2016–17 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell

2016–17 season

Chairman

Brian McCafferty

Manager

Stadium

5th

Last 16 vs Celtic

Top goalscorer

League: Louis Moult (5)
All: Louis Moult (7)

Home colours

Away colours

← 2015–16

The 2016–17 season is Motherwell's thirty-second consecutive season in the top flight of Scottish football and the fourth in the newly established Scottish Premiership,^[1] having been promoted from the Scottish First Division at the end of the 1984–85 season. Motherwell will also compete in the League Cup and the Scottish Cup.

Season review

Following the conclusion of the 2015–16 season, Brett Long, Jack Leitch, David Clarkson and Wes Fletcher where released by the club following the end of their contracts, whilst loan players Connor Ripley and Morgaro Gomis returned to their parent clubs. Also at the end of the 2015-16 season, first team players Steven Hammell, Stephen McManus, Craig Samson, Keith Lasley, Craig Moore, James McFadden, David Ferguson, Ben Hall and Scott McDonald where all offered new contracts, as where Under 20 players Dylan Mackin, Robbie Leith, Jack McMillan, Ross MacLean and Ryan Watters.^[2] Lasley signed a new one-year contract on 22 June 2016.^[3]

On 2 June 2016, Motherwell were drawn in to Group F of the 2016–17 Scottish League Cup, resulting in matches against Rangers, Annan Athletic, East Stirlingshire and Stranraer at the end of July.^[4] On 5 June 2016, Motherwell announced their first 4 pre-season friendlies, with another two to be confirmed at a later date.^[5] Steven Hammell signed a new two-year contract with Motherwell on 29 June,^[6] with Scott McDonald signing a new one-year on 1 July 2016.^[7]

On 9 July 2015, Motherwell announced that assistant manager Steve Robinson had left the club to take up the vacant Oldham Athletic managers job.^[8]^[9]

Transfers

On 23 June 2016, Motherwell announced their first signings of the season, with Ben Heneghan, Richard Tait and Jacob Blyth all joining the club.^[10] Motherwell announced Dean Brill as their fourth summer signing on 27 June.^[11] Two days later, 29 June, Stephen Pearson left the club and returned to the Indian Super League with Atlético de Kolkata.^[12] On 5 July, Motherwell announced the signing of Carl McHugh on a free-transfer after his Plymouth Argyle contract had expired.^[13] Craig Clay became Motherwells sixth summer signing on 10 August, signing a two-year contract.^[14]

On 15 August 2016, Louis Laing joined Notts County on loan until 16 January 2017.^[15]

On 31 August, transfer deadline day, Motherwell saw the departure of Marvin Johnson to Oxford United for an undisclosed fee,^[16] and Luke Watt to Stranraer on loan until January 2017.^[17] Also on the 31st, Motherwell signed Ryan Bowman on a two-year contract from Gateshead for an undisclosed fee,^[18] and Luka Belić on an six-month loan deal from West Ham United.^[19]

On 14 September, Lee Lucas, who had been on trial early in the summer, signed a short-term deal with the club until January 2017.^[20]

Transfers

Main articles: List of Scottish football transfers summer 2016 and List of Scottish football transfers winter 2016-17

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
23 June 2016	DF	Ben Heneghan	Chester	^[10]
23 June 2016	DF	Richard Tait	Grimsby Town	^[10]
23 June 2016	FW	Jacob Blyth	Leicester City	^[10]
27 June 2016	GK	Dean Brill	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	^[11]
5 July 2016	MF	Carl McHugh	Plymouth Argyle	^[13]
10 August 2016	MF	Craig Clay	Grimsby Town	^[14]
31 August 2016	FW	Ryan Bowman	Gateshead	^[18]
14 September 2016	MF	Lee Lucas	Swansea City	^[20]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
29 June 2016	MF	Stephen Pearson	Atlético de Kolkata	Undisclosed^[12]
9 July 2016	MF	Josh Law	Oldham Athletic	Free^[21]
31 August 2016	MF	Marvin Johnson	Oxford United	Undisclosed^[16]

