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2017–18 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2017–18 season was Motherwell's thirty-third consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fifth in the newly established Scottish Premiership,[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. Motherwell also competed in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup losing to Celtic in both finals

Motherwell
2017–18 season
ChairmanBrian McCafferty
ManagerSteve Robinson
StadiumFir Park
Scottish Premiership7th
Scottish CupRunners-up vs Celtic
League CupRunners-up vs Celtic
Top goalscorerLeague: Louis Moult (8)
All: Louis Moult (14)

Season Review edit

On 2 June, Motherwell announced that they had signed Alex Fisher and Gaël Bigirimana, from Inverness C.T. and Coventry City respectively, on two-year contracts[2][3] and that James McFadden had left the club.[4] Three days later Motherwell announced their third signing of the season, Craig Tanner on a two-year contract from Reading.[5] Motherwell announced their fourth signing of the summer on 6 June, goalkeeper Trevor Carson from Hartlepool United on a three-year contract.[6] Russell Griffiths became Motherwell's sixth signing of the season on 21 June, signing a one-year contract with the club after his Everton contract had expired.[7] Also on 21 June, Keith Lasley hung up his boots and became the club's new assistant manager.[8] Motherwell announced their seventh summer signing on 30 June, Charles Dunne from Oldham Athletic.[9]

On 5 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Cédric Kipré on a one-year contract after his release from Leicester City.[10] Craig Clay left the club on 17 July to sign with Leyton Orient.[11]

Young striker George Newell signed a one-year contract with Motherwell on 24 July,[12] with Ellis Plummer joining on 2 August.[13]

On 14 August, it was announced that Stephen McManus had decided to retire from professional football and take up a coaching role with Motherwell.[14]

6 weeks into his one-year deal, Cédric Kipré signed a one-year extension with Motherwell on 23 August.[15]

On 31 August, transfer deadline day, Ben Heneghan joined Sheffield United for an undisclosed fee,[16] whilst Jack McMillan joined Livingston on loan until January 2018,[17] and P. J. Morrison joined Clyde on loan until January 2018.[18] Liam Grimshaw returned to the club from Preston North End,[19] and Peter Hartley joined the club on a one-year loan deal.[20]

On 13 October, manager Stephen Robinson extended his contract until 2020,[21] and midfielder Allan Campbell signed a new contract until 2021.[22]

On 14 December, Motherwell announced that they had agreed to the transfer of Louis Moult to Preston North End for an undisclosed fee on 1 January 2018.[23]

On 16 December, Motherwell announced the signing of Gennadios Xenodochof on a short-term contract until the middle January 2018.[24]

On 3 January, Motherwell signed Curtis Main to an eighteen-month contract from Portsmouth.[25]

On 5 January, Motherwell announced that Steven Hammell would retire at the end of January to take up the role of the club's Academy Director.[26]

On 9 January, Motherwell signed Nadir Çiftçi on loan from Celtic until the end of the season.[27] A week later, 16 January, Motherwell signed Tom Aldred on loan until the end of the season from Bury.[28]

Following the completion of his loan deal, Jack McMillan signed for Livingston permanently on 19 January 2018.[29] On 23 January, Peter Hartley made his loan move permanent, signing until the summer of 2020.[30] On 26 January, Alex Fisher left the club to sign for Yeovil Town.[31]

On 31 January, transfer deadline day, Motherwell signed Stephen Hendrie on loan from Southend United until the end of the season,[32] whilst Adam Livingstone joined East Fife on loan for the remainder of the season.[33]

On 13 April, Motherwell announced that defenders Cédric Kipré, Charles Dunne and Richard Tait all had extended their contracts until the summer of 2020, whilst Ryan Bowman had extended his contract until the summer of 2019.[34]

On 16 May, Motherwell announced that midfielders Liam Grimshaw and Andy Rose had signed new one-year contracts with the club.[35]

On 21 May, Motherwell announced that Russell Griffiths, Ellis Plummer, Deimantas Petravičius, Luke Watt and Dylan King would be leaving the club at the end of their contracts, whilst Tom Aldred, Stephen Hendrie and Nadir Çiftçi would be returning to their parent clubs after their loan deals had expired. Shea Gordon, Adam Livingstone, Barry Maguire, James Scott, P. J. Morrison, Jason Krones, Jordan Armstrong, Shaun Bowers and Alfredo Agyeman were all offered new contracts.[36]

Transfers edit

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2017 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2017-18

In edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
2 June 2017[2] FW   Alex Fisher Inverness C.T. Free
2 June 2017[3] MF   Gaël Bigirimana Coventry City Free
5 June 2017[5] FW   Craig Tanner Reading Free
6 June 2017[6] GK   Trevor Carson Hartlepool United Undisclosed
13 June 2017[37] MF   Andy Rose Coventry City Free
21 June 2017[7] GK   Russell Griffiths Everton Free
30 June 2017[9] DF   Charles Dunne Oldham Athletic Free
5 July 2017[10] DF   Cédric Kipré Leicester City Free
24 July 2017[12] FW   George Newell Bolton Wanderers Free
2 August 2017[13] DF   Ellis Plummer Manchester City Free
18 August 2017[38] GK   Rohan Ferguson Airdrieonians Undisclosed
22 August 2017[39] FW   Deimantas Petravičius Zagłębie Lubin Undisclosed
31 August 2017[19] MF   Liam Grimshaw Preston North End Free
16 December 2017[24] GK   Gennadios Xenodochof Free
1 January 2018 DF   Yusuf Hussain Falkirk Undisclosed
3 January 2018[25] FW   Curtis Main Portsmouth
23 January 2018[30] DF   Peter Hartley Blackpool

Loans in edit

Date from Position Nationality Name From Date to
31 August 2017[20] DF   Peter Hartley Blackpool 23 January 2018[30]
9 January 2018[27] FW   Nadir Çiftçi Celtic End of Season
16 January 2018[28] DF   Tom Aldred Bury End of Season
31 January 2018[32] DF   Stephen Hendrie Southend United End of Season

Out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
12 July 2017[40] MF   Dom Thomas Kilmarnock Free[41]
17 July 2017[11] MF   Craig Clay Leyton Orient Undisclosed
31 August 2017[16] DF   Ben Heneghan Sheffield United Undisclosed
14 December 2017†[23] FW   Louis Moult Preston North End Undisclosed
19 January 2018[29] DF   Jack McMillan Livingston Undisclosed
26 January 2018[31] FW   Alex Fisher Yeovil Town Free
† Moult's transfers was announced on the above date, but were not finalised until 1 January 2018.

Loans out edit

Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to
18 August 2017[38] GK   Rohan Ferguson Airdrieonians Season-Long
18 August 2017[38] DF   Luke Watt Airdrieonians Six-month
18 August 2017[38] MF   Jake Hastie Airdrieonians Six-month
31 August 2017[18] GK   P. J. Morrison Clyde January 2018
31 August 2017[17] DF   Jack McMillan Livingston January 2018
31 January 2018[33] DF   Adam Livingstone East Fife End of season

Released edit

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
2 June 2017[4] FW   James McFadden Queen of the South 8 September 2017[42]
21 June 2017 MF   Keith Lasley Retired[8]
8 August 2017[43] FW   Jacob Blyth Barrow 26 June 2018[44]
14 August 2017 DF   Stephen McManus Retired[14]
16 January 2018 GK   Gennadios Xenodochof AEL 8 February 2018
31 January 2018 DF   Steven Hammell Retired[26]
31 May 2018[36] GK   Russell Griffiths AFC Fylde 28 June 2018[45]
31 May 2018[36] DF   Ellis Plummer Retired 3 September 2019[46]
31 May 2018[36] DF   Luke Watt NK Novigrad
31 May 2018[36] MF   Dylan King
31 May 2018[36] FW   Deimantas Petravičius Falkirk 19 June 2018[47]

Trial edit

Date From Position Nationality Name Last Club Date To
DF   Bira Dembélé Barnet
DF   Cédric Kipré Leicester City
FW   Shaun Tuton Barnsley
8 February 2018[48] GK   Dheeraj Moirangthem Indian Arrows

