2014–15 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2014–15 season
ChairmanVacant
ManagerStuart McCall
(until 2 November 2014)
Kenny Black(caretaker)
(2 November – 13 December)
Ian Baraclough
(from 13 December 2014)
StadiumFir Park
Scottish Premiership11th
Scottish Premiership play-offsWinners
Scottish CupFourth round
v Dundee United
League CupThird round
v Hamilton Academical
Europa LeagueSecond qualifying round vs Stjarnan
Top goalscorerLeague: John Sutton (13)
All: John Sutton (13)
Highest home attendance7,740 vs Celtic
6 December 2014
Lowest home attendance3,732 vs Inverness Caledonian Thistle
16 August 2014
Average home league attendance4,176

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]

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2014 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2014-15

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref
21 May 2014 MF England Josh Law Alfreton Town Free [6]
23 May 2014 GK Germany Dan Twardzik Dundee Free [7]
16 June 2014 MF England Lionel Ainsworth Rotherham United Free [8]
19 January 2015 MF Scotland Stephen Pearson Kerala Blasters Free [9]
3 February 2015 MF England Nathan Thomas Plymouth Argyle Free [10]
26 February 2015 FW Australia Scott McDonald Millwall Free [11]

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.
14 August 2014[12] FW Estonia Henrik Ojamaa Legia Warsaw 29 January 2015 [13]
15 August 2014 DF Republic of Ireland Mark O'Brien Derby County End of Season [14][15]
29 January 2015 MF Grenada Anthony Straker York City End of Season [16]
30 January 2015 DF England Louis Laing Nottingham Forest End of Season [17]
2 February 2015 MF England Conor Grant Everton End of Season [18]
2 February 2015 GK England George Long Sheffield United End of Season [19]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
16 June 2014 DF England Shaun Hutchinson Fulham Free [20]
19 June 2014 FW Estonia Henri Anier Erzgebirge Aue Undisclosed [21]
23 July 2014 MF Scotland Adam Asghar Alloa Athletic Free [22]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.
27 February 2015 DF England Adam Cummins Stirling Albion End of Season [23]

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.
4 March 2015 GK Faroe Islands Gunnar Nielsen Stjarnan [24]
2 June 2015 GK Scotland Ross M. Stewart Albion Rovers June 2015
2 June 2015 DF England Adam Cummins Bangor City 18 August 2015
2 June 2015 DF Antigua and Barbuda Zaine Francis-Angol Kidderminster Harriers 2 October 2015 [25]
2 June 2015 DF England Simon Ramsden Gateshead 10 July 2015
2 June 2015 MF Scotland Stuart Carswell St Mirren 29 June 2015
2 June 2015 MF Scotland Fraser Kerr Cowdenbeath November 2015 [26]
2 June 2015 MF Scotland Paul Lawson Formartine United 6 July 2015 [27]
2 June 2015 MF England Nathan Thomas Mansfield Town 3 June 2015 [28]
2 June 2015 MF Scotland Iain Vigurs Inverness Caledonian Thistle 12 August 2015 [29]
2 June 2015 FW Scotland Robert McHugh Falkirk 14 July 2015
10 June 2015 FW Scotland Lee Erwin Leeds United 1 July 2015 [30][31]
15 June 2015 FW England John Sutton St Johnstone 17 June 2015 [32][33]

Friendlies

12 July 2014 Motherwell 0 – 2 Fulham Motherwell
14:00 BST UTC+1 Motherwell
Fulham
  • C.Burgess
  • Stafylidis
Stadium: Fir Park

Competitions

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premiership 9 August 2014 23 May 2015 Matchday 1 11th 38 10 6 22 38 63 −25 026.32
Relegation play-off 28 May 2015 31 May 2015 1st leg Winners 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 100.00
Scottish Cup 29 November 2014 13 March 2022 Fourth round Fourth round 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
League Cup 24 September 2014 14 August 2021 Third round Third round 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Europa League 17 July 2014 24 July 2014 Second qualifying round Second qualifying round 2 0 1 1 4 5 −1 000.00
Total 44 12 8 24 49 71 −22 027.27

Last updated: 31 May 2015
Source: Soccerway

Premiership

Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Premiership

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 for the Premiership play-off final
12 St Mirren (R) 38 9 3 26 30 66 −36 30 Relegation to the Championship
Source: SPFL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAAHAHHHAHAHAAHHAH
ResultWLLLLWDLLLLLWLLDWWLLLLLDLLWDLWWWLLDWLD
Position2691010101010111111111010101010101010101010111112121111111111111111111111
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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

