Accies played their first game back in 1874 on December 12
Hamilton Academical are marking a huge milestone in their history today as they celebrate their 150th anniversary.
One of the club's greatest results came in 1987 when they stunned Rangers and knocked them out of the Scottish Cup, thanks to an Adrian Sprott strike. It read: "150 years ago today we played our first ever match. We lost 2-1 away to the 2nd team of Hamilton FC. J Kerr was our scorer. And that's as much as we can find out!"There were various years of formation put forward for the club, 1868, 1870, 1877 were common in the 19th century, 1875 was the accepted year for many years.
"But when did we start... There is no doubt that the early players, early committee were formed from some of the teachers but essentially the senior pupils of the local school, Hamilton Academy, in particular pupils David Cross and William Haley. The school rector, James Blackstock, became the club's Patron. Then it was a case of playing occasional friendly matches against other local teams."We first entered the Scottish Cup in 1876 .
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