2014–15 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

October 2020 October 2013 Hamilton Academical 2014–15 Alex Neil(until 9 January)Martin Canning(player-manager) Les Gray New Douglas Park Premiership Seventh place League Cup Quarter-finals Scottish Cup Fourth round Tony Andreu (12) Tony Andreu (13) 6,007 vs. Celtic, Premiership, 17 January 2015 694 vs. Alloa Athletic, League Cup, 26 August 2014 _whitehoops _thinwhitehoops _whitehoops FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FFFFFF FFFFFF _black_stripes _blackstripes _black_stripes 0000FF 0000FF 0000FF 000000 FFFFFF 2013–14 2015–16 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.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30744801 Alex Neil: Norwich City appoint Hamilton player-manager as boss BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 9 January 2015 22 February 2015 Martin Canning was appointed Caretaker Player-manager, and was later on 23 January 2015 officially appointed Player-manager.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30937644 Hamilton Academical: Martin Canning becomes new manager BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 23 January 2015 22 February 2015 With top goalscorer Tony Andreu also leaving,Transfer Deadline Day: Norwich City sign Tony Andreu https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31104649 BBC 4 February 2015 15 February 2015 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.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32346135 Hamilton Academical 2–0 Motherwell BBC Sport bbc.co.uk/sport 24 April 2015 24 April 2015 Results and fixtures #ccffcc Win 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffffcc Draw 1px solid #AAAAAA #ffcccc Loss 1px solid #AAAAAA #cccccc Postponed 1px solid #AAAAAA Pre-season W 9 July 2014 19:45 Friendly 1–0 Evening News ReportDaily Record ReportScotsman Report Hamilton Academical Hearts Gillespie 90+1 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 883 Andrew Dallas W 15 July 2014 19:45 Friendly 3–1 Report Hamilton Academical Dumbarton Antoine-Curier ,, Kirkpatrick New Douglas Park, Hamilton L 19 July 2014 15:00 Friendly 1–0 Report East Fife Hamilton Academical Campbell Bayview Stadium W 22 July 2014 19:45 Friendly 0–3 Report Whitby Town Hamilton Academical Crawford 11Scotland 68Ryan 81 Turnbull Ground 271 W 24 July 2014 19:15 Friendly 0–5 Spennymoor Town Hamilton Academical Antoine-Curier ,,Brophy Redmond The Brewery Field 290 W 26 July 2014 15:00 Friendly 1–3 Report Shildon Hamilton Academical Paul Connor 29 Scotland 44 penRedmond 77Antoine-Curier 84 pen Dean Street Scottish Premiership 2014–15 Scottish Premiership L 9 August 2014 15:00 1 0–2 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical Inverness CT McKay 10Christie 25 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 1,622 Don Robertson W 13 August 2014 19:45 2 0–2 BBCaccies St Mirren Hamilton Academical Crawford 19 51 St Mirren Park, Paisley 3,635 Alan Muir W 16 August 2014 15:00 3 1–0 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical St Johnstone MacKinnon 16 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 1,577 Bobby Madden W 23 August 2014 15:00 4 1–2 BBCaccies Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical Higginbotham 16 Andreu 87Scotland 90 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 3,578 Kevin Clancy W 30 August 2014 15:00 5 4–0 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical Ross County Canning 47Antoine-Curier 56 pen. 63 pen.Scotland 90 Celcer 0 62 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 2,684 Willie Collum D 13 September 2014 15:00 6 2–2 BBCaccies Dundee United Hamilton Academical Ciftci 16 0 41Fojut 45 