2014–15 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Hamilton Academical's first season in the top flight of Scottish football since 2010–11 season, and their first in the newly established Scottish Premiership having been promoted from the 2013–14 Scottish Championship through the Play-offs. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Hamilton Academical
2014–15 season
ChairmanLes Gray
ManagerAlex Neil
(until 9 January 2015)
Martin Canning
(player-manager)
StadiumNew Douglas Park
PremiershipSeventh place
League CupQuarter Finals
lost to Aberdeen
Scottish CupFourth Round
lost to Partick Thistle
Top goalscorerLeague: Tony Andreu (12)
All: Tony Andreu (13)
Highest home attendance6,007 vs.
Celtic
Premiership
17 January 2015
Lowest home attendance694 vs.
Alloa Athletic
League Cup
26 August 2014

Summary

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Management

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The club began the 2014–15 season under the management of Alex Neil. On 9 January 2015, Neil left to become the new manager of, at the time, English Championship side Norwich City.[1] Martin Canning was appointed Caretaker Player-manager, and was later on 23 January 2015 officially appointed Player-manager.[2] With top goalscorer Tony Andreu also leaving,[3] the club suffered with the sudden departures and Canning had to wait 14 matches for his first victory as manager, coming on 24 April 2015 in the Lanarkshire derby at home to Motherwell.[4]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season

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9 July 2014 Friendly Hamilton Academical 1–0 Hearts New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Gillespie   90+1' Evening News Report
Daily Record Report
Scotsman Report
Attendance: 883
Referee: Andrew Dallas
15 July 2014 Friendly Hamilton Academical 3–1 Dumbarton New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Antoine-Curier  , ,  Report Kirkpatrick  
19 July 2014 Friendly East Fife 1–0 Hamilton Academical Bayview Stadium
15:00 Campbell   Report
22 July 2014 Friendly Whitby Town 0–3 Hamilton Academical Turnbull Ground
19:45 Report Crawford   11'
Scotland   68'
Ryan   81'
Attendance: 271
24 July 2014 Friendly Spennymoor Town 0–5 Hamilton Academical The Brewery Field
19:15 Antoine-Curier  , , 
Brophy  
Redmond  
Attendance: 290
26 July 2014 Friendly Shildon 1–3 Hamilton Academical Dean Street
15:00 Paul Connor   29' Report Scotland   44' (pen)
Redmond   77'
Antoine-Curier   84' (pen)

