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2016–17 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2016–17 season is Motherwell's thirty-second consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fourth in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[2] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. Motherwell will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Motherwell
2016–17 season
ChairmanBrian McCafferty
ManagerMark McGhee
(until 28 February 2017)
Steve Robinson (caretacker)
(28 February-15 March 2017)
Steve Robinson
(from 15 March)
StadiumFir Park
Scottish Premiership9th
Scottish CupFourth round vs Rangers
League CupLast 16 vs Celtic
Top goalscorerLeague: Louis Moult (15)
All: Louis Moult (18)
Average home league attendance4,450[1]

Season review edit

Following the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, Brett Long, Jack Leitch, David Clarkson and Wes Fletcher were released by the club following the end of their contracts, whilst loan players Connor Ripley and Morgaro Gomis returned to their parent clubs. Also at the end of the 2015–16 season, first team players Steven Hammell, Stephen McManus, Craig Samson, Keith Lasley, Craig Moore, James McFadden, David Ferguson, Ben Hall and Scott McDonald were all offered new contracts, as were Under 20 players Dylan Mackin, Robbie Leith, Jack McMillan, Ross MacLean and Ryan Watters.[3] Lasley signed a new one-year contract on 22 June 2016.[4]

On 2 June 2016, Motherwell were drawn into Group F of the 2016–17 Scottish League Cup, resulting in matches against Rangers, Annan Athletic, East Stirlingshire and Stranraer at the end of July.[5] On 5 June 2016, Motherwell announced their first 4 pre-season friendlies, with another two to be confirmed at a later date.[6] Steven Hammell signed a new two-year contract with Motherwell on 29 June,[7] with Scott McDonald signing a new one-year on 1 July 2016.[8]

On 9 July 2015, Motherwell announced that assistant manager Steve Robinson had left the club to take up the vacant Oldham Athletic managers job.[9][10]

On 7 December 2016, Ross MacLean signed a new two-and-a-half-year deal with Motherwell, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2019.[11]

Transfers edit

On 23 June 2016, Motherwell announced their first signings of the season, with Ben Heneghan, Richard Tait and Jacob Blyth all joining the club.[12] Motherwell announced Dean Brill as their fourth summer signing on 27 June.[13] Two days later, 29 June, Stephen Pearson left the club and returned to the Indian Super League with Atlético de Kolkata.[14] On 5 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Carl McHugh on a free-transfer after his Plymouth Argyle contract had expired.[15] Craig Clay became Motherwells sixth summer signing on 10 August, signing a two-year contract.[16]

On 15 August 2016, Louis Laing joined Notts County on loan until 16 January 2017.[17]

On 31 August, transfer deadline day, Motherwell saw the departure of Marvin Johnson to Oxford United for an undisclosed fee,[18] and Luke Watt to Stranraer on loan until January 2017.[19] Also on the 31st, Motherwell signed Ryan Bowman on a two-year contract from Gateshead for an undisclosed fee,[20] and Luka Belić on a six-month loan deal from West Ham United.[21]

On 14 September, Lee Lucas, who had been on trial early in the summer, signed a short-term deal with the club until January 2017.[22]

January Transfers edit

On 1 January 2017, Motherwell announced that Dom Thomas had moved to Queen of the South on loan until the end of the season.[23]

On 26 January, Motherwell signed midfielder Elliott Frear from Forest Green Rovers,[24] with Russell Griffiths joining the club on loan for the remainder of the season from Everton the following day.[25] Also on the 27th, Luka Belić loan came to an end, Dean Brill was released by the club, Dylan Mackin joined Alloa Athletic on loan for the remainder of the season,[26] and Zak Jules joined until the end of the season from Reading.[27]

On 31 January 2017, Motherwell signed Sunderland goalkeeper Oliver Pain on loan until the end of the season and Shea Gordon to the U20's, whilst Luke Watt joined East Fife for the remainder of the season.[28]

February edit

On 2 February, Stephen Pearson returned to the club, signing a contract until the end of the season.[29]

