2009–10 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2009–10 season
Chairman	Ronnie MacDonald
Manager	Billy Reid
Stadium	New Douglas Park
Scottish Premier League	7th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	; Simon Mensing; (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,343 vs. Rangers Scottish Premier League 16 January 2010
Lowest home attendance	2,003 vs. Hearts Scottish Premier League 6 December 2009

The 2009–10 season was the 123rd season of competitive football by Hamilton Academical and the second season back in the top-flight of Scottish football. Hamilton Academical competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.

Transfers

Summer Transfer Window (1 July – 1 September 2009)

For a list of Scottish football transfers in 2009–10, see transfers in season 2009-10

In Permanent

Date	Player	From	Fee	Contract length
20 July 2009	Marvin Andrews[1]	Raith Rovers	Free	One year
20 July 2009	Tomáš Černý[1]	Sigma Olomouc	£180,000	Two years
27 July 2009	Izzy Iriekpen[2]	Bristol City	Free	Two years
5 August 2009	David Louhoungou[3]	Stade Rennais	Free	Unknown
6 August 2009	Marco Paixão[4]	Cultural	Free	Unknown
6 August 2009	Flávio Paixão[4]	Benidorm	Free	Unknown
14 August 2009	John Paul Kissock[5]	Everton	Free	Unknown
14 August 2009	Luis Rubiales[5]	Alicante	Free	Unknown
14 August 2009	Kevin Welsh[5]	Harestanes	Free	Unknown
18 August 2009	Kyle Wilkie[6]	Stockport County	Free	Unknown
21 August 2009	Leon Knight[7]	Thrasivoulos Filis	Free	Unknown
28 August 2009	Gary Mason[8]	St Mirren	Free	Six months
1 September 2009	Richard Hastings[9]	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Free	One year
29 September 2009	Guillaume Beuzelin[10]	Coventry City	Free	Unknown

Loans in

Date	Player	From	Loan Length
4 August 2009	James Wesolowski[11]	Leicester City	Five months
1 September 2009	Mickaël Antoine-Curier[12]	Dundee	Six months

Loans out

Date	Player	To	Loan Length
11 September 2009	Kevin Welsh[13]	Alloa Athletic	Four months

Out Permanent

Date	Player	To	Fee
29 May 2009	Rocco Quinn[14]	Queen of the South	Free
5 June 2009	Kenny Deuchar[15]	St Johnstone	Free
16 June 2009	Chris Swailes[16]	Gateshead	Free
14 July 2009	Brian Easton[17]	Burnley	£350,000
20 July 2009	Joël Thomas[18]	Colchester United	£125,000
20 July 2009	James McCarthy[19]	Wigan Athletic	£1,200,000
28 July 2009	Mark Corcoran[20]	Partick Thistle	Free
26 August 2009	Richard Offiong[21]	Carlisle United	£75,000

Winter Transfer Window (1 January – 2 February 2010)

In Permanent

Date	Player	From	Fee	Contract length
—	—	—	—	—

Loans in

Date	Player	From	Loan Length
28 January 2010	Joël Thomas[22]	Colchester United	Six months
29 January 2010	Brian Easton[23]	Burnley	Six months

