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2024–25 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2024–25 season is Hamilton Academical's first season back in the second tier of Scottish football, following their promotion from League One at the end of the 2023–24 season. Hamilton will also compete in the League Cup, Challenge Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Hamilton Academical
2024–25 season
ChairmanJohn Brown
(until 29 October)
Jock Brown
(from 29 October)
ManagerJohn Rankin
StadiumNew Douglas Park
Scottish Championship7th
Scottish CupThird round
League CupGroup stage
Challenge CupFourth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Oli Shaw (7)
All: Oli Shaw (9)
← 2023–24
2025–26 →

Summary

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The 2024–25 sees Hamilton celebrate their 150th anniversary.[1]

Results and fixtures

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

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29 June 2024 Friendly Hamilton Academical XI 4–0 Cumbernauld Colts Hamilton
12:30 BST Kilday   6', 32'
Martin   42'
Cameron   83'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
29 June 2024 Friendly Hamilton Academical XI 2–0 Gala Fairydean Rovers Hamilton
15:30 BST Kalala   65'
  80'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
6 July 2024 Friendly Kelty Hearts 2–1 Hamilton Academical Kelty
15:00 BST Johnston   74'
 		 Shaw   Stadium: New Central Park

Scottish Championship

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Championship
3 August 2024 1 Hamilton Academical 0–2 Ayr United Hamilton
15:00 Martin   68' Report Stanger   18'
Dowds   72'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,468
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
10 August 2024 2 Greenock Morton 0–0 Hamilton Academical Greenock
15:00 Report Stadium: Cappielow
Attendance: 1,866
Referee: Dan McFarlane
17 August 2024 3 Ayr United 3–2 Hamilton Academical Ayr
15:00 Murphy   8'
Rus   51'
Oakley   66'		 Report Shaw   27'
Barjonas   38'		 Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 2,846
Referee: Gavin Duncan
24 August 2024 4 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Dunfermline Athletic Hamilton
15:00 Tumilty   26' Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 2,022
Referee: Calum Scott
31 August 2024 5 Hamilton Academical 2–2 Airdrieonians Hamilton
15:00 Shaw   47', 77' Report Reid   80'
Aiken   87'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,525
Referee: Grant Irvine
14 September 2024 5 Livingston 3–0 Hamilton Academical Livingston
15:00 Pittman   56'
Muirhead   81', 87'		 Report Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 1,241
Referee: Duncan Williams
21 September 2024 6 Raith Rovers 3–3 Hamilton Academical Kirkcaldy
15:00 Stevenson   15'
Pollock   36'
Easton   54'		 Report O'Hara   2 pen.'
Smith   79'
Shaw   90+4'		 Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 3,322
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
28 September 2024 7 Hamilton Academical 1–0 Partick Thistle Hamilton
15:00 Kilday   56' Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,677
Referee: David Dickinson
5 October 2024 8 Queen's Park 1–0 Hamilton Academical Glasgow
15:00 Turner   62' Report Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 1,259
Referee: Dan McFarlane
18 October 2024 9 Hamilton Academical 1–3 Falkirk Hamilton
19:45 Henderson   47' Report Maguire   5 o.g.'
Miller   29'
Spencer   34'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,753
Referee: Matthew MacDermid
26 October 2024 10 Hamilton Academical 3–0 Greenock Morton Hamilton
15:00 Shaw   77', 81', 84' Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,071
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
2 November 2024 11 Airdrieonians 0–4 Hamilton Academical Airdrie
15:00 Report Smith   3'
Graham   9 o.g.'
O'Hara   54'
McGowan   82'		 Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 1,501
Referee: Euan Anderson
9 November 2024 12 Hamilton Academical 1–3 Livingston Hamilton
15:00 O'Hara   42' Report May   40'
Smith   50'
Winter   90+2'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 1,033
Referee: Grant Irvine
16 November 2024 13 Partick Thistle 5–1 Hamilton Academical Airdrie
15:00 Robinson   5', 20'
Graham   49', 66'
Chalmers   64'		 Report O'Hara   45' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,845
Referee: Ross Hardie

Scottish League Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup

Group stage

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish League Cup group stage § Group H
13 July 2024 1 Hamilton Academical 0–0
(2–4 p)		 Stirling Albion Hamilton
15:00 Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 668
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
20 July 2024 2 Stranraer 0–3 Hamilton Academical Stranraer
15:00 Report Bradley   34'
MacDonald   54'
Henderson   86'		 Stadium: Stair Park
Attendance: 438
Referee: Peter Stuart
23 July 2024 3 Hamilton Academical 1–2 Ross County Hamilton
19:45 Shaw   6' Report Hale   25'
White   28'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 561
Referee: Matthew McDermid
27 July 2024 4 Raith Rovers 1–1
(5–3 p)		 Hamilton Academical Kirkcaldy
15:00 Kilday   61 o.g.' Report McGinty   56' Stadium: Stark's Park
Attendance: 1,910
Referee: Chris Graham

Scottish Challenge Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Challenge Cup
3 September 2024 Third round Hamilton Academical 4–0 Dundee United B Hamilton
19:45 O'Hara   4', 49'
MacDonald   7'
Shaw   89'		 Report Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 308
Referee: Stewart Luke
11 October 2024 Fourth round Hamilton Academical 0–1 Greenock Morton Hamilton
19:40 Report Stuparević   17 pen.' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 711
Referee: Ross Hardie