On 28 February, manager Mark McGhee was sacked by the club, with Steve Robinson being put in temporary charge.[30][31]

March edit

On 15 March, Robinson was given a permanent contract as the club's manager.[32] On 23 March, Kieran Kennedy left the club by mutual consent.[33]

Transfers edit

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2016 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2016-17

Squad edit

As of match played 20 May 2017[53]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Craig Samson   GK (1984-04-01)1 April 1984 (aged 33) Kilmarnock 2015 2017[54] 42 0
13 Russell Griffiths   GK (1996-04-13)13 April 1996 (aged 21) Loan from Everton 2017 2017 4 0
31 Oliver Pain   GK (1997-10-28)28 October 1997 (aged 19) loan from Sunderland 2017 2017 0 0
41 P. J. Morrison   GK (1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 19) Academy 0 0
Defenders
2 Richard Tait   DF (1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 21) Grimsby Town 2016 2019[12] 31 1
3 Steven Hammell   DF (1982-02-18)18 February 1982 (aged 35) Southend United 2008 2018[7] 574 5
4 Ben Heneghan   DF (1993-09-19)19 September 1993 (aged 23) Chester 2016 2018[12] 43 0
6 Stephen McManus   DF (1982-09-10)10 September 1982 (aged 34) Middlesbrough 2013 2018[55] 155 6
15 Joe Chalmers   DF (1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 23) Celtic 2015 2017[56] 32 0
21 Zak Jules   DF (1997-07-02)2 July 1997 (aged 19) Loan from Reading 2017 2017[27] 10 1
25 David Ferguson   DF (1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 21) Academy 2013 2017[54] 16 0
30 Jack McMillan   DF (1997-12-18)18 December 1997 (aged 19) Academy 15 0
33 Barry Maguire   MF (1985-12-02)2 December 1985 (aged 31) Academy 0 0
43 Adam Livingstone   DF (1998-02-22)22 February 1998 (aged 19) Academy 2008 2 0
Midfielders
7 Lionel Ainsworth   MF (1987-10-01)1 October 1987 (aged 29) Rotherham United 2014 2017[57] 127 23
8 Carl McHugh   MF (1993-02-05)5 February 1993 (aged 24) Plymouth Argyle 2016 2018[15] 22 2
12 Chris Cadden   MF (1996-09-19)19 September 1996 (aged 20) Academy 2013 2018[58] 69 7
14 Keith Lasley   MF (1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 37) Plymouth Argyle 2006 2017[4] 485 23
17 Elliott Frear   MF (1990-09-11)11 September 1990 (aged 26) Forest Green Rovers 2017[24] 2019[24] 15 1
18 Lee Lucas   MF (1992-06-10)10 June 1992 (aged 24) Swansea City 2016[22] 2017[22] 11 0
20 Craig Clay   MF (1992-05-05)5 May 1992 (aged 25) Grimsby Town 2016 2018[16] 39 1
26 Allan Campbell   MF (1997-07-04)4 July 1997 (aged 19) Academy 7 1
27 Ross MacLean   MF (1997-03-13)13 March 1997 (aged 20) Academy 2014 2019[11] 8 0
32 David Turnbull   MF (1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 17) Academy 2016 0 0
34 Jake Hastie   MF (1999-03-18)18 March 1999 (aged 18) Academy 2016 3 0
36 Shea Gordon   MF (1998-05-16)16 May 1998 (aged 19) Stalybridge Celtic 2017 4 0
88 Stephen Pearson   MF (1982-10-02)2 October 1982 (aged 34) Atlético Kolkata 2017 2017[29] 142 24
Forwards
9 Louis Moult   FW (1992-05-14)14 May 1992 (aged 25) Wrexham 2015 2018[59] 76 36
11 Ryan Bowman   FW (1991-11-30)30 November 1991 (aged 25) Gateshead 2016 2018[20] 24 2
19 Jacob Blyth   FW (1992-08-14)14 August 1992 (aged 24) Leicester City 2016 2018[12] 9 0
24 James McFadden   FW (1983-04-14)14 April 1983 (aged 34) Academy 2015 2017[60] 123 44
35 Dylan Falconer   FW (1999-05-23)23 May 1999 (aged 17) Academy 0 0
77 Scott McDonald   FW (1983-08-21)21 August 1983 (aged 33) Millwall 2015 2017[8] 215 74

