2012–13 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2012–13 season will be Motherwell's fourteenth consecutive season in the Scottish Premier League, having competed in it since its inauguration in 1998–99. Motherwell will also compete in the Champions League,[2] Europa League, League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Motherwell
2012–13 season
ChairmanVacant
ManagerStuart McCall
StadiumFir Park
Scottish Premier League2nd
Scottish CupFourth round vs Aberdeen
League CupThird round vs Rangers
Champions LeagueThird qualifying round vs Panathinaikos
Europa LeaguePlay-off round vs Levante
Top goalscorerLeague: Michael Higdon (26)
All: Michael Higdon (27)
Highest home attendance10,496 vs Celtic
29 September 2012
Lowest home attendance3,649 vs St Johnstone
20 January 2013
Average home league attendance5,118[1]

Transfers edit

Released edit

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
20 May 2013[27] DF   Nicky Devlin Stenhousemuir 10 June 2013[28]
20 May 2013[27] DF   Steven Saunders Ross County 8 July 2013[29]
20 May 2013[27] MF   Steven Hetherington   Celtic Nation
20 May 2013[27] MF   Adam Asghar Alloa Athletic 23 July 2014[30]
20 May 2013[27] MF   Dominic Green
20 May 2013[27] MF   Nicky Law Rangers 24 May 2013[31]
20 May 2013[27] MF   Josh Watt   ÍA 24 July 2013[32]
20 May 2013[27] MF   Omar Daley   Minnesota United 24 August 2013[33]

Competitions edit

Pre-season Friendlies edit

9 July 2012   Rapid București Cancelled1 Motherwell Grangemouth
15:00 [www.motherwellfc.co.uk/2012/07/09/rapid-game-called-off/ Report] Stadium: Grangemouth Stadium
14 July 2012 Ayr United 4–0 Motherwell Ayr
15:00 Robertson   19'
Moffat   24'
Campbell   47'
Sinclair   71'
Report Stadium: Somerset Park
Attendance: 825
Referee: Steven McLean
17 July 2012 Raith Rovers 1–1 Motherwell Kirkcaldy
19:45 Clarke   83' Report Murphy   67' Stadium: Stark's Park
18 July 2012 Arbroath Cancelled2 Motherwell Arbroath
19:45 [ Report] Stadium: Gayfield Park
21 July 2012 Stevie Hammell Testimonial Motherwell 1–1   Everton Motherwell
15:00 Law   54' Motherwell
Everton
Duffy   34' Stadium: Fir Park
24 July 2012 Hamilton Academical 0–3 Motherwell Hamilton
19:45 Report McHugh   8', 43'
Hateley   82' (pen.)
Stadium: New Douglas Park
Notes

Scottish Premier League edit

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
37 17 9 11 65 51  +14 60 8 6 4 33 24  +9 9 3 7 32 27  +5

Source: BBC Sport

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHA
ResultDDWDWWDLLLWLDWDWWWLWDLWLWLLWWDWWDWWLWL
Position77251112666674453223333322322222222222
Source: BBC Sport
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by opponent edit

Team Results Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 3–3 4–1 0–0 5
Celtic 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–1 6
Dundee 2–1 1–1 3–0 7
Dundee United 0–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 6
Heart of Midlothian 0–1 0–0 2–1 4
Hibernian 0–4 3–2 4–1 6
Inverness C.T. 4–1 5–1 3–0 3–4 9
Kilmarnock 2–1 2–2 0–2 4
Ross County 0–0 3–2 0–3 2–0 7
St Johnstone 1–1 3–1 3–2 0–2 7
St Mirren 1–1 1–2 2–2 2

Source: 2012–13 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Results edit

