The 2010–11 season was the 124th season of competitive football by Hamilton Academical and the third back in the top-flight of Scottish football. Hamilton Academical competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.
| 2010–11 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Ronnie MacDonald | |||
| Manager | Billy Reid | |||
| Stadium | New Douglas Park | |||
| Scottish Premier League | 12th (relegated) | |||
| Scottish Cup | Fifth round | |||
| League Cup | Second round | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Mickael Antoine-Curier (4 goals) All: Mickael Antoine-Curier (5 goals) | |||
| Highest home attendance | 5,356 vs. Rangers Scottish Premier League 11 September 2010 | |||
| Lowest home attendance | 1,054 vs. Alloa Scottish Cup 8 January 2011 | |||
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Overview edit
Hamilton had a disappointing season seeing them relegated from the Scottish Premier League finishing in 12th place. They managed only 6 wins in all competitions out of the 42 fixtures played.
Results and fixtures edit
Scottish Premier League edit
| 14 August 2010 SPL | Aberdeen | 4–0 | Hamilton | Pittodrie |
Hartley  18' (40), 64'Diamond 50' |
acciesfc | Attendance: 12,005 Referee: D McDonald |
| 21 August 2010 SPL | Hamilton | 0–4 | Hearts | New Douglas Park |
Canning  75' |
acciesfc | Elliot 6' (81) Templeton 22'Palazuelos  63' Kyle 76' (pen.) |
Attendance: 2,899 Referee: S Finnie |
| 28 August 2010 SPL | Inverness | 0–1 | Hamilton | Caledonian Stadium |
| acciesfc | Imrie 1' |
Attendance: 3,851 Referee: J McKendrick |
| 11 September 2010 SPL | Hamilton | 1–2 | Rangers | New Douglas Park |
| Bougherra 56' (Og.) |
acciesfc | Jelavic 6' Miller 90' |
Attendance: 5,356 Referee: A Muir |
| 18 September 2010 SPL | Hibernian | 1–1 | Hamilton | Easter Road |
| Riordan 9' |
acciesfc | Paixao 22' |
Attendance: 11,294 Referee: E Norris |
| 25 September 2010 SPL | Hamilton | 2–2 | Kilmarnock | New Douglas Park |
| Paixao 15' N Hasselbaink 38' |
acciesfc | Hamill 83' (pen.) C Sammon 89' |
Attendance: 3,033 Referee: C Allan |
| 2 October 2010 SPL | Celtic | 3–1 | Hamilton | Celtic Park |
| S Maloney 25' (64) Hooper 71' |
acciesfc | M McLaughlin 3' |
Attendance: 47,476 Referee: S O'Reilly |
| 16 October 2010 SPL | St Mirren | 2–2 | Hamilton | St Mirren Park |
| Higdon 60' (73) |
acciesfc | Routledge 39' imrie 47' |
Attendance: 3,577 Referee: W Collum |
| 23 October 2010 SPL | Hamilton | 1–2 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park |
| Mensing 67' (pen.) |
acciesfc | Parkin 19' Grainger 86' |
Attendance: 2,431 Referee: M Tumilty |
| 30 October 2010 SPL | Motherwell | 0–1 | Hamilton | Fir Park Stadium |
| acciesfc | Hasselbaink 15' |
Attendance: 4,865 Referee: C Thomson |
| 6 November 2010 SPL | Hamilton | 0–1 | Dundee United | New Douglas Park |
| acciesfc | Goodwillie 76' |
Attendance: 2,456 Referee: C Murray |
| 10 November 2010 SPL | Kilmarnock | 3–0 | Hamilton | Rugby Park |
| Gordon 34' C Sammon 46' (52) |
acciesfc | Attendance: 4,214 Referee: W Collum |
| 13 November 2010 SPL | Hamilton | 1–3 | Inverness | New Douglas Park |
| Imrie 29' |
acciesfc | Rooney 49' (59) Hayes 52' |
Attendance: 2,019 Referee: S McLean |
| 20 November 2010 SPL | Hearts | 2–0 | Hamilton | Tynecastle Stadium |
| Skacel 32' Templeton 52' |
acciesfc | Attendance: 12,620 Referee: I Brines |
| 27 November 2010 SPL | Hamilton | 0–0 | St Mirren | New Douglas Park |
| acciesfc | Attendance: 2,280 Referee: M Levi |
| 29 December 2010 SPL | Hamilton | 0–1 | Aberdeen | New Douglas Park |
| acciesfc | Vernon 90' |
Attendance: 2,968 Referee: C Thomson |
| 1 January 2011 SPL | Hamilton | 0–0 | Motherwell | New Douglas Park |
| acciesfc | Attendance: 3,171 Referee: S O'Reilly |
| 12 January 2011 SPL | Hamilton | 1–1 | Celtic | New Douglas Park |
| Mensing 27' McAlister Mensing |
acciesfc | Stokes 90' (pen.) Forrest |
Attendance: 5,163 Referee: W Collum |
| 15 January 2011 SPL | Rangers | 4–0 | Hamilton | Ibrox |
| Weiss 25' (45) S Whittaker 28' (pen.)Maurice Edu 82' |