9 August 2014 1 Motherwell 1-0 St Mirren Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1 Erwin 64' Motherwell
BBC		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,620
Referee: Calum Murray
13 August 2014 2 Dundee United 1-0 Motherwell Dundee
19:45 BST UTC+1 Bilate 83' Motherwell
BBC		 Stadium: Tannadice Stadium
Attendance: 8,367
Referee: Kevin Clancy
16 August 2014 3 Motherwell 0-2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1 Motherwell
BBC		 Tansey 42'
Doran 89'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,732
Referee: Steven McLean
23 August 2014 4 Kilmarnock 2-0 Motherwell Kilmarnock
15:00 BST UTC+1 Muirhead 9'
Clingan 78'		 Motherwell
BBC		 Kerr Red card 76' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 4,146
30 August 2014 5 Motherwell 0-1 St Johnstone Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1 Motherwell
BBC		 Graham 86' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Alan Muir
13 September 2014 6 Ross County 1-2 Motherwell Dingwall
15:00 BST UTC+1 Boyce 78' Motherwell
BBC		 Vigurs 49'
Sutton 54'		 Stadium: Global Energy Stadium
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Steven McLean
21 September 2014 7 Celtic 1-1 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST UTC+1 Commons 68' (pen.) Motherwell
BBC		 Sutton 19' Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 41,719
Referee: Brian Colvin
27 September 2014 8 Motherwell 0-4 Hamilton Academical Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1 Motherwell
BBC		 Andreu 34'
Crawford 45', 90'
Antoine-Curier 63' (pen.)		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,125
Referee: Willie Collum
4 October 2014 9 Partick Thistle 3-1 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST UTC+1 Bannigan 16'
Doolan 63'
O'Donnell 82'		 Motherwell
BBC		 Ainsworth 72' Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,405
Referee: Bobby Madden
18 October 2014 10 Motherwell 1-3 Dundee Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1 Ojamaa 62' Motherwell
BBC		 Clarkson 3'
Harkins 30'
Stewart 59'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,061
Referee: Brian Colvin
24 October 2014 11 Aberdeen 1-0 Motherwell Aberdeen
19:45 BST UTC+1 Hayes 2' Motherwell
BBC		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 11,149
Referee: Crawford Allan
31 October 2014 12 St Johnstone 2-1 Motherwell Perth
19:45 GMT UTC O'Halloran 40', 80' Motherwell
BBC		 Ainsworth 13' Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,531
Referee: Kevin Clancy
7 November 2014 13 Motherwell 1-0 Dundee United Motherwell
19:45 GMT UTC Vigurs 52' Motherwell
BBC		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,961
Referee: Steven McLean
22 November 2014 14 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 3-1 Motherwell Inverness
15:00 GMT UTC McKay 29'
Watkins 71'
Meekings 78'		 Motherwell
BBC		 Ojamaa 31' Stadium: Caledonian Stadium
Attendance: 3,037
Referee: Bobby Madden
6 December 2014 15 Motherwell 0-1 Celtic Motherwell
12:45 GMT UTC Ramsden Red card 66' Motherwell
BBC		 Stokes 5' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 7,740
Referee: Calum Murray
13 December 2014 16 Motherwell 2-2 Ross County Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC Sutton 53'
Ojamaa 59'		 Motherwell
BBC		 Dingwall 45', 90' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,193
Referee: Willie Collum
20 December 2014 17 St Mirren 0-1 Motherwell Paisley
15:00 GMT UTC Thompson Red card 18' Motherwell
BBC		 Sutton 72' Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 3,909
Referee: Alan Muir
27 December 2014 18 Motherwell 1-0 Partick Thistle Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC Sutton 14' (pen.) Motherwell
BBC		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,236
Referee: Brian Colvin
1 January 2015 19 Hamilton Academical 5-0 Motherwell Hamilton
15:00 GMT UTC Imrie 8'
Crawford 29'
Antoine-Curier 64'
Andreu 69'
Redmond 87'		 Motherwell
BBC		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 3,926
Referee: Crawford Allan
4 January 2015 20 Motherwell 0-2 Aberdeen Motherwell
15:30 GMT UTC McManus Red card 88' Motherwell
BBC		 Rooney 36', 89' (pen.) Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,805
Referee: Willie Collum
10 January 2015 21 Dundee 4-1 Motherwell Dundee
15:00 GMT UTC Harris 3'
Stewart 8'
Irvine 34'
O'Brien 70' (o.g.)		 Motherwell
BBC		 Sutton 19'
Ojamaa Red card 45'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 5,105
Referee: Stephen Finnie
17 January 2015 22 Motherwell Postponed[34] Kilmarnock Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Stadium: Fir Park
21 January 2015 23 Celtic 4-0 Motherwell Glasgow
19:45 GMT UTC van Dijk 26'
Griffiths 42'
Lustig 76', 81'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Stadium: Celtic Park
Attendance: 42,296
Referee: Bobby Madden
