2017–18 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Hamilton Academical's fourth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Hamilton Academical
2017–18 season
ChairmanLes Gray
ManagerMartin Canning
StadiumNew Douglas Park
Scottish Premiership10th
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: David Templeton
Dougie Imrie
(8 each)

All: David Templeton (9 goals)
Highest home attendance5,400 vs. Rangers, Premiership, 29 September 2017
Lowest home attendance657 vs. Stenhousemuir, League Cup, 29 July 2017
Average home league attendance3,095

Summary edit

Season edit

Hamilton finished in tenth place in the Scottish Premiership and only avoided the relegation play-off place on the final day of the season due to goal difference with Partick Thistle's victory over Dundee. Hamilton also reached the second round of the league cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Results and fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership edit

6 August 2017 Aberdeen 2–0 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 O'Connor   26'
Storey   90'
Report Tomas   62' Attendance: 15,165
Referee: Euan Anderson
12 August 2017 Hamilton Academical 3–0 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 MacKinnon   24'
Boyd   36'
Imrie   85 pen.'
Report Attendance: 1,694
Referee: Bobby Madden
19 August 2017 Hibernian 1–3 Hamilton Academical Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00 Stokes   3' Report Bingham   52 pen.',   88'
Longridge   69'
Attendance: 16,633
Referee: Steven McLean
26 August 2017 Kilmarnock 2–2 Hamilton Academical Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
15:00 Longridge   3 o.g.'
Erwin   58'
BBC Report Skondras   72'
Crawford   88 pen.'
Attendance: 3,706
Referee: Andrew Dallas
8 September 2017 Hamilton Academical 1–4 Celtic New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Gogić   86' Report Armstrong   17'
Sinclair   29', 42'
Édouard   65'
Attendance: 5,208
Referee: Don Robertson
16 September 2017 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Heart of Midlothian New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Bingham   33' Report Callachan   3'
Lafferty   23 pen.'
Attendance: 3,326
Referee: Bobby Madden
23 September 2017 St Johnstone 2–1 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 MacLean   49'
Davidson   84'
Report Docherty   24' Attendance: 2,880
Referee: Willie Collum
29 September 2017 Hamilton Academical 1–4 Rangers New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Redmond   1' Report John   21', 25'
Candeias   27'
Dorrans   59' (pen)
Attendance: 5,400
Referee: Andrew Dallas
14 October 2017 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Motherwell New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Skondras   15' Report Rose   32'
Hartley   51'
Attendance: 3,869
Referee: Craig Thomson
21 October 2017 Ross County 2–1 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Schalk   70'
Mikkelsen   86'
Report Docherty   52' Attendance: 3,509
Referee: Stephen Finnie
24 October 2017 Hamilton Academical 0–0 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Report Attendance: 2,236
Referee: Steven McLean
28 October 2017 Dundee 1–3 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Leitch-Smith   67 pen.' Report Skondras   39'
Templeton   64'
Rojano   86'
Attendance: 4,863
Referee: Greg Aitken
4 November 2017 Hamilton Academical 2–2 Aberdeen New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Imrie   19'
Templeton   76'
Report Stewart   27'
Árnason   74'
Attendance: 3,099
Referee: Nick Walsh
18 November 2017 Rangers 0–2 Hamilton Academical Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Report Templeton   47'
Lyon   81'
Attendance: 48,892
Referee: Greg Aitken
25 November 2017 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Hibernian New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Rojano   72' Report Murray   29' Attendance: 2,945
Referee: Don Robertson
2 December 2017 Heart of Midlothian 1–1 Hamilton Academical Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00 Walker   47' Report Tomas   69' Attendance: 15,357
Referee: Bobby Madden
9 December 2017 Hamilton Academical 0–1 St Johnstone New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Report Scougall   66' Attendance: 1,451
Referee: Craig Thomson
13 December 2017 Celtic 3–1 Hamilton Academical Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45 Ntcham   12'
