2011–12 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2011–12 season
Chairman Ronnie MacDonald
Manager Billy Reid
Stadium New Douglas Park
Scottish First Division Fourth place
Challenge Cup Runners-up, lost to Falkirk
League Cup Second round, lost to Ross County
Scottish Cup Fourth round, lost to St Mirren
Top goalscorer Jon McShane (9)
Highest home attendance 2,401 vs. Partick Thistle, 13 January 2012
Lowest home attendance 1,276 vs. Raith Rovers, 21 February 2012
Average home league attendance 1,770
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

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.

Summary

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

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season

Scottish First Division

Challenge Cup

Scottish League Cup

Scottish Cup

Player statistics

Captains

No. P Name Country No. games Notes
MF Alex Neil Scotland 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

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

Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

Last updated 5 May 2012
Nation Position Name Scottish First Division Scottish Cup League Cup Challenge Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card Red card
Czech Republic GK Tomáš Černý 0000000000
Scotland GK Brian Potter 0000000000
Scotland GK David Hutton 1100000011
Scotland GK Scott Christie 0000000000
Scotland GK Blair Currie 1000000010
Scotland DF Grant Gillespie 4000001050
Scotland DF James Gibson 0000000000
Scotland DF Michael Devlin 0000000000
Scotland DF Lee Kilday 2000000020
Scotland DF Ziggy Gordon 2000100030
Scotland DF Stephen Hendrie 1000000010
Scotland DF Martin Canning 4000002060
Scotland DF Mark McLaughlin 102000000102
Scotland DF Gary Fraser 1000000010
Scotland DF Jordan Jivanda 0000000000
Scotland DF Craig Watson 0000000000
Scotland MF Alex Neil 6100000061
Scotland MFJim McAlister 2010001040
Scotland MFKyle Wilkie 0000000000
Republic of Ireland MF James Chambers 1000000010
Scotland MF Ali Crawford 0000000000
Scotland MF Andy Ryan 1000000010
Scotland MF Jordan Kirkpatrick 0000000000
Scotland MF Conner McGlinchey 1000000010
England MF Jon Routledge 4000000040
Scotland MF Graeme MacGregor 0000000000
England MF Simon Mensing 121101000141
Scotland MF Grant Anderson 2000000020
Scotland MF Paul Currie 0000000000
Scotland MF Kevin McBride 1000000010
England MF Daniel Redmond 2000000020
England MF Jon Routledge 2000000020
Scotland FW David Hopkirk 0000000000
Scotland FW Derek Lyle 0000000000
Scotland FW Louis Longridge 0000000000
Scotland FW Willie McLaren 1000000010
Scotland FW Dougie Imrie 4000002060
Scotland FWKieran Millar 1000000010
Scotland FWMatt Paterson 1000000010
Scotland FWGreig Spence 1000000010
Scotland FWGordon Smith 2000000020
Scotland FWJon McShane 1000000010
Scotland FWJames Martin 0000000000
Scotland FWMark Stewart 0000000000

Awards

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

League Statistics

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Ross County (C) 36 22 13 1 72 32+40 79 Promotion to 2012–13 Scottish Premier League
2 Dundee 36 15 10 11 53 43+10 55
3 Falkirk 36 13 13 10 53 48+5 52
4 Hamilton Academical 36 14 7 15 55 561 49
5 Livingston 36 13 9 14 56 54+2 48
6 Partick Thistle 36 12 11 13 50 39+11 47
7 Raith Rovers 36 11 11 14 46 493 44
8 Greenock Morton 36 10 12 14 40 5515 42
9 Ayr United (R) 36 9 11 16 44 6723 38 Qualification for Scottish First Division Play-offs
10 Queen of the South (R) 36 7 11 18 38 6426 32 Relegation to Scottish Second Division

Updated to games played on 5 May 2012.
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Transfers

Players in

Player From Fee
Scotland Willie McLaren Scotland Queen of the South Free[9]
Scotland Grant Anderson Scotland Stenhousemuir Free[10]
Scotland David Hutton Scotland Queen of the South Free[11]
Scotland Derek Lyle Scotland Greenock Morton Free[12]
Scotland Matt Paterson England Southend United Loan[13]
Scotland Greig Spence Scotland Celtic Loan[14]
Scotland Paul Currie England Berwick Rangers Undisclosed[15]
Scotland Kevin McBride Scotland Hibernian Free[16]
Scotland Gordon Smith Scotland Heart of Midlothian Loan[17]
Scotland Blair Currie Scotland Rangers Loan[18]
Scotland Jon McShane Scotland St Mirren Loan[19]
England Daniel Redmond England Wigan Athletic Loan[20]
Scotland Mark Stewart England Bradford City Loan[21]
England Jon Routledge England Stockport County Loan[22]
Scotland Graeme MacGregor England Bolton Wanderers Loan[23]
Scotland Louis Longridge Free[24]

Players out

Player To Fee
Scotland Grant Evans Scotland Greenock Morton Free[25]
Scotland Andy Graham Scotland Greenock Morton Free[26]
Scotland Gary McDonald England Morecambe Free[27]
Netherlands Nigel Hasselbaink Scotland St Mirren Free[28]
Guadeloupe Mickaël Antoine-Curier Cyprus Ermis Aradippou Free[29]
Scotland Euan Lindsay Scotland Largs Thistle Free[30]
Scotland Brian McQueen Scotland Clyde Free[31]
England Gavin Skelton England Barrow Free[32]
Portugal Flávio Paixão Iran Tractor Sazi Free[33]
Portugal Marco Paixão IranNaft Tehran[34] Free[35]
Argentina Damián Casalinuovo Scotland Raith Rovers[36] Free[35]
Scotland Sean Murdoch England Accrington Stanley Free[37]
Scotland David Hopkirk Free Agent Free[38]
Northern Ireland David Buchanan England Tranmere Rovers Free[39]
England Mark Carrington England Bury Free[40]
Republic of Ireland David Elebert Iceland Fylkir[41] Free[42]
England Jon Routledge England Stockport County Free[43]
England Tom Elliott England Stockport County Free[43]
Scotland James Gibson Scotland Maybole[44] Free[42]
Scotland Darren Dolan Scotland Sauchie Free[45]
Scotland Andy Kennedy Scotland Cumnock Free[42]
Scotland Jordan McCue Free Agent Free[42]
Scotland Reece McGillion Scotland Greenock Morton Free[46]
Scotland Scott Pittman Scotland Broxburn Athletic Free[47]
Scotland Willie McLaren Scotland Airdrie United Loan[48]
Republic of Ireland James Chambers Republic of Ireland St Patrick's Athletic[49] Free[50]
Australia Andy MacLean Free Agent Free[50]
Scotland Kevin McBride Scotland Dundee[51] Free[18]
Scotland Derek Lyle Scotland Cowdenbeath[52] Free[18]
Scotland Willie McLaren Scotland Airdrie United Free[18]
Scotland Ryan Finnie Scotland Dumbarton Loan[53]
Scotland Paul Currie Scotland Musselburgh Athletic[54] Free[55]
Scotland Dougie Imrie Scotland St Mirren £35,000[56]
Scotland Lewis Milton Scotland Armadale Thistle Loan[57]
Scotland Ciaran Johnston Scotland Armadale Thistle Loan[57]
Scotland Michael Devlin Scotland Stenhousemuir Loan[58]
Czech Republic Tomáš Černý Free Agent Free[59]
Scotland Conner McGlinchey Scotland Berwick Rangers Loan[60]
Scotland Grant Anderson Scotland Stenhousemuir Loan[61]
Scotland Kieran Millar Scotland Stenhousemuir Loan[61]

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