2013–14 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2013–14 season
Chairman	Les Gray
Manager	Alex Neil
Stadium	New Douglas Park
Championship	Second place; (Promoted via play-offs)
Challenge Cup	First Round
League Cup	Third Round
Scottish Cup	Third Round
Top goalscorer	League: Keatings & Andreu (13); All: Keatings & Andreau (15)
Highest home attendance	4,529 v Dundee, Championship, 5 April 2014
Lowest home attendance	817 v Cowdenbeath, Championship, 21 September 2013
Average home league attendance	1,476
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 season was Hamilton Academical's first season in the newly formed Scottish Championship and their third consecutive season in the second tier of Scottish football. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup, Scottish Cup and the Challenge Cup.

Summary

Season

Hamilton finished second in the Scottish Championship with 67 points. They were promoted to the Scottish Premiership in May 2014 after defeating Hibernian in the premiership play-offs.^[1] Hamilton also reached the third rounds of the Scottish Cup and League Cup and the first round of the Challenge Cup.

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Championship

10 August 2013 1	Raith Rovers	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Stark's Park
15:00		BBC	Keatings 68'	Attendance: 1,652 Referee: Crawford Allan

17 August 2013 2	Hamilton Academical	4–1	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
15:00	Keatings 28' (pen.) 30' Gillespie 72' Andreu 77'	BBC	Agnew 67' (pen.)	Attendance: 995 Referee: Kevin Clancy

24 August 2013 3	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Queen of the South	New Douglas Park
15:00	MacKinnon 39' Ryan 80'	BBC		Attendance: 1,367 Referee: Steven McLean

31 August 2013 4	Falkirk	1–2	Hamilton Academical	Falkirk Stadium
15:00	Fulton 50'	BBC	Antoine-Curier 72' Crawford 75'	Attendance: 3,266 Referee: Bobby Madden

14 September 2013 5	Dundee	0–0	Hamilton Academical	Dens Park
15:00		BBC		Attendance: 4,155 Referee: Mat Northcroft

21 September 2013 6	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Cowdenbeath	New Douglas Park
15:00	Gordon 51'	BBC		Attendance: 817 Referee: Euan Anderson

28 September 2013 7	Alloa Athletic	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Recreation Park
15:00	McCord 45' (pen.)	BBC	Neil 44'	Attendance: 653 Referee: Stevie O'Reilly

5 October 2013 8	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Livingston	New Douglas Park
15:00	Keatings 33' (pen.) , 65'	BBC		Attendance: 1,059 Referee: Des Roache

12 October 2013 9	Greenock Morton	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Cappielow
15:00	Habai 69'	BBC	Andreu 33'	Attendance: 2,106 Referee: Calum Murray

19 October 2013 10	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Raith Rovers	New Douglas Park
15:00	Keatings 31'	BBC	Hill 34' Elliot 70' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,113 Referee: Iain Brines

26 October 2013 11	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Falkirk	New Douglas Park
15:00	Andreu 21' Longridge 89'	BBC		Attendance: 1,340 Referee: Alan Muir

9 November 2013 12	Queen of the South	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Palmerston Park
15:00		BBC	Antoine-Curier 16'	Attendance: 1,557 Referee: George Salmond

16 November 2013 13	Cowdenbeath	2–4	Hamilton Academical	Central Park, Cowdenbeath
15:00	Wedderburn 18' Milne 37'	BBC	García Tena 66' MacKinnon 69' Gordon 71' Andreu 90'	Attendance: 401 Referee: Des Roache

23 November 2013 14	Hamilton Academical	0–3	Dundee	New Douglas Park
15:00		BBC	Davidson 16' Gallagher 57' MacDonald 89'	Attendance: 2,077 Referee: Bobby Madden

7 December 2013 15	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Alloa Athletic	New Douglas Park
15:00		BBC	Meggatt 47'	Attendance: 860 Referee: Greg Aitken

14 December 2013 16	Livingston	0–0	Hamilton Academical	Almondvale Stadium
15:00		BBC		Attendance: 794 Referee: Mat Northcroft

21 December 2013 17	Dumbarton	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Fleming 11' Graham 71'	BBC	Keatings 33'	Attendance: 642 Referee: John McKendrick

28 December 2013 18	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Greenock Morton	New Douglas Park
15:00	Antoine-Curier 24'	BBC		Attendance: 1,472 Referee: Iain Brines

4 January 2014 19	Hamilton Academical	3–1	Queen of the South	New Douglas Park
15:00	Longridge 4' Antoine-Curier 9' Crawford 58'	BBC	Russell 22'	Attendance: 1,366 Referee: Calum Murray