24 January 2015 24 Dundee United 3-1 Motherwell Dundee
15:00 GMT UTC Telfer 61', 90'
Fojut 69'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Ramsden 78' Stadium: Tannadice Park
Attendance: 7,176
Referee: Craig Thomson
31 January 2015 25 Motherwell 1-1 St Johnstone Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC Laing Red card 25'
Sutton 75'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Davidson 8' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,449
Referee: Willie Collum
14 February 2015 26 Ross County 3-2 Motherwell Dingwall
15:00 GMT UTC Woods 34'
P.Quinn 58'
De Vita 62'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Grant 53'
Kerr 78'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 2,982
Referee: Calum Murray
21 February 2015 27 Motherwell 0-1 Dundee Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC [ Motherwell]
BBC		 McGinn 12' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,282
Referee: Don Robertson
28 February 2015 28 Motherwell 2-1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC Pearson Yellow card 27'
Ramsden Yellow card 34' Yellow-red card 88'
Laing 48'
Ainsworth 84'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Draper Yellow card 55'
Tansey Yellow card 60'
Devine Yellow card 74'
Ofere 76'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,508
Referee: Alan Muir
7 March 2015[34] 22 Motherwell 1-1 Kilmarnock Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC Johnson Yellow card 7'
McDonald 45+1'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Obadeyi 20'
Westlake Yellow card 42' Yellow-red card 45'
O'Hara Yellow card 67'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,192
Referee: John Beaton
13 March 2015 29 Aberdeen 2-1 Motherwell Aberdeen
19:45 GMT UTC Taylor 50'
Rooney 52'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 McDonald 37'Yellow card 84'
Lasley Yellow card 62'
Erwin Yellow card 79'		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 13,267
Referee: Crawford Allan
20 March 2015 30 Motherwell 4-0 Hamilton Academical Motherwell
19:45 GMT UTC Ainsworth 49', 50'
Sutton 80', 83' (pen.)		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Imrie Yellow card 29'
García Yellow card 64'
Lyon Red card 65'
Gordon Yellow card 83'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,250
Referee: Calum Murray
4 April 2015 31 Kilmarnock 1-2 Motherwell Kilmarnock
15:00 BST UTC+1 D.Syme 17'Yellow card 79'
Cairney Yellow card 66'
Obadeyi Yellow card 72'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Pearson Yellow card 29' 38'
Law Yellow card 31'
Laing Yellow card 62'
Erwin 77'		 Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 4,532
Referee: Euan Anderson
7 April 2015 32 Motherwell 5-0 St Mirren Motherwell
20:45 BST UTC+1 Erwin 7', 25'
McDonald 45'
Sutton 74', 79'		 Motherwell
[ BBC]		 McAusland Yellow card 51'
McGinn Yellow card 82'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,596
Referee: Craig Thomson
11 April 2015 33 Partick Thistle 2-0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST UTC+1 Taylor 54', 61'Yellow card 71'
Balatoni Yellow card 72'		 Motherwell
[ BBC]		 Lasley Yellow card 71'
Carswell Yellow card 84' Yellow-red card 89'		 Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 5,003
Referee: Bobby Madden
24 April 2015 34 Hamilton Academical 2-0 Motherwell Hamilton
19:45 BST UTC+1 Scotland 21'
Crawford 52'
Devlin Yellow card 72'
Lyon Yellow card 83'
Hasselbaink Yellow card 85'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 3,301
Referee: John Beaton
2 May 2015 35 Motherwell 1-1 Ross County Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1 McDonald Yellow card 5' 19'
Erwin Yellow card 37'
Pearson Yellow card 52'
O'Brien Yellow card 63'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Boyce 41'
Quinn Yellow card 44'
Boyd Yellow card 49'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,281
Referee: Crawford Allan
8 May 2015 36 Motherwell 3-1 Kilmarnock Motherwell
19:45 BST UTC+1 McDonald 28'
Erwin 39'
Pearson Yellow card 69'
Ainsworth 90'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Ashcroft Yellow card 29'
Magennis 53'
Pascali Yellow card 65'
Hamill Yellow card 69'
Westlake Yellow card 86'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,986
Referee: William Collum
16 May 2015 37 St Mirren 2-1 Motherwell Paisley
15:00 BST UTC+1 Naismith 84'
Mallan 90+7'		 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 O'Brien Yellow card 41'
Lasley Yellow card 56'
McManus Yellow card 67'
Sutton 75' (pen.)
McDonald Red card 90'
Pearson Yellow card 90+8'		 Stadium: St Mirren Park
Attendance: 3,912
Referee: Brian Colvin
23 May 2015 38 Motherwell 0-0 Partick Thistle Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1 [ Motherwell]
BBC		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,711
Referee: Steven McLean

