2005–06 Motherwell F.C. season

Motherwell

2005–06 season

Chairman

John Boyle

Manager

8th

Third Round

Semi-finals

Top goalscorer

League: Scott McDonald
Richie Foran (11)
All: Richie Foran (12)

Highest home attendance

11,503 vs Celtic
22 January 2006

Lowest home attendance

3,438 vs Inverness C.T.
15 April 2006

Average home league attendance

6,250

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2005–06 season was Motherwell's 8th season in the Scottish Premier League, and their 21st consecutive season in the top division of Scottish football.

Squad

As of 21 March 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
2	DF	Martyn Corrigan
3	DF	Steven Hammell
4	MF	Brian Kerr
5	DF	Stephen Craigan
6	MF	Alan McCormack (loan from Preston North End)
7	FW	Scott McDonald
9	FW	Richie Foran
10	MF	Phil O'Donnell
11	DF	Jim Paterson
12	FW	David Clarkson
14	MF	Steven McGarry
15	GK	Graeme Smith
16	FW	Jim Hamilton

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Kevin McBride
18	GK	Colin Meldrum
19	DF	Paul Quinn
20	FW	Kenny Wright
21	MF	Shaun Fagan
22	DF	William Kinniburgh
23	FW	Abel Thermeus (loan from Créteil-Lusitanos)
24	MF	Marc Fitzpatrick
27	MF	Robert Donnelly
37	MF	Darren Smith
39	DF	Mark Reynolds
47	DF	Brian McLean (loan from Rangers)
	FW	Adam Coakley

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
25 June 2005	GK	Graeme Smith	Rangers	^[2]
June 2005	DF	Steve McDonald	Sorrento
1 July 2005	MF	Kevin McBride	Celtic	Previously on loan^[3]
12 August 2005	GK	Colin Meldrum	Livingston	^[4]
27 January 2006	MF	Steven McGarry	Ross County	^[5]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
25 July 2005	DF	David Partridge	Bristol City	£150,000^[6]
	GK	Barry John Corr	Stranraer
	GK	Jamie Ewings	Albion Rovers
	DF	Chris Higgins	Clyde
January 2006	DF	Steve McDonald	Sengwang Punggol
January 2006	FW	David Keogh

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Position	Name	From
29 July 2005^[7]	Season Long	MF	Alan McCormack	Preston North End
5 August 2005^[8]	25 September 2005	FW	Andy Smith	Preston North End
31 August 2005^[9]	Season Long	FW	Brian McLean	Rangers
31 January 2006^[10]	8 May 2006	FW	Abel Thermeus	Créteil-Lusitanos

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
9 November 2005	GK	Gordon Marshall	Hibernian as Coach	9 November 2005^[11]
2006	MF	Scott Leitch	Retired
May 2006	DF	Steven Hammell	Southend United	30 June 2006
May 2006	FW	Kenny Wright	Stranraer	25 July 2006^[12]

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Position	Nationality	Name	To

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Main article: Scottish Premier League 2005–06

Classification


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Kilmarnock !Kilmarnock	37	14	10	13	60	63	−3	52
7	Inverness Caledonian Thistle !Inverness Caledonian Thistle	38	15	13	10	51	38	+13	58
8	Motherwell !Motherwell	38	13	10	15	55	61	−6	49
9	Dundee United !Dundee United	38	7	12	19	41	66	−25	33
10	Falkirk !Falkirk	38	8	9	21	35	64	−29	33

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

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	10	15	55	61	−6	49	7	5	7	35	31	+4	6	5	8	20	30	−10

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	37	38
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	D
Position	7	3	7	8	9	8	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	7	8	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8

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
Team	1	2	3	4	Points
Aberdeen	2–2	3–1	2–2	—	5
Celtic	4–4	0–5	1–3	–	1
Dundee United	4–5	1–1	2–0	1–1	5
Dunfermline	1–0	3–0	1–1	2—3	7
Falkirk	5–0	1–0	3–1	1—1	10
Heart of Midlothian	1–2	1–1	0–3	–	1
Hibernian	1–3	1–2	2–2	–	1
Inverness C.T.	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	6
Livingston	1–0	2–1	2–1	1—0	12
Kilmarnock	1–4	2–2	0–2	—	1
Rangers	0–2	0–1	0–1	–	0

