2012–13 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2012–13 season
Chairman	Les Gray
Manager	Billy Reid; (Until 3 April 2013); Alex Neil (interim); (From 3 April 2013)
Stadium	New Douglas Park
First Division	Fifth place
Challenge Cup	First Round, lost to Airdrie United
League Cup	Third Round, lost to St Mirren
Scottish Cup	Quarter-final, lost to Falkirk
Top goalscorer	League: ; Stevie May (25); All: ; Stevie May (26)
Highest home attendance	3,452 vs Falkirk Scottish Cup, 2 March 2013
Lowest home attendance	620 vs Annan Athletic League Cup, 4 August 2012
Average home league attendance	League: 1,273
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 season was Hamilton Academical's second consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season.^[2] Hamilton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Season

During season 2012–13 Hamilton finished fifth in the Scottish First Division.^[3] They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup,^[4] the third round of the League Cup^[5] and the quarter-final of the Scottish Cup.^[6]

Management

Hamilton began the season under the management of Billy Reid. On 3 April 2013, Reid left the club by mutual consent^[7] after nearly eight years in charge of the team.^[8] Club captain Alex Neil and Hamilton's Academy director Frankie McAvoy took charge of the team until the end of the season on an interim basis.^[9]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre season

21 July 2012^[10] Friendly	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Bolton Wanderers	New Douglas Park
15:00	Ryan 60' Hendrie 67'	Bolton Report Hamilton Report

24 July 2012^[11] Friendly	Hamilton Academical	0–3	Motherwell	New Douglas Park
19:00		Report	McHugh 9', 43' Hateley 83' (pen.)

Scottish First Division

11 August 2012 Scottish First Division	Raith Rovers	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Stark's Park
15:00	Graham 63' (Penalty), 86'	SFL Report		Attendance: 1,868 Referee: Madden

19 August 2012 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Greenock Morton	New Douglas Park
15:00	Crawford 81' Neil 86'	SFL Report	O'Brien 15' Tidser 45+3'	Attendance: 1,572 Referee: Allan

25 August 2012 Scottish First Division	Cowdenbeath	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Central Park
15:00	Miller 12'	SFL Report		Attendance: 525 Referee: Murray

1 September 2012 Scottish First Division	Partick Thistle	4–0	Hamilton Academical	Firhill Stadium
15:00	Welsh 41' Craig 59', 86' Steven Lawless 64'	SFL Report		Attendance: 2,603 Referee: McLean

15 September 2012 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Falkirk	New Douglas Park
15:00	Routledge 42'	SFL Report	Taylor 5'	Attendance: 1,174 Referee: Beaton

22 September 2012 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	3–3	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Kilday 34' (Own goal) Lister 73' Prunty 77'	Report	Crawford 21' Keatings 88', 95'	Attendance: 695 Referee: McKendrick

29 September 2012 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	0–3	Dunfermline Athletic	New Douglas Park
15:00		SFL Report	Wallace 46', 70' Thomson 89'	Attendance: 1,330 Referee: Charleston

6 October 2012 Scottish First Division	Airdrie United	0–4	Hamilton Academical	Excelsior Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Crawford 67' Longridge 72' May 82', 88' (pen.)	Attendance: 868 Referee: O'Reilly

20 October 2012 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Livingston	New Douglas Park
15:00	May 1' Neil 68'	SFL Report	Scougall 3' McNulty 9' McCann 74'	Attendance: 943 Referee: Salmond

27 October 2012 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Raith Rovers	New Douglas Park
15:00		SFL Report	Walker 45'	Attendance: 1,079 Referee: Colvin

10 November 2012 Scottish First Division	Greenock Morton	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Cappielow Park
15:00		SFL Report	May 21'	Attendance: 1,815 Referee: Robertson

16 November 2012 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park
19:45	Smith 41' (Own goal)	BBC Report SFL Report	Paton 75'	Attendance: 2,450 Referee: Finnie

