2013–14 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2013–14 season was Hamilton Academical's first season in the newly formed Scottish Championship and their third consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Challenge Cup.

Hamilton Academical
2013–14 season
ChairmanLes Gray
ManagerAlex Neil
StadiumNew Douglas Park
ChampionshipSecond place
(Promoted via play-offs)
Challenge CupFirst Round
League CupThird Round
Scottish CupThird Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Keatings & Andreu (13)
All: Keatings & Andreau (15)
Highest home attendance4,529 v Dundee, Championship, 5 April 2014
Lowest home attendance817 v Cowdenbeath, Championship, 21 September 2013
Average home league attendance1,476

Summary

Season

Hamilton finished second in the Scottish Championship with 67 points. They were promoted to the Scottish Premiership in May 2014 after defeating HIbernian in the premiership play-offs.[1] Hamilton also reached the third rounds of the Scottish Cup and League Cup and the first round of the Challenge Cup.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Scottish Championship
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Championship
10 August 2013 1Raith Rovers0–1Hamilton AcademicalStark's Park
15:00 BBC Keatings  68' Attendance: 1,652
Referee: Crawford Allan
17 August 2013 2Hamilton Academical4–1DumbartonNew Douglas Park
15:00 Keatings  28' (pen.)  30'
Gillespie  72'
Andreu  77'		 BBC Agnew  67' (pen.) Attendance: 995
Referee: Kevin Clancy
24 August 2013 3Hamilton Academical2–0Queen of the SouthNew Douglas Park
15:00 MacKinnon  39'
Ryan  80'		 BBC Attendance: 1,367
Referee: Steven McLean
31 August 2013 4Falkirk1–2Hamilton AcademicalFalkirk Stadium
15:00 Fulton  50' BBC Antoine-Curier  72'
Crawford  75'		 Attendance: 3,266
Referee: Bobby Madden
14 September 2013 5Dundee0–0Hamilton AcademicalDens Park
15:00 BBC Attendance: 4,155
Referee: Mat Northcroft
21 September 2013 6Hamilton Academical1–0CowdenbeathNew Douglas Park
15:00 Gordon  51' BBC Attendance: 817
Referee: Euan Anderson
28 September 2013 7Alloa Athletic1–0Hamilton AcademicalRecreation Park
15:00 McCord  45' (pen.) BBC Neil  44' Attendance: 653
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
5 October 2013 8Hamilton Academical2–0LivingstonNew Douglas Park
15:00 Keatings  33' (pen.) ,  65' BBC Attendance: 1,059
Referee: Des Roache
12 October 2013 9Greenock Morton1–1Hamilton AcademicalCappielow
15:00 Habai  69' BBC Andreu  33' Attendance: 2,106
Referee: Calum Murray
19 October 2013 10Hamilton Academical1–1Raith RoversNew Douglas Park
15:00 Keatings  31' BBC Hill  34'
Elliot  70' (pen.)		 Attendance: 1,113
Referee: Iain Brines
26 October 2013 11Hamilton Academical2–0FalkirkNew Douglas Park
15:00 Andreu  21'
Longridge  89'		 BBC Attendance: 1,340
Referee: Alan Muir
9 November 2013 12Queen of the South0–1Hamilton AcademicalPalmerston Park
15:00 BBC Antoine-Curier  16' Attendance: 1,557
Referee: George Salmond
16 November 2013 13Cowdenbeath2–4Hamilton AcademicalCentral Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00 Wedderburn  18'
Milne  37'		 BBC García Tena  66'
MacKinnon  69'
Gordon  71'
Andreu  90'		 Attendance: 401
Referee: Des Roache
23 November 2013 14Hamilton Academical0–3DundeeNew Douglas Park
15:00 BBC Davidson  16'
Gallagher  57'
MacDonald  89'		 Attendance: 2,077
Referee: Bobby Madden
7 December 2013 15Hamilton Academical0–1Alloa AthleticNew Douglas Park
15:00 BBC Meggatt  47' Attendance: 860
Referee: Greg Aitken
