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2021–22 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2021–22 season was Hamilton Academical's first season back in the second tier of Scottish football, following their relegation from the Scottish Premiership at the end of the 2020–21 season. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Hamilton Academical
2021–22 season
ChairmanAllan Maitland
ManagerBrian Rice
(until 11 August)
Stuart Taylor
(from 20 August)
StadiumNew Douglas Park
Scottish Championship6th
Scottish CupThird round
League CupGroup stage
Challenge CupQuarter–final
Top goalscorerLeague: Andy Ryan (9)
All: Andy Ryan (11)
Highest home attendance2,595 vs. Kilmarnock, Championship, 21 August 2021
Lowest home attendance363 vs. Aberdeen B, Challenge Cup, 6 October 2021
Average home league attendance1,262

Summary edit

Management edit

Hamilton began the season under the management of Brian Rice who had been at the club since January 2019. Rice would resign from his position after only the second game of the league season following a 1–0 loss to Greenock Morton.[1]

Former Hamilton player and assistant manager Stuart Taylor returned to the club after being appointed as their new head coach on 20 August.[2]

Results and fixtures edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship edit

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Championship
31 July 2021 1 Raith Rovers 4–4 Hamilton Academical Kirkcaldy
15:00 BST Vaughan   13 pen.', 65'
Zanatta   25'
Connolly   52'		 Report MacDonald   68', 83'
Ryan   78'
Want   90+2'		 Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 1,569
Referee: Nick Walsh
7 August 2021 2 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Greenock Morton Hamilton
15:00 BST Report Ugwu   40'
Blues   87'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 935
Referee: Greg Aitken
21 August 2021 3 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Kilmarnock Hamilton
15:00 BST Report Robinson   60', 70' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 2,595
Referee: John Beaton
28 August 2021 4 Queen of the South 1–2 Hamilton Academical Dumfries
15:00 BST Paton   54' Report Ryan   46'
Smith   74'		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 1,232
Referee: Gavin Duncan
11 September 2021 5 Arbroath 4–0 Hamilton Academical Arbroath
15:00 BST Stewart   45+2'
McKenna   57'
Nouble   80'
Low   85'		 Report Hamilton   72' Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 1,234
Referee: Greg Aitken
18 September 2021 6 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Ayr United Hamilton
15:00 BST Report Bradley   64'
Adeloye   78'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,365
Referee: Andrew Dallas
25 September 2021 7 Dunfermline Athletic 0–0 Hamilton Academical Dunfermline
15:00 BST Report Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 3,150
Referee: Scott Lambie
2 October 2021 8 Hamilton Academical 2–1 Inverness CT Hamilton
15:00 BST Smith   10'
Ryan   26'
Mimnaugh   30'		 Report Gardyne   90+2' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,088
Referee: Euan Anderson
15 October 2021 9 Hamilton Academical 1–6 Partick Thistle Hamilton
19:45 BST Moyo   89' Report Rudden   7', 58'
Graham   53', 74'
Tiffoney   61'
Murray   72'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,775
Referee: Euan Anderson
23 October 2021 10 Kilmarnock 2–1 Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock
15:00 BST Shaw   5'
Armstrong   74'		 Report Hamilton   8' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 3,969
Referee: Alan Newlands
26 October 2021 11 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Queen of the South Hamilton
19:45 BST Ryan   76' Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 942
Referee: Gavin Duncan
30 October 2021 12 Greenock Morton 1–1 Hamilton Academical Greenock
15:00 BST Mimnaugh   90+7 o.g.' Report Smith   10' Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,529
Referee: Steven Reid
6 November 2021 13 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Arbroath Hamilton
15:00 BST Ryan   16 pen.' Report O'Brien   90+1' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,107
Referee: Scott Lambie
13 November 2021 14 Hamilton Academical 0–3 Raith Rovers Hamilton
15:00 BST Report Matheson   6 o.g.'
Ross   34', 45'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,303
Referee: Peter Stuart
20 November 2021 15 Partick Thistle 1–0 Hamilton Academical Glasgow
15:00 BST Mayo   57' Report Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,886
Referee: Euan Anderson
4 December 2021 16 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Hamilton
15:00 BST Moyo   61 pen.' Report Dorrans   61' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,175
Referee: David Munro
10 December 2021 17 Ayr United 1–1 Hamilton Academical Ayr
19:45 BST Adeloye   48' Report Smith   40' Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 951
Referee: Craig Napier
18 December 2021 18 Inverness CT 1–2 Hamilton Academical Inverness
15:00 BST Harper   65' Report Moyo   79'
Winter   82'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 1,862
Referee: Chris Graham
26 December 2021 19 Hamilton Academical 2–3 Kilmarnock Hamilton
15:00 BST Hughes   3'
Mullin   84'		 Report Hendry   8 pen.'
Stokes   35'
Murray   54'
Hemming   78'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 420
Referee: John Beaton
2 January 2022 20 Queen of the South 0–3 Hamilton Academical Dumfries
15:00 BST Gibson   21' Report Moyo   20'
Hamilton   70'
Mullin   77'		 Stadium: Palmerston Park
Attendance: 437
Referee: Barry Cook
8 January 2022 21 Hamilton Academical 2–2 Partick Thistle Hamilton
15:00 BST Ryan   55 pen.'
Popescu   67'		 Report Tiffoney   45+1'
Rudden   64'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 500
Referee: William Collum
15 January 2022 22 Dunfermline Athletic 1–0 Hamilton Academical Dunfermline
15:00 BST Dow   32' Report Stadium: East End Park
Attendance: 556
Referee: Robert Malcolm
29 January 2022 23 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Ayr United Hamilton
15:00 BST Kennedy   7' Report Ashford   66' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,230
Referee: John Beaton
5 February 2022 24 Raith Rovers 0–0 Hamilton Academical Kirkcaldy
15:00 BST Report Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 1,196
Referee: Bobby Madden
9 February 2022 25 Arbroath 2–2 Hamilton Academical Arbroath
19:45 BST Low   38 pen.'
McKenna   90+1 pen.'		 Report O'Reilly   25'
Ryan   45'		 Stadium: Gayfield Park
Attendance: 1,213
Referee: Gavin Duncan
19 February 2022 26 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Greenock Morton Hamilton
15:00 BST Spence   47' Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,360
Referee: Andrew Dallas
25 February 2022 27 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Inverness CT Hamilton
19:45 BST Mullin   13' Report Pearson   30' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,187
Referee: Alan Muir
5 March 2022 28 Kilmarnock 2–0 Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock
15:00 BST Murray   44'
Alston   55'		 Report Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 4,083
Referee: David Munro
12 March 2022 29 Hamilton Academical 2–2 Dunfermline Athletic Hamilton
15:00 BST Moyo   25', 77' Report Donaldson   6'
Lawless   52 pen.'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,369
Referee: Greg Aitken
19 March 2022 30 Partick Thistle 0–4 Hamilton Academical Glasgow
15:00 BST Report Ryan   19', 50'
Moyo   45+1'
Winter   63'		 Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,567
Referee: Andrew Dallas
26 March 2022 31 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Queen of the South Hamilton
15:00 BST Winter   65' Report Liddle   40' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,214
Referee: Graham Grainger
1 April 2022 32 Ayr United 1–1 Hamilton Academical Glasgow
19:45 BST McInroy   90+4' Report Winter   6' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 1,618
Referee: Chris Graham
9 April 2022 33 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Arbroath Hamilton
15:00 BST Report Hamilton   59' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 911
Referee: Scott Lambie
16 April 2022 34 Greenock Morton 0–1 Hamilton Academical Greenock
15:00 BST Report Moyo   6' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 1,808
Referee: William Collum
23 April 2022 35 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Raith Rovers Hamilton
15:00 BST Report Williamson   11', 58' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,478
Referee: Steven McLean
29 April 2022 36 Inverness CT 4–0 Hamilton Academical Inverness
19:45 BST Walsh   4', 22'
Sutherland   15'
Hardy   28'		 Report Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 2,131
Referee: Graham Grainger

