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2005–06 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2005–06 season was Motherwell's 8th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

Motherwell
2005–06 season
ChairmanJohn Boyle
ManagerTerry Butcher
Premier League8th
Scottish CupThird Round
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Scott McDonald
Richie Foran (11)
All: Richie Foran (12)
Highest home attendance11,503 vs Celtic
22 January 2006
Lowest home attendance3,438 vs Inverness C.T.
15 April 2006
Average home league attendance6,250

Squad edit

Updated 21 March 2011[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF   SCO Martyn Corrigan
3 DF   SCO Steven Hammell
4 MF   SCO Brian Kerr
5 DF   NIR Stephen Craigan
6 MF   IRL Alan McCormack (loan from Preston North End)
7 FW   AUS Scott McDonald
9 FW   IRL Richie Foran
10 MF   SCO Phil O'Donnell
11 DF   SCO Jim Paterson
12 FW   SCO David Clarkson
14 MF   SCO Steven McGarry
15 GK   SCO Graeme Smith
16 FW   SCO Jim Hamilton
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   SCO Kevin McBride
18 GK   SCO Colin Meldrum
19 DF   SCO Paul Quinn
20 FW   SCO Kenny Wright
21 MF   SCO Shaun Fagan
22 DF   SCO William Kinniburgh
23 FW   HAI Abel Thermeus (loan from Créteil-Lusitanos)
24 MF   SCO Marc Fitzpatrick
27 MF   SCO Robert Donnelly
37 MF   SCO Darren Smith
39 DF   SCO Mark Reynolds
47 DF   NIR Brian McLean (loan from Rangers)
— FW   SCO Adam Coakley

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
25 June 2005 GK   Graeme Smith Rangers [2]
June 2005 DF   Steve McDonald Sorrento
1 July 2005 MF   Kevin McBride Celtic [3]
12 August 2005 GK   Colin Meldrum Livingston [4]
27 January 2006 MF   Steven McGarry Ross County [5]

Loans in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to Ref.
29 July 2005 MF   Alan McCormack Preston North End End of season [6]
5 August 2005 FW   Andy Smith Preston North End 25 September 2005 [7]
31 August 2005 FW   Brian McLean Rangers End of season [8]
31 January 2006 FW   Abel Thermeus Créteil-Lusitanos End of season [9]

Out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
25 July 2005 DF   David Partridge Bristol City £150,000 [10]
GK   Barry John Corr Stranraer
GK   Jamie Ewings Albion Rovers
DF   Chris Higgins Clyde
January 2006 DF   Steve McDonald Sengwang Punggol


Released edit

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.
9 November 2005 GK   Gordon Marshall Hibernian as Coach 9 November 2005 [11]
January 2006 FW   David Keogh
May 2006 DF   Steven Hammell Southend United 30 June 2006
May 2006 MF   Scott Leitch Retired
May 2006 FW   Kenny Wright Stranraer 25 July 2006 [12]

Competitions edit

Premier League edit

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Premier League

Classification edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
6 Aberdeen 38 13 15 10 46 40 +6 54
7 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 15 13 10 51 38 +13 58
8 Motherwell 38 13 10 15 55 61 −6 49
9 Dundee United 38 7 12 19 41 66 −25 33
10 Falkirk 38 8 9 21 35 64 −29 33
Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
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.

Results summary edit

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 10 15 55 61  −6 49 7 5 7 35 31  +4 6 5 8 20 30  −10

Source: Fir Park Corner

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHHAHAAHHAHAAAHAHHAAHAHHAAHAAHHAHAHAHAH
ResultDWLLLWWLDWLLWDDDLWLWWLLDLWLWWDDWLLDLWD
Position73789867766766678787677788887887788888
Source: Fir Park Corner
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

[13]

