Celtic 4-0 Hamilton Academical: result and report

Premiership · Saturday 4 October 2008

Result

Celtic 4-0 Hamilton Academical

Premiership · Saturday 4 October 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Celtic 4-0 Hamilton Academical: match report

Celtic defeated Hamilton Academical 4-0 in the Premiership on Saturday 4 October 2008. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Shunsuke Nakamura opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Celtic's goals came from Shunsuke Nakamura (25'), Georgios Samaras (37'), S. McDonald (76') and Aiden McGeady (83'). Hamilton Academical did not score.

Discipline: Celtic received 1 yellow card; Hamilton Academical received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Celtic were 2nd on 16 points from 7 and Hamilton Academical 7th on 9 points from 7. Celtic went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Hamilton Academical 9th with 41.

Going into the match Celtic's last five read W-W-W-L-W and Hamilton Academical's L-L-W-L-L.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Shunsuke NakamuraCeltic · 1-0
  • 37'Goal · Georgios SamarasCeltic · 2-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Gary CaldwellCeltic
  • 67'Yellow card · Alex NeilHamilton Academical
  • 76'Goal · S. McDonaldCeltic · 3-0
  • 79'Missed penalty · James McArthurHamilton Academical
  • 83'Goal · Aiden McGeadyCeltic · 4-0

Team news

Celtic expected line-up (4-2-3-1)

Stephen McManus, Lee Naylor, Aiden McGeady, Georgios Samaras, Artur Boruc, G. Caldwell, Scott Brown, Paul Hartley, Jirí Jarosík, John Kennedy