2010–11 Hamilton Academical F.C. 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	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; Mickael Antoine-Curier; (4 goals); All: ; Mickael Antoine-Curier; (5 goals)
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
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 season was the 124th season of competitive football by Hamilton Academical and the third back in the top-flight of Scottish football. Hamilton Academical competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.

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 v t e	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.	Player
1	GK	Tomáš Černý	2	0
3	MF	Gavin Skelton	2	0
4	DF	Martin Canning	6	2
5	DF	Andy Graham	3	0
6	DF	Mark McLaughlin	7	1
7	FW	Dougie Imrie	14	0
8	MF	Gary McDonald	5	0
9	FW	Damián Casalinuovo	0	0
10	FW	Alex Neil	4	1
11	MF	Jim McAlister	0	1
12	DF	David Buchanan	0	0
13	MF	Mark Carrington	1	0
14	MF	Kyle Wilkie	0	0
15	MF	Aaron Wildig	0	0
16	MF	James Chambers	0	0
17	MF	Ali Crawford	0	0
18	FW	Flávio Paixão	4	0
19	GK	Sean Murdoch	0	0
21	FW	Marco Paixão	0	0
22	MF	Jon Routledge	1	0
23	DF	James Gibson	0	0
24	DF	Grant Gillespie	3	0
25	DF	David Elebert	3	0
27	MF	Simon Mensing	7	2
28	FW	David Hopkirk	0	0
29	MF	Euan Lindsay	0	0
30	FW	Nigel Hasselbaink	3	0
33	DF	Lee Kilday	0	0
34	DF	Ziggy Gordon	5	0
36	FW	Tom Elliott	1	0
50	GK	Brian Potter	0	0
99	FW	Mickael Antoine-Curier	1	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	Total
99	MF	Mickael Antoine-Curier	4	1	5
30	MF	Nigel Hasselbaink	3	1	4
18	FW	Flávio Paixão	3	1	4
7	FW	Dougie Imrie	3	0	3
27	MF	Simon Mensing	3	0	3
12	DF	David Buchanan	1	0	1
6	DF	Mark McLaughlin	1	0	1
16	MF	James Chambers	1	0	1
21	FW	Marco Paixão	1	0	1
22	MF	Jon Routledge	1	0	1

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

References

External links

v t e 2010–11 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League Football League First Division Second Division Third Division Highland League SJFA West Premier SJFA East Superleague SJFA North Superleague Scottish Premier Under-19 League Women's Premier League 2010 2011
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Challenge Cup Final Junior Cup Youth Cup Final Women's Cup 2010 2011 Women's League Cup 2010 2011
European competitions	Champions League Europa League
Related to national team	Results 2012 Euro qualifying UEFA Group I
Events	Scottish football referee strike
Club seasons
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First Division	Cowdenbeath Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Queen of the South Partick Thistle Raith Rovers Ross County Stirling Albion
Second Division	Airdrie United Alloa Athletic Ayr United Brechin City Dumbarton East Fife Forfar Athletic Livingston Peterhead Stenhousemuir
Third Division	Albion Rovers Annan Athletic Arbroath Berwick Rangers Clyde East Stirlingshire Elgin City Montrose Queen's Park Stranraer
List of Scottish football transfers 2010–11