Source: 2005–06 Scottish Premier League article

Results

^[14]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[13]	Attendance	Motherwell Scorer(s)^[15]
30 Jul 2005	Celtic	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	4–4	9,903	Brian Kerr, Jim Hamilton, Scott McDonald, William Kinniburgh
06 Aug 2005	Dunfermline Athletic	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–0	4,649	Jim Hamilton
13 Aug 2005	Aberdeen	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A)	1–4	5,035	David Clarkson
20 Aug 2005	Hibernian	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	4–5	4,706	Alan McCormack, Scott McDonald, Marc Fitzpatrick, Jim Hamilton
27 Aug 2005	Hearts	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A)	1–2	16,213	Richie Foran
10 Sep 2005	Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A)	2–1	4,018	Scott McDonald, William Kinniburgh
17 Sep 2005	Falkirk	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	5–0	5,625	Jim Hamilton, Richie Foran (2), Shaun Fagan, Scott McDonald
24 Sep 2005	Hibernian	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–3	6,461	Richie Foran (pen.)
01 Oct 2005	Aberdeen	Fir Park, Pittodrie Stadium (A)	2–2	11,448	David Clarkson (2)
15 Oct 2005	Livingston	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–0	4,507	Richie Foran
22 Oct 2005	Rangers	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A)	0–2	49,215
26 Oct 2005	Celtic	Celtic Park, Glasgow (A)	0–5	57,388
29 Oct 2005	Dunfermline Athletic	East End Park, Dunfermline (A)	3–0	4,421	Brian Kerr, Martyn Corrigan, Jim Hamilton
05 Nov 2005	Kilmarnock	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–2	4,979	Scott McDonald, Brian Kerr
19 Nov 2005	Dundee United	Tannadice Stadium, Dundee (A)	1–1	6,305	Scott McDonald
26 Nov 2005	Hearts	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–1	8,131	Brian McLean
03 Dec 2005	Inverness CT	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–2	4,103
10 Dec 2005	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A)	1–0	4,972	Jim Hamilton
17 Dec 2005	Hibernian	Easter Road, Edinburgh (A)	1–2	11,926	Scott McDonald
26 Dec 2005	Aberdeen	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	3–1	6,555	Scott McDonald, Alan McCormack
31 Dec 2005	Livingston	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston (A)	2–1	4,431	Richie Foran, Kevin McBride
15 Dec 2006	Rangers	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–1	10,689
22 Jan 2006	Celtic	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–3	11,503	Jim Hamilton
28 Jan 2006	Dunfermline Athletic	East End Park, Dunfermline (A)	1–1	4,961	Jim Hamilton
08 Feb 2006	Kilmarnock	Rugby Park, Kilmarnock (A)	0–2	5,169
11 Feb 2006	Dundee United	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–0	5,257	Richie Foran (2)
18 Feb 2006	Hearts	Tynecastle Stadium, Edinburgh (A)	0–3	16,976
04 Mar 2006	Inverness CT	Caledonian Stadium, Inverness (A)	1–0	3,183	Richie Foran (pen.)
11 Mar 2006	Falkirk	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	3–1	8,179	Scott McDonald (2), Richie Foran
18 Mar 2006	Hibernian	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–2	6,724	Phil O'Donnell, Stephen Craigan
25 Mar 2006	Aberdeen	Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen (A)	2–2	10,212	Brian McLean, Richie Foran (pen.)
01 Apr 2006	Livingston	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–1	4,458	Jim Hamilton, Brian McLean
08 Apr 2006	Rangers	Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow (A)	0–1	49,481
15 Apr 2006	Inverness CT	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	0–1	3,438
22 Apr 2006	Falkirk	Falkirk Stadium, Falkirk (A)	1–1	4,467	Phil O'Donnell
29 Apr 2006	Dunfermline	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	2–3	3,621	Jim Paterson, Stephen Craigan
3 May 2006	Livingston	Almondvale Stadium, Livingston (A)	1–0	2,283	David Clarkson
6 May 2006	Dundee United	Fir Park, Motherwell (H)	1–1	5,269	Jim Hamilton

Scottish Cup

Main article: Scottish Cup 2005–06

7 January 2006 Third Round	St Mirren	3 - 0	Motherwell	Paisley
15:00 GMT	Adam 22', 90' Potter 73'	Report BBC		Stadium: Love Street Attendance: 6,507 Referee: M McCurry

Scottish League Cup

Main article: Scottish League Cup 2005–06

Date	Round	Opponent	H/A	Score^[13]	Motherwell Scorer(s)^[16]	Attendance
23 August 2005	2nd Round	Hamilton Academical	H	2-1	Scott McDonald (pen.,41), Jim Hamilton (89)	4,619
20 September 2005	3rd Round	St Mirren	A	2-0	David Clarkson (97) Darren Smith (104)	3,810
8 November 2005	Quarter-final	Aberdeen	H	1-0	Brian Kerr	3,989
1 February 2006	Semi-final	Celtic	N	1-2	Richie Foran (11)	32,595

Statistics

Appearances

As of 21 March 2011^[14]^[17]

