# 2012–13 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2012–13 season was Hamilton Academical's second consecutive season in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from the Scottish Premier League at the end of the 2010–11 season. Hamilton also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

## Summary
### Season

During season 2012–13 Hamilton finished fifth in the Scottish First Division. They reached the first round of the Challenge Cup, the third round of the League Cup and the quarter-final of the Scottish Cup.

### Management

Hamilton began the season under the management of Billy Reid. On 3 April 2013, Reid left the club by mutual consent after nearly eight years in charge of the team. Club captain Alex Neil and Hamilton's Academy director Frankie McAvoy took charge of the team until the end of the season on an interim basis.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

### Scottish Cup
## Player statistics
### Captains

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| | MF | Neil | | 25 | Club captain |
| | DF | Canning | | 17 | Vice-captain |
Last updated: 7 May 2013 Source: Competitive match reports. Competitive matches only Matches started as captain only Country: FIFA nationality; No.: Squad number; P: Position; Name: Player name; No. Games: Number of games started as captain.

### Squad

    Last updated 7 May 2013
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | SCO | Kevin Cuthbert | 43 | 0 | 36+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Martin Canning | 39 | 1 | 33+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Michael Devlin | 27 | 2 | 17+5 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Ryan Finnie | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary Fraser | 14 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Grant Gillespie | 37 | 2 | 24+8 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Ziggy Gordon | 36 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stephen Hendrie | 29 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jordan Jivanda | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Lee Kilday | 6 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Conner McGlinchey | 14 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Scott McMann | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | ENG | Jonathan Page | 24 | 3 | 21+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig Watson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Eamonn Brophy | 1 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Ali Crawford | 40 | 5 | 30+3 | 3 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 2+1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Gary Fisher | 32 | 1 | 18+10 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jordan Kirkpatrick | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Neil | 27 | 1 | 21+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jon Routledge | 40 | 4 | 34+0 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 1 | 3+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Ryan | 34 | 3 | 3+24 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+3 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | James Keatings | 10 | 2 | 2+6 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Louis Longridge | 38 | 3 | 22+10 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Darian MacKinnon | 29 | 2 | 17+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | James Martin | 1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Stevie May | 35 | 26 | 33+0 | 25 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jon McShane | 18 | 2 | 9+6 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kieran Millar | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 7 May 2013
| Position | Name | First Division | First Division | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Kevin Cuthbert | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Martin Canning | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Michael Devlin | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| DF | Ryan Finnie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Gary Fraser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Grant Gillespie | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| DF | Ziggy Gordon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Stephen Hendrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Jordan Jivanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Lee Kilday | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Conner McGlinchey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Scott McMann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Jonathan Page | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| DF | Craig Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Eamonn Brophy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Ali Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Gary Fisher | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| MF | Jordan Kirkpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Alex Neil | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| MF | Jon Routledge | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| MF | Andy Ryan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| FW | James Keatings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Louis Longridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Darian MacKinnon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | James Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Stevie May | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| FW | Jon McShane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Kieran Millar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Team statistics
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 53 |
| 4 | Livingston | 36 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 52 |
| 5 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 51 |
| 6 | Raith Rovers | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 46 |
| 7 | Dumbarton | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 58 | 83 | −25 | 43 |

### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | L | D | D | L | W | L | L | W | W | L | D | W | D | W | W | L | L | D | L | D | W | D | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
* ↑ Dunfermline were deducted 15 points shortly prior to this fixture altering league standings. This was as a result of them entering administration.