On loan edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW   SCO Craig Moore (on loan at Ayr United)
23 MF   SCO Dom Thomas (on loan at Queen of the South)[23]
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 DF   SCO Luke Watt (on loan at East Fife)
29 FW   SCO Dylan Mackin (on loan at Alloa Athletic)[26]

Left club during season edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF   ENG Louis Laing
11 MF   ENG Marvin Johnson (to Oxford United)
13 GK   NIR Dean Brill
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF   ENG Kieran Kennedy
21 FW   SRB Luka Belić (loan return to West Ham United)
42 MF   SCO Josh Moore

Friendlies edit

2 July 2016 Friendly Albion Rovers 1–3 Motherwell Coatbridge
15:00 BST Willis   25' Report Moult   40'
Johnson   44'
Lasley   71'		 Stadium: Cliftonhill
Attendance: 445
3 July 2016 Friendly Arbroath 1–0 Motherwell Coatbridge
15:00 BST Doris   88' Report Stadium: Cliftonhill
5 July 2016 Friendly Cowdenbeath 3–1 Motherwell Cowdenbeath
19:30 BST Brett   54' (pen.)
Kennedy   66' (o.g.)
Trialist   71'		 Report Johnson   44' Stadium: Central Park
9 July 2016 Friendly Dumbarton 1–2 Motherwell Dumbarton
15:00 BST Thomson   Report MacLean   63'
Moore   76'		 Stadium: The Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium
10 July 2016 Friendly Hibernian 4–1 Motherwell Edinburgh
15:00 BST Boyle   4'
Holt   17'
McGinn   23'
Keatings   66'		 Report Johnson   2' Stadium: Easter Road

Competitions edit

Premiership edit

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
7 Ross County 38 11 13 14 48 58 −10 46
8 Kilmarnock 38 9 14 15 36 56 −20 41
9 Motherwell 38 10 8 20 46 69 −23 38
10 Dundee 38 10 7 21 38 62 −24 37
11 Hamilton Academical (O) 38 7 14 17 37 56 −19 35 Qualification for the Premiership play-off final
Source: Scottish Premiership, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second stage group allocation).[61]
(O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAAHAHAAHAAHAHAHHHAHA
ResultWLLDDWDLLLWLWLLDDLWDLWLLLLWLLDDLWLLWWL
Position479885566119106699810791066610101010101010111011111099
Source: See results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 10 8 20 46 69  −23 38 5 3 11 27 37  −10 5 5 9 19 32  −13

