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 |
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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 | 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 | |
| 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
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Division summary
Transfers
Players in |
Players out
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References
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