Squad edit

As of match played 19 May 2018[49]
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Trevor Carson   GK (1988-03-05)5 March 1988 (aged 30) Hartlepool United 2017[6] 2020[6] 46 0
13 Russell Griffiths   GK (1996-04-13)13 April 1996 (aged 22) Everton 2017[7] 2018[7] 10 0
16 Rohan Ferguson   GK (1997-12-06)6 December 1997 (aged 20) Airdrieonians 2017[38] 2020 0 0
39 P. J. Morrison   GK (1998-01-01)1 January 1998 (aged 20) Academy 2009 0 0
Defenders
2 Richard Tait   DF (1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 29) Grimsby Town 2016[50] 2020[34] 77 3
3 Stephen Hendrie   DF (1995-01-08)8 January 1995 (aged 23) loan from Southend United 2018[32] 2018[32] 7 0
6 Peter Hartley   DF (1988-04-03)3 April 1988 (aged 30) Blackpool 2018 2020[30] 17 3
14 Ellis Plummer   DF (1994-09-02)2 September 1994 (aged 23) Manchester City 2017[13] 2018[13] 1 0
18 Charles Dunne   DF (1993-02-13)13 February 1993 (aged 25) Oldham Athletic 2017[9] 2020[34] 45 1
19 Tom Aldred   DF (1990-09-11)11 September 1990 (aged 27) loan from Bury 2018[28] 2018 22 1
21 Cédric Kipré   DF (1996-12-09)9 December 1996 (aged 21) Leicester City 2017[10] 2020[34] 49 1
30 Luke Watt   DF (1997-06-20)20 June 1997 (aged 20) Academy 2014 2018[51] 8 0
43 Adam Livingstone   DF (1998-02-22)22 February 1998 (aged 20) Academy 2 0
Yusuf Hussain   DF (2001-04-26)26 April 2001 (aged 17) Falkirk 2018 0 0
Midfielders
4 Liam Grimshaw   MF (1995-02-02)2 February 1995 (aged 23) Preston North End 2017[19] 2019[35] 37 0
5 Gaël Bigirimana   MF (1993-10-22)22 October 1993 (aged 24) Coventry City 2017 2019[3] 36 2
7 Chris Cadden   MF (1996-09-19)19 September 1996 (aged 21) Academy 2013 2019[52] 114 11
8 Carl McHugh   MF (1993-02-05)5 February 1993 (aged 25) Plymouth Argyle 2016[53] 2019[54] 69 3
11 Elliott Frear   MF (1990-09-11)11 September 1990 (aged 27) Forest Green Rovers 2017[55] 2019[55] 45 4
15 Andy Rose   MF (1990-02-13)13 February 1990 (aged 28) Coventry City 2017[37] 2019[35] 40 2
22 Allan Campbell   MF (1997-07-04)4 July 1997 (aged 20) Academy 2021[22] 43 3
26 Ross MacLean   MF (1997-03-13)13 March 1997 (aged 21) Academy 2014 2019[56] 19 1
28 Shea Gordon   MF (1998-05-16)16 May 1998 (aged 20) Stalybridge Celtic 2017 4 0
31 David Turnbull   MF (1999-07-10)10 July 1999 (aged 18) Academy 2017 3 0
32 Dylan King   MF (1998-08-27)27 August 1998 (aged 19) Oldham Athletic 2017 2018 0 0
33 Liam Brown   MF (1999-08-06)6 August 1999 (aged 18) Queen's Park 2017 1 0
34 Barry Maguire   MF (1998-04-27)27 April 1998 (aged 20) Academy 3 0
35 Jake Hastie   MF (1999-03-18)18 March 1999 (aged 19) Academy 2016 3 0
37 Jordan Armstrong   MF (1999-04-02)2 April 1999 (aged 19) Academy 0 0
41 Kyle MacDonald   MF (2000-01-01)1 January 2000 (aged 18) Academy 0 0
Forwards
9 Curtis Main   FW (1992-06-20)20 June 1992 (aged 25) Portsmouth 2018[25] 2019 21 7
12 Ryan Bowman   FW (1991-11-30)30 November 1991 (aged 26) Gateshead 2016[57] 2019[34] 66 12
20 Deimantas Petravičius   FW (1995-09-02)2 September 1995 (aged 22) Zagłębie Lubin 2017[39] 2018[39] 14 0
23 Nadir Çiftçi   FW (1992-02-12)12 February 1992 (aged 26) loan from Celtic 2018[27] 2018 15 3
24 George Newell   FW (1997-12-27)27 December 1997 (aged 20) Bolton Wanderers 2017[12] 2018[12] 9 0
27 Craig Tanner   FW (1994-10-27)27 October 1994 (aged 23) Reading 2017 2019[5] 36 9
36 Dylan Falconer   FW (1999-05-23)23 May 1999 (aged 18) Academy 0 0
38 James Scott   FW (2000-08-30)30 August 2000 (aged 17) Academy 2 0
40 Alfredo Agyeman   FW (2000-11-01)1 November 2000 (aged 17) Academy 0 0
42 Jamie Semple   FW (2000-05-17)17 May 2000 (aged 18) Academy 0 0

Left club during season edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF   SCO Steven Hammell (Retired)[26]
4 DF   ENG Ben Heneghan (to   Sheffield United)[16]
6 DF   SCO Stephen McManus (Retired)[14]
9 FW   ENG Louis Moult (to   Preston North End)[23]
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   ENG Alex Fisher (to   Yeovil Town)[31]
19 FW   ENG Jacob Blyth [43]
19 GK   GRE Gennadios Xenodochof
25 DF   SCO Jack McMillan (to   Livingston)

