Hamilton Academical F.C.

"Hamilton F.C." redirects here. For the soccer club in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, see Hamilton FC.

Hamilton Academical

Full name

Hamilton Academical Football Club

Nickname(s)

The Accies

Founded

1874

Ground

New Douglas Park, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire

Capacity

5,510^[1]

Chairman

Les Gray

Manager

Martin Canning

League

Scottish Premiership

2015–16

Scottish Premiership, 10th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, are a Scottish football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Premiership, having been promoted from the 2013–14 Scottish Championship. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy and remain the only professional club in British football to have originated from a school team. Hamilton have won the Scottish Challenge Cup twice and have finished runners-up in the Scottish Cup twice. The club currently play their home games at New Douglas Park.

Club history

Hamilton Academical F.C. was formed in late 1874 by the Rector and pupils of the local school. The club soon became members of the Scottish Football Association and initially began competing in the Scottish Cup and Qualifying Cup, before joining the Scottish Football League in November 1897 following the resignation of Renton.^[2]

In the 1970s, Hamilton briefly resigned from the league due to mounting debts.^[3] In 1994 the club sold its home ground, Douglas Park stadium, to Sainsbury's supermarket, and subsequently ground-shared in Coatbridge and Glasgow for seven years.^[3] During this period the club went through financial hardships and unpaid players went on strike.^[3] As a result, Hamilton was unable to fulfil its fixtures during the 1999–2000 season and was docked 15 points, the eventual result of which was relegation to the Third Division.^[3] The club moved into its New Douglas Park stadium in 2001.^[3]

In 2008, for the first time in 20 years, Accies gained promotion to the top division of Scottish football, the Scottish Premier League. In the 2009–10 season, a 3–0 victory against Kilmarnock on 17 April 2010 secured a third straight season in Scotland's top flight, with four games remaining.^[4]

The Accies' stay in the SPL ended in the 2010–11 season, when they were relegated after a 1–0 defeat away to St Johnstone.^[5] Despite their relegation, Hamilton's time in the top flight was most notable for their emphasis on youth including midfielders James McCarthy and James McArthur, both of whom went on to play for Wigan Athletic in the English Premier League before gaining international recognition.

Return to the Premiership

After a hard-fought campaign during the 2013–14 Scottish Championship season, Accies finished in second position on the final day of the season following a 10–2 home victory over Morton. Despite the disappointment of missing out on automatic promotion to Dundee, they went on to defeat Falkirk 2–1 on aggregate in the first stage of their Premiership play-off to face top-flight Hibernian over two legs for a place in the 2014–15 Scottish Premiership. Hamilton lost the first leg 2–0 at New Douglas Park, but two away goals in the return leg at Easter Road, including an injury time strike, forced the tie to extra time and penalty-kicks. Hamilton converted all of their spot-kicks and gained promotion back to the top flight.^[6] Neil left the club in January 2015, to take up a position at English club Norwich.^[7]^[8]

Stadium

Main article: New Douglas Park

The club play their fixtures at New Douglas Park, which was opened in 2001. The pitch is an artificial surface, one of two in the Scottish Premiership alongside Kilmarnock. The stadium has an overall capacity of 6,018 and is composed of two permanent and one temporary stand.

New Douglas Park, home of Hamilton Academical

The ground replaced Douglas Park, which was the home of Hamilton from 1888 to 1994. The ground was eventually sold to supermarket chain Sainsbury's in 1994, with the proceeds going towards the construction of the new stadium, which lies adjacent to the site of Douglas Park.

Between 1994 and 2001 the club had no home. They ground-shared at Cliftonhill and Firhill Stadium.

Honours

Chart of yearly table positions of The Accies in the Scottish league.

Scottish First Division
- Winners (4): 1903–04, 1985–86, 1987–88, 2007–08^[9]
- Runners-up (4): 1904–05, 1952–53, 1964–65, 2013–14
Scottish Second Division
- Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 2003–04
Scottish Third Division
- Winners (1): 2000–01
Scottish Cup
- Runners-up (2): 1910–11, 1934–35
Scottish Challenge Cup
- Winners (2): 1991–92, 1992–93
- Runners-up (2): 2005–06, 2011–12

Club records

Match records

Record victory: 10–2 vs. Morton (May 2014)^[10]^[11]

Transfer records

Biggest transfer purchase: Tomas Cerny from Sigma Olomouc (July 2009; £180,000)^[12]
Biggest transfer sale: James McCarthy to Wigan Athletic (July 2009; £1,200,000)^[12]

Players

Current squad

As of 4 October 2016^[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Remi Matthews (on loan from Norwich City)
2	DF	Dan Seaborne
4	DF	Michael Devlin (captain)
5	DF	Martin Canning
6	MF	Grant Gillespie
7	MF	Dougie Imrie
8	MF	Greg Docherty
9	FW	Alexandre D'Acol
10	MF	Daniel Redmond
11	MF	Ali Crawford
12	MF	Gramoz Kurtaj
14	FW	Richard Roy
15	FW	Rakish Bingham
16	MF	Craig Watson
17	MF	Louis Longridge
18	MF	Darian MacKinnon
19	GK	Darren Jamieson