24 November 2012 Scottish First Division	Falkirk	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Falkirk Stadium
15:00	McGrandles 83' Small 91'	SFL Report	Page 58'	Attendance: 2,682 Referee: Tumilty

8 December 2012 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	P–P	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
15:00		BBC Report

15 December 2012 Scottish First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	1–1	Hamilton Academical	East End Park
15:00	Barrowman 33'	SFL Report	May 17'	Attendance: 2,864 Referee: Thomson

18 December 2012 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	P–P	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
19:45		SFL Report
Note: Postponed due to Scottish Cup

26 December 2012 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	3–0	Airdrie United	New Douglas Park
15:00	Longridge 15' Neil 23' Page 55'	SFL Report		Attendance: 1,179 Referee: Charleston

29 December 2012 Scottish First Division	Livingston	P–P	Hamilton Academical	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00		SFL Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

2 January 2013 Scottish First Division	Partick Thistle	P–P	Hamilton Academical	Firhill Stadium
15:00		BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

5 January 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Falkirk	New Douglas Park
15:00	Mackinnon 80'	SFL Report	Taylor 13' Flynn 58'	Attendance: 1,423 Referee: Colvin

12 January 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Cowdenbeath	New Douglas Park
15:00	Page 61' May 65' Neil 68'	SFL Report	Hemmings 24'	Attendance: 1,021 Referee: Brines

19 January 2013 Scottish First Division	Raith Rovers	0–2	Hamilton Academical	Stark's Park
15:00	Hill 83'	SFL Report	Ellis 89' (o.g.) May 90'	Attendance: 1,194 Referee: Salmond

26 January 2013 Scottish First Division	Dumbarton	3–1	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Turner 34' Gilhaney 56' Page 90+1' (Own goal)	SFL Report	May 60'	Attendance: 878 Referee: Muir

9 February 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Dunfermline Athletic	New Douglas Park
15:00	Gillespie 66'	SFL Report	Kirk 37' Kane 64'	Attendance: 1,248 Referee: Madden

16 February 2013 Scottish First Division	Airdrie United	2–2	Hamilton Academical	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	Moore 64' (Penalty) Bain 90+5'	SFL Report	May 61', 90+6'	Attendance: 755 Referee: Somers

19 February 2013 Scottish First Division	Partick Thistle	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Firhill Stadium
19:45	Muirhead 55' (Penalty)	SFL Report		Attendance: 2,046 Referee: McKendrick

23 February 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Livingston	New Douglas Park
15:00	May 90+1'	SFL Report	Russell 77'	Attendance: 914 Referee: Northcroft

5 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Greenock Morton	New Douglas Park
19:45	Fisher 35' Gordon 58'	SFL Report	O'Brien 8'	Attendance: 1,009 Referee: Clancy

9 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Cowdenbeath	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Central Park
15:00	Moore 38'	SFL Report	May 32'	Attendance: 370 Referee: Salmond

12 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	P–P	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
19:45		BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch

16 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	0–2	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park
15:00		SFL Report	Balatoni 44' Elliott 84'	Attendance: 1,852 Referee: Finnie

19 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Livingston	P–P	Hamilton Academical	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45		BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to snow on pitch

23 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Falkirk	0–2	Hamilton Academical	Falkirk Stadium
15:00		SFL Report	Routledge 14' Longridge 26'	Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Tumilty

27 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Livingston	P–P	Hamilton Academical	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45		SFL Report
Note: Postponed due to snow^[12]

30 March 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	2–3	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
15:00	Fisher 34' Ryan 63' May 87'	SFL Report	McDougall 24' Agnew 48' McGinn 84'	Attendance: 943 Referee: Murray

2 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
19:45	May 79', 85'	SFL Report	Lister 12'	Attendance: 775 Referee: Charleston

6 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Dunfermline Athletic	2–3	Hamilton Academical	East End Park
15:00	Thomson 36' Husband 66' (Penalty)	SFL Report	McShane 2' Devlin 57' Canning 77'	Attendance: 4,697 Referee: Roache