14 December 2013 16Livingston0–0Hamilton AcademicalAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 BBC Attendance: 794
Referee: Mat Northcroft
21 December 2013 17Dumbarton2–1Hamilton AcademicalDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Fleming  11'
Graham  71'		 BBC Keatings  33' Attendance: 642
Referee: John McKendrick
28 December 2013 18Hamilton Academical1–0Greenock MortonNew Douglas Park
15:00 Antoine-Curier  24' BBC Attendance: 1,472
Referee: Iain Brines
4 January 2014 19Hamilton Academical3–1Queen of the SouthNew Douglas Park
15:00 Longridge  4'
Antoine-Curier  9'
Crawford  58'		 BBC Russell  22' Attendance: 1,366
Referee: Calum Murray
11 January 2014 20Falkirk0–0Hamilton AcademicalFalkirk Stadium
15:00 BBC Attendance: 3,099
Referee: Crawford Allan
25 January 2014 21Hamilton Academical3–4CowdenbeathNew Douglas Park
15:00 Andreu  66',  86'
Keatings  81' (pen.)		 BBC Stewart  5',  46'
Hemmings  9',  20'		 Attendance: 944
Referee: Euan Anderson
1 February 2014 22Hamilton Academical3–3DumbartonNew Douglas Park
15:00 Keatings  4',  71'
Scotland  88'		 BBC Kirkpatrick  27'
Hendrie  69' (o.g.)
Kane  89'		 Attendance: 1,061
Referee: Des Roache
8 February 2014 23Dundee1–0Hamilton AcademicalDens Park
15:00 Boyle  6' BBC Hendrie  51'
Gordon  62'		 Attendance: 5,206
Referee: Stephen Finnie
15 February 2014 24Raith Rovers2–4Hamilton AcademicalStark's Park
15:00 Cardle  82'
Baird  89'		 BBC Andreu  4',  32'
Longridge  39'
Keatings  43' (pen.)		 Attendance: 1,436
Referee: Willie Collum
21 February 2014 25Hamilton Academical2–0LivingstonNew Douglas Park
19:45 Scotland  28'
Antoine-Curier  90'		 BBC Attendance: 1,063
Referee: Craig Charleston
1 March 2014 26Alloa Athletic0–3Hamilton AcademicalRecreation Park
15:00 BBC Longridge  1'
Keatings  11' (pen.)
Andreu  20'		 Attendance: 656
Referee: Stephen Finnie
8 March 2014 27Queen of the South1–1Hamilton AcademicalPalmerston Park
15:00 Reilly  63' BBC Canning  56' Attendance: 995
Referee: John McKendrick
15 March 2014 28Hamilton Academical3–1FalkirkNew Douglas Park
15:00 Scotland  4'
MacKinnon  74'
Longridge  90'		 BBC Beck  71' Attendance: 1,706
Referee: Alan Muir
22 March 2014 29Greenock Morton3–4Hamilton AcademicalCappielow
15:00 Vine  23'
Fitzpatrick  60'
O'Connor  84'		 BBC Scotland  13'
Longridge  54',  64'
Antoine-Curier  87'		 Attendance: 1,345
Referee: Calum Murray
25 March 2014 30Hamilton Academical3–2Raith RoversNew Douglas Park
19:45 Andreu  65'
Keatings  68'
Scotland  90'		 BBC Baird  45',  69' Attendance: 954
Referee: George Salmond
29 March 2014 31Cowdenbeath1–1Hamilton AcademicalCentral Park
15:00 O'Brien  90+5' BBC Antoine-Curier  90+1' Attendance: 497
Referee: Kevin Clancy
5 April 2014 32Hamilton Academical1–1DundeeNew Douglas Park
15:00 Antoine-Curier  71' BBC Boyle  37' Attendance: 4,529
Referee: Willie Collum
12 April 2014 33Livingston1–1Hamilton AcademicalAlmondvale Stadium
15:00 Jacobs  64' BBC Hendrie  54'
Scotland  86'		 Attendance: 1,133
Referee: Stephen Finnie
19 April 2014 34Hamilton Academical2–1Alloa AthleticNew Douglas Park
15:00 Scotland  4'
Ryan  46'		 BBC Caldwell  83' Attendance: 1,087
Referee: Iain Brines
26 April 2014 35Dumbarton4–1Hamilton AcademicalDumbarton Football Stadium
15:00 Agnew  32'
Nish  77'
Megginson  85'
Kirkpatrick  87'		 BBC Scotland  41'
Neil  83'		 Attendance: 1,420
Referee: George Salmond
3 May 2014 36Hamilton Academical10–2Greenock MortonNew Douglas Park
15:00 Antoine-Curier  5',  56',  78',  86'
Andreu  8',  32',  45' (pen.)
Longridge  35'
Devlin  68'
Findlay  85' (o.g.)		 BBC Imrie  22',  73' Attendance: 2,034
Referee: Steven McLean

