2008–09 Motherwell F.C. season

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Motherwell
2008–09 season
Chairman John Boyle
Manager Mark McGhee
Premier League 7th
Scottish Cup Fifth Round
League Cup Third Round
UEFA Cup First Round
Top goalscorer David Clarkson (13)
Highest home attendance 11,318 vs Nancy (2 October 2008)
Lowest home attendance 2,818 vs Inverness (13 May 2009)
Average home league attendance 5,351
Home colours
Away colours

The 2008–09 season was Motherwell's 11th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 24th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. As well as the SPL, the club competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, and the UEFA Cup for the first time in 13 years.

Important Events

Transfers

For a list of Scottish football transfers in 2008–09, see transfers in season 2008–09

Summer Transfer Window (1 July – 1 September 2008)

In Permanent

Date Player From Fee Contract length
8 July 2008 Scotland Bob Malcolm[3] unattached Free One year
8 August 2008 Scotland Jim O'Brien[4] Celtic Undisclosed Two years
19 August 2008 England John Sutton[5] Wycombe Wanderers Undisclosed Three years

Loans in

Date Player From Loan Length
19 August 2008 Faroe Islands Gunnar Nielsen[4] Blackburn Rovers 6 months
19 August 2008 Slovakia Maros Klimpl[6] FC Midtjylland 6 months

Loans out

Date Player To Loan Length

Out Permanent

Date Player To Fee Note
13 June 2008 Scotland Martin Grehan[3] Stirling Albion Free
13 June 2008 Scotland Ross McCormack[7] Cardiff City £100,000
20 July 2008 Scotland David Nixon[8] Airdrie United Free
25 July 2008 Scotland Stephen McGuire[9] Airdrie United Free

Winter Transfer Window (1 January – 2 February 2009)

In Permanent

Date Player From Fee Contract length

Loans in

Date Player From Loan Length
2 January 2009 Poland Artur Krysiak[10] Birmingham City 6 months
2 February 2009 Republic of Ireland Cillian Sheridan[11] Celtic 6 months
2 February 2008 Germany Semih Aydilek[11] Birmingham City 6 months

Loans out

Date Player To Loan Length
24 January 2009 Scotland Ross Forbes[12] Dumbarton 6 months

Out Permanent

Date Player To Fee Note
17 January 2009 Scotland Kenny Connolly[13] Ayr United Free
31 January 2009 England Chris Porter[14] Derby County £400,000

Motherwell F.C. Season 2008-09 First-team Squad

As of 5 December 2010[15]

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

No. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Graeme Smith
2 Scotland DF Paul Quinn
3 Scotland DF Steven Hammell
4 Scotland DF Mark Reynolds
5 Northern Ireland DF Stephen Craigan ((c))
6 Northern Ireland DF Brian McLean
7 Scotland MF Stephen Hughes
8 Scotland MF Robert Malcolm (Departed January 2009)
9 England FW Chris Porter (Departed January 2009)
9 Republic of Ireland FW Cillian Sheridan (Arrived January 2009)
10 Scotland FW David Clarkson
11 England FW John Sutton
12 Scotland MF Darren Smith
13 Slovakia DF Maros Klimpl (On loan from FC Midtjylland)
14 Scotland MF Keith Lasley
No. Position Player
15 Scotland FW Jamie Murphy
16 Scotland MF Marc Fitzpatrick
17 Scotland MF Jim O'Brien
18 Scotland MF Steven McGarry
19 Poland GK Artur Krysiak (Arrived January 2009)
21 Faroe Islands GK Gunnar Neilsen (On loan from Blackburn Rovers (Departed January 2009))
22 Germany MF Semih Aydilek (Arrived January 2009)
23 Scotland FW Mark Archdeacon
26 Scotland MF Kenny Connolly
29 Scotland MF Ross Forbes
35 Scotland FW Robert McHugh
37 England DF Shaun Hutchinson
43 Scotland DF Steven Saunders
45 Scotland FW Paul Slane

