2009–10 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

The 2009–10 season was the 123rd season of competitive football by Hamilton Academical and the second season back in the top-flight of Scottish football. Hamilton Academical competed in the Scottish Premier League, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup.

Hamilton Academical
2009–10 season
ChairmanScotland Ronnie MacDonald
ManagerScotland Billy Reid
StadiumNew Douglas Park
Scottish Premier League7th
Scottish CupFourth round
League CupSecond round
Top goalscorer
Simon Mensing
(8 goals)
Highest home attendance5,343 vs. Rangers Scottish Premier League 16 January 2010
Lowest home attendance2,003 vs. Hearts Scottish Premier League 6 December 2009

Transfers

Summer Transfer Window (1 July – 1 September 2009)

For a list of Scottish football transfers in 2009–10, see transfers in season 2009-10

In Permanent

Date Player From Fee Contract length
20 July 2009 Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews[1] Scotland Raith Rovers Free One year
20 July 2009 Czech Republic Tomáš Černý[1] Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc £180,000 Two years
27 July 2009 England Izzy Iriekpen[2] England Bristol City Free Two years
5 August 2009 Republic of the Congo David Louhoungou[3] France Stade Rennais Free Unknown
6 August 2009 Portugal Marco Paixão[4] Spain Cultural Free Unknown
6 August 2009 Portugal Flávio Paixão[4] Spain Benidorm Free Unknown
14 August 2009 England John Paul Kissock[5] England Everton Free Unknown
14 August 2009 Spain Luis Rubiales[5] Spain Alicante Free Unknown
14 August 2009 Scotland Kevin Welsh[5] Scotland Harestanes Free Unknown
18 August 2009 England Kyle Wilkie[6] England Stockport County Free Unknown
21 August 2009 England Leon Knight[7] Greece Thrasivoulos Filis Free Unknown
28 August 2009 Scotland Gary Mason[8] Scotland St Mirren Free Six months
1 September 2009 Canada Richard Hastings[9] Scotland Inverness Caledonian Thistle Free One year
29 September 2009 France Guillaume Beuzelin[10] England Coventry City Free Unknown

Loans in

Date Player From Loan Length
4 August 2009 Australia James Wesolowski[11] England Leicester City Five months
1 September 2009 Guadeloupe Mickaël Antoine-Curier[12] Scotland Dundee Six months

Loans out

Date Player To Loan Length
11 September 2009 Scotland Kevin Welsh[13] Scotland Alloa Athletic Four months

Out Permanent

Date Player To Fee Note
29 May 2009 Scotland Rocco Quinn[14] Scotland Queen of the South Free
5 June 2009 Scotland Kenny Deuchar[15] Scotland St Johnstone Free
16 June 2009 England Chris Swailes[16] England Gateshead Free
14 July 2009 Scotland Brian Easton[17] England Burnley £350,000
20 July 2009 France Joël Thomas[18] England Colchester United £125,000
20 July 2009 Republic of Ireland James McCarthy[19] England Wigan Athletic £1,200,000
28 July 2009 Scotland Mark Corcoran[20] Scotland Partick Thistle Free
26 August 2009 England Richard Offiong[21] England Carlisle United £75,000

Winter Transfer Window (1 January – 2 February 2010)

In Permanent

Date Player From Fee Contract length

Loans in

Date Player From Loan Length
28 January 2010 France Joël Thomas[22] England Colchester United Six months
29 January 2010 Scotland Brian Easton[23] England Burnley Six months

Loans out

Date Player To Loan Length

Out Permanent

Date Player To Fee Note
28 January 2010 Trinidad and Tobago Marvin Andrews[22] Released

