The 2008–09 season was the 122nd season of competitive
football
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by
Hamilton Academical and the first back in the
top-flight of Scottish football following promotion from the
Scottish Football League
The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...
at the end of the
2007–08 season.
Results and fixtures
Competitions
Scottish Premier League
League table
Scottish Cup
Hamilton Academical entered the Scottish Cup at the fourth round where they faced
Ross County on 10 January 2009. After a 1–0 win courtesy of a goal from defender
Chris Swailes
Christopher William Swailes (born 19 October 1970) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is manager of Dunston UTS.
Playing career
Early days
Swailes was a trainee bus driver at Ipswich Town from 1989 to ...
, the club progressed to the quarter-finals and were drawn against
Rangers
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* Park ranger or forest ranger, a person charged with protecting and ...
at
Ibrox. On 8 March 2009, the club were eliminated from the competition by eventual champion Rangers, following to a 5–1 defeat.
Scottish League Cup
The Accies entered the Scottish League Cup at the second round and were again knocked out in the same stage and by the same opponents as the Scottish Cup.
References
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