Hamilton Academical
2013–14 season
ChairmanLes Gray
ManagerAlex Neil
StadiumNew Douglas Park
ChampionshipSecond place
(Promoted via play-offs)
Challenge CupFirst Round
League CupThird Round
Scottish CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Keatings & Andreu (13)
All: Keatings & Andreau (15)
Highest home attendance4,529 v Dundee, Championship, 5 April 2014
Lowest home attendance817 v Cowdenbeath, Championship, 21 September 2013
Average home league attendance1,476

The 2013–14 season was Hamilton Academical's first season in the newly formed Scottish Championship and their third consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Challenge Cup.

Summary

Season

Hamilton finished second in the Scottish Championship with 67 points. They were promoted to the Scottish Premiership in May 2014 after defeating Hibernian in the premiership play-offs.[1] Hamilton also reached the third rounds of the Scottish Cup and League Cup and the first round of the Challenge Cup.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship

10 August 2013 1 Raith Rovers 0–1 Hamilton Academical Stark's Park
15:00 BBC Keatings 68' Attendance: 1,652
Referee: Crawford Allan
17 August 2013 2 Hamilton Academical 4–1 Dumbarton New Douglas Park
15:00 Keatings 28' (pen.) 30'
Gillespie 72'
Andreu 77'
BBC Agnew 67' (pen.) Attendance: 995
Referee: Kevin Clancy
24 August 2013 3 Hamilton Academical 2–0 Queen of the South New Douglas Park
15:00 MacKinnon 39'
Ryan 80'
BBC Attendance: 1,367
Referee: Steven McLean
31 August 2013 4 Falkirk 1–2 Hamilton Academical Falkirk Stadium
15:00 Fulton 50' BBC Antoine-Curier 72'
Crawford 75'
Attendance: 3,266
Referee: Bobby Madden
14 September 2013 5 Dundee 0–0 Hamilton Academical Dens Park
15:00 BBC Attendance: 4,155
Referee: Mat Northcroft
21 September 2013 6 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Cowdenbeath New Douglas Park
15:00 Gordon 51' BBC Attendance: 817
Referee: Euan Anderson
28 September 2013 7 Alloa Athletic 1–0 Hamilton Academical Recreation Park
15:00 McCord 45' (pen.) BBC Neil Red card 44' Attendance: 653
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
5 October 2013 8 Hamilton Academical 2–0 Livingston New Douglas Park
15:00 Keatings 33' (pen.) , 65' BBC Attendance: 1,059
Referee: Des Roache
12 October 2013 9 Greenock Morton 1–1 Hamilton Academical Cappielow
15:00 Habai 69' BBC Andreu 33' Attendance: 2,106
Referee: Calum Murray
19 October 2013 10 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Raith Rovers New Douglas Park
15:00 Keatings 31' BBC Hill Red card 34'
Elliot 70' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,113
Referee: Iain Brines
26 October 2013 11 Hamilton Academical 2–0 Falkirk New Douglas Park
15:00 Andreu 21'
Longridge 89'
BBC Attendance: 1,340
Referee: Alan Muir
9 November 2013 12 Queen of the South 0–1 Hamilton Academical Palmerston Park
15:00 BBC Antoine-Curier 16' Attendance: 1,557
Referee: George Salmond
16 November 2013 13 Cowdenbeath 2–4 Hamilton Academical Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Wedderburn 18'
Milne 37'
BBC García Tena 66'
MacKinnon 69'
Gordon 71'
Andreu 90'
Attendance: 401
Referee: Des Roache
23 November 2013 14 Hamilton Academical 0–3 Dundee New Douglas Park
15:00 BBC Davidson 16'
Gallagher 57'
MacDonald 89'
Attendance: 2,077
Referee: Bobby Madden
7 December 2013 15 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Alloa Athletic New Douglas Park
15:00 BBC Meggatt 47' Attendance: 860
Referee: Greg Aitken
14 December 2013 16 Livingston 0–0 Hamilton Academical Almondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Attendance: 794
Referee: Mat Northcroft
21 December 2013 17 Dumbarton 2–1 Hamilton Academical Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Fleming 11'
Graham 71'
BBC Keatings 33' Attendance: 642
Referee: John McKendrick
28 December 2013 18 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Greenock Morton New Douglas Park
15:00 Antoine-Curier 24' BBC Attendance: 1,472
Referee: Iain Brines
4 January 2014 19 Hamilton Academical 3–1 Queen of the South New Douglas Park
15:00 Longridge 4'
Antoine-Curier 9'
Crawford 58'
BBC Russell 22' Attendance: 1,366
Referee: Calum Murray
11 January 2014 20 Falkirk 0–0 Hamilton Academical Falkirk Stadium
15:00 BBC Attendance: 3,099
Referee: Crawford Allan
25 January 2014 21 Hamilton Academical 3–4 Cowdenbeath New Douglas Park
15:00 Andreu 66', 86'
Keatings 81' (pen.)
BBC Stewart 5', 46'
Hemmings 9', 20'
Attendance: 944
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 February 2014 22 Hamilton Academical 3–3 Dumbarton New Douglas Park
15:00 Keatings 4', 71'
Scotland 88'
BBC Kirkpatrick 27'
Hendrie 69' (o.g.)
Kane 89'
Attendance: 1,061
Referee: Des Roache
8 February 2014 23 Dundee 1–0 Hamilton Academical Dens Park
15:00 Boyle 6' BBC Hendrie Red card 51'
Gordon Red card 62'
Attendance: 5,206
Referee: Stephen Finnie
15 February 2014 24 Raith Rovers 2–4 Hamilton Academical Stark's Park
15:00 Cardle 82'
Baird 89'
BBC Andreu 4', 32'
Longridge 39'
Keatings 43' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,436
Referee: Willie Collum
21 February 2014 25 Hamilton Academical 2–0 Livingston New Douglas Park
19:45 Scotland 28'
Antoine-Curier 90'
BBC Attendance: 1,063
Referee: Craig Charleston
1 March 2014 26 Alloa Athletic 0–3 Hamilton Academical Recreation Park
15:00 BBC Longridge 1'
Keatings 11' (pen.)
Andreu 20'
Attendance: 656
Referee: Stephen Finnie
8 March 2014 27 Queen of the South 1–1 Hamilton Academical Palmerston Park
15:00 Reilly 63' BBC Canning 56' Attendance: 995
Referee: John McKendrick
15 March 2014 28 Hamilton Academical 3–1 Falkirk New Douglas Park
15:00 Scotland 4'
MacKinnon 74'
Longridge 90'
BBC Beck 71' Attendance: 1,706
Referee: Alan Muir
22 March 2014 29 Greenock Morton 3–4 Hamilton Academical Cappielow
15:00 Vine 23'
Fitzpatrick 60'
O'Connor 84'
BBC Scotland 13'
Longridge 54', 64'
Antoine-Curier 87'
Attendance: 1,345
Referee: Calum Murray
25 March 2014 30 Hamilton Academical 3–2 Raith Rovers New Douglas Park
19:45 Andreu 65'
Keatings 68'
Scotland 90'
BBC Baird 45', 69' Attendance: 954
Referee: George Salmond
29 March 2014 31 Cowdenbeath 1–1 Hamilton Academical Central Park
15:00 O'Brien 90+5' BBC Antoine-Curier 90+1' Attendance: 497
Referee: Kevin Clancy
5 April 2014 32 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Dundee New Douglas Park
15:00 Antoine-Curier 71' BBC Boyle 37' Attendance: 4,529
Referee: Willie Collum
12 April 2014 33 Livingston 1–1 Hamilton Academical Almondvale Stadium
15:00 Jacobs 64' BBC Hendrie Red card 54'
Scotland 86'
Attendance: 1,133
Referee: Stephen Finnie
19 April 2014 34 Hamilton Academical 2–1 Alloa Athletic New Douglas Park
15:00 Scotland 4'
Ryan 46'
BBC Caldwell 83' Attendance: 1,087
Referee: Iain Brines
26 April 2014 35 Dumbarton 4–1 Hamilton Academical Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Agnew 32'
Nish 77'
Megginson 85'
Kirkpatrick 87'
BBC Scotland 41'
Neil Red card 83'
Attendance: 1,420
Referee: George Salmond
3 May 2014 36 Hamilton Academical 10–2 Greenock Morton New Douglas Park
15:00 Antoine-Curier 5', 56', 78', 86'
Andreu 8', 32', 45' (pen.)
Longridge 35'
Devlin 68'
Findlay 85' (o.g.)
BBC Imrie 22', 73' Attendance: 2,034
Referee: Steven McLean