Forrest   40'
Sinclair   41'
Report Redmond   29' Attendance: 53,883
Referee: Stephen Finnie
16 December 2017 Hamilton Academical 3–2 Ross County New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Imrie   30' (pen)
Sarris   75'
Lindsay   89 o.g.'
Report Curran   73'
van der Weg   84'
Attendance: 1,272
Referee: Gavin Duncan
23 December 2017 Partick Thistle 1–0 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Keown   26' Report Attendance: 2,912
Referee: Bobby Madden
30 December 2017 Motherwell 1–3 Hamilton Academical Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Tanner   3'
Hartley   41'   90+4'
Grimshaw   86'
Hammell   88'
Report Tomas   37'
Imrie   41 pen.'
Donati   52'
Bingham   53'
Docherty   76'
Attendance: 4,890
Referee: Andrew Dallas
24 January 2018 Hamilton Academical 0–3 Heart of Midlothian New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Report Callachan   67'
Milinković   73'
Zanatta   87'
Attendance: 2,077
Referee: Walsh
27 January 2018 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
O'Hara   2 o.g.'
Redmond   25'
Ferguson   39'
Templeton   69'   74'
Woods   90'
Report O'Hara   55'
Holt   57'
Henvey   77'
Leitch-Smith   90+8'
Attendance: 1,776
Referee: Clancy
3 February 2018 Aberdeen 3–0 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 GMT Considine   26', 87'
McGinn   80'
Report Sarris   90+2' Attendance: 13,531
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 February 2018 Hamilton Academical 3–5 Rangers New Douglas Park, Hamilton
14:15 Lyon   5'
Templeton   22'
Imrie   88 pen.'
Report Murphy   10'
Windass   19', 34', 72'
Morelos   27'
Attendance: 5,406
Referee: Madden
24 February 2018 Hamilton Academical 2–1 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Sarris   9'
Rojano   11'
Imrie   41'
Ferguson   56'
Jenkins   69'
Templeton   90'
Report Sammon   9 pen.'
Osman   85'
Erskine   88'
Attendance: 2,243
Referee: Walsh
10 March 2018 Hamilton Academical 2–0 Motherwell New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 GMT (UTC) Ogkmpoe   11'
Ferguson   34'
Templeton   69'
Report Kipré   51'
Dunne   77'
Attendance: 3,182
Referee: Steven McLean
17 March 2018 Ross County 2–2 Hamilton Academical Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Lindsay   23'
Davies   76'
Report Imrie   49'
Ogkmpoe   52'
Attendance: 3,586
Referee: Kevin Clancy
28 March 2018 St Johnstone 1–0 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park, Perth
MacLean   5' Report Attendance: 2,037
Referee: Euan Anderson
31 March 2018 Kilmarnock 2–0 Hamilton Academical Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
Erwin   5',   77'
O'Donnell   45+4'
Report Hughes   35'
Imrie   52'
Sarris   63'
Rojano   80'
Attendance: 4,672
Referee: Alan Muir
3 April 2018 Hibernian 3–1 Hamilton Academical Easter Road, Edinburgh
Whittaker   6'
Kamberi   17', 63', 85'
Report Ogkmpoe   9'
Imrie   12'   62'
Redmond   31'
Rojano   69'
MacKinnon   78'
Attendance: 15,818
Referee: McLean
8 April 2018 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Celtic New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Bingham   18' Report McGregor   3'
Griffiths   46'
Attendance: 4,851
Referee: Andrew Dallas
14 April 2018 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Kilmarnock New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Tomas   30'
Sarris   32'
Fasan   73 o.g.'
van der Weg   90'
Report Broadfoot   63'
Dicker   72'
Boyd   79'
Attendance: 4,348
Referee: Barry Cook
21 April 2018 Partick Thistle 2–1 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
Doolan   64'
Edwards   72'
Report Templeton   43' Attendance: 3,839
Referee: John Beaton
28 April 2018 Hamilton Academical 2–0 Ross County New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Imrie   56'
Templeton   67'
Report Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Bobby Madden
5 May 2018 Dundee 1–0 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
Holt   18' Report Attendance: 5,195
Referee: Steven McLean
8 May 2018 Hamilton Academical 1–2 St Johnstone New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Imrie   82' Report McMillan   65 pen.'
Wotherspoon   80'
Attendance: 2,367
Referee: Kevin Clancy
12 May 2018 Motherwell 3–0 Hamilton Academical Fir Park, Motherwell
Ciftci   31', 70'
Aldred   73'
Report Attendance: 4,699
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish League Cup edit

