Hamilton Academical is a football club from Hamilton, Scotland. They were established in 1874 from Hamilton Academy. More commonly known as "Hamilton Accies" the team won promotion from SFL Division 2 to SFL Division 1 in the 2003-04 season. This was followed up by promotion to the Scottish Premier League in the 2007-08 season. The club have played at New Douglas Park from 2001, having previously played at Douglas Park. Image File history File links Hamilton_academical_fc. ... Football club names are a part of the sports culture, reflecting century-old traditions. ... Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... New Douglas Park is the home to Hamilton Academical of the Scottish First Division in Hamilton. ... The Mausoleum of the Dukes of Hamilton, in the grounds of the old Hamilton Palace Hamilton (Hamaltan, in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in Central Scotland. ... Rungnado May Day Stadium is the worlds largest football stadium. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... Billy Reid is a Scottish former footballer and is currently manager of Scottish Football League club Hamilton Academical. ... The Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League commonly known as the Scottish Premier League, Premier League or SPL is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top level of the Scottish football league system - above the Scottish Football League. ... Competitive football has been played in Scotland since 1890. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Left arm of hooped football kit. ... soccer kit File links The following pages link to this file: Celtic F.C. Queens Park Rangers F.C. Reading F.C. F.C. Dallas Yeovil Town F.C. Greenock Morton F.C. Darlington F.C. Sporting Clube de Portugal Santos Laguna De Graafschap Shamrock Rovers F.C. Donegal Celtic... Image File history File links Right arm of hooped football kit. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Image File history File links Kit_left_arm_greenborder. ... Image File history File links Kit_body_greenshoulders. ... Image File history File links Kit_right_arm_greenborder. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... socks of kit template File links The following pages link to this file: Arsenal F.C. Ajax Amsterdam AZ Alkmaar A.S. Roma Torino Calcio A.C. Milan ACF Fiorentina Bristol City F.C. Charlton Athletic F.C. Chievo Verona Chelsea F.C. England national football team Wikipedia:WikiProject Football... Soccer redirects here. ... The Mausoleum of the Dukes of Hamilton, in the grounds of the old Hamilton Palace Hamilton (Hamaltan, in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in Central Scotland. ... Hamilton Academy was a school situated in Hamilton, Scotland. ... The Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland. ... Competitive football has been played in Scotland since 1890. ... New Douglas Park is the home to Hamilton Academical of the Scottish First Division in Hamilton. ... Douglas Park is the old stadium of Hamilton Academical F.C.. The Club left the stadium in 1994 due to the ill-repair of the stadium and financial problems. ...

Club History

Hamilton Academical FC were formed in late 1874 by the Rector and pupils of the local school, Hamilton Academy. Membership of the Scottish Football League came in November 1897 when Renton were forced to resign. The Scottish Football League is a league of football teams in Scotland. ... Renton Football Club was a prominent team in the early history of Scottish football. ...

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In 1971 Accies became the first football club in the United Kingdom to recruit players from behind the Iron Curtain when three Polish players were signed to the club amid great publicity. Warsaw Pact countries to the east of the Iron Curtain are shaded red; NATO members to the west of it — blue. ...

Success came in the late 1980s when Hamilton was promoted to the Premier League twice (in 1986 and 1988), but both spells in the top division lasted for one season only. In 1991 and 1992 the club won the Scottish League Challenge Cup. In 1994 new ground regulations saw the club vacate Douglas Park, their home since 1888, and sell the land to make way for a retail park. The club shared a ground with Albion Rovers and Partick Thistle (2 spells) for the next seven years. Hamilton also endured a much publicised forced relegation to the Third at the end of the 1999-2000 season. Douglas Park is the old stadium of Hamilton Academical F.C.. The Club left the stadium in 1994 due to the ill-repair of the stadium and financial problems. ... Albion Rovers is also the name of a Welsh football team, see Albion Rovers F.C. (Wales). ... Partick Thistle Football Club is a Scottish professional football club from the city of Glasgow. ...

