Hamilton Academical FC

The club have confirmed season ticket prices for the new season.

Adults £220 (an Adult is aged 18 or over, and under 65, on 1st August 2013); Senior Citizens £115 (a senior citizen is aged 65 or over on 1st August 2013); Youths £115 (a youth is aged under 18 on 1st August 2013); Under 12s are free - An adult or senior citizen can get TWO free season tickets for under 12s with each purchase; Gold Season tickets £350 (contact Commercial Dept for full details). A season ticket admits to 18 home league games only.

Our matchday admission prices will be unchanged for the third successive season - Adults £16; under 18s and over 65s £8; Disabled (including carer) £10.

Explaining the pricing structure Chairman Les Gray said, "For the last couple of seasons we have experimented with our season ticket prices by making them all the one price, whether you were 8 or 80. We also gave adults and senior citizens two free season tickets for u10s. While this was very beneficial financially for adults with two young kids, we do recognise that it may have worked against us slightly in terms of individual senior citizens and some youths. In their case it may have suited them more to pay the turnstile 'walk up' price rather than purchase a season ticket. Having considered these factors, and other observations made to The Secretary, we have decided to revert to a more conventional pricing structure, whilst still keeping it competitively priced for all supporters, and in line with our league competitors. Our aim is to provide value for money and encourage you, your family and friends, to come along to NDP and support Accies."

Les continued, "We are also changing the u10s free tickets up to u12s, which will still allow some supporters to take advantage of this offer which may otherwise have been denied them due to their childrens' ages. We recognise there will always be some anomalies and intricacies here and there, and if that is the case please contact Scott Struthers at the club."

Secretary Scott Struthers commented, "The club will continue to make available a selected number of free tickets, or discounted tickets, to matches for local boys clubs, youth groups, disadvantaged or underprivileged groups."

Season tickets will go on sale from Monday 27th May from the commercial office at NDP. (Office hours are Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 930am-530pm, closed Weds). Existing season ticket holders will have until Friday 14th June to reserve their existing seat if they so wish, thereafter all seats are generally available. We will accept cash / cheque / postal order payments only. You can also apply by post with your application form and requirements. Season tickets will be available for collection (or posted out if required) from late July.

The secretary can be contacted on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it 01698 368652. The commercial office for season ticket sales can be contacted on 01698 368650 as above.

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The Chairman is delighted to announce that he has today reached agreement with Alex Neil (left) to become Player coach / Manager on a permanent basis until the end of his current contract in May 2014. A further meeting will take place to discuss an extended contract as the club plans for the future.

The midfielder joined Accies in 2005 after spells with Airdrieonians, Barnsley and Mansfield Town and has become the club's longest serving player. He captained the club to the Division 1 title in 2008 and was a standout of the club's 3 year spell in the SPL. More recently, he has combined his playing role with a coaching job and he was able to step in as temporary manager when Billy Reid left the club in early April. Alex showed his ability in the 7 remaining games when, with the assistance of Frankie McAvoy, he led the team to five wins and a draw and a respectable 5th position in the league. These results helped Alex to the manager of the month award for April.

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Accies striker Stevie May was rewarded for a marvellous season when he was named as the Irn Bru SFL Young Player of the Year for season 2012/13. Stevie, on loan from St Johnstone, banged in 26 goals (including 25 in the league), making him the First Division's top scorer. This included two consecutive hat tricks and no fewer than 11 goals in April. Remarkably, this was the second consecutive win for Stevie after he picked up the award for his performances with Alloa Athletic last season.

Much more information and an interview with Accies Associate Director Andy Caldwell can be found at the SFL website.

Scottish Football League

Our u19s won the SFL u19 League Cup for the first time last night, having twice been runners-up in the early 2000s, after winning 5-2 v Forfar Athletic at Station Park before a healthy crowd of nearly 500.

We had won eight and drew one of our nine group games to win the West section before defeating East Fife 4-0 in the semi, while Forfar had topped the East Section and beat Livingston 5-2 aet in their semi final.

We began very brightly with great pace and movement in the first half and raced to a 3-0 lead inside 29 minutes through goals from Eamonn Brophy (19 mins) and an Andy Ryan double in 24 and 29 mins, one taking a slight nick on the way in. Forfar pulled one back straight away though through Kerr Hay on the half hour but Brophy made it 4-1 in the 37th minute.

Two minutes after the restart Hay added a second for Forfar and we now had three players in the match all 'on a hat trick'. However, despite continued pressure from us, and a realisation and determination by Forfar that another goal by them made it 'game on', the final goal in the game was a deflected long range drive from Ryan Finnie in the 83rd minute to complete the scoring and make it 5-2 to Accies.

Skipper Lee Kilday received the trophy from SFL Operations Director David Thomson to kickstart the celebrations and photos in the Accies camp.

Interim Manager Alex Neil commented, "I'm delighted for all the young boys in particular, and the backroom staff and officials here, as it is a good and deserved reward for a terrific season of hard work they have had at u19 and u20 level. There are countless players in the SFL who will go through their careers without getting a prized SFL winners medal, but we now have several players in this squad with two winners medals at such a young age as a good few of them also won the Reserve League Cup with us last season as well. It's great for the team spirit, with the first team also having finished on a good run, and it continues to bode well for next season, they can all have a well earned rest now and enjoy their summer."

Allan, Finnie, McMann, El Zubaidi, Kilday, Lyon, Brophy (Armstrong 82), Watson, Ryan, Docherty (Smith 88 ), Johnston (Martin 68 ). unused subs Harrison, Shaw

Pictures from Forfar