2003–04 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2003–04 season
Chairman John Boyle
Manager Terry Butcher
Premier League 6th
Scottish Cup Quarter-finals
League Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer David Clarkson (12)
Highest home attendance 10,824 vs Rangers (19 October 2003)
Lowest home attendance 3,920 vs Dunfermline Athletic (15 April 2004)
Average home attendance 6,229
Home colours
Away colours

The 2003–04 season was Motherwell's 6th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 19th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

Contents

Motherwell F.C. Season 2003-04 First-team Squad

As of 6 August 2011[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 Gordon Marshall
2 DF Martyn Corrigan
3 DF Steven Hammell
4 MF Keith Lasley
5 DF Stephen Craigan
6 DF Stephen Pearson (Departed September 2003)
6 DF Gary Bollan
7 FW Derek Adams
8 MF Scott Leitch
9 FW Jason Dair
10 FW James McFadden (Departed September 2003)
10 MF Phil O'Donnell (Arrived January 2004)
11 FW Alex Burns
12 FW Scott McDonald
14 DF David Partridge
No. Position Player
15 GK Barry John Corr
16 DF David Cowan
17 FW Steven Craig
18 FW David Clarkson
19 DF Paul Quinn
20 MF Kevin MacDonald
21 MF Shaun Fagan
22 DF William Kinniburgh
23 DF Graeme Mathie
25 GK Jamie Ewings
26 FW Kenny Wright
27 DF Chris Higgins
25 GK Andrew Reid
35 MF Marc Fitzpatrick

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 Gordon Marshall 37 0 33+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Martyn Corrigan 42 1 38+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Steven Hammell 41 1 37+0 1 3+0 0 1+0 0
4 MF Keith Lasley 37 4 33+0 3 3+0 0 1+0 1
5 DF Stephen Craigan 37 3 36+0 3 0+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF Stephen Pearson 19 5 17+1 4 0+0 0 1+0 1
6 DF Gary Bollan 4 0 1+2 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
7 FW Derek Adams 35 9 31+0 8 3+0 1 1+0 0
8 MF Scott Leitch 22 0 20+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Jason Dair 32 2 19+10 2 2+0 0 0+1 0
10 MF James McFadden 3 3 2+1 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF Phil O'Donnell 12 0 7+2 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
11 MF Alex Burns 36 4 29+4 2 3+0 2 0+0 0
12 FW Scott McDonald 18 2 10+5 1 1+2 1 0+0 0
14 DF David Partridge 16 0 15+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
15 GK Barry John Corr 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 DF David Cowan 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 FW Steven Craig 25 4 16+8 3 0+0 0 1+0 1
18 FW David Clarkson 42 14 32+6 12 3+0 2 1+0 0
19 DF Paul Quinn 29 0 24+2 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
20 FW Kevin MacDonald 4 0 1+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
21 MF Shaun Fagan 15 0 9+4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
22 DF William Kinniburgh 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Graeme Mathie 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 GK Jamie Ewings 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 FW Kenny Wright 15 1 2+11 1 0+1 0 0+1 0
27 DF Chris Higgins 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK Andrew Reid 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
35 MF Marc Fitzpatrick 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

2003-04 Motherwell Top scorers

Last updated on 6 August 2011
Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
1 18 David Clarkson 12 2 0 14
2 7 Derek Adams 8 1 0 9
3 6 Stephen Pearson 4 1 0 5
4 17 Steven Craig 3 0 1 4
5 4 Keith Lasley 3 0 1 4
6 5 Stephen Craigan 3 0 0 3
7 10 James McFadden 3 0 0 3
8 9 Jason Dair 2 0 0 2
9 12 Scott McDonald 1 1 0 2
10 2 Martyn Corrigan 1 0 0 1
11 3 Steven Hammell 1 0 0 1
12 26 Kenny Wright 0 0 1 1
/ / / Own Goals 2 0 0 2
/ / / TOTALS 55 6 3 64

