# 2011–12 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2011–12 season was Hamilton Academical's first season back 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

Hamilton finished fourth in the First Division. They reached the second round of the League Cup, the fourth round of the Scottish Cup and lost 1–0 to Falkirk in the final of the Challenge Cup.

## Results and fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

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

| No. | P | Name | Country | No. games | Notes |
| | MF | Alex Neil | | 18 | Club captain |
Last updated: 5 May 2012 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 5 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Scottish First Division | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Challenge Cup | Challenge Challenge Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | GK | CZE | Tomáš Černý | 17 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Brian Potter | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Alan Coombe | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | David Hutton | 21 | 0 | 18+1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Scott Christie | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Blair Currie | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Grant Gillespie | 19 | 0 | 12+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | James Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Michael Devlin | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Lee Kilday | 19 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Ziggy Gordon | 10 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Stephen Hendrie | 31 | 0 | 22+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Martin Canning | 38 | 1 | 31+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Mark McLaughlin | 29 | 8 | 23+0 | 7 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 1 |
| | DF | SCO | Gary Fraser | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Jordan Jivanda | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Craig Watson | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Alex Neil | 18 | 0 | 17+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jim McAlister | 44 | 1 | 36+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kyle Wilkie | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | IRL | James Chambers | 14 | 4 | 5+4 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Ali Crawford | 26 | 2 | 16+3 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Ryan | 25 | 3 | 13+8 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Jordan Kirkpatrick | 9 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Conner McGlinchey | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jon Routledge | 11 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Simon Mensing | 42 | 4 | 34+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 5+0 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Grant Anderson | 25 | 3 | 7+13 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Paul Currie | 10 | 2 | 3+6 | 2 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Kevin McBride | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Daniel Redmond | 19 | 5 | 18+0 | 5 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | ENG | Jon Routledge | 6 | 3 | 4+1 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Graeme MacGregor | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | David Hopkirk | 5 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Derek Lyle | 13 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Louis Longridge | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Willie McLaren | 7 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Dougie Imrie | 26 | 5 | 18+1 | 5 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Kieran Millar | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Matt Paterson | 17 | 2 | 10+3 | 2 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Greig Spence | 34 | 6 | 11+18 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+2 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Gordon Smith | 3 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Jon McShane | 18 | 9 | 17+0 | 9 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | James Martin | 2 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Mark Stewart | 14 | 1 | 8+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.
    Last updated 5 May 2012
| Position | Name | Scottish First Division | Scottish First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Challenge Cup | Challenge Cup | Total | Total |
| GK | Tomáš Černý | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Brian Potter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | David Hutton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GK | Scott Christie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Blair Currie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Grant Gillespie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | James Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Michael Devlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Lee Kilday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| DF | Ziggy Gordon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| DF | Stephen Hendrie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Martin Canning | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Mark McLaughlin | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| DF | Gary Fraser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Jordan Jivanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Craig Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Alex Neil | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| MF | Jim McAlister | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Kyle Wilkie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | James Chambers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Ali Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Andy Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Jordan Kirkpatrick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Conner McGlinchey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Jon Routledge | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| MF | Graeme MacGregor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Simon Mensing | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| MF | Grant Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Currie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Kevin McBride | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Daniel Redmond | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | Jon Routledge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | David Hopkirk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Derek Lyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Louis Longridge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Willie McLaren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Dougie Imrie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| FW | Kieran Millar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Matt Paterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Greig Spence | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Gordon Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FW | Jon McShane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | James Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Mark Stewart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Awards

    Last updated 5 May 2012
| Nation | Name | Award | Month |
| | Dougie Imrie | Player of the Month | August |
| | Andy Ryan | Young Player of the Month | February |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Dundee (P) | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 53 | 43 | +10 | 55 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Falkirk | 36 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 48 | +5 | 52 | |
| 4 | Hamilton Academical | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 49 | |
| 5 | Livingston | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 54 | +2 | 48 | |
| 6 | Partick Thistle | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 50 | 39 | +11 | 47 | |
* ↑ Rangers were liquidated prior to the 2012–13 season. Dundee were chosen to take their place, gaining promotion to the SPL.