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	From
31 August 2016^[19]	Six-month	FW		Luka Belić	West Ham United

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	To
19 July 2016	Season-Long^[22]	FW	Craig Moore	Ayr United
15 August 2016	16 January 2017^[15]	DF	Louis Laing	Notts County
31 August 2016	January 2017^[17]	FW	Luke Watt	Stranraer

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
8 September 2016^[23]	MF		Josh Moore

Trial

Date From	Date To	Position	Nationality	Name	Last Club
23 July 2016^[24]	31 August 2016^[25]	MF		Lee Lucas	Swansea City
26 July 2016	10 August 2016^[14]	MF		Craig Clay	Grimsby Town

Squad

As of match played 26 November 2016^[26]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Craig Samson	GK	(1984-04-01) 1 April 1984	Kilmarnock	2015	2017^[27]	21	0
13	Dean Brill	GK	(1985-12-02) 2 December 1985	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	2016	2017^[11]	0	0
41	Peter Morrison	GK	(1998-01-01) 1 January 1998	Academy			0	0
Defenders
2	Richard Tait	DF	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996	Grimsby Town	2016	2019^[10]	19	1
3	Steven Hammell	DF	(1982-02-18) 18 February 1982	Southend United	2008	2018^[6]	555	5
4	Ben Heneghan	DF	(1993-09-19) 19 September 1993	Chester	2016	2018^[10]	19	0
6	Stephen McManus	DF	(1982-09-10) 10 September 1982	Middlesbrough	2013	2018^[28]	143	6
15	Joe Chalmers	DF	(1994-01-03) 3 January 1994	Celtic	2015	2017^[29]	28	0
16	Kieran Kennedy	DF	(1993-09-23) 23 September 1993	Leicester City	2015	2017^[30]	25	0
25	David Ferguson	DF	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996	Academy	2013	2017^[27]	9	0
30	Jack McMillan	DF	(1997-12-18) 18 December 1997	Academy			6	0
33	Barry Maguire	DF		Academy			0	0
43	Adam Livingstone	DF	(1998-02-22) 22 February 1998	Academy			0	0
Midfielders
7	Lionel Ainsworth	MF	(1987-10-01) 1 October 1987	Rotherham United	2014	2017^[31]	109	21
8	Carl McHugh	MF	(1993-02-05) 5 February 1993	Plymouth Argyle	2016	2018^[13]	3	0
12	Chris Cadden	MF	(1996-09-19) 19 September 1996	Academy	2013	2018^[32]	43	5
14	Keith Lasley	MF	(1979-09-21) 21 September 1979	Plymouth Argyle	2006	2017^[3]	468	23
18	Lee Lucas	MF	(1992-06-10) 10 June 1992	Swansea City	2016^[20]	2017^[20]	3	0
20	Craig Clay	MF	(1992-05-05) 5 May 1992	Grimsby Town	2016	2018^[14]	17	0
23	Dom Thomas	MF	(1996-02-14) 14 February 1996	Celtic	2012	2018^[33]	37	0
26	Allan Campbell	MF	(1997-07-04) 4 July 1997	Academy			1	0
27	Ross MacLean	MF	(1997-03-13) 13 March 1997	Academy	2014		6	0
32	David Turnbull	MF	(1999-07-10) 10 July 1999	Academy			0	0
34	Jake Hastie	MF	(1999-03-18) 18 March 1999	Academy	2016		2	0
Forwards
9	Louis Moult	FW	(1992-05-14) 14 May 1992	Wrexham	2015	2018^[34]	54	26
11	Ryan Bowman	FW	(1991-11-30) 30 November 1991	Gateshead	2016	2018^[18]	6	0
19	Jacob Blyth	FW	(1992-08-14) 14 August 1992	Leicester City	2016	2018^[10]	3	0
21	Luka Belić	FW	(1996-04-18) 18 April 1996	loan from West Ham United	2016	2017^[19]	0	0
24	James McFadden	FW	(1983-04-14) 14 April 1983	Academy	2015	2017^[35]	122	43
29	Dylan Mackin	FW	(1997-01-15) 15 January 1997	Academy	2013		3	0
35	Dylan Falconer	FW	(1999-05-23) 23 May 1999	Academy			0	0
36	Ryan Watters	FW		Academy			0	0
77	Scott McDonald	FW	(1983-08-21) 21 August 1983	Millwall	2015	2017^[7]	193	69