4 August 2012 1 Ross County 0–0 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Motherwell
BBC
Attendance: 4,828
Referee: Alan Muir
11 August 2012 2 Motherwell 1–1 St Johnstone Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 McHugh   78'
Hammell   57'
Motherwell
BBC
Davidson   58'
Vine   22'   80'
Attendance: 4,490
Referee: Iain Brines
18 August 2012 3 Kilmarnock 1–2 Motherwell Rugby Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Harkins   30' Motherwell
BBC
Murphy   12', 37' Attendance: 4,969
Referee: Stephen Finnie
25 August 2012 4 Motherwell 1–1 St Mirren Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Higdon   2'
Hutchinson   83'   87'
Motherwell
BBC
Reilly   90+3' Attendance: 4,559
Referee: Euan Norris
1 September 2012 5 Motherwell 4–1 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Hateley   11'
Higdon   12', 72', 79'
Motherwell
BBC
Foran   28' Attendance: 4,031
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
15 September 2012 6 Dundee 1–2 Motherwell Dens Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Nish   20' Motherwell
BBC
Higdon   74', 85' Attendance: 5,176
Referee: Kevin Clancy
23 September 2012 7 Aberdeen 3–3 Motherwell Pittodrie
12:45 BST UTC+1 Rae   6'
McGinn   84'
Magennis   90+2'
Motherwell
BBC
Higdon   42'
Hutchinson   48'
Law   82'
Attendance: 8,557
Referee: Bobby Madden
29 September 2012 8 Motherwell 0–2 Celtic Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Cummins   56' Motherwell
BBC
Hooper   32'
Cummins   35' (og.)
Attendance: 10,496
Referee: Iain Brines
6 October 2012 9 Motherwell Postponed1 Dundee United Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 [ Motherwell]
[ BBC]
Referee: Euan Norris
20 October 2012 10 Hearts 1–0 Motherwell Tynecastle
12:45 BST UTC+1 Danny Grainger   14' Motherwell
BBC
Attendance: 11,572
Referee: Willie Collum
26 October 2012 11 Motherwell 0–4 Hibernian Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1 Motherwell
BBC
Wotherspoon   22'
Griffiths   64' (74), pen.'
Handling   90'
Attendance: 5,301
Referee: Stevie O'Reilly
3 November 2012 12 St Johnstone 1–3 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
Robertson   88' Motherwell
BBC
Murphy   1', 38'
Law   73'
Attendance: 3,112
Referee: Brian Colvin
7 November 2012 9 Motherwell 0 – 11 Dundee United Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1 Motherwell
BBC
Russell   84' Attendance: 3,941
Referee: Alan Muir
10 November 2012 13 Motherwell 1–1 Dundee Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Higdon   45' Motherwell
BBC
Riley   28' Attendance: 4,318
Referee: John Beaton
18 November 2012 14 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–5 Motherwell Caledonian Stadium
12:45 BST UTC+1 Foran   47' Motherwell
BBC
Higdon   18'
Murphy   21'
Cummins   52'
Ojamaa   72'
Daley   89'
Attendance: 2,948
Referee: Euan McLean
24 November 2012 15 Motherwell 0–0 Hearts Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Motherwell
BBC
Attendance: 4,147
Referee: Crawford Allan
28 November 2012 16 Dundee United 1–2 Motherwell Tannadice Stadium
19:45 BST UTC+1 Daly   37' Motherwell
BBC
Higdon   7'
Humphrey   10'
Attendance: 5,289
Referee: Bobby Madden
8 December 2012 17 Motherwell 3–2 Ross County Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Higdon   25'
Law   46'
Lasley   82'
Motherwell
BBC
Quinn   17', 70' Attendance: 3,739
Referee: Calum Murray
15 December 2012 18 Hibernian 2–3 Motherwell Easter Road
15:00 BST UTC+1 Doyle   41', 55' Motherwell
BBC
Murphy   64', 80'
McHugh   88'
Attendance: 8,817
Referee: Euan McLean
21 December 2012 19 St Mirren 2–1 Motherwell St Mirren Park
19:45 BST UTC+1 Thompson   39', 42' Motherwell
BBC
McHugh   77' Attendance: 4,023
Referee: Ian Brines
26 December 2012 20 Motherwell 4–1 Aberdeen Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Hateley   9'
Murphy   31', 45'
Higdon   55'
Motherwell
BBC
Hayes   34' Attendance: 5,093
Referee: Craig Thomson
29 December 2012 21 Motherwell 2–2 Kilmarnock Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Murphy   71'
Ojamaa   74'
Motherwell
BBC
Perez   13'
Heffernan   62'
Attendance: 4,903
Referee: Crawford Allan
2 January 2013 22 Celtic 1–0 Motherwell Celtic Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Hooper   79' Motherwell
BBC
Attendance: 48,002
Referee: Euan McLean
20 January 2013 23 Motherwell 3–2 St Johnstone Fir Park
14:15 BST UTC+1 Higdon   8', 20', 69' Motherwell
BBC
Hasselbaink   77'
Craig   79'
Attendance: 3,649
Referee: Willie Collum
29 January 2013 24 Motherwell Postponed2 Dundee United Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1 [ Motherwell]
[ BBC]
9 February 2013 25 Kilmarnock 2–0 Motherwell Rugby Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Hammell   13' (og.)
Gros   71'
Motherwell
BBC
Kerr   84'
Lasley   88'
Attendance: 4,246
Referee: Euan McLean
16 February 2013 27 Motherwell 3–0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Higdon   30', 56'
Law   52'
Motherwell
BBC
Attendance: 4,179
Referee: Calum Murray
19 February 2013 24 Motherwell 0 – 12 Dundee United Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1 Motherwell
BBC
Russell   17' Attendance: 4,633
Referee: Stephen Finnie
23 February 2013 28 Ross County 3–0 Motherwell Victoria Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Sproule   34'
Brittain   71'
Vigurs   89'
Motherwell
BBC
Attendance: 3,797
Referee: Willie Collum
27 February 2013 29 Motherwell 2–1 Celtic Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1 Humphrey   31'
Higdon   73'
Motherwell
BBC
Samaras   63' Attendance: 8,641
Referee: Ian Brines
2 March 2013 26 Hearts 1–2 Motherwell Tynecastle
15:00 BST UTC+1 Sutton   59' Motherwell
BBC
Higdon   3'
McGowan   8' (og.)
Attendance: 11,048
Referee: Craig Thomson
9 March 2013 30 Aberdeen 0–0 Motherwell Pittodrie
15:00 BST UTC+1 Motherwell
BBC
Attendance: 8,210
Referee: Kevin Clancy
15 March 2013 31 Motherwell 4–1 Hibernian Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1 Higdon   48'
McFadden   54'
Higginbotham   67'
Hateley   84'
Motherwell
BBC
Taiwo   23' Attendance: 5,108
Referee: Willie Collum
30 March 2013 32 Dundee 0–3 Motherwell Dens Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Motherwell
BBC
Higdon   9'
Law   63', 79'
Attendance: 4,838
Referee: Euan McLean
6 April 2013 33 Motherwell 2–2 St Mirren Fir Park
15:00 BST UTC+1 Higdon   34'
McFadden   84'
Motherwell
BBC
Newton   41'
Guy   75'
Attendance: 5,414
Referee: Brian Colvin
19 April 2013 34 Dundee United 1–3 Motherwell Tannadice Stadium
19:30 BST UTC+1 Daly   69' Motherwell
BBC
Higdon   2', 55'
Ojamaa   8'
Attendance: 5,634
Referee: John Beaton
28 April 2013 35 Motherwell 3–1 Celtic Fir Park
12:45 BST UTC+1 Ojamaa   45'
Higdon   50' (pen.)
Forster   55' (og.)
Motherwell
BBC
Hooper   40' Attendance: 7,503
Referee: Euan Norris
4 May 2013 36 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 4–3 Motherwell Caledonian Stadium
15:00 BST UTC+1 McKay   3', 27', 84'
Shinnie   25'
Motherwell
BBC
McFadden   36', 64'
Higdon   49' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,857
Referee: Willie Collum
12 May 2013 37 Motherwell 2–0 Ross County Fir Park
16:05 BST UTC+1 McFadden   8'
Humphrey   45'
Motherwell
BBC
Attendance: 7,734
Referee: Craig Thomson
19 May 2013 38 St Johnstone 2–0 Motherwell McDiarmid Park
12:45 BST UTC+1 Craig   36'
Hasselbaink   47'
Motherwell
BBC
Attendance: 5,025
Referee: Euan McLean
Notes
  • The match between Motherwell and Dundee United was called off on 6 October 2012 due to a power failure in the area. The match has been re-arranged for 7 November 2012.[36]
  • The match between Motherwell and Dundee United was called off on 29 January 2013 due to a waterlogged pitch. The match has been re-arranged for 19 February 2013.[37]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 38 24 7 7 92 35 +57 79 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Motherwell 38 18 9 11 67 51 +16 63 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
3 St Johnstone 38 14 14 10 45 44 +1 56 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
4 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 13 15 10 64 60 +4 54
5 Ross County 38 13 14 11 47 48 −1 53
Source: SPFL Archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Scottish Cup edit