Friendlies edit

1 July 2017 Friendly Stirling Albion 0 – 2 Motherwell Stirling
15:00 BST Report Tuton  
Bowman  		 Stadium: Forthbank Stadium
Attendance: 1,044
4 July 2017 Friendly Livingston 0 – 2 Motherwell Livingston
19:45 BST Report Bigirimana   44'
Bowman   86'		 Stadium: Almondvale Stadium
Attendance: 824
8 July 2017 Friendly Gateshead 3 – 2 Motherwell Gateshead
12:00 BST M.Langstaff   40'
Green   64'
T.White   76'		 Report Bowman   90+1'
Rose   90+2'		 Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium
Attendance: 553
11 July 2017 Friendly Barrow 1 – 0 Motherwell Barrow-in-Furness
18:30 BST R.Bennett   9' Report Stadium: Holker Street

Competitions edit

Premiership edit

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Premiership

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
5 Kilmarnock 38 16 11 11 49 47 +2 59
6 Heart of Midlothian 38 12 13 13 39 39 0 49
7 Motherwell 38 13 9 16 43 49 −6 48
8 St Johnstone 38 12 10 16 42 53 −11 46
9 Dundee 38 11 6 21 36 57 −21 39
Source: Soccerway BBC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Play-off (only if deciding champion, UEFA competitions qualification and second-stage group allocation).[58]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other three times (33 matches) before the league is split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six).

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHHHAHHAAHAAHAAAAHAHHAAHHHAAHHHAAHHAH
ResultLLWWWDLWWWLLWDLLLLDLLWDLDWLWLDDLDDWLWW
Position911875565434555556788866676777777777777
Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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 9 16 43 49  −6 48 8 5 7 26 22  +4 5 4 9 17 27  −10