On loan

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

No.		Position	Player
5		DF	Louis Laing (on loan at Notts County)
22		FW	Craig Moore (on loan at Ayr United)

No.		Position	Player
28		DF	Luke Watt (on loan at Stranraer)

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
11		MF	Marvin Johnson (to Oxford United)

No.		Position	Player
42		MF	Josh Moore

Friendlies

2 July 2016 Friendly	Albion Rovers	1 – 3	Motherwell	Coatbridge
15:00 BST	Willis 25'	Report	Moult 40' Johnson 44' Lasley 71'	Stadium: Cliftonhill Attendance: 445

3 July 2016 Friendly	Arbroath	1 – 0	Motherwell	Coatbridge
15:00 BST	Doris 88'	Report		Stadium: Cliftonhill

5 July 2016 Friendly	Cowdenbeath	3 – 1	Motherwell	Cowdenbeath
19:30 BST	Brett 54' (pen.) Kennedy 66' (o.g.) Trialist 71'	Report	Johnson 44'	Stadium: Central Park

9 July 2016 Friendly	Dumbarton	1 – 2	Motherwell	Dumbarton
15:00 BST	Thomson	Report	MacLean 63' Moore 76'	Stadium: The Cheaper Insurance Direct Stadium

10 July 2016 Friendly	Hibernian	4 – 1	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 BST	Boyle 4' Holt 17' McGinn 23' Keatings 66'	Report	Johnson 2'	Stadium: Easter Road

Competitions

Premiership

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Premiership

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation^{[lower-alpha 1]}
7	Ross County	16	3	7	6	17	28	−11	16
8	Hamilton Academical	15	2	9	4	17	21	−4	15
9	Motherwell	15	4	3	8	20	27	−7	15
10	Dundee	16	4	3	9	14	22	−8	15
11	Partick Thistle	15	3	5	7	17	22	−5	14	Qualification to Premiership play-off final

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: Soccerway
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).^[36]
Notes:

↑ 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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	L
Position	4	7	9	8	8	5	5	6	6	11	9	10	6	6

Source: See Results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

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
14	4	3	7	17	23	−6	15	3	1	3	12	11	+1	1	2	4	5	12	−7

Source: See Results

Results by opponent

Motherwell score first

Team	Results				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen
Celtic	0-2				0
Dundee	0-0	0-2			1
Hamilton Academical	4-2				3
Heart of Midlothian	1-3	0-3			0
Inverness C.T.	0-3				0
Kilmarnock	2-1				3
Partick Thistle	1-1	2-0			4
Rangers	1-2				0
Ross County	1-1	4-1			4
St Johnstone	1-2				0

Source: 2016–17 Scottish Premier League Results Table

Results

6 August 2016 1	Kilmarnock	1-2	Motherwell	Kilmarnock
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	M Smith 81'	BBC Report	Ainsworth 41' Johnson 45' 46' McHugh 54' Heneghan 90+4'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 4.308 Referee: Craig Thomson

13 August 2016 2	Motherwell	1-2	St Johnstone	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Tait 39' Cadden 47' Clay 74' McDonald 82'	BBC Report	Kane 42' Swanson 50' 56' MacLean 75' Davidson 90+2'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,739 Referee: Euan Anderson

20 August 2016 3	Rangers	2-1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Forrester 64' Miller 90+1'	BBC Report	McDonald 19'	Stadium: Ibrox Stadium Attendance: 48,716 Referee: Bobby Madden

