2017–18 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2017–18 season
Chairman	Les Gray
Manager	Martin Canning
Stadium	New Douglas Park; Hamilton, Scotland; (Capacity: 5,510)
Scottish Premiership	Tenth place
League Cup	Second round, lost to Aberdeen
Scottish Cup	Fourth round v Motherwell
Top goalscorer	League: Rakish Bingham; Giannis Skondras; David Templeton; Dougie Imrie (3); All: Rakish Bingham; David Templeton (4)
Highest home attendance	5,400; Hamilton v Rangers; (29 September 2017)
Lowest home attendance	657; Hamilton v Stenhousemuir; (29 July 2017)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

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 competed in the League Cup, reaching the second round before being eliminated by Aberdeen. Hamilton will also compete in the Scottish Cup, entering in to the fourth round with a tie against Motherwell in January 2018.

Competitions

Premiership

Results

6 August 2017	Aberdeen	2 – 0	Hamilton	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00	O'Connor 26' Storey 90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 15,165 Referee: Euan Anderson

12 August 2017	Hamilton	3 – 0	Dundee	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	MacKinnon 24' Boyd 36' Imrie 85' (pen)	BBC Report		Attendance: 1,694 Referee: Bobby Madden

19 August 2017	Hibernian	1 – 3	Hamilton	Easter Road, Edinburgh
15:00	Stokes 3'	BBC Report	Bingham 52' (pen), 88' Longridge 69'	Attendance: 16,633 Referee: Steven McLean

26 August 2017	Kilmarnock	2 – 2	Hamilton	Rugby 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	1 – 4	Celtic	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45	Gogić 86'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	Armstrong 17' Sinclair 29', 42' Édouard 65'	Attendance: 5,208 Referee: Don Robertson

16 September 2017	Hamilton	1 – 2	Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Bingham 33'	BBC Report	Callachan 3' Lafferty 23' (pen)	Attendance: 3,326 Referee: Bobby Madden

23 September 2017	St Johnstone	2 – 1	Hamilton	McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00	MacLean 49' Davidson 84'	Report	Docherty 24'	Attendance: 2,880 Referee: Willie Collum

29 September 2017	Hamilton	1 – 4	Rangers	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45	Redmond 1'	BBC Report	John 21', 25' Candeias 27' Dorrans 59' (pen)	Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Andrew Dallas

14 October 2017	Hamilton	1 – 2	Motherwell	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Skondras 15'	BBC Report	Rose 32' Hartley 51'	Attendance: 3,869 Referee: Craig Thomson

21 October 2017	Ross County	2 – 1	Hamilton	Victoria Park, Dingwall
15:00	Schalk 70' Mikkelsen 86'	BBC Report	Docherty 52'	Attendance: 3,509 Referee: Stephen Finnie

24 October 2017	Hamilton	0 – 0	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45		BBC Report		Attendance: 2,236 Referee: Steven McLean

28 October 2017	Dundee	1 – 3	Hamilton	Dens Park, Dundee
15:00	Leitch-Smith	BBC Report	Skondras 39' Templeton 64' Rojano 86'	Attendance: 4,863 Referee: Greg Aitken

4 November 2017	Hamilton	2 – 2	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Imrie 19' Templeton 76'	BBC Report	Stewart 27' Árnason 74'	Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Nick Walsh

18 November 2017	Rangers	0 – 2	Hamilton	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow
15:00		BBC Report	Templeton 47' Lyon 81'	Attendance: 48,892 Referee: Greg Aitken

25 November 2017	Hamilton	1 – 1	Hibernian	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Rojano 72'	BBC Report	S. Murray 29'	Attendance: 2,945 Referee: Don Robertson

2 December 2017	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 1	Hamilton	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh
15:00	Walker 47'	BBC Report	Tomas 69'	Attendance: 15,357 Referee: Bobby Madden