Premiership play-offs

Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Premiership § Premiership play-offs
28 May 2015 1st leg Rangers 1–3 Motherwell Glasgow
19:45 BST UTC+1 McGregor Yellow card 37' 82' BBC Erwin 27'
McManus 40'
Ainsworth 47'
Laing Yellow card 66'		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,200
Referee: Bobby Madden
31 May 2015 2nd leg Motherwell 3–0
(6–1 agg.)		 Rangers Motherwell
15:00 BST UTC+1 McDonald Yellow card 51'
Johnson 52'
Ainsworth 70'
Sutton 90+3' (pen.)
Erwin Yellow card FT'
Kerr Red card FT'		 BBC Murdoch Yellow card 27'
Vučkić Yellow card 38'
McCulloch Yellow card 41'
Foster Yellow card 81'
Mohsni Red card FT'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 9,220
Referee: Craig Thomson
Note: Bilel Mohsni and Fraser Kerr where show Red Cards following the full-time whistle, whilst Lee Erwin was shown a yellow card.[35][36]

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Scottish Cup
29 November 2014 Fourth Round Motherwell 1-2 Dundee United Motherwell
15:00 GMT UTC Ojamaa 7' Motherwell
BBC		 Souttar 66'
Watson 82'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,827
Referee: Craig Thomson

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Scottish League Cup
24 September 2014 3rd round Hamilton Academical 0-0
(6 – 5 p)		 Motherwell Hamilton
19:45 BST UTC+1 Hendrie Yellow card 45' Yellow-red card 65' Motherwell
BBC		 O'Brien Yellow card 46' Yellow-red card 101' Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 3,631
Referee: Craig Charleston
Penalties
Gillespie soccer ball with check mark
Crawford soccer ball with check mark
Devlin soccer ball with check mark
Longridge soccer ball with check mark
Imrie soccer ball with check mark
Watson soccer ball with check mark		 soccer ball with check mark Sutton
soccer ball with check mark McManus
soccer ball with check mark Ojamaa
soccer ball with check mark Leitch
soccer ball with check mark Law
soccer ball with red X Ramsden

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round
17 July 2014 Second qualifying round 1st leg Motherwell 2-2 Stjarnan Motherwell, Scotland
19:45 BST UTC+1 Law 9', 19' Motherwell
BBC
UEFA		 Finsen 35' (pen.), 90+2' (pen.) Stadium: Fir Park
Referee: Michael Johansen (Denmark)
24 July 2014 Second qualifying round 2nd leg Stjarnan 3-2 (a.e.t.)
(5-4 agg.)		 Motherwell Garðabær, Iceland
20:15 BST UTC+1 Finsen 37' (pen.)
Toft 85'
A. Jóhannsson 114'		 Motherwell
BBC
UEFA		 Hammell 11'
Ainsworth 66'		 Stadium: Stjörnuvöllur
Referee: Athanasios Giachos (Greece)