9 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	5–0	Airdrie United	New Douglas Park
19:45	McShane 22' May 9' (Penalty), 37', 74' Devlin 86' Brophy 87'	SFL Report		Attendance: 850 Referee: Collum

13 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Livingston	0–3	Hamilton Academical	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
15:00		Report	May 41' (Penalty), 43', 84' Page 80'	Attendance: 1,607 Referee: Somers

16 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Livingston	0–0	Hamilton Academical	Braidwood Motor Company Stadium
19:45	Docherty 27'	SFL Report		Attendance: 787 Referee: McLean

20 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Raith Rovers	New Douglas Park
15:00	May 52' Ryan 90'	SFL Report		Attendance: 969 Referee: Allan

27 April 2013 Scottish First Division	Greenock Morton	0–2	Hamilton Academical	Cappielow
15:00		SFL Report	May 39', 55'	Attendance: 1,541 Referee: Muir

4 May 2013 Scottish First Division	Hamilton Academical	1–3	Cowdenbeath	New Douglas Park
15:00	May 27' Ryan 31'	SFL Report	Linton 48' Moore 72' McKenzie 84'	Attendance: 1,434 Referee: Madden

Scottish Challenge Cup

28 July 2012 Scottish Challenge Cup round 1	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Airdrie United	New Douglas Park
15:00		SFL Report	McLaren 85'	Attendance: 1,005 Referee: Charleston

Scottish League Cup

4 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 1	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Annan Athletic	New Douglas Park
15:00	Routledge 66' Mackinnon 80'	SFL Report		Attendance: 620 Referee: Collum

28 August 2012 Scottish League Cup round 2	Hamilton Academical	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park
19:45	Crawford 107'	SFL Report		Attendance: 1,268 Referee: O'Reilly

25 September 2012 Scottish League Cup round 3	St Mirren	1–0	Hamilton Academical	St Mirren Park
19:45	Mair 92'	BBC Report SFL Report		Attendance: 1,914 Referee: Allan

Scottish Cup

1 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Dumbarton	P–P	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00		BBC Report

4 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Dumbarton	P–P	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30		BBC Report

10 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Dumbarton	P–P	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30		BBC Report

12 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Dumbarton	P – P	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30		BBC Report

17 December 2012 Scottish Cup round 4	Dumbarton	1–3	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
19:30	Turner 58' 78'	BBC Report	Crawford 24' Devlin 41' Gillespie 75'	Attendance: 469 Referee: Madden

2 February 2013 Scottish Cup round 5	Dunfermline Athletic	0–2	Hamilton Academical	East End Park
15:00		BBC Report	May 51' Routledge 61'	Attendance: 2,588 Referee: Beaton

2 March 2013 Scottish Cup QF	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Falkirk	New Douglas Park
15:00	Ryan 74' Page 90+3'	BBC Report	Alston 44', 71'	Attendance: 3,452 Referee: Collum

Player statistics

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
	MF	Neil^[13]		25	Club captain
	DF	Canning^[14]		17	Vice-captain

