- 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 attendance 5,351 Home coloursAway colours← 2007-08 2009–10 →
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.Contents
Important Events
- 15 August, 2008 – The first Scottish Premier League fixture of the season (against Hearts) ends in a 3–2 defeat at Tynecastle.
- 29 August 2008 – Draw for the UEFA Cup First round. Motherwell draw French side Nancy.
- 1 September 2008 – Draw for the Scottish League Cup third round. Motherwell draw Hamilton (home).
- 1 December 2008 – Draw for the Scottish Cup fourth round. Motherwell draw Inverurie (away).
- 1 January 2009 – Draw for the Scottish Cup fifth round. Motherwell draw St Mirren (home).
- 23 May 2009 – The final Scottish Premier League fixture of the season (against Kilmarnock) ends in a 2–1 defeat at Fir Park.
- 26 May 2009 - Motherwell are awarded a place in the Europa League after finishing in the fair play top three, alongside Randers and Rosenborg.[1]
- 12 June 2009 – Mark McGhee leaves the club to become manager of Aberdeen. Assistant Scott Leitch and goalkeeping coach Colin Meldrum also leave for the Pittodrie outfit.[2]
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 Bob Malcolm[3]
unattached Free One year 8 August 2008 Jim O'Brien[4]
Celtic Undisclosed Two years 19 August 2008 John Sutton[5]
Wycombe Wanderers Undisclosed Three years Loans in
Date Player From Loan Length 19 August 2008 Gunnar Nielsen[4]
Blackburn Rovers 6 months 19 August 2008 Maros Klimpl[6]
FC Midtjylland 6 months Loans out
Date Player To Loan Length Out Permanent
Date Player To Fee Note 13 June 2008 Martin Grehan[7]
Stirling Albion Free 13 June 2008 Ross McCormack[8]
Cardiff City £100,000 20 July 2008 David Nixon[9]
Airdrie United Free 25 July 2008 Stephen McGuire[10]
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 Artur Krysiak[11]
Birmingham City 6 months 2 February 2009 Cillian Sheridan[12]
Celtic 6 months 2 February 2008 Semih Aydilek[12]
Birmingham City 6 months Loans out
Date Player To Loan Length 24 January 2009 Ross Forbes[13]
Dumbarton 6 months Out Permanent
Date Player To Fee Note 17 January 2009 Kenny Connolly[14]
Ayr United Free 31 January 2009 Chris Porter[15]
Derby County £400,000 Motherwell F.C. Season 2008-09 First-team Squad
As of 5 December 2010[16]
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 1 GK Graeme Smith 2 DF Paul Quinn 3 DF Steven Hammell 4 DF Mark Reynolds 5 DF Stephen Craigan 6 DF Brian McLean 7 MF Stephen Hughes 8 MF Robert Malcolm (Departed January 2009) 9 FW Chris Porter (Departed January 2009) 9 FW Cillian Sheridan (Arrived January 2009) 10 FW David Clarkson 11 FW John Sutton 12 MF Darren Smith 13 DF Maros Klimpl (On loan from FC Midtjylland) 14 MF Keith Lasley No. Position Player 15 FW Jamie Murphy 16 MF Marc Fitzpatrick 17 MF Jim O'Brien 18 MF Steven McGarry 19 GK Artur Krysiak (Arrived January 2009) 21 GK Gunnar Neilsen (On loan from Blackburn Rovers (Departed January 2009)) 22 MF Semih Aydilek (Arrived January 2009) 23 FW Mark Archdeacon 26 MF Kenny Connolly 29 MF Ross Forbes 35 FW Robert McHugh 37 DF Shaun Hutchinson 43 DF Steven Saunders 45 FW Paul Slane Motherwell F.C. Season 2008-09 Statistics
Appearances
No. Nat Pos Player Total Scottish Premier League UEFA Cup Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals 1 GK Graeme Smith 43 0 37+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 2 DF Paul Quinn 40 0 33+1 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 3 DF Steven Hammell 43 0 37+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 4 DF Mark Reynolds 42 0 36+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 5 DF Stephen Craigan 28 0 22+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 6 DF Brian McLean 12 2 12+0 2 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 7 MF Stephen Hughes 40 2 35+0 1 2+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0 8 MF Robert Malcolm 16 2 11+2 2 2+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 9 FW Chris Porter 25 9 21+1 9 1+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 9 FW Cillian Sheridan 15 2 9+4 2 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 10 FW David Clarkson 39 14 30+3 13 2+0 0 3+0 1 1+0 0 11 FW John Sutton 33 12 26+2 10 1+1 0 1+1 2 0+1 0 12 MF Darren Smith 22 0 1+15 0 0+2 0 0+3 0 0+1 0 13 DF Maros Klimpl 24 1 20+1 1 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 14 MF Keith Lasley 33 0 24+4 0 2+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0 15 FW Jamie Murphy 34 3 11+19 2 0+2 0 0+1 0 1+0 1 16 MF Marc Fitzpatrick 28 1 14+9 1 1+0 0 3+0 0 0+1 0 17 MF Jim O'Brien 33 1 19+10 1 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 19 MF Steven McGarry 25 0 16+7 0 1+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 21 GK Gunnar Neilsen 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 21 GK Artur Krysiak 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 22 FW Semih Aydilek 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 23 FW Mark Archdeacon 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 26 MF Kenny Connolly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 29 MF Ross Forbes 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 35 FW Robert McHugh 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 37 DF Shaun Hutchinson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 43 DF Steven Saunders 3 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 45 MF 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[17]
Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League UEFA Cup Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total 1 10 David Clarkson 13 0 1 0 14 2 11 John Sutton 10 0 2 0 12 3 9 Chris Porter 9 0 0 0 10 4 8 Robert Malcolm 3 0 0 0 3 5 15 Jamie Murphy 2 0 0 1 3 6 28 Brian McLean 2 0 0 0 2 7 9 Cillian Sheridan 2 0 0 0 2 8 7 Stephen Hughes 1 0 1 0 2 9 16 Marc Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 0 1 10 13 Maros Klimpl 1 0 0 0 1 11 17 Jim O'Brien 1 0 0 0 1 12 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[17]
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League UEFA Cup Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total GK 1 Graeme Smith 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 DF 2 Paul Quinn 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 DF 3 Steven Hammell 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 DF 4 Mark Reynolds 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 DF 5 Stephen Craigan 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 DF 6 Brian McLean 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 MF 7 Stephen Hughes 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 MF 8 Robert Malcolm 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 FW 9 Chris Porter 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 FW 9 Cillian Sheridan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW 10 David Clarkson 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 FW 11 John Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW 12 Darren Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF 13 Maroš Klimpl 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 MF 14 Keith Lasley 7 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 FW 15 Jamie Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 16 Marc Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 MF 17 Jim O'Brien 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 19 Steven McGarry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 GK 21 Gunnar Nielsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 GK 21 Artur Krysiak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW 22 Semih Aydilek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW 23 Mark Archdeacon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 26 Kenny Connolly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MF 29 Ross Forbes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FW 35 Robert McHugh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF 37 Shaun Hutchinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DF 43 Steven Saunders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
Main article: Scottish Premier League 2008–09UEFA Cup 2008-09
Main article: UEFA Cup 2008–09Date Round Opponent H/A Score[19] Motherwell Scorer(s)[20] Attendance Report 18 September 2008 1st Round AS Nancy
A 0-1 16,094 BBC Sport 02 October 2008 1st Round AS Nancy
H 0-2 11,318 BBC Sport Scottish Cup 2008-09
Main article: Scottish Cup 2008–09Date Round Opponent H/A Score[19] Motherwell Scorer(s)[20] Attendance Report 02 February 2009 4th Round Inverurie A 3-0 John Sutton (2, 69), David Clarkson (57) 2,500 BBC Sport 07 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
Main article: Scottish League Cup 2008–09Date Round Opponent H/A Score[19] Motherwell Scorer(s)[20] Attendance Report 24 September 2008 3rd Round Hamilton H 1-2 Jamie Murphy 5,590 BBC Sport Overall
Competition Started round Current
position / roundFinal
position / roundFirst match Last match Template:Fb competition 2008–09 SPL — — 7 9 August 2008 23 May 2009 Template:Fb competition 2008–09 SL Cup Template:Fb round2 2008–09 SL Cup R3 — Template:Fb round2 2008–09 SL Cup R3 24 September 2008 24 September 2008 Template:Fb competition 2008–09 SC Template:Fb round2 2008–09 SC R4 — Template:Fb round2 2008–09 SC R5 2 February 2009 19 February 2009 UEFA Cup First round — First round 2 September 2008 2 October 2008 Source: Competitions
SPL
Main article: Scottish Premier League 2008–09Classification
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.[21]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (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; (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 = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.Results by opponent
Team Results[19] 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: Scottish Premier League 2008–09 article
References
- ^ Motherwell Awarded European Place, BBC Sport, 26 May 2008
- ^ Dons Welcome Returning Hero, BBC Sport, 12 June 2009
- ^ Malcolm pens Well deal Sky Sports, 8 July 2008
- ^ a b 'Well unveil double signing Motherwell F.C., August 8, 2008
- ^ Motherwell seal Sutton transfer BBC Sport, August 19, 2008
- ^ Well sign Slovak defender Klimpl BBC Sport, September 1, 2008
- ^ Malcolm pens Well deal Sky Sports, 8 July 2008
- ^ Cardiff add McCormack and Dennehy BBC Sport, 28 June 2008
- ^ Nixon is Airdrie United new boy BBC Sport, 19 July 2008
- ^ McGuire given Airdrie contract BBC Sport, 25 July 2008
- ^ Blues loan keeper Krysiak to Well BBC Sport, 2 January 2009
- ^ a b Motherwell sign loan duo Sky Sports, 2 February 2009
- ^ Forbes and Pope head out on loan BBC Sport, 24 January 2009
- ^ Ayr snap up midfielder Connolly BBC Sport, 17 January 2009
- ^ Well's Porter agrees Derby move BBC Sport, 31 January 2009
- ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/2008-2009/scotprm/mother.htm
- ^ a b c Motherwell F.C. 2008-09 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site
- ^ a b Motherwell FC season 2008-09, Fir Park Corner
- ^ a b c d e Motherwell's score is shown first.
- ^ a b c The number(s) in brackets shows the minutes of the goal(s) that was/were scored.
- ^ "Scots win Fair Play European spot". BBC Sport. 8 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8039270.stm. Retrieved 8 May 2009.
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