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 PremiershipTenth Place
League CupSecond Round
Scottish CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLeague: David Templeton
Dougie Imrie (8)

All: David Templeton (9)
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

Season

Livingston 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

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Premiership

6 August 2017 Aberdeen2 0Hamilton AcademicalPittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 O'Connor  26'
Storey  90'
Report Tomas  62' Attendance: 15,165
Referee: Euan Anderson
12 August 2017 Hamilton Academical3 0DundeeNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 MacKinnon  24'
Boyd  36'
Imrie  85 pen.'
Report Attendance: 1,694
Referee: Bobby Madden
19 August 2017 Hibernian1 3Hamilton AcademicalEaster Road, Edinburgh
15:00 Stokes  3' Report Bingham  52 pen.',  88'
Longridge  69'
Attendance: 16,633
Referee: Steven McLean
26 August 2017 Kilmarnock2 2Hamilton AcademicalRugby 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 Academical1 4CelticNew 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 Academical1 2Heart of MidlothianNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Bingham  33' Report Callachan  3'
Lafferty  23 pen.'
Attendance: 3,326
Referee: Bobby Madden
23 September 2017 St Johnstone2 1Hamilton AcademicalMcDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 MacLean  49'
Davidson  84'
Report Docherty  24' Attendance: 2,880
Referee: Willie Collum
29 September 2017 Hamilton Academical1 4RangersNew 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 Academical1 2MotherwellNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Skondras  15' Report Rose  32'
Hartley  51'
Attendance: 3,869
Referee: Craig Thomson
21 October 2017 Ross County2 1Hamilton AcademicalVictoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Schalk  70'
Mikkelsen  86'
Report Docherty  52' Attendance: 3,509
Referee: Stephen Finnie
24 October 2017 Hamilton Academical0 0Partick ThistleNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Report Attendance: 2,236
Referee: Steven McLean
28 October 2017 Dundee1 3Hamilton AcademicalDens 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 Academical2 2AberdeenNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Imrie  19'
Templeton  76'
Report Stewart  27'
Árnason  74'
Attendance: 3,099
Referee: Nick Walsh
18 November 2017 Rangers0 2Hamilton AcademicalIbrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Report Templeton  47'
Lyon  81'
Attendance: 48,892
Referee: Greg Aitken
25 November 2017 Hamilton Academical1 1HibernianNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Rojano  72' Report Murray  29' Attendance: 2,945
Referee: Don Robertson
2 December 2017 Heart of Midlothian1 1Hamilton AcademicalTynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00 Walker  47' Report Tomas  69' Attendance: 15,357
Referee: Bobby Madden
9 December 2017 Hamilton Academical0 1St JohnstoneNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Report Scougall  66' Attendance: 1,451
Referee: Craig Thomson
13 December 2017 Celtic3 1Hamilton AcademicalCeltic Park, Glasgow
19:45 Ntcham  12'
Forrest  40'
Sinclair  41'
Report Redmond  29' Attendance: 53,883
Referee: Stephen Finnie
16 December 2017 Hamilton Academical3 2Ross CountyNew 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 Thistle1 0Hamilton AcademicalFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Keown  26' Report Attendance: 2,912
Referee: Bobby Madden
30 December 2017 Motherwell1 3Hamilton AcademicalFir 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 Academical0 3Heart of MidlothianNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Report Callachan  67'
Milinković  73'
Zanatta  87'
Attendance: 2,077
Referee: Walsh
27 January 2018 Hamilton Academical1 2DundeeNew 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 Aberdeen3 – 0Hamilton AcademicalPittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 GMT Considine  26', 87'
McGinn  80'
Report Sarris  90+2' Attendance: 13,531
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 February 2018 Hamilton Academical3 – 5RangersNew 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 Academical2 – 1Partick ThistleNew 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 Academical2 0MotherwellNew 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 County2 – 2Hamilton AcademicalVictoria Park, Dingwall
15:00 Lindsay  23'
Davies  76'
Report Imrie  49'
Ogkmpoe  52'
Attendance: 3,586
Referee: Kevin Clancy
28 March 2018 St Johnstone1 0Hamilton AcademicalMcDiarmid Park, Perth
MacLean  5' Report Attendance: 2,037
Referee: Euan Anderson
31 March 2018 Kilmarnock2 – 0Hamilton AcademicalRugby 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 Hibernian3 1Hamilton AcademicalEaster 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 Academical1 – 2CelticNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
Bingham  18' Report McGregor  3'
Griffiths  46'
Attendance: 4,851
Referee: Andrew Dallas
14 April 2018 Hamilton Academical1 – 2KilmarnockNew 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 Thistle2 1Hamilton AcademicalFirhill Stadium, Glasgow
Doolan  64'
Edwards  72'
Report Templeton  43' Attendance: 3,839
Referee: John Beaton
28 April 2018 Hamilton Academical2 – 0Ross CountyNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
Imrie  56'
Templeton  67'
Report Attendance: 2,057
Referee: Bobby Madden
5 May 2018 Dundee1 0Hamilton AcademicalDens Park, Dundee
Holt  18' Report Attendance: 5,195
Referee: Steven McLean
8 May 2018 Hamilton Academical1 – 2St JohnstoneNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
Imrie  82' Report McMillan  65 pen.'
Wotherspoon  80'
Attendance: 2,367
Referee: Kevin Clancy
12 May 2018 Motherwell3 0Hamilton AcademicalFir Park, Motherwell
Ciftci  31', 70'
Aldred  73'
Report Attendance: 4,699
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish League Cup

