2008–09 Motherwell F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Motherwell's 11th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 24th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football. As well as the SPL, the club competed in the Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, and the UEFA Cup for the first time in 13 years.

Important Events

15 August, 2008 – The first Scottish Premier League fixture of the season (against Hearts) ends in a 3–2 defeat at Tynecastle.
29 August 2008 – Draw for the UEFA Cup First round. Motherwell draw French side Nancy.
1 September 2008 – Draw for the Scottish League Cup third round. Motherwell draw Hamilton (home).
1 December 2008 – Draw for the Scottish Cup fourth round. Motherwell draw Inverurie (away).
1 January 2009 – Draw for the Scottish Cup fifth round. Motherwell draw St Mirren (home).
23 May 2009 – The final Scottish Premier League fixture of the season (against Kilmarnock) ends in a 2–1 defeat at Fir Park.
26 May 2009 - Motherwell are awarded a place in the Europa League after finishing in the fair play top three, alongside Randers and Rosenborg.^[1]
12 June 2009 – Mark McGhee leaves the club to become manager of Aberdeen. Assistant Scott Leitch and goalkeeping coach Colin Meldrum also leave for the Pittodrie outfit.^[2]

Transfers

For a list of Scottish football transfers in 2008–09, see transfers in season 2008–09

Summer Transfer Window (1 July – 1 September 2008)

In Permanent

Date	Player	From	Fee	Contract length
8 July 2008	Bob Malcolm^[3]	unattached	Free	One year
8 August 2008	Jim O'Brien^[4]	Celtic	Undisclosed	Two years
19 August 2008	John Sutton^[5]	Wycombe Wanderers	Undisclosed	Three years

Loans in

Date	Player	From	Loan Length
19 August 2008	Gunnar Nielsen^[4]	Blackburn Rovers	6 months
19 August 2008	Maros Klimpl^[6]	FC Midtjylland	6 months

Loans out

Date	Player	To	Loan Length

Out Permanent

Date	Player	To	Fee
13 June 2008	Martin Grehan^[7]	Stirling Albion	Free
13 June 2008	Ross McCormack^[8]	Cardiff City	£100,000
20 July 2008	David Nixon^[9]	Airdrie United	Free
25 July 2008	Stephen McGuire^[10]	Airdrie United	Free

Winter Transfer Window (1 January – 2 February 2009)

In Permanent

Date	Player	From	Fee	Contract length

Loans in

Date	Player	From	Loan Length
2 January 2009	Artur Krysiak^[11]	Birmingham City	6 months
2 February 2009	Cillian Sheridan^[12]	Celtic	6 months
2 February 2008	Semih Aydilek^[12]	Birmingham City	6 months

Loans out

Date	Player	To	Loan Length
24 January 2009	Ross Forbes^[13]	Dumbarton	6 months

Out Permanent

Date	Player	To	Fee	Note
17 January 2009	Kenny Connolly^[14]	Ayr United	Free
31 January 2009	Chris Porter^[15]	Derby County	£400,000

Motherwell F.C. Season 2008-09 First-team Squad

As of 5 December 2010^[16]

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	Graeme Smith
2	DF	Paul Quinn
3	DF	Steven Hammell
4	DF	Mark Reynolds
5	DF	Stephen Craigan
6	DF	Brian McLean
7	MF	Stephen Hughes
8	MF	Robert Malcolm (Departed January 2009)
9	FW	Chris Porter (Departed January 2009)
9	FW	Cillian Sheridan (Arrived January 2009)
10	FW	David Clarkson
11	FW	John Sutton
12	MF	Darren Smith
13	DF	Maros Klimpl (On loan from FC Midtjylland)
14	MF	Keith Lasley

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	Jamie Murphy
16	MF	Marc Fitzpatrick
17	MF	Jim O'Brien
18	MF	Steven McGarry
19	GK	Artur Krysiak (Arrived January 2009)
21	GK	Gunnar Neilsen (On loan from Blackburn Rovers (Departed January 2009))
22	MF	Semih Aydilek (Arrived January 2009)
23	FW	Mark Archdeacon
26	MF	Kenny Connolly
29	MF	Ross Forbes
35	FW	Robert McHugh
37	DF	Shaun Hutchinson
43	DF	Steven Saunders
45	FW	Paul Slane