Scottish Premiership

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9 August 2014 1 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 BBC
accies
McKay   10'
Christie   25'
Attendance: 1,622
Referee: Don Robertson
13 August 2014 2 St Mirren 0–2 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park, Paisley
19:45 BBC
accies
Crawford   19', 51' Attendance: 3,635
Referee: Alan Muir
16 August 2014 3 Hamilton Academical 1–0 St Johnstone New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 MacKinnon   16' BBC
accies
Attendance: 1,577
Referee: Bobby Madden
23 August 2014 4 Partick Thistle 1–2 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15:00 Higginbotham   16' BBC
accies
Andreu   87'
Scotland   90'
Attendance: 3,578
Referee: Kevin Clancy
30 August 2014 5 Hamilton Academical 4–0 Ross County New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Canning   47'
Antoine-Curier   56' (pen.), 63' (pen.)
Scotland   90'
BBC
accies
Celcer   62' Attendance: 2,684
Referee: Willie Collum
13 September 2014 6 Dundee United 2–2 Hamilton Academical Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Ciftci   16'   41'
Fojut   45'
BBC
accies
Antoine-Curier   28'
MacKinnon   26'   30'
Andreu   34'
Attendance: 7,109
Referee: John Beaton
20 September 2014 7 Hamilton Academical 0–0 Kilmarnock New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 BBC
accies
Attendance: 2,604
Referee: Kevin Clancy
27 September 2014 8 Motherwell 0–4 Hamilton Academical Fir Park, Motherwell
15:00 BBC
accies
Andreu   34'
Crawford   45', 90'
Antoine-Curier   63' (pen.)
Attendance: 4,125
Referee: Willie Collum
5 October 2014 9 Celtic 0–1 Hamilton Academical Celtic Park, Glasgow
BBC
accies
Crawford   49' Attendance: 42,412
Referee: Steven McLean
17 October 2014 10 Hamilton Academical 3–0 Aberdeen New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Andreu   15', 53'
Antoine-Curier   90'
BBC
accies
Attendance: 4,093
Referee: Clancy
25 October 2014 11 Dundee 2–0 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Clarkson   69'
Stewart   73'
BBC
accies
Attendance: 6,035
Referee: John Beaton
1 November 2014 12 Hamilton Academical 3–3 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 MacKinnon   22'
Redmond   23'Andreu   90'
BBC
accies
McMillan   32'
Craigen   68'Elliott   72'
Attendance: 2,855
Referee: Brian Colvin
8 November 2014 13 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–2 Hamilton Academical Caledonian Stadium, Inverness
15:00 McKay   25', 68'
Warren   59'
Vincent   78'
BBC
accies
Andreu   17', 72' Attendance: 3,022
Referee: Collum
22 November 2014 14 Hamilton Academical 3–0 St Mirren New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Andreu   40'
Antoine-Curier   67'
Crawford   74'
BBC
accies
Attendance: 2,195
Referee: Greg Aitken
6 December 2014 15 Aberdeen 3–0 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen
15:00 Taylor   28'
McGinn   51'
Rooney   55' (pen.)
BBC
accies
Routledge   82' Attendance: 10,330
Referee: Brian Colvin
13 December 2014 16 Hamilton Academical 2–1 Dundee New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Andreu   3'
Antoine-Curier   14'
BBC
accies
Stewart   61'
Harkins   39'   95'
Attendance: 2,636
Referee: Alan Muir
20 December 2014 17 Ross County 0–1 Hamilton Academical Global Energy Stadium, Dingwall
15:00 BBC
accies
Canning   6' Attendance: 2,966
Referee: John Beaton
27 December 2014 18 Kilmarnock 1–0 Hamilton Academical Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
15:00 Eremenko   93' BBC
accies
Attendance: 3,921
Referee: John Beaton
1 January 2015 19 Hamilton Academical 5–0 Motherwell New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Imrie   8'
Crawford   29'
Antoine-Curier   64'
Andreu   69'
Redmond   87'
BBC
accies
Attendance: 3,926
Referee: Crawford Allan
4 January 2015 20 St Johnstone 0–1 Hamilton Academical McDiarmid Park, Perth
15:00 McFadden   41'   84' BBC
accies
Andreu   34' Attendance: 3,202
Referee: Andrew Dallas
12 January 2015 21 Hamilton Academical 2–3 Dundee United New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Tena   57'
Crawford   70'
BBC
accies
Armstrong   38'
Mackay-Steven   46'
Dillon   77'
Attendance: 2,384
Referee: Madden
17 January 2015 22 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Celtic New Douglas Park, Hamilton
12:45 BBC Sport
accies
Matthews   33'
Henderson   50'
Attendance: 6,007
Referee: Steven McLean
21 January 2015 23 Partick Thistle 5–0 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
19:45 Doolan   29', 44', 60', 62'
Eccleston   89'
BBC
accies
Attendance: 2,138
Referee: Craig Thomson
24 January 2015 24 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 BBC
accies
Grant Gillespie   53' (o.g.)
Nick Ross   76'
Attendance: 5,089
Referee: Brian Colvin
31 January 2015 25 Dundee 1–1 Hamilton Academical Dens Park, Dundee
15:00 Stewart   88' BBC
accies
Canning   85'
Imrie   53'
Attendance: 5,618
Referee: Crawford Allan
7 February 2015 26 Hamilton Academical 0–0 Kilmarnock New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 BBC
accies
Attendance: 2,245
Referee: Alan Muir
15 February 2015 27 Hamilton Academical 0–3 Aberdeen New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:30 Tena   52'   60' BBC
accies
Considine   6'
Jack   8'
McGinn   88'
Attendance: 3,095
Referee: Collum
22 February 2015 28 Celtic 4–0 Hamilton Academical Celtic Park, Glasgow
13:00 Commons   57', 82'
Johansen   64'
Guidetti   78'
BBC Attendance: 47,989
Referee: Brian Colvin
28 February 2015 29 St Mirren 1–0 Hamilton Academical St Mirren Park, Paisley
15:00 Thompson   63' BBC Attendance: 3,503
Referee: Crawford Allan
14 March 2015 30 Hamilton Academical 2–2 Ross County New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Scotland   2'
Imrie   18'
BBC Curran   28'
Gardyne   72'
Attendance: 1,544
Referee: Craig Thomson
20 March 2015 31 Motherwell 4–0 Hamilton Academical Fir Park, Motherwell
19:45 Ainsworth   49', 50'
Sutton   80', 83' (pen.)
BBC Lyon   65' Attendance: 4,250
Referee: Calum Murray
4 April 2015 32 Hamilton Academical 1–1 St Johnstone New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Crawford   7'
Canning   58'
BBC Graham   72' Attendance: 2,032
Referee: Greg Aitken
11 April 2015 33 Dundee United 1–0 Hamilton Academical Tannadice Park, Dundee
15:00 Erskine   70' BBC Attendance: 5,243
Referee: Andrew Dallas
24 April 2015 34 Hamilton Academical 2–0 Motherwell New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 Scotland   21'
Crawford   52'
BBC Attendance: 3,301
Referee: John Beaton
2 May 2015 35 Kilmarnock 2–3 Hamilton Academical Rugby Park, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
15:00 Ashcroft   8'
Kiltie  78'
BBC Scotland   21'
MacKinnon  65'
Hasselbaink  70'
Attendance: 3,450
Referee: Steven McLean
9 May 2015 36 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Partick Thistle New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Docherty   85' BBC O'Donnell   72' Attendance: 2,342
Referee: Stephen Finnie
16 May 2015 37 Ross County 2–1 Hamilton Academical Global Energy Stadium, Dingwall
15:00 Gardyne   58'
Kiss   82'
Boyce   85'
BBC Lucas   27' Attendance: 3,381
Referee: Bobby Madden
23 May 2015 38 Hamilton Academical 1–0 St Mirren New Douglas Park, Hamilton
15:00 Crawford   83' BBC Attendance: 2,425
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish League Cup

