2012–13 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

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

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

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

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  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
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 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 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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