1997–98 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
1997-98 season
Chairman Scotland John Boyle
Manager Scotland Alex McLeish (Resigned),
Finland Harri Kampman
Premier Division 9th
Scottish Cup Quarter-Finals
League Cup Fourth Round
Top goalscorer League: Tommy Coyne (14)
All: Owen Coyle (16)
1998-99

The 1997-98 season was Motherwell's 13th consecutive season in the Scottish Premier Division, and their final season before the top division of Scottish Football was reformed as the Scottish Premier League.

First team squad

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

No. Position Player
Scotland GK Scott Thomson
Scotland GK Stevie Woods
Scotland DF Kevin Christie
Northern Ireland DF Stephen Craigan
Scotland DF Greig Denham
Iceland DF Gunni Jonsson
Scotland DF Brian Martin
Scotland DF Eddie May
Scotland DF Stephen McMillan
England DF Rob Newman
Scotland DF John Philliben
Austria DF Franz Resch
Finland DF Marko Tuomela
Scotland MF Billy Davies
Sweden MF Stefan Lindqvist
No. Position Player
France MF Éric Garcin
Scotland MF Shaun McSkimming
Scotland MF Ian Ross
Finland MF Simo Valakari
Scotland FW Mickey Weir
Scotland FW Dougie Arnott
Republic of Ireland FW Owen Coyle
Republic of Ireland FW Tommy Coyne
Austria FW Mario Dorner
Scotland FW Willie Falconer
Scotland FW John Hendry
Sweden FW Mats Lundgren
Scotland FW Lee McCulloch
Namibia FW Eliphas Shivute

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results

Source: [1]

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Source: [1]

Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Celtic (C) 36 22 8 6 64 24+40 74 UEFA Champions League 1998-99 First qualifying round
2 Rangers 36 21 9 6 76 38+38 72 1998–99 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
3 Heart of Midlothian 36 19 10 7 70 46+24 67 Cup Winners' Cup 1998-99
Qualifying round
4 Kilmarnock 36 13 11 12 40 5212 50 1998–99 UEFA Cup First qualifying round
5 St Johnstone 36 13 9 14 38 424 48
6 Aberdeen 36 9 12 15 39 5314 39
7 Dundee United 36 8 13 15 43 518 37
8 Dunfermline Athletic 36 8 13 15 43 6825 37
9 Motherwell 36 9 7 20 46 6418 34
10 Hibernian (R) 36 6 12 18 38 5921 30 Relegation to First Division

Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (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; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Statistics

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK Scotland Scott Thomson 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
GK Scotland Stevie Woods 42 0 35+0 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland Kevin Christie 25 0 20+1 0 2+0 0 2+0 0
DF Northern Ireland Stephen Craigan 14 0 9+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Greig Denham 21 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF Iceland Gunni Jonsson 2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland Brian Martin 33 1 26+0 1 4+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland Eddie May 32 0 20+5 0 4+0 0 3+0 0
DF Scotland Stephen McMillan 41 1 33+1 1 4+0 0 3+0 0
DF England Rob Newman 15 0 11+0 0 4+0 0 0+0 0
DF Scotland John Philliben 15 0 10+3 0 0+2 0 0+0 0
DF Austria Franz Resch 5 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
DF Finland Marko Tuomela 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Billy Davies 19 2 12+5 2 0+1 0 1+0 0
MF France Éric Garcin 13 1 7+4 1 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF Sweden Stefan Lindqvist 6 1 5+1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF Scotland Shaun McSkimming 15 1 11+1 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
MF Scotland Ian RosS 25 1 16+6 1 0+0 0 0+3 0
MF Finland Simo Valakari 31 0 24+3 0 0+2 0 1+1 0
MF Scotland Mickey Weir 23 4 13+5 4 2+0 0 3+0 0
FW Scotland Dougie Arnott 10 1 3+4 1 1+2 0 0+0 0
FW Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle 43 16 34+2 11 4+0 1 3+0 4
FW Republic of Ireland Tommy Coyne 41 15 33+1 14 4+0 1 3+0 0
FW Austria Mario Dorner 4 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+2 0
FW Scotland Willie Falconer 29 4 21+1 3 4+0 0 3+0 1
FW Scotland John Hendry 13 1 10+3 1 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Sweden Mats Lundgren 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW Scotland Lee McCulloch 30 2 6+18 2 2+2 0 0+2 0
FW Namibia Eliphas Shivute 24 3 12+11 3 0+0 0 0+1 0

