1996–97 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell
1996-97 season
Manager Scotland Alex McLeish
Premier Division 8th
Scottish Cup Quarter-Finals
League Cup Second Round
Top goalscorer League: Tommy Coyne (11)
All: Tommy Coyne (11)

The 1996-97 season was Motherwell's 12th consecutive season in the Scottish Premier Division, the top division of Scottish Football.

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 Howie
Scotland GK Stevie Woods
Scotland DF Kevin Christie
Northern Ireland DF Stephen Craigan
Scotland DF Greig Denham
Scotland DF Brian Martin
Scotland DF Eddie May
Scotland DF David McCallum
Scotland MF Chris McCart
Scotland DF Stephen McMillan
Scotland DF John Philliben
Scotland DF Fraser Wishart
Netherlands DF Mitchell Van der Gaag
Scotland MF Billy Davies
Scotland MF Jamie Dolan
No. Position Player
Finland MF Joni Lehtonen
Scotland MF Shaun McSkimming
Scotland MF Andy Roddie
Scotland MF Ian Ross
Finland MF Simo Valakari
Scotland MF Mickey Weir
Scotland FW Dougie Arnott
Scotland FW Alex Burns
Republic of Ireland FW Owen Coyle
Republic of Ireland FW Tommy Coyne
Northern Ireland FW Roy Essandoh
Scotland FW Willie Falconer
Scotland FW John Hendry
Scotland FW Lee McCulloch

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results

Source:[1]

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1996-97 Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Source:[1]

Scottish Premier Division

P Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Rangers 36 25 5 6 85 33 52 80
2 Celtic 36 23 6 7 78 32 46 75
3 Dundee United 36 17 9 10 46 33 13 60
4 Heart of Midlothian 36 14 10 12 46 43 3 52
5 Dunfermline Athletic 36 12 9 15 52 65 13 45
6 Aberdeen 36 10 14 12 45 54 9 44
7 Kilmarnock 36 11 6 19 41 61 20 39
8 Motherwell 36 9 11 16 44 55 11 38
9 Hibernian 36 9 11 16 38 55 17 38
10 Raith Rovers 36 6 7 23 29 73 44 25

Statistics

Top scorers

Ranking Nation Name Scottish Premier League Scottish Cup Scottish League Cup Total
1 Republic of Ireland Tommy Coyne 11 0 0 11
2 Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle 7 3 0 10
3 Netherlands Mitchell Van der Gaag 6 1 0 7
4 Scotland Shaun McSkimming 4 1 0 5
5 Scotland Dougie Arnott 3 0 0 3
6 Scotland Willie Falconer 2 0 0 2
Scotland Eddie May 2 0 0 2
Scotland Ian Ross 2 0 0 2
Scotland Mickey Weir 2 0 0 2
Scotland Billy Davies 1 1 0 2
7 Scotland Alex Burns 1 0 0 1
Scotland John Philliben 1 0 0 1
/ / Own Goals 2 0 0 2
TOTALS 44 6 0 50

Source:[2]

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Premier Division 8 10 August 199610 May 1997
Template:Fb competition 1996-97 SL Cup Template:Fb round2 1996-97 SL Cup R2 Template:Fb round2 1996-97 SL Cup R2 13 August 199613 August 1996
Template:Fb competition 1996-97 SC Template:Fb round2 1996-97 SC R3 Template:Fb round2 1996-97 SC QF 25 January 19978 March 1997

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
36 9 11 16 44 55 −11 38 5 5 8 24 25 −1 4 6 8 20 30 −10

Source: Fir Park Corner

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536
GroundAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAAHHHAHAHAAHAHHAH
Result D D W L D D W L D L L L W L W L D L L L L W L W L D W L D L L D W D W D
Position 6 7 3 5 5 5 4 6 5 7 8 9 7 8 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 9 7 9 8 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 9 7 8

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 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 4
Celtic 0–1 2-1 0-1 0–1 3
Dundee United 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–1 2
Dunfermline Athletic 1–1 2–3 1–3 2–2 2
Heart of Midlothian 1–1 0–2 1–4 0–1 1
Hibernian 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 5
Kilmarnock 1–0 4–2 2–0 0–1 9
Raith Rovers 3–0 0–1 5–1 5–0 9
Rangers 0–1 0–5 1–3 2–0 3

Source: Scottish Premier Division 1996-97 article

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Results and Fixtures 1996-1997, Fir Park Corner
  2. 1996–97 Motherwell player stats, Soccerbase
  3. Motherwell's score is shown first.
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