2018–19 Hamilton Academical F.C. season
| 2018–19 season | ||||
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| Chairman | Ronnie MacDonald[1] | |||
| Manager | Martin Canning | |||
| Stadium | New Douglas Park Hamilton, Scotland (Capacity: 5,510) | |||
| Scottish Premiership | Tenth place | |||
| League Cup | Group Stage | |||
| Scottish Cup | Fourth round | |||
| Highest home attendance | League: 5,827 (vs. Rangers – 24 February 2019) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | League: 1,135 (vs. Livingston - 27 April 2019) All: 1,012 (vs. Livingston – 17 July 2018) | |||
| Average home league attendance | 2,829 | |||
| Biggest win | League: 3–0 (vs. St. Mirren – 22 September 2018) All: 4–0 (vs. Berwick Rangers – 24 July 2018, League Cup) | |||
| Biggest defeat | 0–6 (vs. Hibernian – 10 October 2018) | |||
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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]
Kits[]
The new kits were launched on 13 July 2018.[3]
Premiership[]
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 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 6 | Hamilton Academical | 3–0 | St. Mirren F.C. | 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 |
League Cup[]
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 14 July 2018 | Annan Athletic | 1–0 | Hamilton Academical | Annan |
| Smith 60' |
Report | Stadium: Galabank Attendance: 491 |
| 17 July 2018 | Hamilton Academical | 0–0 (5–6 p) | Livingston | Hamilton |
| Report | Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,012 Referee: John Beaton |
| 24 July 2018 | 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 | Hamilton Academical | 1–1 (3–0 p) | Airdrieonians | Hamilton |
| Bingham 62' |
Report | 83' |
Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 1,316 Referee: Craig Thomson |
Scottish Cup[]
Win Draw Loss Postponed
| 19 January 2019 | St Johnstone | 2–0 | Hamilton Academical | Perth |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 2,363 Referee: John Beaton |
Competitions[]
League table[]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[a] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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).[4]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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).[4]
(O) Play-off winner; (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).