Source: See Results

Results edit

6 August 2017 1 Motherwell 1 – 2 Rangers Motherwell
13:30 BST (UTC+1) Heneghan   40'  78'
Dunne   49'
Moult   58'
Tait   90+1'		 Report Dorrans   4', 58' (pen.)  79'
Cardoso   68'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 9,974
Referee: Bobby Madden
12 August 2017 2 St Johnstone 4 – 1 Motherwell Perth
15:00 BST (UTC+1) MacLean   8'  57'
O'Halloran   18', 74'
Davidson   90+3'		 Report Rose   28'
McHugh   36'   76'
Carson   63'
Dunne   89'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 3,451
Referee: Craig Thomson
19 August 2017 3 Motherwell 2 – 0 Ross County Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Heneghan   3'
Rose   27'
Tait   53'
Moult   74' (pen.)		 Report Chow   17'
Fraser   46'
van der Weg   74'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,911
Referee: Alan Muir
26 August 2017 4 Motherwell 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Bowman   37'
Moult   41'
Frear   49'
Kipré   71'		 Report Grzelak   10'
Lafferty   30'
Randall   60'
Walker   77'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 6,568
Referee: John Beaton
9 September 2017 5 Motherwell 2 – 0 Kilmarnock Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Kipré   24'
Bowman   65'
Grimshaw   84'
Moult   88' (pen.)
McHugh   90+2'		 Report Wilson   88' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,621
Referee: Bobby Madden
16 September 2017 6 Hibernian 2 – 2 Motherwell Edinburgh
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Stokes   21' (pen.), 57'
Slivka   70'		 Report Tait   15'
Moult   21'  64', 74'
McHugh   36'
Kipré   88'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 17,335
Referee: Barry Cook
24 September 2017 7 Motherwell 0 – 1 Aberdeen Motherwell
12:15 BST (UTC+1) McHugh   49'
Dunne   88'		 Report Logan   45'
Considine   57'
Shinnie   89'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,535
Referee: Nick Walsh
30 September 2017 8 Motherwell 3 – 0 Partick Thistle Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Hartley   7'
Tanner   56'
Bowman   82'		 Report Černý   6'
Barton   33'
Lawless   85'
Edwards   87'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,692
Referee: Greg Aitken
14 October 2017 9 Hamilton Academical 1 – 2 Motherwell Hamilton
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Skondras   15'
Biabi   49'		 Report Rose   32'
McHugh   35'
Hartley   51'
Campbell   76'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 3,869
Referee: Craig Thomson
21 October 2017 10 Motherwell v Celtic Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Stadium: Fir Park
Note: Match postponed due to both Motherwell and Celtic participating in the League Cup Semi-finals.
25 October 2017 11 Dundee 0 – 1 Motherwell Dundee
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Deacon   28'
O'Dea   30'
Moussa   64'		 Report Tanner   5'
Hartley   34'
Tait   70'
Bigirimana   77'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 5,254
Referee: Stephen Finnie
28 October 2017 12 Motherwell 0 – 1 Hibernian Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Campbell   52' Report Boyle   27' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 6,043
Referee: Bobby Madden
4 November 2017 13 Ross County 3 – 2 Motherwell Dingwall
15:00 GMT (UTC) Gardyne   13', 42'
Keillor-Dunn   26'
Draper   84'		 Report Bowman   48'
Hartley   52'
Moult   79'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 4,014
Referee: Euan Anderson
18 November 2017 14 Aberdeen 0 – 2 Motherwell Aberdeen
15:00 GMT (UTC) Considine   42'
Christie   86'		 Report Bowman   41'
Moult   42', 54'		 Stadium: Pittodrie Stadium
Attendance: 14,013
Referee: Bobby Madden
25 November 2017 15 Motherwell v St Johnstone Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Stadium: Fir Park
29 November 2017 10 Motherwell 1 – 1 Celtic Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Campbell   51'
McHugh   74'
Lustig   78' (o.g.)
Moult   81'
Dunne   86'		 Report Sinclair   88' (pen.)
Griffiths   90+3'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 9,164
Referee: Willie Collum
Note: Match rearranged from 21 October 2017 due to both Motherwell and Celtic participating in the League Cup Semi-finals.
2 December 2017 16 Celtic 5 – 1 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC) Brown   11'
Édouard   16', 33', 85'
Forrest   76', 88'		 Report Tait   24'
Campbell   37'
Frear   65'
McHugh   75'		 Stadium: Celtic Park
Referee: Kevin Clancy
9 December 2017 17 Heart of Midlothian 1 – 0 Motherwell Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC) Lafferty   39' Report Kipré   32'
Tait   85'		 Stadium: Tynecastle Park
Attendance: 15,984
Referee: Dallas
13 December 2017 18 Partick Thistle 3 – 2 Motherwell Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC) Spittal   16'
Edwards   22'
Sammon   28'
McGinn   90+2'		 Report Bowman   56'  70'
Tanner   79'		 Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,452
Referee: Don Robertson
16 December 2017 19 Kilmarnock 1 – 0 Motherwell Kilmarnock
15:00 GMT (UTC) S.Boyd   42'
Broadfoot   88'		 Report McHugh   79' Stadium: Rugby Park
Attendance: 4,179
Referee: Euan Anderson
23 December 2017 20 Motherwell 1 – 1 Dundee Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Bigirimana   55'
Rose   58'
Tanner   61' (pen.)		 Report Moussa   45'
McGowan   47'
Kerr   88'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,173
Referee: Don Robertson
27 December 2017 21 Rangers 2 – 0 Motherwell Glasgow
19:45 GMT (UTC) Wilson   56'
McCrorie   68'
Morelos   76'		 Report Kipré   42'
Tait   45+7'
Bigirimana   73'
Grimshaw   82'		 Stadium: Ibrox Stadium
Attendance: 49,273
Referee: John Beaton
30 December 2017 22 Motherwell 1 – 3 Hamilton Academical Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Tanner   3'
Hartley   41'   90+4'
Grimshaw   86'
Hammell   88'		 Report Tomas   37'
Imrie   41' (pen.)
Donati   52'
Bingham   53'
Docherty   76'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,890
Referee: Andrew Dallas
24 January 2018 23 Motherwell 2 – 0 Ross County Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC) Souttar   45' (o.g.)
Main   47'
Kipré   79'
MacLean   81'		 Report Routis   60' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,196
Referee: Kevin Clancy
27 January 2018 24 Heart of Midlothian 1 – 1 Motherwell Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC) Milinković   80' Report McHugh   46'
Main   66'  90+6'		 Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium
Attendance: 16,717
Referee: Willie Collum
31 January 2018 25 Hibernian 2 – 1 Motherwell Edinburgh
19:45 GMT (UTC) Kamberi   28'
Barker   47'		 Report Tait   17'
Campbell   31'
Main   78'  90+2'		 Stadium: Easter Road
Attendance: 15,459
Referee: Alan Muir
3 February 2018 26 Motherwell 1 – 1 Partick Thistle Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Tait   52'
McHugh   66'
Çiftçi   79'		 Report Osman   43'
Doolan   53'
McGinn   61'
Dumbuya   74'
Edwards   89'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,607
Referee: Nick Walsh
6 February 2017 15 Motherwell 2 – 0 St Johnstone Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC) Campbell   64'
Main   70'		 Report Kerr   45' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,227
Referee: Don Robertson
17 February 2018 27 Motherwell 0 – 1 Kilmarnock Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) Tanner   72' Report Brophy   29'
O'Donnell   34'
Broadfoot   53'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 5,322
Referee: Steven McLean
24 February 2018 28 Dundee 0 – 1 Motherwell Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC) McGowan   75' Report Tanner   33'  62'
Çiftçi   51'
McHugh   75'		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 5,003
Referee: Alan Muir
28 February 2018 29 Motherwell v Aberdeen Motherwell
19:45 GMT (UTC) Stadium: Fir Park
Note: On 28 February, the SPFL postponed all games scheduled to be played on the 28th due heavy snow.[59]
10 March 2018 30 Hamilton Academical 2 – 0 Motherwell Hamilton
15:00 GMT (UTC) Ogkmpoe   11'
Ferguson   34'
Templeton   69'		 Report Kipré   51'
Dunne   77'		 Stadium: New Douglas Park
Attendance: 3,182
Referee: Steven McLean
18 March 2018 31 Motherwell 0 – 0 Celtic Motherwell
14:15 GMT (UTC) McHugh   13'
Kipré   41'		 Report Ntcham   11' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 8,717
Referee: Craig Thomson
31 March 2018 32 Motherwell 2 – 2 Rangers Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Main   9' (pen.)
Campbell   16'		 Report Morelos   10'
Tavernier   51' (pen.)
Murphy   53'
Dorrans   58'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 8,915
Referee: Nick Walsh
3 April 2018 29 Motherwell 0 – 2 Aberdeen Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Tait   80' Report Árnason   65'
McLean   68'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,127
Referee: Don Robertson
Note: Match originally scheduled for 28 February.
7 April 2018 33 St Johnstone 0 – 0 Motherwell Perth
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Foster   62'
Davidson   80'		 Report Kipré   51'
Rose   75'		 Stadium: McDiarmid Park
Attendance: 2,409
Referee: Willie Collum
21 April 2018 34 Ross County 0 – 0 Motherwell Dingwall
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Lindsay   45+1'
Schalk   53'
Fontaine   90+1'		 Report Kipré   54' Stadium: Victoria Park
Attendance: 3,879
Referee: Alan Muir
28 April 2018 35 Motherwell 2 – 1 Dundee Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Bowman   28'
Kipré   52'		 Report Kusunga   23'
O'Dea   64'
McGowan   90'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,064
Referee: Nick Walsh
5 May 2018 36 Motherwell 1 – 5 St Johnstone Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Bigirimana   78'  84'
Çiftçi   83'		 Report MacLean   31', 40', 56'
Anderson   36'
Davidson   79'
McMillan   81'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,524
Referee: Gavin Duncan
8 May 2018 37 Partick Thistle 0 – 1 Motherwell Glasgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Edwards   90+1' Report Bowman   60'  75'
Campbell   67'		 Stadium: Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 3,320
Referee: Bobby Madden
12 May 2018 38 Motherwell 3 – 0 Hamilton Academical Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Çiftçi   31', 70'
Aldred   73'		 Report Hughes   54'
McMann   72'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,699
Referee: Alan Muir