Motherwell F.C. Season 2008-09 Statistics

Appearances

As of 8 December 2010[16][17]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premier League UEFA Cup Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Graeme Smith 43 0 37+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland Paul Quinn 40 0 33+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Scotland Steven Hammell 43 0 37+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
4 DF Scotland Mark Reynolds 42 0 36+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF Northern Ireland Stephen Craigan 28 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
6 DF Northern Ireland Brian McLean 12 2 12+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF Scotland Stephen Hughes 40 2 35+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
8 MF Scotland Robert Malcolm 16 2 11+2 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW England Chris Porter 25 9 21+1 9 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland Cillian Sheridan 15 2 9+4 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
10 FW Scotland David Clarkson 39 14 30+3 13 2+0 0 3+0 1 1+0 0
11 FW England John Sutton 33 12 26+2 10 1+1 0 1+1 2 0+1 0
12 MF Scotland Darren Smith 22 0 1+15 0 0+2 0 0+3 0 0+1 0
13 DF Slovakia Maros Klimpl 24 1 20+1 1 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland Keith Lasley 33 0 24+4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
15 FW Scotland Jamie Murphy 34 3 11+19 2 0+2 0 0+1 0 1+0 1
16 MF Scotland Marc Fitzpatrick 28 1 14+9 1 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+1 0
17 MF Scotland Jim O'Brien 33 1 19+10 1 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
19 MF Scotland Steven McGarry 25 0 16+7 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
21 GK Faroe Islands Gunnar Neilsen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 GK Poland Artur Krysiak 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
22 FW Germany Semih Aydilek 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 FW Scotland Mark Archdeacon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Scotland Kenny Connolly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 MF Scotland Ross Forbes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 FW Scotland Robert McHugh 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 DF England Shaun Hutchinson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
43 DF Scotland Steven Saunders 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
45 MF Scotland Paul Slane 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

2008-09 Motherwell Top scorers

Last updated on 8 December 2010[16]
Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League UEFA Cup Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
1 Scotland 10 David Clarkson 13 0 1 0 14
2 England 11 John Sutton 10 0 2 0 12
3 England 9 Chris Porter 9 0 0 0 10
4 Scotland 8 Robert Malcolm 3 0 0 0 3
5 Scotland 15 Jamie Murphy 2 0 0 1 3
6 Northern Ireland 28 Brian McLean 2 0 0 0 2
7 Republic of Ireland 9 Cillian Sheridan 2 0 0 0 2
8 Scotland 7 Stephen Hughes 1 0 1 0 2
9 Scotland 16 Marc Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 0 1
10 Slovakia 13 Maros Klimpl 1 0 0 0 1
11 Scotland 17 Jim O'Brien 1 0 0 0 1
12 Scotland 2 Paul Quinn 1 0 0 0 1
/ / / Own Goals 0 0 0 0 0
/ / / TOTALS 46 0 4 1 51

2008-09 Motherwell Disciplinary Record

Last updated 8 December 2010[16]
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League UEFA Cup Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
Scotland GK 1 Graeme Smith 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF 2 Paul Quinn 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Scotland DF 3 Steven Hammell 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Scotland DF 4 Mark Reynolds 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
Northern Ireland DF 5 Stephen Craigan 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
Northern Ireland DF 6 Brian McLean 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF 7 Stephen Hughes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland MF 8 Robert Malcolm 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
England FW 9 Chris Porter 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Republic of Ireland FW 9 Cillian Sheridan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW 10 David Clarkson 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
England FW 11 John Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW 12 Darren Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slovakia DF 13 Maroš Klimpl 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Scotland MF 14 Keith Lasley 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
Scotland FW 15 Jamie Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF 16 Marc Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF 17 Jim O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF 19 Steven McGarry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Faroe Islands GK 21 Gunnar Nielsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Poland GK 21 Artur Krysiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany FW 22 Semih Aydilek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW 23 Mark Archdeacon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF 26 Kenny Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF 29 Ross Forbes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW 35 Robert McHugh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
England DF 37 Shaun Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF 43 Steven Saunders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF 45 Paul Slane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
/ / / TOTALS 52 3 1 0 3 0 2 1 58 4

