2020–21 Hamilton Academical F.C. season

Hamilton Academical
2020–21 season
Chairman	Allan Maitland
Manager	Brian Rice
Stadium	New Douglas Park
Scottish Premiership	12th (relegated)
Scottish Cup	Third round
League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ross Callachan (10); All: Ross Callachan (10)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2020–21 season was the seventh consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football played by Hamilton Academical, following their promotion to the division at the end of the 2013–14 season. Hamilton also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Summary

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss Postponed

Pre-season

25 July 2020 (2020-07-25)	Motherwell	2–2	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
14:00 BST	Donnelly 41' Lamie 70'	Report	McMann 45' Ogkmpoe 50'	Stadium: Fir Park

Scottish Premiership

2 August 2020 (2020-08-02) 1	Celtic	5–1	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
16:30 BST	Édouard 20', 49', 53' Frimpong 34' Klimala 90'	Report	Martin 34'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Willie Collum

8 August 2020 (2020-08-08) 2	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Ross County	Hamilton
15:00 BST		Report	Mckay 76' Vigurs 90+1'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Bobby Madden

15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) 3	Hamilton Academical	0–1	St Mirren	Hamilton
15:00 BST		Report	Obika 19'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Steven Kirkland

22 August 2020 (2020-08-22) 4	Motherwell	0–1	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
15:00 BST		Report	Odoffin 86'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Alan Muir

15 August 2020 (2020-08-15) 5	Hamilton Academical	0–2	Rangers	Hamilton
15:00 BST	McMann 11' 76'	Report	Hagi 15' Tavernier 20'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Willie Collum

12 September 2020 (2020-09-12) 6	Livingston	1–2	Hamilton Academical	Livingston
15:00 BST	Want 1' (o.g.)	Report	Templeton 57' Munro 85'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Don Robertson

19 September 2020 (2020-09-19) 7	Kilmarnock	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Kilmarnock
15:00 BST	Kiltie 10' Brophy 23' Kabamba 57'	Report	Odoffin 18'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Nick Walsh

26 September 2020 (2020-09-26) 8	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Dundee United	Hamilton
15:00 BST	Odoffin 75'	Report	Shankland 4'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Alan Muir

2 October 2020 (2020-10-02) 9	Hibernian	3–2	Hamilton Academical	Edinburgh
19:45 BST	Nisbet 19', 35' Hanlon 63'	Report	Callachan 75' (pen.) Porteous 84' (o.g.)	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Bobby Madden

17 October 2020 (2020-10-17) 10	Hamilton Academical	3–5	St Johnstone	Hamilton
15:00 BST	Hughes 40', 79' Ogkmpoe 44'	Report	May 1', 33' Wotherspoon 14' Conway 69', 82'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Alan Muir

20 October 2020 (2020-10-20) 11	Aberdeen	4–2	Hamilton Academical	Aberdeen
19:45 BST	Hoban 14' Ferguson 21' Edmondson 24', 31' McLennan 86'	Report	Moyo 32' Callachan 68' (pen.) Odoffin 90+1'	Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Nick Walsh

8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) 12	Rangers	8–0	Hamilton Academical	Govan
15:00 BST	Arfield 16' Roofe 18', 54' Aribo 19', 36' Barker 62' Tavernier 65' (pen.), 69'	Report		Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Steven McLean

21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 13	Dundee United	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Dundee
15:00 BST	Clark 76', 80'	Report	Callachan 56'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Craig Napier

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 14	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Aberdeen	Hamilton
19:45 BST	Ogkmpoe 49'	Report	Hedges 19'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Gavin Duncan

5 December 2020 (2020-12-05) 15	Hamilton Academical	1–0	Kilmarnock	Hamilton
15:00 BST	Callachan 73 pen.'	Report	Dikamona 29'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Willie Collum

12 December 2020 (2020-12-12) 16	Hamilton Academical	0–4	Hibernian	Hamilton
15:00 BST		Report	Boyle 10 pen.' Doidge 39' McGinn 65' Nisbet 68'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Kevin Clancy

