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2024–25 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

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Hamilton Academical
2024–25 season
ChairmanJohn Brown
(until 29 October)
Jock Brown
(from 29 October)
ManagerJohn Rankin
StadiumNew Douglas Park
Scottish Championship6th
Scottish CupThird round
League CupGroup stage
Challenge CupFourth round
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is Hamilton Academical's first season back in the second tier of Scottish football, following their promotion from League One at the end of the 2023–24 season. Hamilton will also compete in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

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The 2024–25 sees Hamilton celebrate their 150th anniversary.[1]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

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29 June 2024 Friendly Hamilton Academical XI 4–0 Cumbernauld Colts Hamilton
12:30 BST Kilday 6', 32'
Martin 42'
Cameron 83'
Stadium: New Douglas Park
29 June 2024 Friendly Hamilton Academical XI 2–0 Gala Fairydean Rovers Hamilton
15:30 BST Kalala 65'
80'
Stadium: New Douglas Park
6 July 2024 Friendly Kelty Hearts 2–1 Hamilton Academical Kelty
15:00 BST Johnston 74'
Shaw Stadium: New Central Park

Scottish Championship

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3 August 2024 1 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Ayr United Hamilton
15:00 Martin Red card 68' Report Stanger 18'
Dowds 72'
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,468
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
10 August 2024 2 Greenock Morton 0–0 Hamilton Academical Greenock
15:00 Report Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,866
Referee: Dan McFarlane
17 August 2024 3 Ayr United 3–2 Hamilton Academical Ayr
15:00 Murphy 8'
Rus 51'
Oakley 66'
Report Shaw 27'
Barjonas 38'
Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,846
Referee: Gavin Duncan
24 August 2024 4 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Hamilton
15:00 Tumilty 26' Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Calum Scott
31 August 2024 5 Hamilton Academical 2–2 Airdrieonians Hamilton
15:00 Shaw 47', 77' Report Reid 80'
Aiken 87'
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,525
Referee: Grant Irvine
14 September 2024 5 Livingston 3–0 Hamilton Academical Livingston
15:00 Pittman 56'
Muirhead 81', 87'
Report Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 1,241
Referee: Duncan Williams
21 September 2024 6 Raith Rovers 3–3 Hamilton Academical Kirkcaldy
15:00 Stevenson 15'
Pollock 36'
Easton 54'
Report O'Hara 2 pen.'
Smith 79'
Shaw 90+4'
Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 3,322
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
28 September 2024 7 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Partick Thistle Hamilton
15:00 Kilday 56' Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,677
Referee: David Dickinson
5 October 2024 8 Queen's Park 1–0 Hamilton Academical Glasgow
15:00 Turner 62' Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 1,259
Referee: Dan McFarlane
18 October 2024 9 Hamilton Academical 1–3 Falkirk Hamilton
19:45 Henderson 47' Report Maguire 5 o.g.'
Miller 29'
Spencer 34'
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,753
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
26 October 2024 10 Hamilton Academical 3–0 Greenock Morton Hamilton
15:00 Shaw 77', 81', 84' Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,071
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
2 November 2024 11 Airdrieonians 0–4 Hamilton Academical Airdrie
15:00 Report Smith 3'
Graham 9 o.g.'
O'Hara 54'
McGowan 82'
Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Referee: Euan Anderson

Scottish League Cup

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Group stage

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13 July 2024 1 Hamilton Academical 0–0
(2–4 p)
Stirling Albion Hamilton
15:00 Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 668
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
20 July 2024 2 Stranraer 0–3 Hamilton Academical Stranraer
15:00 Report Bradley 34'
MacDonald 54'
Henderson 86'
Stadium: Stair Park
Attendance: 438
Referee: Peter Stuart
23 July 2024 3 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Ross County Hamilton
19:45 Shaw 6' Report Hale 25'
White 28'
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 561
Referee: Matthew McDermid
27 July 2024 4 Raith Rovers 1–1
(5–3 p)
Hamilton Academical Kirkcaldy
15:00 Kilday 61 o.g.' Report McGinty 56' Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 1,910
Referee: Chris Graham

Scottish Challenge Cup

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3 September 2024 Third round Hamilton Academical 4–0 Dundee United B Hamilton
19:45 O'Hara 4', 49'
MacDonald 7'
Shaw 89'
Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 308
Referee: Stewart Luke
11 October 2024 Fourth round Hamilton Academical 0–1 Greenock Morton Hamilton
19:40 Report Stuparević 17 pen.' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 711
Referee: Ross Hardie

Scottish Cup

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30 November 2024 Third round Banks O'Dee v Hamilton Academical Aberdeen
15:00 Stadium: Spain Park