Date Opponent Venue Result[14] Attendance Motherwell Scorer(s)[15] Report
30 Jul 2005 Celtic Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 4–4 9,903 Brian Kerr, Jim Hamilton, Scott McDonald, William Kinniburgh
6 Aug 2005 Dunfermline Athletic Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–0 4,649 Jim Hamilton
13 Aug 2005 Aberdeen Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A) 1–4 5,035 David Clarkson
20 Aug 2005 Dundee United F.C. Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 4–5 4,706 Alan McCormack, Scott McDonald, Marc Fitzpatrick, Jim Hamilton
27 Aug 2005 Hearts Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A) 1–2 16,213 Richie Foran
10 Sep 2005 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A) 2–1 4,018 Scott McDonald, William Kinniburgh
17 Sep 2005 Falkirk Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 5–0 5,625 Jim Hamilton, Richie Foran (2), Shaun Fagan, Scott McDonald
24 Sep 2005 Hibernian Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–3 6,461 Richie Foran   (pen.)
1 Oct 2005 Aberdeen Fir Park, Pittodrie Stadium (A) 2–2 11,448 David Clarkson (2)
15 Oct 2005 Livingston Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–0 4,507 Richie Foran
22 Oct 2005 Rangers Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A) 0–2 49,215
26 Oct 2005 Celtic Celtic Park, Glasgow (A) 0–5 57,388
29 Oct 2005 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park, Dunfermline (A) 3–0 4,421 Brian Kerr, Martyn Corrigan, Jim Hamilton
5 Nov 2005 Kilmarnock Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–2 4,979 Scott McDonald, Brian Kerr
19 Nov 2005 Dundee United Tannadice Stadium, Dundee (A) 1–1 6,305 Scott McDonald
26 Nov 2005 Hearts Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–1 8,131 Brian McLean
3 Dec 2005 Inverness CT Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–2 4,103
10 Dec 2005 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A) 1–0 4,972 Jim Hamilton
17 Dec 2005 Hibernian Easter Road, Edinburgh (A) 1–2 11,926 Scott McDonald
26 Dec 2005 Aberdeen Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 3–1 6,555 Scott McDonald, Alan McCormack
31 Dec 2005 Livingston Almondvale Stadium, Livingston (A) 2–1 4,431 Richie Foran, Kevin McBride
15 Dec 2006 Rangers Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–1 10,689
22 Jan 2006 Celtic Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–3 11,503 Jim Hamilton
28 Jan 2006 Dunfermline Athletic East End Park, Dunfermline (A) 1–1 4,961 Jim Hamilton
8 Feb 2006 Kilmarnock Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A) 0–2 5,169
11 Feb 2006 Dundee United Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–0 5,257 Richie Foran (2)
18 Feb 2006 Hearts Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A) 0–3 16,976
4 Mar 2006 Inverness CT Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A) 1–0 3,183 Richie Foran (pen.)
11 Mar 2006 Falkirk Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 3–1 8,179 Scott McDonald (2), Richie Foran
18 Mar 2006 Hibernian Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–2 6,724 Phil O'Donnell, Stephen Craigan
25 Mar 2006 Aberdeen Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (A) 2–2 10,212 Brian McLean, Richie Foran (pen.)
1 Apr 2006 Livingston Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–1 4,458 Jim Hamilton, Brian McLean
8 Apr 2006 Rangers Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A) 0–1 49,481
15 Apr 2006 Inverness CT Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 0–1 3,438
22 Apr 2006 Falkirk Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A) 1–1 4,467 Phil O'Donnell
29 Apr 2006 Dunfermline Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 2–3 3,621 Jim Paterson, Stephen Craigan
3 May 2006 Livingston Almondvale Stadium, Livingston (A) 1–0 2,283 David Clarkson
6 May 2006 Dundee United Fir Park, Motherwell (H) 1–1 5,269 Jim Hamilton

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish Cup
7 January 2006 Third Round St Mirren 3 - 0 Motherwell Paisley
15:00 GMT Adam   22', 90'
Potter   73'		 Report
BBC		 Stadium: Love Street
Attendance: 6,507
Referee: M McCurry

Scottish League Cup edit

Main article: 2005–06 Scottish League Cup
Date Round Opponent H/A Score[14] Motherwell Scorer(s)[16] Attendance Report
23 August 2005 2nd Round Hamilton Academical H 2-1 Scott McDonald   41' (pen.), Jim Hamilton (89) 4,619
20 September 2005 3rd Round St Mirren A 2-0 David Clarkson (97) Darren Smith (104) 3,810
8 November 2005 Quarter-final Aberdeen H 1-0 Brian Kerr 3,989
1 February 2006 Semi-final Celtic N 1-2 Richie Foran (11) 32,595

Statistics edit

As of match played 6 May 2006[13][17]