Premiership Play-Off
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Premiership
13 May 2014 Semi–final 1st LegFalkirk1–1Hamilton AcademicalFalkirk Stadium
19:45 Beck  80' Report MacKinnon  61' Attendance: 4,194
Referee: John Beaton
18 May 2014 Semi–final 2nd LegHamilton Academical1–0
(2–1 agg.)		FalkirkNew Douglas Park
19:45 Andreu  16' Report Attendance: 4,678
Referee: Kevin Clancy
21 May 2014 Final 1st LegHamilton Academical0–2HibernianNew Douglas Park
19:45 Report Cummings  39'  55' Attendance: 5,322
Referee: Bobby Madden
25 May 2014 Final 2nd LegHibernian0–2 (a.e.t.)
(2–2 agg.)
(3–4 p)		Hamilton AcademicalEaster Road
15:30 Report Scotland  13'
Andreu  90+3'		 Attendance: 18,031
Referee: Willie Collum
Penalties
Thomson
McGivern
Craig
Tudur Jones
Cummings 		Gillespie
Andreu
Antoine-Curier
Scotland

Scottish League Cup
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish League Cup
3 August 2013 First RoundStirling Albion0–3Hamilton AcademicalForthbank Stadium
15:00 BBC Keatings  32', 64'
Smith  41' (o.g.)		 Attendance: 556
Referee: John McKendrick
27 August 2013 Second RoundKilmarnock0–1Hamilton AcademicalRugby Park
19:45 BBC Antoine-Curier  42' Attendance: 2,033
Referee: Calum Murray
24 September 2013 Third RoundHamilton Academical0–3St JohnstoneNew Douglas Park
19:45 BBC May  4',  90'
Edwards  86'		 Attendance: 1,059
Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Cup
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Cup
2 November 2013 Third RoundQueen of the South1–0Hamilton AcademicalPalmerston Park
15:00 Lyle  64' BBC Attendance: 1,324
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Scottish Challenge Cup
Main article: 2013–14 Scottish Challenge Cup
27 July 2013 First RoundAirdrieonians2–1Hamilton AcademicalExcelsior Stadium
15:00 McLaren  24'
Nathan Blockley  59'		 BBC Longridge  18' Attendance: 807
Referee: Calum Murray

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dundee (C, P) 36 21 6 9 54 26 +28 69 Promotion to the Premiership
2 Hamilton Academical (O, P) 36 19 10 7 68 41 +27 67 Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3 Falkirk 36 19 9 8 59 33 +26 66 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4 Queen of the South 36 16 7 13 53 39 +14 55
5 Dumbarton 36 15 6 15 65 64 +1 51
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Division summary
Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHHAAHAHAHHAAHHAAHHAHHAAHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWWWWDWLWDDWWWLLDLWWDLDLWWWDWWWDDDWLW
Position411111111111112122222332222222112122
Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers
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gollark: I'm sure nobody or palaiologos or someone will eventually complain that C is not an unfathomable nightmarish hellscape and its wild unsafety is fine because just don't make mistakes.
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gollark: C is older and people program in it *directly* sometimes.
gollark: C is an unfathomable nightmarish hellscape, generally speaking.

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