Antoine-Curier 28MacKinnon 2 26 30Andreu 34 Tannadice Park, Dundee 7,109 John Beaton D 20 September 2014 15:00 7 0–0 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock New Douglas Park, Hamilton 2,604 Kevin Clancy W 27 September 2014 15:00 8 0–4 BBCaccies Motherwell Hamilton Academical Andreu 34 Crawford 45 90 Antoine-Curier 63 pen. Fir Park, Motherwell 4,125 Willie Collum W 5 October 2014 9 0–1 BBCaccies Celtic Hamilton Academical Crawford 49 Celtic Park, Glasgow 42,412 Steven McLean W 17 October 2014 19:45 10 3–0 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical Aberdeen Andreu 15 53 Antoine-Curier 90 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 4,093 Clancy L 25 October 2014 15:00 11 2–0 BBCaccies Dundee Hamilton Academical Clarkson 69 Stewart 73 Dens Park, Dundee 6,035 John Beaton D 1 November 2014 15:00 12 3–3 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle MacKinnon 22 Redmond 23Andreu 90 McMillan 32 Craigen 68Elliott 72 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 2,855 Brian Colvin L 8 November 2014 15:00 13 4–2 BBCaccies Inverness CT Hamilton Academical McKay 25 68Warren 59Vincent 78 Andreu 17 72 Caledonian Stadium, Inverness 3,022 Collum W 22 November 2014 15:00 14 3–0 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical St Mirren Andreu 40Antoine-Curier 67Crawford 74 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 2,195 Greg Aitken L 6 December 2014 15:00 15 3–0 BBCaccies Aberdeen Hamilton Academical Taylor 28McGinn 51Rooney 55 pen. Routledge 0 82 Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen 10,330 Brian Colvin W 13 December 2014 15:00 16 2–1 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical Dundee Andreu 3Antoine-Curier 14 Stewart 61Harkins 2 39 95 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 2,636 Alan Muir W 20 December 2014 15:00 17 0–1 BBCaccies Ross County Hamilton Academical Canning 6 Global Energy Stadium, Dingwall 2,966 John Beaton L 27 December 2014 15:00 18 1–0 BBCaccies Kilmarnock Hamilton Academical Eremenko 93 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire 3,921 John Beaton W 1 January 2015 15:00 19 5–0 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical Motherwell Imrie 8Crawford 29Antoine-Curier 64Andreu 69Redmond 87 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 3,926 Crawford Allan W 4 January 2015 15:00 20 0–1 BBCaccies St Johnstone Hamilton Academical McFadden 2 41 84 Andreu 34 McDiarmid Park, Perth 3,202 Andrew Dallas L 12 January 2015 19:45 21 2–3 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical Dundee United Tena 57Crawford 70 Armstrong 38Mackay-Steven 46Dillon 77 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 2,384 Madden L 17 January 2015 12:45 22 0–2 BBC Sportaccies Hamilton Academical Celtic Matthews 33Henderson 50 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 6,007 Steven McLean L 21 January 2015 19:45 23 5–0 BBCaccies Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical Doolan 29 44 60 62Eccleston 89 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 2,138 Craig Thomson L 24 January 2015 15:00 24 0–2 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical Inverness CT Grant Gillespie 53 o.g.Nick Ross 76 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 5,089 Brian Colvin D 31 January 2015 15:00 25 1–1 BBCaccies Dundee Hamilton Academical Stewart 88 Canning 85Imrie 0 53 Dens Park, Dundee 5,618 Crawford Allan D 7 February 2015 15:00 26 0–0 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical Kilmarnock New Douglas Park, Hamilton 2,245 Alan Muir L 15 February 2015 15:30 27 0–3 BBCaccies Hamilton Academical Aberdeen Tena 2 52 60 Considine 6Jack 8McGinn 88 