11 January 2014 20	Falkirk	0–0	Hamilton Academical	Falkirk Stadium
15:00		BBC		Attendance: 3,099 Referee: Crawford Allan

25 January 2014 21	Hamilton Academical	3–4	Cowdenbeath	New Douglas Park
15:00	Andreu 66', 86' Keatings 81' (pen.)	BBC	Stewart 5', 46' Hemmings 9', 20'	Attendance: 944 Referee: Euan Anderson

1 February 2014 22	Hamilton Academical	3–3	Dumbarton	New Douglas Park
15:00	Keatings 4', 71' Scotland 88'	BBC	Kirkpatrick 27' Hendrie 69' (o.g.) Kane 89'	Attendance: 1,061 Referee: Des Roache

8 February 2014 23	Dundee	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Dens Park
15:00	Boyle 6'	BBC	Hendrie 51' Gordon 62'	Attendance: 5,206 Referee: Stephen Finnie

15 February 2014 24	Raith Rovers	2–4	Hamilton Academical	Stark's Park
15:00	Cardle 82' Baird 89'	BBC	Andreu 4', 32' Longridge 39' Keatings 43' (pen.)	Attendance: 1,436 Referee: Willie Collum

21 February 2014 25	Hamilton Academical	2–0	Livingston	New Douglas Park
19:45	Scotland 28' Antoine-Curier 90'	BBC		Attendance: 1,063 Referee: Craig Charleston

1 March 2014 26	Alloa Athletic	0–3	Hamilton Academical	Recreation Park
15:00		BBC	Longridge 1' Keatings 11' (pen.) Andreu 20'	Attendance: 656 Referee: Stephen Finnie

8 March 2014 27	Queen of the South	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Palmerston Park
15:00	Reilly 63'	BBC	Canning 56'	Attendance: 995 Referee: John McKendrick

15 March 2014 28	Hamilton Academical	3–1	Falkirk	New Douglas Park
15:00	Scotland 4' MacKinnon 74' Longridge 90'	BBC	Beck 71'	Attendance: 1,706 Referee: Alan Muir

22 March 2014 29	Greenock Morton	3–4	Hamilton Academical	Cappielow
15:00	Vine 23' Fitzpatrick 60' O'Connor 84'	BBC	Scotland 13' Longridge 54', 64' Antoine-Curier 87'	Attendance: 1,345 Referee: Calum Murray

25 March 2014 30	Hamilton Academical	3–2	Raith Rovers	New Douglas Park
19:45	Andreu 65' Keatings 68' Scotland 90'	BBC	Baird 45', 69'	Attendance: 954 Referee: George Salmond

29 March 2014 31	Cowdenbeath	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Central Park
15:00	O'Brien 90+5'	BBC	Antoine-Curier 90+1'	Attendance: 497 Referee: Kevin Clancy

5 April 2014 32	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Dundee	New Douglas Park
15:00	Antoine-Curier 71'	BBC	Boyle 37'	Attendance: 4,529 Referee: Willie Collum

12 April 2014 33	Livingston	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Almondvale Stadium
15:00	Jacobs 64'	BBC	Hendrie 54' Scotland 86'	Attendance: 1,133 Referee: Stephen Finnie

19 April 2014 34	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Alloa Athletic	New Douglas Park
15:00	Scotland 4' Ryan 46'	BBC	Caldwell 83'	Attendance: 1,087 Referee: Iain Brines

26 April 2014 35	Dumbarton	4–1	Hamilton Academical	Dumbarton Football Stadium
15:00	Agnew 32' Nish 77' Megginson 85' Kirkpatrick 87'	BBC	Scotland 41' Neil 83'	Attendance: 1,420 Referee: George Salmond

3 May 2014 36	Hamilton Academical	10–2	Greenock Morton	New Douglas Park
15:00	Antoine-Curier 5', 56', 78', 86' Andreu 8', 32', 45' (pen.) Longridge 35' Devlin 68' Findlay 85' (o.g.)	BBC	Imrie 22', 73'	Attendance: 2,034 Referee: Steven McLean

Premiership play-off

13 May 2014 Semi–final 1st Leg	Falkirk	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Falkirk Stadium
19:45	Beck 80'	Report	MacKinnon 61'	Attendance: 4,194 Referee: John Beaton

18 May 2014 Semi–final 2nd Leg	Hamilton Academical	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Falkirk	New Douglas Park
19:45	Andreu 16'	Report		Attendance: 4,678 Referee: Kevin Clancy