Scottish Cup edit

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Cup
20 January 2018 Fourth Round Motherwell 2 – 0 Hamilton Academical Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC) McMann   4' (o.g.)
Tanner   20'  35' (pen.)
Campbell   70'		 Report Lyon   39' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 4,725
Referee: Craig Thomson
10 February 2018 Fifth Round Dundee 0 – 2 Motherwell Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC) McGowan   32' Report McHugh   28'
Tanner   30'
Çiftçi   31'
Holt   56' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Dens Park
Attendance: 4,663
Referee: Bobby Madden
4 March 2018 Quarter-final Motherwell 2 – 1 Heart of Midlothian Motherwell
14:15 GMT (UTC) Aldred   5'
McLaughlin   7' (o.g.)
Kipré   80'
McHugh   22'  87'		 Report Lafferty   51' (pen.)
Naismith   81'
Adão   85'		 Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 7,564
Referee: Andrew Dallas
14 April 2018 Semi-final Motherwell 3 – 0 Aberdeen Glasgow
12:15 BST (UTC+1) Main   20', 66'
Bowman   22'		 Report O'Connor   57'
Stewart   88'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 18,470
Referee: Kevin Clancy

Final edit

Main article: 2018 Scottish Cup Final
19 May 2018 Final Celtic 2 – 0 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) McGregor   11'
Ntcham   25'
Boyata   79'		 Report Tait   36'
Grimshaw   44'
Campbell   62'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 49,967
Referee: Kevin Clancy