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 3,095 Collum L 22 February 2015 13:00 28 4–0 BBC Celtic Hamilton Academical Commons 57 82Johansen 64Guidetti 78 Celtic Park, Glasgow 47,989 Brian Colvin L 28 February 2015 15:00 29 1–0 BBC St Mirren Hamilton Academical Thompson 63 St Mirren Park, Paisley 3,503 Crawford Allan D 14 March 2015 15:00 30 2–2 BBC Hamilton Academical Ross County Scotland 2Imrie 18 Curran 28Gardyne 72 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 1,544 Craig Thomson L 20 March 2015 19:45 31 4–0 BBC Motherwell Hamilton Academical Ainsworth 49 50Sutton 80 83 pen. Lyon 0 65 Fir Park, Motherwell 4,250 Calum Murray D 4 April 2015 15:00 32 1–1 BBC Hamilton Academical St Johnstone Crawford 7Canning 0 58 Graham 72 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 2,032 Greg Aitken L 11 April 2015 15:00 33 1–0 BBC Dundee United Hamilton Academical Erskine 70 Tannadice Park, Dundee 5,243 Andrew Dallas W 24 April 2015 19:45 34 2–0 BBC Hamilton Academical Motherwell Scotland 21Crawford 52 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 3,301 John Beaton W 2 May 2015 15:00 35 2–3 BBC Kilmarnock Hamilton Academical Ashcroft 8Kiltie78 Scotland 21MacKinnon65Hasselbaink70 Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire 3,450 Steven McLean D 9 May 2015 15:00 36 1–1 BBC Hamilton Academical Partick Thistle Docherty 85 O'Donnell 72 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 2,342 Stephen Finnie L 16 May 2015 15:00 37 2–1 BBC Ross County Hamilton Academical Gardyne 58Kiss 0 82Boyce 85 Lucas 27 Global Energy Stadium, Dingwall 3,381 Bobby Madden W 23 May 2015 15:00 38 1–0 BBC Hamilton Academical St Mirren Crawford 83 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 2,425 Craig Thomson Scottish League Cup 2014–15 Scottish League Cup W 2 August 2014 19:45 BST UTC+1 First round Hamilton Academical 2–1 BBCaccies Arbroath Imrie 3Longridge 69 Kevin Buchan 90 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 730 Craig Thomson W 26 August 2014 19:45 BST UTC+1 Second round Hamilton Academical 4–1 BBCaccies Alloa Athletic Andreu 17Canning 66Longridge 81Brophy 87 Spence 40 New Douglas Park, Hamilton 694 John McKendrick D 24 September 2014 19:45 BST UTC+1 Third round Hamilton Academical 0–0 BBCaccies Motherwell Hendrie 2 45 65 O'Brien 2 46 101 Gillespie Crawford Devlin Longridge Imrie Watson 6–5 Sutton McManus Ojamaa Leitch Law Ramsden New Douglas Park, Hamilton 3,631 Craig Charleston L 29 October 2014 19:45 BST UTC+1 Quarter-finals Aberdeen 1–0 BBC Hamilton Academical Rooney 24 Pittodrie Stadium 9,311 Madden Scottish Cup 2014–15 Scottish Cup L 29 November 2014 15.00 Fourth round 2–0 BBCaccies Partick Thistle Hamilton Academical Stevenson 19 54 Imrie 0 89 Firhill Stadium, Glasgow 2,467 Calum Murray 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. match played 23 May 2015 Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup 1 NIR GK Michael McGovern 37 0 4 0 1 0 2 SCO DF Ziggy Gordon 24 0 4 0 1 0 3 SCO DF Stephen Hendrie 26+4 0 2 0 1 0 4 SCO DF Michael Devlin 23+3 0 4 0 0 0 5 SCO DF Martin Canning captain 23+1 3 3 1 1 0 6 SCO MF Grant Gillespie 36 0 4 0 1 0 7 SCO MF Dougie Imrie 33+1 2 2+1 1 1 0 8 ENG MF Jon Routledge 12+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0 9 TRI FW Jason Scotland 12+12 5 2 0 1 0 11 SCO MF Ali Crawford 37+1 11 3+1 0 1 0 12 SCO MF Darren Lyon 8+5 0 0+2 0 0 0 14 NED FW Nigel Hasselbaink 4+6 1 0 0 0 0 15 SCO DF Kieran MacDonald 7+1 0 0 0 0 0 16 SCO MF Craig Watson 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 17 SCO MF Louis Longridge 9+22 0 4 2 0+1 0 18 SCO FW Darian MacKinnon 27+3 3 2+1 0 1 0 20 SCO FW Eamonn Brophy 2+14 0 1+2 1 0 0 21 SCO MF Greg Docherty 1+5 1 0 0 0 0 23 SCO DF Scott