2014–15 Motherwell F.C. season

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Motherwell
2014–15 season
Chairman Vacant
Manager Stuart McCall
(until 2 November 2014)
Kenny Black(caretaker)
(2 November - 13 December)
Ian Baraclough
(from 13 December 2014)
Stadium Fir Park
Scottish Premiership 11th
Scottish Premiership play-offs Winners
Europa League Second qualifying round vs Stjarnan
League Cup Third Round
v Hamilton Academical
Scottish Cup Fourth Round
v Dundee United
Top goalscorer League: John Sutton (13)
All: John Sutton (13)
Highest home attendance 7,740 vs Celtic
6 December 2014
Lowest home attendance 3,732 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle
16 August 2014
Average home league attendance 4,176
Home colours
Away colours

The 2014–15 season is Motherwell's thirtieth consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the second in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. Motherwell will also compete in the Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Important Events

On 2 November Stuart McCall resigned as manager,[2] with Kenny Black taking over as caretaker manager until Ian Baraclough was appointed as manager on 13 December.[3][4] Black returned to his role as assistant manager following the appointment of Baraclough, but was sacked by the club on 6 February 2015.[5]

Results & Fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss       Postponed

Pre-season Friendlies

Scottish Premiership

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Results

Premiership Play-offs

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UEFA Europa League Qualifying phase

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Scottish Cup

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Scottish League Cup

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Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 31 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premiership Europa League Scottish League Cup Scottish Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England George Long 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland Craig Reid 24 0 19+1 0 2 0 1 0 0+1 0
3 DF Scotland Steven Hammell 12 1 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
4 MF Scotland Stuart Carswell 21 0 14+5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF England Simon Ramsden 28 1 20+4 1 2 0 0+1 0 1 0
6 DF Scotland Stephen McManus 42 1 38 1 2 0 1 0 1 0
7 MF England Lionel Ainsworth 39 9 21+15 8 2 1 1 0 0 0
8 MF Scotland Paul Lawson 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW England John Sutton 43 13 27+12 13 2 0 1 0 1 0
11 MF Scotland Iain Vigurs 15 2 10+1 2 2 0 1 0 1 0
12 GK Czech Republic Dan Twardzik 30 0 26 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
14 MF Scotland Keith Lasley 39 0 35 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
15 DF Republic of Ireland Mark O'Brien 23 0 17+2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
16 FW Scotland Robert McHugh 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF Antigua and Barbuda Zaine Francis-Angol 13 0 10+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 1 0
18 MF England Josh Law 40 2 30+6 0 2 2 1 0 1 0
19 FW Scotland Lee Erwin 38 6 22+14 6 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
20 DF Scotland Fraser Kerr 25 1 16+5 1 0+2 0 1 0 0+1 0
21 MF Scotland Jack Leitch 9 0 4+3 0 0+1 0 1 0 0 0
22 FW Scotland Craig Moore 10 0 2+8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF England Marvin Johnson 13 1 12+1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 GK Scotland Ross Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Scotland Dom Thomas 15 0 2+13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Scotland Chris Cadden 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF Scotland David Ferguson 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Scotland Luke Watt 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Scotland Ross MacLean 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Grenada Anthony Straker 13 0 11+2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 DF England Louis Laing 13 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 MF England Nathan Thomas 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 MF England Conor Grant 12 1 10+2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 MF Scotland Stephen Pearson 15 1 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 FW Australia Scott McDonald 13 5 13 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
23 DF England Adam Cummins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Motherwell no longer at the club:
13 GK Faroe Islands Gunnar Nielsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 FW Estonia Henrik Ojamaa 21 4 17+2 3 0 0 0+1 0 1 1