Source: See Results

Results edit

6 August 2016 1 Kilmarnock 1–2 Motherwell Kilmarnock
15:00 BST (UTC+1) M Smith   81' BBC Report Ainsworth   41'
Johnson   45'  46'
McHugh   54'
Heneghan   90+4'		 Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 4.308
Referee: Craig Thomson
13 August 2016 2 Motherwell 1–2 St Johnstone Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Tait   39'
Cadden   47'
Clay   74'
McDonald   82'		 BBC Report Kane   42'
Swanson   50'  56'
MacLean   75'
Davidson   90+2'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Euan Anderson
20 August 2016 3 Rangers 2–1 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Forrester   64'
Miller   90+1'		 BBC Report McDonald   19' Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 48,716
Referee: Bobby Madden
27 August 2016 4 Motherwell 0–0 Dundee Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Heneghan   84' BBC Report O'Hara   27'
McGowan   31'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,078
Referee: Andrew Dallas
10 September 2016 5 Ross County 1–1 Motherwell Dingwall
15:00 BST (UTC+1) McEveley   24'   70'
Boyce   61'
Fox   66'		 BBC Report Lasley   22'
Tait   31'
Moult   67' (pen.)		 Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 3,019
Referee: Alan Muir
17 September 2016 6 Motherwell 4–2 Hamilton Academical Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Moult   8', 13', 21', 50' (pen.)
McManus   79'
Lasley   88'
Clay   90'		 BBC Report Donati   23'
Crawford   36', 64'
Gillespie   54'
Imrie   75'
Devlin   80'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,514
Referee: William Collum
24 September 2016 7 Partick Thistle 1–1 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Erskine   31'
Lindsay   63'		 BBC Report McDonald   83'
Cadden   86'		 Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,227
Referee: Craig Thomson
30 September 2016 8 Motherwell 1–3 Heart of Midlothian Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1) McFadden   90+2' BBC Report Nicholson   45'
Rossi   63'
Paterson   67'
Djoum   84'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,666
Referee: Steven McLean
15 October 2016 9 Celtic 2–0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Sinclair   18'
Henderson   23'
Brown   70'
Dembélé   87' (pen.)		 BBC Report Tait   46'
Moult   79'		 Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 54,159
Referee: John Beaton
26 October 2016 11 Motherwell 0–3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1) BBC Report Tremarco   57'  86'
Doumbouya   71'
Polworth   83'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,131
Referee: Don Robertson
29 October 2016 12 Motherwell 4–1 Ross County Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) McDonald   8'
van der Weg   32' (o.g.)
Heneghan   49'
Tait   51'
Ainsworth   62'		 BBC Report van der Weg   39'
Quinn   53'
Schalk   78'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,177
Referee: Nick Walsh
5 November 2016 13 Dundee 2–0 Motherwell Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC) Kerr   40'
Haber   80'
Williams   90+4'		 BBC Report Hammell   42'
McManus   54'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 5,471
Referee: John Beaton
19 November 2016 14 Motherwell 2–0 Partick Thistle Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Moult   14'
McDonald   38'
Tait   90+2'		 BBC Report Devine   15'
Welsh   45+1'
Osman   86'
Booth   90+2'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,759
Referee: Andrew Dallas
26 November 2016 15 Heart of Midlothian 3–0 Motherwell Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC) Johnsen   31', 49'
Smith   45+2'
Walker   66'		 BBC Report Tait   10' Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 16,199
Referee: Bobby Madden
3 December 2016 16 Motherwell 3–4 Celtic Motherwell
12:15 GMT (UTC) Moult   3', 35'  28'
MacLean   43'
McManus   63'
Ainsworth   71'  74'		 BBC Report Izaguirre   25'
McGregor   48'
Brown   56'
Roberts   70'
Armstrong   72'
Rogic   90'  90+1'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 8,535
Referee: Kevin Clancy
10 December 2016 17 Motherwell 0–0 Kilmarnock Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Lucas   59'
Lasley   71'		 BBC Report S.Boyd   51'
Dicker   84'
Boyle   88'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,684
Referee: Steven McLean
13 December 2016 10 Aberdeen 0–0
Abandoned after 8 minutes due to floodlight failure[62]		 Motherwell Aberdeen
19:45 GMT (UTC) BBC Report Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Referee: Alan Muir
17 December 2016 18 St Johnstone 1–1 Motherwell Perth
15:00 GMT (UTC) Kane   62'
Foster   90'		 BBC Report Clark   12' (o.g.)
Moult   77'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,836
Referee: Willie Collum
23 December 2016 19 Motherwell 1–3 Aberdeen Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC) McDonald   16'  77'
Clay   63'		 BBC Report Shinnie   6'
Rooney   25'
Reynolds   70'
Jack   73'
McGinn   90'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,428
Referee: Bobby Madden
28 December 2016 20 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–2 Motherwell Inverness
19:45 GMT (UTC) Cole   36'
McKay   40'
Fisher   77'
Vigurs   89'
Tansey   90'		 BBC Report Clay   50'
Moult   59'
McDonald   87'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,097
Referee: Barry Cook
31 December 2016 21 Hamilton Academical 1–1 Motherwell Hamilton