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2 August 2014 First Round Hamilton Academical 2–1 Arbroath New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 BST UTC+1 Imrie   3'
Longridge   69'
BBC
accies
Kevin Buchan   90' Attendance: 730
Referee: Craig Thomson
26 August 2014 Second Round Hamilton Academical 4–1 Alloa Athletic New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 BST UTC+1 Andreu   17'
Canning   66'
Longridge   81'
Brophy   87'
BBC
accies
Spence   40' Attendance: 694
Referee: John McKendrick
24 September 2014 Third Round Hamilton Academical 0–0
(6–5 p)
Motherwell New Douglas Park, Hamilton
19:45 BST UTC+1 Hendrie   45'   65' BBC
accies
O'Brien   46'   101' Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Craig Charleston
Penalties
Gillespie  
Crawford  
Devlin  
Longridge  
Imrie  
Watson  
  Sutton
  McManus
  Ojamaa
  Leitch
  Law
  Ramsden
29 October 2014 Quarter Final Aberdeen 1–0 Hamilton Academical Pittodrie Stadium
19:45 BST UTC+1 Rooney   24' BBC Attendance: 9,311
Referee: Madden

Scottish Cup

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29 November 2014 Round 4 Partick Thistle 2–0 Hamilton Academical Firhill Stadium, Glasgow
15.00 Stevenson   19', 54' BBC
accies
Imrie   89' Attendance: 2,467
Referee: Calum Murray

Squad statistics

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During the 2014–15 season, Hamilton Academical have used twenty six different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

Appearances

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Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 23 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NIR Michael McGovern 42 0 37 0 4 0 1 0
2 DF   SCO Ziggy Gordon 29 0 24 0 4 0 1 0
3 DF   SCO Stephen Hendrie 33 0 26+4 0 2 0 1 0
4 DF   SCO Michael Devlin 30 0 23+3 0 4 0 0 0
5 DF   SCO Martin Canning 28 4 23+1 3 3 1 1 0
6 MF   SCO Grant Gillespie 41 0 36 0 4 0 1 0
7 MF   SCO Dougie Imrie 38 3 33+1 2 2+1 1 1 0
8 MF   ENG Jon Routledge 17 0 12+3 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
9 FW   TRI Jason Scotland 27 5 12+12 5 2 0 1 0
11 MF   SCO Ali Crawford 43 11 37+1 11 3+1 0 1 0
12 MF   SCO Darren Lyon 15 0 8+5 0 0+2 0 0 0
14 FW   NED Nigel Hasselbaink 10 1 4+6 1 0 0 0 0
15 DF   SCO Kieran MacDonald 8 0 7+1 0 0 0 0 0
16 MF   SCO Craig Watson 3 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
17 MF   SCO Louis Longridge 36 2 9+22 0 4 2 0+1 0
18 FW   SCO Darian MacKinnon 34 3 27+3 3 2+1 0 1 0
20 FW   SCO Eamonn Brophy 19 1 2+14 0 1+2 1 0 0
21 MF   SCO Greg Docherty 6 1 1+5 1 0 0 0 0
23 DF   SCO Scott McMann 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 DF   ESP Jesús García 27 1 25+1 1 0 0 1 0
28 MF   ENG Daniel Redmond 27 2 20+3 2 3 0 1 0
32 FW   SCO Andy Ryan 9 0 0+7 0 1+1 0 0 0
42 MF   SCO Steven Boyd 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
44 DF   BRA Lucas 6 1 2+4 1 0 0 0 0
45 MF   CZE Nicolas Šumský 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
10 MF   SCO Alex Neil 8 0 7+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
22 MF   FRA Tony Andreu 26 13 21+2 12 3+0 1 0+0 0
99 FW   GLP Mickaël Antoine-Curier 25 8 20+2 8 1+1 0 0+1 0