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) 17	Ross County	0–2	Hamilton Academical	Dingwall
15:00 BST		Report	Callachan 22' Martin 62'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]

23 December 2020 (2020-12-23) 18	Hamilton Academical	0–2	Livingston	Hamilton
18:00 BST		Report	Guthrie 51' Mullin 90+1'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Gavin Duncan

26 December 2020 (2020-12-26) 19	Hamilton Academical	0–3	Celtic	Hamilton
15:00 BST		Report	Edouard 49 pen.' Griffiths 54' Turnbull 74'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Don Robertson

30 December 2020 (2020-12-30) 20	St Johnstone	0–0	Hamilton Academical	Hamilton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: McDiarmid Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: David Munro

2 January 2021 (2021-01-02) 21	Hamilton Academical	3–0	Motherwell	Hamilton
15:00 BST	Hodson 10' Callachan 49' Smith 65'	Report		Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Colin Steven

9 January 2021 (2021-01-09) 22	Kilmarnock	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Kilmarnock
15:00 BST	Kiltie 36', 63'	Report		Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Grant Irvine

16 January 2021 (2021-01-16) 23	Hamilton Academical	0–0	Dundee United	Hamilton
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]

27 January 2021 (2021-01-27) 24	Celtic	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Glasgow
19:45 BST	Griffiths 12' Édouard 48'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Colin Steven

3 February 2021 (2021-02-03) 25	Hamilton Academical	1–2	Ross County	Hamilton
15:00 BST	Kelly 16 o.g.'	Report	White 81' McKay 85'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]

7 February 2021 (2021-02-07) 26	Hamilton Academical	1–1	Rangers	Hamilton
12:00 BST	Callachan 90+4'	Report	Easton 80 o.g.'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Bobby Madden

13 February 2021 (2021-02-13) 27	Motherwell	1–4	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
12:00 BST	O'Donnell 18' O'Hara 68 pen.'	Report	Anderson 7' Callachan 19 pen.' Ogkmpoe 31' Moyo 64'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Bobby Madden

17 February 2021 (2021-02-17) 28	St Mirren	1–1	Hamilton Academical	Paisley
15:00 BST	Durmuş 53'	Report	Anderson 68'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Steven McLean

20 February 2021 (2021-02-20) 29	Hibernian	2–0	Hamilton Academical	Edinburgh
15:00 BST	Boyle 13' Doig 70'	Report	Hamilton 12'	Stadium: Easter Road Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Craig Napier

3 March 2021 (2021-03-03) 30	Hamilton Academical	1–1	St Johnstone	Hamilton
18:00 BST	Callachan 36'	Report	Melamed 87'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Grant Irvine

6 March 2021 (2021-03-06) 31	Aberdeen	0–0	Hamilton Academical	Aberdeen
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Bobby Madden

13 March 2021 (2021-03-13) 32	Livingston	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Livingston
15:00 BST	Emmanuel-Thomas 16' Pittman 36'	Report	Smith 30'	Stadium: Almondvale Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Kevin Clancy

20 March 2021 (2021-03-20) 33	Hamilton Academical	1–1	St Mirren	Hamilton
15:00 BST	Munro 89'	Report	McGrath 33 pen.'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Don Robertson

10 April 2021 (2021-04-10) 34	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Dundee United	Hamilton
15:00 BST		Report	McNulty 6'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Bobby Madden

21 April 2021 (2021-04-21) 35	Hamilton Academical	0–1	Motherwell	Hamilton
19:00 BST	Hughes 33'	Report	O'Hara 37'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Kevin Clancy

1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) 36	St Mirren	1–2	Hamilton Academical	Paisley
15:00 BST	McGrath 71'	Report	Callachan 28' Moyo 57'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: John Beaton

12 May 2021 (2021-05-12) 37	Ross County	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Dingwall
19:45 BST	Spittal 28' Lakin 70'	Report	McMann 26'	Stadium: Victoria Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: William Collum

16 May 2021 (2021-05-16) 38	Hamilton Academical	0–2	Kilmarnock	Hamilton
12:00 BST		Report	Pinnock 9', 44'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1] Referee: Kevin Clancy