Premiership play-off

13 May 2014 Semi–final 1st Leg Falkirk 1–1 Hamilton Academical Falkirk Stadium
19:45 Beck 80' Report MacKinnon 61' Attendance: 4,194
Referee: John Beaton
18 May 2014 Semi–final 2nd Leg Hamilton Academical 1–0
(2–1 agg.)
Falkirk New Douglas Park
19:45 Andreu 16' Report Attendance: 4,678
Referee: Kevin Clancy
21 May 2014 Final 1st Leg Hamilton Academical 0–2 Hibernian New Douglas Park
19:45 Report Cummings 39' 55' Attendance: 5,322
Referee: Bobby Madden
25 May 2014 Final 2nd Leg Hibernian 0–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
(3–4 p)
Hamilton Academical Easter Road
15:30 Report Scotland 13'
Andreu 90+3'
Attendance: 18,031
Referee: Willie Collum
Penalties
Thomson soccer ball with red X
McGivern soccer ball with check mark
Craig soccer ball with check mark
Tudur Jones soccer ball with check mark
Cummings soccer ball with red X
soccer ball with check mark Gillespie
soccer ball with check mark Andreu
soccer ball with check mark Antoine-Curier
soccer ball with check mark Scotland

Scottish Challenge Cup

27 July 2013 First Round Airdrieonians 2–1 Hamilton Academical Excelsior Stadium
15:00 McLaren 24'
Nathan Blockley 59'
BBC Longridge 18' Attendance: 807
Referee: Calum Murray

Scottish League Cup

3 August 2013 First Round Stirling Albion 0–3 Hamilton Academical Forthbank Stadium
15:00 BBC Keatings 32', 64'
Smith 41' (o.g.)
Attendance: 556
Referee: John McKendrick
27 August 2013 Second Round Kilmarnock 0–1 Hamilton Academical Rugby Park
19:45 BBC Antoine-Curier 42' Attendance: 2,033
Referee: Calum Murray
24 September 2013 Third Round Hamilton Academical 0–3 St Johnstone New Douglas Park
19:45 BBC May 4', 90'
Edwards 86'
Attendance: 1,059
Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Cup

2 November 2013 Third Round Queen of the South 1–0 Hamilton Academical Palmerston Park
15:00 Lyle 64' BBC Attendance: 1,324
Referee: Stephen Finnie

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dundee (C, P) 36 21 6 9 54 26 +28 69 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Hamilton Academical (O, P) 36 19 10 7 68 41 +27 67 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Falkirk 36 19 9 8 59 33 +26 66 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 16 7 13 53 39 +14 55
5 Dumbarton 36 15 6 15 65 64 +1 51
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHHAAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWDWLWDDWWWLLDLWWDLDLWWWDWWWDDDWLW
Position411111111111112122222332222222112122
Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

References

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