2010–11 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup during the 2010–11 season.

Hamilton Academical

2010–11 season
Chairman	Ronnie MacDonald
Manager	Billy Reid
Stadium	New Douglas Park
Scottish Premier League	12th (Relegated)
Scottish Cup	Fifth Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Top goalscorer	League: Mickael Antoine-Curier (4) All: Mickael Antoine-Curier (5)
Highest home attendance	5,356 vs. Rangers Scottish Premier League 11 September 2010
Lowest home attendance	1,054 vs. Alloa Scottish Cup 8 January 2011
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Overview

Hamilton had a disappointing season seeing them relegated from the Scottish Premier League finishing in 12th place. They managed only 6 wins in all competitions out of the 42 fixtures played.

Results and fixtures

Scottish Premier League

14 August 2010 SPL	Aberdeen	4–0	Hamilton	Pittodrie
	Hartley  18' (40), 64' Diamond  50'	acciesfc		Attendance: 12,005 Referee: D McDonald

21 August 2010 SPL	Hamilton	0–4	Hearts	New Douglas Park
	Canning  75'	acciesfc	Elliot  6' (81) Templeton  22' Palazuelos  63'  Kyle  76' (pen.)	Attendance: 2,899 Referee: S Finnie

28 August 2010 SPL	Inverness	0–1	Hamilton	Caledonian Stadium
		acciesfc	Imrie  1'	Attendance: 3,851 Referee: J McKendrick

11 September 2010 SPL	Hamilton	1–2	Rangers	New Douglas Park
	Bougherra  56' (Og.)	acciesfc	Jelavic  6' Miller  90'	Attendance: 5,356 Referee: A Muir

18 September 2010 SPL	Hibernian	1–1	Hamilton	Easter Road
	Riordan  9'	acciesfc	Paixao  22'	Attendance: 11,294 Referee: E Norris

25 September 2010 SPL	Hamilton	2–2	Kilmarnock	New Douglas Park
	Paixao  15' N Hasselbaink  38'	acciesfc	Hamill  83' (pen.) C Sammon  89'	Attendance: 3,033 Referee: C Allan

2 October 2010 SPL	Celtic	3–1	Hamilton	Celtic Park
	S Maloney  25' (64) Hooper  71'	acciesfc	M McLaughlin  3'	Attendance: 47,476 Referee: S O'Reilly

16 October 2010 SPL	St Mirren	2–2	Hamilton	St Mirren Park
	Higdon  60' (73)	acciesfc	Routledge  39' imrie  47'	Attendance: 3,577 Referee: W Collum

23 October 2010 SPL	Hamilton	1–2	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
	Mensing  67' (pen.)	acciesfc	Parkin  19' Grainger  86'	Attendance: 2,431 Referee: M Tumilty

30 October 2010 SPL	Motherwell	0–1	Hamilton	Fir Park Stadium
		acciesfc	Hasselbaink  15'	Attendance: 4,865 Referee: C Thomson

6 November 2010 SPL	Hamilton	0–1	Dundee United	New Douglas Park
		acciesfc	Goodwillie  76'	Attendance: 2,456 Referee: C Murray

10 November 2010 SPL	Kilmarnock	3–0	Hamilton	Rugby Park
	Gordon  34' C Sammon  46' (52)	acciesfc		Attendance: 4,214 Referee: W Collum

13 November 2010 SPL	Hamilton	1–3	Inverness	New Douglas Park
	Imrie  29'	acciesfc	Rooney  49' (59) Hayes  52'	Attendance: 2,019 Referee: S McLean

20 November 2010 SPL	Hearts	2–0	Hamilton	Tynecastle Stadium
	Skacel  32' Templeton  52'	acciesfc		Attendance: 12,620 Referee: I Brines

27 November 2010 SPL	Hamilton	0–0	St Mirren	New Douglas Park
		acciesfc		Attendance: 2,280 Referee: M Levi

29 December 2010 SPL	Hamilton	0–1	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park
		acciesfc	Vernon  90'	Attendance: 2,968 Referee: C Thomson

1 January 2011 SPL	Hamilton	0–0	Motherwell	New Douglas Park
		acciesfc		Attendance: 3,171 Referee: S O'Reilly

12 January 2011 SPL	Hamilton	1–1	Celtic	New Douglas Park
	Mensing  27' McAlister Mensing	acciesfc	Stokes  90' (pen.) Forrest	Attendance: 5,163 Referee: W Collum