Source:[2]

Top scorers

Ranking Nation Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
1 Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle 11 1 4 16
2 Republic of Ireland Tommy Coyne 14 1 0 15
3 Scotland Mickey Weir 4 0 0 4
4 Scotland Willie Falconer 3 0 1 4
5 Namibia Eliphas Shivute 3 0 0 3
6 Scotland Billy Davies 2 0 0 2
Scotland Lee McCulloch 2 0 0 2
7 Scotland Brian Martin 1 0 0 1
Scotland Stephen McMillan 1 0 0 1
Sweden Stefan Lindqvist 1 0 0 1
Scotland Ian Ross 1 0 0 1
Scotland Dougie Arnott 1 0 0 1
France Éric Garcin 1 0 0 1
Scotland John Hendry 1 0 0 1
Scotland Shaun McSkimming 0 1 0 1
/ / Own Goals 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 46 4 5 55

Source:[2]

Disciplinary record

Nation Position Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
Scotland GK Scott Thomson 00000000
Scotland GK Stevie Woods 00000000
Scotland DF Kevin Christie 41202081
Northern Ireland DF Stephen Craigan 40000040
Scotland DF Greig Denham 61000061
Iceland DF Gunni Jonsson 10000010
Scotland DF Brian Martin 70000181
Scotland DF Eddie May 30001040
Scotland DF Stephen McMillan 80001090
England DF Rob Newman 40000040
Scotland DF John Philliben 30000030
Austria DF Franz Resch 10000010
Finland DF Marko Tuomela 00000000
Scotland MF Billy Davies 10000111
France MF Éric Garcin 10100020
Sweden MF Stefan Lindqvist 00000000
Scotland MF Shaun McSkimming 30000030
Scotland MF Ian Ross 50002171
Finland MF Simo Valakari 70001080
Scotland MF Mickey Weir 00001010
Scotland FW Dougie Arnott 00000000
Republic of Ireland FW Owen Coyle 30002050
Republic of Ireland FW Tommy Coyne 30001040
Austria FW Mario Dorner 00000000
Scotland FW Willie Falconer 60001070
Scotland FW John Hendry 10000010
Sweden FW Mats Lundgren 00000000
Scotland FW Lee McCulloch 30100040
Namibia FW Eliphas Shivute 10000010
TOTALS 75 2 4 0 12 3 91 5

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier Division 9 2 August 19979 May 1998
Template:Fb competition 1997-98 SL Cup Template:Fb round2 1997-98 SL Cup R2 Template:Fb round2 1997-98 SL Cup R3 9 August 199710 September 1997
Template:Fb competition 1997-98 SC Template:Fb round2 1997-98 SC R3 Template:Fb round2 1997-98 SC QF 24 January 199817 February 1998

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 9 7 20 46 64 −18 34 6 4 8 26 28 −2 3 3 12 20 36 −16

Source: Fir Park Corner

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAAHHHAHAAHAHAHAAHHAAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
Result W L W L D D L L L L L L W D D L W W L L D L W L L W L W L W D D L L L L
Position 1 5 3 5 5 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 9 9 9

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

Results by opponent

Team Results[3] Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 3–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 3
Celtic 2–3 2-0 1-1 1–4 4
Dundee United 0–4 1–0 0–1 1–0 6
Dunfermline Athletic 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 6
Heart of Midlothian 1–4 0–2 2–4 1–4 0
Hibernian 1–1 1–1 6–2 1–0 5
Kilmarnock 1–2 0–1 1–4 1–1 1
Rangers 2–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 5
St. Johnstone 0–1 3–4 2–1 2–3 3

Source: Scottish Premier Division 1997-98 article

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Results and Fixtures 1997-1998, Fir Park Corner
  2. 2.0 2.1 1997–98 Motherwell player stats, Soccerbase
  3. Motherwell's score is shown first.