Motherwell 2008-09 Season

      Win       Draw       Loss

Scottish Premier League

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Date Opponent Venue Result[18] Attendance Motherwell Scorer(s) Report
9 August 2008 Hearts Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A) 2–3 14,219 Clarkson (2)
16 August 2008 Aberdeen Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–1 5,872 BBC Sport
23 August 2008 Dundee United Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–1 5,149 Sutton
30 August 2008 Hibernian Easter Road, Edinburgh (A) 1–0 11,285 Sutton
13 September 2008 Celtic Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–4 5,872 Clarkson, Sutton BBC Sport
21 September 2008 Rangers Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A) 1–2 49,448 BBC Sport
27 September 2008 St Mirren Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–1 4,786 Malcolm, Sutton
5 October 2008 Falkirk Fir Park, Motherwell(H) 3–2 4,509 Porter, Murphy, Sutton
18 October 2008 Kilmarnock Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A) 0–1 5,113
25 October 2008 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A) 2–1 3,110 Malcolm (2)
1 November 2008 Hamilton Fir Park, Motherwell(H) 2–0 6,205 Porter (2) Sutton
8 November 2008 Celtic Celtic Park, Glasgow (A) 0–2 56,504 BBC Sport
12 November 2008 Rangers Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–0 9,600 BBC Sport
15 November 2008 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A) 0-1 5,279
22 November 2008 Hibernian Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1-4 4,957 Malcolm
29 November 2008 Aberdeen Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (A) 0–2 10,302 BBC Sport
15 December 2008 Kilmarnock Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–2 3,339
20 December 2008 Hamilton New Douglas Park, Hamilton (A) 0–2 3,527
27 December 2008 Inverness Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 3–2 4,521 Porter (3)
3 January 2009 St Mirren Love Street, Paisley (A) 0–0 10,189
7 January 2009 Hearts Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–0 4,928 Porter
17 January 2009 Dundee United Tannadice, Dundee (A) 4–0 7,090 Klimpl, Porter, Clarkson, Fitzpatrick
24 January 2009 Falkirk Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–1 5,018 Clarkson
31 January 2009 Hibernian Easter Road, Edinburgh (A) 1–1 10,903 Clarkson
14 February 2009 Hamilton Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–0 5,197 Clarkson
22 February 2009 Celtic Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–1 8,593 Quinn BBC Sport
28 February 2009 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A) 2–1 3,611 Sutton, Sheridan
4 March 2009 Hearts Tynecastle, Edinburgh (A) 1–2 13,306 Hughes BBC Sport
14 March 2009 Dundee United Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–1 4,798 Clarkson, Sutton BBC Sport
21 March 2009 Kilmarnock Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A) 0–0 5,434 BBC Sport
4 April 2009 Aberdeen Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–1 4,686 O'Brien BBC Sport
11 April 2009 Rangers Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A) 1–3 50,080 Sutton BBC Sport
18 April 2009 St Mirren Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–2 6,626 BBC Sport
2 May 2009 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A) 1–2 4,937 Clarkson (pen.) BBC Sport
9 May 2009 St Mirren St Mirren Park, Paisley (A) 3–1 4,002 Murphy, Clarkson (2) BBC Sport
13 May 2009 Inverness CT Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–2 2,818 McLean, Sutton BBC Sport
16 May 2009 Hamilton New Douglas Park, Hamilton (A) 3–0 3,383 Clarkson, Sheridan, Sutton BBC Sport
23 May 2009 Kilmarnock Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–2 4,186 McLean BBC Sport

UEFA Cup 2008-09

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Date Round Opponent H/A Score[18] Motherwell Scorer(s)[19] Attendance Report
18 September 2008 1st Round FranceAS Nancy A 0-1 16,094 BBC Sport
2 October 2008 1st Round FranceAS Nancy H 0-2 11,318 BBC Sport