15 January 2011 SPL	Rangers	4–0	Hamilton	Ibrox
	Weiss  25' (45) S Whittaker  28' (pen.) Maurice Edu  82'	acciesfc		Attendance: 44,639 Referee: B Winter

22 January 2011 SPL	Inverness	1–1	Hamilton	Caledonian Stadium
	Sanchez  18'	acciesfc	Antoine-Curier  45' (pen.)	Attendance: 3,241 Referee: S Finnie

29 January 2011 SPL	Hamilton	1–1	Kilmarnock	New Douglas Park
	Antoine-Curier  14'	acciesfc	Salmon  80' J Hamill  29'	Attendance: 2,680 Referee: B Winter

1 February 2011 SPL	St Johnstone	2–0	Hamilton	McDiarmid Park
	May  4' (47)	acciesfc		Attendance: 2,631 Referee: Euan Norris

12 February 2011 SPL	Hamilton	0–2	Hearts	New Douglas Park
		acciesfc	S Elliott  22' (46)	Attendance: 2,876 Referee: S O'Reilly

19 February 2011 SPL	Motherwell	1–0	Hamilton	Fir Park Stadium
	John Sutton  36' (pen.)	acciesfc		Attendance: 4,407 Referee: C Allan

22 February 2011 SPL	Aberdeen	1–0	Hamilton	Pittodrie Stadium
	C Maguire  30' (pen.)	acciesfc		Attendance: 7,019 Referee: S Finnie

26 February 2011 SPL	Hamilton	1–1	Dundee United	New Douglas Park
	Antoine-Curier  33' (pen.)	acciesfc	Shala  84'	Attendance: 2,011 Referee: A Muir

1 March 2011 SPL	Hamilton	1–2	Hibernian	New Douglas Park
	F Paixao  90'	acciesfc	Sodje  37' D Riordan  75'	Attendance: 2,619 Referee: G Salmond

5 March 2011 SPL	Celtic	2–0	Hamilton	Celtic Park
	Commons  41' (53)	acciesfc		Attendance: 51,811 Referee: S O'Reilly

10 March 2011 SPL	Dundee United	2–1	Hamilton	Tannadice
	Goodwillie  42' Daly  90'	acciesfc	F Paixao  26'	Attendance: 5,766 Referee: W Collum

19 March 2011 SPL	Hamilton	0–0	St Johnstone	New Douglas Park
		acciesfc		Attendance: 2,111 Referee: B Madden

2 April 2011 SPL	St Mirren	3–1	Hamilton	St Mirren Park
	Higdon  61' (64), pen.' (71)	BBC SPORT	Buchanan  43' Canning  64'	Attendance: 4,985 Referee: Collum

10 April 2011 SPL	Hamilton	0–1	Rangers	New Douglas Park
		BBC SPORT	Jelavić  44'	Attendance: 4,526 Referee: Muir

17 April 2011 SPL	Hibernian	1–2	Hamilton	Easter Road
	Sodje  66'	BBC SPORT	Chambers  9' Miller  34' (o.g.)	Attendance: 8,173 Referee: Winter

25 April 2011 SPL	Hamilton	1–1	Aberdeen	New Douglas Park
	Imrie  64'	BBC SPORT	Blackman  75'	Attendance: 2,140 Referee: Murray

2 May 2011 SPL	St Mirren	0–1	Hamilton	St Mirren Park
	Travner  24'	BBC SPORT	Antoine-Curier  74' Neil  80'	Attendance: 5,037 Referee: Thomson

7 May 2011 SPL	Hamilton	1–0	Hibernian	New Douglas Park
	Hasselbaink  38'	BBC SPORT	Dickoh  43'	Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Mike Tumilty

10 May 2011 SPL	St Johnstone	1–0	Hamilton	McDiarmid Park
	Craig  29' (pen.)	BBC Sport	McLaughlin  28'	Attendance: 2,253 Referee: Steve Conroy

14 May 2011 SPL	Hamilton	1–2	Inverness	New Douglas Park
	Mensing  50'	BBC Sport	Foran  44' Rooney  57'	Attendance: 2,017 Referee: Iain Brines

Scottish League Cup

24 August 2010 League Cup Round 2	Raith Rovers	1–0	Hamilton	Stark's Park
	Mark Ferry  68'	acciesfc		Attendance: 1,674 Referee: E Smith

Scottish Cup

8 January 2011 Scottish Cup Round 4	Hamilton	2–0	Alloa	New Douglas Park
	Hasselbaink  34' F Paixao  90'	acciesfc	Robertson	Attendance: 1,054 Referee: A Muir