Goal scorers

As of 31 May 2015[7][8]
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Europe Total
1 England 9 John Sutton 13 0 0 0 13
2 England 7 Lionel Ainsworth 8 0 0 1 9
3 Scotland 19 Lee Erwin 6 0 0 0 6
4 Australia 77 Scott McDonald 5 0 0 0 5
5 Estonia 24 Henrik Ojamaa 3 1 0 0 4
6 Scotland 11 Iain Vigurs 2 0 0 0 2
England 18 Josh Law 0 0 0 2 2
8 England 5 Simon Ramsden 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland 20 Fraser Kerr 1 0 0 0 1
England 47 Conor Grant 1 0 0 0 1
England 45 Louis Laing 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland 48 Stephen Pearson 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland 6 Stephen McManus 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland 24 Marvin Johnson 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland 3 Steven Hammell 0 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 44 1 0 4 49

Disciplinary record

As of 31 May 2015[7][8]
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League Europa League Scottish League Cup Scottish Cup Total
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
Scotland DF 2 Craig Reid 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Scotland MF 4 Stuart Carswell 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
England DF 5 Simon Ramsden 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland DF 6 Stephen McManus 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 1
Scotland MF 8 Paul Lawson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England FW 9 John Sutton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF 11 Iain Vigurs 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 0
Scotland MF 14 Keith Lasley 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
Republic of Ireland MF 15 Mark O'Brien 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 1
Antigua and Barbuda DF 17 Zaine Francis-Angol 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England MF 18 Josh Law 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Scotland FW 19 Lee Erwin 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Scotland DF 20 Fraser Kerr 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Scotland MF 21 Jack Leitch 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Scotland FW 24 Henrik Ojamaa 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
England MF 24 Marvin Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF 30 David Ferguson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
England DF 45 Louis Laing 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Scotland MF 48 Stephen Pearson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Australia FW 77 Scott McDonald 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
TOTALS 63 10 6 0 3 1 3 0 73 11


Team statistics

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 Partick Thistle 38 12 10 16 48 44 +4 46
9 Ross County 38 12 8 18 46 63 −17 44
10 Kilmarnock 38 11 8 19 44 59 −15 41
11 Motherwell (O) 38 10 6 22 38 63 −25 36 Qualification to Scottish Premiership play-offs
12 St Mirren (R) 38 9 3 26 30 66 −36 30 Relegation to Scottish Championship
Source: Scottish Premiership
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.

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 H A H A H A A H A H A A H A H H A H A H A A A H A H H H A H A H A A H H A H
Result W L L L L W D L L L L L W L L D W W L L L L L D L L W D L W W W L L D W L D
Position 2 6 9 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11

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

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 10 6 22 38 63  −25 36 7 5 7 23 21  +2 3 1 15 15 42  −27

Source: BBC Sport

Results by opponent

Motherwell score first

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 0-1 0-2 1-2 - 0
Celtic 1-1 0-1 0-4 - 1
Dundee 1-3 1-4 0-1 - 0
Dundee United 0-1 1-0 1-3 - 3
Hamilton Academical 0-4 0-5 4-0 0-2 3
Inverness C.T. 0-2 1-3 2-1 - 3
Kilmarnock 0-2 1-1 2-1 3-1 7
Partick Thistle 1-3 1-0 0-2 0-0 4
Ross County 2-1 2-2 2-3 1-1 5
St Johnstone 0-1 1-2 1-1 - 1
St Mirren 1-0 1-0 5-0 1-2 9

Source: 2014–15 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Transfers

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Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
2 June 2015 GK Scotland Ross Stewart Albion Rovers June 2015
2 June 2015 DF England Adam Cummins
2 June 2015 DF Antigua and Barbuda Zaine Francis-Angol
2 June 2015 DF England Simon Ramsden England Gateshead 10 July 2015
2 June 2015 MF Scotland Stuart Carswell St Mirren 29 June 2015
2 June 2015 MF Scotland Fraser Kerr
2 June 2015 MF Scotland Paul Lawson
2 June 2015 MF England Nathan Thomas England Mansfield Town 3 June 2015[28]
2 June 2015 MF Scotland Iain Vigurs
2 June 2015 FW Scotland Robert McHugh Falkirk 14 July 2015
10 June 2015[29] FW Scotland Lee Erwin England Leeds United 1 July 2015[30]
15 June 2015[31] FW England John Sutton St Johnstone 17 June 2015[32]

See also

Notes

Notes and references

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