Group stage edit

Results

15 July 2017 Group Stage East Kilbride 1–3 Hamilton Academical K-Park Training Academy, East Kilbride
14:00 Winter   69' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 531
Referee: Craig Napier
22 July 2017 Group Stage Hamilton Academical 1–1
(6–5 p)
Queen of the South New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Boyd   88' Report Dobbie   89' Attendance: 1,047
Referee: Willie Collum
Penalties
25 July 2017 Group Stage Albion Rovers 4–4
(4–2 p)
Hamilton Academical Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
19:45
Report
Attendance: 497
Referee: Barry Cook
Penalties
29 July 2017 Group Stage Hamilton Academical 3–0 Stenhousemuir New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00
Report Attendance: 657
Referee: Steven McLean

Knockout stage edit

9 August 2017 Second round Hamilton Academical 0–1 Aberdeen New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Report McLean   43' Attendance: 2,768
Referee: Nick Walsh

Scottish Cup edit

20 January 2017 Fourth round Motherwell 2–0 Hamilton Academical Fir Park, Motherwell
McMann   4 o.g.', Tanner   35 pen.' Report Attendance: 4,725
Referee: Craig Thomson

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of match played 12 May 2018 [1]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Gary Woods 37 0 32 0 1 0 4 0
2 DF   GRE Giannis Skondras 23 3 20+1 3 0 0 2 0
3 DF   SCO Scott McMann 39 0 30+4 0 1 0 4 0
4 MF   ENG Ross Jenkins 11 0 9+2 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   FRA Xavier Tomas 40 1 36 1 1 0 3 0
6 MF   ENG Charlie Scott 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF   SCO Dougie Imrie 41 8 33+2 8 1 0 5 0
8 FW   ENG Mickel Miller 6 0 1+5 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW   ENG Rakish Bingham 38 6 18+14 5 1 0 4+1 1
10 FW   ENG Daniel Redmond 31 2 11+14 2 0+1 0 2+3 0
11 MF   SCO Ali Crawford 19 3 11+3 1 0 0 4+1 2
12 GK   SCO Ryan Fulton 7 0 5+1 0 0 0 1 0
13 DF   CYP Alex Gogić 21 1 15+3 1 0 0 3 0
15 DF   NED Kenny van der Weg 11 0 10+1 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF   SCO David Templeton 31 9 20+7 8 1 0 1+2 1
17 MF   SCO Louis Longridge 13 2 3+6 1 0 0 2+2 1
18 MF   SCO Darian MacKinnon 36 2 31 1 1 0 4 1
19 GK   SCO Darren Jamieson 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW   ARG Antonio Rojano 26 3 14+12 3 0 0 0 0
21 MF   SCO Lewis Smith 13 1 6+4 0 1 0 1+1 1
22 MF   SCO Darren Lyon 30 2 21+6 2 1 0 1+1 0
23 MF   SCO Ronan Hughes 4 0 2+1 0 0+1 0 0 0
25 MF   SCO Lewis Ferguson 14 0 12+1 0 1+0 0 0 0
27 DF   SCO Shaun Want 14 2 13 0 0 0 1 2
28 FW   SCO Ross Cunningham 7 0 0+6 0 0+1 0 0 0
29 MF   SCO Jack Breen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0 0
30 FW   SCO Steven Boyd 18 3 7+6 1 0 0 2+3 2
89 DF   GRE Georgios Sarris 24 1 19+2 1 0 0 3 0
99 FW   GRE Marios Ogkmpoe 17 3 12+4 3 0 0 1 0
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
4 DF   SCO Mikey Devlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MF   SCO Grant Gillespie 7 0 1+2 0 0 0 4 0
8 MF   SCO Greg Docherty 25 3 21 3 0 0 3+1 0
14 FW   SCO Botti Biabi 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF   ITA Massimo Donati 13 1 6+4 0 1 0 1+1 1
24 FW   SCO Ryan Tierney 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 St Johnstone 38 12 10 16 42 53 −11 46
9 Dundee 38 11 6 21 36 57 −21 39
10 Hamilton Academical 38 9 6 23 47 68 −21 33
11 Partick Thistle (R) 38 8 9 21 31 61 −30 33 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12 Ross County (R) 38 6 11 21 40 62 −22 29 Relegation to the Championship
Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second-stage group allocation).[2]
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Division summary edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHHAAAAHHAHAHA
ResultLWWDLLLLLLDWDWDDLLWLWLLLLWWDLLLLLLWLLL
Position1154478899109898889999910101111109999999109101010
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2018. Source: [3]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup Table edit

Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification HAM ALB QOS EKI STE
1 Hamilton Academical (Q) 4 2 1 1 0 10 6 +4 9 Qualification for the Second Round p1–1 3–0
2 Albion Rovers 4 1 1 2 0 12 9 +3 7 p4–4 1–1p
3 Queen of the South 4 1 1 2 0 6 4 +2 7 p2–2 0–0p
4 East Kilbride 4 1 1 0 2 5 9 −4 5 1–3 2–5
5 Stenhousemuir 4 0 1 0 3 3 9 −6 2 1–3 1–2
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[5]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
14 July 2017 [6] DF   Xavier Tomas FC Lausanne-Sport Free transfer
18 July 2017 [7] GK   Ryan Fulton Liverpool Free transfer
22 August 2017 [8] FW   Antonio Rojano Real Potosí Free transfer
31 August 2017 [9] FW   Botti Biabi Swansea City Loan
10 January 2018 [10] MF   Chrysovalantis Kozoronis PAS Giannina Free transfer
20 January 2018 [11] FW   Mickel Miller Carshalton Athletic Undisclosed
24 January 2018 [12] FW   Marios Ogkmpoe OFI Crete Free transfer
31 January 2018 [13] DF   Charlie Scott Manchester United Loan
12 February 2018 [14] DF   Kenny van der Weg Ross County Free transfer
12 February 2018 [15] MF   Ross Jenkins Viking FK Free transfer

Out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
31 May 2017 FW   Alexandre D'Acol Lamia Free transfer
7 June 2017 [16] DF   Jack Breslin Clyde Free transfer
7 June 2017 [17] DF   Craig Watson East Fife Free transfer
22 June 2017 [18] DF   Blair Adams Hartlepool United Free transfer
4 July 2017 MF   Gramoz Kurtaj SHB Da Nang Free transfer
17 August 2017 [19] DF   Jordan McGregor Airdrieonians Loan
18 August 2017 [20] FW   Eamonn Brophy Kilmarnock Free transfer
18 August 2017 FW   Ryan Tierney Airdrieonians Loan
5 January 2018 [21] DF   Louis Longridge Falkirk Free transfer
18 January 2018 [22] FW   Steven Boyd Livingston Loan
25 January 2018 [23] MF   Greg Docherty Rangers Undisclosed
26 January 2018 [24] FW   Michael Devlin Aberdeen Undisclosed
31 January 2018 [25] MF   Grant Gillespie Dundee United Free transfer
20 February 2018 [26] MF   Massimo Donati St Mirren Free transfer
20 March 2018 [27] MF   Chrysovalantis Kozoronis Free agent Released

References edit

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