1999–2000 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell

1999–2000 season

Chairman

John Boyle

Manager

4th

4th round

Quarter-finals

Top goalscorer

League: John Spencer (11)
All: Lee McCulloch (12)

← 1998–99

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The 1999–2000 season was Motherwell's 2nd season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 15th consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

First team squad

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No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Andy Goram
2	DF	Michel Doesburg
3	DF	Stephen McMillan
4	DF	Jamie McGowan
5	MF	Ged Brannan
6	DF	Shaun Teale
7	FW	John Spencer
8	MF	Simo Valakari
9	FW	Lee McCulloch
10	FW	Don Goodman
11	FW	Stevie Nicholas
12	MF	Derek Adams
13	MF	Pat Nevin
14	DF	Stephen Craigan
15	DF	Tony Thomas
17	GK	Stevie Woods

No.	Position	Player
18	DF	Greig Denham
19	FW	Stephen Halliday
20	MF	Rob Matthaei
21	MF	Paul Harvey
22	MF	Keith Lasley
23	MF	Dougie Ramsay
25	DF	Steven Hammell
26	MF	John Davies
27	MF	Derek Townsley
28	MF	Kevin Twaddle
29	GK	Michael Brown
40	DF	Benito Kemble
42	DF	Martyn Corrigan
43	MF	Sasa Curcic
44	DF	Greg Strong

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Main article: 1999–2000 Scottish Premier League

Results

31 July 1999 1	Hibernian	2 – 2	Motherwell	Easter Road
	Lehmann 45', 81'		Nevin 65' Nicholas 90'	Attendance: 13,058 Referee: Kenny Clark

7 August 1999 2	Motherwell	2 – 2	Dundee United	Fir Park
	McCulloch 17', 36' Goodman 90'		Dodds 69' (pen.) Ferraz 80'	Attendance: 6,791 Referee: Alan Freeland

15 August 1999 3	Rangers	4 – 1	Motherwell	Ibrox
	Mols 41', 45', 69', 80'		McCulloch 90'	Attendance: 45,264 Referee: Jim McCluskey

21 August 1999 4	Kilmarnock	0 – 1	Motherwell	Rugby Park
			Adams 33'	Attendance: 7,732 Referee: Eric Martindale

28 August 1999 5	Motherwell	0 – 2	Dundee	Fir Park
			Annand 16' Falconer 83'	Attendance: 6,278 Referee: Alan Freeland

11 September 1999 6	St Johnstone	1 – 1	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
	Thomas 25'		Spencer 61'	Attendance: 5,467 Referee: Jim McCluskey

16 October 1999 7	Motherwell	2 – 2	Hibernian	Fir Park
	McCulloch 32' McMillan 67'		Latapy 9' (pen.) Paatelainen 57'	Attendance: 7,559 Referee: Eric Martindale

20 October 1999 8	Motherwell	5 – 6	Aberdeen	Fir Park
	Spencer 19', 65', 71' Goodman 44' Teale 79' (pen.)		Dow 3' Winters 8', 25', 59' Jess 39' Bernard 68'	Attendance: 5,009

23 October 1999 9	Dundee United	0 – 2	Motherwell	Tannadice
			Spencer 45' Teale 69' (pen.)	Attendance: 6,213 Referee: Michael McCurry

27 October 1999 10	Celtic	0 – 1	Motherwell	Celtic Park
			Twaddle 13' Teale 34'	Attendance: 58,731

30 October 1999 11	Motherwell	1 – 0	St Johnstone	Fir Park
	Twaddle 9'			Attendance: 6,172 Referee: George Clyde

6 November 1999 12	Hearts	1 – 1	Motherwell	Tynecastle
	McSwegan 8'		Twaddle 83'	Attendance: 12,514 Referee: Alan Freeland

20 November 1999 13	Dundee	0 – 1	Motherwell	Dens Park
	Banger 81'		McCulloch 45'	Attendance: 4,340 Referee: Martin Clark

23 November 1999 14	Motherwell	2 – 1	Hearts	Fir Park
	McCulloch 24' Nevin 90'		Rousett 81' McSwegan 46'	Attendance: 7,850 Referee: John Rowbotham