13:00 GMT (UTC) Sarris   24'
D'Acol   54'
Kurtaj   56'		 BBC Report Lucas   27'
McDonald   56'
Moult   90+3'  90+4'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 3,526
Referee: Euan Anderson
28 January 2017 22 Motherwell 0–2 Rangers Motherwell
12:30 GMT (UTC) McDonald   27' BBC Report O'Halloran   5'
Kiernan   12'
Miller   72'
Hill   80'
Hyndman   87'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 7,902
Referee: Willie Collum
31 January 2017 23 Ross County 1–2 Motherwell Dingwall
19:45 GMT (UTC) McEveley   34'
Chow   60'
Lalkovič   90+3'		 BBC Report McDonald   28'
Samson   34'
Moult   54'
McManus   67'		 Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 2,511
Referee: Steven McLean
4 February 2017 24 Motherwell 0–3 Heart of Midlothian Motherwell
12:15 GMT (UTC) Tait   17'
Lasley   28'
McHugh   53'
Heneghan   72'		 BBC Sport Walker   33'
Martin   43'
Tziolis   59'
Gonçalves   84', 88'  85'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,651
Referee: Andrew Dallas
15 February 2017 10 Aberdeen 7–2 Motherwell Aberdeen
19:45 GMT (UTC) Hayes   2'
Considine   32'  50'
Rooney   34', 64' (pen.), 69'
Christie   40'
Taylor   59'
Pawlett   83'		 BBC Report Lucas   30'
Bowman   73'
Pearson   82'		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 10,384
Referee: Alan Muir
18 February 2017 25 Celtic 2–0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC) Dembélé   34' (pen.)
Forrest   41'		 BBC Report Bowman   65' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 56,366
Referee: Don Robertson
25 February 2017 26 Motherwell 1–5 Dundee Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Moult   22'  69'
Heneghan   45+1'
McDonald   84'		 BBC Report Jules   7' (o.g.)
Haber   27', 45+1'
O'Hara   31'
Wighton   35'
Vincent   74'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,002
Referee: Stephen Finnie
4 March 2017 27 Kilmarnock 1–2 Motherwell Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC) Boyd   32' BBC Report Lasley   22'
McHugh   51'  90+1'
Heneghan   69'
Jules   76'
Cadden   90+1'		 Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 4,726
Referee: Bobby Madden
11 March 2017 28 Aberdeen 1–0 Motherwell Aberdeen
15:00 GMT (UTC) Stockley   82'
McGinn   90+2'		 BBC Report Heneghan   13'
Bowman   32'
Pearson   69'
Hammell   72'
Ferguson   75'
Cadden   90'		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 12,524
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 March 2017 29 Motherwell 1–2 St Johnstone Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) McDonald   44' BBC Report Craig   8', 66'
Davidson   78'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,588
Referee: Greg Aitken
1 April 2017 30 Rangers 1–1 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Waghorn   22'
Toral   43'
Garner   61'		 BBC Report Moult   3'
Pearson   31'
McHugh   66'
Lasley   74'
McDonald   88'		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,198
Referee: Steven McLean
5 April 2017 31 Motherwell 0–0 Hamilton Academical Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Pearson   45+1' BBC Report Skondras   59'
MacKinnon   74'
Sarris   80'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,644
Referee: Kevin Clancy
8 April 2017 32 Partick Thistle 1–0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Doolan   11' BBC Report Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,920
Referee: John Beaton
15 April 2017 33 Motherwell 3–2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Cadden   7'
Moult   9'
McDonald   65'
Campbell   70'		 BBC Report Fisher   21', 54'
McKay   89'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,696
Referee: Willie Collum
29 April 2017 34 Motherwell 2–3 Dundee Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Moult   50'
Cadden   80'
McHugh   90+3'		 BBC Report Gomis   29'
O'Hara   45', 56'
Haber   49'  90+3'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,919
Referee: Steven McLean
6 May 2017 35 Motherwell 0–1 Ross County Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) BBC Report van der Weg   44'
O'Brien   61'
Routis   72'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,870
Referee: Bobby Madden
13 May 2017 36 Hamilton Academical 0–1 Motherwell Hamilton
15:00 GMT (UTC) Devlin   11'
Crawford   30'
Matthews   56'
Docherty   69'
MacKinnon   77'
Templeton   88'		 Report McDonald   34'
Lasley   36'
McHugh   41'
Campbell   43'
Moult   66'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 4,173
Referee: Kevin Clancy
16 May 2017 37 Motherwell 3–1 Kilmarnock Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC) McHugh   1'
Lasley   11'
Ferguson   31'
Clay   48'
Ainsworth   53'
Cadden   76'
Frear   78'
Moult   82'		 Report Frizzell   17'
Ajer   49'
Taylor   52'
Dicker   90+2'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,246
Referee: Nick Walsh
20 May 2017 38 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3–2 Motherwell Inverness
15:00 GMT (UTC) Tansey   64'
Fisher   66', 67'		 Report McFadden   73'
Bowman   90+3'		 Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 5,351
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Cup
21 January 2017 Fourth round Rangers 2–1 Motherwell Glasgow
12:30 GMT (UTC) Miller   84', 89' BBC Report Chalmers   59'
Moult   74'
McDonald   78'
McHugh   90+5'		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 31,921
Referee: Craig Thomson