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
2	DF		Martyn Corrigan	32	1	27+2	1	1+0	0	1+1	0
3	DF		Steven Hammell	38	0	32+1	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
4	MF		Brian Kerr	41	4	32+4	3	1+0	0	4+0	1
5	DF		Stephen Craigan	39	2	36+0	2	0+0	0	3+0	0
6	MF		Alan McCormack	28	2	24+0	2	1+0	0	3+0	0
7	FW		Scott McDonald	38	12	30+4	11	0+0	0	4+0	1
9	FW		Richie Foran	37	12	29+3	11	1+0	0	3+1	1
10	MF		Phil O'Donnell	32	2	23+6	2	1+0	0	1+1	0
11	DF		Jim Paterson	19	1	10+9	1	0+0	0	0+0	0
12	FW		David Clarkson	33	5	12+18	4	0+1	0	1+1	1
14	MF		Steven McGarry	9	0	2+7	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	FW		Andy Smith	7	0	3+4	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	GK		Graeme Smith	34	0	30+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
16	FW		Jim Hamilton	38	11	30+4	10	1+0	0	3+0	1
17	MF		Kevin McBride	23	1	15+6	1	1+0	0	1+0	0
18	GK		Colin Meldrum	9	0	7+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
19	DF		Paul Quinn	21	0	15+3	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
20	FW		Kenny Wright	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	MF		Shaun Fagan	19	1	11+5	1	0+0	0	3+0	0
22	DF		William Kinniburgh	23	2	17+4	2	0+1	0	1+0	0
23	FW		Abel Thermeus	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
24	MF		Marc Fitzpatrick	10	1	1+8	1	0+0	0	0+1	0
27	DF		Robert Donnelly	3	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
37	MF		Darren Smith	2	1	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+1	1
39	DF		Mark Reynolds	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
47	DF		Brian McLean	34	3	27+3	3	1+0	0	2+1	0
	FW		Adam Coakley	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who appeared for Motherwell but left during the season:
1	GK		Gordon Marshall	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF		Scott Leitch (c)	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	FW		Steve McDonald	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW		David Keogh	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+2	0

Top scorers

Last updated on 21 March 2011

Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League	Scottish League Cup	Total
1	9	Richie Foran	11	1	12
2	7	Scott McDonald	11	0	11
2	16	Jim Hamilton	10	1	11
4	12	David Clarkson	4	1	5
5	4	Brian Kerr	2	1	4
6	47	Brian McLean	3	0	3
7	5	Stephen Craigan	2	0	2
	22	William Kinniburgh	2	0	2
	6	Alan McCormack	2	0	2
	10	Phil O'Donnell	2	0	2
11	2	Martyn Corrigan	1	0	1
	21	Shaun Fagan	1	0	1
	24	Marc Fitzpatrick	1	0	1
	17	Kevin McBride	1	0	1
	37	Darren Smith	0	1	1
		Own Goals	0	0	0
		TOTALS	55	6	61

Disciplinary Record

Last updated 8 December 2010^[18]

Nation	Position	Number	Name
Nation	Position	Number	Name	Scottish Premier League		Scottish Cup		Scottish League Cup		Total
	GK	1	Gordon Marshall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	2	Martyn Corrigan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	3	Steven Hammell	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	MF	4	Brian Kerr	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	DF	5	Stephen Craigan	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
	MF	6	Alan McCormack	11	1	0	0	1	0	12	1
	FW	7	Scott McDonald	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	FW	8	Ross McCormack	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	9	Richie Foran	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
	MF	10	Phil O'Donnell	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	DF	11	Jim Paterson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	12	David Clarkson	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
	FW	13	Steve McDonald	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	MF	14	Steven McGarry	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	14	Andy Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	GK	15	Graeme Smith	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	16	Jim Hamilton	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	MF	17	Kevin McBride	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	GK	18	Colin Meldrum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	19	Paul Quinn	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	FW	20	Kenny Wright	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	MF	21	Shaun Fagan	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
	DF	22	William Kinniburgh	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW	23	David Keogh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	23	Abel Thermeus	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	24	Marc Fitzpatrick	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	DF	27	Robert Donnolly	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
	FW	37	Darren Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	DF	39	Mark Reynolds	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	47	Brian McLean	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	FW		Adam Coakley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	63	2	1	0	6	0	69	2

External links

Motherwell Season 2005-06 - Fir Park Corner

References

↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/scots/2005-2006/scotprm/mother.htm
↑ "Keeper Smith moves to Motherwell". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ "Kevin McBride Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ "Colin Meldrum Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ "Steven McGarry Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ "Partridge seals Bristol City move". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. 25 July 2005. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
↑ "Alan McCormack Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ "Andy Smith Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ "Brian McLean Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ "Abel Thermeus Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
↑ "Marshall parting Well for Hibees". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
↑ "Ex-Well striker joins Stranraer". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
1 2 3 Motherwell's score is shown first.
1 2 Motherwell results 2005/2006, Fir Park Corner
↑ The number in brackets shows the actual number of goals that were scored by one player.
↑ The number(s) in brackets shows the minutes of the goal(s) that was/were scored.
↑ Motherwell Club Stats, Soccerbase.com
↑ Motherwell F.C. 2005-06 Statistics, Motherwell F.C. Official Site

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2005–06 Motherwell F.C. season

Squad

Transfers

In

Out

Loans in

Released

Loans out

Competitions

Scottish Premier League

Classification

Results summary

Results by round

Results by opponent

Results

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

Statistics

Appearances

Top scorers

Disciplinary Record

External links

See also

References