Scottish League Cup

Group stage

6 October 2020 (2020-10-06) Group Stage	Annan Athletic	3–1	Hamilton Academical	Annan
19:45 BST	Swinglehurst 31' Fulton 38' Purdue 43'	Report	McMann 51'	Stadium: Galabank Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 2] Referee: Craig Napier

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) Group Stage	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Ayr United	Hamilton
15:00 BST	Ogkmpoe 19' Trafford 36'	Report	Moffat 68'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 3] Referee: Colin Steven

11 November 2020 (2020-11-11) Group Stage	Stranraer	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Stranraer
19:45 BST	Orr 34' Duffy 81'	Report	Odoffin 71'	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 4] Referee: Willie Collum

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) Group Stage	Hamilton Academical	3–0 ^[A]	Albion Rovers	New Douglas Park
15:00 BST				Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 5]

Scottish Cup

3 April 2021 Third round	Hamilton Academical	0–3	St Mirren	New Douglas Park
15:00		Report	McGrath 4', 79 pen.' Dennis 74'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Euan Anderson

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of 16 May 2021[1]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premiership		League Cup		Scottish Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Hakeem Odoffin	41	4	37	3	3	1	1	0
3	DF	SCO	Scott McMann	40	2	36	1	3	1	1	0
4	DF	SCO	Ben Stirling	22	0	16+4	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF	SCO	Brian Easton	26	0	24	0	1	0	1	0
6	DF	SCO	Jamie Hamilton	28	0	21+6	0	0	0	0+1	0
7	FW	SCO	Bruce Anderson	14	2	13	2	0	0	1	0
8	MF	SCO	Scott Martin	27	1	21+3	1	1+1	0	1	0
9	FW	GRE	Marios Ogkmpoe	22	4	15+5	3	2	1	0	0
10	MF	SCO	David Templeton	10	1	7+1	1	2	0	0	0
11	MF	SCO	Lewis Smith	10	0	4+5	0	1	0	0	0
12	DF	SCO	Shaun Want	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	CAN	Charlie Trafford	11	1	3+7	0	1	1	0	0
15	MF	SCO	Ronan Hughes	18	2	7+9	2	0+1	0	1	0
16	DF	ENG	Aaron Martin	26	0	24	0	1	0	1	0
17	DF	NZL	George Stanger	5	0	1+4	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	SCO	Reegan Mimnaugh	19	0	8+9	0	1+1	0	0	0
19	FW	SCO	Andy Winter	23	0	10+12	0	1	0	0	0
20	FW	ZIM	David Moyo	36	3	23+10	3	0+2	0	1	0
21	MF	SCO	Kyle Munro	20	2	9+7	2	1+2	0	0+1	0
22	GK	SCO	Kyle Gourlay	11	0	9+1	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK	SCO	Ryan Fulton	31	0	28	0	2	0	1	0
24	MF	ENG	Nathan Thomas	11	0	3+7	0	1	0	0	0
25	FW	SCO	Sean Slaven	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF	SCO	Marley Redfern	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	NIR	Lee Hodson	36	1	33	1	2	0	1	0
31	GK	SCO	Jamie Smith	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	SCO	Callum Smith	26	2	8+15	2	3	0	0	0
33	MF	SCO	Daryl Meikle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF	SCO	Ross Callachan	37	10	32+1	10	3	0	1	0
41	GK	IRL	Ryan Scully	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the 2018–19 season
4	DF	SCO	Ciaran McKenna	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ENG	Will Collar	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF	NOR	Markus Fjørtoft	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
36	FW	BEL	Tunde Owolabi	9	0	1+6	0	1+1	0	0	0
37	FW	NED	Justin Johnson	7	0	1+4	0	0+2	0	0	0

Team statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 6]
8	Motherwell	38	12	9	17	39	55	−16	45
9	Dundee United	38	10	14	14	32	50	−18	44
10	Ross County	38	11	6	21	35	66	−31	39
11	Kilmarnock (R)	38	10	6	22	43	54	−11	36	Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
12	Hamilton Academical (R)	38	7	9	22	34	67	−33	30	Relegation to Championship

Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification, second stage group allocation or relegation).[3]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

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Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	L
Position	12	12	12	9	11	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source: BBC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	AYR	ANN	STR	HAM	ALB
1	Ayr United	4	2	1	0	1	8	5	+3	8	Qualification for the Second round	—	1–0	p1–1	—	—
2	Annan Athletic	4	2	0	1	1	9	4	+5	7		—	—	1–1p	3–1	—
3	Stranraer	4	1	1	2	0	6	5	+1	7		—	—	—	2–1	2–2p
4	Hamilton Academical	4	2	0	0	2	7	6	+1	6		2–1	—	—	—	3–0
5	Albion Rovers	4	0	1	0	3	5	15	−10	2		2–5	1–5	—	—	—

Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[5]

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Ross Callachan	St Johnstone	Free[6]
Charlie Trafford	Inverness CT	Free[6]
Callum Smith	Dunfermline Athletic	Free[6]
Tunde Owolabi	FC United of Manchester	Undisclosed[7]
Hakeem Odoffin	Livingston	Undisclosed[8]
Justin Johnson	Othellos Athienou	Free[9]
Ben Stirling	Hibernian	Free[10]
Ryan Scully	Dunfermline Athletic	Free[11]
Aaron Martin	Exeter City	Free[12]
Nathan Thomas	Sheffield United	Free[12]

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Aaron McGowan	Kilmarnock	Free[13][14]
George Oakley	Pirin Blagoevgrad	Free[13][15]
Alex Gogić	Hibernian	Free[13][16]
Mickel Miller	Rotherham United	Free[17]
Steve Davies	Runcorn Town	Free[18]
Johnny Hunt	Kettering Town	Free[18]
Charlie Reilly	Partick Thistle	Free[18][11]
Owain Fôn Williams	Dunfermline Athletic	Free[19]
Blair Alston	Falkirk	Free[20]
Ciaran McKenna	Partick Thistle	Free[21]
Markus Fjørtoft	Greenock Morton	Free[22]
Will Collar	Stockport County	Free[23][24]
Justin Johnson	Greenock Morton	Free[25][26]
Tunde Owolabi	Finn Harps	Free[25][27]

Loans in

Player	From	Fee
Lee Hodson	Gillingham	Loan[28]
Bruce Anderson	Aberdeen	Loan[29]

Loans out

Player	To	Fee

Notes

^
A: Hamilton were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Albion Rovers who were unable to field a team after two players had reported symptoms of COVID-19.[30]
^
B: Hamilton were awarded a technical 3−0 win over St Mirren who were unable to field a team after two players had reported symptoms of COVID-19.[31]

Footnotes

References

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"Summary - Premiership". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
"The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
"Summary - League Cup Group F". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
"Format". SPFL. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
"Hamilton: Ross Callachan, Charlie Trafford & Callum Smith join Accies". BBC Sport. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
"Hamilton Academical sign Tunde Owolabi from FC United of Manchester". BBC Sport. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
"Hakeem Odoffin: Hamilton sign defender from Livingston for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
"Justin Johnson: Hamilton sign former Dundee United winger". BBC Sport. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
"Stirling Signs for Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
"Summer Signings". SPFL. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
"Summer Signings". BBC Sport. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
"Hamilton: George Oakley & Alex Gogic follow Aaron McGowan in announcing exit". BBC Sport. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
"Alex Dyer: Kilmarnock boss 'chuffed' to continue as right-back Aaron McGowan signs". BBC Sport. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
"Английски нападател е десетият нов в Пирин". Topsport.bg (in Bulgarian). 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
Pilcher, Ross (10 July 2020). "Alex Gogic joins Hibs as Easter Road club confirm latest capture". Daily Record. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
"Mickel Miller becomes a Miller". The Yorkshire Post. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
"End of Season Squad Summary". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
"Owain Fon Williams: Wales goalkeeper joins Dunfermline Athletic as player-coach". BBC Sport. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
"Blair is Back!". Falkirk FC. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
"Signing News: Ciaran McKenna is a Jag". Partick Thistle FC. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
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"Will Collar Departs". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
"County sign Collar". stockportcounty.com. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
"Bruce Anderson joins Accies on loan". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
"Justin Johnson signs until end of the season". gmfc.net. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
"Harps sign Tunde Owolabi". finnharps.ie. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
"Lee Hodson joins Hamilton Academical on loan". Gillingham FC. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
"Aberdeen: Florian Kamberi, Fraser Hornby & Callum Hendry join on loan". Gillingham FC. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
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[7] Teams play each other three times (33 matches), before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

