2004–05 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
2004–05 season
Chairman John Boyle
Manager Terry Butcher
Premier League 6th
Scottish Cup Third Round
League Cup Final
Top goalscorer League: Scott McDonald (15)
All: Scott McDonald (15)
Highest home attendance 12,994 vs Celtic
21 May 2005
Lowest home attendance 4,267 vs Inverness C.T.
18 December 2004
Average home league attendance 6,960
Home colours
Away colours
2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was Motherwell's 7th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 20th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

Squad

As of 6 August 2011[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Gordon Marshall
2 Scotland DF Martyn Corrigan
3 Scotland DF Steven Hammell
4 Scotland MF Brian Kerr
5 Northern Ireland DF Stephen Craigan
6 Scotland FW Gerry Britton
7 Australia FW Scott McDonald
8 Scotland MF Scott Leitch
9 Republic of Ireland FW Richie Foran
10 Scotland MF Phil O'Donnell
11 Scotland FW Alex Burns
12 Scotland FW David Clarkson
14 Wales DF David Partridge
15 Scotland GK Barry John Corr
No. Position Player
16 Scotland FW Jim Hamilton
17 Scotland MF Kevin McBride
18 Scotland DF Jim Paterson
19 Scotland DF Paul Quinn
20 Scotland FW Kenny Wright
21 Scotland MF Shaun Fagan
22 Scotland DF William Kinniburgh
23 Scotland DF Chris Higgins
24 Scotland MF Marc Fitzpatrick
25 Scotland GK Jamie Ewings
27 Scotland MF Kenny Connolly
32 Scotland FW David Keogh
33 Scotland FW Adam Coakley
37 Scotland MF Darren Smith

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee
16 June 2004 FW Republic of Ireland Richie Foran England Carlisle United Free[2]
29 June 2004 MF Scotland Brian Kerr England Newcastle United Free[3]
14 July 2004 DF Scotland Jim Paterson Dundee United Free[4]
27 January 2005 FW Scotland Jim Hamilton Livingston Free[5]
31 March 2005 FW Scotland Gerry Britton Partick Thistle Free[6]

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee
1 June 2004 FW Scotland Steven Craig Aberdeen Free[7]
3 June 2004 MF Scotland Keith Lasley England Plymouth Argyle Free[2]
16 June 2004 MF Scotland Jason Dair Livingston Free[8]
1 July 2004 MF Scotland Derek Adams Aberdeen Free[7]
21 January 2005 DF England David Cowan St. Johnstone

Loans in

Date from Date to Position Nationality Name From
10 August 2004[9] Season Long MF Scotland Kevin McBride Celtic

Loans out

Date from Date to Position Nationality Name To
6 January 2005[10] Season Long FW Scotland Alex Burns Clyde

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date
31 May 2005 FW Scotland Gerry Britton Dundee 31 May 2005[11]
31 May 2005 FW Scotland Alex Burns Brechin City 3 August 2005[12]

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Classification

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
4 Aberdeen 38 18 7 13 44 39+5 61
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 11 14 43 41+2 50
6 Motherwell 38 13 9 16 46 493 48
7 Kilmarnock 38 15 4 19 49 556 49
8 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 11 11 16 41 476 44

Source: Fir Park Corner
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.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 13 9 16 46 49 −3 48 8 4 7 29 22 +7 5 5 9 17 27 −10

Source: Fir Park Corner

Results by round

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAH
Result L L W W D W W D L L L L L W W W W W L L D L L L D W D W D L W L D L D D L W
Position 11 11 8 5 6 3 2 3 5 7 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

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

Results by opponent

Team Results[13] Points
1 2 3 4
Aberdeen 1–2 0–0 3–1 0—1 4
Celtic 0-2 2-3 0-2 2–1 3
Dundee 2–1 3–0 1–2 6
Dundee United 4–2 1–0 2–0 9
Dunfermline 1–1 2–1 0–0 5
Heart of Midlothian 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 10
Hibernian 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 2
Inverness C.T. 1–1 0–2 0–1 1
Livingston 3–2 2–0 1–1 7
Kilmarnock 0–1 0–2 1–1 1
Rangers 0–2 1–4 2–3 1–4 0

Source: Scottish Premier League 2004–05 article

Results

[14]

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Statistics

Appearances

As of 6 August 2011[14][15]