9 December 2017	Hamilton	0 – 1	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00		BBC Report	Scougall 66'	Attendance: 1,451 Referee: Craig Thomson

13 December 2017	Celtic	3 – 1	Hamilton	Celtic Park, Glasgow
19:45	Ntcham 12' Forrest 40' Sinclair 41'	BBC Report	Redmond 29'	Attendance: 53,883 Referee: Stephen Finnie

16 December 2017	Hamilton	3 – 2	Ross County	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Imrie 30' (pen) Sarris 75' Lindsay 89' (og)	BBC Report	Curran 73' van der Weg 84'	Attendance: 1,272 Referee: Gavin Duncan

23 December 2017	Partick Thistle	1 – 0	Hamilton	Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00	Keown 26'	BBC Report		Attendance: 2,912 Referee: Bobby Madden

30 December 2017	Motherwell	1 – 3	Hamilton	Fir 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	0 – 3	Heart of Midlothian	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45		BBC Report	Callachan 67' Milinković 73' Zanatta 87'	Attendance: 2,077 Referee: Walsh

27 January 2018	Hamilton	1 – 2	Dundee	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
	O'Hara 2' (og) Redmond 25' Ferguson 39' Templeton 69' 74' Woods 90'	BBC Report	O'Hara 55' Holt 57' Henvey 77' Leitch-Smith 90+8'	Attendance: 1,776 Referee: Clancy

3 February 2018	Aberdeen	3 – 0	Hamilton	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 GMT	Considine 26', 87' McGinn 80'	BBC Report	Sarris 90+2'	Attendance: 13,531 Referee: Euan Anderson

18 February 2018	Hamilton	3 – 5	Rangers	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
14:15	Lyon 5' Templeton 22' Imrie 88' (pen.)	BBC Report	Murphy 10' Windass 19', 34', 72' Morelos 27'	Attendance: 5,406 Referee: Madden

24 February 2018	Hamilton	2 – 1	Partick Thistle	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
	Sarris 9' Rojano 11' Imrie 41' Ferguson 56' Jenkins 69' Templeton 90'	BBC Report	Sammon 9' (pen) Osman 85' Erskine 88'	Attendance: 2,243 Referee: Walsh

10 March 2018	Hamilton	2 – 0	Motherwell	New 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 County	2 – 2	Hamilton	Global Energy Stadium, Dingwall
15:00	Lindsay 23' Davies 76'	BBC Report	Imrie 49' Ogkmpoe 52'	Attendance: 3,586 Referee: Kevin Clancy

31 March 2018	Kilmarnock	2 – 0	Hamilton	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock
	Erwin 5', 77' O'Donnell 45+4'	BBC Report	Hughes 35' Imrie 52' Sarris 63' Rojano 80'	Attendance: 4,672 Referee: Alan Muir

3 April 2018	Hibernian	3 – 1	Hamilton	Easter Road, Edinburgh
	Whittaker 6' Kamberi 17', 63', 85'	BBC Sport	Ogboe 9' Imrie 12' 62' Redmond 31' Rojano 69' MacKinnon 78'	Attendance: 15,818 Referee: McLean

8 April 2018	Hamilton	1 – 2	Celtic	Hamilton
	Bingham 18'	BBC Sport Celtic Report	McGregor 3' Griffiths 46'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 4,851 Referee: Andrew Dallas

14 April 2018	Hamilton	1 – 2	Kilmarnock	Hamilton
	Tomas 30' Sarris 32' Fasan 73' (og) van der Weg 90'	Report	Broadfoot 63' Dicker 72' Boyd 79'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 4,348 Referee: Barry Cook

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^[a]
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).^[1]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Scottish Cup

20 January 2017 Fourth round

Motherwell

v

Hamilton

Fir Park, Motherwell

League Cup

Results

15 July 2017 Group Stage	East Kilbride	1 – 3	Hamilton	K-Park Training Academy, East Kilbride
14:00	Winter 69' (pen.)	Report	MacKinnon 39' Longridge 81' Crawford 90+1'	Attendance: 531 Referee: Craig Napier

