# 2014–15 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Hamilton Academical's first season in the top flight of Scottish football since 2010–11 season, and their first in the newly established Scottish Premiership having been promoted from the 2013–14 Scottish Championship through the Play-offs. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Management

The club began the 2014–15 season under the management of Alex Neil. On 9 January 2015, Neil left to become the new manager of, at the time, English Championship side Norwich City. Martin Canning was appointed Caretaker Player-manager, and was later on 23 January 2015 officially appointed Player-manager. With top goalscorer Tony Andreu also leaving, the club suffered with the sudden departures and Canning had to wait 14 matches for his first victory as manager, coming on 24 April 2015 in the Lanarkshire derby at home to Motherwell.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Squad statistics

During the 2014–15 season, Hamilton Academical have used twenty six different players in competitive games. The table below shows the number of appearances and goals scored by each player.

### Appearances

Includes all competitive matches.
    As of match played 23 May 2015
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | NIR | Michael McGovern | 42 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Ziggy Gordon | 29 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Stephen Hendrie | 33 | 0 | 26+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Michael Devlin | 30 | 0 | 23+3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | SCO | Martin Canning | 28 | 4 | 23+1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | SCO | Grant Gillespie | 41 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Dougie Imrie | 38 | 3 | 33+1 | 2 | 2+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Jon Routledge | 17 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TRI | Jason Scotland | 27 | 5 | 12+12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | SCO | Ali Crawford | 43 | 11 | 37+1 | 11 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Darren Lyon | 15 | 0 | 8+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | NED | Nigel Hasselbaink | 10 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | Kieran MacDonald | 8 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SCO | Craig Watson | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | SCO | Louis Longridge | 36 | 2 | 9+22 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | SCO | Darian MacKinnon | 34 | 3 | 27+3 | 3 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | SCO | Eamonn Brophy | 19 | 1 | 2+14 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Greg Docherty | 6 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | SCO | Scott McMann | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ESP | Jesús García Tena | 27 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Daniel Redmond | 27 | 2 | 20+3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SCO | Andy Ryan | 9 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | SCO | Steven Boyd | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Lucas | 6 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | CZE | Nicolas Šumský | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | SCO | Alex Neil | 8 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | FRA | Tony Andreu | 26 | 13 | 21+2 | 12 | 3+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | FRA | Mickaël Antoine-Curier | 25 | 8 | 20+2 | 8 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

    As of 23 May 2015
| Ranking | Number | Name | Scottish Premiership | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 22 | Tony Andreu | 12 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 11 | Ali Crawford | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | 99 | Mickaël Antoine-Curier | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 4 | 9 | Jason Scotland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | 6 | Martin Canning | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | Dougie Imrie | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 18 | Darian MacKinnon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | 17 | Louis Longridge | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 28 | Daniel Redmond | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 14 | Nigel Hasselbaink | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 20 | Eamonn Brophy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | 21 | Greg Docherty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 24 | Jesús García Tena | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 44 | Lucas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 50 | 0 | 6 | 56 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
As of matches played 23 May 2015
| Number | Position | Name | Total | Total | Premiership | Premiership | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| 2 | DF | Ziggy Gordon | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Stephen Hendrie | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Michael Devlin | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Martin Canning | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Grant Gillespie | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Dougie Imrie | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Jon Routledge | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Jason Scotland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Alex Neil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Ali Crawford | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Darren Lyon | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Nigel Hasselbaink | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Louis Longridge | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Darian MacKinnon | 13 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Tony Andreu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Jesús García Tena | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Daniel Redmond | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | Lucas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Mickaël Antoine-Curier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 82 | 8 | 77 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Dundee United | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 56 |
| 6 | Dundee | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 45 |
| 7 | Hamilton Academical | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 53 | −3 | 53 |
| 8 | Partick Thistle | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 46 |
| 9 | Ross County | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 44 |
* ↑ Teams in the bottom six at the time of the split (33 games) cannot pass teams in the top six

### Results by round

| 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 | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | D | L | W | W | D | L | W |
| Position | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

### Results by opponent

Hamilton score first
| Team | Results | Results | Results | Results | Points |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Points |
| Aberdeen | 3–0 | 0–3 | 0–3 | X | 3 |
| Celtic | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | X | 3 |
| Dundee | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | X | 4 |
| Dundee United | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | X | 1 |
| Inverness CT | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 | X | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 5 |
| Motherwell | 4–0 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 9 |
| Partick Thistle | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–5 | 1–1 | 5 |
| Ross County | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 7 |
| St Johnstone | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | X | 7 |
| St Mirren | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 9 |
Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table