5 February 2011 League Cup Round 2	Hamilton	1–3	Dundee United	New Douglas Park
	Antoine-Curier  46'	acciesfc	Daly  20' Dixon  40' Buaben  59'	Attendance: 2,577 Referee: C Thomson

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	St Johnstone	38	11	11	16	23	43	−20	44
9	Aberdeen	38	11	5	22	39	59	−20	38
10	Hibernian	38	10	7	21	39	61	−22	37
11	St Mirren	38	8	9	21	33	57	−24	33
12	Hamilton Academical (R)	38	5	11	22	24	59	−35	26	Relegation to the First Division

Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CZE Tomáš Černý 3 MF  ENG Gavin Skelton 4 DF  SCO Martin Canning 5 DF  SCO Andy Graham 6 DF  SCO Mark McLaughlin 7 FW  SCO Dougie Imrie 8 MF  SCO Gary McDonald 9 FW  ARG Damián Casalinuovo 10 FW  SCO Alex Neil (captain) 11 MF  SCO Jim McAlister 12 DF  NIR David Buchanan 13 MF  ENG Mark Carrington 14 MF  SCO Kyle Wilkie 15 MF  ENG Aaron Wildig (on loan from Cardiff City) 16 MF  IRL James Chambers 17 MF  SCO Ali Crawford 18 FW  POR Flávio Paixão

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 GK  SCO Sean Murdoch 21 FW  POR Marco Paixão 22 MF  ENG Jon Routledge 23 DF  SCO James Gibson 24 DF  SCO Grant Gillespie 25 DF  IRL David Elebert 27 MF  ENG Simon Mensing 28 FW  SCO David Hopkirk 29 FW  SCO Euan Lindsay 30 FW  NED Nigel Hasselbaink 33 DF  SCO Lee Kilday 34 DF  SCO Ziggy Gordon 36 FW  ENG Tom Elliott 50 GK  SCO Brian Potter 99 FW  GLP Mickael Antoine-Curier

Captains

No.	P	Name	Country	No. games	Notes
10	FW	Neil			Club captain

Last updated: 16 May 2011
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.

Disciplinary records

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	GK		Tomáš Černý	2	0	0
3	MF		Gavin Skelton	2	0	0
4	DF		Martin Canning	6	0	2
5	DF		Andy Graham	3	0	0
6	DF		Mark McLaughlin	7	0	1
7	FW		Dougie Imrie	14	0	0
8	MF		Gary McDonald	5	0	0
9	FW		Damián Casalinuovo	0	0	0
10	FW		Alex Neil	4	0	1
11	MF		Jim McAlister	0	0	1
12	DF		David Buchanan	0	0	0
13	MF		Mark Carrington	1	0	0
14	MF		Kyle Wilkie	0	0	0
15	MF		Aaron Wildig	0	0	0
16	MF		James Chambers	0	0	0
17	MF		Ali Crawford	0	0	0
18	FW		Flávio Paixão	4	0	0
19	GK		Sean Murdoch	0	0	0
21	FW		Marco Paixão	0	0	0
22	MF		Jon Routledge	1	0	0
23	DF		James Gibson	0	0	0
24	DF		Grant Gillespie	3	0	0
25	DF		David Elebert	3	0	0
27	MF		Simon Mensing	7	0	2
28	FW		David Hopkirk	0	0	0
29	MF		Euan Lindsay	0	0	0
30	FW		Nigel Hasselbaink	3	0	0
33	DF		Lee Kilday	0	0	0
34	DF		Ziggy Gordon	5	0	0
36	FW		Tom Elliott	1	0	0
50	GK		Brian Potter	0	0	0
99	FW		Mickael Antoine-Curier	1	0	0

Stats valid for Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. Last Updated 16 May.

Top scorers

Squad No	Pos	Player	SPL	SC	LC	Total
99	MF	Mickael Antoine-Curier	4	1	0	5
30	MF	Nigel Hasselbaink	3	1	0	4
18	FW	Flávio Paixão	3	1	0	4
7	FW	Dougie Imrie	3	0	0	3
27	MF	Simon Mensing	3	0	0	3
12	DF	David Buchanan	1	0	0	1
6	DF	Mark McLaughlin	1	0	0	1
16	MF	James Chambers	1	0	0	1
21	FW	Marco Paixão	1	0	0	1
22	MF	Jon Routledge	1	0	0	1

Stats valid for Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup. Last Updated 16 May.

References

External links

• 2010–11 Hamilton Academical F.C. season at ESPN
• Hamilton Academical Fixtures