2018–19 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2018–19 season
Chairman	Ronnie MacDonald; (until 18 December); Allan Maitland[1]
Manager	Martin Canning; (until 29 January); Brian Rice; (from 31 January)
Stadium	New Douglas Park
Scottish Premiership	10th
Scottish Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Mickel Miller (5); All: Mickel Miller (8)
Highest home attendance	5,827 vs. Rangers, Premiership, 24 February 2019
Lowest home attendance	1,012 vs. Livingston, League Cup, 17 July 2018
Average home league attendance	2,829

The 2018–19 season was Hamilton's fifth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football since their promotion at the end of the 2013–14 season. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.[2]

Summary

Season

Hamilton finished in tenth place in the Scottish Premiership for the second consecutive season and once again avoided dropping into the relegation play-off place on the final day of the season with their victory over St Johnstone. Hamilton were also eliminated in the group stage of the league cup and the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.

Management

Hamilton began the season under the management of Martin Canning who had been at the club as a player since 2008 and player-manager since 2015. On 29 January 2019, Canning departed the club by mutual consent.[3] Two days later on 31 January, former St Mirren assistant Brian Rice was appointed as the club's new head coach.[4]

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Scottish Premiership

4 August 2018 1	Hamilton Academical	1–4	Heart of Midlothian	Hamilton
15:00	Miller 17' McMann 42' Penny 60'	BBC Report	Haring 20', 58' Naismith 49' (pen), 68' MacLean 60', 62'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 3,764 Referee: Andrew Dallas

11 August 2018 2	Motherwell	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sammon 24' Hartley 66'	Report	Want 49' Boyd 67' MacKinnon 85' Woods 86'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,807 Referee: Nick Walsh

26 August 2018 3	Celtic	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
	Boyata 63'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 56,044 Referee: Don Robertson

1 September 2018 4	Hamilton Academical	1–2	St Johnstone	Hamilton
	Bingham 29', 69' McMann 36'	Report	Alston 37' McMillan 45+1' Clark 90'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,791 Referee: Bobby Madden

15 September 2018 5	Livingston	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Livingston
15:00	Lawless 3' Gallagher 47' Halkett 57'	BBC Report	Bingham 35' MacKinnon 66'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 1,342 Referee: Alan Muir

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 6	Hamilton Academical	3–0	St Mirren	Hamilton
	MacKinnon 26' Brustad 36' Miller 40' (pen), 66' Taiwo 54'	Report	Edwards 34' Flynn 70' P. McGinn 77'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,830 Referee: Greg Aitken

29 September 2018 7	Hamilton Academical	0–2	Dundee	Hamilton
15:00	Boyd 41' Brustad 77'	Report	Boyle 38', 61' Madianga 90+3' Inniss 77' Ngwatala 73'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,788 Referee: Willie Collum

6 October 2018 8	Hibernian	6–0	Hamilton Academical	Edinburgh
	Boyle 25' Mallan 34', 71' Hyndman 39' Kamberi 90+1' Kilgallon 90+2' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 16,857 Referee: Don Robertson

21 October 2018 9	Hamilton Academical	1–4	Rangers	Hamilton
13:30	Boyd 80'	Report	Kent 41' Tavernier 84' (pen.), 87' (pen.) Morelos 90+4'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 5,013 Referee: Andrew Dallas

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 10	Kilmarnock	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Edinburgh
	McKenzie 44' Tshibola 59' Byrne 81'	Report	Imrie 34', 36' MacKinnon 43' Martin 63' Boyd 87' 90+2'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 5,023 Referee: Euan Anderson

31 October 2018 (2018-10-31) 11	Aberdeen	3–0	Hamilton Academical	Aberdeen
19:45 GMT	Shinnie 8' Wilson 23' Devlin 60'	Report	Kilgallon 22' McGowan 27' Imrie 78' 90+2'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 12,365 Referee: Greg Aitken

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 12	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Livingston	Hamilton
15:00 GMT	Taiwo 22' Gordon 28' Miller 61' 85' Tshiembe 70' Bloomfield 86'	Report	Lithgow 73' Menga 88'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,459 Referee: Alan Muir