League Cup edit

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup

Group stage edit

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup group stage § Group F

Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RAN MOT STR ANN EST
1 Rangers (Q) 4 4 0 0 0 10 0 +10 12 Qualification for the Second Round — — 3–0 2–0 —
2 Motherwell (Q) 4 3 0 0 1 9 3 +6 9 0–2 — — — 3–0
3 Stranraer 4 2 0 0 2 5 8 −3 6 — 0–3 — — 3–1
4 Annan Athletic 4 1 0 0 3 4 7 −3 3 — 1–3 1–2 — —
5 East Stirlingshire 4 0 0 0 4 1 11 −10 0 0–3 — — 0–2 —
Source: SPFL
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
16 July 2016 1 Motherwell 0–2 Rangers Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) McDonald   62'
McHugh   77'		 Report Tavernier   48'
Forrester   52'
Windass   82'
Waghorn   90+1'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 6,951
Referee: Steven McLean
23 July 2016 2 Annan Athletic 1–3 Motherwell Annan
15:00 BST (UTC+1) R.Krissian   4'
R.Omar   44'
P.Watson   55'
McKenna   66'		 Report Johnson   16'
Moult   61', 63'
McHugh   70'		 Stadium: Galabank
Attendance: 956
Referee: Nick Walsh
26 July 2016 3 Motherwell 3–0 East Stirlingshire Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Johnson   53'
McDonald   76'
Cadden   87'		 Report Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 2,503
Referee: Craig Charleston
30 July 2016 4 Stranraer 0–3 Motherwell Stranraer
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Dick   42' Report Cadden   51'
Johnson   84'
McDonald   86'		 Stadium: Stair Park
Attendance: 953
Referee: Don Robertson

Knockout stage edit

9 August 2016 Last 16 Celtic 5–0 Motherwell Glasgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Rogic   20', 76'
Dembélé   34' (pen.), 64'
Sinclair   61'		 Report Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 20,165
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup
2 August 2016 First Round Motherwell U-20 2–1 Edinburgh City Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Mackin   37'
T.Fry   60'		 Report J. Dunn   48'
Cummings   73'
I.McFarland   84'
G.Donaldson   90+1'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 402
Referee: Lloyd Wilson
16 August 2016 Second Round Motherwell U-20 1–2 Airdrieonians Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Mackin   54' Report I Russell   45+1'
Ryan   49'
K.Schmidt   69'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 1,007
Referee: Mike Taylor