28 November 1999 15	Motherwell	3 – 2	Celtic	Fir Park
	Brannan 9' Townsley 44' Goodman 49'		Berkovic 20' Viduka 26' (pen.)	Attendance: 12,775 Referee: Jim McCluskey

11 December 1999 16	Hibernian	2 – 2	Motherwell	Easter Road
	Paatelainen 63' McGinlay 88'		Spencer 70', 89'	Attendance: 9,955 Referee: George Simpson

18 December 1999 17	Motherwell	1 – 5	Rangers	Fir Park
	Goodman 88'		Kanchelskis 25', 57' Amoruso 34' Dodds 45', 49'	Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Bobby Orr

22 January 2000 18	St Johnstone	1 – 1	Motherwell	McDiarmid Park
	Jones 44'		McMillan 85'	Attendance: 4,158 Referee: Tom Brown

26 January 2000 19	Aberdeen	1 – 1	Motherwell	Pittodrie
	Zerouali 90'		Spencer 22'	Attendance: 10,314 Referee: Kenny Clark

5 February 2000 20	Motherwell	0 – 3	Dundee	Fir Park
			Robertson 49' Rae 66' Grady 89' (pen.)	Attendance: 5,865 Referee: Willie Young

12 February 2000 21	Kilmarnock	0 – 2	Motherwell	Rugby Park
			Goodman 53' Spencer 66' McMillan 73'	Attendance: 7,057 Referee: John Rowbotham

22 February 2000 22	Motherwell	0 – 4	Kilmarnock	Fir Park
			Cocard 28', 42' Vareille 85', 90'	Attendance: 5,813 Referee: Willie Young

1 March 2000 23	Motherwell	0 – 2	Hearts	Fir Park
			Jackson 45' Wales 59'	Attendance: 5,588 Referee: Jim McCluskey

4 March 2000 24	Motherwell	1 – 0	Aberdeen	Fir Park
	Goodman 53'			Attendance: 7,538 Referee: Stuart Dougal

18 March 2000 25	Rangers	6 – 2	Motherwell	Ibrox
	Wallace 20', 42', 70' Rozental 29' (pen.) Albertz 35' Tugay 90' (pen.)		Kemble 18' McCulloch 41'	Attendance: 49,622 Referee: John Rowbotham

25 March 2000 26	Hearts	0 – 0	Motherwell	Tynecastle
				Attendance: 13,102 Referee: Michael McCurry

1 April 2000 27	Motherwell	2 – 1	St Johnstone	Fir Park
	Brannan 76' (pen.) Corrigan 89'		Russell 45' Jones 76'	Attendance: 5,900 Referee: George Simpson

5 April 2000 28	Celtic	4 – 0	Motherwell	Celtic Park
	Johnson 9', 75' Berkovic 32' Blinker 76'			Attendance: 46,862 Referee: Stuart Dougal

8 April 2000 29	Dundee	4 – 1	Motherwell	Dens Park
	Grady 52', 54' Grady 61' Billio 81' (pen.) Luna 86'		Goodman 15' McGowan 53'	Attendance: 4,701 Referee: Douglas McDonald

16 April 2000 30	Motherwell	2 – 0	Kilmarnock	Fir Park
	Brannan 21' McCulloch 56'			Attendance: 5,429 Referee: John Rowbotham

19 April 2000 31	Motherwell	1 – 3	Dundee United	Fir Park
	McCulloch 22'		Mathie 46' Hannah 81' De Vos 83'	Attendance: 4,271 Referee: Michael McCurry

22 April 2000 32	Aberdeen	2 – 1	Motherwell	Pittodrie
	Dow 32' Solberg 83'		Brannan 41' (pen.)	Attendance: 9,348 Referee: Tom Brown

29 April 2000 33	Motherwell	1 – 1	Celtic	Fir Park
	Brannan 45'		Burchill 15'	Attendance: 8,115 Referee: Jim McCluskey

6 May 2000 34	Motherwell	2 – 0	Hibernian	Fir Park
	Twaddle 70', 73'			Attendance: 5,426 Referee: George Clyde

13 May 2000 35	Dundee United	1 – 2	Motherwell	Tannadice
	McCracken 28' Hamilton 37' (pen.)		Goodman 31', 78'	Attendance: 5,908 Referee: Stuart Dougal