League Cup edit

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Cup

Group stage edit

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish League Cup § Group F
Table edit
Pos Team
 Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MOT GMO QPA EDC BER
1 Motherwell (Q) 4 4 0 0 0 12 2 +10 12 Qualification for the Second Round — 4–0 — — 1–0
2 Greenock Morton 4 2 1 0 1 8 6 +2 8 — — p2–2 5–0 —
3 Queen's Park 4 2 0 1 1 9 9 0 7 1–5 — — 3–0 —
4 Edinburgh City 4 0 1 0 3 3 12 −9 2 1–2 — — — p2–2
5 Berwick Rangers 4 0 0 1 3 4 7 −3 1 — 0–1 2–3 — —
Source: [60]
Rules for classification: 1) goal difference, 2) goals scored, 3) away goals scored, 4) matches won, 5) away matches won, 6) drawing of lots.[61]
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated
Matches edit
15 July 2017 1 Queen's Park 1 – 5 Motherwell Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Cummins   23' Report Cadden   10'
Tanner   53'
Bowman   74', 77'
Moult   85'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 1,590
Referee: Don Robertson
22 July 2017 2 Motherwell 4 – 0 Greenock Morton Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Dunne   3'
Cadden   25'
Bigirimana   32'
Tait   67'
Moult   72'		 Report Harkins   39' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 3,113
Referee: Kevin Clancy
25 July 2017 3 Edinburgh City 1 – 2 Motherwell Edinburgh
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Thomson   60'
Grimes   69'
Mackie   87'		 Report Cadden   74'
Frear   89'		 Stadium: Ainslie Park
Attendance: 970
Referee: Gavin Duncan
29 July 2017 4 Motherwell 1 – 0 Berwick Rangers Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Frear   82' Report K.Stewart   64' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 2,524
Referee: Stephen Finnie

Knockout stage edit

9 August 2017 Second round Ross County 2 – 3 (a.e.t.) Motherwell Dingwall
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Schalk   65'
Dow   69'
Curran   104' (pen.)		 Report Bigirimana   50'
Moult   77'
MacLean   90+3'  112'
Cadden   92'
Dunne   104'		 Stadium: Victoria Park
Referee: Stephen Finnie
21 September 2017 Quarter Final Motherwell 3 – 0 Aberdeen Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Moult   13', 85'
Hartley   19'
Kipré   42'
Hammell   59'
Cadden   77'
Grimshaw   87'
Fisher   90'		 Report Christie   88' Stadium: Fir Park
Attendance: 6,430
Referee: Kevin Clancy
22 October 2017 Semi Final Rangers 0 – 2 Motherwell Glasgow
BST (UTC+1) Morelos   58'
Herrera   87'		 Report Bowman   7'
Hartley   26'
Moult   52', 74'  87'
Cadden   90+2'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 44,506
Referee: Steven McLean

Final edit

Main article: 2017 Scottish League Cup Final
26 November 2017 Motherwell 0 – 2 Celtic Glasgow
15:00 GMT (UTC) McHugh   54'
Kipré   58'
Campbell   74'		 Report Dembélé   16'  60' (pen.)
Forrest   49'
Brown   90+2'		 Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 49,483
Referee: Craig Thomson

Challenge Cup edit

Main article: 2017–18 Scottish Challenge Cup
16 August 2017 First Round Motherwell Colts 2 – 1 Queen's Park Stirling
19:30 BST (UTC+1) L.Brown   27'
D.Turnbull   45+1'
Plummer   62'
A.Livingstone   69'
Gordon   88'		 Report Cummins   29'
R.Docherty   54'		 Stadium: Forthbank Stadium
Attendance: 168
Referee: David Dickinson
2 September 2017 Second Round Crusaders 3 – 2 Motherwell Colts Belfast, Northern Ireland
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Lowry   28'
Burns   84', 90+2'		 Report D.Turnbull   51'
Cushley   71'
Newell   67'		 Stadium: Seaview
Attendance: 494
Referee: Kris Hames