Motherwell F.C. Season 2008-09 Statistics

Appearances

As of 8 December 2010^[17]^[18]

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Total		Scottish Premier League		UEFA Cup		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Nat	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1		GK	Graeme Smith	43	0	37+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
2		DF	Paul Quinn	40	0	33+1	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
3		DF	Steven Hammell	43	0	37+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
4		DF	Mark Reynolds	42	0	36+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
5		DF	Stephen Craigan	28	0	22+0	0	2+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
6		DF	Brian McLean	12	2	12+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7		MF	Stephen Hughes	40	2	35+0	1	2+0	0	2+0	1	1+0	0
8		MF	Robert Malcolm	16	2	11+2	2	2+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
9		FW	Chris Porter	25	9	21+1	9	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
9		FW	Cillian Sheridan	15	2	9+4	2	0+0	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
10		FW	David Clarkson	39	14	30+3	13	2+0	0	3+0	1	1+0	0
11		FW	John Sutton	33	12	26+2	10	1+1	0	1+1	2	0+1	0
12		MF	Darren Smith	22	0	1+15	0	0+2	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
13		DF	Maros Klimpl	24	1	20+1	1	0+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
14		MF	Keith Lasley	33	0	24+4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
15		FW	Jamie Murphy	34	3	11+19	2	0+2	0	0+1	0	1+0	1
16		MF	Marc Fitzpatrick	28	1	14+9	1	1+0	0	3+0	0	0+1	0
17		MF	Jim O'Brien	33	1	19+10	1	0+0	0	3+0	0	1+0	0
19		MF	Steven McGarry	25	0	16+7	0	1+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
21		GK	Gunnar Neilsen	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21		GK	Artur Krysiak	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22		FW	Semih Aydilek	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23		FW	Mark Archdeacon	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26		MF	Kenny Connolly	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
29		MF	Ross Forbes	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35		FW	Robert McHugh	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37		DF	Shaun Hutchinson	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
43		DF	Steven Saunders	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
45		MF	Paul Slane	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

2008-09 Motherwell Top scorers

Last updated on 8 December 2010^[17]

Position	Nation	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Total
1		10	David Clarkson	13	1	0	14
2		11	John Sutton	10	2	0	12
3		9	Chris Porter	9	0	0	10
4		8	Robert Malcolm	3	0	0	3
5		15	Jamie Murphy	2	0	1	3
6		28	Brian McLean	2	0	0	2
7		9	Cillian Sheridan	2	0	0	2
8		7	Stephen Hughes	1	1	0	2
9		16	Marc Fitzpatrick	1	0	0	1
10		13	Maros Klimpl	1	0	0	1
11		17	Jim O'Brien	1	0	0	1
12		2	Paul Quinn	1	0	0	1
/	/	/	Own Goals	0	0	0	0
/	/	/	TOTALS	46	4	1	51

2008-09 Motherwell Disciplinary Record

Last updated 8 December 2010^[17]

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League		UEFA Cup		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Total
	GK	1	Graeme Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	2	Paul Quinn	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	DF	4	Mark Reynolds	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
	DF	5	Stephen Craigan	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
	DF	6	Brian McLean	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	7	Stephen Hughes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	MF	8	Robert Malcolm	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	FW	9	Chris Porter	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	9	Cillian Sheridan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	10	David Clarkson	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
	FW	11	John Sutton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	12	Darren Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	13	Maroš Klimpl	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
	MF	14	Keith Lasley	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	0
	FW	15	Jamie Murphy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	16	Marc Fitzpatrick	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	MF	17	Jim O'Brien	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	19	Steven McGarry	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	GK	21	Gunnar Nielsen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK	21	Artur Krysiak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	22	Semih Aydilek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	23	Mark Archdeacon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	26	Kenny Connolly	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	29	Ross Forbes	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	35	Robert McHugh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	37	Shaun Hutchinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	43	Steven Saunders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	45	Paul Slane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
/	/	/	TOTALS	52	3	1	0	3	0	2	1	58	4

