2011–12 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Hamilton Academical's first season back in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season.[1] Hamilton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Hamilton Academical
2011–12 season
ChairmanRonnie MacDonald
ManagerBilly Reid
StadiumNew Douglas Park
Scottish First DivisionFourth place
Challenge CupRunners-up, lost to Falkirk
League CupSecond round, lost to Ross County
Scottish CupFourth round, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorerJon McShane (9)
Highest home attendance2,401 vs. Partick Thistle, 13 January 2012
Lowest home attendance1,276 vs. Raith Rovers, 21 February 2012
Average home league attendance1,770

Summary

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Hamilton finished fourth in the First Division.[2] They reached the second round of the League Cup,[3] the fourth round of the Scottish Cup[4] and lost 1–0 to Falkirk in the final of the Challenge Cup.[5]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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Scottish First Division

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13 August 2011 First Division Hamilton Academical 5–1 Ross County New Douglas Park, Hamilton
McLaughlin   23'
Crawford   39'
Chambers   42' (pen.)
Paterson   57'
Anderson   90'
BBC Sport Flynn   41'
Byrne   77'
Attendance: 1,744
Referee: Murray
17 September 2011 First Division Hamilton Academical 2–2 Raith Rovers New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Spence   66'
Lyle   73'
BBC Sport Baird   45'
Hamill   62'
Attendance: 1,982
Referee: Finnie
29 October 2011 First Division Hamilton Academical 2–3 Ayr United New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Currie   17' (pen.)
Spence   45'
BBC Sport Moffat   52'
Robertson   57'
Smith   90'
Attendance: 1,699
Referee: Somers
3 December 2011 First Division Hamilton Academical 1–6 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Imrie   86' SFL Report Milne   21', 37', 49'
O'Donnell   39'
Riley   71'
Rae   83'
Attendance: 1,964
Referee: Tumilty
2 January 2012 First Division Queen of the South 1–2 Hamilton Academical Palmerston Park, Dumfries
McGuffie   82' BBC Sport Imrie   5', 15'
McLaughlin   71'  
Attendance: 1,282
Referee: Hilland
21 January 2012 First Division Ayr United 2–2 Hamilton Academical Somerset Park, Ayr
Dodd   32'
Malone   45'
BBC Sport Spence   46'
Redmond   53'
Attendance: 1,310
Referee: Richmond
11 February 2012 First Division Dundee 2–2 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
Conroy   53'
Milne   79' (pen.)
SFL Report McShane   12'
Routledge   85'
Attendance: 4,065
Referee: Salmond
20 March 2012 First Division Hamilton Academical 3–1 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
McLaughlin   35'
McShane   50'
Stewart   56'
SFL Report Conroy   30' (pen.) Attendance: 1,366
Referee: Muir
10 April 2012 First Division Falkirk 3–0 Hamilton Academical Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk
Millar   58' (pen.), 60'
El Alagui   81'
SFL Report Hutton   56' Attendance: 2,461
Referee: Allan
14 April 2012 First Division Hamilton Academical 4–3 Greenock Morton New Douglas Park, Hamilton
Weatherson   16' (o.g.)
McShane   17', 51'
Mensing   63'
Neil   72'  
BBC Sport Mensing   78' (o.g.)
McGeouch   84'
Young   89'
Attendance: 1,423
Referee: Somers

Challenge Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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Scottish Cup

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Player statistics

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Captains

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No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Alex Neil   18 Club captain

Last updated: 5 May 2012
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

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Last updated 5 May 2012[6]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Challenge Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   CZE Tomáš Černý 17 0 11+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
GK   SCO Brian Potter 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Alan Coombe 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO David Hutton 21 0 18+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
GK   SCO Scott Christie 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK   SCO Blair Currie 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Grant Gillespie 19 0 12+3 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO James Gibson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Michael Devlin 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Lee Kilday 19 0 13+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF   SCO Ziggy Gordon 10 0 7+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF   SCO Stephen Hendrie 31 0 22+3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 0
DF   SCO Martin Canning 38 1 31+1 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+0 0
DF   SCO Mark McLaughlin 29 8 23+0 7 2+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1
DF   SCO Gary Fraser 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Jordan Jivanda 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF   SCO Craig Watson 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Alex Neil 18 0 17+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Jim McAlister 44 1 36+0 1 2+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
MF   SCO Kyle Wilkie 2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF   IRL James Chambers 14 4 5+4 2 0+0 0 1+0 1 2+2 1
MF   SCO Ali Crawford 26 2 16+3 1 2+0 0 0+1 0 3+1 1
MF   SCO Andy Ryan 25 3 13+8 3 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+1 0
MF   SCO Jordan Kirkpatrick 9 0 2+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
MF   SCO Conner McGlinchey 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Jon Routledge 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Simon Mensing 42 4 34+0 3 2+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 1
MF   SCO Grant Anderson 25 3 7+13 3 2+0 0 0+1 0 1+1 0
MF   SCO Paul Currie 10 2 3+6 2 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   SCO Kevin McBride 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF   ENG Daniel Redmond 19 5 18+0 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   ENG Jon Routledge 6 3 4+1 3 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF   SCO Graeme MacGregor 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO David Hopkirk 5 1 1+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
FW   SCO Derek Lyle 13 1 3+6 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+1 0
FW   SCO Louis Longridge 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Willie McLaren 7 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
FW   SCO Dougie Imrie 26 5 18+1 5 2+0 0 1+0 0 3+1 0
FW   SCO Kieran Millar 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Matt Paterson 17 2 10+3 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
FW   SCO Greig Spence 34 6 11+18 5 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+2 1
FW   SCO Gordon Smith 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Jon McShane 18 9 17+0 9 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW   SCO James Martin 2 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW   SCO Mark Stewart 14 1 8+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
                   
  GK Tomáš Černý 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Brian Potter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK David Hutton 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  GK Scott Christie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK Blair Currie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Grant Gillespie 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
  DF James Gibson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Michael Devlin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Lee Kilday 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF Ziggy Gordon 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
  DF Stephen Hendrie 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Martin Canning 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
  DF Mark McLaughlin 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
  DF Gary Fraser 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF Jordan Jivanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF Craig Watson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Alex Neil 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
  MF Jim McAlister 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
  MF Kyle Wilkie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF James Chambers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Ali Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Andy Ryan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Jordan Kirkpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Conner McGlinchey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Jon Routledge 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  MF Graeme MacGregor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Simon Mensing 12 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 1
  MF Grant Anderson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Paul Currie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF Kevin McBride 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF Daniel Redmond 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF Jon Routledge 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW David Hopkirk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Derek Lyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Louis Longridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Willie McLaren 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Dougie Imrie 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 0
  FW Kieran Millar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Matt Paterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Greig Spence 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW Gordon Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW Jon McShane 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW James Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW Mark Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Awards

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Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Name Award Month
  Dougie Imrie[7] Player of the Month August
  Andy Ryan[8] Young Player of the Month February

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
2 Dundee (P) 36 15 10 11 53 43 +10 55[a] Promotion to the Premier League
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48 +5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 56 −1 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54 +2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39 +11 47
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Rangers were liquidated prior to the 2012–13 season. Dundee were chosen to take their place, gaining promotion to the SPL.[9]

Transfers

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