2002–03 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2002–03 season
Chairman John Boyle
Manager Terry Butcher
Premier League 12th
Scottish Cup Semi Final
League Cup Third Round
Top goalscorer James McFadden (13)
Highest home attendance 12,037 vs Celtic (7 May 2003)
Lowest home attendance 3,741 vs Dunfermline Athletic (19 February 2003)
Average home attendance 6,096
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was Motherwell's 5th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 18th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. They finished the season in last place, but were spared relegation as Falkirk (the promoted team) did not meet SPL stadium criteria.

Contents

First team squad

[1]

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 Stevie Woods
2 DF Martyn Corrigan
3 MF Steven Hammell
4 MF Keith Lasley
5 MF Dougie Ramsay
6 MF Stephen Pearson
7 FW Derek Adams
8 MF Scott Leitch (club captain)
9 FW Dirk Lehmann
10 FW James McFadden
11 FW Khaled Kemas
13 GK François Dubourdeau
14 DF David Partridge
15 DF Tony Vaughan
16 DF David Cowan
17 FW Steven Craig
No. Position Player
18 DF Brian Dempsie
19 MF David Clarke
20 MF Kevin MacDonald
21 MF Shaun Fagan
22 DF William Kinniburgh
27 FW David Clarkson
28 MF Kenny Wright
29 DF Paul Quinn
31 FW Andy Scott
38 FW Darren Jack
40 DF Ross Ballantyne
41 FW Richard Offiong (on loan from Newcastle United)
FW Steven Ferguson
FW Iain Russell
DF Daniel Sengewald

Appearances

As of 6 August 2011[2][3]

No. Nat Pos Player Total Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Stevie Woods 19 0 16+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
2 DF Martyn Corrigan 44 1 38+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF Steven Hammell 43 0 37+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
4 MF Keith Lasley 29 3 21+3 3 2+1 0 2+0 0
5 DF Dougie Ramsay 23 1 16+4 1 1+0 0 1+1 0
6 MF Stephen Pearson 34 6 29+0 6 4+0 0 1+0 0
7 FW Derek Adams 38 5 32+0 2 4+0 2 2+0 1
8 MF Scott Leitch 31 1 26+0 1 3+0 0 2+0 0
9 FW Dirk Lehmann 37 7 27+5 5 1+2 1 2+0 1
10 MF James McFadden 35 19 29+1 13 4+0 5 1+0 1
11 MF Khaled Kemas 7 1 4+2 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
13 GK François Dubourdeau 26 0 22+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF David Partridge 38 1 32+0 1 4+0 0 2+0 0
15 DF Tony Vaughan 15 1 12+0 1 3+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF David Cowan 21 0 15+1 0 0+3 0 1+1 0
17 FW Steven Craig 15 3 8+5 2 2+0 1 0+0 0
18 DF Brian Dempsie 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
19 DF David Clarke 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Kevin McDonald 9 0 4+4 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
21 MF Shaun Fagan 21 2 8+10 2 1+2 0 0+0 0
22 DF William Kinniburgh 16 1 11+4 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
27 FW David Clarkson 23 3 13+6 3 2+2 0 0+0 0
28 FW Kenny Wright 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 DF Paul Quinn 4 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 FW Andy Scott 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
38 FW Darren Jack 2 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
40 DF Ross Ballantyne 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
41 FW Richard Offiong 10 0 0+9 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
FW Steven Ferguson 21 2 8+11 2 0+0 0 1+1 0
FW Iain Russell 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Daniel Sengewald 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

2002-03 Motherwell Top scorers

Last updated on 6 August 2011
Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
1 10 James McFadden 13 5 1 19
2 9 Dirk Lehmann 5 1 1 7
3 6 Stephen Pearson 6 0 0 6
5 7 Derek Adams 2 2 1 5
4 27 David Clarkson 3 0 0 3
5 4 Keith Lasley 3 0 0 3
6 17 Steven Craig 2 1 0 3
7 21 Shaun Fagan 2 0 0 2
8 Steven Ferguson 2 0 0 2
9 2 Martyn Corrigan 1 0 0 1
10 11 Khaled Kemas 1 0 0 1
11 22 William Kinniburgh 1 0 0 1
12 8 Scott Leitch 1 1 0 2
13 5 Dougie Ramsay 1 0 0 1
14 3 Tony Vaughan 1 0 0 1
/ / / Own Goals 0 1 0 1
/ / / TOTALS 45 9 3 57

