2006–07 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2006–07 season
ChairmanJohn Boyle
ManagerMaurice Malpas
Premier League10th
Scottish CupQuarter-finals
League CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Scott McDonald (15)
All: Scott McDonald (16)
Highest home attendance11,745 vs Rangers
29 July 2006
Lowest home attendance3,640 vs Falkirk
28 April 2007
Average home league attendance5,877

The 2006–07 season was Motherwell's 9th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 22nd consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. It was Maurice Malpas first, and only, season as manager of Motherwell having replaced Terry Butcher who had left to join Sydney FC at the end of the previous season, and himself sacked following the conclusion of the season.

Important Events

Squad

Updated 20 December 2010[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Scotland SCO Graeme Smith
2 DF Scotland SCO Martyn Corrigan
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Danny Murphy
4 MF Scotland SCO Brian Kerr
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Craigan
6 DF Northern Ireland NIR Brian McLean
7 FW Australia AUS Scott McDonald
8 FW Scotland SCO Ross McCormack
10 MF Scotland SCO Phil O'Donnell
11 DF Scotland SCO Jim Paterson
12 FW Scotland SCO David Clarkson
13 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Paul Keegan
14 MF Scotland SCO Steven McGarry
15 DF Scotland SCO William Kinniburgh
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Trevor Molloy
17 MF Scotland SCO Kevin McBride
18 GK Scotland SCO Colin Meldrum
19 DF Scotland SCO Paul Quinn
20 MF Scotland SCO Marc Fitzpatrick
22 MF Scotland SCO Keith Lasley
23 MF Scotland SCO Darren Smith
24 DF Scotland SCO Robert Donnelly
26 MF Scotland SCO Kenny Connolly
27 FW Scotland SCO Adam Coakley
30 DF Scotland SCO Mark Reynolds
31 MF Hungary HUN Krisztian Vadocz
40 FW Scotland SCO Jamie Murphy
— MF Scotland SCO Stephen McGuire

Transfers

Main articles: 2006–07 in Scottish football § 2006 2, and 2006–07 in Scottish football § 2007 2

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
July 2006 DF Northern Ireland Brian McLean Rangers
11 July 2006 FW Scotland Ross McCormack Rangers Undisclosed [2]
18 August 2006 MF Scotland Keith Lasley Plymouth Argyle Free [3]
1 January 2007 DF Republic of Ireland Danny Murphy Cork City Undisclosed [4]
1 January 2007 MF Republic of Ireland Paul Keegan St Patrick's Athletic Undisclosed [4]
1 January 2007 FW Republic of Ireland Trevor Molloy St Patrick's Athletic Undisclosed [4]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.
31 August 2006 FW Scotland Calum Elliot Hearts 6 Months [5]
31 January 2007 FW Hungary Krisztian Vadocz Auxerre End of Season [6]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
29 August 2006 FW Scotland Jim Hamilton Dunfermline Athletic Undisclosed [7]
31 August 2006 GK Scotland Alan Martin Leeds United Undisclosed [8]
31 January 2007 FW Republic of Ireland Richie Foran Southend United £150,000 [9]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.
30 December 2006 MF Scotland Shaun Fagan Stenhousemuir 30 January 2007

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.
May 2007 MF Scotland Shaun Fagan Republic of Ireland Galway United July 2007

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Premier League

Classification

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
8 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 11 13 14 42 48 −6 46
9 Dundee United 38 10 12 16 40 59 −19 42
10 Motherwell 38 10 8 20 41 61 −20 38
11 St Mirren 38 8 12 18 31 51 −20 36
12 Dunfermline Athletic (R) 38 8 8 22 26 55 −29 32 Relegation to the Scottish First Division and
qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[b]
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
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.
  2. ^ As Celtic, the Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed to Dunfermline Athletic, the cup runner-up.

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 8 20 41 61  −20 38 5 3 11 25 34  −9 5 5 9 16 27  −11

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAAHAAHHAAHAHHAAHAAHHAAHAHAHHHAAHAHA
ResultLLLLWLLDWWLDDLLWWLLWWDLLWWDLDLWLLLDLLD
Position111212121112121212101010101111109111110891010109899999101010101010
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

[10]