McMann 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 24 ESP DF Jesús García Tena 25+1 1 0 0 1 0 28 ENG MF Daniel Redmond 20+3 2 3 0 1 0 32 SCO FW Andy Ryan 0+7 0 1+1 0 0 0 42 SCO MF Steven Boyd 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 44 BRA DF Lucas 2+4 1 0 0 0 0 45 CZE MF Nicolas Šumský 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- |colspan="12"|Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season |- 10 SCO MF Alex Neil 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 22 FRA MF Tony Andreu 21+2 12 3+0 1 0+0 0 99 FRA FW Mickaël Antoine-Curier 20+2 8 1+1 0 0+1 0 |} Goal scorers 23 May 2015 RankingNationNumberNameScottish PremiershipScottish CupLeague CupTotal1 FRA22 Tony Andreu1201132 SCO11 Ali Crawford1100113 GLP99 Mickaël Antoine-Curier80084 TRI9 Jason Scotland50055 SCO6 Martin Canning30146 SCO7 Dougie Imrie2013SCO18 Darian MacKinnon30038 SCO17 Louis Longridge0022ENG28 Daniel Redmond200210NED14 Nigel Hasselbaink1001SCO20 Eamonn Brophy0011SCO21 Greg Docherty1001ESP24 Jesús García Tena1001BRA44 Lucas1001TOTALS500656 Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches. As of matches played 23 May 2015 NumberNationPositionNameTotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup 2SCO DF Ziggy Gordon50500000 3SCO DF Stephen Hendrie31300100 4SCO DF Michael Devlin41410000 5SCO DF Martin Canning80800000 6SCO MF Grant Gillespie1201101000 7SCO MF Dougie Imrie62610001 8ENG MF Jon Routledge31211000 9TRI FW Jason Scotland2010001010SCO MF Alex Neil1010000011SCO MF Ali Crawford5050000012SCO MF Darren Lyon2121000014NED FW Nigel Hasselbaink2020000017SCO MF Louis Longridge5050000018SCO FW Darian MacKinnon131121100022FRA FW Tony Andreu1010000024ESP DF Jesús García Tena7171000028SCO MF Daniel Redmond2010100044BRA DF Lucas1010000099GLP FW Mickaël Antoine-Curier10100000 TOTALS8287764111 Team statistics League table HAM Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result L/W/W/W/W/D/D/W/W/W/L/D/L/W/L/W/W/L/W/W/L/L/L/L/D/D/L/L/L/D/L/D/L/W/W/D/L/W Position 11/5/3/2/2/1/3/2/1/1/1/2/3/4/5/5/4/4/4/3/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/6/7/7/7/7/7/7/7 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 23 May 2015 https://archive.today/20150222202911/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/hamilton-academical/results BBC Sport May 2013 Results by opponent Hamilton score first TeamResultsPoints1234Aberdeen 3–0 0–3 0–3 X 3Celtic 1–0 0–2 0–4 X 3Dundee 0–2 2–1 1–1 X 4Dundee United 2–2 2–3 0–1 X 1Inverness CT 0–2 2–4 0–2 X 0Kilmarnock 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 5Motherwell 4–0 5–0 0–4 2–0 9Partick Thistle 2–1 3–3 0–5 1–1 5Ross County 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 7St Johnstone 1–0 1–0 1–1 X 7St Mirren 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 9 Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table Transfers List of Scottish football transfers summer 2014 List of Scottish football transfers winter 2014–15 Players in PlayerFromFeeSCO Dougie ImrieSCO Greenock MortonFreeDougie Imrie joins Hamilton Accies for a second time https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27749985 BBC 7 June 2014 17 January 2015 SCO Kieran MacDonaldSCO ClydeFreeHamilton Accies sign Michael McGovern and Kieran MacDonald https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27761755 BBC 9 June 2014 17 January 2015 NIR Michael McGovernSCO FalkirkFreeHamilton Accies sign Michael McGovern and Kieran MacDonald https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27761755 BBC 9 June 2014 17 January 2015 ENG Daniel RedmondENG Wigan AthleticFreeAccies snap up Redmond http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/accies-snap-up-redmond/ spfl 11 June 2014 17 January 2015 4 January 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180104192450/https://spfl.co.uk/news/article/accies-snap-up-redmond/ deadSCO Darren HillSCO Forfar AthleticUndisclosedHamilton sign Forfar goalkeeper Darren Hill https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28270182 BBC 11 July 2014 17 January 2015 IRE Lee LynchIRE LimerickFreeHamilton: Jason Scotland exits Accies as Lee Lynch signs https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30671817 BBC 4 January 2015 17 January 2015 TRI Jason ScotlandRe-signedFreeHamilton Academical: swift return for Jason Scotland signs https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31014024 BBC 27 January 2015 12 February 2015 BRA LucasMDA Milsami OrheiFreeHamilton: Lucas Tagliapietra arrives from Moldova https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31057623 BBC 30 January 2015 15 February 2015 CZE Nico ŠumskýSVK Dukla Banská BystricaFreeHamilton Accies sign Czech midfielder Nico Sumsky https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31090541 BBC 2 February 2015 19 February 2015NED Nigel HasselbainkGRE VeriaFreeNigel Hasselbaink: Hamilton Academical re-sign Dutch forward https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31162298 BBC 6 February 2015 19 February 2015 Players out PlayerToFeeSCO Kevin CuthbertSCO Raith RoversFreeCuthbert makes Rovers move http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/cuthbert-makes-rovers-move/ SPFL 11 June 2014 17 January 2015 9 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180209063243/https://spfl.co.uk/news/article/cuthbert-makes-rovers-move/ deadSCO James KeatingsSCO Heart of MidlothianFreeJames Keatings signs for Hearts http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/james-keatings-signs-for-hearts-1-3443518 Edinburgh News The Scotsman 13 June 2014 17 January 2015 SCO Lee KildaySCO Greenock MortonFreeKilday and Crighton join Morton http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/kilday-and-crighton-join-morton/ SPFL 16 June 2014 17 January 2015 11 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140711143522/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/kilday-and-crighton-join-morton/ deadSCO Kieran MacDonaldSCO DumbartonLoanSons make loan signing http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/sons-make-loan-signing/ SPFL 27 August 2014 17 January 2015 17 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150117235014/http://spfl.co.uk/news/article/sons-make-loan-signing/ deadTRI Jason ScotlandReleasedReleasedHamilton: Jason Scotland exits Accies as Lee Lynch signs https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30671817 BBC 4 January 2015 17 January 2015 GLP Mickaël Antoine-CurierENG Burton AlbionFreeMickael Antoine-Curier: Leaving Accies was not an easy choice https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31134390 BBC 4 February 2015 15 February 2015 Mickael Antoine-Curier: Burton Albion sign ex-Hamilton striker https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31516620 BBC 18 February 2015 22 February 2015 FRA Tony AndreuENG Norwich City£1,000,000Transfer Deadline Day: Norwich City sign Tony Andreu https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31104649 BBC 4 February 2015 15 February 2015 SCO Jaison McGrathSCO Celtic BFreeNews Round Up http://www.acciesfc.co.uk/index.php/news/347-news-round-up Hamilton Academical F.C. 27 January 2015 22 February 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150128192433/http://www.acciesfc.co.uk/index.php/news/347-news-round-up 28 January 2015 Notes and references note Category:Hamilton Academical F.C. seasons Hamilton Academical