[cnote_A] 
A: Hamilton were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Albion Rovers who were unable to field a team after two players had reported symptoms of COVID-19.[30]

[cnote_B] 
B: Hamilton were awarded a technical 3−0 win over St Mirren who were unable to field a team after two players had reported symptoms of COVID-19.[31]

[6] "Hamilton FC Player Appearances". soccerbase.com. Soccerbase. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

[Soccerway2-8] "Summary - Premiership". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[9] "The Rules of the Scottish Professional Football League" (PDF). SPFL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[GF-10] "Summary - League Cup Group F". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2020.

[Format-11] "Format". SPFL. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

[Callachan,_Trafford_&_Smith-12] "Hamilton: Ross Callachan, Charlie Trafford & Callum Smith join Accies". BBC Sport. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[13] "Hamilton Academical sign Tunde Owolabi from FC United of Manchester". BBC Sport. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.

[14] "Hakeem Odoffin: Hamilton sign defender from Livingston for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

[15] "Justin Johnson: Hamilton sign former Dundee United winger". BBC Sport. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[16] "Stirling Signs for Accies". Hamilton Academical FC. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.

[Summer_Signings-17] "Summer Signings". SPFL. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.

[bbc.co.uk-18] "Summer Signings". BBC Sport. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

[released-19] "Hamilton: George Oakley & Alex Gogic follow Aaron McGowan in announcing exit". BBC Sport. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[20] "Alex Dyer: Kilmarnock boss 'chuffed' to continue as right-back Aaron McGowan signs". BBC Sport. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[21] "Английски нападател е десетият нов в Пирин". Topsport.bg (in Bulgarian). 15 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[22] Pilcher, Ross (10 July 2020). "Alex Gogic joins Hibs as Easter Road club confirm latest capture". Daily Record. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[23] "Mickel Miller becomes a Miller". The Yorkshire Post. 5 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[released2-24] "End of Season Squad Summary". hamiltonacciesfc.co.uk. Hamilton Academical F.C. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.

[25] "Owain Fon Williams: Wales goalkeeper joins Dunfermline Athletic as player-coach". BBC Sport. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

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[27] "Signing News: Ciaran McKenna is a Jag". Partick Thistle FC. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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2020–21 in Scottish football
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Domestic leagues	SPFL Premiership Championship League One League Two Highland Lowland East of Scotland South of Scotland West of Scotland North Caledonian SJFA East Premiership ~~SJFA North Superleague~~ ~~SPFL Reserve League~~ Women's Premier League '20 '20–2021 Women's Championship '20 '20–21
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Group stage Final ~~Challenge Cup~~ South Region Challenge Cup ~~Junior Cup~~ ~~Youth Cup~~ Women's Cup ~~'20 '21~~ Women's Premier League Cup '20 ~~'21 (spring)~~
European competitions	Champions League Europa League Youth League
Related to national team	Results Men's Women's 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
Transfers	Summer 2020 Winter 2020–21
Club seasons
Premiership	Aberdeen Celtic Dundee United Hamilton Academical Hibernian Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers Ross County St Johnstone St Mirren
Championship	Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Dundee Dunfermline Athletic Greenock Morton Heart of Midlothian Inverness Caledonian Thistle Queen of the South Raith Rovers
League One	Airdrieonians Clyde Cove Rangers Dumbarton East Fife Falkirk Forfar Athletic Montrose Partick Thistle Peterhead