Hamilton Academical Women

Full name	Hamilton Academical Women Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Accies
Founded	1995 (as Hamilton Athletic)
Ground	New Douglas Park, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Capacity	6,018[1]
Chairman	Ian Steele
Manager	Gary Doctor
League	SWPL 1
2022–23	SWPL 1, 11th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Hamilton Academical Women Football Club is a women's football club affiliated with Hamilton Academical. The team currently competes in the Scottish Women's Premier League 1, the top division of women's football in Scotland, and plays its home games at New Douglas Park.

History

Founded in 1995 as Hamilton Athletic LFC and elected to the Scottish Women's Football League the same year, the club won promotion in each of its first three seasons to join the Scottish Women's Premier League in 2002.^[2] After a season as FC Hamilton in 2002–03, the club came under the auspices of professional men's club Hamilton Academical F.C. and adopted their current name.^[2] Hamilton finished second in SWPL2 in the 2020–2021 season and were promoted alongside champions Aberdeen to SWPL1.

Stadium

The club, who previously played at the Castle Park ground of Blantyre Victoria,^[2] currently plays its home games at New Douglas Park.^[3]

Players

Current squad

As of 6 August 2022^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SCO Sarah Rhind 2 DF  SCO Rachel Ross 3 DF  SCO Megan Quinn (Captain) 4 DF  SCO Hannah Coakley (Vice-Captain) 5 DF  SCO Eildih Martin 6 MF  SCO Kirstie McIntosh (Vice-Captain) 7 FW  SCO Chloe Muir 8 MF  SCO Megan Quigley 9 FW  GER Josephine Giard 10 DF  SCO Tara McGonigle 11 MF  SCO Olivia Potter

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  SCO Hannah Scott 13 FW  SCO Lauren Evans 14 MF  SCO Darcy Molley 15 MF  SCO Lucy Sinclair 16 MF  SCO Summer Christie 17 DF  SCO Danni Pagliarulo 18 DF  SCO Morgan Hay 19 FW  SCO MT Gardiner 22 DF  SCO Kayleigh Mitchell 26 GK  SCO Chloe Nicolson

Staff

Coaching and medical staff

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As of 18 October 2021

• Manager: Gary Doctor
• Assistant manager: Robert Watson
• First-team coach: Fiona Dainty
• Goalkeeping coach: Jamie Strachan
• Coach: Amy Lindsay
• S&C coach: Luke Murray
• Physiotherapist: Amanda Weir
• Head of youth academy: Lynsey Hogg

Honours

• Scottish Women's Premier League 2:
  • Winners (1): 2016
  • Runners Up (1): 2021