Hamilton Academical F.C.

Hamilton Academical is a fitbaw club frae Hamiltoun, Scotland. Thay war stairtit in 1874 frae Hamilton Academy. Kent locally as "The Accies" the team won promotion frae SFL Diveesion 2 tae SFL Diveesion 1 in the Diveesion Twa 2003-04 saison. The club haes played at New Douglas Park frae 2001 - aforehaund thay played at Douglas Park.

 Club History 
Thay are kent as the 'Stains o the bed'. Hamilton Academical FC wis shaped at the end o 1874 bi the Rector an pupils o the local schuil, Hamilton Academy. Membership o the Scots Fitbaa League cam in November 1897 whan Renton wis garred resign.
The club haes won til the Scots Cup Final twice in thair history, firstly in 1911 lossin tae Celtic FC an again in 1935, lossin tae Rangers this time. 
In 1971 Accies becam the first Breetish club tae recruit players frae ahint the airn curtain whan three Pols internationalists signed for the club amang muckle publicity.
Success cam in the late 1980's whan promotion tae the Premier league wis achieved in 1986 an 1988, but baith spells in the tap division juist lastit for the ae saison. In 1991 an 1992 the club wan the B&Q Cup (nou kent as the Bell's Cup.)
In 1994 new grund regulations seen the club lea' Douglas Park, thair hame syne 1888. The club wis garred share a grund wi Albion Rovers an Partick Thristle (2 spells) for the neist sieven year. A hantle publicised enforced relegation tae the Thrid at the end o saison 1999/2000 befell the club an aw. Tho fortuins haes syne chynged an in saison 2001/2002 the club finally returnt tae Hamilton efter sieven year on the road tae a stadium juist yairds frae the auld steid, an haes siccart a place in Diveesion Ane for saison 2004/05. Thay are nou considered ane o the better Diveesion Ane teams.

Which is aw strange considering no ane in Hamilton uses the wird "ken".

 Current squad 
 Goalkeepers: Bryn Halliwell, Tomas Cerny 
 Defenders: David Elebert, Brian Easton, James Gibson, Tom Parratt , Mark McLaughlin, Chris Swailes , Tony Stevenson, 
 Midfielders: Stuart Taylor, James McCarthy, Davie Winters, James McArthur, Marc McJimpsey, Alex Neil, 
 Strikers: Brian Wake, Dickie Offiong, Mark Gilhaney, Paul McLeod,

 Honours 
 Division Ane: Champions 1985-86, 1987-88
 Division Twa: Champions 1903-04 Runners-up 1952-53, 1964-65, 1996-97, 2003-04
 Division Three: Champions 2000-01
 Scottish Cup: Runners-up 1910-11, 1934-35
 League Challenge Cup: Winners 1991-92, 1992-93 Runners-Up: 2005-06
 Reserve League Cup: Winners 1983-84 Runners-Up: 1992-93
 Seicont XI Cup: Winners 1933-34
 Reserve League West Champions 1997-98
 Lanrickshire Cup: Winners 11 times

 Club Records 
 Record Attendance: 100,000 v Heart of Midlothian, 1937 (Douglas Park)
 Record Victory: 11-1 v Chryston, 1885
 Record win: 15-0 v Hibernian, 1965
 Maist League Goals in a Saison: 35, David Wilson, 1936-37
 Maist Internaitional Caps: 29, Colin Miller, (Canadae)

 Weel-Kent players 
 Robert Howe
 James King
 Colin Miller

 Scots Player o the Year Awairds 
 1985-86 First Division Player o the Year: John Brogan
 1987-88 First Division Player o the Year: Alex Taylor
 1996-97 Seicont Division Player o the Year: Paul Ritchie

 Scots Programme o the Year Awairds 
 National Winners: 1974-75, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1981-82
 First Division Winners: 1975-76, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1987-88 (wi Clydebank)
 Seicont Division Winners: 1973-74, 1974-75, 2001-02

 Weel-kent Fans 
 Craig Brown
 Jock Brown
 Jamie Burnett
 Jimmy Greaves
 Alison Walker

References

 Beuks 
 Hamilton Academical Who's Who: 1946/47-1996/97 bi Peter McLeish
 Paperback (August 1997)
 Publisher: Soccerdata
 ISBN: 1899468803

 Fremmit airtins 
Offeecial
 Hamilton Academical official website 
 Hamilton Academical Youth Initiative website 
Unofficial
 Hamilton Academical Supporters' Society 
 Hoops Apocalypse - Unofficial Fans Forum 
 Vitalfootball.co.uk - Hamilton Academical Football Club News 
Ither
 BBC Sport page
 Scotsman page
 Statistics from Football365 


Category:Fitbaw clubs in Scotland
Category:Association fitbaw clubs established in 1874
Category:Sport in Sooth Lanrikshire
Category:Hamiltoun, Sooth Lanrikshire
Category:1870s establishments in Europe
Category:Scottish Premier League teams
Category:Scottish Football League teams
Category:Scottish Challenge Cup winners
Category:Scottish Professional Football League teams