Squad statistics

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Appearances

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As of 2 November 2024[2]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Charlie Albinson 10 0 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Fergus Owens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Jackson Longridge 10 0 5+3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
4 DF Scotland SCO Lee Kilday 11 1 6+2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Sean McGinty 17 1 11 0 4 1 2 0 0 0}
6 DF Australia AUS Dylan McGowan 4 1 0+2 1 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
7 FW Scotland SCO Euan Henderson 17 2 7+4 1 1+3 1 2 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland SCO Scott Martin 15 0 11 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW Scotland SCO Kevin O'Hara 16 4 10 2 4 0 2 2 0 0
10 MF Scotland SCO Jamie Barjonas 17 1 8+3 1 3+1 0 1+1 0 0 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Steven Bradley 15 1 3+6 0 3+1 1 1+1 0 0 0
13 MF Scotland SCO Connor Smith 7 2 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Barry Maguire 15 0 8+1 0 3+1 0 1+1 0 0 0
15 DF England ENG Oludare Olufunwa 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
16 DF Scotland SCO Kyle MacDonald 10 2 5 0 2+2 1 1 1 0 0
18 FW Bulgaria BUL Nikolay Todorov 15 0 1+9 0 0+3 0 2 0 0 0
19 FW Scotland SCO Oli Shaw 17 9 11 7 4 1 0+2 1 0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Ben Williamson 10 0 3+5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK England ENG Dean Lyness 8 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Reghan Tumilty 15 1 8+2 1 3 0 1+1 0 0 0
23 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Daire O'Connor 7 0 0+4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
22 DF Scotland SCO Reghan Tumilty 14 1 7+2 1 3 0 1+1 0 0 0
24 MF Scotland SCO Stuart McKinstry 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW Scotland SCO Liam Morgan 3 0 0 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0
33 DF Scotland SCO Stephen Hendrie 13 0 8+1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
MF Scotland SCO Aaron Eadie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2024–25 season
17 MF Scotland SCO Connor Murray 5 0 0+1 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK Scotland SCO Jamie Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF Scotland SCO Arran Preston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF Scotland SCO Chris Neeson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW Scotland SCO Gravine Kalala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK Scotland SCO Josh Lane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 FW Scotland SCO Lewis Latona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
4 Partick Thistle 12 5 4 3 11 7 +4 19 Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5 Queen's Park 12 5 4 3 12 11 +1 19
6 Hamilton Academical 12 4 3 5 17 17 0 15
7 Raith Rovers 12 4 2 6 10 14 −4 14
8 Greenock Morton 12 2 4 6 7 16 −9 10
Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2024. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[4]

League Cup table

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Pos Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROS RAI HAM STI STR
1 Ross County 4 4 0 0 0 10 3 +7 12 Qualification for the second round 2–1 3–0
2 Raith Rovers 4 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 8 p1–1 2–1
3 Hamilton Academical 4 1 0 2 1 5 3 +2 5 1–2 0–0p
4 Stirling Albion 4 0 2 0 2 2 8 −6 4 0–3 p2–2
5 Stranraer 4 0 0 1 3 4 10 −6 1 1–3 0–3
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[6]

Transfers

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References

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  1. ^ "Let's all commit to Accies in 2024–25". Hamilton Academical FC. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Hamilton FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  4. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group H". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Charlie Albinson becomes our first summer signing". Hamilton Academical FC. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Barry Maguire becomes our second summer signing". Hamilton Academical FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Steven Bradley makes it three summer signings". Hamilton Academical FC. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Sean McGinty makes it four summer signings". Hamilton Academical FC. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Oli Shaw makes it five summer signings". Hamilton Academical FC. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Nikolay Todorov joins Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Daire O'Connor joins Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Stuart McKinstry joins Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Lewis Smith is a Lion!". Livingston FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
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  17. ^ "Fulton joins the Jambos". Heart of Midlothian FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Joel Mumbongo signs for the Sons". Dumbarton FC. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  19. ^ "New Signing: Marley Redfern". Clyde FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
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  22. ^ "A summer signing with a Winter feel to it..." Livingston FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Michael Hewitt departs to join QOTS". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  24. ^ "Welcome Michael Hewitt". qosfc.com. Queen of the South FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  25. ^ "Oludare Olufunwa joins Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  26. ^ "Connor Smith returns to Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  27. ^ "Jamie Smith leaves on loan". Hamilton Academical FC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  28. ^ a b "Jamie Smith leaves on loan". Hamilton Academical FC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  29. ^ "Murray Mint". Coleraine FC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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