2024–25 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical 2024–25 football season

Hamilton Academical

2024–25 season

Chairman

John Brown

Manager

John Rankin

Stadium

New Douglas Park

Home colours

Away colours

← 2023–24

2025–26 →

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.

Summary

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

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season and friendlies

Hamilton Academical XI v Cumbernauld Colts

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

Hamilton Academical XI v Gala Fairydean Rovers

29 June 2024 Friendly	Hamilton Academical XI	2–0	Gala Fairydean Rovers	Hamilton
15:30 BST	Kalala 65' 80'			Stadium: New Douglas Park

Kelty Hearts v Hamilton Academical

6 July 2024 Friendly	Kelty Hearts	v	Hamilton Academical	Kelty
15:00 BST				Stadium: New Central Park

Preston Athletic v Hamilton Academical

9 July 2024 Friendly	Preston Athletic	v	Hamilton Academical	Prestonpans
19:30 BST				Stadium: Pennypit Park

Scottish Championship

Hamilton Academical v Ayr United

3 August 2024 1	Hamilton Academical	v	Ayr United	Hamilton
15:00				Stadium: New Douglas Park

Greenock Morton v Hamilton Academical

10 August 2024 2	Greenock Morton	v	Hamilton Academical	Greenock
15:00				Stadium: Cappielow

Hamilton Academical v Dunfermline Athletic

24 August 2024 3	Hamilton Academical	v	Dunfermline Athletic	Hamilton
15:00				Stadium: New Douglas Park

Hamilton Academical v Airdrieonians

31 August 2024 4	Hamilton Academical	v	Airdrieonians	Hamilton
15:00				Stadium: New Douglas Park

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

Hamilton Academical v Stirling Albion

13 July 2024 1	Hamilton Academical	v	Stirling Albion	Hamilton
15:00				Stadium: New Douglas Park

Stranraer v Hamilton Academical

20 July 2024 2	Stranraer	v	Hamilton Academical	Stranraer
15:00				Stadium: Stair Park

Hamilton Academical v Ross County

23 July 2024 3	Hamilton Academical	v	Ross County	Hamilton
19:45				Stadium: New Douglas Park

Raith Rovers v Hamilton Academical

27 July 2024 4	Raith Rovers	v	Hamilton Academical	Kirkcaldy
15:00				Stadium: Stark's Park

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 31 May 2024^[2]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		League Cup		Challenge Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	SCO	Jackson Longridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	SCO	Lee Kilday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	SCO	Jamie Barjonas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	FW	SCO	Euan Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SCO	Scott Martin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	SCO	Kevin O'Hara	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	SCO	Connor Murray	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	SCO	Kyle MacDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	AUS	Dylan McGowan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	SCO	Joe McGlynn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	SCO	Reghan Tumilty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	SCO	Michael Hewitt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	SCO	Fergus Owens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	SCO	Cian Newbury	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW	SCO	Liam Morgan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	SCO	Ben Williamson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK	ENG	Dean Lyness	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	SCO	Stephen Hendrie	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
47	FW	SCO	Gravine Kalala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	DF	SCO	Chris Neeson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	DF	SCO	Arran Preston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
51	GK	SCO	Josh Lane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2024–25 season
31	GK	SCO	Jamie Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Falkirk	Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final
5	Greenock Morton
6	Hamilton Academical
7	Livingston
8	Partick Thistle

First match(es) will be played: 2 August 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

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification	ROS	RAI	HAM	STI	STR
1	Ross County	Qualification for the second round	—	20 Jul	—	27 Jul	—
2	Raith Rovers	Possible qualification for the second round	—	—	27 Jul	—	16 Jul
3	Hamilton Academical		23 Jul	—	—	16 Jul	—
4	Stirling Albion		—	13 Jul	—	—	23 Jul
5	Stranraer		13 Jul	—	20 Jul	—	—

First match(es) will be played: 13 July 2024. 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

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Charlie Albinson	Ayr United	Free^[7]
Barry Maguire	Motherwell	Free^[8]
Steven Bradley	Livingston	Free^[9]
Sean McGinty	Ayr United	Free^[10]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Lewis Smith	Livingston	Free^[11]
Ryan Fulton	Heart of Midlothian	Free^[12]^[13]
Joel Mumbongo		Free^[12]
Marley Redfern	Clyde	Free^[14]
Jamie Hamilton		Free^[15]
Chris McGinn		Free^[15]
Andy Winter		Free^[15]

Loans in

Player	From	Fee

Loans out

Player	To	Fee
Jamie Smith	Annan Athletic	Free^[16]

References

^ "Let's all commit to Accies in 2024–25". Hamilton Academical FC. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
^ "Hamilton FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
^ "Championship Table". Scottish Professional Football League. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
^ "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. pp. 38–39. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
^ "Summary - League Cup Group H". Soccerway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
^ "Format". SPFL. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
^ "Charlie Albinson becomes our first summer signing". Hamilton Academical FC. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Barry Maguire becomes our second summer signing". Hamilton Academical FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Steven Bradley makes it three summer signings". Hamilton Academical FC. 13 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ "Sean McGinty makes it four summer signings". Hamilton Academical FC. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
^ "Lewis Smith is a Lion!". Livingston FC. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "End of Season Summary". Hamilton Academical FC. 30 May 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
^ "Fulton joins the Jambos". Heart of Midlothian FC. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "New Signing: Marley Redfern". Clyde FC. 12 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Retained and Released list". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "Jamie Smith leaves on loan". Hamilton Academical FC. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland Midlands North Caledonian North Region Junior East of Scotland South of Scotland West of Scotland Women's Premier League SWPL 1 SWPL 2 Women's Championship
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup League Cup Group stage Challenge Cup South Region Challenge Cup Junior Cup Youth Cup Women's Cup Women's Premier League Cup
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Conference League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's 2024–25 UEFA Nations League 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
Transfers	Summer 2024 Winter 2024–25
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Airdrieonians Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Greenock Morton Hamilton Academical Livingston Partick Thistle Queen's Park Raith Rovers
League One	Alloa Athletic Annan Athletic Arbroath Cove Rangers Dumbarton Inverness Caledonian Thistle Kelty Hearts Montrose Queen of the South Stenhousemuir
League Two	Bonnyrigg Rose Clyde East Fife Edinburgh City Elgin City Forfar Athletic Peterhead Stirling Albion Stranraer The Spartans