2003-04 Motherwell Disciplinary Record

Last updated 8 December 2010[4]
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
GK 1 Gordon Marshall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF 2 Martyn Corrigan 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF 3 Steven Hammell 5 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
MF 4 Keith Lasley 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
DF 5 Stephen Craigan 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
MF 6 Stephen Pearson 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
DF 6 Gary Bollan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW 7 Derek Adams 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MF 8 Scott Leitch 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
FW 9 Jason Dair 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW 10 James McFadden 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
FW 11 Alex Burns 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW 12 Scott McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF 14 David Partridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK 15 Barry John Corr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF 16 David Cowan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW 17 Steven Craig 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
FW 18 David Clarkson 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
DF 19 Paul Quinn 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
FW 20 Kevin MacDonald 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF 21 Shaun Fagan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF 22 William Kinniburgh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
DF 23 Graeme Mathie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK 25 Jamie Ewings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW 26 Kenny Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF 27 Chris Higgins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK 33 Andrew Reid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF 35 Marc Fitzpatrick 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
/ / / TOTALS 44 1 1 0 1 0 46 1

Results and fixtures

      Win       Draw       Loss

Scottish Premier League

[3]

Match
Day
Date Opponent H/A Score[5] Motherwell Scorer(s) League
Position[6]
Attendance Report
1 9 August 2003 Dundee H 0–3 11 6,812 Fir Park Corner
2 16 August 2003 Livingston A 0–1 11 5,316 Fir Park Corner
3 23 August 2003 Kilmarnock H 2–1 McFadden  66' (pen.), Pearson  90' 8 5,087 Fir Park Corner
4 30 August 2003 Partick Thistle H 2–2 McFadden  9'69' 7 6,193 Fir Park Corner
5 13 September 2003 Hibernian A 2–0 Clarkson  45'75' 5 8,387 Fir Park Corner
6 20 September 2003 Celtic A 0–3 7 58,013 Fir Park Corner
7 27 September 2003 Hearts H 1–1 Adams  29' 8 5,888 Fir Park Corner
8 4 October 2003 Dundee United A 2–0 Adams  22' (pen.) 6 6,194 Fir Park Corner
9 19 October 2003 Rangers H 1–1 Pearson  25' 6 10,824 Fir Park Corner
10 1 November 2003 Aberdeen A 3–0 Craig  10', Pearson  77', Lasley  90' 5 9,895 Fir Park Corner
11 8 November 2003 Dundee A 1–0 Craig  52' 4 6,374 Fir Park Corner
12 22 November 2003 Livingston H 1–1 Clarkson  28' 4 6,357 Fir Park Corner
13 25 November 2003 Dunfermline Athletic H 2–2 Pearson  70', Corrigan  90' 4 4,220 Fir Park Corner
14 29 November 2003 Kilmarnock A 0–2 4 6,320 Fir Park Corner
15 7 December 2003 Partick Thistle A 0–1 5 4,124 Fir Park Corner
16 13 December 2003 Hibernian H 0–1 5 4,533 Fir Park Corner
17 21 December 2003 Celtic H 0–2 6 10,513 Fir Park Corner
18 27 December 2003 Hearts A 0–0 6 10,046 Fir Park Corner
19 3 January 2004 Dundee United H 3–1 Clarkson  60'68'90' 5 5,549 Fir Park Corner
20 17 January 2004 Rangers A 0–1 6 48,925 Fir Park Corner
21 24 January 2004 Dunfermline Athletic A 0–1 7 5,270 Fir Park Corner
22 11 February 2004 Dundee H 5–3 Lasley  15', Dair  18'73', Clarkson  51', Burns  62' 5 4,327 Fir Park Corner
23 14 February 2004 Livingston A 1–3 Adams  90' 6 3,492 Fir Park Corner
24 21 February 2004 Kilmarnock H 1–0 Quinn  15' 5 5,163 Fir Park Corner
25 24 February 2004 Aberdeen H 1–0 Wright  84' 5 5,220 Fir Park Corner
26 28 February 2004 Partick Thistle H 3–0 Hammell  1', Clarkson  52', Adams  80' 5 5,814 Fir Park Corner
27 14 March 2004 Celtic A 1–1 Adams  26' 5 47,563 Fir Park Corner
28 24 March 2004 Hibernian A 3–3 Lasley  46', Adams  60' (pen.), Doumbé  60' (o.g.) 5 5,670 Fir Park Corner
29 27 March 2004 Dundee United A 0–1 6 7,585 Fir Park Corner
30 4 April 2004 Rangers H 0–1 6 8,967 Fir Park Corner
31 15 April 2004 Hearts H 1–1 Clarkson  61' 6 5,500 Fir Park Corner
32 15 April 2004 Dunfermline Athletic H 1–0 Adams  10' (pen.) 5 3,920 Fir Park Corner
33 18 April 2004 Aberdeen A 2–0 Burns  61', Craig  90' 5 7,246 Fir Park Corner
34 24 April 2004 Dunfermline Athletic A 0–3 5 4,290 Fir Park Corner
35 1 May 2004 Rangers A 0–4 5 47,579 Fir Park Corner
36 8 May 2004 Dundee United H 0–1 6 5,722 Fir Park Corner
37 12 May 2004 Celtic H 1–1 Clarkson  64' 6 7,749 Fir Park Corner
38 16 May 2004 Hearts A 2–3 McDonald  37', Clarkson  45' 6 11,619 Fir Park Corner

