2011–12 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Hamilton Academical's first season back in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season.[1] Hamilton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Hamilton Academical
2011–12 season
ChairmanRonnie MacDonald
ManagerBilly Reid
StadiumNew Douglas Park
Scottish First DivisionFourth place
Challenge CupRunners-up, lost to Falkirk
League CupSecond round, lost to Ross County
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorerJon McShane (9)
Highest home attendance2,401 vs. Partick Thistle, 13 January 2012
Lowest home attendance1,276 vs. Raith Rovers, 21 February 2012
Average home league attendance1,770

Summary

Hamilton finished fourth in the First Division.[2] They reached the second round of the League Cup,[3] the fourth round of the Scottish Cup[4] and lost 1–0 to Falkirk in the final of the Challenge Cup.[5]

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

17 July 2011 FriendlyHamilton Academical1 – 2Huddersfield TownNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
Anderson  39' Hamilton FC Report Ward  4'
Lee  23'
Attendance: 820
Referee: Conroy

Scottish First Division

3 December 2011 First DivisionHamilton Academical1 – 6DundeeNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
Imrie  86' SFL Report Milne  21', 37', 49'
O'Donnell  39'
Riley  71'
Rae  83'
Attendance: 1,964
Referee: Tumilty
11 February 2012 First DivisionDundee2 – 2Hamilton AcademicalDens Park, Dundee
Conroy  53'
Milne  79' (pen.)
SFL Report McShane  12'
Routledge  85'
Attendance: 4,065
Referee: Salmond
18 February 2012 First DivisionHamilton Academical0 – 1FalkirkNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
SFL Report Dods  45' Attendance: 1,843
Referee: McLean
25 February 2012 First DivisionGreenock Morton1 – 2Hamilton AcademicalCappielow Park, Greenock
O'Brien  85' SFL Report McShane  11'
Ryan  30'
Attendance: 1,594
Referee: Beaton
10 April 2012 First DivisionFalkirk3 – 0Hamilton AcademicalFalkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Millar  58' (pen.), 60'
El Alagui  81'
SFL Report Hutton  56' Attendance: 2,461
Referee: Allan
14 April 2012 First DivisionHamilton Academical4 – 3Greenock MortonNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
Weatherson  16' (o.g.)
McShane  17', 51'
Mensing  63'
Neil  72' 
BBC Sport Mensing  78' (o.g.)
McGeouch  84'
Young  89'
Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Somers
28 April 2012 First DivisionRoss County5 – 1Hamilton AcademicalVictoria Park, Dingwall
McMenamin  5'
Brittain  40', 54'
Kettlewell  46'
Gardyne  77'
SFL Report McAlister  45' Attendance: 4,737
Referee: Norris

Challenge Cup

23 July 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 1Queen's Park0 – 2Hamilton AcademicalHampden Park, Glasgow
Hamilton Report Crawford  72'
Hopkirk  81'
Attendance: 748
Referee: Colvin
9 August 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup Round 2Hamilton Academical1 – 0Partick ThistleNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
Chambers  86' (pen.) BBC Sport Attendance: 1,362
Referee: Thomson
4 September 2011 Scottish Challenge Cup Quarter-finalsHamilton Academical2 – 1Greenock MortonNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
Spence  18'
Mensing  33'
BBC Sport Di Giacomo  10' Attendance: 1,496
Referee: O'Reilly

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Alex Neil 18 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
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.