acciesfc | Attendance: 44,639 Referee: B Winter |
| 22 January 2011 SPL | Inverness | 1–1 | Hamilton | Caledonian Stadium |
| Sanchez 18' |
acciesfc | Antoine-Curier 45' (pen.) |
Attendance: 3,241 Referee: S Finnie |
| 29 January 2011 SPL | Hamilton | 1–1 | Kilmarnock | New Douglas Park |
| Antoine-Curier 14' |
acciesfc | Salmon 80' J Hamill 29' |
Attendance: 2,680 Referee: B Winter |
| 1 February 2011 SPL | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Hamilton | McDiarmid Park |
| May 4' (47) |
acciesfc | Attendance: 2,631 Referee: Euan Norris |
| 12 February 2011 SPL | Hamilton | 0–2 | Hearts | New Douglas Park |
| acciesfc | S Elliott 22' (46) |
Attendance: 2,876 Referee: S O'Reilly |
| 19 February 2011 SPL | Motherwell | 1–0 | Hamilton | Fir Park Stadium |
| John Sutton 36' (pen.) |
acciesfc | Attendance: 4,407 Referee: C Allan |
| 22 February 2011 SPL | Aberdeen | 1–0 | Hamilton | Pittodrie Stadium |
| C Maguire 30' (pen.) |
acciesfc | Attendance: 7,019 Referee: S Finnie |
| 26 February 2011 SPL | Hamilton | 1–1 | Dundee United | New Douglas Park |
| Antoine-Curier 33' (pen.) |
acciesfc | Shala 84' |
Attendance: 2,011 Referee: A Muir |
| 1 March 2011 SPL | Hamilton | 1–2 | Hibernian | New Douglas Park |
| F Paixao 90' |
acciesfc | Sodje 37' D Riordan 75' |
Attendance: 2,619 Referee: G Salmond |
| 5 March 2011 SPL | Celtic | 2–0 | Hamilton | Celtic Park |
| Commons 41' (53) |
acciesfc | Attendance: 51,811 Referee: S O'Reilly |
| 10 March 2011 SPL | Dundee United | 2–1 | Hamilton | Tannadice |
| Goodwillie 42' Daly 90' |
acciesfc | F Paixao 26' |
Attendance: 5,766 Referee: W Collum |
| 19 March 2011 SPL | Hamilton | 0–0 | St Johnstone | New Douglas Park |
| acciesfc | Attendance: 2,111 Referee: B Madden |
| 2 April 2011 SPL | St Mirren | 3–1 | Hamilton | St Mirren Park |
| Higdon 61' (64), pen.' (71) |
BBC SPORT | Buchanan 43' Canning 64' |
Attendance: 4,985 Referee: Collum |
| 10 April 2011 SPL | Hamilton | 0–1 | Rangers | New Douglas Park |
| BBC SPORT | Jelavić 44' |
Attendance: 4,526 Referee: Muir |
| 17 April 2011 SPL | Hibernian | 1–2 | Hamilton | Easter Road |
| Sodje 66' |
BBC SPORT | Chambers 9' Miller 34' (o.g.) |
Attendance: 8,173 Referee: Winter |
| 25 April 2011 SPL | Hamilton | 1–1 | Aberdeen | New Douglas Park |
| Imrie 64' |
BBC SPORT | Blackman 75' |
Attendance: 2,140 Referee: Murray |
| 2 May 2011 SPL | St Mirren | 0–1 | Hamilton | St Mirren Park |
| Travner 24' |
BBC SPORT | Antoine-Curier 74' Neil 80' |
Attendance: 5,037 Referee: Thomson |
| 7 May 2011 SPL | Hamilton | 1–0 | Hibernian | New Douglas Park |
| Hasselbaink 38' |
BBC SPORT | Dickoh 43' |
Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Mike Tumilty |
| 10 May 2011 SPL | St Johnstone | 1–0 | Hamilton | McDiarmid Park |
| Craig 29' (pen.) |
BBC Sport | McLaughlin 28' |
Attendance: 2,253 Referee: Steve Conroy |
| 14 May 2011 SPL | Hamilton | 1–2 | Inverness | New Douglas Park |
| Mensing 50' |
BBC Sport | Foran 44' Rooney 57' |
Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Iain Brines |
Scottish League Cup edit
| 24 August 2010 League Cup round 2 | Raith Rovers | 1–0 | Hamilton | Stark's Park |
| Mark Ferry 68' |
acciesfc | Attendance: 1,674 Referee: E Smith |
Scottish Cup edit
| 8 January 2011 Scottish Cup round 4 | Hamilton | 2–0 | Alloa | New Douglas Park |
| Hasselbaink 34' F Paixao 90' |
acciesfc | Robertson | Attendance: 1,054 Referee: A Muir |
| 5 February 2011 League Cup round 2 | Hamilton | 1–3 | Dundee United | New Douglas Park |
| Antoine-Curier 46' |
acciesfc | Daly 20' Dixon 40'Buaben 59' |
Attendance: 2,577 Referee: C Thomson |
League table edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 8 | St Johnstone | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 44 | |
| 9 | Aberdeen | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 38 | |
| 10 | Hibernian | 38 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 37 | |
| 11 | St Mirren | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 33 | |