2002-03 Motherwell Disciplinary Record

Last updated 8 December 2010
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
GK 1 Stevie Woods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF 2 Martyn Corrigan 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF 3 Steven Hammell 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
MF 4 Keith Lasley 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
DF 5 Dougie Ramsay 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF 6 Stephen Pearson 9 2 1 0 0 0 10 2
FW 7 Derek Adams 9 1 1 0 0 0 10 1
MF 8 Scott Leitch 6 1 0 0 0 0 6 1
FW 9 Dirk Lehmann 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
FW 10 James McFadden 14 1 2 0 0 0 16 1
FW 11 Khaled Kemas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK 13 François Dubourdeau 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
DF 14 David Partridge 8 2 1 0 0 0 9 2
DF 15 Tony Vaughan 4 1 2 0 0 0 6 1
DF 16 David Cowan 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW 17 Steven Craig 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
DF 18 Brian Dempsie 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF 19 David Clarke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF 20 Kevin McDonald 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
MF 21 Shaun Fagan 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 1
DF 22 William Kinniburgh 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
FW 27 David Clarkson 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
FW 28 Kenny Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF 29 Paul Quinn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW 31 Andy Scott 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW 38 Darren Jack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF 40 Ross Ballantyne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW 41 Richard Offiong 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
MF Steven Ferguson 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MF Iain Russell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Daniel Sengewald 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
/ / / TOTALS 93 11 9 0 0 0 102 11

Results and fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 2002–03

[3]

Match
Day		 Date Opponent H/A Score[4] Motherwell Scorer(s) League
Position[5]		 Attendance Report
1 3 August 2002 Livingston A 2–3 Leitch  50', Lehmann  64' 10 7,124 Fir Park Corner
2 10 August 2002 Partick Thistle H 1–1 Pearson  83' 9 6,000 Fir Park Corner
3 17 August 2002 Kilmarnock A 3–0 Ramsay  90', Pearson  90', McFadden  90' 5 6,164 Fir Park Corner
4 25 August 2002 Dundee United A 1–1 Pearson  3' 6 3,345 Fir Park Corner
5 31 August 2002 Hibernian H 0–2 6 5,888 Fir Park Corner
6 10 September 2002 Celtic H 2–1 Fagan  77', McFadden  80' (pen.) 4 8,448 Fir Park Corner
7 15 September 2002 Hearts A 2–4 Lehmann  12', McFadden  28' 7 8,578 Fir Park Corner
8 21 September 2002 Dunfermline Athletic A 0–1 7 4,987 Fir Park Corner
9 28 September 2002 Dundee H 1–1 McFadden  55' 8 4,025 Fir Park Corner
10 5 October 2002 Aberdeen H 1–2 McFadden  41' (pen.) 9 6,014 Fir Park Corner
11 19 October 2002 Rangers A 0–3 Partridge  77' 9 49,376 Fir Park Corner
12 26 October 2002 Livingston H 1–5 Kemas  79' 10 4,342 Fir Park Corner
13 2 November 2002 Partick Thistle A 0–2 Leitch  72' 12 5,405 Fir Park Corner
14 9 November 2002 Kilmarnock H 0–1 12 4,439 Fir Park Corner
15 16 November 2002 Dundee United H 1–2 Lehmann  82' 12 5,381 Fir Park Corner
16 23 November 2002 Hibernian A 1–3 Ferguson  47', Sengewald  49', 56', Pearson  84', 88', Partridge  88' 12 8,859 Fir Park Corner
17 1 December 2002 Celtic A 1–3 Lehmann  74', Fagan  55', 80' 12 56,733 Fir Park Corner
18 4 December 2002 Hearts H 6–1 Pearson  15', McFadden  19' (pen.), 26', Adams  36', Corrigan  66', Ferguson  90' 12 4,114 Fir Park Corner
19 7 December 2002 Aberdeen A 1–1 Kinniburgh  59' 12 9,569 Fir Park Corner
20 14 December 2003 Dundee A 1–1 Lehmann  74' 12 5,527 Fir Park Corner
21 26 December 2002 Rangers H 1–0 McFadden  65' 11 11,234 Fir Park Corner
22 29 December 2002 Livingston A 0–1 5 7,216 Fir Park Corner
23 2 January 2003 Partick Thistle H 2–2 Clarkson  9', Partridge  77', McFadden  21', 37' 11 6,262 Fir Park Corner
24 29 January 2003 Kilmarnock A 0–1 Dubourdeau  88' 11 4,457 Fir Park Corner
25 1 February 2003 Dundee United A 1–2 Adams  20' (pen.) 12 6,672 Fir Park Corner
26 8 February 2003 Hibernian H 2–1 Clarkson  31', Fagan  41' 11 4,999 Fir Park Corner
27 19 February 2003 Dunfermline Athletic H 2–1 Pearson  19', Craig  250' 11 3,741 Fir Park Corner
28 1 March 2003 Hearts A 1–2 Lasley  46' 11 11,704 Fir Park Corner
29 8 March 2003 Aberdeen H 0–1 Pearson  90' 11 5,636 Fir Park Corner
30 19 March 2003 Rangers A 0–2 12 49,240 Fir Park Corner
31 5 April 2003 Dunfermline Athletic A 0–3 Vaughan  37' 12 4,086 Fir Park Corner
32 12 April 2003 Dundee H 1–2 McFadden  77' 12 4,693 Fir Park Corner
33 26 April 2003 Partick Thistle A 0–3 12 4,870 Fir Park Corner
34 3 May 2003 Dundee United H 2–2 Pearson  11', Vaughan  85' 12 9,056 Fir Park Corner
35 7 May 2003 Celtic H 0–4 Adams  31' 12 12,037 Fir Park Corner
36 10 May 2003 Hibernian A 0–1 12 7,809 Fir Park Corner
37 17 May 2003 Aberdeen H 2–3 Clarkson  16', McFadden  84' (pen.) 12 4,731 Fir Park Corner
38 24 May 2003 Livingston H 6–2 Lasley  30', 90', Craig  57', McFadden  64', 74' (pen.) 12 4,790 Fir Park Corner