Scottish Cup 2008-09

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Date Round Opponent H/A Score[18] Motherwell Scorer(s)[19] Attendance Report
2 February 2009 4th Round Inverurie A 3-0 John Sutton (2, 69), David Clarkson (57) 2,500 BBC Sport
7 February 2009 5th Round St Mirren H 1-1 Stephen Hughes (65) 5,695 BBC Sport
19 February 2009 5th Round Replay St Mirren A 0-1 4,555 BBC Sport

Scottish League Cup 2008-09

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Date Round Opponent H/A Score[18] Motherwell Scorer(s)[19] Attendance Report
24 September 2008 3rd Round Hamilton H 1-2 Jamie Murphy 5,590 BBC Sport

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Scottish Premier League 7 9 August 2008 23 May 2009
Scottish League Cup Third round Third round 24 September 2008 24 September 2008
Scottish Cup Fourth round Fifth round 2 February 2009 19 February 2009
UEFA Cup First round First round 2 September 2008 2 October 2008

Source: Competitions

SPL

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Classification

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
5 Dundee United 38 13 14 11 47 50 −3 53
6 Hibernian 38 11 14 13 42 46 −4 47
7 Motherwell 38 13 9 16 46 51 −5 48 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1
8 Kilmarnock 38 12 8 18 38 48 −10 44
9 Hamilton Academical 38 12 5 21 30 53 −23 41

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1 Scotland was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the UEFA Europa League 2009-10. Since Celtic, the winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2009–10, Motherwell, being the second place team in the ranking, earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.[20]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 13 9 16 46 51  −5 48 7 6 6 24 27  −3 6 3 10 22 24  −2

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground A H H A H A H H A A H A H A H A H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H A H A A H A H
Result L L D W L L W W L W W L D L L L L L W D W W D D W D W L D D L L L L W D W L
Position 9 11 10 9 10 11 10 8 9 7 3 6 6 7 9 10 11 10 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7

Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team Results[18] Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 0–1 0–2 1–1 1
Celtic 2-4 0–2 1–1 1
Dundee United 1–1 0–4 2–1 7
Falkirk 3–2 0–1 1–1 1—2 4
Hamilton Academical 2–0 0–2 1–0 3—0 9
Heart of Midlothian 2–3 1–0 1–2 3
Hibernian 1–0 1–4 1–1 4
Inverness CT 2–1 3–2 2–1 2—2 10
Kilmarnock 0–1 0–2 0-0 1—2 1
Rangers 1–2 0–0 1–3 1
St Mirren 2–1 0–0 0–2 3—1 7

Source: 2008–09 Scottish Premier League article

See also

References

  1. Motherwell Awarded European Place, BBC Sport, 26 May 2008
  2. Dons Welcome Returning Hero, BBC Sport, 12 June 2009
  3. 3.0 3.1 Malcolm pens Well deal Sky Sports, 8 July 2008
  4. 4.0 4.1 'Well unveil double signing Motherwell F.C., 8 August 2008
  5. Motherwell seal Sutton transfer BBC Sport, 19 August 2008
  6. Well sign Slovak defender Klimpl BBC Sport, 1 September 2008
  7. Cardiff add McCormack and Dennehy BBC Sport, 28 June 2008
  8. Nixon is Airdrie United new boy BBC Sport, 19 July 2008
  9. McGuire given Airdrie contract BBC Sport, 25 July 2008
  10. Blues loan keeper Krysiak to Well BBC Sport, 2 January 2009
  11. 11.0 11.1 Motherwell sign loan duo Sky Sports, 2 February 2009
  12. Forbes and Pope head out on loan BBC Sport, 24 January 2009
  13. Ayr snap up midfielder Connolly BBC Sport, 17 January 2009
  14. Well's Porter agrees Derby move BBC Sport, 31 January 2009
  15. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/2008-2009/scotprm/mother.htm
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 Motherwell F.C. 2008-09 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site
  17. 17.0 17.1 Motherwell FC season 2008-09, Fir Park Corner
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Motherwell's score is shown first.
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 The number(s) in brackets shows the minutes of the goal(s) that was/were scored.
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