–0 Stenhousemuir New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00
Report Attendance: 657
Referee: Steven McLean

Knockout stage

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

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Cup
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

Appearances

As of match played 12 May 2018 [1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Gary Woods 37 0 32 0 1 0 4 0
2 DF Greece GRE Giannis Skondras 23 3 20+1 3 0 0 2 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Scott McMann 39 0 30+4 0 1 0 4 0
4 MF England ENG Ross Jenkins 11 0 9+2 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF France FRA Xavier Tomas 40 1 36 1 1 0 3 0
6 MF England ENG Charlie Scott 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF Scotland SCO Dougie Imrie 41 8 33+2 8 1 0 5 0
8 FW England ENG Mickel Miller 6 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW England ENG Rakish Bingham 38 6 18+14 5 1 0 4+1 1
10 FW England ENG Daniel Redmond 31 2 11+14 2 0+1 0 2+3 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Ali Crawford 19 3 11+3 1 0 0 4+1 2
12 GK Scotland SCO Ryan Fulton 7 0 5+1 0 0 0 1 0
13 DF Cyprus CYP Alex Gogić 21 1 15+3 1 0 0 3 0
15 DF Netherlands NED Kenny van der Weg 11 0 10+1 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF Scotland SCO David Templeton 31 9 20+7 8 1 0 1+2 1
17 MF Scotland SCO Louis Longridge 13 2 3+6 1 0 0 2+2 1
18 MF Scotland SCO Darian MacKinnon 36 2 31 1 1 0 4 1
19 GK Scotland SCO Darren Jamieson 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW Argentina ARG Antonio Rojano 26 3 14+12 3 0 0 0 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Smith 13 1 6+4 0 1 0 1+1 1
22 MF Scotland SCO Darren Lyon 30 2 21+6 2 1 0 1+1 0
23 MF Scotland SCO Ronan Hughes 4 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
25 MF Scotland SCO Lewis Ferguson 14 0 12+1 0 1+0 0 0 0
27 DF Scotland SCO Shaun Want 14 2 13 0 0 0 1 2
28 FW Scotland SCO Ross Cunningham 7 0 0+6 0 0+1 0 0 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Jack Breen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0 0
30 FW Scotland SCO Steven Boyd 18 3 7+6 1 0 0 2+3 2
89 DF Greece GRE Georgios Sarris 24 1 19+2 1 0 0 3 0
99 FW Greece GRE Marios Ogkmpoe 17 3 12+4 3 0 0 1 0
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
4 DF Scotland SCO Mikey Devlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF Scotland SCO Grant Gillespie 7 0 1+2 0 0 0 4 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Greg Docherty 25 3 21 3 0 0 3+1 0
14 FW Scotland SCO Botti Biabi 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF Italy ITA Massimo Donati 13 1 6+4 0 1 0 1+1 1
24 FW Scotland SCO Ryan Tierney 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team
 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:
  1. ^ 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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHHAAAAHHAHAHA
ResultLWWDLLLLLLDWDWDDLLWLWLLLLWWDLLLLLLWLLL
Position1154478899109898889999910101111109999999109101010
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2018. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup Table

Pos Team
 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

In

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

Out

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

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