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of match played 20 May 2017
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   SCO Craig Samson 40 0 34 0 1 0 5 0
2 DF   SCO Richard Tait 31 1 25 1 1 0 5 0
3 DF   SCO Steven Hammell 31 0 24+1 0 1 0 5 0
4 DF   ENG Ben Heneghan 43 0 37 0 1 0 5 0
6 DF   SCO Stephen McManus 31 0 25 0 1 0 5 0
7 MF   ENG Lionel Ainsworth 35 4 10+20 4 0 0 3+2 0
8 MF   IRL Carl McHugh 22 2 19 2 1 0 2 0
9 FW   ENG Louis Moult 34 18 30+1 15 1 1 1+1 2
11 FW   ENG Ryan Bowman 24 2 11+13 2 0 0 0 0
12 MF   SCO Chris Cadden 42 5 36 3 1 0 4+1 2
13 GK   ENG Russell Griffiths 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
14 MF   SCO Keith Lasley 34 0 26+3 0 1 0 4 0
15 DF   SCO Joe Chalmers 13 0 7+1 0 1 0 2+2 0
17 MF   ENG Elliott Frear 15 1 11+4 1 0 0 0 0
18 MF   WAL Lee Lucas 11 0 6+4 0 0 0 1 0
19 FW   ENG Jacob Blyth 9 0 1+7 0 0 0 0+1 0
20 MF   ENG Craig Clay 39 1 31+4 1 1 0 3 0
21 DF   SCO Zak Jules 10 1 6+4 1 0 0 0 0
24 FW   SCO James McFadden 6 2 0+6 2 0 0 0 0
25 DF   SCO David Ferguson 10 0 7+3 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   SCO Allan Campbell 7 1 6+1 1 0 0 0 0
27 MF   SCO Ross MacLean 8 0 4+3 0 0 0 0+1 0
30 DF   SCO Jack McMillan 15 0 9+5 0 0+1 0 0 0
34 MF   SCO Jake Hastie 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0
36 MF   NIR Shea Gordon 4 0 2+2 0 0 0 0 0
43 DF   SCO Adam Livingstone 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
77 FW   AUS Scott McDonald 40 11 34+1 9 0+1 0 4 2
88 MF   SCO Stephen Pearson 11 1 10+1 1 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
23 MF   SCO Dom Thomas 7 0 0+4 0 0 0 1+2 0
29 FW   SCO Dylan Mackin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0+2 0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
11 MF   ENG Marvin Johnson 9 4 4 1 0 0 5 3

Goal scorers edit

As of match played 20 May 2017
Ranking Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
1 FW   9 Louis Moult 15 1 2 18
2 FW   77 Scott McDonald 9 0 2 11
3 MF   12 Chris Cadden 3 0 2 5
4 MF   7 Lionel Ainsworth 4 0 0 4
MF   11 Marvin Johnson 1 0 3 4
6 MF   8 Carl McHugh 2 0 0 2
FW   24 James McFadden 2 0 0 2
FW   11 Ryan Bowman 2 0 0 2
Own goal 2 0 0 2
10 DF   2 Richard Tait 1 0 0 1
MF   20 Craig Clay 1 0 0 1
MF   88 Stephen Pearson 1 0 0 1
DF   21 Zak Jules 1 0 0 1
MF   26 Allan Campbell 1 0 0 1
MF   17 Elliott Frear 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 46 1 9 56

Disciplinary record edit

As of match played 20 May 2017
Nation Position Number Name Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
               
  GK 1 Craig Samson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF 2 Richard Tait 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  DF 3 Steven Hammell 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF 4 Ben Heneghan 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
  DF 6 Stephen McManus 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  MF 7 Lionel Ainsworth 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
  MF 8 Carl McHugh 5 1 1 0 2 0 8 1
  FW 9 Louis Moult 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
  MF 11 Marvin Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW 11 Ryan Bowman 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF 12 Chris Cadden 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  MF 14 Keith Lasley 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
  DF 15 Joe Chalmers 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  MF 18 Lee Lucas 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
  MF 20 Craig Clay 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  DF 25 David Ferguson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF 26 Allan Campbell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  MF 27 Ross MacLean 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW 77 Scott McDonald 6 1 1 0 1 0 8 1
  MF 88 Stephen Pearson 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
TOTALS 67 3 3 0 3 0 73 3

See also edit

Notes edit

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