Scottish Cup 2002-03

Main article: Scottish Cup 2002–03
Date Round Opponent H/A Score[4] Motherwell Scorer(s)[6] Attendance Report
25 January 2003 3rd Round Kilmarnock A 1-0 McFadden  35' (pen.) 6,882 Fir Park Corner
22 February 2003 4th Round Clyde A 2-0 McFadden  41', 77' 5,032 Fir Park Corner
22 March 2003 Quarter-finals Stranraer A 4-0 Wright  54' (o.g.), McFadden  54', Adams  59', Lehmann  87' 4,500 Fir Park Corner
19 April 2003 Semi-finals Rangers N 3-4 Craig  15', McFadden  27', Adams  90' 29,352 Fir Park Corner

Scottish League Cup 2002-03

Main article: Scottish League Cup 2002–03
Date Round Opponent H/A Score[4] Motherwell Scorer(s)[6] Attendance Report
24 September 2002 2nd Round East Fife A 2-0 Lehmann  29', McFadden  66' 970 Fir Park Corner
6 November 2002 3rd Round Aberdeen A 1-3 Adams  41' 6,557 Fir Park Corner

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
— — 12 3 August 2002 24 May 2003
— 24 September 2002 6 November 2002
— 25 January 2003 19 April 2003

Source: Competitions

Classification

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
8 Aberdeen 38 13 10 15 41 54 −13 49
9 Livingston 38 9 8 21 48 62 −14 35
10 Partick Thistle 38 8 11 19 37 58 −21 35
11 Dundee United 38 7 11 20 35 68 −33 32
12 Motherwell 38 7 7 24 45 71 −26 28

Source: Fir Park Corner
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Motherwell: Motherwell were spared relegation due to Falkirk not meeting SPL stadium criteria.
(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 7 7 24 45 71 −26 28 6 4 9 31 34 −3 1 3 15 14 37 −23

Source: Fir Park Corner

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 A A H H A A H H A H A H H A A H A A H A H A A H H A H A A H A H H A H H
Result L D W D L W L L D L L L L L L L L W D D W L D L L W W L L L L L L D L L L W
Position 10 9 5 6 6 4 7 7 8 9 9 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 12 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Source: Fir Park Corner
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team Results[4] Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 1
Celtic 2–1 1-3 0-4 – 3
Dundee 1–1 1–1 1–2 — 2
Dundee United 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2
Dunfermline 0–1 2–1 0–3 – 3
Heart of Midlothian 2–4 6–1 1–2 – 3
Hibernian 0–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 3
Livingston 2–3 1–5 0–1 6–2 3
Kilmarnock 3–0 0–1 0–1 — 3
Partick Thistle 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–3 2
Rangers 0–3 1–0 0–2 – 3

Source: Scottish Premier League 2002–03 article

References

  1. ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/2002-2003/scotprm/mother.htm
  2. ^ Motherwell Club Stats, Soccerbase.com
  3. ^ a b Motherwell results 2002/2003, Fir Park Corner
  4. ^ a b c d Motherwell's score is shown first.
  5. ^ Shows Motherwell's position in the table at end of day the match was played on
  6. ^ a b The number(s) in brackets shows the minutes of the goal(s) that was/were scored.
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