2012–13 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

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.

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]

Summary edit

Season edit

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 edit

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 edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre season edit

Scottish First Division edit

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
19 August 2012 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 1–1 Greenock Morton New Douglas Park
15:00 Crawford   81'
Neil   86'
SFL Report O'Brien   15'
Tidser   45+3'  
Attendance: 1,572
Referee: Allan
22 September 2012 Scottish First Division Dumbarton 3–3 Hamilton Academical Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Kilday   34' (Own goal)
Lister   73'
Prunty   77'
Report Crawford   21'
Keatings   88', 95'
Attendance: 695
Referee: McKendrick
20 October 2012 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 1–2 Livingston New Douglas Park
15:00 May   1'
Neil   68'
SFL Report Scougall   3'
McNulty   9'
McCann   74'  
Attendance: 943
Referee: Salmond
24 November 2012 Scottish First Division Falkirk 2–1 Hamilton Academical Falkirk Stadium
15:00 McGrandles   83'
Small   91'
SFL Report Page   58' Attendance: 2,682
Referee: Tumilty
18 December 2012 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical P–P Dumbarton New Douglas Park
19:45 SFL Report
Note: Postponed due to Scottish Cup
5 January 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 1–1 Falkirk New Douglas Park
15:00 Mackinnon   80' SFL Report Taylor   13'
Flynn   58'  
Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Colvin
12 January 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 2–1 Cowdenbeath New Douglas Park
15:00 Page   61'
May   65'
Neil   68'  
SFL Report Hemmings   24' Attendance: 1,021
Referee: Brines
19 January 2013 Scottish First Division Raith Rovers 0–2 Hamilton Academical Stark's Park
15:00 Hill   83' SFL Report Ellis   89' (o.g.)
May   90'
Attendance: 1,194
Referee: Salmond
16 February 2013 Scottish First Division Airdrie United 2–2 Hamilton Academical Excelsior Stadium
15:00 Moore   64' (Penalty)
Bain   90+5'
SFL Report May   61', 90+6' Attendance: 755
Referee: Somers
12 March 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical P–P Dumbarton New Douglas Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch
30 March 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 2–3 Dumbarton New Douglas Park
15:00 Fisher   34'
Ryan   63'
May   87'
SFL Report McDougall   24'
Agnew   48'
McGinn   84'
Attendance: 943
Referee: Murray
9 April 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 5–0 Airdrie United New Douglas Park
19:45 McShane   22'
May   9' (Penalty), 37', 74'
Devlin   86'  
Brophy   87'
SFL Report Attendance: 850
Referee: Collum
13 April 2013 Scottish First Division Livingston 0–3 Hamilton Academical Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00 Report May   41' (Penalty), 43', 84'
Page   80'  
Attendance: 1,607
Referee: Somers
4 May 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical 1–3 Cowdenbeath New Douglas Park
15:00 May   27'
Ryan   31'
SFL Report Linton   48'
Moore   72'
McKenzie   84'
Attendance: 1,434
Referee: Madden

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

Scottish League Cup edit

Scottish Cup edit

17 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4 Dumbarton 1–3 Hamilton Academical Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30 Turner   58'   78'   BBC Report Crawford   24'
Devlin   41'
Gillespie   75'
Attendance: 469
Referee: Madden
2 March 2013 Scottish Cup QF Hamilton Academical 1–2 Falkirk New Douglas Park
15:00 Ryan   74'
Page   90+3'
BBC Report Alston   44', 71' Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Collum

Player statistics edit

Captains edit

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Neil[13]   25 Club captain
DF Canning[14]   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 edit

Last updated 7 May 2013[15]
No. Pos Nat Player Total First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   SCO Kevin Cuthbert 43 0 36+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Martin Canning 39 1 33+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Michael Devlin 27 2 17+5 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1
DF   SCO Ryan Finnie 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Gary Fraser 14 0 5+5 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
DF   SCO Grant Gillespie 37 2 24+8 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 1
DF   SCO Ziggy Gordon 36 1 31+1 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Stephen Hendrie 29 0 20+3 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+1 0
DF   ENG Jordan Jivanda 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Lee Kilday 6 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Conner McGlinchey 14 0 11+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Scott McMann 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   ENG Jonathan Page 24 3 21+1 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Craig Watson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Eamonn Brophy 1 1 0+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Ali Crawford 40 5 30+3 3 1+0 0 3+0 1 2+1 1
MF   SCO Gary Fisher 32 1 18+10 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Jordan Kirkpatrick 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Alex Neil 27 1 21+0 1 0+0 0 2+1 0 3+0 0
MF   ENG Jon Routledge 40 4 34+0 2 0+0 0 3+0 1 3+0 1
MF   SCO Andy Ryan 34 3 3+24 2 1+0 0 1+2 0 0+3 1
FW   SCO James Keatings 10 2 2+6 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Louis Longridge 38 3 22+10 3 0+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
FW   SCO Darian MacKinnon 29 2 17+7 1 0+1 0 0+1 1 3+0 0
FW   SCO James Martin 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Stevie May 35 26 33+0 25 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
FW   SCO Jon McShane 18 2 9+6 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Kieran Millar 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Disciplinary record edit

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 7 May 2013
Nation Position Name First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
                   
  GK Kevin Cuthbert 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
  DF Martin Canning 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  DF Michael Devlin 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8 1
  DF Ryan Finnie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Gary Fraser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Grant Gillespie 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
  DF Ziggy Gordon 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
  DF Stephen Hendrie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Jordan Jivanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Lee Kilday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Conner McGlinchey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Scott McMann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Jonathan Page 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
  DF Craig Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Eamonn Brophy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Ali Crawford 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Gary Fisher 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
  MF Jordan Kirkpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Alex Neil 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 3
  MF Jon Routledge 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
  MF Andy Ryan 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1
  FW James Keatings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Louis Longridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Darian MacKinnon 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
  FW James Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Stevie May 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  FW Jon McShane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Kieran Millar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

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 edit

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

Transfers edit

References edit

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