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 13	St Johnstone	4–0	Hamilton Academical	Perth
	Davidson 20' Wright 36' Kennedy 54', 62' Wotherspoon 74'	Report	Imrie 20' McGowan 39' Martin 51' MacKinnon 76'	Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,175 Referee: Steven McLean

24 November 2018 (2018-11-24) 14	Hamilton Academical	0–3	Celtic	Hamilton
	McMann 57' Martin 81' Taiwo 87'	Report	Christie 13' Martin 68' (o.g.) Griffiths 82'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 4,688 Referee: Don Robertson

1 December 2018 (2018-12-01) 15	St Mirren	1–3	Hamilton Academical	Paisley
	S McGinn 6', 45' Jackson 46' 68'	Report	Imrie 21' Martin 30' Gordon 42', 52' Keatings 55' McGowan 61'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 4,334 Referee: Kevin Clancy

5 December 2018 16	Dundee	4–0	Hamilton Academical	Dundee
19:45 GMT	K. Miller 27', 51', 81' Curran 69'	Report		Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,426 Referee: John Beaton

8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) 17	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Hibernian	Hamilton
15:00 GMT	Keatings 7' Gordon 74'	Report	Slivka 42' Shaw 65'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,169 Referee: Bobby Madden

16 December 2018 (2018-12-16) 18	Rangers	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
15:00 GMT	Candeias 3' Lafferty 90+2'	Report	Gordon 39' Taiwo 67'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 49,055 Referee: Euan Anderson

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 19	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Kilmarnock	Hamilton
	Miller 37' (pen.), 56' Imrie 45+1' McGowan 81'	Report	Brophy 7'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 3,401 Referee: Bobby Madden

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 20	Heart of Midlothian	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT	Naismith 18' Djoum 44'	BBC Report	Want 56' 71'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Attendance: 16,475 Referee: Don Robertson

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 21	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Motherwell	Hamilton
	Imrie 17' McGowan 61'	Report	Aldred 21', 77' Frear 40' Turnbull 52' Campbell 90+1'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 3,843 Referee: Nick Walsh

23 January 2019 22	Hamilton Academical	0–3	Aberdeen	Hamilton
19:45 GMT	McGowan 16' Gordon 28' Martin 82'	Report	Cosgrove 25', 52' Logan 51' Ferguson 56' 78'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,104 Referee: Greg Aitken

26 January 2019 23	Celtic	3–0	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
	McGregor 40' Christie 77' Sinclair 87'	BBC Sport Celtic Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 58,264 Referee: Alan Muir

2 February 2019 24	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Dundee	Hamilton
15:00 GMT	MacKinnon 90+1'	Report	Wright 66'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,297 Referee: Euan Anderson

6 February 2019 25	Hamilton Academical	2–1	St Johnstone	Hamilton
19:45 GMT	Gogić 64' Oakley 68', 79' Andreu 84'	Report	Shaughnessy 61' Craig 76'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,174 Referee: Gavin Duncan

16 February 2019 26	Hibernian	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT	Kamberi 17' McNulty 39' (pen.), 51' McGregor 63' Mallan 67'	BBC Sport	Oakley 62' Sowah 74'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 16,265 Referee: Alan Muir

24 February 2019 27	Hamilton Academical	0–5	Rangers	Hamilton
12:15	Andreu 69'	Rangers Report BBC Report SPFL Report	Jack 16' Defoe 17' Arfield 24' Tavernier 44' (pen.) Lafferty 88'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 5,827 Referee: Nick Walsh

27 February 2019 28	Aberdeen	0–2	Hamilton Academical	Aberdeen
19:45 GMT	Considine 14'	Report	Oakley 34' Miller 59', 90+4' McGowan 63'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 12,468 Referee: Bobby Madden

9 March 2019 29	Motherwell	3–0	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Turnbull 3', 11' (pen.) Hastie 37' Rodriguez 54' Johnson 90'	Report	Gogić 38' Keatings 56' Sowah 61' Kilgallon 90'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,248 Referee: Andrew Dallas

16 March 2019 30	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Heart of Midlothian	Hamilton
15:00	McGowan 36'	Report		Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,082 Referee: Willie Collum