1 December 2012 Fourth Round Aberdeen 1–1 Motherwell Pittodrie
15:00 BST UTC+1 McGinn   90' Motherwell
BBC
Murphy   80' Attendance: 6,061
Referee: Willie Collum
11 December 2012 Fourth Round
Replay
Motherwell 1–2 Aberdeen Fir Park
19:45 BST UTC+1 Higdon   90' (pen.) Motherwell
BBC
Fallon   51'
Shaughnessy   61'
Attendance: 4,516
Referee: Willie Collum

Scottish League Cup edit

26 September 2012 Third Round Rangers 2–0 Motherwell Ibrox
19:15 BST McCulloch   50'
Shiels   56'
BBC
Motherwell
Attendance: 29,413
Referee: Calum Murray

Champions League edit

31 July 2012 3rd Qualifying Round
1st Leg
Motherwell   0–2   Panathinaikos Motherwell
19:45 BST UTC+1 UEFA
Motherwell
Christodoulopoulos   13'
Mavrias   76'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 9,035
Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
8 August 2012 3rd Qualifying Round
2nd Leg
Panathinaikos   3–0
(5–0 agg.)
  Motherwell Athens
19:45 BST UTC+1 Christodoulopoulos   51'
Mavrias   75'
Sissoko   83'
UEFA
Motherwell
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: Stephan Studer (Switzerland)