Scottish Cup 2003-04

Date Round Opponent H/A Score[5] Motherwell Scorer(s)[7] Attendance Report
10 January 2004 3rd Round St Johnstone A 3-0 Clarkson (24, 32), McDonald (90) 4,090 Fir Park Corner
7 February 2004 4th Round Queen of the South H 3-2 Adams (3(pen.)), Burns (18, 45) 8,101 Fir Park Corner
6 March 2004 Quarter-finals Inverness C.T. H 0-1 7,930 Fir Park Corner

Scottish League Cup 2003-04

Date Round Opponent H/A Score[5] Motherwell Scorer(s)[7] Attendance Report
23 September 2003 2nd Round Forfar Athletic A 3-3
[note 1]
Steven Craig (3), Keith Lasley (55), Stephen Pearson (60) 1,110 Fir Park Corner

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
6 9 August 2003 16 May 2004
23 September 2003 23 September 2003
10 January 2004 6 March 2004

Source: Competitions

Classification

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
4 Dunfermline Athletic 38 14 11 13 45 52 −7 53
5 Dundee United 38 13 10 15 47 60 −13 49
6 Motherwell 38 12 10 16 42 49 −7 46
7 Dundee 38 12 10 16 48 57 −9 46
8 Hibernian 38 11 11 16 41 60 −19 44 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round

Source: Fir Park Corner
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(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 12 10 16 42 49 −7 46 7 7 5 25 22 +3 5 3 11 17 27 −10

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

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

Results by opponent

Team Results[5] Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 3–0 1–0 2–0 9
Celtic 0–3 0-2 1-1 1–1 2
Dundee 0–3 1–0 5–3 6
Dundee United 2–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 6
Dunfermline 2–2 0–1 1–0 0—3 4
Heart of Midlothian 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 3
Hibernian 2–0 0–1 3–3 4
Livingston 0–1 1–1 1–3 1
Kilmarnock 2–1 0–2 1–0 6
Partick Thistle 2–2 0–1 3–0 4
Rangers 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–4 1

Source: Scottish Premier League 2003–04 article

Note

  1. ^ Motherwell lost 4-2 on penalties after extra time

References

  1. ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/2003-2004/scotprm/mother.htm
  2. ^ Motherwell Club Stats, Soccerbase.com
  3. ^ a b Motherwell results 2003/2004, Fir Park Corner
  4. ^ Motherwell F.C. 2003-04 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site
  5. ^ a b c d Motherwell's score is shown first.
  6. ^ Shows Motherwell's position in the table at end of day the match was played on
  7. ^ a b The number(s) in brackets shows the minutes of the goal(s) that was/were scored.