Squad

Last updated 5 May 2012[6]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish First DivisionScottish CupLeague CupChallenge Challenge Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
GK Tomáš Černý 17011+001+001+004+00
GK Brian Potter 000+000+000+000+00
GK Alan Coombe 101+000+000+000+00
GK David Hutton 21018+101+000+001+00
GK Scott Christie 303+000+000+000+00
GK Blair Currie 403+100+000+000+00
DF Grant Gillespie 19012+301+001+002+00
DF James Gibson 000+000+000+000+00
DF Michael Devlin 301+200+000+000+00
DF Lee Kilday 19013+102+001+002+00
DF Ziggy Gordon 1007+100+001+001+00
DF Stephen Hendrie 31022+302+000+002+20
DF Martin Canning 38131+112+001+003+00
DF Mark McLaughlin 29823+072+000+004+01
DF Gary Fraser 403+100+000+000+00
DF Jordan Jivanda 101+000+000+000+00
DF Craig Watson 100+100+000+000+00
MF Alex Neil 18017+000+000+001+00
MF Jim McAlister 44136+012+001+005+00
MF Kyle Wilkie 200+100+000+100+00
MF James Chambers 1445+420+001+012+21
MF Ali Crawford 26216+312+000+103+11
MF Andy Ryan 25313+832+000+001+10
MF Jordan Kirkpatrick 902+500+000+002+00
MF Conner McGlinchey 101+000+000+000+00
MF Jon Routledge 11011+000+000+000+00
MF Simon Mensing 42434+032+001+005+01
MF Grant Anderson 2537+1332+000+101+10
MF Paul Currie 1023+621+000+000+00
MF Kevin McBride 605+100+000+000+00
MF Daniel Redmond 19518+050+000+001+00
MF Jon Routledge 634+130+000+001+00
MF Graeme MacGregor 100+100+000+000+00
FW David Hopkirk 511+200+000+002+01
FW Derek Lyle 1313+610+000+003+10
FW Louis Longridge 201+100+000+000+00
FW Willie McLaren 700+300+001+001+20
FW Dougie Imrie 26518+152+001+003+10
FW Kieran Millar 202+000+000+000+00
FW Matt Paterson 17210+320+001+002+10
FW Greig Spence 34611+1851+100+001+21
FW Gordon Smith 303+000+000+000+00
FW Jon McShane 18917+090+000+001+00
FW James Martin 201+000+100+000+00
FW Mark Stewart 1418+510+000+001+00

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
GKTomáš Černý 0000000000
GKBrian Potter 0000000000
GKDavid Hutton 1100000011
GKScott Christie 0000000000
GKBlair Currie 1000000010
DFGrant Gillespie 4000001050
DFJames Gibson 0000000000
DFMichael Devlin 0000000000
DFLee Kilday 2000000020
DFZiggy Gordon 2000100030
DFStephen Hendrie 1000000010
DFMartin Canning 4000002060
DFMark McLaughlin 102000000102
DFGary Fraser 1000000010
DFJordan Jivanda 0000000000
DFCraig Watson 0000000000
MFAlex Neil 6100000061
MFJim McAlister 2010001040
MFKyle Wilkie 0000000000
MFJames Chambers 1000000010
MFAli Crawford 0000000000
MFAndy Ryan 1000000010
MFJordan Kirkpatrick 0000000000
MFConner McGlinchey 1000000010
MFJon Routledge 4000000040
MFGraeme MacGregor 0000000000
MFSimon Mensing 121101000141
MFGrant Anderson 2000000020
MFPaul Currie 0000000000
MFKevin McBride 1000000010
MFDaniel Redmond 2000000020
MFJon Routledge 2000000020
FWDavid Hopkirk 0000000000
FWDerek Lyle 0000000000
FWLouis Longridge 0000000000
FWWillie McLaren 1000000010
FWDougie Imrie 4000002060
FWKieran Millar 1000000010
FWMatt Paterson 1000000010
FWGreig Spence 1000000010
FWGordon Smith 2000000020
FWJon McShane 1000000010
FWJames Martin 0000000000
FWMark Stewart 0000000000

Awards

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
Dougie Imrie[7] Player of the Month August
Andy Ryan[8] Young Player of the Month February

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Dundee (P) 36 15 10 11 53 43 +10 55[lower-alpha 1] Promotion to the Premier League
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48 +5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 56 1 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39 +11 47
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Rangers were liquidated prior to the 2012–13 season. Dundee were chosen to take their place, gaining promotion to the SPL.[9]

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