Last updated: 7 May 2013
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 7 May 2013^[15]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		First Division		Challenge Cup		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
	GK	SCO	Kevin Cuthbert	43	0	36+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	SCO	Martin Canning	39	1	33+0	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	DF	SCO	Michael Devlin	27	2	17+5	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	1
	DF	SCO	Ryan Finnie	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Gary Fraser	14	0	5+5	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
	DF	SCO	Grant Gillespie	37	2	24+8	1	1+0	0	2+0	0	1+1	1
	DF	SCO	Ziggy Gordon	36	1	31+1	1	0+0	0	1+1	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Stephen Hendrie	29	0	20+3	0	1+0	0	3+0	0	1+1	0
	DF	ENG	Jordan Jivanda	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Lee Kilday	6	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	SCO	Conner McGlinchey	14	0	11+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
	DF	SCO	Scott McMann	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	DF	ENG	Jonathan Page	24	3	21+1	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
	DF	SCO	Craig Watson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Eamonn Brophy	1	1	0+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Ali Crawford	40	5	30+3	3	1+0	0	3+0	1	2+1	1
	MF	SCO	Gary Fisher	32	1	18+10	1	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
	MF	SCO	Jordan Kirkpatrick	4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
	MF	SCO	Alex Neil	27	1	21+0	1	0+0	0	2+1	0	3+0	0
	MF	ENG	Jon Routledge	40	4	34+0	2	0+0	0	3+0	1	3+0	1
	MF	SCO	Andy Ryan	34	3	3+24	2	1+0	0	1+2	0	0+3	1
	FW	SCO	James Keatings	10	2	2+6	2	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Louis Longridge	38	3	22+10	3	0+1	0	2+0	0	3+0	0
	FW	SCO	Darian MacKinnon	29	2	17+7	1	0+1	0	0+1	1	3+0	0
	FW	SCO	James Martin	1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Stevie May	35	26	33+0	25	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
	FW	SCO	Jon McShane	18	2	9+6	2	1+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
	FW	SCO	Kieran Millar	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 7 May 2013

Nation	Position	Name
Nation	Position	Name	First Division		Challenge Cup		League Cup		Scottish Cup		Total
	GK	Kevin Cuthbert	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	DF	Martin Canning	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	Michael Devlin	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	8	1
	DF	Ryan Finnie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Gary Fraser	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Grant Gillespie	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
	DF	Ziggy Gordon	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	DF	Stephen Hendrie	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Jordan Jivanda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Lee Kilday	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Conner McGlinchey	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	Scott McMann	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	Jonathan Page	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
	DF	Craig Watson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Eamonn Brophy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Ali Crawford	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	Gary Fisher	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	1
	MF	Jordan Kirkpatrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	Alex Neil	8	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	3
	MF	Jon Routledge	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
	MF	Andy Ryan	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	1
	FW	James Keatings	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Louis Longridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Darian MacKinnon	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
	FW	James Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	Stevie May	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	FW	Jon McShane	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	Kieran Millar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Falkirk	36	15	8	13	52	48	+4	53
4	Livingston	36	14	10	12	58	56	+2	52
5	Hamilton Academical	36	14	9	13	52	45	+7	51
6	Raith Rovers	36	11	13	12	45	48	−3	46
7	Dumbarton	36	13	4	19	58	83	−25	43

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	L
Position	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	5^[a]	5	5	5	4	5

^ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.^[17]

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2013. Source: ^[16]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Jon McShane	St Mirren	Undisclosed^[18]^[19]
Kevin Cuthbert	Ayr United	Free^[20]
Darian MacKinnon	Clydebank	Free^[21]
Jon Routledge	Stockport County	Free^[22]
Gary Fisher	Kilmarnock	Loan^[23]
James Keatings	Celtic	Loan^[24]
Stevie May	St Johnstone	Loan^[25]
Scott Christie	Bo'ness United	Undisclosed^[26]
Jonathan Page	Motherwell	Loan^[27]
Jonathan Page	Motherwell	Free^[28]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Mark McLaughlin	Greenock Morton	Free^[29]
Grant Anderson	Raith Rovers^[30]	Free^[19]
David Hutton	Greenock Morton^[31]	Free^[19]
Andrew Gibson		Free^[19]
Ciaran Johnston	Free Agent	Free^[19]
Lewis Milton	Free Agent	Free^[19]
Kyle Wilkie	Greenock Morton^[32]	Free^[33]
Jim McAlister	Dundee^[34]	Free^[35]
Simon Mensing	Raith Rovers^[36]	Free^[37]
Darian MacKinnon	Ayr United	Loan^[38]
Lee Kilday	Stenhousemuir	Loan^[39]
Jordan Allan	Bo'ness United	Loan^[40]
Michael Selfridge	Free Agent	Free^[41]
Jordan Kirkpatrick	Airdrie United^[42]	Free^[43]
Conner McGlinchey	Peterhead^[44]	Free^[45]

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[note3_rnd_31-18] Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.^[17]

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