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Hamilton Academical
2012–13 season
ChairmanLes Gray
ManagerBilly Reid
(Until 3 April 2013)
Alex Neil (interim)
(From 3 April 2013)
StadiumNew Douglas Park
First DivisionFifth place
Challenge CupFirst Round, lost to Airdrie United
League CupThird Round, lost to St Mirren
Scottish CupQuarter-final, lost to Falkirk
Top goalscorerLeague:
Stevie May (25)

All:
Stevie May (26)
Highest home attendance3,452 vs Falkirk Scottish Cup, 2 March 2013
Lowest home attendance620 vs Annan Athletic League Cup, 4 August 2012
Average home league attendanceLeague: 1,273[1]

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

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
18 December 2012 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical P – P Dumbarton New Douglas Park
19:45 SFL Report
Note: Postponed due to Scottish Cup
2 January 2013 Scottish First Division Partick Thistle P – P Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium
15:00 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch
12 March 2013 Scottish First Division Hamilton Academical P – P Dumbarton New Douglas Park
19:45 BBC Report
Note: Postponed due to frozen pitch

Scottish Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

2 March 2013 Scottish Cup QF Hamilton Academical 1 – 2 Falkirk New Douglas Park
15:00 Ryan 74'
Page Red card 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] Scotland 25 Club captain
DF Canning[14] Scotland 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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland SCO Kevin Cuthbert 43 0 36+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Martin Canning 39 1 33+0 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Michael Devlin 27 2 17+5 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 1
DF Scotland SCO Ryan Finnie 4 0 4+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Gary Fraser 14 0 5+5 0 1+0 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
DF Scotland SCO Grant Gillespie 37 2 24+8 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 1+1 1
DF Scotland SCO Ziggy Gordon 36 1 31+1 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Stephen Hendrie 29 0 20+3 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+1 0
DF England ENG Jordan Jivanda 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Lee Kilday 6 0 4+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Conner McGlinchey 14 0 11+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Scott McMann 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Jonathan Page 24 3 21+1 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Craig Watson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Eamonn Brophy 1 1 0+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ali Crawford 40 5 30+3 3 1+0 0 3+0 1 2+1 1
MF Scotland SCO Gary Fisher 32 1 18+10 1 0+0 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Jordan Kirkpatrick 4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Alex Neil 27 1 21+0 1 0+0 0 2+1 0 3+0 0
MF England ENG Jon Routledge 40 4 34+0 2 0+0 0 3+0 1 3+0 1
MF Scotland SCO Andy Ryan 34 3 3+24 2 1+0 0 1+2 0 0+3 1
FW Scotland SCO James Keatings 10 2 2+6 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Louis Longridge 38 3 22+10 3 0+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Darian MacKinnon 29 2 17+7 1 0+1 0 0+1 1 3+0 0
FW Scotland SCO James Martin 1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland SCO Stevie May 35 26 33+0 25 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
FW Scotland SCO Jon McShane 18 2 9+6 2 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland 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 First Division Challenge Cup League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK Kevin Cuthbert 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Scotland DF Martin Canning 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland DF Michael Devlin 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 8 1
Scotland DF Ryan Finnie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Gary Fraser 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Grant Gillespie 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
Scotland DF Ziggy Gordon 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Scotland DF Stephen Hendrie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England DF Jordan Jivanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF Lee Kilday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Conner McGlinchey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF Scott McMann 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England DF Jonathan Page 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
Scotland DF Craig Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Eamonn Brophy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Ali Crawford 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF Gary Fisher 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 1
Scotland MF Jordan Kirkpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Alex Neil 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 3
England MF Jon Routledge 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Scotland MF Andy Ryan 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 1
Scotland FW James Keatings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Louis Longridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Darian MacKinnon 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
Scotland FW James Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW Stevie May 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland FW Jon McShane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland FW Kieran Millar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

League table

Pos Team 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

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GroundAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHHHAAHAAHHAHAHHAHAAHAH
ResultLDLLDDLWLLWWLDWDWWLLDLDWDLWLWWWWDWWL
Position8899999999978877777777777878775[a]55545
  1. ^ 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

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