Motherwell 2008-09 Season

Win Draw Loss

Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 2008–09

^[18]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[19]	Attendance	Motherwell Scorer(s)	Report
09 Aug 2008	Hearts	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A)	2–3	14,219	Clarkson (2)
16 Aug 2008	Aberdeen	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–1	5,872		BBC Sport
23 Aug 2008	Dundee United	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–1	5,149	Sutton
30 Aug 2008	Hibernian	Easter Road, Edinburgh (A)	1–0	11,285	Sutton
13 Sep 2008	Celtic	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–4	5,872	Clarkson, Sutton	BBC Sport
21 Sep 2008	Rangers	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A)	1–2	49,448		BBC Sport
27 Sep 2008	St. Mirren	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–1	4,786	Malcolm, Sutton
05 Oct 2008	Falkirk	Fir Park, Motherwell(H)	3–2	4,509	Porter, Murphy, Sutton
18 Oct 2008	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A)	0–1	5,113
25 Oct 2008	Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A)	2–1	3,110	Malcolm (2)
01 Nov 2008	Hamilton	Fir Park, Motherwell(H)	2–0	6,205	Porter (2) Sutton
08 Nov 2008	Celtic	Celtic Park, Glasgow (A)	0–2	56,504		BBC Sport
12 Nov 2008	Rangers	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–0	9,600		BBC Sport
15 Nov 2008	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A)	0-1	5,279
22 Nov 2008	Hibernian	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1-4	4,957	Malcolm
29 Nov 2008	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (A)	0–2	10,302		BBC Sport
15 Dec 2008	Kilmarnock	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–2	3,339
20 Dec 2008	Hamilton	New Douglas Park, Hamilton (A)	0–2	3,527
27 Dec 2008	Inverness	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	3–2	4,521	Porter (3)
3 Jan 2009	St. Mirren	Love Street, Paisley (A)	0–0	10,189
7 Jan 2009	Hearts	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–0	4,928	Porter
17 Jan 2009	Dundee United	Tannadice, Dundee (A)	4–0	7,090	Klimpl, Porter, Clarkson, Fitzpatrick
24 Jan 2009	Falkirk	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–1	5,018	Clarkson
31 Jan 2009	Hibernian	Easter Road, Edinburgh (A)	1–1	10,903	Clarkson
14 Feb 2009	Hamilton	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–0	5,197	Clarkson
22 Feb 2009	Celtic	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–1	8,593	Quinn	BBC Sport
28 Feb 2009	Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A)	2–1	3,611	Sutton, Sheridan
04 Mar 2009	Hearts	Tynecastle, Edinburgh (A)	1–2	13,306	Hughes	BBC Sport
14 Mar 2009	Dundee United	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–1	4,798	Clarkson, Sutton	BBC Sport
21 Mar 2009	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A)	0–0	5,434		BBC Sport
04 Apr 2009	Aberdeen	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–1	4,686	O'Brien	BBC Sport
11 Apr 2009	Rangers	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A)	1–3	50,080	Sutton	BBC Sport
18 Apr 2009	St. Mirren	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–2	6,626		BBC Sport
2 May 2009	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A)	1–2	4,937	Clarkson (pen.)	BBC Sport
9 May 2009	St. Mirren	St. Mirren Park, Paisley (A)	3–1	4,002	Murphy, Clarkson (2)	BBC Sport
13 May 2009	Inverness CT	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–2	2,818	McLean, Sutton	BBC Sport
16 May 2009	Hamilton	New Douglas Park, Hamilton (A)	3–0	3,383	Clarkson, Sheridan, Sutton	BBC Sport
23 May 2009	Kilmarnock	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–2	4,186	McLean	BBC Sport

UEFA Cup 2008-09

Main article: UEFA Cup 2008–09

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Score^[19]	Motherwell Scorer(s)^[20]	Attendance	Report
18 September 2008	1st Round	AS Nancy	A	0-1		16,094	BBC Sport
02 October 2008	1st Round	AS Nancy	H	0-2		11,318	BBC Sport