21 May 2000 36	Motherwell	2 – 0	Rangers	Fir Park
	Twaddle 64' Spencer 71'			Referee: Michael McCurry

Source:^[1]

Scottish Cup

Main article: 1999-2000 Scottish Cup

1 February 2000 Third round	Arbroath	1 – 1	Motherwell	Arbroath
	Bryce 35'	[ Report]	Goodman 24'	Stadium: Gayfield Attendance: 2,509 Referee: Michael McCurry

19 February 2000 Third round replay	Motherwell	2 – 0	Arbroath	Motherwell
	Goodman 13' McCulloch 61'	[ Report]		Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,311 Referee: Michael McCurry

26 February 2000 Fourth round	Motherwell	3 – 4	Ayr United	Motherwell
	McCulloch 22' Goodman 25' Brannan 35' (pen.)	[ Report]	Teale 8', pen.', 31' Tarrant 39', 59' Reynolds 63'	Stadium: Fir Park Attendance: 5,222 Referee: Martin Clark

Scottish League Cup

Main article: 1999–2000 Scottish League Cup

18 August 1999 Second Round	Raith Rovers	2 – 2 (4 – 5 on pens.)	Motherwell	Kirkcaldy
	Burns 75' Dargo 85'	[ Report]	Browne 5' (o.g.) Halliday 74'	Stadium: Stark's Park Attendance: 2,393 Referee: Ian Fyfe

12 October 1999 Third Round	Inverness CT	0 – 1	Motherwell	Inverness
		[ Report]	McCulloch 48'	Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Attendance: 2,195 Referee: Stuart Dougal

1 December 1999 Fourth Round	Dundee United	3 – 2	Motherwell	Dundee
	Dodds 26' (pen.) Easton 42' Thompson 84' Hannah 88'	[ Report]	Townsley 51' Teale 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Tannadice Attendance: 5,086

Source:^[1]

Table

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Rangers	36	28	6	2	96	26	+70	90	2000–01 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Celtic	36	21	6	9	90	38	+52	69	2000–01 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
3	Hearts	36	15	9	12	47	40	+7	54	2000–01 UEFA Cup Qualifying round
4	Motherwell	36	14	10	12	49	63	–14	52
5	St Johnstone	36	10	12	14	36	44	–8	42
6	Hibernian	36	10	11	15	49	61	–12	41
7	Dundee	36	12	5	19	45	64	–19	41
8	Dundee United	36	11	6	19	34	57	–23	39
9	Kilmarnock	36	8	13	15	38	52	–14	37
10	Aberdeen	36	9	6	21	44	83	–39	33

Source: Fir Park Corner

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Andy Goram	28	0	23+0	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF		Michel Doesburg	26	0	18+2	0	3+0	0	3+0	0
3	DF		Stephen McMillan	38	3	32+0	3	3+0	0	3+0	0
4	DF		Jamie McGowan	16	0	10+3	0	2+0	0	1+0	0
5	MF		Ged Brannan	40	6	34+0	5	3+0	1	3+0	0
6	DF		Shaun Teale	21	1	17+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
7	FW		John Spencer	33	11	26+3	11	1+0	0	2+1	0
8	MF		Simo Valakari	36	0	29+2	0	3+0	0	2+0	0
9	FW		Lee McCulloch	34	12	29+1	9	3+0	2	1+0	1
10	FW		Don Goodman	35	10	25+4	7	3+0	3	2+1	0
11	FW		Stevie Nicholas	25	1	2+19	1	1+2	0	0+1	0
12	MF		Derek Adams	17	1	15+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
13	MF		Pat Nevin	34	2	7+22	2	0+2	0	2+1	0
14	DF		Stephen Craigan	7	0	3+1	0	2+0	0	0+1	0
15	DF		Tony Thomas	9	0	7+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
17	GK		Stevie Woods	16	0	14+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	DF		Greig Denham	9	0	6+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW		Stephen Halliday	8	1	1+4	0	0+0	0	1+2	1
20	MF		Rob Matthaei	3	0	2+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF		Paul Harvey	14	0	6+8	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Keith Lasley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	MF		Dougie Ramsay	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
25	DF		Steven Hammell	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	MF		John Davies	10	0	7+1	0	1+1	0	0+0	0
27	MF		Derek Townsley	31	2	17+8	1	2+1	0	3+0	1
28	MF		Kevin Twaddle	28	5	18+6	5	2+1	0	1+0	0
29	GK		Michael Brown	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
40	DF		Benito Kemble	26	1	25+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
42	DF		Martyn Corrigan	19	1	18+1	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
43	MF		Sasa Curcic	5	0	3+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
44	DF		Greg Strong	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Source:^[2]

