Hamilton Academical
2012–13 season
ChairmanLes Gray
ManagerBilly Reid
(Until 3 April 2013)
Alex Neil (interim)
(From 3 April 2013)
StadiumNew Douglas Park
First DivisionFifth place
Challenge CupFirst Round, lost to Airdrie United
League CupThird Round, lost to St Mirren
Scottish CupQuarter-final, lost to Falkirk
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stevie May (25)
All:
Stevie May (26)
Highest home attendance3,452 vs Falkirk Scottish Cup, 2 March 2013
Lowest home attendance620 vs Annan Athletic League Cup, 4 August 2012
Average home league attendanceLeague: 1,273[1]

The 2012–13 season was Hamilton Academical's second consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season.[2] Hamilton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

During season 2012–13 Hamilton finished fifth in the Scottish First Division.[3] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,[4] the third round of the League Cup[5] and the quarter-final of the Scottish Cup.[6]

Management

Hamilton began the season under the management of Billy Reid. On 3 April 2013, Reid left the club by mutual consent[7] after nearly eight years in charge of the team.[8] Club captain Alex Neil and Hamilton's Academy director Frankie McAvoy took charge of the team until the end of the season on an interim basis.[9]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season

21 July 2012[10] Friendly Hamilton Academical 2–0 Bolton Wanderers New Douglas Park
15:00 Ryan 60'
Hendrie 67'		 Bolton Report
Hamilton Report

Scottish First Division

11 August 2012 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 2–0 Hamilton Academical Stark's Park
15:00 Graham 63' (Penalty), 86' SFL Report Attendance: 1,868
Referee: Madden
18 December 2012 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical P–P Dumbarton New Douglas Park
19:45 SFL Report
Note: Postponed due to Scottish Cup
23 February 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 1–1 Livingston New Douglas Park
15:00 May 90+1' SFL Report Russell 77' Attendance: 914
Referee: Northcroft
12 March 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical P–P Dumbarton New Douglas Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

2 March 2013 Scottish Cup QF Hamilton Academical 1–2 Falkirk New Douglas Park
15:00 Ryan 74'
Page Red card 90+3'		 BBC Report Alston 44', 71' Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Collum

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Neil[13] Scotland 25 Club captain
DF Canning[14] Scotland 17 Vice-captain

Last updated: 7 May 2013
Source: Competitive match reports.
Competitive matches only
Matches started as captain only
Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

Squad

Last updated 7 May 2013[15]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalFirst DivisionChallenge CupLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Scotland SCO Kevin Cuthbert 43036+001+003+003+00
DF Scotland SCO Martin Canning 39133+011+002+003+00
DF Scotland SCO Michael Devlin 27217+511+002+002+01
DF Scotland SCO Ryan Finnie 404+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Gary Fraser 1405+501+001+100+10
DF Scotland SCO Grant Gillespie 37224+811+002+001+11
DF Scotland SCO Ziggy Gordon 36131+110+001+102+00
DF Scotland SCO Stephen Hendrie 29020+301+003+001+10
DF England ENG Jordan Jivanda 000+000+000+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Lee Kilday 604+100+001+000+00
DF Scotland SCO Conner McGlinchey 14011+001+001+001+00
DF Scotland SCO Scott McMann 101+000+000+000+00
DF England ENG Jonathan Page 24321+130+000+002+00
DF Scotland SCO Craig Watson 000+000+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Eamonn Brophy 110+110+000+000+00
MF Scotland SCO Ali Crawford 40530+331+003+012+11
MF Scotland SCO Gary Fisher 32118+1010+002+002+00
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Kirkpatrick 400+200+001+100+00
MF Scotland SCO Alex Neil 27121+010+002+103+00
MF England ENG Jon Routledge 40434+020+003+013+01
MF Scotland SCO Andy Ryan 3433+2421+001+200+31
FW Scotland SCO James Keatings 1022+620+001+100+00
FW Scotland SCO Louis Longridge 38322+1030+102+003+00
FW Scotland SCO Darian MacKinnon 29217+710+100+113+00
FW Scotland SCO James Martin 100+001+000+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Stevie May 352633+0250+000+002+01
FW Scotland SCO Jon McShane 1829+621+002+000+00
FW Scotland SCO Kieran Millar 000+000+000+000+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 7 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
ScotlandGKKevin Cuthbert 5000000050
ScotlandDFMartin Canning 6000000060
ScotlandDFMichael Devlin 5110101081
ScotlandDFRyan Finnie 0000000000
ScotlandDFGary Fraser 0000000000
ScotlandDFGrant Gillespie 90000010100
ScotlandDFZiggy Gordon 5000100060
ScotlandDFStephen Hendrie 1000000010
EnglandDFJordan Jivanda 0000000000
ScotlandDFLee Kilday 1000000010
ScotlandDFConner McGlinchey 1000000010
ScotlandDFScott McMann 0000000000
EnglandDFJonathan Page 5100000152
ScotlandDFCraig Watson 0000000000
ScotlandMFEamonn Brophy 0000000000
ScotlandMFAli Crawford 0000100010
ScotlandMFGary Fisher 4100100051
ScotlandMFJordan Kirkpatrick 0000000000
ScotlandMFAlex Neil 8300001093
EnglandMFJon Routledge 6000100070
ScotlandMFAndy Ryan 6100100071
ScotlandFWJames Keatings 0000000000
ScotlandFWLouis Longridge 0000000000
ScotlandFWDarian MacKinnon 3000001040
ScotlandFWJames Martin 0000000000
ScotlandFWStevie May 4000000040
ScotlandFWJon McShane 1000000010
ScotlandFWKieran Millar 0000000000

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Falkirk 36 15 8 13 52 48 +4 53
4 Livingston 36 14 10 12 58 56 +2 52
5 Hamilton Academical 36 14 9 13 52 45 +7 51
6 Raith Rovers 36 11 13 12 45 48 −3 46
7 Dumbarton 36 13 4 19 58 83 −25 43
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHHHAAHAAHHAHAHHAHAAHAH
ResultLDLLDDLWLLWWLDWDWWLLDLDWDLWLWWWWDWWL
Position8899999999978877777777777878775[lower-alpha 1]55545
  1. ↑ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.[16]
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2013. Source: [17]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

References

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