Goal scorers

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As of 23 May 2015
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1   22 Tony Andreu 12 0 1 13
2   11 Ali Crawford 11 0 0 11
3   99 Mickaël Antoine-Curier 8 0 0 8
4   9 Jason Scotland 5 0 0 5
5   6 Martin Canning 3 0 1 4
6   7 Dougie Imrie 2 0 1 3
  18 Darian MacKinnon 3 0 0 3
8   17 Louis Longridge 0 0 2 2
  28 Daniel Redmond 2 0 0 2
10   14 Nigel Hasselbaink 1 0 0 1
  20 Eamonn Brophy 0 0 1 1
  21 Greg Docherty 1 0 0 1
  24 Jesús García 1 0 0 1
  44 Lucas 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 50 0 6 56

Disciplinary record

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Includes all competitive matches.
As of matches played 23 May 2015

Number Nation Position Name Total Premiership League Cup Scottish Cup
               
2   DF Ziggy Gordon 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
3   DF Stephen Hendrie 3 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
4   DF Michael Devlin 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
5   DF Martin Canning 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0
6   MF Grant Gillespie 12 0 11 0 1 0 0 0
7   MF Dougie Imrie 6 2 6 1 0 0 0 1
8   MF Jon Routledge 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
9   FW Jason Scotland 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10   MF Alex Neil 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
11   MF Ali Crawford 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
12   MF Darren Lyon 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
14   FW Nigel Hasselbaink 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
17   MF Louis Longridge 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0
18   FW Darian MacKinnon 13 1 12 1 1 0 0 0
22   FW Tony Andreu 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
24   DF Jesús García 7 1 7 1 0 0 0 0
28   MF Daniel Redmond 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
44   DF Lucas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
99   FW Mickaël Antoine-Curier 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 82 8 77 6 4 1 1 1

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Dundee United 38 17 5 16 58 56 +2 56
6 Dundee[a] 38 11 12 15 46 57 −11 45
7 Hamilton Academical 38 15 8 15 50 53 −3 53
8 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 48 44 +4 46
9 Ross County 38 12 8 18 46 63 −17 44
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

Results by round

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Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAH
ResultLWWWWDDWWWLDLWLWWLWWLLLLDDLLLDLDLWWDLW
Position115322132111234554443555555555567777777
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent

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Hamilton score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 3–0 0–3 0–3 X 3
Celtic 1–0 0–2 0–4 X 3
Dundee 0–2 2–1 1–1 X 4
Dundee United 2–2 2–3 0–1 X 1
Inverness C.T. 0–2 2–4 0–2 X 0
Kilmarnock 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 5
Motherwell 4–0 5–0 0–4 2–0 9
Partick Thistle 2–1 3–3 0–5 1–1 5
Ross County 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 7
St Johnstone 1–0 1–0 1–1 X 7
St Mirren 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 9

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Alex Neil: Norwich City appoint Hamilton player-manager as boss". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Hamilton Academical: Martin Canning becomes new manager". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Transfer Deadline Day: Norwich City sign Tony Andreu". BBC. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Hamilton Academical 2–0 Motherwell". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Dougie Imrie joins Hamilton Accies for a second time". BBC. 7 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Hamilton Accies sign Michael McGovern and Kieran MacDonald". BBC. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Hamilton Accies sign Michael McGovern and Kieran MacDonald". BBC. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Accies snap up Redmond". spfl. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Hamilton sign Forfar goalkeeper Darren Hill". BBC. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  10. ^ "Hamilton: Jason Scotland exits Accies as Lee Lynch signs". BBC. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  11. ^ "Hamilton Academical: swift return for Jason Scotland signs". BBC. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Hamilton: Lucas Tagliapietra arrives from Moldova". BBC. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  13. ^ "Hamilton Accies sign Czech midfielder Nico Sumsky". BBC. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Nigel Hasselbaink: Hamilton Academical re-sign Dutch forward". BBC. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Cuthbert makes Rovers move". SPFL. 11 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  16. ^ "James Keatings signs for Hearts". Edinburgh News. The Scotsman. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  17. ^ "Kilday and Crighton join Morton". SPFL. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  18. ^ "Sons make loan signing". SPFL. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  19. ^ "Hamilton: Jason Scotland exits Accies as Lee Lynch signs". BBC. 4 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  20. ^ "Mickael Antoine-Curier: Leaving Accies was not an easy choice". BBC. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  21. ^ "Mickael Antoine-Curier: Burton Albion sign ex-Hamilton striker". BBC. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  22. ^ "Transfer Deadline Day: Norwich City sign Tony Andreu". BBC. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  23. ^ "News Round Up". Hamilton Academical F.C. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.