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2013–14 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

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.

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

Summary edit

Season edit

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 edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship edit

Main article: 2013–14 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   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   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   51'
Gordon   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   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   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 edit

Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Premiership
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  
McGivern  
Craig  
Tudur Jones  
Cummings  		   Gillespie
  Andreu
  Antoine-Curier
  Scotland

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2013–14 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 edit

Main article: 2013–14 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 edit

Main article: 2013–14 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 edit

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 edit

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

Transfers edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Hibs 0–2 Hamilton (agg 2–2, 3–4 pens)". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Scottish Championship 2013/2014". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Rangers goalkeeper Blair Currie to join Hamilton". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Striker James Keatings hopes to fire Hamilton to the big time". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Accies snap up French midfielder Anthony Andreu". hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk. Hamilton Advertiser. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Return of the MAC". acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Ex-Livingston star Jesus signs up with Hamilton". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Celtic midfielder Paul George moves to Hamilton on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Jason Scotland joins Hamilton Accies from Barnsley". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Page Turns Up at Morton". spfl.co.uk. SPFL. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Bolton Wanderers: Gary Fraser joins after Hamilton exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Brechin City – Rangers Preview". brechincity.com. Brechin City F.C. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  13. ^ "Brophy goes out on loan". acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 6 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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