The club's fortunes have since turned: in the 2001-02 season the club finally returned to Hamilton to a stadium just yards from the old site, and also secured a place in Division One for the 2004-05 season. Hamilton remained in the Scottish First Division over the next few seasons and achieved a very respectable 4th place position in the 2006-2007 season. The 2007-08 season has seen the Accies gain promotion to the Scottish Premier League. On 19 April Hamilton secured the championship and promotion to the Scottish Premier League, for the first time since 1988. The 2001-02 season was the 105th season of competetive football in Scotland. ... The 2004-05 season was the 108th season of competitive football in Scotland. ... Competitive football has been played in Scotland since 1890. ... The Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League commonly known as the Scottish Premier League, Premier League or SPL is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top level of the Scottish football league system - above the Scottish Football League. ... is the 109th day of the year (110th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League commonly known as the Scottish Premier League, Premier League or SPL is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top level of the Scottish football league system - above the Scottish Football League. ...

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Current squad

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Honours

• Division One: Champions 1985-86, 1987-88, 2007-08
• Division Two: Champions 1903-04 Runners-up 1952-53, 1964-65, 1996-97, 2003-04
• Division Three: Champions 2000-01
• Scottish Cup: Runners-up 1910-11, 1934-35
• Scottish Challenge Cup: Winners 1991-92, 1992-93 Runners-Up: 2005-06
• Reserve League Cup: Winners 1983-84 Runners-Up: 1992-93
• Second XI Cup: Winners 1933-34
• Reserve League West: Champions 1997-98
• Lanarkshire Cup: Winners 10 times

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Club Records

• Record Attendances:
  • 28,690 v Heart of Midlothian, 1937 (Douglas Park)
  • 5,078 v Dundee, 15 March 2008 (New Douglas Park)
• Record Victory: 11-1 v Chryston, 1885
• Record Defeat: 1-11 v Hibernian, 1965
• Most League Goals in a Season: 35, David Wilson, 1936-37
• Most International Caps: 29, Colin Miller, (Canada)

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Managers

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Managerial stats since 1999

As of 27 April 2008.

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Source: soccerbase.com

Famous players

• Robert Howe
• James King
• Colin Miller

• Other notable Hamilton Academical players

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Scottish Player of the Year Awards

• 1985-86 First Division Player of the Year: John Brogan
• 1987-88 First Division Player of the Year: Alex Taylor
• 1996-97 Second Division Player of the Year: Paul Ritchie
• 2007-08 First Division Player of the Year: Richard Offiong
• 2007-08 SFL Young Player of the Year: James McCarthy

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Local Derbies

Below is a list of the club's main local rivals:

• Airdrie United
• Albion Rovers
• Clyde
• Motherwell

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Famous Fans

• Craig Brown
• Jock Brown
• Jamie Burnett
• Jimmy Greaves
• Alison Walker

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Songs

Scarlet Ribbon

She Wore, She Wore, She Wore A Scarlet Ribbon,

She Wore A Scarlet Ribbon In The Merry Month Of May,

And When I Asked Her Why She Wore That Ribbon,

She Said It's For The Accies And We're Going To Win The League,

Win The League, Win The League,

Oh She Said It's For The Accies And We're Going To Win The League.

We Are Hamilton

We Are The Hamilton FC,

We Hate Motherwell And We Hate Airdrie,

Follow You Where You'll Be,

We Are The Boys Of The HAFC.

Accies Accies, Boing Boing

Accies Accies, Boing Boing.

We Shall Not Be Moved

We Shall Not, We Shall Not Be Moved,

We Shall Not, We Shall Not Be Moved,

Not By The Jags, The Dee Or The Bully Wee,

We Shall Not Be Moved.

Pride Of Lanarkshire

We Support Our Local Team,

For We're The Pride Of Lanarkshire,

We're The Pride Of, We're The Pride Of,

We're The Pride Of Lanarkshire,

We're The Pride Of Lanarkshire.

Books

• Peter McLeish (1997). Hamilton Academical Who's Who: 1946/47-1996/97. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-80-3. 

External links

Official

• Hamilton Academical official website
• Hamilton Academical Youth Initiative website

Unofficial

• Hoops Apocalypse
• Net Natter

Other

• BBC Sport page
• Scotsman page
• icLanarkshire - Hamilton Accies Football Club News
• Statistics from Football365
• soccerbase
• Hamilton Accies Saver
• Hamilton Academical - Historical Football Kits