Loans out

Date	Player	To	Loan Length
—	—	—	—

Out Permanent

Date	Player	To	Fee	Note
28 January 2010	Marvin Andrews[22]	Released	—	—

Results and fixtures

Win	Draw	Loss

Scottish Premier League

Match Day	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score[24]	Hamilton Academical Scorer(s)[25]	League Position[26]	Attendance	Report
1	15 August 2009	Kilmarnock	A	0–3		12	5,307	Official Website
2	22 August 2009	Aberdeen	H	0–3		12	3,347	Official Website
3	29 August 2009	Rangers	A	1–4	McLaughlin (86)	12	47,633	Official Website
4	13 September 2009	Hibernian	H	2–0	Mensing 8' (pen.), Curier (11)	11	4,023	Official Website
5	19 September 2009	Falkirk	H	0–0		10	2,640	Official Website
6	26 September 2009	Hearts	A	1–2	M Paixão (61)	10	13,025	Official Website
7	3 October 2009	St Johnstone	H	0–2		11	2,199	Official Website
8	17 October 2009	Dundee United	A	1–1	Curier (64)	11	5,944	Official Website
9	25 October 2009	Celtic	H	1–2	Curier (82)	11	4,689	Official Website
10	31 October 2009	St Mirren	A	2–0	M Paixão (2), Canning {40}	11	4,022	Official Website
11	7 November 2009	Motherwell	H	2–2	Mensing (60), M Paixão (81)	11	3,583	Official Website
12	21 November 2009	Falkirk	A	0–2		11	5,268	Official Website
13	28 November 2009	St Johnstone	A	1–1	Antoine-Curier (24)	10	3,426	Official Website
14	6 December 2009	Hearts	H	2–1	McArthur (5), Mensing (24)	10	2,003	Official Website
15	12 December 2009	Aberdeen	A	2–1	Antoine-Curier (32), Wesolowski (80)	7	9,499	Official Website
16	26 December 2009	Celtic	A	0–2		9	36,827	Official Website
17	13 January 2010	Dundee United	H	0–1		10	2,033	Official Website
18	16 January 2010	Rangers	H	0–1		10	5,343	Official Website
19	23 January 2010	Hibernian	A	1–5	Paixão (69)	10	11,481	Official Website
20	26 January 2010	Kilmarnock	H	0–0		10	2,018	Official Website
21	30 January 2010	Celtic	H	0–1		10	4,922	Official Website
22	6 February 2010	Motherwell	A	0–1		12	4,777	Official Website
23	10 February 2010	Dundee United	A	2–0	F.Paixão (23), M.Paixão (45)	11	5,598	Official Website
24	13 February 2010	Motherwell	H	0–0		11	3,133	Official Website
25	21 February 2010	Hearts	A	0–2		11	13,496	Official Website
26	27 February 2010	St Mirren	A	0–0		11	3,628	Official Website
27	6 March 2010	Aberdeen	A	1–1	F.Paixão (62)	11	2,030	Official Website
28	13 March 2010	St Mirren	H	1–0	F.Paixão (90)	10	2,179	Official Website
29	20 March 2010	Falkirk	H	2–2	Antoine-Curier (50), Mensing 58' (pen.)	9	2,461	Official Website
30	24 March 2010	Kilmarnock	A	2–1	Antoine-Curier (21), Mensing (26)	9	4,068	Official Website
31	27 March 2010	St Johnstone	H	1–0	Wesolowski (43)	9	2,245	Official Website
32	3 April 2010	Rangers	A	0–1		9	48,068	Official Website
33	10 April 2010	Hibernian	H	4–1	Mensing 17' (pen.), 60' (pen.), Thomas 68', 80'	8	2,520	Official Website
34	17 April 2010	Kilmarnock	H	3–0	Imrie (72), F.Paixão (77), Thomas (87)	8	2,628	Official Website
35	24 April 2010	Falkirk	A	1–0	M.Paixão (19)	8	5,118	Official Website
36	1 May 2010	Aberdeen	A	3–1	F.Paixão (1), Wesolowski (49), Mensing 58' (pen.)	8	7,009	Official Website
37	5 May 2010	St Mirren	H	0–0		8	3,102	Official Website
38	8 May 2010	St Johnstone	A	3–2	McLaughlin (8), Imrie (15), Wesolowski (84)	7	3,188

Scottish League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score[24]	Hamilton Academical Scorer(s)[25]	Attendance	Report
2nd Round	25 August 2009	Ross County	A	1–2	Mensing (90+2)	—	—

Scottish Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	H/A	Score[24]	Hamilton Academical Scorer(s)[25]	Attendance	Report
4th Round	10 January 2010	Rangers	H	3–3	Mensing 39' (pen.), M Paixão (45+1), Curier (45+3)	3,942	BBC Sport
4th Round Replay	19 January 2010	Rangers	A	0–2 (a.e.t.)		21,856	BBC Sport

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	—	7		15 August 2009
League Cup	2nd Round	—	2nd Round	25 August 2009	25 August 2009
Scottish Cup	4th Round	4th Round		10 January 2010

Source: Competitions

SPL

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Motherwell	38	13	14	11	52	54	−2	53	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6	Heart of Midlothian	38	13	9	16	35	46	−11	48

7	Hamilton Academical	38	13	10	15	39	46	−7	49
8	St Johnstone	38	12	11	15	57	61	−4	47
9	Aberdeen	38	10	11	17	36	52	−16	41

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	4	4	7	15	24	−9	16	2	2	3	7	10	−3	2	2	4	8	14	−6

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	P
Position	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	8

Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Results by opponent

Team	Results[24]				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	0-3	2-1			3
Celtic	1-2				0
Dundee United	1-1	P-P			1
Falkirk	0-0	0-2			1
Heart of Midlothian	1-2	2-1			3
Hibernian	2-0				3
Kilmarnock	0-3				0
Motherwell	2-2				1
Rangers	1-4				0
St Johnstone	0-2	1-1			1
St Mirren	2-0				3

Source: 2009–10 Scottish Premier League article

Notes and references

"Andrews wins deal with Hamilton". BBC Sport. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Accies capture defender Iriekpen". BBC Sport. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Hamilton complete Louhoungou deal". BBC Sport. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Hamilton sign up Portuguese twins". BBC Sport. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Accies confirm three new captures". BBC Sport. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Accies snap up midfielder Wilkie". BBC Sport. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Hamilton take a chance on Knight". BBC Sport. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Mason joins Accies until January". BBC Sport. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Accies sign two on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Hamilton complete Beuzelin deal". BBC Sport. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Hamilton take Wesolowski on loan". BBC Sport. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Accies sign two on deadline day". BBC Sport. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Accies Welsh loaned to Alloa". BBC Sport. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Roy and Quinn sign up with Queens". BBC Sport. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Deuchar maker return to Saints". BBC Sport. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Swailes completes Gateshead move". BBC Sport. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Burnley tie up Easton transfer". BBC Sport. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Colchester secure Accies' Thomas". BBC Sport. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"McCarthy agrees £1.2m Wigan move". BBC Sport. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Accies' Corcoran goes to Firhill". BBC Sport. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Offiong completes Carlisle switch". BBC Sport. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
"Joel Thomas to rejoin Hamilton as Marvin Andrews exits". BBC Sport. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
"Burnley defender Brian Easton rejoins Hamilton on loan". BBC Sport. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
Hamilton Academical's score is shown first.
The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.
Shows Hamilton Academical's position in the table at end of day the match was played on

External links

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[Andrews_wins_deal_with_Hamilton-1] "Andrews wins deal with Hamilton". BBC Sport. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[2] "Accies capture defender Iriekpen". BBC Sport. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[3] "Hamilton complete Louhoungou deal". BBC Sport. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[Hamilton_sign_up_Portuguese_twins-4] "Hamilton sign up Portuguese twins". BBC Sport. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[Accies_confirm_three_new_captures-5] "Accies confirm three new captures". BBC Sport. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[6] "Accies snap up midfielder Wilkie". BBC Sport. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[7] "Hamilton take a chance on Knight". BBC Sport. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[8] "Mason joins Accies until January". BBC Sport. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[9] "Accies sign two on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[10] "Hamilton complete Beuzelin deal". BBC Sport. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[11] "Hamilton take Wesolowski on loan". BBC Sport. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[12] "Accies sign two on deadline day". BBC Sport. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[13] "Accies Welsh loaned to Alloa". BBC Sport. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[14] "Roy and Quinn sign up with Queens". BBC Sport. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[15] "Deuchar maker return to Saints". BBC Sport. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[16] "Swailes completes Gateshead move". BBC Sport. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[17] "Burnley tie up Easton transfer". BBC Sport. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[18] "Colchester secure Accies' Thomas". BBC Sport. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[19] "McCarthy agrees £1.2m Wigan move". BBC Sport. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[20] "Accies' Corcoran goes to Firhill". BBC Sport. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[21] "Offiong completes Carlisle switch". BBC Sport. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

[Joel_Thomas_to_rejoin_Hamilton_as_Marvin_Andrews_exits-22] "Joel Thomas to rejoin Hamilton as Marvin Andrews exits". BBC Sport. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.

[23] "Burnley defender Brian Easton rejoins Hamilton on loan". BBC Sport. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.

[Hamilton_Academical_score-24] Hamilton Academical's score is shown first.

[Hamilton_Academical_scorers-25] The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.

[26] Shows Hamilton Academical's position in the table at end of day the match was played on

2009–10 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League East of Scotland League South of Scotland League Scottish Premier Under-19 League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2010 World Cup qualifying (UEFA Group 9)
Club seasons
Premier League	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Falkirk Hamilton Academical Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers St Johnstone St. Mirren
First Division	Airdrie United Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County
Second Division	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Brechin City Clyde Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife Peterhead Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion
Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Berwick Rangers East Stirlingshire Elgin City Forfar Athletic Livingston Montrose Queen's Park Stranraer
List of Scottish football transfers 2009–10 2009–10 in Scottish reserve and youth football