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 31 May 2015
No. Pos Nat Player Total Premiership Premiership Play-offs Scottish Cup League Cup Europa League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG George Long 15 0 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 DF Scotland SCO Craig Reid 24 0 19+1 0 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 2 0
3 DF Scotland SCO Steven Hammell 14 1 10 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
4 MF Scotland SCO Stuart Carswell 21 0 14+5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 DF England ENG Simon Ramsden 28 1 20+2 1 0+2 0 1 0 0+1 0 2 0
6 DF Scotland SCO Stephen McManus 42 1 36 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
7 MF England ENG Lionel Ainsworth 39 9 19+15 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
8 MF Scotland SCO Paul Lawson 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW England ENG John Sutton 43 13 27+11 12 0+1 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
11 MF Scotland SCO Iain Vigurs 15 2 10+1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
12 GK Germany GER Dan Twardzik 30 0 26 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
14 MF Scotland SCO Keith Lasley 39 0 33 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
15 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Mark O'Brien 23 0 17+2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0
17 DF Antigua and Barbuda ATG Zaine Francis-Angol 13 0 10+1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
18 MF England ENG Josh Law 40 2 28+6 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2
19 FW Scotland SCO Lee Erwin 38 6 20+14 5 2 1 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
20 DF Scotland SCO Fraser Kerr 25 1 16+5 1 0 0 0+1 0 1 0 0+2 0
21 MF Scotland SCO Jack Leitch 9 0 4+3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0+1 0
22 FW Scotland SCO Craig Moore 10 0 2+7 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF England ENG Marvin Johnson 13 1 10+1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Scotland SCO Dom Thomas 15 0 2+13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 MF Scotland SCO Chris Cadden 3 0 0+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 DF Scotland SCO David Ferguson 5 0 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
38 DF Scotland SCO Luke Watt 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
39 MF Scotland SCO Ross MacLean 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
44 MF Grenada GRN Anthony Straker 13 0 11+1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 DF England ENG Louis Laing 13 1 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 MF England ENG Nathan Thomas 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 MF England ENG Conor Grant 12 1 10+1 1 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
48 MF Scotland SCO Stephen Pearson 15 1 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
77 FW Australia AUS Scott McDonald 13 5 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
16 FW Scotland SCO Bob McHugh 4 0 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Players who appeared for Motherwell no longer at the club:
24 FW Estonia EST Henrik Ojamaa 21 4 17+2 3 0 0 1 1 0+1 0 0 0

Goal scorers

As of match played 31 May 2015[37][38]
Ranking Nation Position Number Name Premiership Premiership Play-offs Scottish Cup League Cup UEFA Europa League Total
1 England FW 9 John Sutton 12 1 0 0 0 13
2 England MF 7 Lionel Ainsworth 6 2 0 0 1 9
3 Scotland FW 19 Lee Erwin 5 1 0 0 0 6
4 Australia FW 77 Scott McDonald 5 0 0 0 0 5
5 Estonia FW 24 Henrik Ojamaa 3 0 1 0 0 4
6 Scotland MF 11 Iain Vigurs 2 0 0 0 0 2
England MF 18 Josh Law 0 0 0 0 2 2
8 England DF 5 Simon Ramsden 1 0 0 0 0 1
Scotland DF 20 Fraser Kerr 1 0 0 0 0 1
England MF 47 Conor Grant 1 0 0 0 0 1
England DF 45 Louis Laing 1 0 0 0 0 1
Scotland MF 48 Stephen Pearson 1 0 0 0 0 1
Scotland DF 6 Stephen McManus 0 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland MF 24 Marvin Johnson 0 1 0 0 0 1
Scotland DF 3 Steven Hammell 0 0 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 38 6 1 0 4 49

Clean sheets

As of match played 31 May 2015
Ranking Nation Position Number Name Premiership Premiership Play-offs Scottish Cup League Cup UEFA Europa League Total
1 Germany GK 12 Dan Twardzik 5 0 0 1 0 6
2 England GK 1 George Long 2 1 0 0 0 3
TOTALS 7 1 0 1 0 9

Disciplinary record

As of match played 31 May 2015[37][38]
Number Nation Position Name Premiership Premiership Play-offs Scottish Cup League Cup Europa League Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
2 Scotland DF Craig Reid 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
4 Scotland MF Stuart Carswell 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1
5 England DF Simon Ramsden 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2
6 Scotland DF Stephen McManus 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 1
8 Scotland MF Paul Lawson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 England FW John Sutton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Scotland MF Iain Vigurs 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
14 Scotland MF Keith Lasley 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
15 Republic of Ireland MF Mark O'Brien 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 1
17 Antigua and Barbuda DF Zaine Francis-Angol 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 England MF Josh Law 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
19 Scotland FW Lee Erwin 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
20 Scotland DF Fraser Kerr 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
21 Scotland MF Jack Leitch 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
24 England MF Marvin Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
30 Scotland DF David Ferguson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
45 England DF Louis Laing 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
48 Scotland MF Stephen Pearson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
77 Australia FW Scott McDonald 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
24 Estonia FW Henrik Ojamaa 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
TOTALS 0 0 3 1 3 0 4 1 6 0 16 2

See also

Notes and references

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  7. ^ "Motherwell sign goalkeeper Dan Twardzik after Dundee exit". BBC Sport. 23 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
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