Date Opponent Venue Result[11] Attendance Motherwell Scorer(s)[12] Report
30 July 2006 Rangers Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–2 11,745 Phil O'Donnell Fir Park Corner
5 August 2006 St Mirren Love Street, Paisley (A) 0–2 5,036 Fir Park Corner
12 August 2006 Aberdeen Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–2 5,186 Fir Park Corner
19 August 2006 Hibernian Easter Road, Edinburgh (A) 1–3 13,274 Scott McDonald Fir Park Corner
26 August 2006 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A) 1–0 4,594 Scott McDonald Fir Park Corner
9 September 2006 Inverness CT Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–4 4,091 Scott McDonald Fir Park Corner
9 September 2006 Hearts Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–1 5,931 Fir Park Corner
23 September 2006 Dundee United Tannadice, Dundee (A) 1–1 5,036 Calum Elliot Fir Park Corner
30 September 2006 Kilmarnock Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 5–0 4,765 Richie Foran, Mark Reynolds, Brian Kerr, Scott McDonald (2) Fir Park Corner
14 October 2006 Dunfermline Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–1 4,527 Scott McDonald, David Clarkson Fir Park Corner
21 October 2006 Celtic Celtic Park, Glasgow (A) 1–2 57,742 Scott McDonald Fir Park Corner
28 October 2006 Rangers Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A) 1–1 49,785 Brian Kerr Fir Park Corner
4 November 2006 St Mirren Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–0 5,337 Fir Park Corner
11 November 2006 Aberdeen Pittodrie, Aberdeen (A) 1–2 10,527 Michael Hart (og) Fir Park Corner
18 November 2006 Hibernian Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–6 6,190 Steven McGarry Fir Park Corner
25 November 2006 Falkirk Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 4–2 4,970 Richie Foran (2 pens.), Scott McDonald, Calum Elliot Fir Park Corner
2 December 2006 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A) 1–0 3,668 Richie Foran (pen.) Fir Park Corner
9 December 2006 Hearts Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A) 1–4 16,753 Richie Foran Fir Park Corner
16 December 2006 Dundee United Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–3 4,420 Richie Foran (pen.), Mark Reynolds Fir Park Corner
23 December 2006 Kilmarnock Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A) 2–1 5,576 Richie Foran, Jim Paterson Fir Park Corner
26 December 2006 Dunfermline East End Park, Dunfermline (A) 2–0 4,200 Marc Fitzpatrick, Scott McDonald Fir Park Corner
30 December 2006 Celtic Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–1 9,769 Darren Smith Fir Park Corner
2 January 2007 Rangers Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–1 10,338 Fir Park Corner
27 January 2007 Hibernian Easter Road, Edinburgh (A) 0–2 14,280 Fir Park Corner
10 February 2007 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A) 2–1 4,478 Scott McDonald, Darren Smith Fir Park Corner
17 February 2007 Inverness CT Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–0 4,258 Scott McDonald Fir Park Corner
20 February 2007 St Mirren Love Street, Paisley (A) 0–0 3,576 Fir Park Corner
5 March 2007 Hearts Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–2 4,389 Fir Park Corner
10 March 2007 Dundee United Tannadice, Dundee (A) 1–1 5,183 Danny Murphy Fir Park Corner
13 March 2007 Aberdeen Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–2 4,530 Fir Park Corner
31 March 2007 Dunfermline Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–0 4,511 Scott McDonald (2) Fir Park Corner
3 April 2007 Kilmarnock Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–1 3,784 Fir Park Corner
7 April 2007 Celtic Celtic Park, Glasgow (A) 0–1 58,654 Fir Park Corner
21 April 2007 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A) 0–2 3,804 Fir Park Corner
28 April 2007 Falkirk Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 3–3 3,640 Darren Smith, Scott McDonald, David Clarkson Fir Park Corner
7 May 2007 Dunfermline East End Park, Dunfermline (A) 1–4 6,662 Scott McDonald (pen.) Fir Park Corner
12 May 2007 St Mirren Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–3 9,277 Ross McCormack (2, 1 pen.) Fir Park Corner
19 May 2007 Dundee United Tannadice, Dundee (A) 0–0 6,070 Fir Park Corner

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish Cup
6 January 2007 Third Round Airdrie 0–1 Motherwell Airdrie
15:00 GMT Report Foran 31' Stadium: Excelsior Stadium
Attendance: 5,924
Referee: K Clarke
3 February 2007 Fourth Round Motherwell 2–0 Morton Motherwell
15:00 GMT Kerr 10'
McDonald 34'		 Report Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 9,394
Referee: J Underhill
28 February 2007 Quarter-finals Motherwell 1–2 St Johnstone Motherwell
19:45 GMT McCormack 85' Report MacDonald 21'
Scotland 72'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,788
Referee: M McCurry

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2006–07 Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponent H/A Score[11] Motherwell Scorer(s)[13] Attendance Report
22 August 2006 2nd Round Partick Thistle H 3–2 Richie Foran (6, 16) Steven McGarry (88) 3,752 BBC Sport
20 September 2006 3rd Round Queens Park A 3–0 Richie Foran (22, 47, 54(pen.)) 2,408 BBC Sport
7 November 2006 Quarter-final Kilmarnock A 2–3 Richie Foran (25(pen.)), David Clarkson (59) 5,601 BBC Sport