| 12 | Hamilton Academical (R) | 38 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 26 | Relegation to the First Division |
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Players edit
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Captains edit
| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
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| 10 | FW | Neil | 
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Club captain |
Last updated: 16 May 2011
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.
Disciplinary records edit
| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | 
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| 1 | GK |  |
Tomáš Černý | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | MF |  |
Gavin Skelton | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | |
Martin Canning | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | |
Andy Graham | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | |
Mark McLaughlin | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | FW | |
Dougie Imrie | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | |
Gary McDonald | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW |  |
Damián Casalinuovo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | |
Alex Neil | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF |  |
Jim McAlister | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | |
David Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | |
Mark Carrington | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | |
Kyle Wilkie | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | |
Aaron Wildig | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | |
James Chambers | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | |
Ali Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW |  |
Flávio Paixão | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | GK | |
Sean Murdoch | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | |
Marco Paixão | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | |
Jon Routledge | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | |
James Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | |
Grant Gillespie | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | |
David Elebert | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | |
Simon Mensing | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | FW | |
David Hopkirk | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | |
Euan Lindsay | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW |  |
Nigel Hasselbaink | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | |
Lee Kilday | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | |
Ziggy Gordon | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | |
Tom Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | |
Brian Potter | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW |  |
Mickael Antoine-Curier | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Stats valid for Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. Last Updated 16 May.
Top scorers edit
| Squad No | Pos | Player | SPL | SC | LC | Total |
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| 99 | MF | Mickael Antoine-Curier |
4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 30 | MF | Nigel Hasselbaink |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | FW | Flávio Paixão |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | Dougie Imrie |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | MF | Simon Mensing |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | DF |  David Buchanan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Mark McLaughlin |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | James Chambers |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | Marco Paixão |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Jon Routledge |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stats valid for Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. Last Updated 16 May.