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Yahoo
03-08-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
How Hamilton Accies' squad looks after transfer embargo
Hamilton Accies' transfer embargo has left the club with just 19 first team players to choose from this season. The League One club were hit by a season-long transfer ban last week for failing to notify the SPFL they had been in default of their tax obligations to HMRC on three occasions and are only allowed to bring in under-19 players or amateurs as part of the sanction imposed. But it is understood the club will not be making any moves to strengthen their squad with youngsters ahead of the big kick-off this weekend at home to Montrose, nor for the foreseeable future. While Accies are still able to field a number of key men from last term, goalkeeper Dean Lyness and Dylan McGowan, who are both contracted until May 2026, will not be able to feature. A Hampden source has told Lanarkshire Live Sport that Hamilton allowed their deals to expire before launching their recent contract extensions with the SFA, meaning they come under 'new registrations' caught by the embargo. Last season's loanees Ricki Lamie and Charlie Telfer - who were offered permanent deals after both being released by Ross County - also can't play. Midfielder Ben Williamson - who was badly injured in a car accident in December - is also not included in this season's squad. Hamilton can promote youngsters from their youth squads but the current pool for the League One campaign - which includes three 16-year-old midfielders in Kayden Aitken, Josh Carson and Aaron Eadie - will be as follows: Goalkeepers: Michael Marks; Jamie Smith Defenders: Tony Gallacher; Stephen Hendrie; Lee Kilday; Kyle MacDonald; Cian Newbury; Fergus Owens. Midfielders: Kayden Aitken, Steven Bradley, Josh Carson, Aaron Eadie, Barry Maguire, Stuart McKinstry, Connor Smith. Forwards: Liam Morgan, Kevin O'Hara, Scott Robinson, Oli Shaw. Players out on loan: Josh Lane (Stranraer, goalkeeper) Neil Stafford (Forfar Athletic, goalkeeper). Accies face Montrose on Saturday in the League One opener and a fan protest is being planned by the Accies Supporters Association outside Broadwood ahead of the clash. READ MORE: Hamilton Accies fans' chief 'fears administration' over tax and wages issues READ MORE: Hamilton Accies boss John Rankin opens up on 'bitter disappointment' of transfer embargo after Dumbarton defeat READ MORE: Hamilton Accies admit 'serious weaknesses in our finance and administration' following player ban
Daily Record
22-04-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Hamilton Accies goalkeeper on 'hardest week of his career' amid club's 15-point deduction
The New Douglas Park outfit will submit their appeal to the SFA today Hamilton Accies goalkeeper Dean Lyness admits he has faced the hardest week of his career after the club were hit with hefty SPFL sanctions last week. The club have been relegated from the Championship, pending the outcome of an appeal, after being hit with a 15-point deduction and £9,000 fine. The South Lanarkshire outfit have appointed a King's Counsel to help them fight their case after they were deemed to have made multiple SPFL breaches relating to late payment of players, not acting in "good faith" when dealing with the SPFL about the removal of a transfer embargo, incorrect information regarding stadium ownership and their SFA licence. Accies will submit the appeal of their hefty sanctions to the SFA today, which will see the Championship table revert back, lifting the club up to seventh in the Championship while their case is heard. So Lyness says despite the impact the news has had on the players and their families, the squad must focus on trying to take points from their last two games against Livingston and Falkirk, after drawing 0-0 at home to Queen's Park on Saturday. He said: "It's probably been the hardest week I've been through in my career. I've got young kids and my little boy, seven-year-old Seth, loves coming to the games. He's a massive Hamilton supporter. "I see him in the stands every week and he loves it. You want to put on a show and do them proud. "When you look back to the Falkirk game here, there's only been one game since then when we've let ourselves down. "We've hit form at the right time of the season and the challenge is to keep that going for the last two games. "We're a tight group. We're good friends, we work for each other and we've got each other's backs. You could see that on the pitch. I thought we were excellent. We have to continue to do that for the last two games." Saturday's clash was marred by an alleged bottle attack on Hamilton Accies director John Brown and a head steward, with club owner Seref Zengin and chairman Jock Brown ushered away from the directors box by police for their own safety amid chants of 'sack the board' from the home support.