Group Stage

Results

15 July 2017 Group StageEast Kilbride1 3HamiltonK-Park Training Academy, East Kilbride
14:00 Winter  69' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 531
Referee: Craig Napier
25 July 2017 Group StageAlbion Rovers4 4
(4–2 p)
HamiltonCliftonhill, Coatbridge
19:45
Report
Attendance: 497
Referee: Barry Cook
Penalties
29 July 2017 Group StageHamilton3 0StenhousemuirNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00
Report Attendance: 657
Referee: Steven McLean

Group G Table

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: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[2]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Knockout Stage

9 August 2017 Second RoundHamilton0 1AberdeenNew Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Report McLean  43' Attendance: 2,768
Referee: Nick Walsh

Scottish Cup

20 January 2017 Fourth roundMotherwell2 – 0HamiltonFir Park, Motherwell
McMann  4 o.g.', Tanner  35 pen.' Report Attendance: 4,725
Referee: Craig Thomson


Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 12 May 2018 [3]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish PremiershipScottish CupScottish League Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1 GK Gary Woods 3703201040
2 DF Giannis Skondras 23320+130020
3 DF Scott McMann 39030+401040
4 MF Ross Jenkins 1109+200000
5 DF Xavier Tomas 4013611030
6 MF Charlie Scott 201+100000
7 MF Dougie Imrie 41833+281050
8 FW Mickel Miller 601+500000
9 FW Rakish Bingham 38618+145104+11
10 FW Daniel Redmond 31211+1420+102+30
11 MF Ali Crawford 19311+31004+12
12 GK Ryan Fulton 705+100010
13 DF Alex Gogić 21115+310030
15 DF Kenny van der Weg 11010+100000
16 MF David Templeton 31920+78101+21
17 MF Louis Longridge 1323+61002+21
18 MF Darian MacKinnon 3623111041
19 GK Darren Jamieson 201+100000
20 FW Antonio Rojano 26314+1230000
21 MF Lewis Smith 1316+40101+11
22 MF Darren Lyon 30221+62101+10
23 MF Ronan Hughes 402+100+1000
25 MF Lewis Ferguson 14012+101+0000
27 DF Shaun Want 1421300012
28 FW Ross Cunningham 700+600+1000
29 MF Jack Breen 000+000+0000
30 FW Steven Boyd 1837+61002+32
89 DF Georgios Sarris 24119+210030
99 FW Marios Ogkmpoe 17312+430010
Players who left the club during the 2017–18 season
4 DF Michael Devlin 00000000
6 MF Grant Gillespie 701+200040
8 MF Greg Docherty 253213003+10
14 FW Botti Biabi 402+200000
21 MF Massimo Donati 1316+40101+11
24 FW Ryan Tierney 10000010

Team Statistics

League Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
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).[4]
(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

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHHHAAAAHHAHAHA
ResultLWWDLLLLLLDWDWDDLLWLWLLLLWWDLLLLLLWLLL
Position1154478899109898889999910101111109999999109101010
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2018. Source: [5]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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