Europa League edit

23 August 2012 Play-off round
1st Leg
Motherwell   0–2   Levante Motherwell
19:45 BST UTC+1 Hutchinson   77' https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2009847--motherwell-vs-levante/
Motherwell
Juanlu   42'
El Zhar   62'
Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 6,286
Referee: Antti Munukka (Finland)
30 August 2012 Play-off round
2nd Leg
Levante   1–0
(3–0 agg.)
  Motherwell Valencia
19:45 BST UTC+1 Gekas   72' https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/match/2009878--levante-vs-motherwell/
Motherwell
Stadium: Estadi Ciutat de València
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of 19 May 2013[38][39]
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premier League Europe[40] Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   EIR Darren Randolph 41 0 35+0 0 4+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF   SCO Steven Saunders 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF   SCO Steven Hammell 41 0 34+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF   ENG Nicky Law 43 6 38+0 6 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
5 DF   ENG Shaun Hutchinson 36 1 31+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF   ENG Tom Hateley 40 3 34+0 3 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
7 MF   JAM Chris Humphrey 39 3 33+0 3 2+1 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
8 FW   EST Henrik Ojamaa 44 4 32+5 4 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW   ENG Michael Higdon 44 27 37+0 26 3+1 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
11 FW   ENG Kallum Higginbotham 10 1 3+7 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
12 GK   SCO Lee Hollis 4 0 2+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF   SCO Keith Lasley 43 1 36+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
15 DF   ENG Simon Ramsden 31 0 28+1 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW   SCO Robert McHugh 29 3 2+23 3 0+3 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
17 MF   JAM Omar Daley 17 1 2+12 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
18 MF   SCO Stuart Carswell 26 0 7+16 0 1+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF   SCO Fraser Kerr 19 0 9+5 0 1+1 0 1+1 0 1+0 0
20 FW   SCO James McFadden 13 5 11+2 5 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 DF   ATG Zaine Francis-Angol 26 0 7+15 0 0+2 0 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 MF   ENG Steven Hetherington 4 0 1+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
30 DF   ENG Adam Cummins 28 1 17+5 1 3+0 0 2+0 0 1+0 0
43 GK   SCO Ross M. Stewart 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players no longer at the club:
11 FW   SCO Jamie Murphy 29 11 20+2 10 4+0 0 2+0 1 0+1 0
20 DF   ENG Jonathan Page 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers edit

As of 12 May 2013[38][39]
Ranking Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Europe[40] Total
1   9 Michael Higdon 26 1 27
2   11 Jamie Murphy 10 1 11
3   4 Nicky Law 6 6
8   20 James McFadden 5 5
4   8 Henrik Ojamaa 4 4
5   6 Tom Hateley 3 3
6   7 Chris Humphrey 3 3
8   16 Robert McHugh 3 3
9   30 Adam Cummins 1 1
10   17 Omar Daley 1 1
11   11 Kallum Higginbotham 1 1
12   5 Shaun Hutchinson 1 1
13   14 Keith Lasley 1 1
Own Goals 2
TOTALS 67 2 69

Disciplinary record edit

As of 4 May 2013[38][39]
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League Europe[40] Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
                   
  GK 1 Darren Randolph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF 2 Steven Saunders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF 3 Steven Hammell 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1
  MF 4 Nicky Law 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF 5 Shaun Hutchinson 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 2
  MF 6 Tom Hateley 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
  MF 7 Chris Humphrey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW 8 Henrik Ojamaa 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
  FW 9 Michael Higdon 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  FW 11 Jamie Murphy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  FW 11 Kallum Higginbotham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  GK 12 Lee Hollis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF 14 Keith Lasley 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
  DF 15 Simon Ramsden 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  FW 16 Robert McHugh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF 17 Omar Daley 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
  MF 18 Stuart Carswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  DF 19 Fraser Kerr 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
  FW 20 James McFadden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF 20 Jonathan Page 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  DF 26 Zaine Francis-Angol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  MF 27 Steven Hetherington 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  DF 30 Adam Cummins 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
TOTALS 42 6 4 1 0 0 2 0 48 7

Awards edit

Manager of the Month edit

MONTH Name Award
March   Stuart McCall Won[41]

Player of the Month edit

MONTH Name Award
September   Michael Higdon Won[42]
December   Jamie Murphy Won[43]
March   Nicky Law Won[44]
April   Michael Higdon Won[45]

Young player of the Month edit

MONTH Name Award
April   Henrik Ojamaa Won[46]

SPL Manager of the Year edit

  Stuart McCall[47]

Player of the Year edit

  Michael Higdon[48]

Notes and references edit

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  34. ^ Rapid game called off
  35. ^ Arbroath game called off
  36. ^ Motherwell A-A Dundee United
  37. ^ Motherwell P-P Dundee United
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