2014–15 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2014–15 season
Chairman Les Gray
Manager Alex Neil (signed by Norwich City F.C.)
Martin Canning,(player-manager)
Stadium New Douglas Park
Premiership Seventh place
League Cup Quarter Finals
lost to Aberdeen
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorer League: Tony Andreu (12)
All: Tony Andreu (13)
Highest home attendance 6,007 vs.
Celtic
Premiership
17 January 2015
Lowest home attendance 694 vs.
Alloa Athletic
League Cup
26 August 2014
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 season was Hamilton Academical's first season in the top flight of Scottish football since 2010-11 season, and their first in the newly established Scottish Premiership having been promoted from the 2013–14 Scottish Championship through the Play-offs. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Management

The club began the 2014-15 season under the management of Alex Neil. On 9 January 2015, Neil left to become the new manager of, at the time, English Championship side Norwich City.[1] Martin Canning was appointed Caretaker Player-manager, and was later on 23 January 2015 officially appointed Player-manager.[2] With top goalscorer Tony Andreu also leaving,[3] the club suffered with the sudden departures and Canning had to wait 14 matches for his first victory as manager, coming on 24 April 2015 in the Lanarkshire derby at home to Motherwell.[4]

Results & Fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

Scottish Premiership

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Squad statistics

During the 2014–15 season, Hamilton Academical have used twenty six different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 23 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player TotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Northern Ireland Michael McGovern 4203704010
2 DF Scotland Ziggy Gordon 2902404010
3 DF Scotland Stephen Hendrie 33026+402010
4 DF Scotland Michael Devlin 30023+304000
5 DF Scotland Martin Canning 28423+133110
6 MF Scotland Grant Gillespie 4103604010
7 MF Scotland Dougie Imrie 38333+122+1110
8 MF England Jon Routledge 17012+300+100+10
9 FW Trinidad and Tobago Jason Scotland 27512+1252010
11 MF Scotland Ali Crawford 431137+1113+1010
12 MF Scotland Darren Lyon 1508+500+2000
14 FW Netherlands Nigel Hasselbaink 1014+610000
15 DF Scotland Kieran MacDonald 807+100000
16 MF Scotland Craig Watson 300+200+1000
17 MF Scotland Louis Longridge 3629+220420+10
18 FW Scotland Darian MacKinnon 34327+332+1010
20 FW Scotland Eamonn Brophy 1912+1401+2100
21 MF Scotland Greg Docherty 611+510000
23 DF Scotland Scott McMann 100+100000
24 DF Spain Jesús García 27125+110010
28 MF England Daniel Redmond 27220+323010
32 FW Scotland Andy Ryan 900+701+1000
42 MF Scotland Steven Boyd 100+100000
44 DF Brazil Lucas 612+410000
45 MF Czech Republic Nicolas Šumský 100+100000
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
10 MF Scotland Alex Neil 807+001+000+00
22 MF France Tony Andreu 261321+2123+010+00
99 FW Guadeloupe Mickaël Antoine-Curier 25820+281+100+10

Goal scorers

As of 23 May 2015
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1France22Tony Andreu120113
2Scotland11Ali Crawford110011
3Guadeloupe99Mickaël Antoine-Curier8008
4Trinidad and Tobago9Jason Scotland5005
5Scotland6Martin Canning3014
6Scotland7Dougie Imrie2013
Scotland18Darian MacKinnon3003
8Scotland17Louis Longridge0022
England28Daniel Redmond2002
10Netherlands14Nigel Hasselbaink1001
Scotland20Eamonn Brophy0011
Scotland21Greg Docherty1001
Spain24Jesús García1001
Brazil44Lucas1001
TOTALS 500656

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
As of matches played 23 May 2015

Number Nation Position Name Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2ScotlandDFZiggy Gordon 50500000
3ScotlandDFStephen Hendrie 31300100
4ScotlandDFMichael Devlin 41410000
5ScotlandDFMartin Canning 80800000
6ScotlandMFGrant Gillespie 1201101000
7ScotlandMFDougie Imrie 62610001
8EnglandMFJon Routledge 31211000
9Trinidad and TobagoFWJason Scotland 20100010
10ScotlandMFAlex Neil 10100000
11ScotlandMFAli Crawford 50500000
12ScotlandMFDarren Lyon 21210000
14NetherlandsFWNigel Hasselbaink 20200000
17ScotlandMFLouis Longridge 50500000
18ScotlandFWDarian MacKinnon 1311211000
22FranceFWTony Andreu 10100000
24SpainDFJesús García 71710000
28ScotlandMFDaniel Redmond 20101000
44BrazilDFLucas 10100000
99GuadeloupeFWMickaël Antoine-Curier 10100000
TOTALS 82 8 77 6 4 1 1 1

Team Statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Dundee United 38 17 5 16 58 56 +2 56
6 Dundee[lower-alpha 1] 38 11 12 15 46 57 11 45
7 Hamilton Academical 38 15 8 15 50 53 3 53
8 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 48 44 +4 46
9 Ross County 38 12 8 18 46 63 17 44
Source: Scottish Premiership
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLWWWWDDWWWLDLWLWWLWWLLLLDDLLLDLDLWWDLW
Position115322132111234554443555555555567777777
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

Hamilton score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen3-00-30-3X3
Celtic1-00-20-4X3
Dundee0-22-11-1X4
Dundee United2-22-30-1X1
Inverness C.T.0-22-40-2X0
Kilmarnock0-00-10-03-25
Motherwell4-05-00-42-09
Partick Thistle2-13-30-51-15
Ross County4-01-02-21-27
St Johnstone1-01-01-1X7
St Mirren2-03-00-11-09

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

Notes and references

  1. "Alex Neil: Norwich City appoint Hamilton player-manager as boss". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. "Hamilton Academical: Martin Canning becomes new manager". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. "Transfer Deadline Day: Norwich City sign Tony Andreu". BBC. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. "Hamilton Academical 2-0 Motherwell". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. "Dougie Imrie joins Hamilton Accies for a second time". BBC. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. "Hamilton Accies sign Michael McGovern and Kieran MacDonald". BBC. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  7. "Hamilton Accies sign Michael McGovern and Kieran MacDonald". BBC. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  8. "Accies snap up Redmond". spfl. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  9. "Hamilton sign Forfar goalkeeper Darren Hill". BBC. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  10. "Hamilton: Jason Scotland exits Accies as Lee Lynch signs". BBC. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  11. "Hamilton Academical: swift return for Jason Scotland signs". BBC. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  12. "Hamilton: Lucas Tagliapietra arrives from Moldova". BBC. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  13. "Hamilton Accies sign Czech midfielder Nico Sumsky". BBC. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  14. "Nigel Hasselbaink: Hamilton Academical re-sign Dutch forward". BBC. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  15. "Cuthbert makes Rovers move". SPFL. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  16. "James Keatings signs for Hearts". Edinburgh News. Scotsman. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  17. "Kilday and Crighton join Morton". SPFL. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  18. "Sons make loan signing". SPFL. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  19. "Hamilton: Jason Scotland exits Accies as Lee Lynch signs". BBC. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  20. "Mickael Antoine-Curier: Leaving Accies was not an easy choice". BBC. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  21. "Mickael Antoine-Curier: Burton Albion sign ex-Hamilton striker". BBC. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  22. "Transfer Deadline Day: Norwich City sign Tony Andreu". BBC. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  23. "News Round Up". Hamilton Academical F.C. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
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