Hamilton Accies goalkeeper expects Championship to be wide open as club aim for promotion

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Hamilton Accies goalkeeper Charlie Albinson says the Championship promotion battle will be wide open this season as a host of ambitious and big-spending clubs fight it out to reach the top flight.And the new No.1 at New Douglas Park sees no reason why Accies can't be one of the teams to win promotion to the PremiershipThe former Ayr United shot-stopper penned a two-year deal with Accies earlier this month after falling out of favour at Somerset Park under former boss Scott Brown and his former side will be one of many looking to secure a top four finish by the time next May comes around.A quick glance at the line-up for the forthcoming campaign tells you that the teams will be evenly matched with Airdrieonians, Ayr, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk, Greenock Morton, Livingston, Partick Thistle, Queen's Park and Raith Rovers all in there, and making it a very tight division to call.Albinson, 27, said: "This season in the Championship is going to be quite open and there will be a lot of teams going for the play-offs and promotion, but there is no reason why Hamilton can't be one of them.

That is definitely the aim and one we think we can accomplish."With Livingston coming down, they'll be looking to go straight back up and us and Falkirk coming up from the Championship, we'll have high expectations.

There's a lot of teams who believe they can do well so it will be very competitive."Albinson, who has just finished his first week of pre-season training with his new team-mates, is delighted with the security a two-year deal has brought.He added: "It's a great move for me.

It means I can fully focus on Hamilton for the next two years, give it my all and see where it takes us. The squad is really strong and you could see, even in