Scottish Cup

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Main article: 2024–25 Scottish Cup
30 November 2024 Third round Banks O'Dee v Hamilton Academical Aberdeen
15:00 Stadium: Spain Park

Squad statistics

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Appearances

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As of 16 November 2024[2]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Championship League Cup Challenge Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   ENG Charlie Albinson 12 0 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF   SCO Fergus Owens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   SCO Jackson Longridge 11 0 5+4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
4 DF   SCO Lee Kilday 11 1 6+2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   IRL Sean McGinty 19 1 13 0 4 1 2 0 0 0}
6 DF   AUS Dylan McGowan 6 1 2+2 1 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
7 FW   SCO Euan Henderson 19 2 9+4 1 1+3 1 2 0 0 0
8 MF   SCO Scott Martin 17 0 13 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
9 FW   SCO Kevin O'Hara 18 6 12 4 4 0 2 2 0 0
10 MF   SCO Jamie Barjonas 18 1 9+3 1 3+1 0 1+1 0 0 0
11 MF   SCO Steven Bradley 16 1 3+7 0 3+1 1 1+1 0 0 0
13 MF   SCO Connor Smith 9 2 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   SCO Barry Maguire 15 0 8+1 0 3+1 0 1+1 0 0 0
15 DF   ENG Oludare Olufunwa 4 0 1+2 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
16 DF   SCO Kyle MacDonald 10 2 5 0 2+2 1 1 1 0 0
18 FW   BUL Nikolay Todorov 17 0 1+11 0 0+3 0 2 0 0 0
19 FW   SCO Oli Shaw 18 9 12 7 4 1 0+2 1 0 0
20 MF   SCO Ben Williamson 12 0 4+6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
21 GK   ENG Dean Lyness 8 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
22 DF   SCO Reghan Tumilty 17 1 10+2 1 3 0 1+1 0 0 0
23 MF   IRL Daire O'Connor 7 0 0+4 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0
22 DF   SCO Reghan Tumilty 15 1 8+2 1 3 0 1+1 0 0 0
24 MF   SCO Stuart McKinstry 4 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW   SCO Liam Morgan 3 0 0 0 0+2 0 1 0 0 0
33 DF   SCO Stephen Hendrie 14 0 9+1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
MF   SCO Aaron Eadie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Players who left the club during the 2024–25 season
17 MF   SCO Connor Murray 5 0 0+1 0 0+4 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK   SCO Jamie Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF   SCO Arran Preston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 DF   SCO Chris Neeson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 FW   SCO Gravine Kalala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
41 GK   SCO Josh Lane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 FW   SCO Lewis Latona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Team statistics

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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
5 Queen's Park 14 6 4 4 16 15 +1 22
6 Raith Rovers 14 4 3 7 13 18 −5 15
7 Hamilton Academical 14 4 3 7 19 25 −6 15
8 Greenock Morton 14 3 5 6 11 19 −8 14
9 Dunfermline Athletic 14 3 3 8 11 15 −4 12 Qualification for the Championship play-offs
Updated to match(es) played on 16 November 2024. Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-to head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only for deciding promotion, play-off participation and relegation).[4]

League Cup table

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Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ROS RAI HAM STI STR
1 Ross County 4 4 0 0 0 10 3 +7 12 Qualification for the second round — 2–1 — 3–0 —
2 Raith Rovers 4 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 8 — — p1–1 — 2–1
3 Hamilton Academical 4 1 0 2 1 5 3 +2 5 1–2 — — 0–0p —
4 Stirling Albion 4 0 2 0 2 2 8 −6 4 — 0–3 — — p2–2
5 Stranraer 4 0 0 1 3 4 10 −6 1 1–3 — 0–3 — —
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[6]

Transfers

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Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2024 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2024–25

References

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  1. ^ "Let's all commit to Accies in 2024–25". Hamilton Academical FC. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Hamilton FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. ^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Summary - League Cup Group H". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Charlie Albinson becomes our first summer signing". Hamilton Academical FC. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Barry Maguire becomes our second summer signing". Hamilton Academical FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Steven Bradley makes it three summer signings". Hamilton Academical FC. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Sean McGinty makes it four summer signings". Hamilton Academical FC. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Oli Shaw makes it five summer signings". Hamilton Academical FC. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Nikolay Todorov joins Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Daire O'Connor joins Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Stuart McKinstry joins Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  15. ^ "Lewis Smith is a Lion!". Livingston FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  16. ^ a b "End of Season Summary". Hamilton Academical FC. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  17. ^ "Fulton joins the Jambos". Heart of Midlothian FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Joel Mumbongo signs for the Sons". Dumbarton FC. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  19. ^ "New Signing: Marley Redfern". Clyde FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  20. ^ "Jamie Hamilton joins the Honest Men". Ayr United FC. 6 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  21. ^ a b c "Retained and Released list". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  22. ^ "A summer signing with a Winter feel to it..." Livingston FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  23. ^ "Michael Hewitt departs to join QOTS". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  24. ^ "Welcome Michael Hewitt". qosfc.com. Queen of the South FC. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  25. ^ "Oludare Olufunwa joins Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  26. ^ "Connor Smith returns to Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  27. ^ "Jamie Smith leaves on loan". Hamilton Academical FC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  28. ^ a b "Jamie Smith leaves on loan". Hamilton Academical FC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  29. ^ "Murray Mint". Coleraine FC. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  30. ^ a b c "Loans outbound". Hamilton Academical FC. 20 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
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