22 July 2017 Group Stage	Hamilton	1 – 1 (6–5 p)	Queen of the South	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Boyd 88'	Report	Dobbie 89'	Attendance: 1,047 Referee: Willie Collum
	Penalties
	Gillespie Redmond Crawford Sarris Bingham Boyd MacKinnon Templeton		Lyle Dobbie Dykes Jacobs Rankin Fordyce Tapping Brownlie

25 July 2017 Group Stage	Albion Rovers	4 – 4 (4–2 p)	Hamilton	Cliftonhill, Coatbridge
19:45	Trouten 9', 53', 64' Davidson 90+3'	Report	Donati 38' Want 45+2', 57' Bingham 74' (pen.)	Attendance: 497 Referee: Barry Cook
	Penalties
	McMullin Hopkins McLaughlin Trouten		Donati Docherty Crawford Bingham

29 July 2017 Group Stage	Hamilton	3 – 0	Stenhousemuir	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00	Crawford 15' Templeton 56' Boyd 74'	Report		Attendance: 657 Referee: Steven McLean

9 August 2017 Second Round	Hamilton	0 – 1	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45		Report	McLean 43'	Attendance: 2,768 Referee: Nick Walsh

League Cup table

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

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 23 December 2017

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Gary Woods	21	0	17	0	0	0	4	0
2	DF	GRE	Giannis Skondras	20	3	17+1	3	0	0	2	0
3	DF	SCO	Scott McMann	22	0	18	0	0	0	4	0
4	DF	SCO	Michael Devlin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	FRA	Xavier Tomas	22	1	19	1	0	0	3	0
6	MF	SCO	Grant Gillespie	7	0	1+2	0	0	0	4	0
7	MF	SCO	Dougie Imrie	25	3	20	3	0	0	5	0
8	MF	SCO	Greg Docherty	24	2	20	2	0	0	3+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Rakish Bingham	23	4	11+7	3	0	0	4+1	1
10	FW	ENG	Daniel Redmond	17	2	3+9	2	0	0	2+3	0
11	MF	SCO	Ali Crawford	15	3	8+2	1	0	0	4+1	2
12	GK	SCO	Ryan Fulton	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
13	DF	CYP	Alex Gogić	16	1	10+3	1	0	0	3	0
14	FW	SCO	Botti Biabi	4	0	2+2	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	SCO	David Templeton	15	4	8+4	3	0	0	1+2	1
17	MF	SCO	Louis Longridge	12	2	2+6	1	0	0	2+2	1
18	MF	SCO	Darian MacKinnon	23	2	19	1	0	0	4	1
19	GK	SCO	Darren Jamieson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	ARG	Antonio Rojano	11	2	7+4	2	0	0	0	0
21	MF	ITA	Massimo Donati	10	1	4+4	0	0	0	1+1	1
22	MF	SCO	Darren Lyon	12	1	7+3	1	0	0	1+1	0
23	MF	SCO	Ronan Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	SCO	Shaun Want	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
28	FW	SCO	Ross Cunningham	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	SCO	Steven Boyd	16	3	5+6	1	0	0	2+3	2
89	DF	GRE	Georgios Sarris	14	1	11	1	0	0	3	0
Players away from the club on loan:
24	FW	SCO	Ryan Tierney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Goal scorers

As of match played 23 December 2017

Ranking	Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish League Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Rakish Bingham	3	1	4
1	MF	16	David Templeton	3	1	4
3	DF	2	Giannis Skondras	3	0	3
	MF	7	Dougie Imrie	3	0	3
	MF	11	Ali Crawford	1	2	3
	FW	30	Steven Boyd	1	2	3
7	MF	8	Greg Docherty	2	0	2
	FW	10	Daniel Redmond	2	0	2
	MF	17	Louis Longridge	1	1	2
	MF	18	Darian MacKinnon	1	1	2
	FW	20	Antonio Rojano	2	0	2
	DF	27	Shaun Want	0	2	2
13	DF	5	Xavier Tomas	1	0	1
	DF	13	Alex Gogić	1	0	1
	MF	21	Massimo Donati	0	1	1
	MF	22	Darren Lyon	1	0	1
	DF	89	Georgios Sarris	1	0	1
	Own goal			1	0	1
TOTALS				27	11	38