Scottish League Cup edit

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish League Cup

Group stage edit

9 July 2021 1 Edinburgh City 0–1 Hamilton Academical Edinburgh
19:45 BST Report Smith   25' Stadium: Ainslie Park
Attendance: 300
Referee: Craig Napier
17 July 2021 2 Falkirk 1–2 Hamilton Academical Falkirk
15:00 BST Nesbitt   46' Report Hughes   79' (pen.)
Hamilton   87'		 Stadium: Falkirk Stadium
Attendance: 723
Referee: Steven McLean
20 July 2021 3 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Ayr United Hamilton
18:00 BST Report Salkeld   27' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 801
Referee: Bobby Madden
24 July 2021 4 Hamilton Academical 2–2
(6–5 p)		 Albion Rovers Hamilton
15:00 BST Hughes   55' (pen.)
Smith   79'		 Report Wilson   37'
Reilly   39'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 488
Referee: Lloyd Wilson

Scottish Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Challenge Cup
31 August 2021 Second round Hamilton Academical 3–2 Heart of Midlothian B Hamilton
19:45 BST Virtanen   5'
Spence   71'
Ryan   78'		 Report Kirk   61'
Denholm   63'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 409
Referee: Chris Graham
6 October 2021 Third round Hamilton Academical 2–0 Aberdeen B Hamilton
19:45 BST McGowan   37'
Munro   66'		 Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 363
Referee: Steven Kirkland
30 November 2021 Quarter-final Hamilton Academical 2–3 Kilmarnock Hamilton
19:45 BST Moyo   68'
Ryan   86' (pen.)		 Report Armstrong   53'
Sanders   89', 90+4'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 829
Referee: Steven Kirkland