Scottish Cup 2008-09

Main article: Scottish Cup 2008–09

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Score^[19]	Motherwell Scorer(s)^[20]	Attendance	Report
02 February 2009	4th Round	Inverurie	A	3-0	John Sutton (2, 69), David Clarkson (57)	2,500	BBC Sport
07 February 2009	5th Round	St Mirren	H	1-1	Stephen Hughes (65)	5,695	BBC Sport
19 February 2009	5th Round Replay	St Mirren	A	0-1		4,555	BBC Sport

Scottish League Cup 2008-09

Main article: Scottish League Cup 2008–09

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Score^[19]	Motherwell Scorer(s)^[20]	Attendance	Report
24 September 2008	3rd Round	Hamilton	H	1-2	Jamie Murphy	5,590	BBC Sport

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
	—	—	7	9 August 2008	23 May 2009
		—		24 September 2008	24 September 2008
		—		2 February 2009	19 February 2009
UEFA Cup	First round	—	First round	2 September 2008	2 October 2008

Source: Competitions

SPL

Main article: Scottish Premier League 2008–09

Classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Dundee United	38	13	14	11	47	50	−3	53
6	Hibernian	38	11	14	13	42	46	−4	47

7	Motherwell	38	13	9	16	46	51	−5	48	2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ¹
8	Kilmarnock	38	12	8	18	38	48	−10	44
9	Hamilton Academical	38	12	5	21	30	53	−23	41

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
¹ Scotland was among the best three associations in the UEFA Fair Play ranking and thus received an additional spot in the UEFA Europa League 2009-10. Since Celtic, the winners of the Scottish Fair Play ranking, already qualified for the UEFA Champions League 2009–10, Motherwell, being the second place team in the ranking, earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2009–10.^[21]
(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	13	9	16	46	51	−5	48	7	6	6	24	27	−3	6	3	10	22	24	−2

Source: BBC Sport

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L
Position	9	11	10	9	10	11	10	8	9	7	3	6	6	7	9	10	11	10	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Source: BBC Sport
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results by opponent

Team	Results^[19]				Points
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	0–1	0–2	1–1	—	1
Celtic	2-4	0–2	1–1	—	1
Dundee United	1–1	0–4	2–1	–	7
Falkirk	3–2	0–1	1–1	1—2	4
Hamilton Academical	2–0	0–2	1–0	3—0	9
Heart of Midlothian	2–3	1–0	1–2	–	3
Hibernian	1–0	1–4	1–1	–	4
Inverness CT	2–1	3–2	2–1	2—2	10
Kilmarnock	0–1	0–2	0-0	1—2	1
Rangers	1–2	0–0	1–3	–	1
St. Mirren	2–1	0–0	0–2	3—1	7

Source: Scottish Premier League 2008–09 article

References

^ Motherwell Awarded European Place, BBC Sport, 26 May 2008
^ Dons Welcome Returning Hero, BBC Sport, 12 June 2009
^ Malcolm pens Well deal Sky Sports, 8 July 2008
^ ^a ^b 'Well unveil double signing Motherwell F.C., August 8, 2008
^ Motherwell seal Sutton transfer BBC Sport, August 19, 2008
^ Well sign Slovak defender Klimpl BBC Sport, September 1, 2008
^ Malcolm pens Well deal Sky Sports, 8 July 2008
^ Cardiff add McCormack and Dennehy BBC Sport, 28 June 2008
^ Nixon is Airdrie United new boy BBC Sport, 19 July 2008
^ McGuire given Airdrie contract BBC Sport, 25 July 2008
^ Blues loan keeper Krysiak to Well BBC Sport, 2 January 2009
^ ^a ^b Motherwell sign loan duo Sky Sports, 2 February 2009
^ Forbes and Pope head out on loan BBC Sport, 24 January 2009
^ Ayr snap up midfielder Connolly BBC Sport, 17 January 2009
^ Well's Porter agrees Derby move BBC Sport, 31 January 2009
^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/2008-2009/scotprm/mother.htm
^ ^a ^b ^c Motherwell F.C. 2008-09 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site
^ ^a ^b Motherwell FC season 2008-09, Fir Park Corner
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Motherwell's score is shown first.
^ ^a ^b ^c The number(s) in brackets shows the minutes of the goal(s) that was/were scored.
^ "Scots win Fair Play European spot". BBC Sport. 8 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/8039270.stm. Retrieved 8 May 2009.

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