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Motherwell F.C. Reserves 
Full name Motherwell Football & Athletic Club Ltd. Nickname(s) Well
The SteelmenFounded 17 May 1886 Ground Dalziel Park
North Lanarkshire[1]
(Capacity: 0)Owner Vacant Manager 
Stuart McCallLeague N/A 
Home colours
Away colours
Current seasonMotherwell Under 19s Full name Motherwell Football Club Under 19s Ground Creamery Park
Bathgate
West Lothian[note 1][note 2][2]
(Capacity: 2,500)Head Coach Gordon YoungLeague Scottish Premier Under-19 League 2010–11 8th[note 3] Home coloursAway colours Current seasonIn addition to the Motherwell F.C. first team, competing in the Scottish Premier League, Motherwell also have a reserve team and an under-19 side.
Contents
Reserve Team
History
The reserve team of Motherwell is known simply as Motherwell Reserves.
Motherwell have been an ever-present in the Scottish Premier Reserve League since its formation in the 1998/99 season. Initially starting as an Under 21 league, the reserve league was open to all age groups from season 2004/05.[3]
The Motherwell reserve team withdrew their team from the 2009/10 season due to financial constraints and a lack of support from other clubs, leading to the leagues eventual abandonment.[4] Motherwell Reserves now play friendly matches.
Motherwell Reserves usually play their home matches at Dalziel Park, a sports facility outside Motherwell, that is also the training ground of the first-team.
First Team manager Stuart McCall manages the reserve side, which mainly consists of players who are ineligible for the under-19 side, but have yet to become a first-team regular. Also, players returning from injury and on-form under 19 players compete in reserve games as well.
Honours
- Scottish Premier Reserve League Runners-up (1): 2006–07
Current Squad
[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 12 GK Lee Hollis 19 FW Gary Smith 20 
DF Jonathan Page 21 MF Jamie Pollock No. Position Player 23 DF Jordan Halsman 28 FW Steven Howarth 31 
GK Tom Bradley Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player FW Steven Lawless (on loan to Albion Rovers) No. Position Player DF Ross McKinnon (on loan to Dumbarton) Under 19s Team
History
The Motherwell Under 19 team regularly compete in the Scottish Premier under-19 League (which they have done since its formation in 1998) and the Scottish Youth Cup. They play their home games at Creamery Park in Bathgate, West Lothian. Gordon Young manages the Under 19 side.
Honours
- Scottish Premier Reserve League Runners-up (3): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2009–10[note 4]
- SFA Youth Cup Runner-up (1): 1987
Current Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 26 MF Stewart Carswell 30 
MF Hermann Mboa Mekongo 32 FW Lee Erwin 33 DF Micheal Lynch 34 FW Kieran McGachie 35 MF Kieran McDonald 37 DF Euan Murray 38 MF Josh Watt 39 DF Adam Cummins 40 DF Nicky Devlin No. Position Player 41 GK Willie Muir 42 MF Dominic Green 43 DF Zaine Francis-Angol 44 MF Steven Hetherington 45 MF Adam Asghar 46 DF Darren Brownlie 47 MF Jack Leitch 48 FW Craig Moore 49 GK Ross Stewart Staff
Position Name Chief Scout Bobby Jenks Reserve team coach Stuart McCall Head of Youth Development Gordon Young Goalkeeping Coach Gordon Marshall Head of Performance Analysis Greig Thomson Physiotherapist Adam Stokes & John Porteous Former youth team players
- Paul Slane
- Brian Dempsie
- Steven Meechan
- Jamie Murphy
- Ross Forbes
- William Kinniburgh
- Shaun Hutchinson
- Steven Saunders[note 5]
- Marc Fitzpatrick
- Darren Smith
External links
Club
Other
- Scottish Premier League website – Reserve League news
- Scottish Premier League website – Reserve League tables
- Scottish Premier League website – Reserve League fixtures
- Scottish Premier League website – Under-19 League news
- Scottish Premier League website – Under-19 League tables
- Scottish Premier League website – Under-19 League fixtures
- Scottish Football Association website – SFA Youth Cup results and archive
References
- ^ Dalziel Park Information, Dalziel High School War memorial Trust
- ^ Creamery Park, Non-LeagueScotland.co.uk
- ^ SPL Reserve League - General Information
- ^ Managers united in call to scrap SPL reserves, Roddy Forsyth: The Telegraph, published 5th January 2009
- ^ Motherwell FC Reserves
- ^ Coaching Staff, Motherwell F.C.
Notes
- ^ The under 19 side have also used Hannah Park, in Shotts, for some home matches
- ^ All home Scottish Youth Cup matches are played at Fir Park, Motherwell.
- ^ Final Position in the league.
- ^ in the 2009-10 season, Motherwell under 19s were also the top scorers in the division.
- ^ a b c d e This player has also represented their country at full international level.
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