21 May 2014 Final 1st Leg	Hamilton Academical	0–2	Hibernian	New Douglas Park
19:45		Report	Cummings 39' 55'	Attendance: 5,322 Referee: Bobby Madden

25 May 2014 Final 2nd Leg	Hibernian	0–2 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (3–4 p)	Hamilton Academical	Easter Road
15:30		Report	Scotland 13' Andreu 90+3'	Attendance: 18,031 Referee: Willie Collum
	Penalties
	Thomson McGivern Craig Tudur Jones Cummings		Gillespie Andreu Antoine-Curier Scotland

Scottish Challenge Cup

27 July 2013 First Round	Airdrieonians	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Excelsior Stadium
15:00	McLaren 24' Nathan Blockley 59'	BBC	Longridge 18'	Attendance: 807 Referee: Calum Murray

Scottish League Cup

3 August 2013 First Round	Stirling Albion	0–3	Hamilton Academical	Forthbank Stadium
15:00		BBC	Keatings 32', 64' Smith 41' (o.g.)	Attendance: 556 Referee: John McKendrick

27 August 2013 Second Round	Kilmarnock	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Rugby Park
19:45		BBC	Antoine-Curier 42'	Attendance: 2,033 Referee: Calum Murray

24 September 2013 Third Round	Hamilton Academical	0–3	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
19:45		BBC	May 4', 90' Edwards 86'	Attendance: 1,059 Referee: John Beaton

Scottish Cup

2 November 2013 Third Round	Queen of the South	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Palmerston Park
15:00	Lyle 64'	BBC		Attendance: 1,324 Referee: Stephen Finnie

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dundee (C, P)	36	21	6	9	54	26	+28	69	Promotion to the Premiership
2	Hamilton Academical (O, P)	36	19	10	7	68	41	+27	67	Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final
3	Falkirk	36	19	9	8	59	33	+26	66	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
4	Queen of the South	36	16	7	13	53	39	+14	55	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Dumbarton	36	15	6	15	65	64	+1	51

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Division summary

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	L	W
Position	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2

Source: ^[2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Blair Currie	Rangers	Free^[3]
James Keatings	Celtic	Free^[4]
Tony Andreu	Livingston	Free^[5]
Mickaël Antoine-Curier	Free Agent	Free^[6]
Jesús García Tena	Livingston	Free^[7]
Paul George	Celtic	Loan^[8]
Jason Scotland	Barnsley	Free^[9]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Jonathan Page	Greenock Morton	Free^[10]
Gary Fraser	Bolton Wanderers	Free^[11]
Scott Christie	Linlithgow Rose	Undisclosed
Andy Ryan	Brechin City	Loan^[12]
Eamonn Brophy	Queen's Park	Loan^[13]

References

^ "Hibs 0–2 Hamilton (agg 2–2, 3–4 pens)". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Scottish Championship 2013/2014". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Rangers goalkeeper Blair Currie to join Hamilton". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Striker James Keatings hopes to fire Hamilton to the big time". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ "Accies snap up French midfielder Anthony Andreu". hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk. Hamilton Advertiser. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Return of the MAC". acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Ex-Livingston star Jesus signs up with Hamilton". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Celtic midfielder Paul George moves to Hamilton on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Jason Scotland joins Hamilton Accies from Barnsley". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Page Turns Up at Morton". spfl.co.uk. SPFL. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Bolton Wanderers: Gary Fraser joins after Hamilton exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Brechin City – Rangers Preview". brechincity.com. Brechin City F.C. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ "Brophy goes out on loan". acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 6 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[1] "Hibs 0–2 Hamilton (agg 2–2, 3–4 pens)". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 May 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[2] "Scottish Championship 2013/2014". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[3] "Rangers goalkeeper Blair Currie to join Hamilton". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[4] "Striker James Keatings hopes to fire Hamilton to the big time". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 25 July 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2020.

[5] "Accies snap up French midfielder Anthony Andreu". hamiltonadvertiser.co.uk. Hamilton Advertiser. 1 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[6] "Return of the MAC". acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.^{[dead link‍]}

[7] "Ex-Livingston star Jesus signs up with Hamilton". dailyrecord.co.uk. Daily Record. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[8] "Celtic midfielder Paul George moves to Hamilton on loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[9] "Jason Scotland joins Hamilton Accies from Barnsley". BBC Sport. BBC. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[10] "Page Turns Up at Morton". spfl.co.uk. SPFL. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[11] "Bolton Wanderers: Gary Fraser joins after Hamilton exit". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[12] "Brechin City – Rangers Preview". brechincity.com. Brechin City F.C. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[13] "Brophy goes out on loan". acciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 6 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

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