30 March 2019 31	Kilmarnock	5–0	Hamilton Academical	Kilmarnock
15:00	Taylor 5' McAleny 56' Mulumbu 63' Burke 84' Ndjoli 92'	Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4,762 Referee: Andrew Dallas

3 April 2019 32	Livingston	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Almondvale Stadium
19:45	Robinson 13' Lithgow 33' Hardie 46' Halkett 79'	Report	Andreu 62' Miller 66'	Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Alan Muir

6 April 2019 33	Hamilton Academical	1–1	St Mirren	Hamilton
15:00	Miller 54' Davies 63'	Report	Dreyer 66' (pen.)	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 3,096 Referee: John Beaton

20 April 2019 34	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Motherwell	Hamilton
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	MacKinnon 56' Martin 71' McGowan 80' Ogkmpoe 84'	Report	Turnbull 30' Campbell 82'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,746 Referee: Don Robertson

27 April 2019 35	Hamilton Academical	3–3	Livingston	Hamilton
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Oakley 40' Imrie 47' (pen.), 62' Smith 86' McGowan 90'	Report	Kelly 47' Pittman 57', 71' Lawson 67'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,135 Referee: Greg Aitken

4 May 2019 36	Dundee	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Dundee
15:00		Report	Mimnaugh 32' Andreu 83' (pen.)	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 4,622 Referee: Nick Walsh

13 May 2019 37	St Mirren	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Paisley
19:45	P. McGinn 20' Mužek 56' McAllister 75' Magennis 90+6'	Report	McGowan 19' Gogić 29'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 6,421 Referee: Willie Collum

18 May 2019 38	Hamilton Academical	2–0	St Johnstone	Hamilton
12:30	Gordon 11' Davies 57' McMann 72' Martin 77' MacKinnon 88'	Report	Craig 6'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,553 Referee: Steven McLean

Scottish League Cup

14 July 2018 Group Stage	Annan Athletic	1–0	Hamilton Academical	Annan
	Smith 60'	Report		Stadium: Galabank Attendance: 491

17 July 2018 Group Stage	Hamilton Academical	0–0 (5–6 p)	Livingston	Hamilton
		Report		Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,012 Referee: John Beaton

24 July 2018 Group Stage	Berwick Rangers	0–4	Hamilton Academical	Berwick-upon-Tweed
		Report	Miller 5', 29', 64 pen.' Imrie 87'	Stadium: Shielfield Park Attendance: 336

28 July 2018 Group Stage	Hamilton Academical	1–1 (3–0 p)	Airdrieonians	Hamilton
	Bingham 62'	Report	Victoria 83'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,316 Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Cup

19 January 2019 Fourth Round	St Johnstone	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Perth
15:00	Kerr 1' Watt 26'	Report		Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,363 Referee: John Beaton

UEFA Youth League

3 October 2018 First round 1st Leg	Basel	2–2	Hamilton Academical	Basel
16:00	von Moos 13' Marchand 50'	Report	Douglas 7', 76'	Stadium: Leichtathletik Stadion St. Jakob Attendance: 332 Referee: Laurent Kopriwa

24 October 2018 First round 2nd Leg	Hamilton Academical	2–2 (4–4 agg.) (3–2 p)	Basel	Hamilton
19:00	Winter 19' Slaven 90+5'	Report	Tushi 35' Gaudiano 85'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,460 Referee: Rohit Saggi

7 November 2018 Second round 1st Leg	FC Midtjylland	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Herning
18:30	Tengstedt 14', 28'	Report		Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 712 Referee: Paul Mclaughlin

28 November 2018 Second round 2nd Leg	Hamilton Academical	1–2	FC Midtjylland	Hamilton
19:00	Winter 10'	Report	Tengstedt 66 pen.' Hansen 90'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 2,498 Referee: Bryn Markham-Jones