Statistics

Appearances

Updated 20 December 2010[10][14]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland SCO Graeme Smith 28 0 23+1 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Martyn Corrigan 25 0 19+3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Danny Murphy 16 1 12+1 1 3+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF Scotland SCO Brian Kerr 41 3 35+0 2 3+0 1 3+0 0
5 DF Northern Ireland NIR Stephen Craigan 40 0 34+0 0 3+0 0 3+0 0
6 DF Northern Ireland NIR Brian McLean 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Australia AUS Scott McDonald 37 16 30+2 15 3+0 1 2+0 0
8 FW Scotland SCO Ross McCormack 15 3 6+6 2 1+0 1 1+1 0
9 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Richie Foran 27 14 22+1 7 1+0 1 3+0 6
10 MF Scotland SCO Phil O'Donnell (c) 3 1 3+0 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 DF Scotland SCO Jim Paterson 38 1 34+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 0
12 FW Scotland SCO David Clarkson 34 3 19+10 2 2+1 0 1+1 1
13 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Paul Keegan 10 0 4+4 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Steven McGarry 31 2 20+7 1 2+1 0 0+1 1
15 DF Scotland SCO William Kinniburgh 6 0 4+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Trevor Molloy 8 0 0+6 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
16 FW Scotland SCO Jim Hamilton 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF Scotland SCO Kevin McBride 20 0 10+7 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
18 GK Scotland SCO Colin Meldrum 18 0 15+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
19 DF Scotland SCO Paul Quinn 29 2 24+2 2 0+0 0 3+0 0
20 MF Scotland SCO Marc Fitzpatrick 28 1 13+11 1 2+0 0 1+1 0
22 MF Scotland SCO Keith Lasley 17 0 14+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
24 DF Scotland SCO Robert Donnelly 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Kenny Connolly 3 0 1+1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
27 FW Scotland SCO Adam Coakley 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
30 DF Scotland SCO Mark Reynolds 41 2 35+0 2 3+0 0 3+0 0
31 FW Scotland SCO Calum Elliot 17 2 10+5 2 0+0 0 1+1 0
31 MF Hungary HUN Krisztian Vadocz 11 0 11+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 FW Scotland SCO Jamie Murphy 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Stephen McGuire 4 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
GK Scotland SCO Alan Martin 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Goal scorers

Ranking Position Nation Number Name Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 FW Scotland 7 Scott McDonald 15 1 0 16
2 FW Republic of Ireland 9 Richie Foran 7 1 6 14
3 FW Scotland 12 David Clarkson 2 0 1 3
MF Scotland 4 Brian Kerr 2 1 0 3
FW Scotland 8 Ross McCormack 2 1 0 3
6 FW Scotland 31 Calum Elliot 2 0 0 2
DF Scotland 30 Mark Reynolds 2 0 0 2
MF Scotland 14 Steven McGarry 1 0 1 2
DF Scotland 19 Paul Quinn 2 0 0 2
10 DF Scotland 20 Marc Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 1
DF Republic of Ireland 3 Danny Murphy 1 0 0 1
MF Scotland 10 Phil O'Donnell 1 0 0 1
DF Scotland 11 Jim Paterson 1 0 0 1
TOTALS 39 4 8 51

Disciplinary record

Last updated 8 December 2010[14]
Nation Position Number Name Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
Scotland GK 1 Graeme Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF 2 Martyn Corrigan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Republic of Ireland DF 3 Danny Murphy 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
Scotland MF 4 Brian Kerr 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Northern Ireland DF 5 Stephen Craigan 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Northern Ireland DF 6 Brian McLean 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Australia FW 7 Scott McDonald 8 1 0 0 1 0 9 1
Scotland FW 8 Ross McCormack 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Republic of Ireland FW 9 Richie Foran 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
England FW 10 Phil O'Donnell 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF 11 Jim Paterson 8 1 0 0 0 0 8 1
Scotland FW 12 David Clarkson 5 1 1 0 0 0 6 1
Republic of Ireland FW 13 Paul Keegan 7 0 1 0 0 0 7 0
Scotland MF 14 Steven McGarry 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland DF 15 William Kinniburgh 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Republic of Ireland MF 15 Trevor Molloy 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Scotland FW 16 Jim Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF 17 Kevin McBride 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Scotland GK 18 Colin Meldrum 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland DF 19 Paul Quinn 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1
Scotland MF 20 Marc Fitzpatrick 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
Scotland MF 22 Keith Lasley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW 23 Darren Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Scotland DF 24 Robert Donnolly 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland MF 26 Kenny Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW 27 Adam Coakley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Scotland DF 30 Mark Reynolds 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Scotland FW 31 Calum Elliot 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Hungary MF 31 Krisztián Vadócz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland FW 40 Jamie Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland MF Stephen McGuire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scotland GK Alan Martin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 56 6 4 0 3 0 63 6

See also

References

  1. ^ "FootballSquads – Motherwell – 2006/07".
  2. ^ "Well land Gers youngster". Sky Sports. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Lasley opts for Motherwell return". BBC Sport. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Well snap up Eircom League trio". BBC Sport. January 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Elliot gets chance, while Hughes tells Falkirk to wise up". The Scotsman. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Hungarian agrees Well loan deal". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Hamilton completes move to Pars". BBC Sport. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Leeds complete trio of signings". BBC Sport. September 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Southend sign up Foran from Well". BBC Sport. 31 January 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  10. ^ a b Motherwell results 2006/2007, Fir Park Corner
  11. ^ a b Motherwell's score is shown first.
  12. ^ The number in brackets shows the actual number of goals that were scored by one player.
  13. ^ The number(s) in brackets shows the minutes of the goal(s) that was/were scored.
  14. ^ a b Motherwell F.C. 2006–07 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site