No.	Position	Player
20	FW	Eamonn Brophy
21	MF	Massimo Donati
22	MF	Darren Lyon
23	DF	Scott McMann
24	DF	Jesús García
25	DF	Ben Reilly
26	GK	Alex Marshall
27	DF	Shaun Want
28	FW	Ross Cunningham
29	DF	Jordan McGregor
31	FW	Ryan Tierney
32	DF	Jack Breslin
33	MF	Ronan Hughes
34	GK	Gary Woods
35	GK	Robbie Thomson
46	DF	Lennard Sowah
89	DF	Georgios Sarris

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
30		MF	Steven Boyd (on loan at Albion Rovers)
		MF	Conor Scullion (on loan at Airdrieonians)

Development Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Jamie Boyd
		DF	Danny O’Halloran
		DF	Rico Quitongo
		MF	Steffen Connelly

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Lewis Ferguson
		MF	Sean McKirdy
		MF	Lewis Smith
		FW	Marc Kelly

Player of the Year

Year	Winner
2004	Brian McPhee^[14]
2009	Tomáš Černý^[15]
2013	Ziggy Gordon^[16]

Captains

The following is a list of the officially-appointed captains of the Hamilton Academical first-team.

Name	Nation	Years	Notes	Ref
Alex Neil	Scotland	2005–2014	Finished captaincy to become player-manager	^[17]
Martin Canning	Scotland	2014–2015	Finished captaincy to become player-manager	^[18]
Michael McGovern	Northern Ireland	2015–2016		^[19]
Michael Devlin	Scotland	2016–		^[19]

Former players

Main article: List of Hamilton Academical F.C. players

Coaching staff

As of 22 August 2016^[20]

Role	Name
Player-Manager	Martin Canning
Assistant Manager	Guillaume Beuzelin
Goalkeeping Coach	Brian Potter
Head of Youth Academy	George Cairns
Equipment Manager	Danny Cunning
Physiotherapist	Megan Finlayson
Sports Scientist	Kevin Symon
Performance Analyst	Dominic Stewart

Managers

Main article: List of Hamilton Academical F.C. managers

Alex Raisbeck, 1914–1922
David Buchanon, 1922–1923
Scott Duncan, 1923–1925
Willie McAndrew, 1925–1946
Jimmy McStay, 1946–1951
Andrew Wylie, 1951–1953
Jacky Cox, 1953–1956
John Lowe, 1956–1958
Andy Paton, 1959–1968
John Crines, 1968–1969
Billy Lamont, 1969 (Player/Manager)
Tommy Ewing, 1969–1970
Bobby Shearer, 1970–1971
Ronnie Simpson, 1971–1972
Billy Lamont, 1972 (Caretaker)
Eric Smith, 1972–1978
Davie McParland, 1978–1982
John Blackley, 1982–1983

Bertie Auld, 1983–1984
John Lambie, 1984–1988
Jim Dempsey, 1988–1989
George Miller, 1989 (Caretaker)
John Lambie, 1989–1990
George Miller, 1990 (Caretaker)
Billy McLaren, 1990–1992
Iain Munro, 1992–1996
Sandy Clark, 1996–1998
Colin Miller, 1998–1999 (Player/Manager)
Ally Dawson, 1999–2002
Chris Hillcoat, 2002–2003
Allan Maitland, 2003–2005
Billy Reid 2005–2013
Alex Neil 2013 (Caretaker)
Alex Neil 2013–2015
Martin Canning 2015 (Caretaker)
Martin Canning 2015–present^[21]

References

↑ "Hamilton Academical Football Club". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
↑ "Accies News". Hamilton Academical F.C. 26 February 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
1 2 3 4 5 Alex Anderson (3 April 2014). "Hamilton Academical prospering with frugal ethos". When Saturday Comes. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
↑ http://www.acciesfc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=523&Itemid=173
↑ Bradley, Paul (10 May 2011). "St Johnstone 1–0 Hamilton". BBC News.
↑ Lindsay, Clive. "Hamilton Academical ended their three-year absence from Scotland's top flight after a dramatic penalty shootout that consigned Hibernian to relegation.". www.bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
↑ "Alex Neil: Norwich City appoint Hamilton player-manager as boss". 9 January 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
↑ http://acciesfc.co.uk/index.php/news/328-update-on-managerial-position
↑ "Hamilton Accies 2–0 Clyde". www.news.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
↑ Kenny Crawford (3 May 2014). "Hamilton 10 – 2 Morton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
↑ "Accies 10 (Ten) Morton 2". Hamilton Academical F.C. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
1 2 "Club History". Hamilton Academical F.C. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
↑ "Squad and Squad Number Update". Hamilton Academical F.C. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
↑ Hamilton Academical official website – Forfar 0 Accies 4 15/05/04
↑ Hamilton Academical official website – UCD 1 Accies 2
↑ "@acciesfc Twitter Player of the Year". Hamilton Academical F.C. 6 May 2013.
↑ Ben Mouncer (9 January 2015). "PROFILE: NEW CANARIES BOSS ALEX NEIL". Norwich City F.C. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "Hamilton captain Martin Canning tells club's youngsters to use Premiership season as a springboard". Daily Record. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
1 2 "Michael Devlin: 'I'm ready for captaincy at Hamilton Accies'". BBC Sport. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
↑ "First Team « Hamilton Academical Football Club".
↑ "Hamilton Academical: Martin Canning becomes new manager". 23 January 2015 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

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