Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championship, having been relegated from the 2020–21 Scottish Premiership. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy and remain the only professional club in British football to have originated from a school team. Hamilton have won the Scottish Challenge Cup twice and have finished runners-up in the Scottish Cup twice. The club currently play their home games at New Douglas Park.
Craig William Levein is a Scottish professional football player and coach who is currently a full-time advisor to the board of directors at Highland Football League club Brechin City. During his playing career he played for Cowdenbeath and Heart of Midlothian, making over 300 league appearances for the latter until he was forced to retire due to injury. He also won 16 caps for Scotland and was part of their 1990 FIFA World Cup squad.
James Jefferies is a Scottish football manager and former player. Jefferies played for Heart of Midlothian for almost his whole playing career and enjoyed a successful first managerial spell with the club, winning the 1998 Scottish Cup. Jefferies has also managed Gala Fairydean, Berwick Rangers, Falkirk, Bradford City, Kilmarnock and Dunfermline Athletic.
Brian Kerr is a Scottish football coach and former player.
Paul Hartley is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the manager of EFL League Two club Hartlepool United.
James Duncan McAlister is a retired Scottish footballer, who is most known for being club captain for Greenock Morton, making 361 appearances for the club.
James Michael Goodwin is an Irish football manager and former player who manages Scottish Premiership club Aberdeen.
Derek Lyle is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker for Partick Thistle, Queen of the South (two spells), Dundee, Hamilton Academical (two spells), Greenock Morton, Cowdenbeath and Peterhead. Lyle also had loan spells with East Stirlingshire, Stirling Albion, Dunfermline Athletic and the Doonhamers. Lyle's longest time in his career was spent with Queen of the South in Dumfries, where he scored 117 goals in 365 appearances over two spells with the club.
The 2007–08 Scottish League Cup was the 62nd staging of the Scotland's second most prestigious football knockout competition, also known for sponsorship reasons as the CIS Insurance Cup.
Sean Murdoch is a Scottish former professional football goalkeeper. Murdoch, who began and ended his career with Dunfermline Athletic, also played for Forfar Athletic, Hamilton Academical, Accrington Stanley, Hibernian and Rochester Rhinos.
Brian Neil Easton is a Scottish footballer, who plays for Hamilton Academical as a defender. Easton started his career with Hamilton, winning the Scottish First Division championship in 2008. He was sold to English club Burnley in 2009 but was mainly a backup squad member, being loaned back to Hamilton in 2010 and leaving at the end of his contract in 2012; he then signed for Dundee. In June 2013, Easton's contract with Dundee ended and he moved to St Johnstone, initially on a one-year deal, however remained with the club for six seasons, winning the Scottish Cup in 2014 but being unavailable for over a year through injury. He rejoined Hamilton in the summer of 2019.
Mark Millar is a Scottish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for East Stirlingshire.
Steven McLean is a Scottish football referee. He became a FIFA referee in 2010 and was selected to officiate at the 2011 UEFA U17 European Championship.
The 2011–12 Scottish Challenge Cup, known as the Ramsdens Challenge Cup due to sponsorship reasons with Ramsdens, was the 21st season of the competition. It was competed for by 32 clubs, which included the 30 members of the Scottish Football League, and for the first time the top two clubs of the Highland Football League.
The 2011–12 Scottish Youth Cup was the 29th season of the Scottish Youth Cup, Scotland's national cup tournament at under-19 age level. The competition is administered by the Scottish Football Association and is open to all Senior clubs.
Graeme MacGregor is a Scottish footballer who plays primarily as a defender.
James Keatings is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a forward. He has previously played for Celtic, Heart of Midlothian, St Johnstone, Hibernian and Dundee United plus a loan and two permanent spells at Hamilton Academical. In May 2019, he agreed to play for Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the following season. He most recently played for Raith Rovers and Montrose.
Crawford Allan is a retired Scottish football referee. He was appointed Head of Referee Operations at the Scottish FA on the 13th January 2020.
Martin Callie Boyle is a professional footballer, who plays for Saudi Professional League club Al-Faisaly. Born in Scotland, he plays for the Australia national team. He is a right sided winger, who is also capable of playing as a forward.
Andrew Winter is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Hamilton Academical, as a forward.