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

Match
Day
Date Opponent H/A Score[24] Hamilton Academical Scorer(s)[25] League
Position[26]
Attendance Report
1 15 August 2009 Kilmarnock A 0–3 12 5,307 Official Website
2 22 August 2009 Aberdeen H 0–3 12 3,347 Official Website
3 29 August 2009 Rangers A 1–4 McLaughlin (86) 12 47,633 Official Website
4 13 September 2009 Hibernian H 2–0 Mensing 8' (pen.), Curier (11) 11 4,023 Official Website
5 19 September 2009 Falkirk H 0–0 10 2,640 Official Website
6 26 September 2009 Hearts A 1–2 M Paixão (61) 10 13,025 Official Website
7 3 October 2009 St Johnstone H 0–2 11 2,199 Official Website
8 17 October 2009 Dundee United A 1–1 Curier (64) 11 5,944 Official Website
9 25 October 2009 Celtic H 1–2 Curier (82) 11 4,689 Official Website
10 31 October 2009 St Mirren A 2–0 M Paixão (2), Canning {40} 11 4,022 Official Website
11 7 November 2009 Motherwell H 2–2 Mensing (60), M Paixão (81) 11 3,583 Official Website
12 21 November 2009 Falkirk A 0–2 11 5,268 Official Website
13 28 November 2009 St Johnstone A 1–1 Antoine-Curier (24) 10 3,426 Official Website
14 6 December 2009 Hearts H 2–1 McArthur (5), Mensing (24) 10 2,003 Official Website
15 12 December 2009 Aberdeen A 2–1 Antoine-Curier (32), Wesolowski (80) 7 9,499 Official Website
16 26 December 2009 Celtic A 0–2 9 36,827 Official Website
17 13 January 2010 Dundee United H 0–1 10 2,033 Official Website
18 16 January 2010 Rangers H 0–1 10 5,343 Official Website
19 23 January 2010 Hibernian A 1–5 Paixão (69) 10 11,481 Official Website
20 26 January 2010 Kilmarnock H 0–0 10 2,018 Official Website
21 30 January 2010 Celtic H 0–1 10 4,922 Official Website
22 6 February 2010 Motherwell A 0–1 12 4,777 Official Website
23 10 February 2010 Dundee United A 2–0 F.Paixão (23), M.Paixão (45) 11 5,598 Official Website
24 13 February 2010 Motherwell H 0–0 11 3,133 Official Website
25 21 February 2010 Hearts A 0–2 11 13,496 Official Website
26 27 February 2010 St Mirren A 0–0 11 3,628 Official Website
27 6 March 2010 Aberdeen A 1–1 F.Paixão (62) 11 2,030 Official Website
28 13 March 2010 St Mirren H 1–0 F.Paixão (90) 10 2,179 Official Website
29 20 March 2010 Falkirk H 2–2 Antoine-Curier (50), Mensing 58' (pen.) 9 2,461 Official Website
30 24 March 2010 Kilmarnock A 2–1 Antoine-Curier (21), Mensing (26) 9 4,068 Official Website
31 27 March 2010 St Johnstone H 1–0 Wesolowski (43) 9 2,245 Official Website
32 3 April 2010 Rangers A 0–1 9 48,068 Official Website
33 10 April 2010 Hibernian H 4–1 Mensing 17' (pen.), 60' (pen.), Thomas 68', 80' 8 2,520 Official Website
34 17 April 2010 Kilmarnock H 3–0 Imrie (72), F.Paixão (77), Thomas (87) 8 2,628 Official Website
35 24 April 2010 Falkirk A 1–0 M.Paixão (19) 8 5,118 Official Website
36 1 May 2010 Aberdeen A 3–1 F.Paixão (1), Wesolowski (49), Mensing 58' (pen.) 8 7,009 Official Website
37 5 May 2010 St Mirren H 0–0 8 3,102 Official Website
38 8 May 2010 St Johnstone A 3–2 McLaughlin (8), Imrie (15), Wesolowski (84) 7 3,188

Scottish League Cup

Round Date Opponent H/A Score[24] Hamilton Academical Scorer(s)[25] Attendance Report
2nd Round 25 August 2009 Ross County A 1–2 Mensing (90+2)

Scottish Cup

Round Date Opponent H/A Score[24] Hamilton Academical Scorer(s)[25] Attendance Report
4th Round 10 January 2010 Rangers H 3–3 Mensing 39' (pen.), M Paixão (45+1), Curier (45+3) 3,942 BBC Sport
4th Round Replay 19 January 2010 Rangers A 0–2 (a.e.t.) 21,856 BBC Sport

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Scottish Premier League 7 15 August 2009
League Cup 2nd Round 2nd Round 25 August 200925 August 2009
Scottish Cup 4th Round 4th Round 10 January 2010

Source: Competitions

SPL

Classification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Motherwell 38 13 14 11 52 54 2 53 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
6 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 9 16 35 46 11 48
7 Hamilton Academical 38 13 10 15 39 46 7 49
8 St Johnstone 38 12 11 15 57 61 4 47
9 Aberdeen 38 10 11 17 36 52 16 41
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
15 4 4 7 15 24  −9 16 2 2 3 7 10  −3 2 2 4 8 14  −6

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAH
ResultLLLWDLLDLWDLDWWP
Position121212111010111111111111101078
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Results by opponent

Team Results[24] Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen0-32-13
Celtic1-20
Dundee United1-1P-P1
Falkirk0-00-21
Heart of Midlothian1-22-13
Hibernian2-03
Kilmarnock0-30
Motherwell2-21
Rangers1-40
St Johnstone0-21-11
St Mirren2-03

Source: 2009–10 Scottish Premier League article

Notes and references

  1. "Andrews wins deal with Hamilton". BBC Sport. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  2. "Accies capture defender Iriekpen". BBC Sport. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  3. "Hamilton complete Louhoungou deal". BBC Sport. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  4. "Hamilton sign up Portuguese twins". BBC Sport. 6 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  5. "Accies confirm three new captures". BBC Sport. 14 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  6. "Accies snap up midfielder Wilkie". BBC Sport. 18 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  7. "Hamilton take a chance on Knight". BBC Sport. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  8. "Mason joins Accies until January". BBC Sport. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  9. "Accies sign two on deadline day". BBC Sport. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  10. "Hamilton complete Beuzelin deal". BBC Sport. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  11. "Hamilton take Wesolowski on loan". BBC Sport. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  12. "Accies sign two on deadline day". BBC Sport. 27 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  13. "Accies Welsh loaned to Alloa". BBC Sport. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  14. "Roy and Quinn sign up with Queens". BBC Sport. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  15. "Deuchar maker return to Saints". BBC Sport. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  16. "Swailes completes Gateshead move". BBC Sport. 16 June 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  17. "Burnley tie up Easton transfer". BBC Sport. 14 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  18. "Colchester secure Accies' Thomas". BBC Sport. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  19. "McCarthy agrees £1.2m Wigan move". BBC Sport. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  20. "Accies' Corcoran goes to Firhill". BBC Sport. 28 July 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  21. "Offiong completes Carlisle switch". BBC Sport. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
  22. "Joel Thomas to rejoin Hamilton as Marvin Andrews exits". BBC Sport. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  23. "Burnley defender Brian Easton rejoins Hamilton on loan". BBC Sport. 29 January 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  24. Hamilton Academical's score is shown first.
  25. The number(s) in brackets shows the minute the goal(s) was/were scored.
  26. Shows Hamilton Academical's position in the table at end of day the match was played on
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