27 August 2016 4	Motherwell	0-0	Dundee	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Heneghan 84'	BBC Report	O'Hara 27' McGowan 31'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,078 Referee: Andrew Dallas

10 September 2016 5	Ross County	1-1	Motherwell	Dingwall
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McEveley 24', 70' Boyce 61' Fox 66'	BBC Report	Lasley 22' Tait 31' Moult 67' (pen.)	Stadium: Global Energy Stadium Attendance: 3,019 Referee: Alan Muir

17 September 2016 6	Motherwell	4-2	Hamilton Academical	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Moult 8', 13', 21', 50' (pen.) McManus 79' Lasley 88' Clay 90'	BBC Report	Donati 23' Crawford 36', 64' Gillespie 54' Imrie 75' Devlin 80'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,514 Referee: William Collum

24 September 2016 7	Partick Thistle	1-1	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Erskine 31' Lindsay 63'	BBC Report	McDonald 83' Cadden 86'	Stadium: Firhill Stadium Attendance: 3,227 Referee: Craig Thomson

30 September 2016 8	Motherwell	1-3	Heart of Midlothian	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	McFadden 90+2'	BBC Report	Nicholson 45' Rossi 63' Paterson 67' Djoum 84'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 4,666 Referee: Steven McLean

15 October 2016 9	Celtic	2-0	Motherwell	Glasgow
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Sinclair 18' Henderson 23' Brown 70' Dembélé 87' (pen.)	BBC Report	Tait 46' Moult 79'	Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 54,159 Referee: John Beaton

26 October 2016 11	Motherwell	0-3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		BBC Report	Tremarco 57' 86' Doumbouya 71' Polworth 83'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,131 Referee: Don Robertson

29 October 2016 12	Motherwell	4-1	Ross County	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McDonald 8' van der Weg 32' (o.g.) Heneghan 49' Tait 51' Ainsworth 62'	BBC Report	van der Weg 39' Quinn 53' Schalk 78'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,177 Referee: Nick Walsh

5 November 2016 13	Dundee	2-0	Motherwell	Dundee
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Kerr 40' Haber 80' Williams 90+4'	BBC Report	Hammell 42' McManus 54'	Stadium: Dens Park Attendance: 5,471 Referee: John Beaton

19 November 2016 14	Motherwell	2-0	Partick Thistle	Motherwell
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Moult 14' McDonald 38' Tait 90+2'	BBC Report	Devine 15' Welsh 45+1' Osman 86' Booth 90+2'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 3,759 Referee: Andrew Dallas

26 November 2016 14	Heart of Midlothian	3-0	Motherwell	Edinburgh
15:00 GMT (UTC)	Johnsen 31', 49' Smith 45+2' Walker 66'	BBC Report	Tait 10'	Stadium: Tynecastle Stadium Attendance: 16,199 Referee: Bobby Madden

3 December 2016 15	Motherwell	3-4	Celtic	Motherwell
12:15 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Fir Park

Scottish Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Cup

January 2017		v
GMT (UTC)

League Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish League Cup

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rangers (Q)	4	4	0	10	0	+10	12	Qualification to the Second Round
2	Motherwell (X)	4	3	1	9	3	+6	9	Possible Second Round as one of the 4 best runners up
3	Stranraer	4	2	2	5	8	−3	6
4	Annan Athletic	4	1	3	4	7	−3	3
5	East Stirlingshire	4	0	4	1	11	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 July 2016. Source: BBC
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Advances to Best runners-up.