Disciplinary record

As of match played 23 December 2017

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
	DF	2	Giannis Skondras	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
	DF	3	Scott McMann	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	5	Xavier Tomas	6	1	0	0	1	0	7	1
	MF	6	Grant Gillespie	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	7	Dougie Imrie	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
	MF	8	Greg Docherty	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	10	Daniel Redmond	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	MF	11	Ali Crawford	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	DF	13	Alex Gogić	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
	FW	14	Botti Biabi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	18	Darian MacKinnon	5	1	0	0	2	0	7	1
	FW	20	Antonio Rojano	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	21	Massimo Donati	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
	MF	22	Darren Lyon	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	30	Steven Boyd	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	DF	89	Georgios Sarris	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
TOTALS				41	5	0	0	6	0	47	5

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
14 July 2017 ^[4]	DF	Xavier Tomas	FC Lausanne-Sport	Free transfer
18 July 2017 ^[5]	GK	Ryan Fulton	Liverpool	Free transfer
22 August 2017 ^[6]	FW	Antonio Rojano	Real Potosí	Free transfer
31 August 2017 ^[7]	FW	Botti Biabi	Swansea	4 month loan

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
31 May 2017	FW	Alexandre D'Acol	Lamia	Free transfer
7 June 2017 ^[8]	DF	Craig Watson	East Fife	Free transfer
22 June 2017 ^[9]	DF	Blair Adams	Hartlepool United	Free transfer
4 July 2017	MF	Gramoz Kurtaj	SHB Đà Nẵng	Free transfer
17 August 2017 ^[10]	DF	Jordan McGregor	Airdrieonians	5 month loan
18 August 2017 ^[11]	FW	Eamonn Brophy	Kilmarnock	Free transfer
18 August 2017	FW	Ryan Tierney	Airdrieonians	Season-long loan

Notes

References

^ "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
^ "Summary - League Cup Group G". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
^ "Hamilton Accies sign up central defender Xavier Tomas". BBC Sport. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Hamilton sign goalkeeper Ryan Fulton from Liverpool". BBC Sport. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Antonio Rojano: Hamilton sign forward, subject to international clearance". BBC Sport. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Hamilton Academical sign Swansea forward Botti Biabi on four-month loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Popular Duo Depart". www.hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^ "Hartlepool United: Former Hamilton full-back Blair Adams joins National League club". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^ "Airdrie move to strengthen their squad with Hamilton Accies loan duo". Daily Record. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
^ "Kilmarnock sign Eamonn Brophy and Brad Spencer". BBC Sport. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[1] Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[2] "Premiership 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 1 June 2017.

[3] "Summary - League Cup Group G". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[4] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[5] "Hamilton Accies sign up central defender Xavier Tomas". BBC Sport. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[6] "Hamilton sign goalkeeper Ryan Fulton from Liverpool". BBC Sport. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[7] "Antonio Rojano: Hamilton sign forward, subject to international clearance". BBC Sport. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[8] "Hamilton Academical sign Swansea forward Botti Biabi on four-month loan". BBC Sport. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[9] "Popular Duo Depart". www.hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk/. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[10] "Hartlepool United: Former Hamilton full-back Blair Adams joins National League club". BBC Sport. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[11] "Airdrie move to strengthen their squad with Hamilton Accies loan duo". Daily Record. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.

[12] "Kilmarnock sign Eamonn Brophy and Brad Spencer". BBC Sport. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

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