No. Pos Nat Player TotalScottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Scotland Gordon Marshall 39 0 33+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
2 DF Scotland Martyn Corrigan 37 2 31+0 2 1+0 0 5+0 0
3 DF Scotland Steven Hammell 38 0 32+0 0 1+0 0 5+0 0
4 MF Scotland Brian Kerr 8 0 6+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Northern Ireland Stephen Craigan 43 4 37+0 3 1+0 0 5+0 1
6 FW Scotland Gerry Britton 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 FW Australia Scott McDonald 32 15 26+1 15 1+0 0 4+0 0
8 MF Scotland Scott Leitch (c) 34 0 28+1 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland Richie Foran 41 9 25+10 5 1+0 0 4+1 4
10 MF Scotland Phil O'Donnell 23 5 18+0 3 0+0 0 5+0 2
11 FW Scotland Alex Burns 11 1 4+6 1 0+0 0 0+1 0
12 FW Scotland David Clarkson 41 4 25+10 3 1+0 0 3+2 1
14 DF Wales David Partridge 32 2 29+0 1 0+0 0 3+0 1
15 GK Scotland Barry John Corr 6 0 5+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
16 FW Scotland Jim Hamilton 14 3 13+1 3 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 MF Scotland Kevin McBride 30 7 24+1 5 1+0 0 4+0 2
18 DF Scotland Jim Paterson 40 4 27+8 3 0+0 0 4+1 1
19 DF Scotland Paul Quinn 26 0 20+3 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
20 FW Scotland Kenny Wright 8 1 0+7 0 0+0 0 0+1 1
21 MF Scotland Shaun Fagan 27 0 11+12 0 0+1 0 0+3 0
22 DF Scotland William Kinniburgh 16 0 10+3 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
22 DF Scotland Chris Higgins 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
24 MF Scotland Marc Fitzpatrick 29 2 14+11 1 1+0 0 1+2 1
25 GK Scotland Jamie Ewings 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF Scotland Kenny Connolly 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 FW Scotland David Keogh 3 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
33 FW Scotland Adam Coakley 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
37 MF Scotland Darren Smith 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season:
16 DF England David Cowan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

Last updated on 6 August 2011
Position Nation Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
21 Australia 7 Scott McDonald 15 0 0 15
2 Republic of Ireland 9 Richie Foran 5 0 4 9
3 Scotland 17 Kevin McBride 5 0 2 7
4 Scotland 10 Phil O'Donnell 3 0 2 5
5 Scotland 12 David Clarkson 3 0 1 4
6 Northern Ireland 5 Stephen Craigan 3 0 1 4
7 Scotland 18 Jim Paterson 3 0 1 4
8 Scotland 2 Martyn Corrigan 2 0 0 2
9 Scotland 24 Marc Fitzpatrick 1 0 1 2
10 Wales 14 David Partridge 1 0 1 2
11 Scotland 11 Alex Burns 1 0 0 1
12 Scotland 16 Jim Hamilton 1 0 0 1
13 Scotland 20 Kenny Wright 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 3 0 1 4
TOTALS 43 0 15 58

Disciplinary Record

Last updated 8 December 2010[16]
Nation Position Number Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
Red card Red card Red card Red card
Scotland GK 1 Gordon Marshall 01000001
Scotland DF 2 Martyn Corrigan 20001030
Scotland DF 3 Steven Hammell 40102070
Scotland MF 4 Brian Kerr 00000000
Northern Ireland DF 5 Stephen Craigan 702130121
Scotland FW 6 Gerry Britton 00000000
Australia FW 7 Scott McDonald 30000030
Scotland DF 14 Scott Leitch 60000060
Republic of Ireland FW 9 Richie Foran 60102090
Scotland MF 10 Phil O'Donnell 00000000
Scotland FW 11 Alex Burns 00000000
Scotland FW 12 David Clarkson 51000051
Wales DF 14 David Partridge 60000060
Scotland GK 15 Barry John Corr 00000000
Scotland DF 16 David Cowan 00000000
Scotland FW 16 Jim Hamilton 40000040
Scotland MF 17 Kevin McBride 10001020
Scotland DF 18 Jim Paterson 20000020
Scotland DF 19 Paul Quinn 40000040
Scotland FW 20 Kenny Wright 10000010
Scotland MF 21 Shaun Fagan 20000010
Scotland DF 22 William Kinniburgh 10000010
Scotland DF 22 Chris Higgins 00000000
Scotland MF 24 Marc Fitzpatrick 10001020
Scotland GK 25 Jamie Ewings 00000000
Scotland MF 27 Kenny Connolly 00000000
Scotland FW 32 David Keogh 00000000
Scotland FW 33 Adam Coakley 10000010
Scotland FW 37 Darren Smith 00000000
TOTALS 56 2 4 1 10 0 70 3

See also

References

  1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/2004-2005/scotprm/mother.htm
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Transfers - June 2004". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. "Brian Kerr Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  4. "Jim Paterson Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  5. "Hamilton makes Motherwell switch". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  6. "Britton agrees short stay at Well". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Dons land Well duo". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  8. "Livi snap up Dair". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  9. "Kevin McBride Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  10. "Alex Burns Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  11. "Gerry Britton Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  12. "Brechin to take a chance on Burns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  13. Motherwell's score is shown first.
  14. 14.0 14.1 Motherwell results 2004/2005, Fir Park Corner
  15. Motherwell Club Stats, Soccerbase.com
  16. Motherwell F.C. 2004-05 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site