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Motherwell

Club · Scotland · Premiership

«The Steelmen»

297 Matches

112 wins

71 draws

114 losses

406–416 Goals

−10 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Form L L L D W L

In April 2002, Motherwell went into administration, its debts estimated at two to three million pounds. The board released most of the first-team squad and turned to the academy, sending teenagers out at Fir Park while the club worked its finances back into order.

The club has topped Scottish football only once, in 1931/32, the season in which Willie MacFadyen scored 52 goals — still the club record. The Scottish Cup has been won twice, in 1952 and 1991, and the League Cup once, in 1950. Since 1985 Motherwell has not been out of the top division.

Fir Park holds 13,677. The team wears yellow and orange and is known as the Steelmen, after the works that once dominated the town's economy.

Among those who came up through the academy was Phil O'Donnell, who died in 2007. Gary McAllister and James McFadden also passed through the same ranks before their careers took them elsewhere.

The club itself dates to May 1886, when two local sides, Alpha and Glencairn, merged to form Motherwell.

Latest results

All matches

5 Sep	Premiership	Rangers FC A	0:1	L
2 Sep	Premiership	Dundee Utd H	3:0	W
30 Aug	Premiership	St. Mirren A	3:3	D
27 Aug	UEFA Europa Conference League	SC Freiburg A	1:4	L
20 Aug	UEFA Europa Conference League	SC Freiburg H	1:3	L
16 Aug	League Cup	Stenhousemuir A	0:1	L

Standing

Premiership

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
3	Heart of Midlothian	5	4	0	1	12:5	12
4	St. Mirren	6	3	1	2	8:6	10
5	Motherwell	5	2	2	1	8:5	8
6	Dundee	6	2	1	3	7:6	7
7	ST Johnstone	6	2	1	3	8:9	7

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted: 297

297 Matches

112 wins

71 draws

114 losses

406–416 Goals

−10 Difference

1.4 Scored per game

Season results matches counted: 297

112 71 114

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	297	145	152
Scored	406	219	187
Conceded	416	192	224
Scored per game	1.4	1.5	1.2
Conceded per game	1.4	1.3	1.5
Difference	−10	+27	−37

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Emmanuel Longelo Mbule Defender 27 Matches

Matthew Connelly Goalkeeper 27 Matches

Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise Midfielder 27 Matches

Ibrahim Said Forward 27 Matches

Thomas Lance Sparrow Defender 26 Matches

Luca Ross Midfielder 26 Matches

Lukas Fadinger Midfielder 25 Matches

Oscar Priestman Midfielder 23 Matches

Squad of Motherwell

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
45	Emmanuel Longelo Mbule	Defender	25	27
21	Matthew Connelly	Goalkeeper	23	27
18	Tawanda Jethro Maswanhise	Midfielder	23	27
19	Ibrahim Said	Forward	24	27
7	Thomas Lance Sparrow	Defender	23	26
24	Luca Ross	Midfielder	20	26
8	Lukas Fadinger	Midfielder	25	25
12	Oscar Priestman	Midfielder	23	23
17	Regan Charles-Cook	Forward	29	22
2	Stephen O'Donnell	Defender		22
21	Elijah Just	Midfielder		17
19	Sam Nicholson	Forward		16
4	Liam Gordon	Defender		16
13	Calum Brian Joseph Ward	Goalkeeper		16
20	Elliot Watt	Midfielder		15
8	Callum Slattery	Midfielder		15
15	Eyþór Martin Vigerust Björgólfsson	Forward		14
16	Paul McGinn	Defender		14
29	Zander McAlister	Midfielder		13
6	Jordan McGhee	Defender		13
57	Stephen Welsh	Defender		12
1	Alex Paulsen	Goalkeeper	24	11
5	Martin Moormann	Defender	25	10
3	Jake Girdwood-Reich	Defender	22	10
27	M. Butt	Midfielder	19	10
11	Alex Lowry	Midfielder	23	9
25	Ollie White	Midfielder	19	9
77	V. Vogt	Forward	24	9
22	John Koutroumbis	Defender	28	9
4	Jamie Knight-Lebel	Defender	21	8
23	Ewan Wilson	Defender	21	8
20	Dylan Williams	Defender		7
31	Jack McConnell	Goalkeeper	18	6
66	Callum David Hendry	Forward		6
71	Joseph Shaun Hodge	Midfielder		5
47	S. Palmer-Holden	Forward		5
11	Andrew William Halliday	Midfielder		5
34	Aaron Thomson	Defender		4
13	Jardell Kanga	Midfielder	20	3
9	Apostolos Vasilios Stamatelopoulos	Forward		3