Squad statistics edit

Appearances edit

As of match played 19 May 2018
No. Pos Nat Player Total Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   NIR Trevor Carson 46 0 33 0 5 0 8 0
2 DF   SCO Richard Tait 45 2 32+1 1 5 0 7 1
3 DF   SCO Stephen Hendrie 7 0 3+3 0 0+1 0 0 0
4 MF   ENG Liam Grimshaw 19 0 10+5 0 2 0 1+1 0
5 MF   BDI Gaël Bigirimana 35 2 11+15 1 0+3 0 4+2 1
6 DF   ENG Peter Hartley 17 3 14 2 0 0 3 1
7 MF   SCO Chris Cadden 45 4 30+3 0 4 0 7+1 4
8 MF   IRL Carl McHugh 46 1 32+2 0 4 1 8 0
9 FW   ENG Curtis Main 21 7 16 5 5 2 0 0
11 MF   ENG Elliott Frear 29 3 13+9 1 0+2 0 3+2 2
12 FW   ENG Ryan Bowman 41 9 22+9 6 2+1 1 5+2 2
13 GK   ENG Russell Griffiths 6 0 5+1 0 0 0 0 0
14 DF   ENG Ellis Plummer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0+1 0
15 MF   AUS Andy Rose 39 2 21+6 2 3+1 0 6+2 0
18 DF   EIR Charles Dunne 44 1 33 0 5 0 6 1
19 DF   SCO Tom Aldred 22 1 17 1 5 0 0 0
20 FW   LTU Deimantas Petravičius 13 0 1+11 0 0+1 0 0 0
21 DF   CIV Cédric Kipré 48 1 34+1 1 5 0 8 0
22 MF   SCO Allan Campbell 35 2 24+4 2 4 0 2+1 0
23 FW   TUR Nadir Çiftçi 15 3 8+3 3 3+1 0 0 0
24 FW   ENG George Newell 9 0 1+7 0 0 0 0+1 0
26 MF   SCO Ross MacLean 10 1 1+6 0 0+1 0 1+1 1
27 FW   ENG Craig Tanner 35 8 15+10 6 3 1 4+3 1
31 MF   SCO David Turnbull 3 0 2 0 0+1 0 0 0
33 MF   SCO Liam Brown 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0
34 DF   SCO Barry Maguire 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
38 FW   SCO James Scott 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
3 DF   SCO Steven Hammell 8 0 2+2 0 0+1 0 3 0
4 DF   ENG Ben Heneghan 7 1 4 1 0 0 3 0
6 DF   SCO Stephen McManus 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 FW   ENG Louis Moult 22 14 13+2 8 0 0 5+2 6
17 FW   ENG Alex Fisher 19 0 6+5 0 0+1 0 2+5 0
25 DF   SCO Jack McMillan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Goal scorers edit

As of match played 19 May 2018
Ranking Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premiership Scottish Cup League Cup Total
1 FW   9 Louis Moult 8 0 6 14
2 FW   12 Ryan Bowman 7 1 2 10
3 FW   27 Craig Tanner 6 2 1 9
4 FW   9 Curtis Main 5 2 0 7
5 Own goal 2 3 0 5
6 MF   7 Chris Cadden 0 0 4 4
7 FW   23 Nadir Çiftçi 3 0 0 3
DF   6 Peter Hartley 2 0 1 3
MF   11 Elliott Frear 1 0 2 3
10 MF   15 Andy Rose 2 0 0 2
MF   22 Allan Campbell 2 0 0 2
MF   5 Gaël Bigirimana 1 0 1 2
DF   2 Richard Tait 1 0 1 2
14 DF   4 Ben Heneghan 1 0 0 1
DF   21 Cédric Kipré 1 0 0 1
DF   19 Tom Aldred 1 0 0 1
MF   8 Carl McHugh 0 1 0 1
DF   18 Charles Dunne 0 0 1 1
MF   26 Ross MacLean 0 0 1 1
TOTALS 43 9 20 72

Disciplinary record edit

As of match played 19 May 2018
Nation Position Number Name Premier League Scottish Cup League Cup Total
               
  GK 1 Trevor Carson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  DF 2 Richard Tait 9 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
  MF 4 Liam Grimshaw 3 0 1 0 1 0 5 0
  MF 5 Gaël Bigirimana 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
  DF 6 Peter Hartley 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 1
  MF 7 Chris Cadden 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
  MF 8 Carl McHugh 14 1 2 0 0 0 16 1
  FW 9 Curtis Main 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  MF 11 Elliott Frear 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  FW 12 Ryan Bowman 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
  MF 15 Andy Rose 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
  DF 18 Charles Dunne 4 1 0 0 0 1 4 2
  DF 19 Tom Aldred 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
  DF 21 Cédric Kipré 9 1 1 0 1 1 11 2
  MF 22 Allan Campbell 6 0 2 0 1 0 9 0
  FW 23 Nadir Çiftçi 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
  MF 26 Ross MacLean 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  FW 27 Craig Tanner 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
  DF 3 Steven Hammell 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  DF 4 Ben Heneghan 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
  FW 9 Louis Moult 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
  FW 17 Alex Fisher 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
TOTALS 70 5 10 0 14 2 94 7

See also edit

Notes edit

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External links edit

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