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 18 May 2019[5]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Gary Woods	35	0	32	0	3	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Aaron McGowan	38	2	35	2	2	0	1	0
3	DF	SCO	Scott McMann	33	0	27+1	0	4	0	1	0
4	DF	SCO	Ziggy Gordon	41	2	35+1	2	4	0	1	0
5	DF	COD	Delphin Tshiembe	19	0	15+4	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Matt Kilgallon	26	0	25	0	0	0	1	0
7	MF	SCO	Dougie Imrie	34	4	22+7	4	4	0	1	0
8	FW	ENG	Steve Davies	10	2	5+4	2	0	0	1	0
9	FW	ENG	George Oakley	15	4	14+1	4	0	0	0	0
10	FW	SCO	James Keatings	17	1	8+9	1	0	0	0	0
11	FW	ENG	Mikel Miller	36	8	25+6	5	4	3	1	0
12	MF	ENG	Tom Taiwo	19	0	12+4	0	2	0	0+1	0
13	DF	CYP	Alex Gogić	17	0	12+4	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW	SCO	Ross Cunningham	5	0	0+3	0	0+2	0	0	0
15	MF	SCO	Ronan Hughes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	ENG	Mason Bloomfield	7	1	1+4	1	2	0	0	0
17	DF	ENG	Alex Penny	11	0	3+5	0	0	0	2+1	0
18	MF	SCO	Darian MacKinnon	33	1	29	1	0	0	4	0
19	GK	ENG	Jacob Marsden	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	SCO	Shaun Want	12	0	9+1	0	0	0	2	0
22	MF	FRA	Tony Andreu	18	1	15+2	1	0	0	1	0
23	GK	SCO	Ryan Fulton	6	0	4	0	1	0	1	0
24	GK	SVK	Ján Mucha	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	ENG	Sam Kelly	9	0	3+3	0	1+2	0	0	0
27	DF	NZL	George Stanger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	SCO	Lewis Smith	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	SCO	Jack Breen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	FW	SCO	Steven Boyd	26	2	10+13	2	2	0	0+1	0
31	FW	NOR	Fredrik Brustad	15	1	11+4	1	0	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Reegan Mimnaugh	8	0	5+3	0	0	0	0	0
46	DF	GER	Lennard Sowah	21	0	14+4	0	1	0	2	0
99	FW	GRE	Marios Ogkmpoe	6	1	3+3	1	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2018–19 season
6	DF	ENG	Adam Phillips	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF	ENG	Aaron Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Rakish Bingham	23	3	11+8	1	3+1	2	0	0
22	DF	SCO	Darren Lyon	4	0	1	0	0	0	0+3	0
22	MF	ENG	Kieran Monlouis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	SCO	Scott Martin	31	0	26+5	0	0	0	0	0

Team Statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
8	Motherwell	38	15	6	17	46	56	−10	51
9	Livingston	38	11	11	16	42	44	−2	44
10	Hamilton Academical	38	9	6	23	28	75	−47	33
11	St Mirren (O)	38	8	8	22	34	66	−32	32	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Dundee (R)	38	5	6	27	31	78	−47	21	Relegation to the Championship

Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[6]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

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	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	L	W
Position	12	7	9	10	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2019. Source: [7]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIV	AIR	HAM	ANN	BER
1	Livingston (Q)	4	3	1	0	0	5	1	+4	11	Qualification for the Second round	—	—	—	1–0	2–0
2	Airdrieonians	4	2	0	1	1	9	4	+5	7		1–2	—	—	4–1	—
3	Hamilton Academical	4	1	1	1	1	5	2	+3	6		0–0p	p1–1	—	—	—
4	Annan Athletic	4	2	0	0	2	6	5	+1	6		—	—	1–0	—	4–0
5	Berwick Rangers	4	0	0	0	4	0	10	−10	0		—	0–3	0–4	—	—

Source: [8]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[9]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

References

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"Scotland - Hamilton Academical FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
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"Brian Rice: Hamilton Academical appoint former St Mirren assistant as head coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
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[6] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[1] "Board Announcement: 18 December 2018". Hamilton Academical F.C. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

[2] "Scotland - Hamilton Academical FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.

[3] "Martin Canning: Hamilton Academical part with manager". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 January 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

[4] "Brian Rice: Hamilton Academical appoint former St Mirren assistant as head coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

[5] "Hamilton FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[7] "Premiership 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 28 February 2019.

[8] "Scottish Premiership 2017/18". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 June 2020.

[9] "Summary - League Cup Group F". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[10] "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 15 June 2017.