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2021–22 Scottish Cup
27 November 2021 Third round Auchinleck Talbot 1–0 Hamilton Academical Auchinleck
15:00 BST Wilson   60' Report Stadium: Beechwood Park
Attendance: 1,778
Referee: Matthew MacDermid

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of 29 April 2022[3]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Ryan Fulton 21 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
2 MF   FIN Miko Virtanen 19 1 8+7 0 0 0 3 1 0+1 0
3 DF   ROU Mihai Popescu 32 1 30+1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF   SCO Ben Stirling 12 0 1+3 0 4 0 2+1 0 1 0
5 DF   SCO Brian Easton 27 0 19+3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0
6 DF   SCO Jamie Hamilton 33 3 26+1 2 3+1 1 2 0 0 0
7 DF   SCO Kieran MacDonald 37 2 31+1 2 3 0 2 0 0 0
8 MF   SCO Scott Martin 15 0 5+8 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
9 FW   SCO Andy Ryan 37 11 24+8 9 0+1 0 1+2 2 1 0
11 MF   SCO Lewis Smith 36 4 22+6 4 4 0 2+1 0 0+1 0
12 DF   SCO Shaun Want 11 1 6 1 2 0 2 0 1 0
14 MF   SCO Lewis Spence 23 2 18+2 1 2 0 0+1 1 0 0
15 MF   SCO Ronan Hughes 20 3 10+4 1 4 2 1 0 1 0
16 MF   SCO Josh Mullin 34 3 28+4 3 0 0 2 0 0 0
17 MF   SCO Kai Kennedy 7 1 6+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 MF   SCO Reegan Mimnaugh 35 0 24+3 0 4 0 3 0 1 0
19 FW   SCO Andy Winter 15 4 7+8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FW   ZIM David Moyo 37 9 26+3 8 2+2 0 3 1 0+1 0
21 MF   SCO Kyle Munro 13 1 3+3 0 2+2 0 2 1 1 0
23 GK   ENG Joe Hilton 23 0 16 0 4 0 2 0 1 0
24 MF   TOG Steve Lawson 11 0 10+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 FW   SCO Sean Slaven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   SCO Marley Redfern 28 0 16+6 0 1+3 0 0+1 0 1 0
27 DF   SCO Matthew Shiels 10 0 5+3 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0
29 MF   SCO Jack Garrad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK   SCO Jamie Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 MF   ENG Ellis Brown 10 0 3+7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF   IRL Daniel O'Reilly 17 1 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF   SCO Adam McGowan 8 1 0+5 0 0+2 1 1 0 0 0
36 MF   SCO Miles Gafney 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF   SCO Chris McGinn 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
38 DF   SCO Cian Newbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 DF   SCO Sam Nicolson 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2021–22 season
2 DF   ENG Hakeem Odoffin 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   SCO Scott McMann 4 0 3+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF   SCO David Templeton 3 0 1+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF   NZL George Stanger 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
22 DF   ENG Luke Matheson 9 2 8+1 0 0 0+2 0 0 0 0
32 MF   SCO Callum Smith 5 2 1 0 3+1 2 0 0 0 0
33 MF   SCO Daryl Meikle 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Partick Thistle 36 14 10 12 46 40 +6 52 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5 Raith Rovers 36 12 14 10 44 44 0 50
6 Hamilton Academical 36 10 12 14 38 53 −15 42
7 Greenock Morton 36 9 13 14 36 47 −11 40
8 Ayr United 36 9 12 15 39 52 −13 39
Source: [4][5]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[6]


League Cup table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AYR HAM ALB EDI FAL
1 Ayr United 4 3 0 1 0 7 0 +7 10 Qualification for the second round — — — 3–0 3–0[a]
2 Hamilton Academical 4 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 8 0–1 — p2–2 — —
3 Albion Rovers 4 0 2 1 1 4 8 −4 5 p0–0 — — p1–1 —
4 Edinburgh City 4 1 0 1 2 4 5 −1 4 — 0–1 — — 3–0[b]
5 Falkirk 4 1 0 0 3 6 9 −3 3 — 1–2 5–1 — —
Source: [9]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[10]
Notes:
  1. ^ Ayr United were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Falkirk, who were unable to raise a team after a COVID-19 outbreak among players and staff.[7]
  2. ^ Edinburgh City were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Falkirk, who were unable to raise a team after a COVID-19 outbreak among players and staff.[8]

Transfers edit

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2021 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2021–22

References edit

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