Hamilton eased into the fifth round of the Scottish Cup thanks to a comfortable 5-0 win against League Two side Edinburgh City.
The Premiership team showed their quality from the outset and goals from Andy Dales, Scott McMann, Scott Martin, Andy Winter and Mickel Miller put the result beyond doubt.
Hamilton came agonisingly close to opening the scoring after 15 minutes. Debutant Dales ghosted into the box to meet Miller’s cross but his header rebounded off the bar before being cleared to safety.
Miller’s unpredictable running was causing the visitors problems and he produced another pinpoint cross but George Oakley acrobatically headed over.
The hosts grabbed a deserved lead after 22 minutes courtesy of new signing Dales. In almost identical fashion to his earlier chance, the Scunthorpe loanee arrived unmarked in the box to head McGowan’s cross down past Alan Martin.
Hamilton put the game to bed on the stroke of half-time when Martin’s speculative effort took a wicked deflection off Conrad Balatoni to leave a dejected Martin stranded.
And the impressive Miller found the goal his performance deserved when he headed home for Hamilton’s fifth late on.