16 July 2016 1	Motherwell	0 – 2	Rangers	Motherwell
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	McDonald 62' McHugh 77'	Report	Tavernier 48' Forrester 52' Windass 82' Waghorn 90+1'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 6,951 Referee: Steven McLean

23 July 2016 2	Annan Athletic	1 – 3	Motherwell	Annan
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	R.Krissian 4' R.Omar 44' P.Watson 55' McKenna 66'	Report	Johnson 16' Moult 61', 63' McHugh 70'	Stadium: Galabank Attendance: 956 Referee: Nick Walsh

26 July 2016 3	Motherwell	3 – 0	East Stirlingshire	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Johnson 53' McDonald 76' Cadden 87'	Report		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 2,503 Referee: Craig Charleston

30 July 2016 4	Stranraer	0 – 3	Motherwell	Stranraer
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dick 42'	Report	Cadden 51' Johnson 84' McDonald 86'	Stadium: Stair Park Attendance: 953 Referee: Don Robertson

Knockout Stage

9 August 2016 Last 16	Celtic	5 – 0	Motherwell	Glasgow
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Rogic 20', 76' Dembélé 34' (pen.), 64' Sinclair 61'	Report		Stadium: Celtic Park Attendance: 20,165 Referee: Kevin Clancy

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Scottish Challenge Cup

2 August 2016 First Round	Motherwell U-20	2 – 1	Edinburgh City	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Mackin 37' T.Fry 60'	Report	J. Dunn 48' Cummings 73' I.McFarland 84' G.Donaldson 90+1'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 402 Referee: Lloyd Wilson

16 August 2016 Second Round	Motherwell U-20	1 – 2	Airdrieonians	Motherwell
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Mackin 54'	Report	I Russell 45+1' Ryan 49' K.Schmidt 69'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 1,007 Referee: Mike Taylor

Squad statistics

Appearances

As of match played 26 November 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premiership		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Craig Samson	19	0	14	0	0	0	5	0
2	DF		Richard Tait	19	1	14	1	0	0	5	0
3	DF		Steven Hammell	12	0	6+1	0	0	0	5	0
4	DF		Ben Heneghan	19	0	14	0	0	0	5	0
6	DF		Stephen McManus	19	0	14	0	0	0	5	0
7	MF		Lionel Ainsworth	17	2	6+6	2	0	0	3+2	0
8	MF		Carl McHugh	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
9	FW		Louis Moult	12	8	9+1	6	0	0	1+1	2
11	FW		Ryan Bowman	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Chris Cadden	19	3	14	1	0	0	4+1	2
14	MF		Keith Lasley	17	0	13	0	0	0	4	0
15	DF		Joe Chalmers	9	0	4+1	0	0	0	2+2	0
18	MF		Lee Lucas	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	1	0
19	FW		Jacob Blyth	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	MF		Craig Clay	17	0	14	0	0	0	3	0
23	MF		Dom Thomas	5	0	0+2	0	0	0	1+2	0
24	FW		James McFadden	5	1	0+5	1	0	0	0	0
25	DF		David Ferguson	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Allan Campbell	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Ross MacLean	6	0	2+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	FW		Dylan Mackin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0+2	0
30	DF		Jack McMillan	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0
34	MF		Jake Hastie	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW		Scott McDonald	18	6	13+1	4	0	0	4	2
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who left Motherwell during the season:
11	MF		Marvin Johnson	9	4	4	1	0	0	5	3

Goal scorers

As of match played 26 November 2016

Ranking	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premiership	Scottish League Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Louis Moult	6	2	8
2	FW	77	Scott McDonald	4	2	6
3	MF	11	Marvin Johnson	1	3	4
4	MF	12	Chris Cadden	1	2	3
5	MF	7	Lionel Ainsworth	2	0	2
6	FW	24	James McFadden	1	0	1
	DF	2	Richard Tait	1	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	1
TOTALS				17	9	26

Disciplinary record

As of match played 26 November 2016

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Premier League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Total
	DF	2	Richard Tait	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	4	Ben Heneghan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	6	Stephen McManus	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	8	Carl McHugh	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
	FW	9	Louis Moult	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	11	Marvin Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	12	Chris Cadden	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	14	Keith Lasley	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	20	Craig Clay	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	FW	77	Scott McDonald	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
			TOTALS	20	0	0	0	3	0	23	0

Notes

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