Darian MacKinnon post EK match
Web reporter Mark Gillespie caught up with our opening goalscorer after the match Darian MacKinnon Interview These games are often a hiding to nothing when you’re strong favourites. Was it good just to get the job done? DM: “Yes, it was. In the first half, we played well but never took our chances. In the […]
East Kilbride v Accies – 15th July
We kick off the Betfred League Cup campaign on Saturday 15th July with a very short trip to Lowland League side East Kilbride (note, a different team from East Kilbride Thistle in the juniors). As part of the League Cup revamp last season the Highland and Lowland League winners also take part. East Kilbride play […]
Xavier Tomas joins up
The club can confirm the signing, subject to international clearances, of French central defender Xavier Tomas, 31, from Swiss club Lausanne for an undisclosed fee. Xavier is an experienced defender who has played in France, Greece, Israel and Switzerland. he has signed a one year deal. It is a further boost to the defence with […]
East Kilbride LL 1-3 Accies – League Cup
Web reporter Martin McConnell gives us his take on Saturday’s opening encounter Betfred Cup, Group Stage Saturday 15th July 2017 at 2pm K Park, East Kilbride. East Kilbride 1 Hamilton Academical 3 We eventually won the first of our four Betfred Cup group matches thanks to two late goals, but not before EK made us […]
Oban Winners Again
On Saturday (8th July) our young squad went up to the Oban Saints Tournament to defend the D&K Lafferty Cup we won last year. The club has been sending a team every year since 2003 with a long period of no success, but we have now won three times in the last four years. Always […]
League Game 1 v Aberdeen
A reminder that for our first league match away to Aberdeen, scheduled for Saturday 5th August, the date for this game will not be confirmed until 20th July. This is due to Aberdeen’s involvement in the UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds. Should they qualify for 3rd qualifying round, our match will be put back to […]
u20s Game Off, Oban Details
The proposed u20s friendly v Indian second division side Real Kashmir due on Wednesday 5th July has been cancelled. This is due to travel issues for the Indian side outwith our control. We will send up an u17-u20 squad to Oban to tajke part in the annual Oban Saints Tournament on Saturday 8th July. Having […]
u17s win International Tournament in France – Again!
Our u17 side are just back from northern France where we successfully defended the u17 trophy which we won last year. Fielding the youngest squad of the eight teams in the competition, having only four 17 year olds in our 16 man squad, we ended up facing the oldest team, Dynamo Moscow from Russia with […]
D’Acol and Skondras depart
Striker Alex D’Acol, 30, and defender Ioannis Skondras, 27, have both decided to return home and have left the club. Alex came to us two years ago, and netted nine goals from 35 games this season, and made 51 appearances in total for Accies. An Italian national, who is Brazilian born, but had played in […]