Appearances edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF   SCO Martyn Corrigan 32 1 27+2 1 1 0 1+1 0
3 DF   SCO Steven Hammell 38 0 32+1 0 1 0 4 0
4 MF   SCO Brian Kerr 41 4 32+4 3 1 0 4 1
5 DF   NIR Stephen Craigan 39 2 36 2 0 0 3 0
6 MF   IRL Alan McCormack 28 2 24 2 1 0 3 0
7 FW   AUS Scott McDonald 38 12 30+4 11 0 0 4 1
9 FW   IRL Richie Foran 37 12 29+3 11 1 0 3+1 1
10 MF   SCO Phil O'Donnell 32 2 23+6 2 1 0 1+1 0
11 DF   SCO Jim Paterson 19 1 10+9 1 0 0 0 0
12 FW   SCO David Clarkson 33 5 12+18 4 0+1 0 1+1 1
14 MF   SCO Steven McGarry 9 0 2+7 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW   NIR Andy Smith 7 0 3+4 0 0 0 0 0
15 GK   SCO Graeme Smith 34 0 30 0 1 0 3 0
16 FW   SCO Jim Hamilton 38 11 30+4 10 1 0 3 1
17 MF   SCO Kevin McBride 23 1 15+6 1 1 0 1 0
18 GK   SCO Colin Meldrum 9 0 7+1 0 0 0 1 0
19 DF   SCO Paul Quinn 21 0 15+3 0 0 0 3 0
20 FW   SCO Kenny Wright 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
21 MF   SCO Shaun Fagan 19 1 11+5 1 0 0 3 0
22 DF   SCO William Kinniburgh 23 2 17+4 2 0+1 0 1 0
23 FW   HAI Abel Thermeus 2 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 0
24 MF   SCO Marc Fitzpatrick 10 1 1+8 1 0 0 0+1 0
27 DF   SCO Robert Donnelly 3 0 1+1 0 0 0 1 0
33 FW   SCO Adam Coakley 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
37 MF   SCO Darren Smith 2 1 0+1 0 0 0 0+1 1
39 DF   SCO Mark Reynolds 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
47 DF   NIR Brian McLean 34 3 27+3 3 1 0 2+1 0
Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season:
1 GK   SCO Gordon Marshall 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
8 MF   SCO Scott Leitch 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
13 FW   AUS Steve McDonald 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW   SCO David Keogh 3 0 0+1 0 0 0 0+2 0

Goal scorers edit

Ranking Position Nation Number Name Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 FW   9 Richie Foran 11 0 1 12
FW   7 Scott McDonald 11 0 1 12
3 FW   16 Jim Hamilton 10 0 1 11
4 FW   12 David Clarkson 4 0 1 5
5 DF   47 Brian McLean 3 0 0 3
MF   4 Brian Kerr 2 0 1 3
7 DF   2 Stephen Craigan 2 0 0 2
DF   22 Willie Kinniburgh 2 0 0 2
MF   6 Alan McCormack 2 0 0 2
MF   10 Phil O'Donnell 2 0 0 2
11 DF   2 Martyn Corrigan 1 0 0 1
MF   21 Shaun Fagan 1 0 0 1
DF   24 Marc Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 1
MF   17 Kevin McBride 1 0 0 1
FW   37 Darren Smith 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 55 0 6 61

Disciplinary record edit

Nation Position Number Name Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
               
  DF 2 Martyn Corrigan 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  DF 3 Steven Hammell 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
  MF 4 Brian Kerr 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
  DF 5 Stephen Craigan 5 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
  MF 6 Alan McCormack 11 1 0 0 1 0 12 1
  FW 7 Scott McDonald 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  FW 8 Ross McCormack 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW 9 Richie Foran 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
  MF 10 Phil O'Donnell 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  DF 11 Jim Paterson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW 12 David Clarkson 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
  MF 14 Steven McGarry 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  FW 14 Andy Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  GK 15 Graeme Smith 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
  FW 16 Jim Hamilton 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  MF 17 Kevin McBride 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  DF 19 Paul Quinn 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
  FW 20 Kenny Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  MF 21 Shaun Fagan 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
  DF 22 William Kinniburgh 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  FW 23 Abel Thermeus 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  MF 24 Marc Fitzpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
  DF 27 Robert Donnolly 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  FW 33 Adam Coakley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW 37 Darren Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF 39 Mark Reynolds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  DF 47 Brian McLean 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
TOTALS 62 2 1 0 7 0 70 2

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FootballSquads - Motherwell - 2005/06".
  2. ^ "Keeper Smith moves to Motherwell". BBC Sport. 25 June 2005. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Kevin McBride Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Colin Meldrum Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Steven McGarry Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Alan McCormack Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Andy Smith Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Brian McLean Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Abel Thermeus Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Partridge seals Bristol City move". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 25 July 2005. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  11. ^ "Marshall parting Well for Hibees". BBC Sport. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  12. ^ "Ex-Well striker joins Stranraer". BBC Sport. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  13. ^ a b Motherwell results 2005/2006, Fir Park Corner
  14. ^ a b Motherwell's score is shown first.
  15. ^ The number in brackets shows the actual number of goals that were scored by one player.
  16. ^ The number(s) in brackets shows the minutes of the goal(s) that was/were scored.
  17. ^ Motherwell Club Stats, Soccerbase.com

External links edit

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