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
Pre-season
Scottish Premiership
Scottish League Cup
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.
|colspan="12"|Players who left the club during the 2014–15 season
Goal scorers
RankingNationNumberNameScottish PremiershipScottish CupLeague CupTotal1 22 Tony Andreu1201132 11 Ali Crawford1100113 99 Mickaël Antoine-Curier80084 9 Jason Scotland50055 6 Martin Canning30146 7 Dougie Imrie201318 Darian MacKinnon30038 17 Louis Longridge002228 Daniel Redmond20021014 Nigel Hasselbaink100120 Eamonn Brophy001121 Greg Docherty100124 Jesús García Tena100144 Lucas1001TOTALS500656
Disciplinary record Includes all competitive matches.
As of matches played 23 May 2015 NumberNationPositionNameTotalPremiershipLeague CupScottish Cup 2 DF Ziggy Gordon50500000 3 DF Stephen Hendrie31300100 4 DF Michael Devlin41410000 5 DF Martin Canning80800000 6 MF Grant Gillespie1201101000 7 MF Dougie Imrie62610001 8 MF Jon Routledge31211000 9 FW Jason Scotland2010001010 MF Alex Neil1010000011 MF Ali Crawford5050000012 MF Darren Lyon2121000014 FW Nigel Hasselbaink2020000017 MF Louis Longridge5050000018 FW Darian MacKinnon131121100022 FW Tony Andreu1010000024 DF Jesús García Tena7171000028 MF Daniel Redmond2010100044 DF Lucas1010000099 FW Mickaël Antoine-Curier10100000 TOTALS8287764111
Team statistics League table
Results by round
Results by opponent Hamilton score first TeamResultsPoints1234Aberdeen 3–0 0–3 0–3 X 3Celtic 1–0 0–2 0–4 X 3Dundee 0–2 2–1 1–1 X 4Dundee United 2–2 2–3 0–1 X 1Inverness CT 0–2 2–4 0–2 X 0Kilmarnock 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–2 5Motherwell 4–0 5–0 0–4 2–0 9Partick Thistle 2–1 3–3 0–5 1–1 5Ross County 4–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 7St Johnstone 1–0 1–0 1–1 X 7St Mirren 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 9 Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table
Transfers
Players in PlayerFromFee Dougie Imrie Greenock MortonFree Kieran MacDonald ClydeFree Michael McGovern FalkirkFree Daniel Redmond Wigan AthleticFree Darren Hill Forfar AthleticUndisclosed Lee Lynch LimerickFree Jason ScotlandRe-signedFree Lucas Milsami OrheiFree Nico Šumský Dukla Banská BystricaFree Nigel Hasselbaink VeriaFree
Players out PlayerToFee Kevin Cuthbert Raith RoversFree James Keatings Heart of MidlothianFree Lee Kilday Greenock MortonFree Kieran MacDonald DumbartonLoan Jason ScotlandReleasedReleased Mickaël Antoine-Curier Burton AlbionFree Tony Andreu Norwich City£1,000,000 Jaison McGrath Celtic BFree
Notes and references