Top scorers

Ranking	Nation	Name	Scottish Premier League	Scottish Cup	Scottish League Cup	Total
1		Lee McCulloch	9	2	1	12
2		John Spencer	11	0	0	11
3		Don Goodman	7	3	0	10
4		Ged Brannan	5	1	0	6
5		Kevin Twaddle	5	0	0	5
6		Stephen McMillan	3	0	0	2
6		Shaun Teale	2	0	1	3
8		Pat Nevin	2	0	0	2
8		Derek Townsley	1	0	1	2
9		Derek Adams	1	0	0	1
		Martyn Corrigan	1	0	0	1
		Benito Kemble	1	0	0	1
		Stevie Nicholas	1	0	0	1
		Stephen Halliday	0	0	1	1
/	/	Own Goals	0	0	0	0
		TOTALS	49	7	4	60

Source:^[2]

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Total
1		GK	Andy Goram	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Michel Doesburg	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
3		DF	Stephen McMillan	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
4		DF	Jamie McGowan	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
5		MF	Ged Brannan	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
6		DF	Shaun Teale	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
7		FW	John Spencer	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
8		MF	Simo Valakari	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9		FW	Lee McCulloch	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
10		FW	Don Goodman	7	2	0	0	0	0	7	2
11		FW	Stevie Nicholas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12		MF	Derek Adams	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13		MF	Pat Nevin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		DF	Stephen Craigan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Tony Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		GK	Stevie Woods	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18		DF	Greig Denham	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
19		FW	Stephen Halliday	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20		MF	Rob Matthaei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21		MF	Paul Harvey	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Keith Lasley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		MF	Dougie Ramsay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		DF	Steven Hammell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26		MF	John Davies	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27		MF	Derek Townsley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28		MF	Kevin Twaddle	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
29		GK	Michael Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40		DF	Benito Kemble	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
42		DF	Martyn Corrigan	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
43		MF	Sasa Curcic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44		DF	Greg Strong	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	68	4	3	0	2	0	73	4

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Scottish Premier League	—	—	4	31 July 1999	21 May 2000
Scottish League Cup	Scottish League Cup second round	—	Scottish League Cup quarter-finals	18 August 1999	1 December 1999
Scottish Cup	Scottish Cup third round	—	Scottish Cup fourth round	1 February 2000	26 February 2000

Source: Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 1999-2000

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
36	14	10	12	49	63	−14	52	8	3	7	27	34	−7	6	7	5	22	29	−7

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
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	D	L	W	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	W
Position	5	6	9	5	7	8	9	9	7	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	5–6	1–1	1–0	1–2	4
Celtic	1–0	3-2	0-4	1–1	7
Dundee	0–2	1–0	0–3	1–4	3
Dundee United	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	7
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	5
Hibernian	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	6
Kilmarnock	1–0	2–0	0–4	2–0	9
Rangers	1–4	1–5	2–6	2–0	3
St Johnstone	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	8

Source: 1999–2000 Scottish Premier League article

References

1 2 Results and Fixtures 1999-2000, Fir Park Corner
1 2 1999–2000 Motherwell player stats, Soccerbase
↑ Motherwell's score is shown first.

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1999–2000 Motherwell F.C. season

First team squad

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Results

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Table

Statistics

Appearances

Top scorers

Disciplinary record

Overall

Scottish Premier League

Results summary

Results by round

Results by opponent

See also

References